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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Benjamin Allen Bass, Omaha, NE (US);
John Francis May, Omaha, NE (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2421 / ; 2421371 ; 242163 ; 242171 ; 2421252 ;
Abstract
A cable payout tube having a large diameter cable entrance end and an even larger cable exit end, for accommodating stiff cable without kinking thereof. The interior of the tube has cable gripping chambers extending along at least a portion of the length thereof, the chambers being tapered to allow wedging of the end of a cable therein. A flange and locking tabs enable mounting the tube in an opening in a carton containing the cable.