Patent ID: 6328238
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A pay-out tube for use with container-packaged coil cable, wherein a carton has a wall with an opening therein for receiving said pay-out tube, said pay-out tube comprising:an elongated tubular body having a central axis and having a cable entrance end and a cable exit end;a continuous flange on said body adjacent said cable exit end, said flange having a first surface adapted to bear against a carton wall when said pay-out tube is mounted in the carton and a second surface;two or more latching fingers extending longitudinally from a portion of said tubular body intermediate said cable entrance end and said cable exit end toward said cable exit end adjacent said continuous flange, each of said fingers having a free distal end disposed between said cable entrance end and said first surface;each of said latching fingers having a camming surface thereon positioned to be engaged by the edge of the opening in the carton wall and cammed toward said central axis when said tube is inserted into the carton; andeach of said latching fingers having a carton wall engaging lip spaced from said flange a distance approximately equal to the thickness of the carton wall.