Inertia braking payout device and package system
A payout device is provided, wherein the payout device can include a carton, a rotatable member, and a support assembly. The carton can include an opening providing an egress for elongated flexible material stored within an interior compartment, and the interior compartment can be cylindrical in a substantially horizontal direction around a rotatable member therein. The support assembly can have a slot for rotatably supporting the rotatable member, wherein the slot can have a generally teardrop shape with a larger diameter end, sized to allow the rotatable member to rotate therein, and a smaller diameter end, sized smaller than a circumference of the rotatable member. The rotatable member can be slidable between the larger and smaller diameter ends, and the slot can be positioned on the carton with the larger diameter end being in a position that is elevated and closer to the opening than the smaller diameter end.
1. A payout device comprising:
a carton having a plurality of panels enclosing an interior compartment, at least one of the plurality of panels having an opening providing an egress for elongated flexible material stored within the interior compartment;
a rotatable member disposed substantially horizontally within the interior compartment, the rotatable member having a circumference, opposing ends, and a length therebetween, the rotatable member extending substantially perpendicular to the opening, and the interior compartment being cylindrical in a substantially horizontal direction around the rotatable member; and
a support assembly having a slot for rotatably supporting the rotatable member about a central longitudinal axis, the slot having a generally teardrop shape with a larger diameter end and a smaller diameter end, at least a portion of the rotatable member being slidable within the slot between the larger and smaller diameter ends, the larger diameter end being sized to allow the rotatable member to rotate therein, the smaller diameter end having a size smaller than the circumference of the rotatable member, and the slot positioned on the carton in an upwardly angled position relative to a vertical axis with the larger diameter end being in a position that is elevated and closer to the opening than the smaller diameter end.
2. The payout device of claim 1 further comprising a cutting device secured to the carton proximate the opening.
3. The payout device of claim 1 wherein the carton includes a hinged, slidable, or removable access door on at least one of the plurality of panels.
4. The payout device of claim 1 wherein the carton includes a handle on an exterior surface of at least one of the plurality of panels.
5. A payout device comprising:
a generally rectangular carton having a top, a bottom, and four side panels joined with and extending between the top and the bottom, the top, the bottom, and the four side panels enclosing an interior compartment, and at least one of the four side panels having an opening providing an egress for elongated flexible material stored within the interior compartment;
an elongated rotatable cylindrical member disposed substantially horizontally within the interior compartment, the elongated rotatable cylindrical member having a circumference for winding the elongated flexible material around, opposing ends, and an elongated length extending therebetween, the elongated rotatable cylindrical member being positioned in the interior compartment substantially perpendicular to the opening, and the interior compartment being cylindrical in a substantially horizontal direction around the elongated rotatable cylindrical member; and
a support assembly having two slots for rotatably supporting the elongated rotatable cylindrical member at the opposing ends, each of the two slots having a generally teardrop shape with a larger diameter end and a smaller diameter end, the opposing ends of the elongated rotatable cylindrical member being slidable within each of the two slots, the larger diameter end being sized to allow the opposing ends of the elongated rotatable cylindrical member to rotate therein, the smaller diameter end having a size smaller than the opposing ends of the elongated rotatable cylindrical member, and each of the two slots positioned on opposing sides of the generally rectangular carton in an upwardly angled position relative a vertical axis with the larger diameter end being elevated from the smaller diameter end and being closer to the opening than the smaller diameter end.
6. The payout device of claim 5 further comprising a cutting device secured to the generally rectangular carton proximate the opening.
7. The payout device of claim 5 wherein the generally rectangular carton includes a hinged, slidable, or removable access door on at least one of top, the bottom, and the four side panels.
8. The payout device of claim 5 wherein the generally rectangular carton includes a handle on an exterior surface of at least one of the top, the bottom, and the four side panels.