Corrugated flanges for spools and reels

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7364113
APP PUB NO 20050205713A1
SERIAL NO

11095754

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A flange design providing improved strength, fracture resistance, and the like using corrugations extending substantially radially from an arbor aperture toward a rim portion. A spool or reel may include a tubular member to receive a stranded material wrapped therearound. A first flange comprising a core portion and an outer portion may secure to one end of the first flange engaging the tubular member. A second flange may secure to the other end of the tubular member. The core portion of a flange may comprise an arbor wall defining the perimeter of an arbor aperture. The arbor wall may be directly contacted and supported by a plurality of corrugations extending radially therefrom. The outer portion of a flange may contact the core portion and extending radially away therefrom to an outer edge to restrain the stranded material in an axial direction.

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SONOCO DEVELOPMENT INC839 PATRICK HWY [MS A53] HARTSVILLE SC 29550

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ripplinger, C Robert Millville, UT 14 158

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