Reel for motion picture film and the like

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A FILM-FLANGE ADAPTED FOR SEPARABLE INTERENGAGEMENT WITH ANOTHER SIMILAR FLANGE TO FORM A COMPLETE REEL, SAID FLANGE COMPRISING A CIRCULAR DISC AND A HUB PROJECTING PERPENDICULARLY FROM THE CENTER OF SAID DISC, SAID HUB COMPRISING TWO CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED FINGERS HAVING CURVED OUTER SURFACES THAT ARE ARCS OF THE SAME CIRCLE, THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL SPACING OF SAID FINGERS BEING AT LEAST AS GREAT AS THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL EXTENT OF EACH FINGER SO THAT THE FINGERS OF EACH FLANGE CAN BE INTERFITTED WITH THE FINGERS OF THE OTHER, THE FINGERS HAVING A LENGTH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE SPACING BETWEEN THE OPPOSED DISCS WHEN THE FINGERS ARE INTERENGAGED, A FLAT RECTANGULAR BOX HAVING A BOTTOM WALL BEING PROVIDED IN ITS REMOVABLE COVER, THE BOTTOM WALL BEING PROVIDED IN ITS MEDICAL REGION WITH AN UPSTANDING HUB COMPRISING FINGERS SHAPED AND SIZED LIKE, AND INTERFITTABLE WITH, THE FINGERS ON SAID FLANGE, WHEREBY WOUND FILM CAN BE TRANSFERRED FROM HUB TO HUB BY TEMPORARILY INTERENGAGING SAID HUBS.