SPOOL FOR WINDING METALLIC WIRE Technical Field

The present invention relates to a spool for winding metallic wire. Background Art It. is known that spools for winding metallic wire, which comprise a tubular body for supporting the coil of wire that is provided, at its ends, with wall elements for containing the coil, are widely used in the industrial field.

Known spools suffer some drawbacks. Disclosure of the Invention Therefore the aim of the present invention is to provide a spool that has maximum constructive simplicity and considerable stiffening characteristics.

This aim, this and other objects which will become better apparent hereinafter, are achieved by a spool for winding metallic wire, according to the present invention, comprising a tubular body for supporting a coil of wire that is provided, at ends thereof, with wall elements for containing said coil, at least one of which is provided, at. a surface directed outward, with at least one pawl for engagement with means for turning said spool, characterized in that each wall element comprises a flat flange with a stiffening fold out at the outer edge, which is jointly connected by welding to the corresponding end of the tubular body, and a flat complementary flange, which is seamed by spot welding to the outer surface of said flange, at least one pawl being jointly connected to said complementary flange of at least one wall element. Brief description of the drawings

Further characteristics and advantages of the spool according to the present invention will become better apparent from the description of a preferred but not exclusive embodiment thereof, illustrated by way of non- limiting example in the accompanying drawings, wherein: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the spool, according to the

invention;

Figure 2 is a view of a detail of Figure 1. Ways of carrying out the Invention

With reference to the figures, reference numeral 1 designates a tubular body for supporting a coil of wire that is provided, at its ends, with two wall elements 2 and 3, which are mirror-symmetrically identical.

Therefore, only the element 2 is described. It comprises a flat flange 4, with a stiffening fold 4a at the outer edge, jointly connected by welding 4b to the corresponding end of the tubular body 1. A flat complementary flange 5 is seamed to the flange 4 at the outer surface of the flange by means of spot welds 5a, 5b and is provided with at least one and preferably two jointly connected pawls 6 and 7 which are associated with the complementary flange by welding at an inner edge 6a for the pawl 6; as regards such pawls, it should be noted that they might be absent in the wall element 3.

The pawls are adapted for engagement, with means for turning the spool.

Finally, the two ends of the tubular body 1 have the wall shaped like a bevel Ia for the end that can be seen in Figure 2; such bevel allows convenient ways of approaching the spindle designed to support the spool during operation.

From what has been described it is readily evident that the spool according to the invention lends itself to be provided according to very simple manufacturing methods, and it is also noted that it has stiffness characteristics that ensure maximum correctness in operation.

In the practical embodiment of the invention, all the details may be replaced with other technically equivalent elements.

The disclosures in Italian Utility Model Application No. MN2008U0000002 from which this application claims priority are incorporated herein by reference.

Where technical features mentioned in any claim are followed by reference signs, those reference signs have been included for the sole purpose of increasing the intelligibility of the claims and accordingly, such reference signs do not have any limiting effect on the interpretation of each element identified by way of example by such reference signs.