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An electrician's caddy useful for conveyance and dispensing of wire wound on wire spools.

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We claim: 1. An electrician's caddy, comprising: a. a bottom portion; b. at least one well located in said bottom portion having a pair of opposed walls and a well surface configured to receive a wire spool; c. an axle having a pair of ends each of which correspondingly engage one of said pair of o

We claim: 1. An electrician's caddy, comprising: a. a bottom portion; b. at least one well located in said bottom portion having a pair of opposed walls and a well surface configured to receive a wire spool; c. an axle having a pair of ends each of which correspondingly engage one of said pair of opposed walls which provides an axis about which said wire spool rotates, and wherein said axis of said axle has a location in said at least one well which maintains a distance between each of a pair of spool ends and said well surface, and wherein said distance maintained between each of said pair of spool ends and said well surface comprises a distance of less than a diameter of said wire wound on said wire spool which maintains said wire between said pair of spool ends; d. a cover which releasably secures to said bottom portion, wherein releasable securement of said cover to said bottom portion retains said wire spool in said at least one well; and e. an aperture which communicates between opposed surfaces of said cover configured to allow a wire wound on said wire spool to be drawn through said aperture from said at least one well. 2. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 1, wherein said aperture which communicates between said opposed surfaces of said cover has a chamfer. 3. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 2, wherein said chamfer of said aperture which communicates between said opposed surfaces of said cover has an angle of between about twenty degrees and about forty five degrees to said opposed surfaces of said cover. 4. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 3, wherein said chamfer has angle of about 20 degrees to said opposed surfaces of said cover. 5. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 4, wherein said aperture having said chamfer which communicates between said opposed surfaces of said cover further comprises a radius which joins said aperture having said chamfer to a first of said opposed surfaces of said cover. 6. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 5, wherein said aperture comprises a slot. 7. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 1, further comprising a pair of closed end channels coupled to said pair opposed walls of said at least one well, wherein a corresponding end of said axle slidely travels in each of said pair of closed end channels to locate said axle in said at least one well. 8. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 7, further comprising at least one detent disposed in each of said closed end channels which operate to limit travel of said corresponding end of said axle in each of said closed end channel as said wire is drawn from said wire spool. 9. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 8, wherein said at least one detent disposed in each of said closed end channels comprises a pair of opposed detents disposed in each of said closed end channels. 10. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 9, wherein each of said pair of closed end channels coupled to said at least one well further comprise a resiliently flexible wall responsive to said at least one detent. 11. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 10, wherein said resiliently flexible wall of each of said pair of closed end channels allows sufficient travel of said at least one detent to allow said corresponding end of said axle to travel over said at least one detent. 12. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 11, further comprising a wire retainer coupled to said cover, wherein said wire retainer secures a terminal portion of said wire drawn from said wire spool through said aperture in said cover. 13. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 12, wherein said wire retainer coupled to said cover comprises a bore which communicates between said opposed surfaces of said cover. 14. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 13, wherein said terminal portion of said wire inserts in said bore. 15. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 12, wherein said wire retainer comprises a pair of members which project from said cover having opposed surfaces a distance apart. 16. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 15, wherein said terminal portion of said wire is disposed between said opposed surfaces of said pair of members which project from said cover. 17. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 12, wherein said wire retainer comprises a single member which projects from said cover. 18. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 17, wherein said terminal portion of said wire winds about said single member which projects from said cover. 19. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 11, wherein said at least one well in said bottom portion comprises a plurality of wells in said bottom portion. 20. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 19, wherein said at least one well has a configuration to receive a pair of wire spools. 21. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 20, wherein said cover releasably secures to retain each of a plurality of wire spools in each of said plurality of wells. 22. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 21, wherein said cover further comprises a plurality of cover relief elements, and wherein each of said plurality of cover relief elements insert into a corresponding one of said plurality of wells upon releasable securement of said cover to said bottom portion. 23. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 22, further comprising an axis about which said cover rotates. 24. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 23, further comprising at least one pocket located in said bottom portion. 25. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 24, wherein said at least one pocket located in said bottom portion comprises a plurality of pockets. 26. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 25, further comprising a top portion which releasably secures to said bottom portion, wherein said top portion further comprises at least one top portion relief element which inserts in said at least one pocket located in said bottom portion upon releasable securement of said top portion to said bottom portion. 27. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 26, further comprising a top portion which releasably secures to said bottom portion, wherein said top portion further comprises a plurality of top portion relief elements each of which insert in a corresponding one of said plurality of pockets located in said bottom portion upon releasable securement of said top portion to said bottom portion. 28. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 27, further comprising at least one recessed element in said top portion configured to receive at least one tool. 29. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 28, further comprising a plurality of recessed elements in said top portion each configured to receive one each of a plurality of tools. 30. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 29, further comprising at least one detent coupled to said at least one recessed element in said top portion which exerts sufficient pressure on said at least one tool to retain said tool in said at least one recessed element. 31. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 30, further comprising an axis about which said top portion rotates to releasably secure with said bottom portion. 32. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 31, further comprising a plurality of wheels rotatably coupled to said bottom portion. 33. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 32, wherein said top portion releasably secures to said bottom portion with a plurality of fasteners. 34. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 33, further comprising a first handle coupled to an end wall of said bottom portion, and a second handle coupled to a side wall of said bottom portion. 35. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 34, further comprising a storage pocket located in said bottom portion having a projecting relief element which engages said top portion in the releasably secured condition. 36. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 35, further comprising at least one reference book pocket located in said bottom portion accessible through a reference book slot in said cover in the releasably secured condition. 37. An electrician's caddy as described in claim 36, further comprising a pair of reference book pockets located in said bottom portion each accessible through a corresponding each of a pair of reference book slots in said cover in the releasably secured condition.