Patent ID: 6874726

Claim:
An apparatus for receiving, storing, and dispensing an elongate material, the apparatus comprising: a tubular member having a generally cylindrical shape defined by a length in an axial direction and a radius in a radial direction, the tubular member having a first end and a second end; and a first flange proximate the first end of the tubular member and comprising a core portion extending in the radial direction from an arbor aperture to proximate the first end of the tubular member, an outer portion extending in the radial direction away from the core portion to an outer edge, and the core portion comprising a plurality of elongated corrugations substantially rectangular in cross section and extending in the radial direction, the plurality of corrugations being fanned by a plurality of web portions, each web portion of the plurality of web portions being offset in the axial direction from and dimensionally of the same order of magnitude as adjacent web portions.