Abstract: A cable storage container is provided which includes a conical core with a top and a bottom, the bottom having a larger diameter than the top, an annular core base plate joined to the bottom of the core, a conical outer cover, the other cover retaining stored cable between the outer cover and the core, the outer cover having a top and a bottom with the top having a larger diameter than the bottom, and an annular outer cover base plate joined to the outer cover, the outer cover base plate having an opening fitted around the bottom of the core.

Abstract: A one-piece edge protector for a roll of tape is described. The protector has a pair of sides and transverse, peripheral bridge portion which may receive a leading portion of a roll of tape to assist in dispensing the tape. The protector is particularly suitable to protect a roll of hand tearable medical tape.

Abstract: A taping apparatus is presented for simultaneously taping opposing sides of a thin planar object around an edge of the thin planar object. The apparatus includes a tapered trough which functions as a track for advancing the tape and thin planar object through a pincher assembly which secures the tape to opposing sides of the object by applying pressure. The apparatus is designed to be hand held during use. Other embodiments of the apparatus eliminate the need to hold the apparatus during use.

Abstract: A storage receptacle especially useful for containing Christmas lighting and accessories has at least one cordage member for supporting and securing strands of Christmas lights. The cordage member has a handle with opposite terminal ends. Opposing walls of the receptacle have top edges with spaced slots formed therein. The terminal ends of the handle are bent obliquely relative to the longitudinal axis of the cordage member so that the slots can receive the ends when the cordage member is positioned within the receptacle. The cordage member is reversible and interchangeable. The receptacle has a lock for securing a top so that the contents of the receptacle may be safely stowed away.

Abstract: A right regular container for mounting a cable reel also includes a flexible integral tongue portion for retaining, securing and protecting small parts and subassemblies to be used when installing a hardwired network such as typically used with computers.

Abstract: An inexpensive material dispenser for a roll or rolls of linerless labels may be in tube form, or constructed from a folded sheet blank. The tube may be removably closed at one or both ends and have an exterior peripheral surface with at least a portion of adhesive release material. A roll of linerless labels is loose in the tube interior and dispensed through an opening in the peripheral surface. A cardboard or paperboard blank may be folded so that end tabs are received within (having an interference fit with) a roll core, or a core for a plurality of label rolls. The labels of the plurality of rolls are prevented from touching each other.

Abstract: A floss dispenser has an essentially cylindrical case, the case including a cylindrical wall with an inner surface and two opposite ends. The case further includes an opening formed in at least one end for receiving a spool having floss wrapped around a hub. A cap is received within the opening in the end of the case. The cap has an annular wall for receiving and centering the hub of the spool when the cap is sealing the opening of the case, and at least one opening formed therein through which floss is threaded out of the end of the case. For securely attaching the cap to the case, a first interlocking engagement member associated with the cap engages a mating second interlocking engagement member associated with the case. The arrangement is such that upon insertion of the cap into the open end of the case and rotating the cap, the first engagement member of the cap engages the second engagement member of the case for preventing the axial movement of the cap relative to the case.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for protecting, transporting and dispensing standard rolls of sheet material having an open center core and an inner end bent to project obliquely into the open core to define a tang. An elongate mandrel is constructed so that it can be inserted into the open center core of a standardized roll. The mandrel end not first inserted has an abutment face for abutting the end of the roll. The mandrel includes a recess for receiving the tang. A housing which can be opened to allow a mandrel to be removed or inserted defines bearing means for the ends of the mandrel. The housing further defines a slot through which the end of a roll of material can be drawn out of the housing. The mandrel includes a cranking device by which it can be rotated.

Abstract: An adjustable shipping and storage container for handling a roll of material on an elongated core which can be manipulated by a fork lift. The container includes a base unit having a first and second base assembly each having a base member and at least one base floor support element member supporting a respectively base member on a floor. Each base floor support element defines a fork channel underneath the respective base member for receiving a fork of a fork lift enabling the shipping container to be manipulated by a fork lift. The second base assembly is independent from and generally parallel to the first base assembly providing the base unit with variable width capability. Also, the shipping container includes a first and second mounting mechanism carried by the base unit for slidably mounting an end plate to the base unit so that the space between the two end plates may be varied for handling cores of various sizes.

Abstract: A spool and holder for retaining a roll of sheeting material within a dispensing box. The holder consists of a pair of L-shaped brackets disposed at each end of the spool for engaging an end wall and two side walls of the box. The L-shaped brackets are slidably adjustable to accommodate different sized boxes. A wing nut is tightened along one end of the spool to keep the brackets in position against the box walls.

Abstract: A package comprising a central tube, a product wound around the central tube and a perforated film having tube holes prepunched into the film is disclosed. This perforated prepunched tube hole film allows for substantially all of the product exposed surface to be covered by the perforated film but leaves the central tube ends uncovered.

Abstract: A foldable element (1) for use in a case (20) for a roll (21) of photosensitive material, in particular for graphic arts films, which can be used to obtain both a support (22) for holding the roll (21) in the case (20) and a spacer (23) for filling free space in the case (20) between the case itself and supports (22). Folding lines (7), two flaps (8, 9) and at least three slits (14, 15, 16) are formed in the element (1), which permit to have a solid structure after bending.

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.

Abstract: A packaging case includes a case body for storing a wrap film and a lid continuously formed with the top edge portion of a rear wall of the case body. Flap pieces extend outward to be pivotal on the top edge portions of side walls of the case body. Stepped portions engaged with the flap pieces to prevent floating of the lid are formed on the inner surfaces of lid side walls covered on the side walls of the main body during closing of the lid. Predetermined portions of the side walls of the main body continuous with the flap pieces are made thinner than remaining portions of the side walls. The inner surfaces of the remaining portions are located inside the inner surfaces of the predetermined portions.

Abstract: Container or box for packaging and unwinding a coil (18) of wire (2), which comprises: a box-like body (5, 11) that has a polygonal plan, can be opened at the top and is meant to accommodate a coil for wire; and a coil covering panel (16) that has a central circular opening (17) and a contour that matches the plan shape of the box-like body, so that it can freely descend within the box-like body in contact with the coil as the height of the coil decreases as the wire is unwound from above through the central opening of the panel, in order to prevent the lifting of turns of wire between the peripheral region of the panel and the container and thus the accidental entanglement of turns.

Abstract: A bundle-of-electric wire container can contain a bundle of electric wire P wound in a loop shape and permit drawing out of the electric wire. Containers can be stacked in a plurality of stages to increase storage efficiency and conveyance efficiency. A bundle-of-electric wire containing space is formed between core pieces and an outer cylinder, and the bundle of electric wire is protected by the outer cylinder. The container is used as one unit for the storage of a bundle of electric wire and to the feeding of the electric wire P through a conveyance. Accordingly, in the manufacturing field of a wiring harness, the bundle of electric wire can be stored and conveyed without losing its shape, for example, and done so efficiently. It is possible to improve the operating efficiency of a manufacturing line by preventing the electric wire from being tangled, for example, at the time of feeding the electric wire as well as to prevent an inferior product from being manufactured.

Abstract: A simple, inexpensive, and easy to construct label dispenser is provided for linerless labels. The dispenser is made from a rectangular strip of cardboard or paper board having four parallel fold lines defining the strip into first through fifth panels and with first and second openings in the first and fifth panels and a third opening in the third panel. The strip is folded about the fold lines to form an open ended rectangular parallelepiped with the first and fifth panels in face to face engagement. A plastic plug is inserted into the first and second openings, making a friction fit with them and holding the first and fifth panels together. A second plug is inserted into the third opening, and the plugs define a pivot axis for a roll of linerless labels.

Abstract: A transport container for transporting theatrical release prints mounted on plastic cores of the character used by film processing laboratories. The container is used to safely and securely ship the release prints directly from the processing laboratory to the theater and is designed so that the print can be conveniently unwound out of the container by the theater projectionist and directly wound onto the theater platter for display.

Abstract: A description is given of a cuboidal multipack for vertically stacked magnetic recording media, comprising a rectangular pallet, a baseplate and top plate and wound roll sets stacked between two intermediate plates in each case, the tape rolls being wound up on flangeless winding hubs provided with internal bores, through which a hub sleeve is inserted, the pack being protected by edges and side parts and a stretch film being drawn around the entire unit. To be able to stack a large number of wound rolls one on top of the other without the risk of damaging the edges of the tape rolls, each intermediate plate, which is provided on its upper side and under side with a ring groove, is supported by means of the end face of the hollow-cylindrical hub sleeve by the next-lower intermediate plate, so that merely the wound pack accommodated in one set is placed with its weight able to bear on an intermediate plate.

Abstract: A sleeving device includes two side brackets. These brackets are secured to the side edges of a flap of a shipping box that contains a roll of sleeving material. The side brackets each engage a respective side edge of the flap in a respective channel. One of the side brackets further includes a guide that forms a funnel-shaped opening that facilitates the loading of film into the pockets of the sleeving material.

Abstract: A packaging for a photographic film cassette in which rotation of a spool causes a leader of a photographic film to advance outward through a passage mouth of a cassette shell. The packaging has a carton which contains the cassette shell. An air cell of a bubbled sheet holds one spool end on to the inside of the carton, and stops the spool from rotating while the cassette is contained in the carton. In a preferred embodiment, a port stopper is fitted to the port portions to close the passage mouth, and packaged in a shrink wrap. In another preferred embodiment, the cassette is packaged in a shrink wrap in a state where a spool stopper is engaged with the spool.

Abstract: A package for an elongated flexible fiber. The package comprises a pair of package portions which define a fiber receiving cavity therein. Lips around the perimeter of the package allow a fiber to be wrapped thereon and passed between the lips into the fiber receiving cavity. Each package portion defines a fiber end receiving cavity therein, each fiber end receiving cavity being adapted for receiving an end of the fiber. Each fiber receiving cavity may be deflected away from the opposite package portion, thereby freeing the corresponding end of the fiber. The natural spring action of the elastically flexible fiber will cause the end of the fiber to pop radially outwardly from the package. Terminals, operating tips and other devices may be attached to the ends of the fibers.

Abstract: A one-piece, collapsible, paperboard bulk container for packaging a product such as rubber or plastic hose coiled in bulk. The container has overlapped add interlocked bottom wall inner and outer panels, and the inner panels have opposed edges disposed in abutting relationship to provide a smooth inner bottom surface free from uneven areas that could cause indentation of a packaged product.

Abstract: A package for decorative lights includes an elongate hollow cylindrical core with notches in the ends of the core. The decorative light string is wound around the exterior of the core with the terminal ends of the string extending through the notches, securing the cord around the core, with the electrical connector plugs on the terminal ends enclosed within the core. A protective outer cover encloses the core and the light string wound on the core. Preferably the outer cover has a polygonal cross-section and the electric lights on the string are received in and protectively enclosed by the inner apexes of the cover.

Abstract: Parallelepipedal packaging containers, suitable for return transport, for wound-up magnetic recording media, produced from a one-part or multi-part blank having a bottom and top as well as side parts, which are joined to one another by means of foldable joining tabs and containing a hub support extending from the top to the bottom. The bottom and the top each have a circular central clearance through which a one-part or multi-part hollow-cylindrical hub support is inserted, onto which the wound media are fitted in a stackable manner. For assembly of the package from the folded-up state, the hub support has a locking snap-in device on at least one end face.

Abstract: A package for an object includes a support component extending axially to the object, and two end pieces resting, respectively, on the ends of the support component and projecting beyond the cross-section of the object. The package also includes a tensioned tubular film which is joined with the end pieces to create a union therewith and fix the end pieces in their position. The tubular film is attached in grooves or recesses encircling the circumference of the end pieces by a positive or a frictional joint.

Abstract: A container is used to hold and transport punched diskette media to prevent contamination of and damage to the media. The container includes an outer shell comprising a cover and a base formed of a durable, pre-formed material. The base has an inner surface having at least one protruding male structure suitable for receiving and mounting a first hollow portion of a spindle. The cover has a second inner surface having a recessed female structure suitable for receiving another portion of a spindle. In addition, a spindle mounting member designed to carry a plurality of punched diskette media is included in the container. The spindle mounting member is an elongate spindle with a hollowed end for placement on the protruding male structure in the base and an end suitable for placement within the recessed female structure in the cover. The spindle mounting member includes a circumferential or annular media holder suitable for supporting media placed on the spindle. A closure member securely closes the container.

Abstract: A lawn mower attachment is provided which dispenses plastic bags for the collection of lawn clippings. The lawn mower attachment includes a housing adapted to store interiorly therein a roll or other supply of plastic trash bags. An elongated slot is located on the housing through which plastic trash bags may be withdrawn from the interior of lawn mower attachment. The lawn mower attachment also includes a rectangular storage bin with a sliding cover for bag ties or the like recessed into the housing. A cylindrical cavity is recessed into the housing proximal to the storage bin and has a suction cup disposed at the bottom thereof to secure a beverage can or bottle. A pair of opposed arms, one of which is extensible, facilitates attachment of the housing to a lawn mower handle.

Abstract: A shipping and storage case for a borescope or endoscope has a coil of a tubular low-friction material, such as PVC tubing, to receive the borescope's flexible insertion tube. The coil can be in a form of a flat spiral positioned adjacent one side wall of the shell, or in the form of a helical spiral positioned adjacent the side walls within the case. The coil of tubing provides a convenient way for insertion tubes to be packaged and protected during shipping and storage.

Abstract: A single-piece protective package is intended for a film cassette provided with a substantially cylindrical housing having an extending pair of lips slightly spaced apart to define a film egress/ingress mouth and with a rotatable film spool for a coiled filmstrip inside the housing having a protruding end that protrudes at least to an outside end face of the housing to permit its engagement to rotate the film spool. The package comprises a mouth cap configured to fit over the extending pair of lips of the housing including the film egress/ingress mouth to seal the film egress/ingress mouth, but not to fit over a cylindrical portion of the housing to leave the cylindrical portion visible, and spool locking means integrally formed with the mouth cap for engaging the protruding end of the film spool to prevent rotation of the film spool when the mouth cap is fit over the extending pair of lips of the housing.

Abstract: The invention relates to the packing of photographic rolls. The packing comprises a base 200 adapted to the handling by lift truck, a lightproof envelope 230 and horizontal spindles 220 to receive rolls 191 provided with winding tubes 190. The diameter of the spindles varies between a first dimension where the winding tubes are rotationally and translationally immobilized and a second dimension where said winding tubes are free. Used for collective packing of photosensitive rolls.

Abstract: A security device for securing an article against theft comprises a flexible cable having first and second opposite ends, and a housing member defining a cavity for receiving the cable. The housing member has a wall formed with an opening through which the cable may extend. A cable retainer retains the first end of the cable substantially stationarily inside the housing. On withdrawing the second end of the cable from the housing, no substantial return force tending to retract the cable into the housing is generated.

Abstract: A retainer ring for a container of low twist welding wire which container includes a cylindrical outer wall, a lower partition and an upper opening through which the welding wire is drawn from a hollow, cylindrical spool of welding wire formed from a multitude of convolutions of wire in layers provided in the container wherein the retainer ring comprises a generally flat outer portion with an outer periphery fitting into the outer wall of the container, minimally contacting the wire surface, and comprising a number of projecting lobe portions whereby the outer periphery of the ring contains alternate areas first being closer to and then being farther from the outer walls of the container when the retainer ring is resting upon the hollow spool of welding wire in the container and an inner bell mouthed portion extending upwardly and defining an innermost wire extraction opening with a diameter substantially smaller than the spool of wire in the container.

Abstract: A package for an elongated flexible fiber. The package comprises a pair of package portions which define a fiber receiving cavity therein. Lips around the perimeter of the package allow a fiber to be wrapped thereon and passed between the lips into the fiber receiving cavity. Each package portion defines a fiber end receiving cavity therein, each fiber end receiving cavity being adapted for receiving an end of the fiber. Each fiber receiving cavity may be deflected away from the opposite package portion, thereby freeing the corresponding end of the fiber. The natural spring action of the elastically flexible fiber will cause the end of the fiber to pop radially outwardly from the package. Terminals, operating tips and other devices may be attached to the ends of the fibers.

Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material is disclosed. The color photographic material is stored in roll, and has a value of ##EQU1## being 20 to 60 .mu.m, wherein at least one silver halide emulsion layer contains a silver halide emulsion containing silver chrolide in a proportion of not less than 10 mol %. The photographic material is excellent in resistant to pressure desensitizing and preventive from producing scratching trouble. A photographic unit containing the photographic material is also disclosed.

Abstract: A storage assemblage is disclosed for cassettes each of which contains an image bearing medium having recorded images and for index print sheets each of which has printed pictures that match the images on the image bearing medium in one of the cassettes. According to the invention, there is provided envelopes each of which is dimensioned to store an index print sheet with its printed pictures visible, holders each of which is shaped to store a cassette and includes means for engaging an envelope substantially at one of its edges to affix the holder to the envelope and for disengaging the envelope to release the holder from the envelope, and a storage base for the envelopes and the holders. Respective means on the envelopes and the storage base movably support the envelopes mutually aligned with their edges at which the holders engage the envelopes being located outermost.

Abstract: A container is disclosed for a cassette capable of advancing a filmstrip with visible recorded images through a film passageway out of the cassette responsive to unwinding rotation of a spool which supports the filmstrip inside the cassette and for an index print sheet with printed pictures that match the visible images on the filmstrip. The container comprises a transparent sheet-like cover having a length and width larger than corresponding dimensions of the index print sheet to overlay the index print sheet and a sheet-like back having a length and width similar to the length and width of the cover to store the index print snugly between the cover and the back with the printed pictures on the index print sheet visible through the cover. The cover and/or the back includes an integrally formed nest for storing the cassette and having an access opening arranged to be aligned with the spool and a film egress opening arranged to be aligned with the film passageway when the cassette is located in the nest.

Abstract: A storage assemblage is disclosed for cassettes each of which holds an image bearing medium having recorded images and for index print sheets each of which has printed pictures that match the images on the image bearing medium in one of the cassettes. According to the invention, the storage assemblage comprises display containers each of which includes a flat transparent cover and a flat back dimensioned to snugly hold an index print sheet between them with the pictures on the index print sheet visible through the cover. The back has a nest open at an inner side of the back to receive a cassette and projecting from an outer side of the back to hold the cassette out of the way of the index print sheet.

Abstract: A container is disclosed for a cassette housing an image bearing medium having recorded images, for a stack of photographic picture prints made from the recorded images, and for an index print having rows of small-size positive images that match the recorded images. The container comprises a book-like jacket including a pair of leaves separated by a spine joined to the leaves at respective fold lines to permit the leaves to be arranged opposing each other. At least one of the leaves is photographic paper to permit the index print to be formed directly on that leave. The spine is wide enough to permit the stack of photographic picture prints to be stored between the leaves when the leaves oppose each other. An openable pocket web joined to the leaves across the spine is opened to receive the cassette when the leaves oppose each other. A storage sheath with a window for viewing the index print is adapted to receive the jacket with its leaves opposing each other.

Abstract: A pair of teremps of a knitted structure are bonded to a blank of a shell plate of a film cartridge. A pair of teremps in continuous lengths is conveyed in the longitudinal direction thereof with the piled side of each of the teremps kept in contact with a locator member. The teremps in continuous lengths are bonded to opposite side edges of the blank and then cut to conform to the blank. Before they are brought into contact with the locator members, the teremps in continuous lengths are subjected to a process in which the pile is substantially uniformly oriented rearward at an angle with respect to the direction in which the teremps are conveyed.

Abstract: A magazine for a roll-type of photosensitive material having: an inner holder including a back plate made of paper; side plates made of paper connected with both sides of the back plate; supporting members each composed of plural accumulated disks and made of paper for supporting both ends of a spool around which the photosensitive material is wound; and a lightproof box made of paper to cover the inner holder. A slit through which the photosensitive material is pulled out is formed by a folded portion of the back plate and a lid portion of the lightproof box. A lightproofing material is provided to the folded portion of the back plate and the lid portion of the lightproof box at the slit. The supporting members are pivotally held by the side plates through a metallic or a synthetic resin shaft.

Abstract: A container for housing a work object having walls defining a compartment dimensioned to receive a work object; and a mechanism for releasably retaining the work object in the compartment operable to permit a portion of the work object to be dispensed therefrom and thereafter to retain the remainder of the work object in the compartment.

Abstract: A shock shield formed of an annular body having a central axial hole which mounts within a case is disclosed. A cylindrical axial ring is formed around the central axial hole. The shock shield permits a tape reel stored within the case to rotate within the case and absorbs shocks to prevent damage to the tape reel. A tab on the shield mates with the tape reel to prevent relative rotation therebetween. Shock absorption is accomplished by compressible elements formed on the shield body. The compressible elements are annular bearing rings concentric with the annular circumference. The annular bearing rings have a generally V-shaped cross section and an axial height less than the axial height of the axial ring. The shield body preferably is formed of four spaced radial members to enhance flexion.

Abstract: A slat box for holding two or more slat stock rolls during the fabrication of metal window blinds. The slat box comprises a housing defining a plurality of equally sized adjacent compartments therein. Each of the stock rolls is interfaced to a respective compartment via the receipt of axle members inserted through the stock rolls into corresponding pairs of inserts attached to the side walls and partition members defining the compartments within the housing. The slat box further includes a rod member insertable through the inserts and axle members for preventing the stock rolls from being lifted out their respective compartments. Additionally, brake members are provided which are disposed between the stock rolls and inserts for preventing "free-wheeling" of the stock rolls from occurring.

Abstract: In use with a photosensitive web roll located inside a light-tight container having an exit slot through which the web is withdrawable, a flexible enclosure is provided for light-shielding a leading end portion of the web extending from the roll through the slot and outside the container. The enclosure comprises a flexible, substantially rectangular, opaque sleeve adapted to enclose the web end portion. The sleeve includes opposing top and bottom walls disposed in adjacent, registered, facing relationship and extending between front and rear ends and opposite lateral sides thereof. The walls are light-tightly joined together along their front ends and lateral sides, but are left unjoined and separable along their rear ends to provide an opening therebetween through which the web end portion can be inserted into the sleeve toward the joined front ends.

Abstract: A carton for containing a product wound on a hollow core is provided. The carton has end walls at least one of which forms a core retainer comprising an inner wall having a tab foldably attached thereto for deflection into the carton interior and an overlapping wall coupled to a second side of the carton having a second tab foldably attached thereto and deflectable toward the carton interior, whereby the two tabs cooperate upon deflection to form a V-shaped retaining member in the carton interior to hold the core in place as product is removed. An outer end wall foldably attached to a third side of the carton overlaps the first two walls to close the end of the carton. The invention also encompasses a flat blank for forming into the package.

Abstract: Apparatus for crumpling and dispensing dunnage from a roll of stock paper material, includes a frame having a pair of side walls for guiding sheet paper from the roll of paper in a converging manner, each side wall including an inclined central section for guiding the sheet paper in the converging manner and two angle supports for supporting the inclined central section in an inclined manner, two roll supports for supporting the roll of paper at a diverged end of the pair of side walls, a connecting section for connecting the pair of side walls at a converged end of the pair of side walls, the connecting section including a reduced dimension corrugated-shaped opening for crumpling the converging paper exiting therethrough, for substantially maintaining the paper in the crumpled form and for maintaining a portion of the crumpled paper in an extended manner through the opening; and a box-like housing for holding the frame, the box-like housing including an opening in alignment with the reduced dimension opening

Abstract: An improved foldably erect dispensing carton particularly for household wrapping materials such as polymeric films and the like, wherein the carton embodies a tab along a longitudinal axis of the front panel about midway longitudinally in the front panel providing an opening therein. The tab is hingedly connected along a hinged line to the front panel, and when operative, has a free end adapted to be disposed inwardly into the carton towards the top of the lid above the hinge line between the lead edge of the material and the roll of the material to prevent withdrawal of the lead edge back onto the roll.

Abstract: A package for handling and shipping optical fiber jumpers which permit testing during manufacturing and by the end user, which package includes a sheet having allochiral halves each with cut-outs to form ears upon which to spirally wind a length of optical fiber having a connector plug formed on each end. The halves are folded together and subsequently the length of fiber bridging the fold line can be cut to provide two pigtails.

Abstract: A drum assembly for a wire coil comprising a paperboard drum with a paperboard bottom assembly including a bottom heading with a fixed length flexible strap extending diametrically thereacross and including an axially projecting loop. The loop is surrounded by an annular disc which overlies the end portions of the strap and is affixed to the bottom heading. The bottom heading assembly mounts to the lower open end of the drum. After the coil is received in the drum, the coil is overlaid by a diametrically extending bar which is compressively engaged against the upper end of the coil by an elastomeric cord engaged between the bottom strap loop and the bar.