System and apparatus for wire and cable packaging and payoff
AssigneeEncore Wire Corporation
InventorsJohn L. Rhoads, William T. Bigbee, Jr., Troy D. Skidmore, Karolina Zuraw
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Abstract
An apparatus for the transportation and payoff of coiled wire and cable, the apparatus comprising a clamshell package, an inner void formed by the clamshell package, the inner void comprising a compartment within for containing coiled wire and cable during transportation and payoff of the wire and cable, a payoff port is coupled to the clamshell package, wherein the coiled wire and cable is extracted from the clamshell package through the payoff port on an axis substantially similar to the axis of the extracted wire and cable, and wherein the payoff port extends from the clamshell package through the coiled wire and cable.
Claims19
An apparatus for the transportation and payoff of coiled wire and cable, the apparatus comprising:
- an enclosed compartment formed from a single folding edge connecting a first and a second side;
- a payoff port coupled to one of the sides and extending through the wire and cable, wherein the coiled wire and cable is extracted through the payoff port and wherein the enclosed compartment is water resistant when in closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.