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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1989
James S Salloum, Oxford, MI (US);
Creative Techniques, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A reel is formed of a plastic molded huband and side, disk-like flanges. The hub is made of thin-wall, cylindrical rings that are arranged end-to-end, and the flanges are made of two or more separate radial sections having radially oriented, overlapped edges that fasten together. Removable mechanical fasteners extend through passageways formed in the hub rings and through the flanges for fastening them together. The width of the reel may be varied by changing the number of rings. The diameters of the flange may be varied by blocking off the outer portions of the mold in which the flask sections are molded to remove selected amounts of the peripheral portions of the sections for reducing the flange diameter. The hub rings and flange sections are interchangeable with like rings and sections for repair or reduced inventory purposes.