String dispenser for dispensing string wound on a hollow core

Abstract

A string dispenser for dispensing string from a spool comprising a hollow core, the string dispenser includes a base plate formed with a recess in an upper surface of the base plate for receiving a lower end of the hollow core. The base plate is also formed with a hole that opens at an upper end in the recess and at a lower end at a lower surface of the base plate. An end of a length of string wound on the core can be threaded downward through the hollow core and through the hole in the base plate. The string dispenser also includes a cover for covering the spool of string positioned with the lower end of its hollow core in the recess. The cover has a rim for engaging a formation at the upper surface of the base plate. A retention device is provided to retain the cover in position relative to the base plate.

1 . A string dispenser for dispensing string from a spool comprising a hollow core, the string dispenser including:
 a base plate formed with a recess in an upper surface thereof for receiving a lower end of the hollow core and with a hole that opens at an upper end in the recess and at a lower end at a lower surface of the base plate, whereby an end of a length of string wound on the core can be threaded downward through the hollow core and through the hole in the base plate,   a cover for covering the spool of string having the lower end of its hollow core in the recess, the cover having a rim for engaging the base plate, and   a retention device that retains the cover in position relative to the base plate,   and wherein the base plate has at least one formation at its upper surface for engaging the rim of the cover.   
     
     
         2 . A string dispenser according to  claim 1 , wherein said formation at the upper surface of the base plate is an annular rabbet extending around an upper periphery of the base plate for receiving the rim of the cover. 
     
     
         3 . A string dispenser according to  claim 1 , wherein the cover comprises a peripheral wall, a top, and two retainer elements projecting from the peripheral wall at opposite sides thereof, and the retention device comprises a band that engages the retainer elements and extends under the base plate.