Reel with indicator information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11401131-B2
Application number	US-202016904713-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2020
Priority date	Jul 22, 2015
Publication date	Aug 2, 2022
Grant date	Aug 2, 2022

Abstract

The reel which can mount substantial amounts of information for identifying the type of a wire wound thereon without increasing the hub size. The reel includes a hub that includes a winding part, a pair of flanges that face each other with the winding part interposed therebetween, first information display portions that are disposed on a first circumference about a shaft center of the hub of at least a surface of the flange, and a second information display portion that is disposed on a second circumference having a smaller diameter than that of the first circumference. The second information display portion is disposed in a region surrounded, in a circumferential direction, by both inner ends of the adjacent first information display portions and the shaft center of the hub.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A reel comprising:
a hub that includes a winding part upon which a wire is windable;
first and second flanges that are spaced in an axial direction along the hub and that include facing surfaces with the winding part interposed therebetween;
a first information display portion protruding from a surface opposite the facing surface of the first flange, wherein the first information display portion is positioned on a first circumference radially spaced from a shaft center of the hub;
a second information display portion protruding from the surface of the first flange and that is disposed on a second circumference having a diameter smaller than said first circumference;
wherein the first information display portion includes at least one elongated aperture extending through a first annular wall formed on the first flange;
wherein the second information display portion includes at least one indicator having a dimension in a circumferential direction which is smaller than a circumferential dimension of the at least one elongated aperture in the circumferential direction; and
wherein the at least one indicator of the second information display portion is positioned so as to be visible through the elongated aperture.

2. The reel of claim 1 , wherein the at least one indicator of the second information display portion includes a second annular wall and a plurality of apertures in the second annular wall which are each smaller in a circumferential direction than the at least one elongated aperture.

3. The reel of claim 2 , wherein the first information display portion further includes at least one smaller aperture formed in the first annular wall and spaced in the circumferential direction from the at least one elongated aperture, and the at least one smaller aperture is smaller than the at least one elongated aperture.

4. The reel of claim 1 , wherein the first information display portion further includes at least one smaller aperture formed in the first annular wall and spaced in the circumferential direction from the at least one elongated aperture, and the at least one smaller aperture is smaller than the at least one elongated aperture.

5. The reel of claim 4 , wherein the first information display portion includes at least two of the elongated apertures, and a plurality of the smaller apertures between the two elongated apertures.

6. The reel of claim 5 , wherein the smaller apertures include circular holes.

7. The reel of claim 1 , wherein the first information display portion further includes at least one additional opening extending through the first annular wall; and
wherein the at least one indicator of the second information display portion includes a second annular wall and at least one opening extending through the second annular wall, the at least one opening extending through the second annular wall having a dimension in the circumferential direction which is smaller than the dimension in the circumferential direction of the elongated aperture, and the at least one opening extending through the second annular wall is visible through the elongated aperture viewed in a radially inward direction.

8. A reel comprising:
a hub that includes a winding part upon which a wire is windable;
first and second flanges that are spaced in an axial direction along the hub and that include facing surfaces with the winding part interposed therebetween;
a first information display portion including a first wall protruding from a surface opposite the facing surface of the first flange, wherein the first information display portion is positioned on a first circumference radially spaced from a shaft center of the hub;
wherein the first information display portion includes a first indicator portion and a second indicator portion, and the first indicator portion has a dimension in a circumferential direction which is larger than a dimension of the second indicator portion in the circumferential direction.

9. The reel of claim 8 , wherein the reel includes at least two first indicator portions and a plurality of second indicator portions between the two first indicator portions.

10. The reel of claim 8 , wherein the first indicator portion includes an elongated aperture extending through the first wall.

11. The reel of claim 10 , further including a second information display portion positioned radially inside of the first information display portion and positioned so as to be visible through the elongated aperture of the first information display portion.

12. The reel of claim 11 , wherein the second information display portion includes a second wall having a diameter smaller than the first wall and an aperture extending through the second wall, the aperture of the second wall having a circumferential dimension smaller than a circumferential dimension of the elongated aperture of the first wall.

13. The reel of claim 8 , wherein the first wall is an annular wall, wherein at least one of the first indicator portion or the second indicator portion comprises an aperture extending through the first wall;
the reel further comprising a second wall formed radially inside of the first wall, the second wall including a third indicator portion visible through the aperture extending through the first wall.

14. The reel of claim 13 , wherein the third indicator portion comprises an opening in the second wall having a circumferential dimension smaller than a circumferential dimension of the aperture in the first wall.

15. The reel of claim 8 , wherein the first wall is a first annular wall, the reel further including a second information display portion comprising a second annular wall, the second annular wall including a third indicator portion which is visible through an opening of one of the first indicator portion or second indicator portion.

16. The reel of claim 8 , wherein the first wall is a first annular wall, and the first indicator portion includes an elongated aperture extending through the first annular wall;
the reel including a second annular wall having a diameter smaller than the first annular wall, the second annular wall comprising plural third indicator portions which are visible through the elongated aperture of the first annular wall when viewed in a radially inward direction.

17. The reel of claim 16 , wherein the plural third indicator portions include openings extending through the second annular wall each having a circumferential dimension smaller than a circumferential dimension of the elongated aperture extending through the first annular wall.

18. The reel of claim 8 , wherein the first wall protrudes from the surface of the first flange in an axial direction of the reel;
the first indicator portion includes a first opening extending through the first wall;
the second indicator portion includes a second opening extending through the first wall, the second opening having a dimension in a circumferential direction which is smaller than a dimension of the first opening in the circumferential direction;
the reel further including a second information display portion including a second wall extending in the axial direction of the reel and positioned radially inside of the first wall, the second information display portion including a third opening having a circumferential dimension smaller than the dimension of the first opening in the circumferential direction.

19. A reel comprising:
a hub that includes a winding part upon which a wire is windable;
first and second flanges that are spaced in an axial directio

Assignees

• Max Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kasahara Akira

Classifications

• B65H2701/36

  Wires · CPC title

• B65H75/182 Primary

  Identification means · CPC title

• B65H75/14 Primary

  with two end flanges · CPC title

• B65H75/18

  Constructional details · CPC title

• B65H2701/534

  Stackable or interlockable reels or parts of reels · CPC title