INERTIA BRAKING PAYOUT DEVICE AND PACKAGE SYSTEM

• US 20150203324A1
• Filed: 07/02/2014
• Published: 07/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ademco Inc. (Resideo Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Meachum, Brian, Dunar, Daniel D.
• Granted Patent: US 9,446,928 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2301/5154 from hand-held or table dispenser
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/33 Hollow or hose-like material
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/35 Ropes, lines
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/36 Wires
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/37 Tapes
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/3911 Chains
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/50 Storage means for webs, tapes, or filamentary material
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 49/205 Hand-held or portable dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 49/322 Enclosing boxes with supporting means for the package or reel during unwinding

Abstract

A payout device comprising a carton, an elongated rotatable member and a support assembly. The carton having a plurality of panels enclosing an interior compartment. At least one panel having an opening providing an egress for elongated flexible material stored within the interior compartment. The elongated member being rotatably supported in a substantially horizontal direction within the carton by the support assembly. The support assembly having a slot with a generally teardrop shape. The teardrop shape having a larger diameter end and a smaller diameter end such that a portion of the rotatable member is slidable therebetween. The larger diameter end sized to allow the rotatable member to rotate and the smaller diameter end having a size smaller than the circumference of the rotatable member. The slot positioned on the carton with the larger diameter end being elevated and closer to the opening than the smaller diameter end.

Claims

1. A payout device comprising:

a carton having a plurality of panels enclosing an interior compartment, at least one panel having an opening providing an egress for elongated flexible material stored within the interior compartment;

a rotatable member disposed substantially horizontally within the interior compartment, the rotatable member having a circumference, opposing ends and an length therebetween, the rotatable member extending substantially perpendicular to the opening;

a support assembly having a slot for rotatably supporting the rotatable member about a central longitudinal axis, the slot having a generally teardrop shape with a larger diameter end and a smaller diameter end, at least a portion of the rotatable member being slidable within the slot between the ends, the larger diameter end being sized to allow the rotatable member to rotate therein and the smaller diameter end having a size smaller than the circumference of the rotatable member, the slot positioned on the carton with the larger diameter end being in a position that is elevated and closer to the opening than the smaller diameter end.

2. The device of claim 1 where the rotatable member is rotatably supported by two slots on opposing panels of the carton, each slot receiving an opposing end of the rotatable member.

3. The device of claim 2 where the slots are openings extending through the opposing side panels.

4. The device of claim 1 further comprising a cutting device secured to the carton proximate the opening.

5. The device of claim 1 where the carton further comprises a weighted base.

6. The device of claim 1 where the carton has a hinged, slidable or removable access door on at least one panel.

7. The device of claim 1 where the carton has a handle on an exterior surface of at least one of the panels.

8. The device of claim 1 further comprising the elongated flexible material wound around the rotatable member.

9. The device of claim 8 where the elongated flexible material is at least one of rope, chain, cable, wire, strapping, string, line, cord, tape, banding, hose or plastic film.

10. The device of claim 1 where the carton is a slotted container comprised of corrugated fiberboard.

11. The device of claim 1 where the interior compartment is cylindrical in a substantially horizontal direction around the rotatable member.

12. A payout device comprising:

a generally rectangular carton having a top and bottom and four side panels joined with and extending between the top and bottom, the top, bottom and side panels enclosing an interior compartment, at least one side panel having an opening providing an egress for elongated flexible material stored within the interior compartment;

an elongated rotatable cylindrical member disposed substantially horizontally within the interior compartment, the cylindrical member having a circumference which the elongated flexible material can be wound around, opposing ends and an elongated length extending therebetween, the rotatable cylindrical member being positioned in the interior compartment substantially perpendicular to the opening;

a support assembly having two slots for rotatably supporting the cylindrical member at the opposing ends, the slots having a generally teardrop shape with a larger diameter end and a smaller diameter end, the opposing ends of the spool being slideable within the slot, the larger diameter end being sized to allow the opposing ends of the elongated cylindrical member to rotate therein and the smaller diameter end having a size smaller than the opposing ends of the cylindrical member, the slots positioned on opposing sides of the carton in an angled position relative a vertical axis with the larger diameter end being elevated from the smaller diameter end and being closer to the opening than the smaller diameter end.

13. The device of claim 12 further comprising a cutting device secured to the carton proximate the opening.

14. The device of claim 12 where the carton further comprises a weighted base.

15. The device of claim 12 where the carton has a hinged, slidable or removable access door on at least one panel.

16. The device of claim 12 where the carton has a handle on an exterior surface of at least one of the panels.

17. The device of claim 12 further comprising the elongated flexible material wound around the elongated cylindrical member.

18. The device of claim 17 where the elongated flexible material is at least one of rope, chain, cable, wire, strapping, string, line, cord, tape, banding, hose or plastic film.

19. The device of claim 12 where the carton is a slotted container comprised of corrugated fiberboard.

20. The device of claim 12 where the interior compartment is cylindrical in a substantially horizontal direction around the elongated cylindrical member.