Apparatus for dispensing tie wire

An apparatus for dispensing tie wire, the apparatus comprising:

• a housing comprising a main housing part and a cover part,
• the main housing part defining a storage space for a wrapped supply of tie wire,
• the main housing part having an opening through which a wrapped supply of tie wire can be directed to be placed in an operative position,
• the cover part configured to be releasably joined with the main housing part to thereby place the main housing part and cover part in an assembled relationship wherein a wrapped supply of tie wire in the operative position is blocked in the operative position;
• a latch component that is selectively movable between latched and unlatched positions,
• the latch component in the latched position preventing the main housing part and cover part from being changed from the assembled relationship,
• wherein with the latch component in the unlatched position the main housing part and cover part are changeable from the assembled relationship whereby a wrapped supply of tie wire can be one of:
• a) directed through the main housing part opening into the operative position;
• and b) removed from the operative position in the storage space through the main housing part opening;
• and
• a latch control selectively changeable between first and second states,
• the latch control configured so that:
• i) with the latch control in the first state, the latch control blocks the latch component from moving from the latched position into the unlatched position;
• and ii) with the latch control in the second state, the latch component can be moved from the latched position into the unlatched position.