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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 1984
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Louis G Ditton, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Alvin D Thomas, Valatie, NY (US);
Assignee:
Essex Group, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
24211861 ; 2421187 ;
Abstract
A tapered flange wire spool construction having a load supporting hub portion at each end of a spool with a load bearing surface lying outwardly of the outer end surface of a respective outwardly flared end flange portion of the spool to enable the weight of wire carried by the spool to be transferred solely through a hub portion to a supportive surface disposed below the spool for preventing impact of the corresponding end flange portion with the supportive surface.