Patent ID: 6079657
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: B65H,H02G,H04M

Abstract:
A telecommunications cable reel that is comprised of a telecommunications cable having a terminal at each of the two ends; a top cover having a winding plate opening at the center, two terminal holders at the front and rear of the aforesaid top cover, and number of posts on the interior surface of the aforesaid top cover; a bottom cover that is congruent in shape with the aforesaid top cover, both of which form the enclosure of the reel herein; furthermore, there are a number of receptacles on the interior surface of the aforesaid bottom cover that facilitates the assembly of the aforesaid top cover and the aforesaid bottom cover into a single physical entity after insertion of the aforesaid posts into said receptacles; and at the two sides of the aforesaid bottom cover and in alignment with the aforesaid two terminal holders of the aforesaid top cover are another pair of terminal holders that provide for the placement of the aforesaid terminals at the two ends of the aforesaid telecommunications cable; a winding plate and the aforesaid winding plate is rotatably positioned in the aforesaid winding plate opening of the aforesaid top cover, and situated at the center of the aforesaid winding plate is a reel that is utilized to bind and roll up the aforesaid telecommunications cable and, after a hole in the center of the aforesaid reel is placed onto a spindle at the center of the aforementioned bottom cover, the aforesaid spindle serves as the center of rotation of the aforesaid reel, with a recess provided on the surface of the aforesaid winding plate for enabling the rotation of the aforesaid winding plate by means of a finger; the aforementioned telecommunications cable is wound around the aforesaid reel of the aforesaid winding plate and then the aforesaid winding plate is installed onto the aforesaid spindle on the aforesaid bottom cover, following which the aforesaid two terminals of the telecommunications cable are inserted into the aforesaid two terminal holders and finally, the aforesaid top cover is assembled to the aforesaid bottom cover, which forms the telecommunications cable reel.