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Combined fiber containers and payout tube and plastic payout tubes

US6086012A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 9, 1999
Grant dateJul 11, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 9, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2701/534
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A container for holding a wound coil of filamentary material and a payout tube formed integrally with the container for engaging a payout hole formed in the wound coil from the innermost winding to the outermost winding thereof and enabling filamentary material to be paid out through the payout hole and integrally formed payout tube wherein the container has six sides formed by twelve panels within four attached sections. A first of the sections including an end panel flanked on opposite sides thereof by a portion of an upper and bottom panel, the portion of the upper panel including a portion of the integrally formed payout tube. A second of the sections including a side panel flanked on opposite sides thereof by a portion of the bottom panel and the top panel, and the portion of the upper panel including a hole forming the exit opening of the integrally formed payout tube. A third of the sections including an end panel flanked on opposite sides thereof by a portion of the bottom panel and a portion of the top panel; and the top panel including a portion of the integrally formed payout tube. A fourth of the sections including a side panel flanked on opposite sides thereof by a por…

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