Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Reeling device – With particular guide or guard
Reexamination Certificate
2011-01-12
2011-11-22
Rivera, William A (Department: 3654)
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Reeling device
With particular guide or guard
C242S157100
Reexamination Certificate
active
08061644
ABSTRACT:
A reel having an adjustable deployment angle including a frame, a drum mounted in the frame and having a core and end flanges, a level wind assembly having a carriage, a lead screw and an indexing finger or fingers, and a guide frame element or elements coupled to the frame proximate one of the end flanges, wherein the guide frame element includes a groove having a plurality of discrete, preferably linear, segments configured to receive the indexing finger. Additionally, the groove may include a generally radially-inwardly extending notch at an intersection of each of the discrete segments, where each of the notches may be radially spaced a different distance from an axis of rotation of the drum. Adjusting the level wind assembly may include moving the indexing finger out of a notch, along one or more of the discrete segments, and back into a second notch.
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Beem Patent Law Firm
PATCO Machine & Fab., Inc.
Rivera William A
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