Abstract: A reel or spool for winding or unwinding of cable, wire, or the like includes a hub having a cylindrical wall defining an outer barrel surface and an axial end wall suitable for the application of labels or other identification indicia. A flange extends radially from the outer barrel adjacent each end wall. The flanges have a plurality of integrally formed, radially extending ribs disposed on their outer surface. The connection between the ribs, the axial end wall and the barrel surface of the hub being within the radial extent of the cylindrical wall. In one form of the invention, the hub includes an inclined wall connecting the cylindrical wall, the axial end wall and the ribs.

Abstract: "A reel or spool" for the winding or unwinding of cable, wire, or the like. The reel includes a hub having a cylindrical wall defining an outer barrel surface and an axial end wall suitable for the application of labels or other identification indicia. A flange extends radially from the outer barrel adjacent each end wall. The flanges have a plurality of integrally formed, radially extending ribs disposed on their outer surface. The connection between the ribs, the axial end wall and the barrel surface of the hub being within the radial extent of the cylindrical wall. In one form of the invention, the hub includes an inclined wall connecting the cylindrical wall, the axial end wall and the ribs.

Abstract: Disclosed is an air rifle having a frame carrying a barrel, a magazine, a mechanism for transferring BB shot from the magazine to a firing position relative to the barrel, a valve, a gas cartridge loading assembly, and a trigger for momentarily opening the valve enabling gas under pressure from the cartridge to fire the BB shot from the rifle. The magazine includes a tube carried along the underside of the barrel. A spring-biased rod is carried within the tube and urges BB shot along the tube toward the transfer mechanism. An aperture in the tube opens into a passage in the frame and which passage terminates along the underface of the forearm stock in a recess having tapered wall portions whereby, upon inversion of the rifle, BB shot supplied to the recess is directed through the passage into the tube. The forearm stock also has a recess along its underside for receiving the gas cartridge.