Cord and line storage reel

• US 4,150,798 A
• Filed: 08/10/1977
• Issued: 04/24/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Manuel Y. Aragon
• Original Assignee: Manuel Y. Aragon
• Inventors: Aragon, Manuel Y.
• Primary Examiner(s): McCarthy, Edward J.
• Application Number:
  US05/823,413
• Time in Patent Office: 622 Days
• Field of Search: 242/100.1, 242/96, 242/77, 242/107, 24/71.2, 191/12.2 R
• US Class Current: 242/388.1
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 75/406 hand-held during use B65H75/48, B65H75/4473 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 11/02 using take-up reel or drum

Abstract

Each one of a pair of mating telescoping circular reel half sections have a slot aperture bisecting each reel half section, excluding a central alignment and indexing hub formed by each one of the mating reel half sections. The mating pair of half sections are secured together by compression of the grooved semi-rigid rims of the pair, the flexible rims having a pair of circular mating grooves disposed in the pair of semi-rigid rim periphery. An electric cord or line is disposed across the hub of the indexed pair of the bisecting slot apertures of the pair of reel half sections, which are then compressed together. The pair of reel half sections are oppositely rotated, winding the electric cord or line inside the reel on the reel hub.

Claims

1. In a storage reel suitable for storing electric cord, rope, lines and tubing, the combination comprising:

a pair of circular reel half sections comprising a first reel half section and a second reel half section telescoped together, providing a storage reel,

said first reel half section having an integral hub member, circular in shape, said reel half section having a first slot aperture bisectingly disposed the full diameter across said first half section and having a required slot width, said first half section having a flexible rim with a groove formed in and disposed around the full rim periphery,

said second reel half section having an integral hub member, circular in shape and mating with said first half section hub member, said second reel half section having a second slot aperture bisectingly disposed across the full diameter of said half section including aforesaid hub member, said second reel half section having a flexible rim with a groove formed therein and disposed around the full rim periphery,

aforesaid flexible rims of said first half section and said second section sections are sized and adapted to telescope together and lock the pair of rim grooves of said first and second half sections,

aforesaid integral hub members of said first half section and said second half section are sized and adapted to telescope together and mate, and provide a pair of a first and second slot apertures of equivalent width, and,

whereby when aforesaid first reel half section and aforesaid second reel half section are telescoped together, mating aforesaid flexible rims and aforesaid hub members, and the pair of reel half sections are rotated to place aforesaid pair of first and second slot apertures in coincidence, and after placing an electric cord across aforesaid slot first and second apertures and aforesaid mated hub members, the mated first reel half section is rotated in an opposed direction to aforesaid second reel half section winding said cord inside said storage reel.

2. In the combination set forth in claim 1, the further modification wherein the storage reel is comprised of polyethylene, polypropylene and ABS.