US 5,139,210 A · Dispensing assembly and method for coiled electrical wire

Abstract

A wire dispensing apparatus (10) and method for dispensing wire or sheathed electrical cable (14) from an annular coil (13) mounted within a storage container (12). The wire dispensing apparatus (10) includes a support axle (24) dimensioned for insertion into a central opening (16) of the coil, and having opposed ends (28, 30) and a length dimension (L) therebetween which is at least about equal to the height dimension (H) of the coil (13). The wire dispensing apparatus further includes a coil retaining assembly (34) which is mountable to the exterior of the container (12), generally in alignment with the opposed ends (28, 30) of the support axle (24) cooperate with the axle (24) to retain or hold the container side walls (20, 22) against the axle ends (28, 30). The axle (24) and retaining assembly (34) prevent the wire from passing over the axle ends (28, 30) and becoming twisted as it is dispensed and prevent the wire (14 ) from pulling down between the sides of the coil (13) and the side walls (20, 22) and becoming jammed inside the container. The wire dispensing method includes the steps of inserting a support axle (24) into the central opening (16) of a coil (14) while the coil (14) is positioned within a storage container (12), and mounting an axle retaining device (34) to the exterior of the container (12) in a position cooperating with the coil support axle (24) to prevent the passage of wire around the ends (28, 30) of the coil support axle (24) and between the coil sides and the container side walls (20, 22) when dispensing wire from the container (12).

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for converting a wire storage container having spaced apart opposed side walls into a spool type wire dispensing assembly for dispensing an annular coil of wire stored in said container comprising:

support axle means dimensioned for insertion into a central opening defined by innermost coils of said coil of wire, said axle means having opposed ends and a length dimension therebetween about equal to the height dimension of said coil of wire;
and
retaining means mountable to an exterior of said side walls in generally aligned relation to said opposed ends of said axle means, said retaining means, when mounted to said container, cooperating with said axle means to prevent passage of said wire around said opposed ends of said axle means and between said side walls and sides of said coil of wire during paying out of said wire from said dispensing assembly.

An apparatus for dispensing wire from an annular coil encased within a storage container, said apparatus comprising:

an annular coil of wire having a central opening defined by the innermost loops of said coil;
support axle means inserted into said central opening and having opposed ends jutting out from said central opening;
a storage container having spaced apart opposed side walls enclosing said coil with said central opening lying between said opposed side walls, and with said ends of said axle means reaching at least the proximity of said opposed side walls;
and
retaining means mounted to an exterior of said container in general alignment with said central opening of said coil, said retaining means interacting with said axle means to prevent the passage of said wire around said ends of said axle means and between sides of said coil of wire and said side walls during paying out of said wire from said container.

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Dispensing assembly and method for coiled electrical wire

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Dispensing assembly and method for coiled electrical wire

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Abstract

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