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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:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Roger D Foster, Westminster, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242598 ; 2425992 ; 2421296 ;
Abstract
A removable auxiliary spool device is provided including a spool having a pair of end plates maintained fixed in parallel planes via a central portion about which a string of material may be stored. Further provided is a pair of end assemblies each having an end face and an engagement portion coupled to the end face for being removably coupled to an associated one of the end plates of the spool thereby allowing convenient dispensing of the string of material.