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A container for a wire spool adapted to be stacked one on top of the other without damage thereto or to its contents. The container comprises a spool housing having a side wall, a bottom wall and an open top end. A cover is provided for the open top end and is engageable about an outer peripheral ed

A container for a wire spool adapted to be stacked one on top of the other without damage thereto or to its contents. The container comprises a spool housing having a side wall, a bottom wall and an open top end. A cover is provided for the open top end and is engageable about an outer peripheral edge of the open top end. A cover having load transfer ribs converging into a ring which is formed therein and which extends within the housing. The load transfer ring rests on an upper end of a wire spool, when provided in the housing, whereby external loads on the cover will be transmitted to the bottom wall of the housing through the load transfer ring and a core of the spool.

대표청구항 ▼

The combination of a spool for metal wire and the like and a container for said spool; said spool having a core and upper and lower flanges at the opposite ends thereof; said container comprising a housing and a removable cover; said housing having a side wall, a bottom wall and an open top end; sai

The combination of a spool for metal wire and the like and a container for said spool; said spool having a core and upper and lower flanges at the opposite ends thereof; said container comprising a housing and a removable cover; said housing having a side wall, a bottom wall and an open top end; said spool being disposed entirely within said housing with said lower flange being seated on said bottom wall, said upper flange being recessed below the housing top end; said cover closing said housing open top end and including a depending wall having a portion in sealing sliding engagement with the exterior of said housing side wall defining a floating joint between said cover and said housing permitting vertical displacement of said cover relative to said housing while frictionally engaging said housing to accommodate spools of different heights; and said cover having load transfer means depending into said housing and being directly seated on said upper flange with said spool directly transferring loads between said cover and said bottom wall independently of said housing side wall.