Reel construction
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJoseph Paul Hussar, Ralph Albert Jolie
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Abstract
A reel construction which among other innovations and improvements, enables the production of reels by the formation of identical half sections thereof which can be joined one to another in pairs to provide a complete reel unit, and including means facilitate labeling and to afford stable axial end stacking of the reel product.
Claims14
A reel having an elongated cylindrical shaft and a pair of annular rims thereabout, comprising:
- a. a shaft;
- b. an annular rim extending radially from adjacent each end of the shaft;
- c. a flange extending axially outward from adjacent the periphery of each rim;
- d. a hub at each end of the shaft extending axially outward from each rim;
- e. a plurality of ribs extending radially from the hub to the flange of each rim;
- f. said hub having at least one projection extending axially outward therefrom and at least one depression having the same radial spacing from the longitudinal axis of said shaft and the same configuration as said projection, whereby the projections and depressions of like reels are effective for fitting together in a mating relationship to enable stable hub end on hub end stacking of such reels.
A reel having an elongated shaft and a pair of annular rims thereabout constructed of a matched pair of mating sections assembled together, each section of the reel comprising:
- a. a segment of a shaft;
- b. an annular rim extending radially from adjacent an end of the shaft segment;
- c. a flange extending axially outward from adjacent the periphery of the rim;
- d. a hub extending axially outward from the rim provided with at least one projection extending axially outward therefrom and at least one depression having the same radial spacing from the longitudinal axis of said shaft and the same configuration as said projections, whereby the projections and depressions of like reels are effective for fitting together in a mating relationship to enable stable hub end on end stacking of such reels;
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- e. a plurality of ribs extending radially from the extended hub portion to the extended flange.
A reel having an elongated cylindrical shaft and a pair of annular rims thereabout constructed of a matched pair of mating sections assembled together, each section of the assembled reel comprising:
- a. a segment of a cylindrical shaft;
- b. an annular rim extending radially from adjacent an end of the shaft segment;
- c. a flange extending axially outward from adjacent the periphery of the rim;
- d. a hub extending axially outward from the rim;
- e. a plurality of ribs extending radially from the extended hub to the extended flange;
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- f. the end of each segment of the cylindrical shaft opposite the rim having an axially projecting, semicircular extension of reduced diameter and an axially directed semicircular internal recess of corresponding dimensions with said extension whereby a pair of the mating sections of the reel assemble with the intermating of the respective semicircular extension and the semicircular recess of each section to join the segments of the cylindrical shaft and provide a composite reel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.