Spool assembly for dispensing a coil of wire

Abstract

A spool assembly for dispensing a coil of wire, such as Romex, wherein a first cylindrical core having top and bottom ends, and provided with a circular radially extending flange secured to the bottom end, is provided in combination with a second cylindrical core having top and bottom ends and a circular radially extending flange secured to the top end of this second core. The first and second cores are threadably engageable with each other for thereby drawing the flanges towards each other to form a spool with the Romex coil retained in the spool assembly. A core tail end retainer is provided on the first core to retain the tail end of the wire coil and a clamping mechanism is provided on the second core for engaging the core tail end of wire retained in the afore-described retainer in clamping engagement when the cores are fully threadably engaged. A hand grip is also provided and is slidably received in the core assembly for axial rotation of the spool assembly thereon for easy hand dispensing of the Romex coil, and a removeable center core is also provided to permit rotation of the spool assembly on a shaft.

1 . A spool assembly for dispensing a coil of wire, comprising;
 a first cylindrical core having top and bottom ends with a circular radially extending flange secured to said bottom end;   a second cylindrical core having top and bottom ends with a circular radially extending flange secured to said top end of said second core;   said first and second cores threadably engageable with each other for thereby drawing said flanges toward each other to form a spool;   retaining means on said first core for retaining a core tail end of a wire coil to be retained in said spool; and   clamping means on said second core for engaging a core tail end of wire retained in said retaining means in clamping engagement when said cores are fully threadably engaged.   
   
   
       2 . The spool assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said second core has internal threads threadably engageable with external threads on said first core for providing said threadable engagement, and said bottom end of said second core providing said clamping means. 
   
   
       3 . The spool assembly of  claim 2 , said bottom end including a series of teeth for engaging a core tail end retained in said retaining means. 
   
   
       4 . The spool assembly of  claim 2 , wherein said retaining means includes a wedged shaped groove for initially retaining a core tail end of a wire coil. 
   
   
       5 . The spool assembly of  claim 1 , including a hand grip slidably received in said cores for axial rotation of said spool thereon. 
   
   
       6 . The spool assembly of  claim 1 , including a center core removably retained in said cores and having a central bore therethrough for axial rotation of said spool assembly on a shaft.