Patent ID: 7861829

Claim:
A method for paying out spline during a screening process, the method comprising the steps of: providing a payout mechanism that has a base, a pair of upright and coextensive standards extending upwardly from the base, each standard having a first face and an opposing second face such that the two first faces face one another, each standard having a channel disposed within the standard's first face and not extending through to the second face, the channel on one standard being parallel with and facing the channel on the other standard wherein each channel has an opening that tapers into a neck portion and thereafter expands into a bulbous end such that the axle rests within the bulbous end of each channel; providing a spool having a pair of end plates joined by a hollow core such that the hollow core is disposed completely between the pair of end plates and such that the spool has a length of the spline wound thereabout; providing a first post that has a first notch, the first notch being of a first size; securing the first post to the base in upright fashion; frictionally placing a portion of the spline within the first notch in order to hold the spline within the first notch; providing an axle and impaling the axle through the hollow core and receiving the axle within the channels of the standards; and exerting a pulling force on the spline so as to cause the spool to rotate about the axle and thereby payout a portion of the spline from the spool.