Abstract: A payout for controlling the unwinding of a coil of wire from a wire drum which has an outer drum body and an inner core substantially coaxial with the drum body includes a first planar ring juxtaposed to the top of the wire coil and having a first inner edge closely adjacent to the core and a first outer edge spaced from the first inner edge and a second planar ring juxtaposed the top of the wire coil and having a second outer surface closely adjacent the drum body and a second inner surface spaced from the first outer surface of the first ring to define a continuous circular gap above the wire coil such that the wire passes upwardly through the gap as it is withdrawn from the wire coil. A third ring overlies the first and second rings and is laterally displacable relative thereto and eccentrically relative to the drum axis to further control payout of the wire. The second and third rings alone can be used to control payout of the wire.

Abstract: A package for containing and dispensing wire from a coil of wire having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a top and bottom defining a coil height comprising an outer carton having a rectangular bottom wall and four side panels extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The package further includes an octagonal inner liner having eight walls and wherein every other wall engages a portion of one of the side panels of the outer carton. The package has a planar retainer ring which engages the top of the wire coil and which has an opening forming an inner edge and an outer periphery comprising a plurality of nodes extending radially outwardly beyond the outer surface of the wire coil.

Abstract: A wound film dispenser with exterior retainer and method of assembling same are disclosed. The wound film dispenser includes a base to which a lid is hingedly attached via a fold. The interior end walls of the base include false walls which are biased into the base. The false walls include aperture through which the ends of the roll extend to at least partially receive the ends of the roll of wound film material. In so doing, the retainers are provided exterior to the roll of film. The false walls may be biased into the base using braces pushing the top edge of the false wall away from the end walls.

Abstract: A transporting and feeding package for a coil of welding wire comprising a wire receiving container with a vertical wall having a lateral shape and defining an opened top of the container, a wire feeding hat with a wire outlet and a downwardly extending skirt having a lower end with an opening and having a shape matching, but slightly larger than, said lateral shape so the skirt can move vertically along the vertical wall between a lowered transporting position and a raised feeding position while extending over said opened top of the container.

Abstract: A container is provided for receiving and holding individual rolls of wrapping paper. The container includes a surrounding sidewall structure, a bottom and an open top. Provided over the open top is an insert panel that includes a series of openings. Each opening is sized to receive and hold a roll of wrapping paper. Individual rolls of wrapping paper is stored within the container by inserting the rolls into and through the openings formed in the insert panel such that the individual rolls are extended inwardly into the confines of the container.

Abstract: A magnetic tape cartridge made up of a cartridge case composed of an upper and lower cases welded together on the mating surfaces by ultrasonic welding with a plurality of energy directors, and a single reel of magnetic tape rotatalby retained in the case, in which the weld deposits formed by the energy directors may be prevented from sticking out of the mating surfaces. A plurality of energy directors provided on one of the mating surfaces have an elongated shape, and are disposed with the longitudinal direction substantially perpendicular to the direction along the side wall of the upper and lower cases.

Abstract: A trash disposal device and method is provided that can be used to dispose litter and cigarette litter in particular. The device includes sheets of material forming a rectangular box casing that has a slot. Heat resistant material sheets are positioned within the casing such that the sheets may be pulled out of the casing through the slot. A sheet can be pulled out from the device and shaped into an ashtray-like shape that can be used to collect for instance cigarette litter. The ashtray-like shape with the litter can be folded up into a small package ad then be placed in a storage area that could be part of the device. The trash disposal device could be assembled with foldable material to form the casing with a slot.

Abstract: A device for storing, transporting and feeding a roll-forming web of printing material for a machine for processing the material. The device has a housing that surrounds and includes a receptacle for the roll. The housing is manipulatable in a manner analogous to a pallet, and is disposed for receiving and surrounding the roll, from which the web of printing material is unwindable.

Abstract: A package for containing and dispensing wire from a coil of wire having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a top and bottom defining a coil height comprising an outer carton having a rectangular bottom wall and four side panels extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The package further includes an octagonal inner liner having eight walls and wherein every other wall engages a portion of one of the side panels of the outer carton. The package has a planar retainer ring which engages the top of the wire coil and which has an opening forming an inner edge and an outer periphery comprising a plurality of nodes extending radially outwardly beyond the outer surface of the wire coil.

Abstract: The invention concerns a storage box A 0 (10) for doctor blades employed in servicing of the face of a roll in a paper/board machine. The box is a polygon construction, in whose interior the reel (R) formed by doctor blades (t1, t2) has been fitted. Through an opening (11) in a side face of the storage box, the doctor blades (t1, t2, . . . ) can be discharged from the reel (R) placed inside the storage box (10). In its interior, the storage box (10) comprises bearing means, preferably at least one separate disk (10a3′), which has been fitted to revolve freely on the side face of the reel (R) formed by the doctor blades.

Abstract: A removable cover for a container and a container having the removable cover. The cover may be adapted with an opening to enable wire to pass through the cover with the cover disposed on the container. The container may be adapted to be lifted by inserting a fork, or other lifting member, of a lifting device into the container. The container may comprise a fiber drum having one or more openings, or recesses, adapted to receive a fork of a lifting device. The container may be cylindrical. The container may be adapted to store wire. An adapter assembly may be disposed on the cover to protect the opening in the cover and to direct movement of the wire.

Abstract: A case for a recording tape cartridge is formed by joining an upper case and a lower case via mutual peripheral walls. A blocking piece, which is disposed to extend along the peripheral wall of the upper case serving as a cover, is inserted into a recess, which is disposed in the lower case serving as a base and opens upward and sideward, and a portion of the recess is blocked off by the blocking piece, whereby an engagement hole is formed that is positioned lower than a parting line (PL) and opens only sideward. According to the invention, it is possible to form a recess that opens only toward the outer surface of the peripheral wall of the base of the case, without disposing undercuts in the base.

Abstract: An improved short wire length wire-winding box includes a rotary disk driven by a spiral reed and pivotally installed in a casing having a receiving groove. The communication wire is at first wound around a pivotal shaft (inner circle) for several turns, and then is placed in the rotary disk. The rotary disk is rotated so that the communication wire is wound around a second ring (outer circle) in the same direction. When the communication wire is directly pulled out from the wire-winding box, the communication wire wound around the pivotal shaft will be pulled more and more tightly so that the communication wire wound around the pivotal shaft will not disperse for avoiding the situation that part of the communication wire can not be rewound. Moreover, the communication wire wound around the pivotal shaft can be tightly positioned thereon without any positioning device.

Abstract: A bonding wire spool case, and a method of handling a spool using the spool case has a structure capable of effectively preventing the durability and the holding of the spool from being deteriorated due to the repeated coupling and decoupling operations of the spool with respect to the spool holder while preventing the bonding wire from being contaminated and damaged due to the carelessness of the worker. The bonding wire spool case includes a base having a bottom portion and a sidewall protruded from the bottom portion. The base mounts a spool wound with a bonding wire thereon. A cover is coupled to the base at the outer surface of the sidewall of the base to prevent an alien material such as dust from being introduced. The sidewall of the base is partially provided with an opening portion. A slide coupling member is internally formed at the base such that the slide coupling member is fitted to the flange portion of the spool when the spool slides inward through the opening portion.

Abstract: A carton for retaining, suspending, and dispensing rolls of wound web material and a method of manufacturing same are disclosed. The carton is a trunk to which a lid is hinged to allow the lid to be opened and closed and thereby allow access to the roll of wound web material. Retainers are provided at first and second ends to positively hold the roll within the carton for dispersal of the film. The retainers may also suspend the roll off of the bottom wall of the carton to avoid adhesion of the multiple layers of wound web of material, particularly materials employing pressure sensitive adhesives. A carton includes guide surfaces to facilitate automated assembly of the carton.

Abstract: A container for packaging and unwinding a welding wire comprising: a square cardboard box with four vertical side walls and four vertically extending corners, each defining an apex, a center cylindrical core, an inner vertically extending tubular liner with an octagonal outer shape having four outer walls, each generally overlying a side wall of the box and four alternate inner walls between two of the outer walls and spaced from the corner apexes to define generally triangular, vertical cavities with an at rest dimension from the apex of a corner to one of the alternate inner walls and a vertically extending corner reinforcing element in each of the cavities. The element in each cavity has a diagonal pressure rib extending from the apex to the inner wall.

Abstract: A package for containing and dispensing wire from a coil of wire having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a top and bottom defining a coil height comprising an outer carton having a rectangular bottom wall and four side panels extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The package further includes an octagonal inner liner having eight walls and wherein every other wall engages a portion of one of the side panels of the outer carton. The package has a planar retainer ring which engages the top of the wire coil and which has an opening forming an inner edge and an outer periphery comprising a plurality of nodes extending radially outwardly beyond the outer surface of the wire coil.

Abstract: The cardboard box for containing and dispensing large quantities of wire, especially metal wire for welding, comprises a cubic external container with an open top side, an octagonal-base internal container, fitting snugly into the external container and being destined to contain a coil of wire, and a bag-type wrapper made of a flexible airtight material, which is interposed between the external and the internal containers so as completely to cover the internal container and able to be closed and sealed there-upon.

Abstract: A container for packaging and unwinding a welding wire comprising: a square cardboard box with four vertical side walls and four vertically extending corners, each defining an apex, a center cylindrical core, an inner vertically extending tubular liner with an octagonal outer shape having four outer walls, each generally overlying a side wall of the box and four alternate inner walls between two of the outer walls and spaced from the corner apexes to define generally triangular, vertical cavities with an at rest dimension from the apex of a corner to one of the alternate inner walls and a vertically extending corner reinforcing element in each of the cavities. The element in each cavity has a diagonal pressure rib extending from the apex to the inner wall.

Abstract: The cardboard box for containing and dispensing large quantities of wire, especially metal wire for welding, comprises a cubic external container with an open top side, an octagonal-base internal container, fitting snugly into the external container and being destined to contain a coil of wire, and a bag-type wrapper made of a flexible airtight material, which is interposed between the external and the internal containers so as completely to cover the internal container and able to be closed and sealed there-upon.

Abstract: A guidewire holder is provided that stores a coiled guidewire substantially immersed in a storage fluid and allows for a facilitated retrieval of the guidewire. The guidewire holder is generally configured as a shallow pan in a circular shape with an outer periphery to retain the coiled guidewire. The outer periphery includes a concave inner wall and a set of ribs that generally retain the coiled guidewire on the outer periphery. An access area is provided to suspend a portion of the guidewire away from the outer periphery to enable a medical practitioner to reach into the guidewire holder and grasp a portion of the guidewire in order to easily extract the coiled guidewire from the holder. An inner periphery reduces the amount of storage fluid needed to immerse the guidewire and is used in combination with the outer periphery to provide a location for comfortably holding the guidewire holder. Multiple holders may be coupled together so as to be stacked on top of each other.

Abstract: A box for storing, shipping and dispensing cable or wire from a spool contained within the box. The box having features to allow efficient dispensing of cable in measured amounts.

Abstract: The invention comprises an openable and closable storage unit (1) adapted so as to be capable of enclosing a folded-up display unit (2), consisting of one or more stand parts and one or more information-carrying sheets, screens or the like, first and second end-wall parts (11, 12) which belong to a wall part (10), said wall part (10) being arranged to, in cross section, form a cross-sectional area following one or both said end-wall parts (11, 12). A first storage space (5) is given a circular or in any case essentially circular cross section by means of part-circular units (7) which are formed in plane wall sections (10b) or applied thereto. A second storage space (6) is given a semi-circular or in any case essentially semi-circular cross section by means of units (8) which are formed in or next to said plane wall sections or attached thereto.

Abstract: This invention offers welding wire packages without twining and tangling even if welding wire is drawn out from pail containers at high speed, and also without bending of the wire. Namely, in a welding wire package in which welding wire with torsion around an axis of the welding wire is coiled, a wire pressing member is disposed on top of the coiled wire, wherein the wire pressing member comprises a wire pressing part for pressing the coiled welding wire, and a wire guiding part having a hole of not more than 180 mm in diameter in a center of the wire pressing member for passage of the welding wire.

Abstract: A reusable container for holding and dispensing rolls of disposal bags of large, medium and small axial lengths has a top panel, a bottom panel and first and second side panels formed from a unitary piece of corrugated cardboard, or the like, into a parallelpied container having a cavity divided into individual compartments for rolls with which elongated dispensing openings communicate. Opposed inwardly-projecting end flaps hingedly connected to the bottom panel have a substantially flat abutment panel located inside the cavity of the container and located a predetermined minimum distance from an associated end of the cavity. The ends of each dispensing opening associated with large rolls are substantially aligned with the abutment panels of both inwardly-projecting end flaps. One end of each dispensing opening associated with the medium and small rolls are substantially aligned with one of the abutment panels of the inwardly-projecting end flaps.

Abstract: An apparatus for storing, transporting, and dispensing elongate material, such as wire. The elongate dispensing system includes a reusable, stackable, storage container for having a substantially circular inner channel to contain a coil of elongate material and a dispensing guide having a plurality of interior guide mechanisms through which elongate material is dispensed without tangles or over-spooling. The storage container further includes a fastening system through which the dispensing guide removably engages said container during operation, ergonomic handles, and wire containment recesses which contain the ends of elongate material when the apparatus is not in operation.

Abstract: This invention offers welding wire packages without twining and tangling even if welding wire is drawn out from pail containers in high speed, and also without bending set of the wire. Namely, in a welding wire package in which welding wire with torsion is packed as heaped loops, a wire pressing member is disposed on top of the heaped loops, wherein the wire pressing member comprises a loop pressing part for pressing the heaped loops of the welding wire, and a wire guiding part having a hole of not more than 180 mm in diameter in a center of the wire pressing member for passage of the welding wire.

Abstract: An end plate for supporting roll goods incorporating a vertical plate having a channel therethrough, the channel extending from a top edge of the vertical plate to a point separated from a bottom edge of the vertical plate; and a foot member extending from the vertical plate at the bottom edge, the foot member enhancing the stability of the end plate. A packaging system including at least one end plate and a core adapted to be lowered into the channel is also disclosed, as is a method of packaging roll goods using such end plates and packaging systems.

Abstract: A stackable, nestable, and reusable container for storing, transporting, and dispersing elongated materials, such as wire or cable. The container includes a first substantially cylindrical portion, a second substantially cylindrical portion located concentrically within the first portion, a container bottom interconnecting the lower ends of the substantially cylindrical portions so as to define an annular channel therebetween for storing a coil of elongate material therein; and a mechanism provided with at least one of the first and second substantially cylindrical portions for securely supporting an identical second container thereon when the second container is in a rotatively aligned stacking configuration with the first container, and for compactly receiving the second container in the annular channel when the second container is in a rotatively aligned nesting configuration with the first container.

Abstract: A box load interface implemented in a FIMS system includes a retractable port door that is attachable to the box door of a transport box. The port door selectively moves the box door toward or away from the box cover of the transport box to thereby open or close it. A slidable tray is mounted to a support shelf that receives the transport box which is clamped to the slidable tray while it is moved by a positioning mechanism to force the box cover against the port plate. The positioning mechanism also disengages the clamping mechanism to release the box cover as it retracts from the port plate. A port door translation mechanism is operatively connected to the port door to advance it and retract it toward and away from a port plate aperture. A port door elevator assembly operates in cooperation with the port door translation mechanism to move the port door after the box door has been moved away from the box cover and through the port plate aperture.

Abstract: The cardboard box for containing and dispensing large quantities of wire, especially metal wire for welding, comprises a cubic external container with an open top side, an octagonal-base internal container, fitting snugly into the external container and being destined to contain a coil of wire, and a bag-type wrapper made of a flexible airtight material, which is interposed between the external and the internal containers so as completely to cover the internal container and able to be closed and sealed there-upon.

Abstract: An object of the present invention consists in providing a new spool case in which the stored spool can be held without contacting with it by hand, engaging or disengaging of the spool in respect to the bonding device can be carried out without having any relation with a length of the holder or presence or non-presence of an engaging means, a reliability in holding the spool is high and a spool held state can be easily maintained. In addition, solving means of the present invention can be handled such that the spool is held by the engaging pieces 7 arranged at the base 3 and the spool is not directly contacted with hand. The spool held state is maintained by the resilient engaging force of each of the engaging pieces 7 and this is not released so long as each of these engaging pieces 7 is not resiliently deformed and is not released from the flange.

Abstract: The cardboard box for containing and dispensing large quantities of wire, especially metal wire for welding, comprises a cubic external container with an open top side, an octagonal-base internal container, fitting snugly into the external container and being destined to contain a coil of wire, and a bag-type wrapper made of a flexible airtight material, which is interposed between the external and the internal containers so as completely to cover the internal container and able to be closed and sealed there-upon.

Abstract: A combination chemical carrier device and bucket includes a compartmented chemical carrier for carrying a plurality of containers containing chemicals and products used in cleaning operations. The combination chemical carrier and bucket device also includes a bucket for containing liquids including chemical solutions used in cleaning operations. The bucket and chemical carrier are provided with quick coupling for readily connecting and disconnecting the chemical and bucket.

Abstract: A package of cutting tape for use in cutting a swiftly moving web of paper being spooled into a roll, and transferring the cut web to a new roll. The package includes a plurality of thin discs of wound cutting tape with each disc having one width of tape wrapped upon itself to form a large diameter disc of tape. The discs are separated from each other by spacers. The package is enclosed by a container having an opening to permit unrolling of the tape without imparting any twist thereto.

Abstract: A hose package comprising a coiled hose having an inside substantially cylindrical surface means and an outside cylindrical surface means defined by adjoining individual coils. A hose board is held on the hose and is adapted to have hose identification thereon and holding means holds the hose in coiled relation. The board is defined by a strip which is at least partially wrapped against the hose and has a terminal end which is spaced from the inside cylindrical surface means to enable a hanger for the hose package to readily engage the inside substantially cylindrical surface means.

Abstract: A package for a trash bag rod which is flexible and resilient for opening a trash bag and for forming a hoop shape for holding the trash bag open while it is being filled with fallen leaves, lawn clippings, and other trash, comprises a trash bag rod which is normally straight but which is wound into a coil that springs back toward straight position when released from the coil, an enclosure holding the trash bag rod in coiled position with at least one end portion of the rod being held in straight position to form a straight end portion of the rod within the enclosure, whereby after the coiled rod is released from the enclosure the straight end portion is more easily threaded through a perimeter portion of the open end of a trash bag than a rod with a curved end portion. The method includes preforming a series of openings around the top perimeter portion of the trash bag.

Abstract: A packaging system for transporting an article includes: a base; a pair of opposing side walls resting on the base; a cross member extending between the side walls; and a block removably attached to said base. The removable block has a first portion with an upper surface; a lower surface; a first side surface extending between the upper and lower surfaces; and an aperture extending through the block to accommodate a fastener therein for securing the block to the shipping container. The block optionally include a toe portion extending from the first side surface of the first portion. The toe portion is receivable within a portion of the shipping container. Alternatively, the packaging system could include: a base; a pair of side walls resting on the base; a cross member extending between the side walls; and a bracket removably attached to a notch in a distal end of one of the side walls to receive the cross member therein. The bracket includes a base; and a pair of arms extending from the base.

Abstract: A multi-tier winding coil 1 of a welding wire in a hollow cylindrical configuration having a beginning wire end which is located in the innermost tier and at one of cylinder end faces, a combination of such coil with a shipment packaging box 21, and a combination of the coil 1 and a wire feed adapter 5 which is used to mount the coil on a welding machine are disclosed. The coil 1 includes bundling wires 3a-3d. The beginning wire end of the coil is bent to extend in a radial direction of the coil loop, and is then bent in a direction to extend parallel to the center axis of the coil, thus defining an L-configuration 1sr+1sa. A wire feed adapter 5 includes a barrel 5b formed with notches 5br-5br4 and 5ar-5a4 for receiving beginning ends 1s.

Abstract: A portable bag container to hold and dispense disposable bags. The container includes a housing that has a generally hollow interior, an axle within the housing that is capable of receiving a plurality of disposable bags wrapped thereon to form a continuous roll of disposable bags, and a hanger that enables the device to releasably secure the housing to an object. The hollow interior is capable of releasably storing a plurality of disposable bags and includes an opening to allow the disposable bags to be removed from it. The hanger includes a pair of clip members connected by a bridge portion and has a pair of inwardly extending arms for attaching the clip members to the housing. The inwardly extending arms engage the ends of the axle such that the axle revolves about the arms when a disposable bag is withdrawn through the opening in the housing.

Abstract: A round shell, flat base container with a closure end on either end, having along one side, an access lid (23) in which one accesses the interior of the container. Accessing the interior of the container reveals a removable internal axle assembly (FIG. 6) which is the rotating mechanism for dispensing and retrieving the roll sheeting. The internal axle assembly (FIG. 6) sets between the closure ends and is supported between a hand wheel and bearing assembly (FIG. 7) at one end and a slotted spindle guide (60) and friction bearing (62) at the other end. This complete assembly supports the roll of sheeting within the container and rotates it, to dispense or retrieve the sheeting. Located along the opposite side of the container is a dispensing slot lid (29), which gives access to an installed roll of sheeting when opened. This lid when closed forms a dispensing slot (26) and contains a cutting guide (28). This slot is where the roll sheeting is dispensed from or retrieved too.

Abstract: A multi-purpose fishing bucket having a bucket member and a cover-seat member in which the cover-seat member includes a floatable ring, a detachably-engaged separate middle portion, and a line secured to the ring and to the middle portion such that, detached but tethered, the ring may be thrown for rescue purposes. Preferred embodiments include a line-spooling structure on the middle portion, friction fit of principal parts, and a tip-up holder member preferably removably nested within the bucket member.

Abstract: The safety system is usable for a container for photographic products in strip form wound on cores which container comprises a substantially horizontal cantilevered spindle having a free end and designed to support the cores and a door which can be located on the spindle by a locating device. The safety system comprises, at the free end of the cantilevered spindle, an element able to move between a first position of rest in which the element does not project beyond the volume delimited by the cylinder of revolution generated by the internal diameter of the cores and prevents the closure of the door, and a second position of rest in which the element projects beyond the volume delimited by the cylinder generated by the internal diameter of the cores in order to prevent the cores from leaving the spindle and releases the locating device so as to allow the closure of the door.

Abstract: A carton for packaging a series of rolls of web material includes parallel, opposite side walls and angled, corner walls provided at opposite corners of the carton. The rolls are positioned within the carton such that the material of the roll adjacent each corner wall engages the corner wall. Top and bottom end flaps extend from each of the side walls, for enclosing the top and bottom ends of the carton. Cut-out retainer flaps are formed in two of the top end flaps, for engagement within an internal passage defined by the core of the roll of material therebelow to retain the rolls of material in position within the interior of the carton.

Abstract: A sheet material dispenser for dispensing rolls aluminum coilstock. The sheet material dispenser is made from plastic and includes a front door that renders the sheet material dispenser substantially weatherproof. A rain overhang extends over the edge of the door to prevent water from entering the sheet material dispenser. A rear affixing tab allows the sheet material dispenser to be attached to a work table to facilitate working with the coilstock. The interior of the sheet material dispenser includes rollers that ease dispensing of the coilstock.

Abstract: A dispenser for a roll of sheet material which comprises a sheet material housing within which is rotatably supported the roll of sheet material. The housing can be in the shape of a box composed of a base and a lid which are hingedly connected together or can be in the shape if a cylindrical tube with access to within the housing being provided by a removable end cap. Each housing includes a longitudinal slot through which the free end of the roll of sheet material is to be conducted and located exteriorly of the housing. Mounted on the exterior surface of each housing directly adjacent each slot is a cutting shelf which is substantially the same length as the slot. The unwound sheet material is to rest on the shelf and provide a cutting surface for severing of the unwound section of sheet material from the roll.

Abstract: A drum with a cylindrical body having an upper end and a lower end and a circular bottom wall secured across said lower end includes a cylindrical core having an inner cylindrical surface, an upper end and a lower end which is fixedly secured to the bottom wall to define an annular wire receiving space between said core and said body of said drum wherein an improved wire biasing mechanism is provided for applying a downward force against wire in the wire receiving space, by a generally flat pressure ring resting on the wire and an elongated, elastic element connected to a loop element attached to the lower end of said core for pulling the pressure ring downwardly.

Abstract: A container, for example a photographic paper magazine, includes a core about which photographic paper is wound in a form of a roll. A container body contains the roll with the core in a rotatable manner. An outlet slit is formed in the container body and adapted to drawing out the photographic paper. First and second end walls are disposed on the container body, and confronted with respective end faces of the roll. First and second core supports are supported respectively on the first and second end walls, rotatable coaxially, and fitted on respective axial ends of the core. The core supports support the core between the end walls in a rotatable manner. A lock pin is fixedly secured to the first end wall. A hook is disposed on the first core support, is engageable with the lock pin in a resilient manner, and inhibits relative rotation between the hook and the lock pin, to retain the first core support on the first end wall.

Abstract: A device for preventing wire in a welding wire pail from tangling. Tangle preventing bead packages are laid on the coiled welding wire inside the pail. Pressing pipes vertically stand on the coiled welding wire at portions between the packages. An internal buffer ring is laid on the pressing pipes, while an external buffer ring with two elastic bands is laid on the internal buffer ring. The coiled welding wire in the pail is prevented from jumping, getting tangled or twisting in the pail while the pail is handled or transported. In order to draw the welding wire out of the pail, the pressing pipes and buffer rings are removed from the pail and the packages are torn to uniformly scatter the tangle preventing beads over the coiled welding wire. The welding wire smoothly goes through the beads to be drawn out of the pail without causing any tangling in the wire.

Abstract: A recyclable protective cradle and a recyclable edge protective packaging and distribution system for preventing rolling and allowing distribution and shipping of rolls of laminar stock rollingly oriented on a pallet. The protective cradle is formed of an interengaging pallet covering and a series of wedge members which act as chocks to prevent the roll from rotating. A wedge removal system allows for the selective removal of one or more wedge members to allow the roll to freely be removed from the protective cradle.