Patent ID: 7237746

Claim:
A device for winding an elongated flexible material, the winding device comprising: an elongated barrel defining a primary winding surface, the barrel positioned about an axis of rotation for the device; a flange wall connected to the barrel and projecting radially outwardly of the primary winding surface; an auxiliary winding surface separated axially from the primary winding surface by the flange wall; and a guide pathway located radially inward of the primary winding surface, the guide pathway including opposite first and second ends respectively communicating with the primary and auxiliary winding surfaces for directing an elongated flexible material therebetween, the guide pathway including first and second end segments, respectively adjoining the first and second ends and interconnected to each other by a transition segment extending in a substantially axial direction, at least a portion of each of the first and second end segments of the guide pathway directing the flexible material in substantially the same circumferential direction with respect to the axis of rotation, the transition segment defining a reversal in the direction of curvature of the guide pathway between the first and second end segments to provide for simultaneous winding of the flexible material onto the primary and auxiliary winding surface during rotation of the device.