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US3275256A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Sectional tape spool construction

Assignee: CODE-A-PHONE CORP
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Filing: 1964-01-17
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Granted: 1966-09-27
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Expires: 1984-01-17
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jr H Albert Campbell
  • 👤 Harold R Burt

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 02:57
CPC Classifications
G; G11; G11B; G11B23/00; G11B23/02; G11B23/04; G11B23/08; G11B23/107

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 219 words
A SPOOL COMPONENT FOR MOUNTING IN A CONTAINER COMPRISING A FIRST SPOOL SECTION COMPRISING A TAPE MOUNTING CYLINDER, AND A DISC JOINED TO ONE END OF SAID CYLINDER RADIATING FROM THE CYLINDER AT SAID ONE END, SAID CYLINDER, PROGRESSING AXIALLY FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID DISC, HAVING A DIMENSION SUBSTANTIALLY AS WIDE AS THE TAPE TO BE RECEIVED BY THE SPOOL COMPONENT, AND A SECOND SPOOL SECTION COMPRISING AN ANNULAR DISC DISPOSED AGAINST THE END OF SAID CYLINDER OPPOSITE THE CYLINDER''S SAID ONE END, AND AN ANNULAR SHOULDER JOINED TO SAID ANNULAR DISC ADJACENT THE INNER CIRCUMFERENCE AND ON ONE SIDE THEREOF, AND SNUGLY RECEIVED WITHIN THE INSIDE OF SAID CYLINDER, SAID SHOULDER HAVING AN INNER CIRCUMFERENTIAL MARGIN WHICH IS IRREGULARLY CONTOURED WHEREBY A DRIVING CONNECTION MAY BE ESTABLISHED WITH THE SPOOL COMPONENT THROUGH SAID SHOULDER, SAID FIRST AND SECOND SPOOL SECTIONS INCLUDING CO-OPERATING MEANS PRODUCING A MECHANICAL INTERLOCK LOCKING THE TWO SECTIONS TOGETHER FOR SIMULTANEOUS ROTATION, SAID COOPERATING MEANS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE OPENING IN ONE OF THE SPOOL SECTIONS ADJACENT THE INNER CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID ANNULAR DISC AND LOCATED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID INNER CIRCUMFERENTIAL MARGIN OF SAID SHOULDER, AND AT LEAST ONE PROJECTION JOINED TO THE OTHER SPOOL SECTION LOCATED RADIALLY INWARDLY OF THE OUTER CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE CYLINDER, WHICH PROJECTION IS RECEIVED WITHIN SAID OPENING.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 219 words
A SPOOL COMPONENT FOR MOUNTING IN A CONTAINER COMPRISING A FIRST SPOOL SECTION COMPRISING A TAPE MOUNTING CYLINDER, AND A DISC JOINED TO ONE END OF SAID CYLINDER RADIATING FROM THE CYLINDER AT SAID ONE END, SAID CYLINDER, PROGRESSING AXIALLY FROM ONE SIDE OF SAID DISC, HAVING A DIMENSION SUBSTANTIALLY AS WIDE AS THE TAPE TO BE RECEIVED BY THE SPOOL COMPONENT, AND A SECOND SPOOL SECTION COMPRISING AN ANNULAR DISC DISPOSED AGAINST THE END OF SAID CYLINDER OPPOSITE THE CYLINDER''S SAID ONE END, AND AN ANNULAR SHOULDER JOINED TO SAID ANNULAR DISC ADJACENT THE INNER CIRCUMFERENCE AND ON ONE SIDE THEREOF, AND SNUGLY RECEIVED WITHIN THE INSIDE OF SAID CYLINDER, SAID SHOULDER HAVING AN INNER CIRCUMFERENTIAL MARGIN WHICH IS IRREGULARLY CONTOURED WHEREBY A DRIVING CONNECTION MAY BE ESTABLISHED WITH THE SPOOL COMPONENT THROUGH SAID SHOULDER, SAID FIRST AND SECOND SPOOL SECTIONS INCLUDING CO-OPERATING MEANS PRODUCING A MECHANICAL INTERLOCK LOCKING THE TWO SECTIONS TOGETHER FOR SIMULTANEOUS ROTATION, SAID COOPERATING MEANS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE OPENING IN ONE OF THE SPOOL SECTIONS ADJACENT THE INNER CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID ANNULAR DISC AND LOCATED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID INNER CIRCUMFERENTIAL MARGIN OF SAID SHOULDER, AND AT LEAST ONE PROJECTION JOINED TO THE OTHER SPOOL SECTION LOCATED RADIALLY INWARDLY OF THE OUTER CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE CYLINDER, WHICH PROJECTION IS RECEIVED WITHIN SAID OPENING.

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