Method of dispensing multiple sheathed conductors from a container
View Patent ↗A container may be provided. The container may comprise a first surface and a second surface concentric with the first surface. The first surface and the second surface may define a volume. The volume may house a concentric length of multiple parallel conductors. The multiple parallel conductors may pass through a restricting mechanism to restrict the multiple parallel conductors to pass at the same rate and at the same length.
1. A method comprising:
receiving at least two individually sheathed conductors at a restricting mechanism from a container wherein the restricting mechanism remains within the container when the at least two individually sheathed conductors are paying off from the container;
restricting the at least two individually sheathed conductors when passing the at least two individually sheathed conductors through the restricting mechanism; and
providing a grouping of the at least two individually sheathed conductors after passing through the restricting mechanism.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing the grouping of the at least two individually sheathed conductors comprises restricting the at least two individually sheathed conductors such that the same length of each of the at least two individually sheathed conductors passes through the restricting mechanism in a given period of time.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the restricting mechanism may indicate whether at least one of the at least two individually sheathed conductors is tangled prior to the at least two individually sheathed conductors passing through the restricting mechanism.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the container comprises:
a first surface; and
a second surface operatively associated with and projecting from the first surface, the second surface defining a core, the core having the least two individually sheathed conductors layered thereabout.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein receiving the at least two individually sheathed conductors at the restricting mechanism comprises receiving the at least two individually sheathed conductors at the restricting mechanism wherein the restricting mechanism remains below a top edge of the core when the least two individually sheathed conductors are paying off from the container.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the at least two individually sheathed conductors at the restricting mechanism comprises receiving the at least two individually sheathed conductors at the restricting mechanism wherein the restricting mechanism comprises a length between 0.5 inches and four inches from the point where the at least two individually sheathed conductors enter the restricting mechanism to the point where the at least two individually sheathed conductors exit the restricting mechanism.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the at least two individually sheathed conductors at the restricting mechanism comprises receiving the at least two individually sheathed conductors at the restricting mechanism wherein the restricting mechanism comprises a length between one inch and 2.5 inches from the point where the at least two individually sheathed conductors enter the restricting mechanism to the point where the at least two individually sheathed conductors exit the restricting mechanism.
8. A method comprising:
receiving at least two individually sheathed conductors at a restricting mechanism from a container wherein the restricting mechanism restricts the at least two individually sheathed conductors to pass at an equal length wherein the restricting mechanism is configured to move within the container while the container remains stationery;
restricting the at least two individually sheathed conductors when passing the at least two individually sheathed conductors through the restricting mechanism; and
providing a grouping of the at least two individually sheathed conductors after passing through the restricting mechanism.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein providing the grouping of the at least two individually sheathed conductors comprises the restricting mechanism remaining within the container when the at least two individually sheathed conductors are paying off from the container.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the restricting mechanism may indicate whether at least one of the at least two individually sheathed conductors is tangled prior to the at least two individually sheathed conductors passing through the restricting mechanism.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the container comprises:
a first surface; and
at least one other surface operatively associated with the first surface, the first surface and the at least one other surface defining a volume that houses a length of the at least two individually sheathed conductors layered in parallel in a stacked arrangement within the volume.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein receiving the at least two individually sheathed conductors at the restricting mechanism comprises receiving the at least two individually sheathed conductors at the restricting mechanism wherein the restricting mechanism comprises a length between 0.5 inches and four inches from the point where the at least two individually sheathed conductors enter the restricting mechanism to the point where the at least two individually sheathed conductors exit the restricting mechanism.
13. The method of claim 8 , wherein receiving the at least two individually sheathed conductors at the restricting mechanism comprises receiving the at least two individually sheathed conductors at the restricting mechanism wherein the restricting mechanism comprises a length between one inch and 2.5 inches from the point where the at least two individually sheathed conductors enter the restricting mechanism to the point where the at least two individually sheathed conductors exit the restricting mechanism.
14. A method comprising:
receiving at least two individually sheathed conductors at a restricting mechanism from a container wherein the container comprises;
a first surface, and
a second surface operatively associated with and projecting from the first surface, the second surface defining a core, the core having the at least two individually sheathed conductors layered thereabout, wherein the restricting mechanism remains below a top edge of the core when the at least two individually sheathed conductors are paying off from the container,
restricting the at least two individually sheathed conductors when passing the at least two individually sheathed conductors through the restricting mechanism; and
providing a grouping of the at least two individually sheathed conductors after passing through the restricting mechanism.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein providing the grouping of the at least two individually sheathed conductors comprises restricting the at least two individually sheathed conductors such that the same length of each of the at least two individually sheathed conductors passes through the restricting mechanism in a given period of time.
16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the restricting mechanism may indicate whether at least one of the at least two individually sheathed conductors is tangled prior to the at least two individually sheathed conductors passing through the restricting mechanism.
17. The method of claim 14 , wherein receiving the at least two individually sheathed conductors at the restricting mechanism comprises receiving the at least two individually sheathed conductors at the restricting mechanism wherein the restricting mechanism comprises a length between 0.5 inches and four inches from the point where the at least two individually sheathed conductors enter the restricting mechanism to the point where the at least two individually sheathed conductors exit the restricting mechanism.