US 12,077,407 B2
Reusable reel
Jay A. Kisselstein, Mexico, NY (US); Richard Maroney, Camillus, NY (US); Noah P. Montena, Syracuse, NY (US); and Brian K. Hanson, Cicero, NY (US)
Assigned to PPC BROADBAND, INC., East Syracuse, NY (US)
Filed by PPC BROADBAND, INC., East Syracuse, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/491,337.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,995, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0098002 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. B65H 75/14 (2006.01); B65H 75/22 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 75/14 (2013.01) [B65H 75/2245 (2021.05); B65H 75/2254 (2021.05)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
4. A reel comprising:
a first reel member including a first barrel portion, a first flange portion, and a first hub portion; and
a second reel member including a second barrel portion, a second flange portion, and a second hub portion;
wherein the first barrel portion and the second barrel portion are configured to be coupled with one another;
wherein the first barrel portion includes an inner wall and an outer wall that are spaced apart from one another in a radial direction of the first barrel portion;
wherein the second barrel portion includes an inner wall and an outer wall that are spaced apart from one another in a radial direction of the second barrel portion;
wherein the first barrel portion, the first flange portion, and the first hub portion are portions of a first single piece structure of unitary construction;
wherein the second barrel portion, the second flange portion, and the second hub portion are portions of a second single piece structure of unitary construction; and
wherein the outer wall of the second barrel portion includes a receiving portion structurally configured to have a circumferential dimension that increases from a first end at the second flange portion to a second end that is opposite the first end such that the second barrel portion includes a guide portion that is structurally configured to guide an alignment portion of the first barrel portion into the receiving portion when the first reel member is coupled with the second reel member.