Cable Reel Housing With Length Marking for Easier Wire Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing devices fail to simultaneously facilitate storage, transport, and installation of electrical wires or cables efficiently, often requiring multiple tools, making it difficult to gauge wire length and identify section values, and lacking a compact solution for handling and environmental sustainability.
Innovation Solution
A device comprising a base and top panel with attachment elements, a rotatable cylinder for wire winding, and features like color-coded section indicators, a carrying case, and a geolocation system, which integrates storage, transport, and installation functions while reducing environmental impact and handling risks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional separate tools are used for storage, transport and installation of wires, then each function can be performed, but multiple tools are required and handling becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines storage, transport and installation functions into a single integrated device. The reel housing serves as both storage container and installation tool, eliminating the need for separate tools for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is designed to perform multiple functions: storing wires on the reel, transporting the wire bundle via the housing, and installing wires through the guide and cutting mechanisms integrated into the same structure.
2Loss of information
If wire length is not marked or indicated, then the wire can be stored compactly, but the remaining length cannot be easily gauged or estimated
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is pre-marked with length indicators before use. These markings are prepared in advance to show the remaining wire length, eliminating the need for measurement during installation.
Solution Approach 2:
The length markings provide continuous visual feedback about the remaining wire length as the reel unwinds, allowing the user to monitor wire consumption without additional measurement tools.
3Loss of information
If the wire section value is not externally indicated, then the wire can be packaged simply, but the section value cannot be easily identified after opening packaging
Solution Approach 1:
The housing has different visual characteristics (color, texture, or markings) corresponding to different wire section values. Each local area of the housing provides specific information about the wire type stored within.
Solution Approach 2:
The housing uses color coding to indicate wire section values. Different colors correspond to different wire specifications, allowing quick identification without examining the wire itself.
4Ease of operation
If the coil moves on the ground during unwinding, then the coil can be easily placed, but it becomes difficult to unwind the wire
Solution Approach 1:
The housing structure provides mechanical support and counterbalance to the reel, preventing it from moving or tipping during wire unwinding operations.
5Reliability
If dedicated tools are required for each wire type, then each wire can be handled appropriately, but the number of tools required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device is designed to handle multiple wire types and operations (cutting, stripping, guiding) with a single integrated tool set, eliminating the need for multiple dedicated tools for different wire types.
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a device (10) for storing, transporting and installing electrical wires or cables, comprising a base panel (12), a top panel (14) parallel to the base panel (12) and at least two attachment elements (16) connecting the base panel (12) to the top panel (14), at least one cylinder (18) on which an electrical wire or cable is wound, the cylinder (18) having a central space along the entire length thereof, this space receiving a rod having a predetermined geometric shape, which rod interlocks into a predetermined location in the base panel (12) and in the top panel (14), the cylinder (18) being rotatable about said rod.