Spool for fiber optic media

US5908172A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Crellin, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Steven William Pierro · North Chatham, US
• Ronald Tracy Trefzger · Malden Bridge, US
• Leland Hubert Boyles · Oneida, US
• James Richard Wilkinson · Edgewood, US
• Victor J. DesRosiers · Kinderhook, US
• Robert Fazio · Valatie, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 5, 1996
• Grant date: Jun 1, 1999
• Expiry date: Sep 5, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2701/514
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A spool for filamentary material such as optical fibers and others consists of two members which are locked together to form a drum with two opposed flanges defining a winding space. The two members may be separated to allow material wound on the drum to be removed at will. After the material is removed, the two parts may be locked again making the spool reusable.