A container for a roll of a wire like component and the combination of such a container and component

Abstract

A roll of wire is captured in a cardboard container so the roll is rotatable in the container about a rotation axis of the roll. The container has opposite sidewalls with aligned slots receiving ends of a shaft about which a spool carrying the roll turns. Each side wall includes three panels in different parallel planes; two of these panels include slots with aligned shoulders supporting the shaft. The container has a slot for enabling the wire to be paid from the roll as the roll turns about its rotation axis and a slit having edges for holding the wire in place.

1 - 30 . (canceled) 
   
   
       31 . A container for capturing a roll of wirelike component, the container comprising an arrangement for enabling the roll to rotate in the container about an axis that is substantially the same as the roll rotation axis, the container being arranged to have an opening arrangement for enabling the component to be paid from the roll to a region outside the container and to be held in place by the opening arrangement for enabling an end of the component to extend from the container, the opening arrangement including a slot for enabling the wirelike component to be paid from the roll as the roll turns about tis axis of rotation, the container including a pair of substantially parallel side walls each including first and second panels extending in substantially parallel planes, the first and second panels on each side having aligned elongated slots for receiving and holding a shaft for carrying a spool for the wire like component. 
   
   
       32 . The container of  claim 31  wherein each of said side walls includes a third panel extending in a plane substantially parallel to the planes of the first and second panels, the first and third panels having joined top edges for bearing against a top edge of the second panel in response to bearing the shaft against shoulders at the bottom of the slots. 
   
   
       33 . The container of  claim 32  wherein each of said second panels includes a pair of flaps having lower portions in close proximity to each other and upper portions spaced from each other to form the slots of the second panels. 
   
   
       34 . The container of  claim 33  wherein the container includes a top face having one edge hinged to a wall of the container, the top face including a pair of flaps adapted to fit into the container in planes parallel to the planes of the first, second and third panels, each of the flaps of the top face extending into the container for a distance slightly less than the lengths of the slots and including a cutout aligned with the slots, for enabling a portion of the shaft pass through the cutout. 
   
   
       35 . (canceled) 
   
   
       36 . In combination, a roll of a wire like component and a cardboard container capturing the roll, an arrangement for enabling the roll to rotate in the container about an axis that is substantially the same as the roll rotation axis, the arrangement including a pair of substantially parallel sides each including first and second panels in substantially parallel planes, each of the panels having an aligned elongated slot receiving and holding a shaft carrying a spool including the roll, so that the shaft is supported by a ledge formed at bottom edges of the slots in the first and second panels. 
   
   
       37 . The combination of  claim 36 , wherein each of the sides includes a third panel extending in a plane parallel to the planes of the first and second panels, the first and third panels being connected together at adjacent edges thereof, the second panel being located between the first and third panels. 
   
   
       38 . The combination of  claim 37 , wherein the top edges of the first and third panels of each side bear against top edges of the second panel of the side. 
   
   
       39 . The combination of  claim 38 ; wherein each of said second panels includes a pair of flaps having lower portions in close proximity to each other, upper portions spaced from each other to form the slots of the second panels and a transition between each upper and lower portion, each of the transitions having an edge included in the ledge. 
   
   
       40 . The combination of  claim 39 , wherein each of the transitions is shaped as a quarter of a circle having a diameter substantially equal to the distance between straight parallel edges of the slot and a center approximately coincident with the shaft axis. 
   
   
       41 . The combination of  claim 39 , wherein the slot in each of the first panels has a pair of straight parallel elongated spaced edges and a semicircular edge connecting the parallel elongated spaced edges together, the semicircular edge being a sector of a circle having a diameter substantially equal to the distance between the straight parallel elongate edges and a center approximately coincident with the shaft axis. 
   
   
       42 . The combination of  claim 39 , wherein the slot in each of the first panels has a pair of straight parallel elongated spaced edges and a semicircular edge connecting the parallel elongated spaced edges together, the semicircular edge being a sector of a circle having a diameter substantially equal to the distance between the straight parallel elongate edges and a center approximately coincident with the shaft axis. 
   
   
       43 . The combination of  claim 36  wherein the container includes a top face having one edge hinged to a wall of the container, the top face including a pair of flaps adapted to fit into the container in planes parallel to the first and second panels, each of the flaps of the top face extending into the container to a distance slightly less than the lengths of the slots and including a cutout aligned with the slots so that a portion of the shaft passes through the cutout. 
   
   
       44 . The combination of  43 , wherein the cut-out has an edge that is a sector of a circle having a center approximately coincident and a diameter such that (a) the shaft does not normally contact the cut-out during paying out of the wire like component and (b) if the shaft undergoes abnormal movements the shaft contacts the cutout and the cutout prevents contact of the roll with a top face of the container that extends in a plane parallel to the shaft axis. 
   
   
       45 . The combination of  claim 44 , wherein the top face includes an opening arrangement for enabling the component to be paid from the roll to a region outside the container and to be held in place by the opening arrangement for enabling an end of the component to extend from the container. 
   
   
       46 . A container for capturing a roll of a wire like component, the container comprising an arrangement for enabling the roll to rotate in the container about an axis that is approximately the same as the rotation axis of the roll, the arrangement including a pair of substantially parallel sides each including first and second panels in substantially parallel planes, each of the panels having an aligned elongated slot for receiving and holding a shaft for carrying a spool including the roll for enabling the shaft to be supported by a ledge formed at bottom edges of the slots in the first and second panels. 
   
   
       47 . The container of  claim 46 , wherein each of the sides includes a third panel extending in a plane parallel to the planes of the first and second panels, the first and third panels being connected together at adjacent edges thereof, the second panel being located between the first and third panels. 
   
   
       48 . The container of  claim 47 , wherein the top edges of the first and third panels of each side bear against top edges of the second panel of the side. 
   
   
       49 . The container of  claim 48  wherein each of said second panels includes a pair of flaps having lower portions in close proximity to each other, upper portions spaced from each other to form the slots of the second panels and a transition between each upper and lower portion, each of the transitions having an edge included in the ledge. 
   
   
       50 . The container of  claim 49 , wherein each of the transitions is shaped as a quarter of a circle having a diameter substantially equal to the distance between straight parallel edges of the slot and a center approximately coincident with the shaft axis. 
   
   
       51 . The container of  claim 49 , wherein the slot in each of the first panels has a pair of straight parallel elongated spaced edges and a semicircular edge connecting the parallel elongated spaced edges together, the semicircular edge having a sector of a circle having a diameter substantially equal to the distance between the straight parallel elongate edges and a center approximately coincident on the shaft axis. 
   
   
       52 . The container of  claim 46 , wherein the slot in each of the first panels has a pair of straight parallel elongated spaced edges and a semicircular edge connecting the parallel elongated spaced edges together, the semicircular edge being a sector of a circle having a diameter substantially equal to the distance between the straight parallel elongated edges and a center approximately coincident on the shaft axis. 
   
   
       53 . The container of  claim 46  wherein the container includes a top face having one edge hinged to a wall of the container, the top face including a pair of flaps adapted to fit into the container in planes parallel to the first and second panels, each of the flaps of the top face extending into the container to a distance slightly less than the lengths of the slots and including a cutout aligned with the slots so that a portion of the shaft passes through the cutout. 
   
   
       54 . The container of  claim 53 , wherein the cut-out has an edge that is a sector of a circle having a center approximately coincident and a diameter such that (a) the shaft does not normally contact the cut-out during paying out of the wire like component and (b) if the shaft undergoes abnormal movements the shaft contacts the cutout and the cutout prevents contact of the roll with a top face of the container that extends in a plane parallel to the shaft axis. 
   
   
       55 . The container of  claim 46 , wherein the top face includes an opening arrangement for enabling the component to be paid from the roll to a region outside the container and to be held in place by the opening arrangement for enabling an end of the component to extend from the container. 
   
   
       56 . A cardboard blank for forming the container of  claim 44 . 
   
   
       57 . A cardboard blank for forming the container of  claim 51 . 
   
   
       58 . A cardboard blank for forming the container of  claim 54 . 
   
   
       59 . A container for capturing a roll of a wire like component, the container comprising an arrangement for enabling the roll to rotate in the container about an axis that is approximately the same as the rotation axis of the roll, the arrangement including a pair of substantially parallel sides each including first and second panels in substantially parallel planes, each of the panels having an aligned elongated slot receiving and holding a shaft for carrying a spool including the roll, so that the shaft is supported by a ledge formed at bottom edges of the slots in the first and second panels.