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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2007
Filed:
May. 27, 2005
Michael A. Carroscia, Newbury, OH (US);
Michael A. Carroscia, Newbury, OH (US);
Lincoln Global, Inc., City of Industry, CA (US);
Abstract
A container for packaging and unwinding a coil of welding wire to allow an uninterrupted flow of the welding wire from one the container to another container. The coil of welding wire, including a coiled portion having a top and a bottom, a first extension of wire extending from the coil near the coil top to a feeding end and a second extension of wire extending from the coil near the bottom to a transfer end. The transfer end of one container being joinable to the feeding end of another container. The container including an outer packaging having at least one vertically extending sidewall, a closed bottom, a top opening for removing the welding wire and a wire coil receiving cavity within the outer packaging for receiving the wire coil. The feeding end and the transfer end can be positionable near the top opening. The container further includes at least one transfer control tab in the cavity near the top opening. The at least one tab is configured to selectively support the transfer end of the wire during the unwinding of the wire from the coil and to selectively release the transfer end during the transfer from the one container to the other container.