Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Strand guide – Oscillatable or reciprocable
Patent
1994-06-10
1996-05-28
Mansen, Michael R.
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Strand guide
Oscillatable or reciprocable
2421371, 242163, 242171, B65H 5700, B65H 4918, B65H 1828
Patent
active
055203477
ABSTRACT:
A payout tube adapted to be secured to a container having wire or cable contained therein, has a flange at the entrance end thereof. The flange has a radiused surface wherein the radius is greater than the critical or kinking radius R.sub.c, and a central opening where the radiused surface fairs into the inner wall of the tube, with the inner wall being substantially tangential to the radiused surface. A plurality of strengthening ribs are located on the underside of the flange and extend along the outer wall of the tube, with certain ones of the ribs intersecting other ribs at right angles thereto. Mounting mechanism located at the exit end of the tube also has strengthening ribs, with strengthening members intersecting the ribs at right angles thereto. Due to the configuration of the flange, tube, ribs and mounting mechanism, the payout tube can be formed or molded as one integral unit with a consequent reduction in production costs.
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Bass Benjamin A.
May John F.
AT&T Corp.
Mansen Michael R.
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