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A container for the dispensing of wire or cable has an external carton which receives a reel of cable as supported by two caddies. Each caddy has an inwardly extending substantially cylindrical bushing which is received in a central hole of a respective cable reel flange. The cylindrical bushings ar

A container for the dispensing of wire or cable has an external carton which receives a reel of cable as supported by two caddies. Each caddy has an inwardly extending substantially cylindrical bushing which is received in a central hole of a respective cable reel flange. The cylindrical bushings are disposed on an axis which is a first distance from the upper surface of the bottom panel of the carton. The largest radius of each reel flange is preselected to be smaller than this such that the reel may freely rotate inside of the carton on the bushings. Cable is pulled through a slot in the carton's front panel. Preferably, left and right panels of the carton each have an arbor hole formed therein which receives an axial rod, the rod also extending through the reel and caddies. The axial rod may be used to join two or more containers together and may further serve as a support for attachment of a wheel truck on one end of the joined-together containers and a handle at its other end. An alternative, four-wheeled cart has multiple axial rods. An alternative hand truck likewise receives multiple axial rods through respective container passageways. In one embodiment, cable may be pulled through one or more pass-through slots formed in the tops and bottoms of stacked containers, such that cable from multiple containers is drawn through one slot on the top of the stack.

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We claim: 1. A system for dispensing wire or cable from reels, comprising:a plurality of cable reel cartons each containing a reel of wire or cable, each carton having a bottom panel with opposing left and right sides, a left panel extending upwardly from the left side and a right panel extending up

We claim: 1. A system for dispensing wire or cable from reels, comprising:a plurality of cable reel cartons each containing a reel of wire or cable, each carton having a bottom panel with opposing left and right sides, a left panel extending upwardly from the left side and a right panel extending upwardly from the right side, arbor holes formed in each of the left and right panels and around an axis so that for each carton, the arbor holes are disposed at a single predetermined first distance from an upper surface of the bottom panel, arbor holes formed in each of the left and right panels and around an axis, an outer surface of the right panel being a predetermined length from an outer surface of the left panel, each carton having a front panel parallel to the axis and extending upwardly from the bottom panel and connecting the left and right panels, a cable payout slot formed in the front panel so as to permit the withdrawal of cable from the carton at a substantial angle to the axis;each reel having an axial passageway therethrough to communicate with the arbor holes;at least first and second ones of the cable reel cartons positioned side by side such that the arbor holes thereof are aligned on the axis, a first axial rod inserted through the arbor holes and the axial passageways of the cable reels of the first and second ones of the cable reel cartons, the cable reel cartons having respective lengths in the axial direction, a length of the first axial rod preselected to be longer than the sum of the lengths of said least first and second ones of the cable reel cartons so as to define first and second free ends of the axial rod which extend beyond said at least first and second ones of the cable reel cartons; anda cart frame which is elongate in the axial direction, a plurality of wheels mounted to the cart frame, ones of the wheels being fixed to roll in the axial direction, the cart frame having opposed, axially spaced apart front and rear ends, a first upstanding rod holder affixed to the front end of the frame, a second upstanding rod holder affixed to the rear end of the frame, a first end of the axial rod affixed to the first rod holder, a second end of the first axial rod affixed to the second rod holder, such that the first and second ones of the cable reel cartons through which the first axial rod is inserted are mounted thereby to the cart, an elongate bottom panel of the frame extending between the front end of the frame and the rear end of the frame, bottom panels of said at least first and second cable reel cartons supported by the bottom panel of the frame so as to prevent rotation of said at least first and second cable reel cartons around the axis; such that wire or cable can be withdrawn simultaneously from the first and second ones of the cable reel cartons in a direction which is at a substantial angle to the axis.