Strapping roll-up reel

Abstract

A drum for winding strapping around a central hub is turned by an attached disc having a dual circular array of finger recesses for turning the drum to wind and unwind the strapping. Extending slotted flat T-shaped arms retain the extending ends of the strapping.

1 . A wind-up reel device for winding and unwinding a length of strapping, the device comprising: 
 a casing comprising a central hollow thin cylindrical drum for retaining coiled strapping inside the drum, the drum thickness being slightly greater than a width of strapping to be coiled up within the drum, the drum having a pair of opposing edge drum slots, and a pair of discs sandwiching the drum between the pair of discs, a first disc of the pair of discs attached to one flat side of the drum, the first disc comprising a solid circular disc with a first circular array of full circle finger recesses spaced inwardly from a peripheral edge of the first disc and a second circular array of half circle finger recesses positioned around the peripheral edge of the first disc, so that turning the first disc with the fingers of a hand of a user turns the drum with the fingers positioned in one of the arrays of finger recesses, a second disc of the pair of discs positioned adjacent to an opposite flat side of the drum, the second disc further comprising a pair of strapping end retaining arms extending from the peripheral edge of the second disc with each of the pair of arms extending from an opposite side edge of the second disc, each of the pair of arms comprising a flat rigid T-shaped arm with a radial slot recessed from and parallel to an edge of the arm and opposing extending flanges from each side of an outer end of the arm;    a hub comprising a central shaft rigidly attached to the second disc and rotatably attached to the drum, the hub having at least a pair of strapping retaining slots along the length of the slot for retaining a central portion of a length of strapping fed through the pair of slots in the second disc with the ends of the strapping extending out of the drum slots, so that turning the first disc in one direction winds the length of strapping around the hub and turning the first disc in an opposite direction unwinds the length of strapping from around the hub to any desired length for using the strapping.    
   
   
       2 . The device of  claim 1  further comprising a hook on each of the two extending ends of the length of strapping for use in attaching the strapping, each of the hooks inserted an a slot of the extending arms for storage.