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US 4,053,120 AGranted
Wire reel
AssigneeCaterpillar Tractor Co.
InventorJohn G. Frantzreb, Sr.
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Abstract
A wire reel on which wire of various sorts may be wound includes a peripherally separable core and two side pieces formed of wire and removably associated with a core. The side pieces, removably retained on the core by a keeper demountably affixed thereto define a plurality of projections extending outwardly from the core to form a spoked spool so that wire may be wound upon the core between the side pieces.
Claims4
A wire reel comprising:
- an elongated member including lock means unitarily formed at the ends thereof for coupling said ends of said elongated member one to the other to form an annular core, said elongated member having unitarily formed along each elongated side a U-shaped channel;
- first and second side pieces each removably received in the U-shaped channel with said elongated member formed in an annular core to form a reel therewith, each side piece defining a plurality of projections, extending radially outwardly from said elongated member while said elongated member is formed in an annular core;
- keeper means demountably affixed to said elongated member while formed in an annular core, said keeper means acting in cooperation with said side pieces for retaining said side pieces in a fixed relation relative said core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.