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US 4,537,106 AGranted
Stand for dispensing filamentary material from reels
OwnerEarle B. Riderinventor
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Abstract
A display and dispensing rack is disclosed in which reels of filamentary material are rotatably supported upon a pair of roller covered, spaced, parallel bars so that the filamentary material may be withdrawn therefrom, passed through a measuring device and cut to length. Different size reels may be accommodated and reels may be removed and replaced without disturbing adjacent reels.
Claims1
A display and dispensing rack for reels of filamentary material comprising;
- a. an upright frame;
- b. a pair of spaced, forwardly projecting arms carried by the frame;
- c. a guide and cutter supporting bar joining the forward ends of the arms and provided with a plurality of spaced apertures through which the filamentary material is led from reels;
- d. at least two spaced, parallel rods extending between the arms at locations behind the guide and cutter bar and in front of the frame and spaced apart by a distance that is less than the flange diameter of the smallest reel from which filamentary material is to be dispensed;
- e. each of said rods carrying a plurality of closely spaced, separate, short rollers fully occupying the space between the arms and freely rotatable thereon, each short roller being provided with a radial flange adjacent at least one end.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.