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.
Claims20
An apparatus for the transportation and payoff of coiled wire and cable, the apparatus comprising:
- a flat bottom non-hinged edge connecting a first side and a second side, wherein the flat bottom non-hinged edge connects the first side and second side when the apparatus is in the open position;
- a payoff port contacting at least one of the sides and extending into the wire and cable, wherein the coiled wire and cable is extracted through the payoff port.
An apparatus for the transportation and payoff of coiled wire and cable, the apparatus comprising:
- an enclosed compartment formed from a first and a second side, wherein the first and second sides are formed from a continuous piece of material;
- an opening in the first side, wherein the opening provides access to an inner void formed by the wire and cable and wherein the first side encompasses the entire opening;
- a payoff port contacting at least one of the sides and extending into the wire and cable, wherein the coiled wire and cable is extracted through the payoff port;
- at least two fasteners located on the edges of the sides, wherein the fasteners connect the first and second sides;
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- stacking protrusions on the first and second sides, wherein the stacking protrusion comprise male and female protrusions and wherein the male protrusions on the first side correspond to the female protrusions on the second side.
A wire and cable transportation and payoff system, the system comprising:
- coiled wire and cable, wherein the coiled wire and cable form an inner void;
- an enclosed compartment formed from a first and a second side wherein the enclosed compartment surrounds the coiled wire and cable and wherein the first and second sides are formed from a continuous piece of material;
- an opening on the first side, wherein the opening provides access to the inner void formed by the wire and cable and wherein the first side encompasses the entire opening;
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- a payoff port contacting at least one of the sides and extending into the wire and cable, wherein the coiled wire and cable is extracted through the payoff port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.