Wire-dispensing spool and casing
First Claim
1. A casing and spool for dispensing resilient wire, comprising a casing portion including a bottom, two opposite side walls each having an upwardly, rearwardly inclined top edge, a rear wall, a front wall portion, a top wall portion a diagonally-oriented cover pivoted to said casing portion and openable upwardly rearwardly of said casing portion;
- pivot means to open and close said cover;
said casing portion and said cover defining a box-shaped casing with four corners when said cover is in closed position;
four transverse roller means mounted in said casing, one in each of the three casing portion corners and one in the cover corner;
said spool being formed of two half-sections each having a drum portion having a flat inner face and an outer annular flange rollingly engageable with said roller means in said casing;
means to detachably join said two spool half-sections together;
anti-movements means to prevent relative movement of the two spool half-sections;
said spool being adapted to be loaded with a coil of said resilient wire;
said front wall portion being provided with a lower slot through which said wire may pass whereby said wire may be easily unwound from and rewound in said casing.
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Abstract
A dispenser for stiff resilient wire such as guy wire is disclosed. It comprises a box-shape casing having an upwardly rearwardly opening diagonal cover and a spool rotatably removably mounted therein on three corner-mounted transverse rollers in the casing and one transverse roller in the cover. The casing has a lower front slot through which the wire is paid out. The casing and spool arrangement allows easy rewinding of the wire. The spool is formed of two separable half-sections for ready installation of a coil or wire. A plurality of casings may be placed side by side and loaded or unloaded without displacement.
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1. A casing and spool for dispensing resilient wire, comprising a casing portion including a bottom, two opposite side walls each having an upwardly, rearwardly inclined top edge, a rear wall, a front wall portion, a top wall portion a diagonally-oriented cover pivoted to said casing portion and openable upwardly rearwardly of said casing portion;
- pivot means to open and close said cover;
said casing portion and said cover defining a box-shaped casing with four corners when said cover is in closed position;
four transverse roller means mounted in said casing, one in each of the three casing portion corners and one in the cover corner;
said spool being formed of two half-sections each having a drum portion having a flat inner face and an outer annular flange rollingly engageable with said roller means in said casing;
means to detachably join said two spool half-sections together;
anti-movements means to prevent relative movement of the two spool half-sections;
said spool being adapted to be loaded with a coil of said resilient wire;
said front wall portion being provided with a lower slot through which said wire may pass whereby said wire may be easily unwound from and rewound in said casing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- pivot means to open and close said cover;
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