Packaging for containing and dispensing large quantities of wire

A retainer ring for controlling the flow of wire from a coil of wire packaged in a four sided box having a box axis, the coil having a coil axis parallel to the box axis and radially inner and outer surfaces, said retainer ring comprising a planar body having an opening therethrough and radially inner and outer edges relative to the axis of the opening, said outer edge including eight nodes equally spaced apart about the outer edge and having outer ends radially beyond the outer surface of the wire coil, adjacent ones of said nodes being joined by a node edge extending between said outer ends and radially inwardly of the outer surface of the wire coil, and said nodes interengaging with the box to prevent said retainer ring from rotating relative to the box axis.

A retainer ring for controlling the flow of wire from a coil of wire contained in a wire package, the wire coil having an inner and an outer surface, said retainer ring comprising a substantially planar body having a substantially uniform thickness, said body including an opening and four nodes which extend radially away from said opening beyond the outer surface of the coil, each of said nodes being joined to an adjacent node by an inwardly extending node edge therebetween and said nodes preventing said retainer ring from rotating relative to the wire package and preventing the wire from passing outside of said outer peripheral edge.

A package for containing and dispensing wire from a coil of wire, the wire coil having an axis, a radially outer surface about the axis providing an outer coil diameter, and axially opposite top and bottom ends defining a coil height, said package comprising an outer carton having a bottom and four planar side panels extending upwardly from said bottom a distance greater than said height, each said side panel having an inwardly facing side surface;

• an octagonal inner liner within said outer carton, said liner having eight vertically extending planar walls wherein every other one of said eight walls engages a portion of the inwardly facing side surface of a different one of said side panels of said outer carton, adjacent ones of said eight walls being joined at a liner corner;
• and a retainer ring engaging the top end of the wire coil, said retainer ring having a substantially planar body including an inner opening and an outer edge comprising a plurality of nodes extending radially outward beyond the outer surface of the wire coil, each of said nodes being joined to an adjacent node by a node edge extending inwardly of the outer surface of the coil, at least one of said nodes interengaging at least one of said liner corners to prevent said retainer ring from rotating relative to said inner liner.

A container for storing and dispensing a continuous wire from a coil of wire, the wire coil being donut-shaped and having an outwardly facing surface having an outer coil diameter, an inwardly facing surface having an inner coil diameter and top and bottom surfaces defining a coil height;

• said container comprising:
• an outer carton having a circular bottom wall and a cylindrical side wall extending upwardly from said bottom wall and having an inner surface, a plurality of supports equally spaced apart about said inner surface and extending upwardly therealong from said bottom wall, said supports engaging the outwardly facing surface of the wire coil, and a substantially planar retainer ring having an opening producing an inner edge and an outer peripheral edge including a plurality of nodes which extend radially outwardly beyond the outer surface of the wire coil, adjacent ones of said nodes being joined by an inwardly extending node edge, said retainer ring being positioned on the top surface of the wire coil, and at least one of said node edges engaging one of said supports to prevent said retainer ring from rotating relative to said side wall.

A retainer for controlling the unwinding of wire from a coil packaged in a box, the coil having an axis, axially opposite ends and an axially extending outer periphery about said axis and the box having wall means parallel to the coil axis, said retainer comprising a planar body for engaging against one end of a packaged coil, said body having an opening therethrough having an axis parallel to the axis of the packaged coil and an outer edge radially spaced from and extending about said opening, said outer edge comprising a plurality of circumferentially adjacent nodes equally spaced apart from one another about said opening and connecting edges between adjacent ones of said nodes, said nodes extending radially outwardly beyond the outer periphery of the packaged coil, and said connecting edges crossing said one end of the packaged coil radially inwardly of the outer periphery thereof.