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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2022
Ppc Broadband, Inc., East Syracuse, NY (US);
Brian Honsinger, Warners, NY (US);
Noah P. Montena, Syracuse, NY (US);
Peter A. Carapella, Fayetteville, NY (US);
PPC BROADBAND, INC., East Syracuse, NY (US);
Abstract
A reel holder includes a first reel holder member including a first frame member and a first ring member a second reel holder member including a second frame member and a second ring member. The first ring member is configured to be coupled with the first frame member such that the first ring member is configured to be rotatable relative to the first frame member, and the second ring member is configured to be coupled with the second frame member such that the second ring member is configured to be rotatable relative to the second frame member. The first ring member is configured to be coupled with a first flange of a reel, and the second ring member is configured to be coupled with a second flange of reel. The first ring member is configured to rotate relative to the first frame member when the reel is rotated, the second ring member is configured to rotate relative to the second frame when the reel is rotated. The first ring member includes protrusions configured to extend through the first flange of the reel, a radially outer surface of each of the protrusions is configured to support an inner surface of a hub of the reel, the second ring member includes protrusions configured to extend through the second flange of the reel, and a radially outer surface of each of the protrusions is configured to support the inner surface of the hub.