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US 6,938,767 B2Granted
Container for welding wire
AssigneeSidergas SpA
InventorCarlo Gelmetti
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Abstract
A container for welding wire comprises a box-like body having a bottom and a side wall, the side wall having a polygonal cross section with corners, and stabilizing elements arranged at at least some of the corners. The stabilizing elements extend upwardly from the bottom and have an outer shell portion comprising a corner portion facing the adjacent side wall and an inner portion facing an interior of the container for housing welding wire. The corner portion has a shape adapted to the shape of the adjacent corner. The inner portion defines a continuous inner wall.
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A container for welding wire, comprising:
- a box-like body having a bottom and a side wall,
- said side wall having a polygonal cross section with corners,
- stabilising elements arranged at at least some of said corners,
- said stabilising elements extending upwardly from said bottom and having an outer shell portion comprising a corner portion facing said adjacent side wall and an inner portion facing an interior of said container for housing welding wire,
- said corner portion having a shape adapted to a shape of said adjacent corner,
- said inner portion defining a continuous inner wall,
- said container containing a coil of welding wire, and
- a retainer sitting on top of said welding wire coil for holding down wire coil strands, said retainer having a pair of sidewardly extending protrusions adjacent an associated stabilising element, said inner portion of said associated stabilising element protruding inwards into said interior of said container and between said protrusions to guide said retainer.
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A container for welding wire, comprising:
- a box-like body having a bottom and a side wall,
- said side wall having a polygonal cross section with corners,
- stabilising elements arranged at at least some of said corners,
- said stabilising elements extending upwardly from said bottom and having an outer shell portion comprising a corner portion facing said adjacent side wall and an inner portion facing an interior of said container for housing welding wire,
- said corner portion having a shape adapted to a shape of said adjacent corner,
- said inner portion defining a continuous inner wall,
- said container containing a coil of welding wire, and
- a retainer sitting on top of said welding wire coil for holding down wire coil strands, said retainer having at least one sidewardly extending protrusion extending into an indentation in said inner portion of an associated stabilising element to be guided by said stabilising elements.
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A contain for welding wire, comprising:
- a box-like body having a bottom and a side wall,
- said side wall having a polygonal cross section with corners,
- stabilising elements arranged at at least some of said corners,
- said stabilising elements extending upwardly from said bottom and having an outer shell portion comprising a corner portion facing said adjacent side wall and an inner portion facing an interior of said container for housing welding wire,
- said corner portion having a shape adapted to a shape of said adjacent corner,
- said inner portion defining a continuous inner wall, and
- a molded and stamped one-piece lid made of plastic arranged at a top of the body closing said container, said lid comprising a transparent material allowing a visual inspection of the interior of said container,
- wherein said stabilising elements protrude over an upper end of said side wall and are covered by said lid,
- said lid having an upper plate-shaped portion with an upwardly protruding centre portion, a flat outer portion surrounding said center portion and a ring-shaped collar extending downwardly from said plate-shaped portion and engaging around an outer periphery of an upper edge of said side wall,
- said container being filled with welding wire being capable of supporting stacked thereon a like container filled with welding wire with a bottom of an upper container being placed on a lid of said lower container.
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A container for welding wire, comprising:
- a box-like body having a bottom and a side wall,
- said side wall having a polygonal cross section with corners,
- stabilising elements arranged at at least some of said corners,
- said stabilising elements extending upwardly from said bottom, being of one piece only, with an outer shell portion being circumferentially closed, seen in an axial direction of said stabilizing elements, to circumscribe an interior of said stabilizing elements, said outer shell portion comprising a corner portion facing said adjacent side wall and an inner portion facing an interior of said container for housing welding wire, said corner portion continuing in one piece with said inner portion,
- said corner portion having a shape adapted to the shape of said adjacent corner, said corner portion having a corner edge, and
- said inner portion defining a continuous inner wall and being a section of a cylinder with an outer diameter which is smaller than the maximum width of said stabilizing elements starting from said corner edge and seen in said axial direction.
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