US 2025/0178858 A1Published application

Reusable reel

AssigneePpc Broadband, Inc.

InventorsJay A. Kisselstein, Richard Maroney, Noah P. Montena, Brian K. Hanson

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Abstract

A reel includes a first reel member and a second reel member. The first reel member includes a first barrel portion, a first flange portion, and a first hub portion, and the second reel member includes a second barrel portion, a second flange portion, and a second hub portion. The first barrel portion and the second barrel portion are configured to be coupled with one another. The first barrel portion includes an inner wall and an outer wall that are spaced apart from one another in a radial direction of the first barrel portion, and the first barrel portion, the first flange portion, and the first hub portion are portions of a first single piece structure of unitary construction.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A reel structurally configured to guide alignment of two reel portions, comprising:

a first reel portion including a first barrel portion and a first flange portion;
and
a second reel portion including a second barrel portion and a second flange portion;
wherein the first barrel portion and the second barrel portion are configured to be coupled with one another;
wherein the first barrel portion includes an inner wall and an outer wall that are spaced apart from one another in a radial direction of the first barrel portion;
wherein the first barrel portion and the first flange portion are portions of a first single piece structure of unitary construction;
and
wherein the second barrel portion includes a guide portion that is structurally configured to guide an alignment portion of the first barrel portion into a receiving portion of the second barrel portion when the first reel portion is coupled with the second reel portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/823,382Filed 3 Sep 2024
Priority: 30 Sep 2020
Published: 5 Jun 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

B65H 75/14
Of circular or polygonal cross-section: with two end flanges
B65H 75/22
Constructional details: collapsible; with removable parts
B65H 75/2227
Collapsible hubs: with a flange fixed to the hub part
B65H 75/2245
Collapsible; with removable parts: connecting flange to hub

Family

Application63/085,995Us provisional application · filed 30 Sep 2020
Application17/491,337Continuation · filed 30 Sep 2021
Application18/823,382Continuation
US 12,077,407 B2Related patent
US 2022/0098002 A1Published application
US 2025/0178858 A1This patent

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