Patent ID: 8474742

Claim:
A spool for a telecommunications cable, the spool comprising: a base including a spool mount and a first cable wrapping area, the base defining a rotation axis; a cable wrap reverser including a cable guide, the cable wrap reverser rotatably mounted about the rotation axis of the base; and a hub including a second cable wrapping area, the hub rotatably mounted about the rotation axis of the base; wherein the base of the spool is adapted to hold a first end of the telecommunications cable; wherein the spool is adapted to wrap the telecommunications cable adjacent the first end about the first cable wrapping area of the base in a first wrapping direction and is adapted to wrap the telecommunications cable about the second cable wrapping area of the hub in a second wrapping direction, the first and the second wrapping directions being generally opposite from each other and the second cable wrapping area being rotatable with respect to the first cable wrapping area; wherein the cable wrap reverser is adapted to transition the telecommunications cable from wrapping in the first wrapping direction on the first cable wrapping area to wrapping in the second wrapping direction on the second cable wrapping area; and wherein the spool is adapted to pay-out the telecommunications cable when a second end of the telecommunications cable adjacent the second cable wrapping area is pulled away from the spool.