Patent ID: 6263143
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: G02B,H01S

Abstract:
A package housing device for retaining a spool wound with a length of flexible element, the length of flexible element having a first end and a second end, the spool having a cylindrical wall with a top end and a bottom end; a flange radially extending from at least a portion of said top end of said cylindrical wall; wherein said length of flexible element is wound around the spool, said device comprising:a base segment having a hub disposed thereon and a recessed area surrounding said hub, wherein said hub is sized to pass into the bottom end of said cylindrical wall of the spool and the spool Tests in said recessed area on said base segment;a cover segment for covering said base segment and causing the spool to be interposed between the base segment and the cover segment;a plurality of feed-through ports defined between said base segment and said cover segment, wherein each feed-through port is sized to enable a segment of the flexible element to pass therethrough; and the first and second end of the flexible element extend through two of said feed-through ports therethrough to points external of said housing; andat least one conduit defined between said base segment and said cover segment that leads between each said feed-through port and said recessed area, wherein each conduit is sized to enable a segment of the flexible element to pass therethrough.