Patent ID: 6450441
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
An apparatus for receiving, storing, and dispensing a stranded material, the apparatus comprising:a tubular member having an axial direction and a radial direction, configured to receive a stranded material wrapped therearound; a first flange configured to engage the tubular member and comprising a core portion, having an arbor aperture therein and configured to support the apparatus on an arbor through the arbor aperture, and a outer portion extending radially away from the core portion to an outer edge and configured to restrain the stranded material in an axial direction; and the first flange, further comprising a base and a closure, wherein the base is corrugated to have a first face and a plurality of recessed regions offset therefrom to form corrugations, and wherein the closure is configured to stiffen the first flange by creating closed cross-sections increasing the section modulus in selected corrugations.