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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 06, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen M Reinke, Rochester, NY (US);
Robert F Allen, Spencerport, NY (US);
Paul E Bailey, Caledonia, NY (US);
Thomas A Cipolla, Rochester, NY (US);
James C Foote, Jr, York, NY (US);
Robert L Huseby, Fairport, NY (US);
Thomas E Stark, North Fort Myers, FL (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D / ; B21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
72306 ; 72217 ; 723794 ; 72426 ; 29806 ; 413 71 ; 413 76 ;
Abstract
A substantially rectangular metal blank is formed about a mandrel (76) to provide a very open shell (28) having a pair of axially extending lips (20c,20t) separated by a distance sufficient to permit a prewound spool (10) or other product to be inserted radially, laterally into the shell prior to closing the shell about the spool or other product.