Patent Application
20190152738
This disclosure relates generally to spool repair.
General contractors and commercial electricians use spools to carry and hold cable or wire. Structurally, spools ordinarily have a flange positioned at each end of an elongated tube portion. The flange, possessing a diameter greater than the tube portion, prevent cable or wire, wound around the tube portion, from coming undone and tangling. However, damage to either of the flange portions, not an uncommon occurrence in building environments, may result in wasted cable or wire and time.
The following presents a simplified summary of the disclosure to provide a basic understanding to the reader. This summary is not an extensive overview of the disclosure, nor does it identify key or critical elements of the claimed subject matter, or define its scope. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts disclosed in a simplified form as a precursor to the more detailed description that is later presented.
The instant application discloses, among other things, a wire or cable Spool Repair. According to one embodiment, Spool Repair may comprise a coupler which may connect orthogonally to a center of a disk. The coupler may be attached to a damaged spool, whereby the disk may serve the function of an undamaged flange, preventing cable or wire, wound around a spool's tubular core, from coming undone or tangling. The coupler protruding from the center of the disk may attach to a damaged end of a spool through insertion into one end of the spool's tube. Glue or another means of adhesion may be used with the coupler to help secure it to the internal surface of the spool's tubular portion.
A person skilled in the art will understand that Spool Repair may be made in various shapes and sizes, and of various materials, such as plastic or wood, for example.
Many of the attendant features may be more readily appreciated as they become better understood by reference to the following detailed description considered in connection with the attached drawings.
The present description may be better understood from the following detailed description read in light of the appended drawings, wherein:
Disk 310 may be operable to receive Coupler 340. Coupler 340 may protrude orthogonally from a center of Disk 310. Coupler 340 may help secure Spool Repair 300 to a tubular portion of a spool which may have sustained damage, for example, a broken flange. Spool Repair 300 may help prevent cable or wire from untangling from the spool. Coupler 340 may have Diameter 350, for example, from 1/16″ to 4″. In addition, Coupler 340 may have Length 360, for example, from 1/16″ to 1″.
Attachment Means 345 may be used with Coupler 340 to help secure it to the internal surface of the spool's tubular portion. Attachment Means 345 may be an adhesive, magnet, hook and loop fastener, clip, screw, bolt, or another type of fastener. Alternatively, Attachment Means 345 may couple Disk 310 to a flange, for example, an adhesive, magnet, hook and loop fastener, clip, screw, bolt, or another type of fastener.
A person skilled in the art will understand that Spool Repair 400 or its components may be made in various shapes, sizes, and materials, for example, polymers, composites, wood, rubber, or metal.
Disk 310 may be operable to securely receive Coupler 340. Coupler 340 may be disposed so as to protrude orthogonally from a center of Disk 310. Coupler 340 may securely attach to an inside portion of Spool Tube 410. This configuration may enable Disk 310 to press firmly against Damaged Flange 420 or an end of Spool Tube 410 to prevent cable or wire wound around Spool Tube 410 from coming undone or tangling.
A more particular description of certain embodiments of Spool Repair may be had by reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings that form a part of this specification, in which like numerals represent like objects.
While the detailed description above has been expressed in terms of specific examples, those skilled in the art will appreciate that many other configurations could be used. Accordingly, it will be appreciated that various equivalent modifications of the above-described embodiments may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
Additionally, the illustrated operations in the description show certain events occurring in a certain order. In alternative embodiments, certain operations may be performed in a different order, modified or removed. Moreover, steps may be added to the above-described logic and still conform to the described embodiments. Further, operations described herein may occur sequentially or certain operations may be processed in parallel.
