Spool rewinder
OwnerJohn Q. Crowinventor
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Abstract
A device for rewinding line onto a spool comprising in one embodiment two substantially parallel sides spaced apart by a handle, a shaft rotatably mounted through a first side and biased toward a second side, with spool gripping means on end of the shaft adjacent to the second side for gripping a spool and forcing it against the second side which is preferably a plate or baffle having a configuration at least as large as the spool. In a second embodiment a single plate is used with a means for biasing a spool against the plate which operates on the rotatable shaft on which the spool is mounted.
Claims19
A spool rewinder comprising:
- (a) a plate;
- (b) a shaft rotatably mounted through said plate;
- (c) a means for hand rotation of said shaft mounted to one end thereof;
- (d) a plurality of notches located along the portion of said shaft distal to said means for hand rotation and separated therefrom by said plate;
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- (e) a member removably mounted on said shaft comprising a disc, a means on said disc to engage with a notch on said shaft whereby said member rotates with said shaft and a resilient compressible member attached to said disc on a surface thereof opposed to said plate.
The method of rewinding an empty spool comprising (a) positioning an empty spool on a shaft rotatably mounted through a plate, said shaft having means for hand rotation and notches along a portion thereof, (b) seating a member on said shaft adjacent to said spool, (c) compressing a resilient element of said member against said spool and engaging a means on said member with a notch on said shaft, and (d) rotating said shaft, whereby the spool is held against said plate and rotates with said shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.