Cardboard box for containing and dispensing large quantities of wire

Abstract

The cardboard box for containing and dispensing large quantities of wire, especially metal wire for welding, comprises a cubic external container with an open top side, an octagonal-base internal container, fitting snugly into the external container and being destined to contain a coil of wire, and a bag-type wrapper made of a flexible airtight material, which is interposed between the external and the internal containers so as completely to cover the internal container and able to be closed and sealed there-upon.

In the claims:  
     
         1 . A cardboard box for containing and dispensing large quantities of wire as a packaged coil of wire, the coil having an axis, axially opposite ends and an axially extending outer periphery about the axis, said box comprising: a cubic square-base outer box having inwardly facing and outwardly facing box side surfaces and a top having a hole for removing the wire; an octagonal-base internal container having inwardly facing and outwardly facing container surfaces and being of such dimensions as to be fully containable within said square-base area of said outer box such that a portion of said outwardly facing container surfaces engages a portion of said inwardly facing box side surfaces and the outer periphery of the packaged coil is maintained by said inwardly facing container surfaces when the axis of the coil is parallel to box side surfaces, said internal container having about the same height as said outer box and having a top opening.  
     
     
         2 . The box of  claim 1 , further including an inner core positioned coaxially with said internal container, said inner core being superiorly open and having an inspection opening for allowing visual inspection of the package coil.  
     
     
         3 . The box of  claim 1 , further including four triangular corner-pieces made of folded cardboard, said corner pieces having about the same height as said outer box and which are interposed between said inner container and said outer box at the vertically extending corners of said outer box when said internal container is fitted into said outer box.  
     
     
         4 . The box of  claim 1 , further including a bottom base of said outer box which is solidly anchored to a base pallet, said base pallet comprising two supporting crossbeams arranged parallel to one another; said crossbeams being slightly recessed from two parallel edges of said pallet.  
     
     
         5 . A cardboard box for containing and dispensing large quantities of wire as a packaged coil of wire, the coil having an axis, axially opposite ends and an axially extending outer periphery about the axis, said box comprising: a cubic square-base outer box having inwardly facing and outwardly facing box surfaces; an octagonal-base internal container means having inwardly facing and outwardly facing container surfaces and being of such dimensions as to be fully containable within said square-base area of said outer box such that a portion of said outwardly facing container surfaces engage a portion of said inwardly facing box surfaces and the outer periphery of the packaged coil is maintained by said inwardly facing container surfaces, said internal container having about the same height as said outer box.  
     
     
         6 . A cardboard box for containing and dispensing large quantities of wire as a packaged coil of wire, the coil having an axis, axially opposite ends and an axially extending outer periphery about the axis, said box comprising: a cubic square-base outer box having inwardly facing and outwardly facing box surfaces; an octagonal-base internal container having inwardly facing and outwardly facing container surfaces and being of such dimensions as to be fully containable within said square-base area of said outer box such that a portion of said outwardly facing container surfaces is supported by a portion of said inwardly facing box surfaces and the outer periphery of the packaged coil ius maintained by said inwardly facing container surfaces, said internal container having about the same height as said outer box.