Patent ID: 7249728

Claim:
A wire dispensing device comprising a casing, a supporting shaft mounted within said casing, said supporting shaft being constructed and arranged to support a preformed coil of wire, there being an opening formed in said casing to permit withdrawal of the wire from said casing, said opening having a curved wear surface for engagement by the wire as the wire is removed from said casing, the improvement comprising a wear surface covering clip removably connected to said casing, said clip comprising: (a) a generally planar rear segment having an upper extremity and a lower extremity; (b) a curved wear surface cover segment having a front extremity and a rear extremity connected to said upper extremity of said rear segment; and (c) a front segment having an upper extremity connected to said front extremity of said curved wear surface cover segment and a lower extremity disposed in close proximity with said rear segment, said curved wear surface cover segment being so constructed and arranged to continuously bias said lower extremity of said front segment toward said rear segment.