US 2026/0118616 A1Published application

Cable reel structurally configured to prevent unintentional unwinding of cable from the reel

AssigneePpc Broadband, Inc.

InventorRaymond PALINKAS

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Abstract

A reel structurally configured to prevent unintentional unwinding of cable from the reel. The reel may include a drum portion, a first flange portion configured to be coupled with q first end of the drum portion, a second flange portion configured to be coupled with a second end of the drum portion, and a retaining portion configured to extend into a space between the first and the second flange portions. The retaining portion may be structurally configured to permit payout of cable wound on the drum portion from the space between the first and the second flange portions. The retaining portion may be structurally configured to provide a radially inward biasing force that exceeds a radially outward biasing force of cable wound on the drum portion so as prevent unwinding of cable from the drum portion via the space between the first and the second flange portions.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A reel structurally configured to prevent unintentional unwinding of cable from the reel, comprising:

a cylindrical drum portion having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion, wherein the drum portion is structurally configured to have a cable wound thereon;
a first flange portion structurally configured to be coupled with the first end portion of the drum portion;
a second flange portion structurally configured to be coupled with the second end portion of the drum portion;
a first retaining portion structurally configured to extend from the first flange portion into a space between the first flange portion and the second flange portion;
a second retaining portion structurally configured to extend from the second flange portion into a space between the first flange portion and the second flange portion;
wherein the first retaining portion includes a plurality of first projecting portions positioned along at least a portion of a circumference of the first circular flange portion and structurally configured to extend into the space between the first flange portion and the second flange portion
wherein the second retaining portion includes a plurality of second projecting portions positioned along at least a portion of a circumference of the second circular flange portion and structurally configured to extend from the second flange portion into the space between the first flange portion and the second flange portion;
wherein at least a portion of the retaining portion is structurally configured to deflect radially outward to permit payout of cable wound on the drum portion from the space between the first flange portion and the second flange portion;
and
wherein the first and second retaining portions are structurally configured to provide a radially inward biasing force that exceeds a radially outward biasing force of cable wound on the drum portion so as prevent unwinding of cable from the drum portion via the space between the first flange portion and the second flange portion.

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A reel structurally configured to prevent unintentional unwinding of cable from the reel, comprising:

a drum portion having a first end and a second end;
a first flange portion configured to be coupled with the first end of the drum portion;
a second flange portion configured to be coupled with the second end of the drum portion;
a retaining portion configured to extend into a space between the first flange portion and the second flange portion;
wherein the retaining portion comprises a first retaining portion extending from the first flange portion into the space between the first flange portion and the second flange portion and a second retaining portion extending from the second flange portion into the space between the first flange portion and the second flange portion;
wherein the retaining portion is structurally configured to permit payout of cable wound on the drum portion from the space between the first flange portion and the second flange portion;
and
wherein the retaining portion is structurally configured to provide a radially inward biasing force that exceeds a radially outward biasing force of cable wound on the drum portion so as prevent unwinding of cable from the drum portion via the space between the first flange portion and the second flange portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 19/004,718Filed 30 Dec 2024
Priority: 29 Dec 2023
Published: 30 Apr 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

B65H 75/143
With two end flanges: at least one end flange being shaped to cover the windings
G02B 6/4457
Auxiliary devices: bobbins; Reels
B65H 75/285
Arrangements for positively securing ends of material: holding devices to prevent the wound material from unwinding
B65H 2701/34
Handled filamentary material: electric cords or electric power cables

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Application63/615,894Us provisional application · filed 29 Dec 2023
US 2026/0118616 A1This patent

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