Patent ID: 8857753
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. A split-flange reel comprising: two left-side flange-halves removably attached to one another to form a left-side flange; two right-side flange-halves removably attached to one another to form a right-side flange; a bolt-in drum comprising a first end, a second end, a first cross arm located proximate the first end of the bolt-in drum, and a second cross arm located proximate the second end of the bolt-in drum, the bolt-in drum disposed between the left-side flange and the right-side flange, wherein the left-side flange is removably attached to the first cross arm and the right-side flange is removably attached to the second cross arm; and an arbor tube connected to each of the two left-side flange-halves and passing through the left-side flange, the first cross arm, the bolt-in drum, the second cross arm, and the right-side flange wherein each of the left-side flange and the right-side flange comprises a cross arm, and wherein each of the left-side flange and the right-side flange is attachable to the bolt-in drum by connecting the cross arm of the left-side flange to the first cross arm and the cross arm of the right-side flange to the second cross arm.