Cable spool assembly
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsTrevor D. Smith, Thomas G. LeBlanc, Thomas Marcouiller, Nicholas Torman, Jeffrey Thomas Kidman
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Abstract
A spool assembly includes a drum having a first axial end and an oppositely disposed second axial end. The drum includes an inner surface that defines a bore that extends through the first and second axial ends. A drum support is disposed in the bore of the drum. The drum support includes a first end and an oppositely disposed second end. The drum support has an exterior surface. The exterior surface of the drum support and the inner surface of the drum define a plurality of channels. A first flange is engaged to the first end of the drum support. A second flange is engaged to the second end of the drum support.
Claims6
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A method of deploying cable from a cable spool assembly, the method comprising:
- paying out a first length of cable from the cable spool assembly, the first length being such that a remaining length of cable remains coiled on the cable spool assembly;
- removing a first flange from the cable spool assembly;
- removing the remaining length of cable from the cable spool assembly by sliding the remaining length of cable off a core of the cable spool assembly while the remaining length of cable remains in a coiled configuration;
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- securing the remaining length of cable in the coiled configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.