Patent ID: 7108222
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: B65H,G11B

Abstract:
1. A motion picture reel having an axis of rotation and formed of separable and releaseably engageable components including: a pair of laterally confining retaining members each including a flat portion that defines a central, hub-engaging region, said axis of rotation extending through the center of said hub-engaging region, an intermediate portion extending outwardly from said hub-engaging region, and a retainer rim having a circular perimeter concentrically surrounding said hub-engaging region, and a resilient prong spaced radially from said axis of rotation and projecting out from said hub-engaging region and including a catch thereon, and a latching member projecting out from said hub-engaging region and located diametrically opposite said prong and defining an engageable latch at the same radial distance from said axis of rotation as said prong and also a pair of radially outwardly diverging side walls located on opposing sides of said latch, and a hub with opposing edges and having a rim with a cylindrical outer surface, a central core and a plurality of radial partitions forming spokes between said core and said rim and dividing the space therebetween into a plurality of truncated, arcuate sectors, wherein when said hub is positioned between said a hub-engaging regions of said retaining members and said retaining members are rotated relative to each other about said axis of rotation one hundred and eighty degrees and pressed into contact with said opposing edges of said hub with said prongs directed toward said latching members, said catches respectively engage said latches and said side walls of said latching members fit between and contact a diametrically opposed adjacent pair of said radial partitions within said hub.