Adjustable wire dispensing reels and base for use in dispensing box wire
OwnerAnsel W. Howardinventor
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Abstract
A plurality of box wire reels are removably mounted in laterally tilted positions on a frame rendered mobile by tilting the frame off its base onto wheels. Each reel has a handle which holds its hub assembly assembled between axially adjustable wheel rims. Releasable latches hold the hub assembly in a radially adjusted position.
Claims9
A wire dispensing device, comprising a mobile carrier and a plurality of reel assemblies, each of said reel assemblies including a pair of wheels each having radially inner and outer rims interconnected by radial spokes, an adjustable hub assembly rotatably mounted on the carrier and interconnecting the pair of wheels in axially adjusted relation to each other, handle means connected to the hub assembly for holding the wheels assembled on the hub assembly and imparting rotation to the reel assembly, and releasable locking means for holding the hub assembly in a radially adjusted position relative to the wheels.
A reel assembly for a wire dispensing device, comprising a pair of wheels each having radially inner and outer rims interconnected by radial spokes, an adjustable hub assembly interconnecting the pair of wheels in axially adjusted relation to each other, handle means connected to the hub assembly for holding the wheels assembled on the hub assembly and imparting rotation to the reel assembly, and releasable locking means for holding the hub assembly in a radially adjusted position relative to the wheels, said hub assembly including a central tube having a flange at one axial end and connecting means at the other axial end to which the handle means is secured, a plurality of radially extensible members projecting from the central tube, and axially extending support means connected to said radially extensible members for engagement with said spokes of the wheels to rotationally interconnect the wheels and support a coil of wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.