Patent · US Expired

Cable payout tube

US5979811A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 22, 1998
Grant dateNov 9, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 22, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H57/12
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cable payout tube having a large diameter cable entrance end and an even larger cable exit end, for accommodating stiff cable without kinking thereof. The interior of the tube has cable gripping chambers extending along at least a portion of the length thereof, the chambers being tapered to allow wedging of the end of a cable therein. A flange and locking tabs enable mounting the tube in an opening in a carton containing the cable.

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