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US 2009/0152390 A1Published application
Cable despooling and spooling
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsJames Robert Underbrink, Donn Matthew Perkins, George R. Aguayo
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a cable spool includes a hub having an outer surface that is retractable and expandable, and a single end plate affixed to an end of the hub. In other embodiments, an apparatus includes an assembly of cascaded, temporarily interlocked spools that can be used for simultaneous despooling or spooling of multiple cable coils.
Claims17
A cable spool comprising:
- a hub having an outer surface that is retractable and expandable;
- and
- a single end plate affixed to an end of the hub.
Apparatus comprising an assembly of cascaded, temporarily interlocked spools for simultaneous cable spooling and despooling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.