Wire drum

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10029846-B2
Application number	US-201715427227-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2017
Priority date	Feb 10, 2016
Publication date	Jul 24, 2018
Grant date	Jul 24, 2018

Abstract

A molded plastic drum configured to hold wire. The drum includes a plastic interior cone. The cone can include ribs or other similar structure to simulate an outer cylindrical shape (or any other desired shape) to wrap the wire around. The cone is integrally formed with the rest of the container. The drum includes windows to determine the amount of wire in the drum. The drum can also include drain holes.

First claim

I claim:

1. A wire drum comprising:
a molded plastic container having an outer cylindrical side wall extending upward from a base portion;
a hollow interior projection extending upward from an opening in the base portion in an interior portion of the container, wherein the interior projection is integrally formed with the base portion; and,
a first drainage opening in one of the base portion and interior projection.

2. The wire drum of claim 1 wherein the interior projection is a cone.

3. The wire drum of claim 2 wherein the cone includes a plurality of radially outward extending ribs forming a cylindrical outer surface.

4. The wire drum of claim 1 wherein the outer cylindrical side wall includes a plurality of openings for viewing into the interior portion of the container.

5. The wire drum of claim 4 wherein the plurality of openings in the cylindrical side wall are positioned linearly extending from proximate the base portion toward an upper edge of the cylindrical side wall.

6. The wire drum of claim 1 further comprising a handle opening in the cylindrical side wall.

7. The wire drum of claim 1 further comprising a rib extending outward from the cylindrical side wall.

8. The wire drum of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of drainage openings in the interior projection.

9. The wire drum of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of drainage openings in the base portion.

10. The wire drum of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of support ribs in an interior portion of the interior projection.

11. A wire drum comprising:
an outer container having a generally cylindrical side wall and an opening at a top end;
a base connected to a bottom portion of the side wall;
a hollow interior projection integrally connected to and extending upward from a central opening in the base; and,
a first drainage opening in one of the base and interior projection.

12. The wire drum of claim 11 wherein the base comprises a circular portion extending between the cylindrical side wall and the interior projection.

13. The wire drum of claim 12 wherein the circular portion includes a plurality of downwardly extending ribs.

14. The wire drum of claim 11 wherein the drum is formed from plastic as one piece.

15. The wire drum of claim 11 wherein the interior projection includes a plurality of outwardly extending ribs.

16. The wire drum of claim 15 wherein the outwardly extending ribs on the interior projection have an outer edge that collectively simulate a cylindrical surface.

17. The wire drum of claim 11 wherein the cylindrical side wall includes an opening for inspection of contents of the drum.

18. The wire drum of claim 11 wherein the cylindrical side wall includes a plurality of openings for inspection of contents in the drum.

19. The wire drum of claim 18 wherein the plurality of openings are arranged linearly up the side wall.

Assignees

• Orbis Corp

Inventors

• Frankenberg Jason R

Classifications

• B65D21/0233

  Nestable containers · CPC title

• B65D85/04 Primary

  for coils of wire, rope or hose · CPC title

• B65D25/30

  Hand holes · CPC title

• B65D1/20

  characterised by location or arrangement of filling or discharge apertures · CPC title

• B65D25/56

  with means for indicating level of contents · CPC title