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

Claim 13:
14. A wire spool cover adapted for covering at least a portion of a spool of wire, wherein the spool has sides and a central hollow tube forming the spool, the spool adapted to be mounted on a shaft with the shaft passing through the central hollow tube, the inner diameter of the spool central hollow tube being larger than the diameter of the shaft, the wire spool cover adapted for preventing tangling of the wire during use of the spool of wire on the shaft, comprising:
A first outer wall having opposing side edges and opposing front and back edges;
A second outer wall having opposing side edges and opposing front and back edges;
A plurality of removable edge connectors, each defining a plurality of screw holes spaced around a periphery of each edge connector, and each edge connector being attached as by gluing, riveting, or screws, to a side edge of corresponding said first and second outer walls;
A plurality of side wall members, each said side wall member defining a plurality of screw holes and adapted to be aligned with the screw holes of corresponding ones of said plurality of removable edge connectors, wherein said side wall members are adapted for removable installation on and perpendicular to the side edges of corresponding ones of said first and second outer walls, wherein when interconnected with said first and second outer wall members to form first and second cover portions, the first cover portion's first and second side walls are adapted to be at least partially overlapping with the second cover portion's first and second side walls when they are installed to cover the spool, the side walls engaging with each other to hold said first and second cover portions in position relative to each other when installed on the shaft to cover the spool, wherein the first and second side walls of at least one of said first and second cover portion are adapted to attach to the shaft adjacent opposing sides of the spool of wire without removing the spool of wire from the shaft, wherein the first and second side walls of at said at least one of said first and second cover portion are each adapted with a slit that is contiguous with an aperture in the center of each of the first and second side walls of said first cover portion, wherein the first and second side walls of another of the first and second cover portions also define a central aperture, the apertures of the first and second side walls of corresponding first and second cover portions each being of a diameter to accommodate the diameter of the shaft, the first and second side walls of one of the first cover portion and the second cover portion being installable on the shaft to at least partially cover the spool, said first and second outer walls being screwed to corresponding ones of the first and second side wall members, wherein at least one of the side wall members is removable from at least one of the corresponding first and second outer walls to facilitate refurbishing of side walls and or outer walls after they become worn during use to prevent tangling of wire as it is being dispensed through the spool.