Low-cost, disposable, wire-storage and pay-out spool

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A low-cost, heavy-duty spool construction for holding substantial quantities of wire, comprising a generally cylindrical spool body having open ends, in combination with a pair of substantially identical, conical end flanges provided with annular grooves in their convex surfaces in, which grooves the end edges of the spool body are received. The apex portions of the end flanges have planar sections which are apertured, and a tie bar extends through the apertures to hold the end flanges tightly against the respective ends of the body. The advantage of the present construction over the devices of the prior art is that the end flanges can be assembled to the body with a minimum of time and …