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US 4,856,729 AGranted
Hold and unwind reel for coiled material
AssigneePatents Unlimited Ltd.
InventorNed D. Maraman
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Abstract
A device to hold and permit coiled wire to be smoothly unwound without inserting kinks or knots into the unwound lengths. The device includes a conically shaped coil holding assembly which includes a plurality of flexible coil support members that directly support the coiled wire.
Claims11
A device for holding and permitting the unwinding of coiled material comprising:
- means defining a generally conically shaped mandrel or supporting a coil of material in a balanced attitude;
- said mandrel means including a plurality of flexible support members each having bottom and top ends;
- means for spreading apart the bottom ends of the flexible support members;
- means for joining the upper ends of said flexible support members together;
- means for adjusting the tension of said flexible support members so that the desired degree of slack is established therein prior to receiving the coil of material and for establishing the desired support of the coil following placement of the coil on said device;
- said device further including support means for supporting the device;
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- means for rotatably connecting said mandrel to said support means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.