Patent ID: 6857521
Filing Date: 2005-02-22
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A container for packaging a welding wire coil formed by a multitude of layers of looped wire forming a generally cylindrical body of wire leaving a central cavity from which the wire can be withdrawn, said container comprising a rigid bottom portion for supporting a coil of welding wire when positioned therein; an outer wall for enclosing and protecting the sides of a coil, said outer wall having an open upper end and a lower end fixed to said bottom portion and a height taller than the height of the coil which it is adapted to contain; at least one strip-like tie-down member within said container having one end secured to said outer wall at an upper point located near the upper end of said outer wall and the other end secured at a lower point on said container located near said lower end of said outer wall and substantially vertically aligned with said upper point; a vertically movable retaining device adapted to rest on top of a coil when positioned in said container and having a first inner opening for said wire to pass there-through upon being payed out from said coil when in said container, and also having at least a second, peripheral, opening through each of which a respective tie-down member passes thus cooperating with said retaining device to prevent any loop of the coil of wire from passing upwardly in the container past said retaining device other than through said first opening and from accidental entangling of said wire during unwinding from the coil.