US Patent Issued to Encore Wire on June 16 for "Apparatus and method for packaging wire or cable in a barrel or drum container" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,980, issued on June 16, was assigned to Encore Wire Corp. (McKinney, Texas).

"Apparatus and method for packaging wire or cable in a barrel or drum container" was invented by William T. Bigbee Jr. (Hawkins, Texas), John L. Rhoads (Lewisville, Texas), Andrew P. Hull (McKinney, Texas) and Benjamin L. Weatherford (Princeton, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for the accumulation of wire or cable, the apparatus including a collapsible reel assembly, the collapsible reel assembly including a central hollow arbor, a fixed inner support structure axially centered on and rigidly attached to the central hollow arbor, wherein th...