WO2011071802A2 - Dispositif de support de bobine de câble - Google Patents

Dispositif de support de bobine de câble Download PDF

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WO2011071802A2
WO2011071802A2 PCT/US2010/059056 US2010059056W WO2011071802A2 WO 2011071802 A2 WO2011071802 A2 WO 2011071802A2 US 2010059056 W US2010059056 W US 2010059056W WO 2011071802 A2 WO2011071802 A2 WO 2011071802A2
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cable spool
carrying device
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Alan J. Amato
Carl L. Crossett, Jr.
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PPC Broadband Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G7/00—Devices for assisting manual moving or tilting heavy loads
    • B65G7/12—Load carriers, e.g. hooks, slings, harness, gloves, modified for load carrying
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H75/00—Storing webs, tapes, or filamentary material, e.g. on reels
    • B65H75/02—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks
    • B65H75/18—Constructional details
    • B65H75/185—End caps, plugs or adapters
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2402/00—Constructional details of the handling apparatus
    • B65H2402/40—Details of frames, housings or mountings of the whole handling apparatus
    • B65H2402/41—Portable or hand-held apparatus
    • B65H2402/412—Portable or hand-held apparatus details or the parts to be hold by the user, e.g. handle

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  • a cable spool is a flanged drum around which various types of electrical and optical cable can be wound.
  • a standard cable spool may be sized to accommodate about one thousand feet of standard coaxial cable.
  • the drum of the spool may be about one foot high and have flanges attached to the top and bottom of the drum that are about one foot in diameter.
  • each flange generally includes a circular opening through which a mandrel can be inserted in order to allow the spool to be spun by pulling on the cable, thus unwinding the cable from the spool.
  • a standard cable spool is thus small enough to be transported by a single cable technician during cable installation at a home or business, for example.
  • example embodiments of the present invention relate to a cable spool carrying device.
  • the example cable spool carrying device disclosed herein enables a cable technician to carry a cable spool with a single hand, thus freeing the other hand to simultaneously perform other tasks such as carrying tools and other equipment or holding onto a hand rail or a ladder.
  • a carrying device includes a handle, first and second legs attached to the handle, and first and second feet attached to the first and second legs, respectively.
  • Each leg is configured to extend through a circular mandrel opening in a flange of a cable spool and each foot is configured to engage an inside surface of the flange.
  • a cable spool carrying device includes a handle, first and second legs attached to the handle, first and second feet attached to the first and second legs, respectively, and means for biasing the first and second legs away from one another.
  • a cable spool carrying device includes a handle, first and second legs connected to the handle, first and second feet connected to the first and second legs, respectively, and first and second leaf springs connected to the handle and configured to bias the first and second legs away from one another.
  • Each leg is configured to extend through a circular mandrel opening in a flange of a cable spool.
  • At least a portion of each foot includes an uneven surface that is generally perpendicular to the corresponding leg and is configured to engage an inside surface of the flange of the cable spool.
  • Figure 1A is a top perspective view of an example cable spool carrying device
  • Figure IB is a front view of the example cable spool carrying device of Figure 1A;
  • Figure 2A is a top perspective view of the example cable spool carrying device of Figure 1 A just prior to the insertion of a portion of the device into a circular mandrel opening in a flange of an example cable spool;
  • Figure 2B is a front view of the example cable spool carrying device of Figure 2A and a front cross-sectional view of the example cable spool of Figure 2A during insertion of a portion of the device into the circular mandrel opening in the flange of the cable spool;
  • Figure 2C is a front view of the example cable spool carrying device of Figure 2A and a front cross-sectional view of the example cable spool of Figure 2A after insertion of a portion of the device into the circular mandrel opening in the flange of the example cable spool and during the lifting of the cable spool using the device;
  • Figure 2D is a front view of the example cable spool carrying device of Figure 2A and a front cross-sectional view of the example cable spool of Figure 2A prior to extraction of a portion of the device from the circular mandrel opening in the flange of the example cable spool.
  • Example embodiments of the present invention relate to a cable spool carrying device.
  • the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.
  • These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention.
  • Other embodiments may be utilized and structural changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
  • the various embodiments of the invention although different, are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
  • a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in one embodiment may be included within other embodiments.
  • the following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is defined only by the appended claims, along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled.
  • an example cable spool carrying device 100 is disclosed.
  • the example cable spool carrying device 100 enables a cable technician to carry a cable spool with only one hand, thus freeing the other hand to simultaneously perform other tasks such as carrying tools and other equipment or holding onto a hand rail or a ladder. It is understood, however, that the example cable spool carrying device 100 is not limited to use in carrying a cable spool, but can more generally be used to carry any item that includes an appropriately sized opening in a relatively thin component of the item.
  • the example cable spool carrying device 100 generally includes a handle 102, first and second legs 104 and 106 attached to the handle 102, and first and second feet 108 and 110 attached to the first and second handles 104 and 106, respectively.
  • the handle 102 includes four indentations 1 12 for four fingers of a human hand 300 (see Figure 2 A) and is configured to substantially surround the four fingers when the handle 102 is gripped by the hand 300.
  • the legs 104 and 106 include curved outer surfaces 1 14 and 116, respectively.
  • the feet 108 and 1 10 include uneven surfaces 1 18 and 120, respectively.
  • the uneven surfaces 118 and 120 are substantially perpendicular to the legs 104 and 106 and substantially parallel to the top portion of the handle 102.
  • the feet 108 and 110 also include tapered surfaces 122 and 124, respectively.
  • the example device 100 may further include first and second supports 126 and 128 reinforcing the connections between the handle 102 and the first and second legs 104 and 106, respectively.
  • the example device 100 may further include a leaf-spring component 130 positioned between the first and second legs 104 and 106.
  • the leaf-spring component 130 includes first and second leaf springs 132 and 134 connected to the handle 102 via a post 136.
  • the leaf-spring component 130 is configured to bias the first and second legs 104 and 106 away from one another.
  • the leaf-spring component 130 is therefore one example structural implementation of a means for biasing the first and second legs 104 and 106 away from one another.
  • leaf-spring component 130 biasing of the first and second legs 104 and 106 away from one another.
  • the leaf-spring component 130 comprises but one exemplary structural implementation of a means for biasing of the first and second legs 104 and 106 away from one another.
  • the leaf-spring component 130 may be altered to include coil springs (not shown) instead of the leaf springs 132 and 134. Further, in other example embodiments the leaf-spring component 130 may be omitted altogether and the biasing functionality may be accomplished by one or more resilient portions of the first and second legs 104 and 106. In yet other example embodiments, the biasing functionality may be accomplished by some combination of the above example embodiments.
  • the example cable spool carrying device 100 may be integrally molded as a single piece.
  • the device 100 may be integrally molded from polypropylene, semi-rigid polyvinyl chloride (semi-rigid PVC), polyethylene, or some combination thereof.
  • the example cable spool carrying device 100 may further include a visible indicator (not shown) that designates the size of the circular mandrel opening for which the device 100 is configured to carry.
  • the device 100 can include a color, visible texture, visible characters, or other visibly perceptible characteristic on a surface of the device 100 to visibly specify the particular size of circular mandrel opening that the device 100 is configured to carry.
  • this visible indicator can enable the technician to quickly distinguish between differently sized devices 100.
  • one circular mandrel opening may be about 1 and 5/8 inches in diameter, while another circular mandrel opening may be about 2 inches in diameter.
  • Figures 2A-2D disclose the example cable spool carrying device 100 being used to carry an example cable spool 200 with only one hand 300 of a technician holding the example device 100.
  • the example cable spool 200 includes a drum 202 and top and bottom flanges 204 and 206. Portions of the drum and/or top and bottom flanges 204 may be formed from plywood, for example. Approximately 1000 feet of standard coaxial cable 208 is wound around the drum 202 between the flanges 204 and 206.
  • the top and bottom flanges 204 and 206 include top and bottom circular mandrel openings 210 and 212.
  • a mandrel (not shown) can be inserted through the mandrel openings 210 and 212 in order to allow the cable spool 200 to be spun by pulling on the coaxial cable 208, thus unwinding the coaxial cable 208 from the drum 202 of the cable spool 200.
  • Figure 2A discloses the example cable spool carrying device 100 just prior to the insertion of the feet 108 and 1 10 of the device 100 into the circular mandrel opening 210 in the top flange 204 of the example cable spool 200.
  • the distance Dl between the two curved outer surfaces 114 and 116 of the first and second legs 104 and 106 is about equal to a diameter D2 of the circular mandrel opening 210.
  • the radius of curvature of the two curved outer surfaces 1 14 and 1 16 matches the radius of curvature of the circular mandrel opening 210 in the flange 204 of the cable spool 200.
  • the diameter D2 of the circular mandrel opening 210 is smaller in diameter than an outside distance D3 between the feet 108 and 110.
  • Figure 2B discloses the example cable spool carrying device 100 during insertion of the feet 108 and 1 10 of the device 100 into the circular mandrel opening 210 of the cable spool 200.
  • the leaf-spring component 130 allows the legs 104 and 106 to be resiliently bent toward one another in order to allow the feet 108 and 110 to be inserted into the circular mandrel opening 210.
  • the tapered portions 122 and 124 cause the feet 108 and 110 to slide toward one another when the feet 108 and 110 are forced through the circular mandrel opening 210.
  • Figure 2C discloses the example cable spool carrying device 100 after insertion of the feet 108 and 110 of the device 100 into the circular mandrel opening 210 and during the lifting of the cable spool 200 using the device 100.
  • the leaf springs 132 and 134 of the leaf-spring component 130 cause the legs 104 and 106 to automatically spring back to a position where the distance D 1 between the two curved outer surfaces 1 14 and 1 16 is about equal to the diameter D2 of the circular mandrel opening 210.
  • the uneven surfaces 1 18 and 120 of the feet 108 and 110 engage an inside surface 214 of the top flange 204.
  • the example cable spool carrying device 100 may further be configured to prevent a technician from using the device 100 to lift the cable spool 200 if the cable spool 200 is greater than or equal to a predetermined weight.
  • some portion of the handle 102, the legs 104 and 106, or the feet 108 and 1 10 can be configured to break when the example device is attached to a cable spool that is heavier than or equal to a predetermined weight (such as 40 pounds or 50 pounds, for example) and the technician exerts a lifting force with the technician's hand 302 on the handle 102 that is equal to the predetermined weight.
  • a predetermined weight such as 40 pounds or 50 pounds, for example
  • Figure 2D discloses the example cable spool carrying device 100 just prior to the extraction of the feet 108 and 1 10 of the device 100 from the circular mandrel opening 210 of the example cable spool 200.
  • the technician can grasp the legs 104 and 106 with one hand 302 and squeeze the legs 104 and 106 together. The technician can then lift on the handle 102 with the other hand 300.
  • the example device 100 is therefore configured to be attached and detached to the cable spool 200 manually without the assistance of any tools. Once detached from the cable spool 200, the example device 100 can be reused by attaching to another cable spool.
  • the example cable spool carrying device 100 disclosed herein thus enables a cable technician to carry the cable spool 100 with only one hand, thus freeing the other hand to simultaneously perform other tasks such as carrying tools and other equipment or holding onto a hand rail or a ladder.

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L'invention porte sur un dispositif de support de bobine de câble. Selon un exemple de mode de réalisation, l'invention porte sur un dispositif de support de bobine de câble comprenant une poignée, des première et seconde pattes fixées à la poignée, des premier et second pieds fixés respectivement aux première et seconde pattes et un moyen de sollicitation des première et seconde pattes destiné à éloigner celles-ci l'une de l'autre.
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