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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2022
Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
Ronald J L Tessier, Lititz, PA (US);
Ross Goldman, Bothell, WA (US);
John R. Weit, Jr., Stevens, PA (US);
LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO., INC., Melville, NY (US);
Abstract
An interlocked pay off reel comprises square or rectangular endplates that can be interlocked together to build a wall or skid of reels, and which allows the cable to be unspooled or paid out easily using a simple assembly. The pay off reel comprises two round flanges configured to hold respective ends of a cable spool. The flanges can be snapped to respective two square endplates, which elevate the spool and act as a stable base. The engagement mechanism between the flanges and the endplates permits the spool and flanges to rotate during pay off and applies frictional braking to prevent the spool from back spinning and freewheeling. Handles are built into the endplates so that the reel can be handled and moved easily. Interlock mechanisms on multiple sides and surfaces of the endplates permit the endplates to be locked to other endplates in all directions, allowing stacks of reels to be assembled.