Patent ID: 8720810

Claim:
A spool system for a telecommunications cable, the spool system comprising: a base including a cable support, a first mount, a second mount, and a first cable wrapping area, the first mount of the base defining a first rotation axis and the second mount of the base defining a second rotation axis spaced from the first rotation axis, the first mount of the base including a first passage for the telecommunications cable and the second mount of the base including a second passage for the telecommunications cable, the first passage continuing from the first mount to the first cable wrapping area and the second passage continuing from the second mount and opening toward the first cable wrapping area; a cable unwrapper including a rotating cable guide adapted for guiding the telecommunications cable off of the first cable wrapping area, the cable unwrapper rotatably mounted to the first mount about the first rotation axis and the rotating cable guide orbiting about the first cable wrapping area when the cable unwrapper is rotated about the first rotation axis; a hub including a second cable wrapping area, the hub rotatably mounted to the second mount about the second rotation axis, the hub rotationally coupled to the cable unwrapper such that the hub and the cable unwrapper rotate in opposite rotational directions from each other; a cable guide for guiding the telecommunications cable between the second passage of the second mount and the second cable wrapping area of the hub; a cable exit for the telecommunications cable, the cable exit mounted to the base; wherein the cable support of the base is adapted to hold a first end portion of the telecommunications cable; wherein the cable unwrapper rotates in a first rotational direction and the hub rotates in an opposite second rotational direction when the rotating cable guide guides the telecommunications cable off of the first cable wrapping area; and wherein the second cable wrapping area of the hub is adapted to pay-out the telecommunications cable through the cable exit when a second end portion of the telecommunications cable is pulled away from the spool system at the cable exit.