Spool having segment construction

Spool for wire or cord, said spool having a center axis and having a spool hub inner diameter, said spool comprising

• one-piece segments, each forming a U-shaped wire bow having a cross bridge and a pair of legs each defining a leg portion extending from the cross bridge inwardly in a radial plane toward said center axis;
• each leg having a free end with an extension extending therefrom in a circumferential direction, in a manner whereby several extensions, joined together, form two spaced parallel wire rings;
• each leg being bent adjacent the spool hub inner diameter in the direction of the extensions to produce a bend to redirect the leg substantially radially, the bend having an outer side which defines the spool hub inner diameter and a spool winding outer diameter being defined by the cross bridges;
• wherein each extension has an end;
• and
• the end of the extension is bent radially inwardly, each end extending parallel to the radially inwardly extending leg of the adjacent following segment, and said end being rigidly connected to said leg.

Spool for wire or cord, said spool having a center axis and having a spool hub inner diameter, said spool comprising

• one-piece segments, each forming a U-shaped wire bow having a cross bridge and a pair of legs each defining a leg portion extending from the cross bridge inwardly in a radial plane toward said center axis;
• each leg having a free end with an extension extending therefrom in a circumferential direction, in a manner whereby several extensions, joined together, form two spaced parallel wire rings;
• each leg being bent adjacent the spool hub inner diameter in the direction of the extensions to produce a bend to redirect the leg substantially radially, the bend having an outer side which defines the spool hub inner diameter and a spool winding outer diameter being defined by the cross bridges;
• wherein the extensions extend in the opposite circumferential directions from the cross bridge in an alternating manner.