Patent ID: 11970356
Assignee: nan
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 1:
2. The wire spool cover of claim 1, wherein said at least one collett portion comprises a plurality of corresponding collett portions adjacent each side wall of said second cover portion, each collett portion of each plurality of corresponding collett portions having an intermediate contact surface adapted to engage with at least one intermediate contact surface of another collett portion of the corresponding collett portions, each collett portion of each plurality of corresponding collett portions defining a plurality of threaded through holes, each threaded through hole being adapted for being aligned with a threaded through hole of another collett portion of the corresponding collett portions and adapted for receiving a set screw through aligned threaded through holes of corresponding collett portions for tightening each of the corresponding collett portions onto the shaft, each collett portion of each of said plurality of corresponding collett portions defining an opening adapted to partially encircle the shaft when the corresponding collett portions are installed on the shaft, wherein one collett portion of each of the corresponding collett portions is attached to a side wall of one of said first and second cover portions with the opening of the attached one collett portion being at least partially aligned with the aperture in the center of the side wall to which the one collett portion is attached, and wherein another of the corresponding collett portions is adapted to be attached via the set screws to said first collet portion with at least one of each of the collett portions' mating intermediate surfaces being in contact and with at least one threaded through hole of each of the collett portions thus in contact being aligned so that the openings of the collett portions thus in contact at least partially enclose around the shaft, said plurality of corresponding collett portions combined being adapted for maintaining the spool centered on the shaft and relative to the first and second spool cover portions as the spool spins on the shaft within the first and second spool cover portions to dispense wire without the wire becoming tangled.