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US 2025/0066155 A1Published application
Reel arrangement and locking mechanism
AssigneeAnderson Travis Holdings, LLC
InventorsKerry B. Anderson, Johnny Travis
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for dispensing a wound media including one or more reels with an associated locking mechanism. The locking mechanism can allow one or more of the reels to be rotated in one particular direction, while preventing one or more of the reels from being rotated in the opposite direction.
Claims19
A reel assembly comprising:
- a reel stand having a base and two end plates that extend upwards from opposing ends of the base, wherein each of the end plates includes a cutout that extends downwards from a top edge of each of the end plate and a plurality of protrusions radially aligned along at least a portion of the cutout on an inside face of each of the end plates;
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- a reel having a longitudinally extending core and at least two flanges positioned at opposing ends of the core, each flange having a central opening and a plurality of apertures that circumscribe the central opening, wherein each flange has a respective portion of the core that extends through the central opening into a respective one of the cutouts of the end plates and wherein the plurality of protrusions extend into at least some of the plurality of apertures.
A reel assembly locking mechanism comprising:
- a plurality of apertures circumscribing a flange positioned at an end of a reel that is mounted in a reel stand;
- a plurality of protrusions that extend outwards from an inner face of an end plate that extends upwards from a base of the reel stand, each protrusion of the plurality of protrusions being a flap having a locking surface that extends generally orthogonally to the inner face of the end plate and a ramp surface that is angled relative to the inner face of the end plate and extends along a top edge of the orthogonal surface;
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- each of the protrusion of the plurality the plurality of protrusions being oriented in a particular circumferential direction and aligning with and extending into at least a subset of the plurality of apertures.
1 more element
A reel assembly comprising:
- a reel stand having a base and one or more endplates, wherein one or more of the endplates extend generally orthogonally from the base, wherein the one or more end plates include a cutout and wherein one or more of the endplates include one or more protrusions that are radially aligned along at least a portion of the cutout of one or more of the endplates;
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- a reel having a longitudinally extending core and one or more flanges that each include a central opening, wherein each flange, of the one or more flanges, is positioned at either a first end of the longitudinally extending core or a second end of the longitudinally extending core, wherein one or more of the flanges includes one or more apertures that are radially aligned along at least a portion of the central opening of one or more of the flanges, wherein one or more of the protrusions of one or more of the endplates extend one or more of the apertures, and wherein one or both of the first end of the longitudinally extending core and the second end of the longitudinally extending core extend into the cutout of the one or more of endplates.
19-68. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.