Knockdown Spool with Integrally Recessed Hexagonal Drive Connection

Abstract

A knockdown spool comprising a one piece barrel and having a pair of end flanges releasably attached through rotational motion to opposite ends of the barrel by locking means capable of being released in order to separate end flanges from barrel. The barrel contains aligning and locking channels which cooperate with a protrusion on outside walls of flange hub. The aligning and locking channels contain a curve and cusp serving as locking mechanism. Integrally designed within the hub is a recessed passage way leading to a recessed multi-faceted drive connection. Said drive connection of the spool provides a user the opportunity to thereby create a powered mechanical device for quickly and conveniently winding, re-winding, dispensing and storing of or re-using materials of long continuous lengths by attaching the spool to a powered driver via a multi-faceted bit.

1 . A Knockdown Spool with Integral Recessed Hexagonal Drive Connection as herein disclosed, having a substantially tubular central member terminated by perpendicularly located patterned planar surfaces, further comprising;
 a first perpendicular planar flange, having an interior surface and an exterior surface, having a opening located in the geometric center of said flange, said interior surface terminating into the exterior surface through a sloping wall at the outer extents of said flange, said first flange containing a circular hub protruding perpendicular from said interior surface, said hub having an interior core and an exterior surface, axis of said hub being coincident with said geometic center axis,   a second perpendicular planar flange, having an interior surface and an exterior surface, having a opening located in the geometric center of said flange, said interior surface terminating into the exterior surface through a sloping wall at the outer extents of said flange, said second flange containing a circular hub protruding perpendicular from said interior surface, said hub having an interior core and an exterior surface, axis of said hub being coincident with said geometic center axis,   a hollow core, having a smooth inner circular bore and an outer circumferentially related shell, two external faces at opposite ends of said core, said inner circular bore being capable of physical connection with said first and said second flange, said core having securement means on said outer shell, and   an engagement means securely conjoining said hub of said first flange to one end of said core and said hub of said second flange to opposite end of said core, said engagement means being rotationally biased, said conjoining process being rotationally reversible and where said engagement means being capable of multiple said rotational engagements.   
     
     
         2 . Knockdown Spool with Integral Recessed Hexagonal Drive Connection as disclosed in  claim 1 , where each of said hubs on said first flange and on said second flange possesses an external passageway and an internal socket, said passageway being in communication with said flange opening and is sized to accept a collet from a powered driver, and where said internal socket is in axial communication with said passageway and is configured to accept multiple faceted bits. 
     
     
         3 . A Knockdown Spool with Integral Recessed Hexagonal Drive Connection as disclosed in  claim 2 , where said internal socket does not have a terminating stop, and said internal socket of said first flange and said internal socket of said second flange are axially aligned. 
     
     
         4 . A Knockdown Spool with Integral Recessed Hexagonal Drive Connection as disclosed in  claim 1 , where said engagement means consists of a engagement post protruding from said exterior of said hub, and a channel cut from said external face of said core into the body of said core, said channel running for a distance along the longitudinal axis of said core then turning to be perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, said channel terminating in a cusp, said channel having a width closely conforming to the width of said post. 
     
     
         5 . A Knockdown Spool with Integral Recessed Hexagonal Drive Connection as disclosed in  claim 4 , where said post and said cusp are elliptical in shape. 
     
     
         6 . A Knockdown Spool with Integral Recessed Hexagonal Drive Connection as disclosed in  claim 4 , where said post and said cusp are polygonal in shape. 
     
     
         7 . A Knockdown Spool with Integral Recessed Hexagonal Drive Connection as disclosed in  claim 1  where said hub has located thereupon a catch, said catch being diametrically opposed to said engagement post, said first flange and said second flange having an opening cut therethrough allowing access to said catch. 
     
     
         8 . A Knockdown Spool with Integral Recessed Hexagonal Drive Connection as disclosed in  claim 1  where said exterior surface of said flange has a two or more panels emanating from said of said flange and terminating at the circumference of said flange, said panel having a contour that facilitates an interlocking interference when the exterior of one flange is place upon the exterior of another flange.