US Patent Issued to Encore Wire on Sept. 1 for "Apparatus and method for spooling wire" (New Mexico, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,935, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Encore Wire Corp. (McKinney, Texas).

"Apparatus and method for spooling wire" was invented by John L. Rhoads (Lewisville, Texas) and Kevin D. Rodgers (Roswell, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reel apparatus comprising a pipe; an outer flange assembly comprising two outer support walls connected to the pipe and wherein each outer support wall comprises an inner wall and an outer wall; an inner flange assembly comprising two inner support walls, wherein the inner flange assembly is rotated relative to the outer flange assembly and the pipe and wherein each inner support wall comprises an in...