Patent ID: 11945678
Assignee: ITOOL EQUIPMENT HOLDING LLC
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. In combination:
a spool-supporting axle assembly and
a spool-holding rack across which the spool-supporting axle assembly is capable of being supported, the spool-holding rack including a pair of struts which extend along opposite sides of the rack and wherein each strut includes an upwardly-opening pocket having a base and an opening provided in one side thereof which is bordered by a pair of spaced-apart plates, and wherein
the axle assembly includes:
an axle member having two opposite ends and a longitudinal axis which extends between the two opposite ends; and
a pair of bearing assemblies wherein each bearing assembly includes a rod section and a sleeve which is arranged about the rod section to provide a head of enlarged size for the bearing assembly and which is joined to the rod section for rotation relative to and about the rod section, and each bearing assembly is cooperable with a corresponding end of the axle member so that by positioning each bearing assembly in cooperating relationship with a corresponding end of the axle member and then positioning the head of each bearing assembly within a corresponding upwardly-opening pocket of the pair of struts so that the head is captured between the base of the upwardly-opening pocket and the spaced-apart plates, the axle member is permitted to rotate relative to the struts about the longitudinal axis of the axle member while the head is prevented from passing out of the opening provided in one side of the upwardly-opening pocket by the pair of plates.