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US 6,199,786 B1Granted
Wire reel assembly and wire reel therefor
AssigneeIPL Inc.
InventorsClaude Lessard, Rock Nolet
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Abstract
A wire reel assembly comprises a reel, a reel support and a reel securing assembly. The reel includes a central body and removable sides. The central body is removably mounted to an arm of the reel support thereby allowing one of the removable sides to be disconnected from the central body without requiring disassembly of the reel support. The reel securing assembly is also used as an adjustable brake assembly since it includes a friction element contacting the body of the reel to generate a friction force.
Claims24
A wire reel assembly comprising:
- a reel having a central aperture;
- a reel support including:
- a base provided with first and second ground engaging portions interconnected by a generally inverted Y-shaped assembly having a proximate end and first and second distal ends;
- said first and second distal ends being mounted respectively to said first and second ground engaging portions;
- an arm so mounted to said proximate end of said inverted Y-shaped assembly as to have a free distal end;
- said arm being configured and sized to rotatably receive said reel;
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- a reel securing assembly removably interconnecting said reel and said reel support.
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A wire reel comprising:
- a generally cylindrical body having first and second opposite ends, said body being made of two identical half shells having an external surface provided with longitudinal channels;
- first and second generally circular sides;
- said first and second sides being configured and sized to be removably mounted to respective first and second opposite ends of said body;
- said first and second sides including radially provided marks indicating the amount of wire remaining onto said reel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.