ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,034, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to WINDAK INC. (Conover, N.C.).
"Spool having flange with locking notch" was invented by Fedor Baranov (East Greenbush, N.Y.) and Daniel L. Shelander (Hickory, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spooler for winding a material onto a spool includes a feeding unit for feeding the material to the spool and a spool drive flange for winding the material onto the spool. The spool includes a barrel and at least one flange disposed on the barrel. The flange is provided with a locking notch having a receiving portion for receiving an outermost end of the material and a retaining portion for retaining t...