Booster reel
AssigneeAkron Brass Company
InventorsJon A. Jenkins, Chris Feeney, Lonnie Lashbrook, Kevin Petit
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Abstract
A reel apparatus includes an axle having a generally hollow fluid inlet connection and a generally hollow fluid outlet connection. A generally hollow drum is coupled to the axle, the drum having a generally circular-shaped sidewall about an elongate axis and further having a pair of generally open, opposing ends, the drum comprising a tubular element. The fluid outlet connection of the axle extends through an opening in the sidewall of the drum, and the reel apparatus is rotatable upon the axle.
Claims20
A reel apparatus, comprising:
- an axle having a generally hollow fluid inlet connection and a generally hollow fluid outlet connection;
- a generally hollow drum coupled to the axle, the drum having a generally circular-shaped sidewall about an elongate axis and further having a pair of generally open, opposing ends, the drum comprising a tubular element;
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- a drum ring generally surrounding at least a portion of the sidewall of the drum and at least partially closing off the opening in the sidewall,
- the fluid outlet connection of the axle extending through an opening in the sidewall of the drum, and
- the reel apparatus being rotatable upon the axle.
A reel apparatus, comprising:
- an axle having a generally hollow fluid inlet connection, a generally hollow fluid outlet connection, and a gusset, the gusset being oriented generally along an elongate axis of the axle and extending generally between the axle portion and the fluid outlet connection;
- a generally hollow drum coupled to the axle, the drum having a generally circular-shaped sidewall about an elongate axis and having a pair of generally open, opposing ends, the drum comprising a tubular element;
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- a drum ring generally surrounding at least a portion of the sidewall of the drum and at least partially closing off the opening in the sidewall;
- the reel apparatus being rotatable upon the axle.
A method for assembling a reel apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- obtaining an axle having a generally hollow fluid inlet connection and a generally hollow fluid outlet connection;
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- coupling a generally hollow drum to the axle, the drum having a generally circular-shaped sidewall about an elongate axis and further having a pair of generally open, opposing ends, the drum comprising a tubular element,
- coupling a drum ring such that it generally surrounds at least a portion of the sidewall of the drum, and at least partially closes off the opening in the sidewall;
- the fluid outlet connection of the axle extending through an opening in the sidewall of the drum, and
- the reel apparatus being rotatable upon the axle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.