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AssigneeAmphenol Corporation
InventorsRakesh Thakare, Caichun Song, Phillip Stanley Bowen, Marvin Bryant, Paul Richard Boucher, Barry Holt
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A method of installing cable on a cable reel that has the steps of providing a cable reel that includes first and second opposing flanges, the first flange having a first hub portion and the second flange having a second hub portion, the first hub portion being longer than the second hub portion, the first hub portion having a plurality of flexible segments; placing a cable coil over the first hub portion and on the first flange so that the first hub portion extends through the cable coil; and inserting the second hub portion inside of the first hub portion, thereby expanding the flexible segments so that flexible segments engage the cable coil.
A method of installing cable on a cable reel, comprising the steps of:
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