Storage reel

• US 3,208,121 A
• Filed: 10/03/1963
• Issued: 09/28/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: James C. Price
• Original Assignee: James C. Price
• Inventors: Price, James C.
• Application Number:
  US04/313,603
• Time in Patent Office: 726 Days
• US Class Current: 242/388.1
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 11/02 using take-up reel or drum
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 24/909 Winders for flexible material

Claims

1. A STORAGE REEL FOR STORING CORDS, COMPRISING A PAIR OF ANNULAR SHELL HALVES CONFRONTING EACH OTHER TO DEFINE A HOUSING AND HAVING ADJACENT PERIPHERAL EDGES, EACH OF SAID SHELL HALVES HAVING A CORD-RECEIVING SLOT OPENING THROUGH SAID PERIPHERAL EDGE, SAID SHELL HALVES BEING ROTATABLE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER TO PERMIT SAID SLOTS TO BE MOVED INTO ALIGNMENT AND OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH EACH OTHER AND THEREBY PERMIT A LOOP OF THE CORD TO BE INSERTED THROUGH THE ALIGNED SLOTS AND INTO THE HOUSING WITH THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE LOOP EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THROUGH RESPECTIVE SLOTS, A ROTATABLE CORD WINDING HUB IN SAID HOUSING AND HAVING MEANS ATTACHABLE TO SUCH A LOOP IN THE CORD TO FACILITATE WINDING OF THE CORD INTO THE HOUSING, MEANS ENGAGING SAID SHELL HALVES AND ROTATABLY CONNECTING SAID SHELL HALVES TOGETHER TO PERMIT RELATIVE ROTATION OF SAID SHELL HALVES AND THEREBY MOVE SAID SLOTS OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH EACH OTHER WITH THE ENDS OF THE LOOP OF THE CORD IN RESPECTIVE SLOTS TO PREVENT UNINTENDED REMOVAL OF THE CORD FROM THE HOUSING AND TO PERMIT SAID ENDS OF THE LOOP TO BE EXTENDED FROM THE HOUSING IN A DESIRED DIRECTION, AND MEANS EFFECTING ROTATION OF SAID HUB.