CA1215699A - Reeling device - Google Patents

Reeling device

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CA1215699A
CA1215699A CA000396140A CA396140A CA1215699A CA 1215699 A CA1215699 A CA 1215699A CA 000396140 A CA000396140 A CA 000396140A CA 396140 A CA396140 A CA 396140A CA 1215699 A CA1215699 A CA 1215699A
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Abstract

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ABSTRACT

A reeling device including a reel (3) for holding, paying out and winding in a linearly extendible flexible member, means for biasing said reel in a direction of rotation (4) for winding in said member and a latching mechanism (21 and 23) adapted to prevent winding in of said member; the latching mechanism including a member (23) notable with the reel and movable under centrifugal force between a non-latching and latching position in consequence of the rate of rotation of the reel exceeding a predetermined magnitude.

Description

it REELING DEVICE

This invention relates to a latching mechanism and to a reeling device.
The reeling devices in accordance with this invention can be used to reel anything desired but most application will be found in reeling hoses or electrical cable or flex.
The present invention provides in one aspect a reeling device including a reel for holding, paying out and winding in a linearly extendible, flexible member, means for biasing said reel in a -direction of rotation for winding in said member and a latching mechanism adapted to prevent winding in of said member; the latching mechanism including a member rotatable with the reel and movable under centrifugal force between a non-latching and latching position in consequence of the rate of rotation ox the reel exceeding a predetermined magnitude.
The latching mechanism preferably includes said member which is attached to the reel and a stationary latch attached to a frame or casing.
Manually operable means may be provided to prevent latching at any rotational speed of the reel.
In another aspect the present invention provides a reeling device including a reel for holding, paying out and winding in a linearly extendible, flexible member, means for biasing said reel in a direction of rotation for winding in said member and means to limit the maximum rotational speed of the reel. That means preferably comprises brake means adapted to be brought into operation as a result of centrifugal force.
of Specific constructions/reeling devices and associated latching mechanisms will now be described with the aid of the accompanying drawings in which:-Figure 1 is a side elevation of part of a 10 first reeling device, Figure 2 is a cross-section on line A-A
in Figure 1, Figure 3 is a side elevation of part of a second reeling device, I Figure 4 is a cross-section through the second reeling device, Figure 5 is a cross-section through a third reeling device, Figure 6 is a side view of part of the third reeling device, Figure 7 is another side view of part of the third reeling device, Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view of part of the third reeling device, Figure 9 is a cross-section of an alternative, Figure 10 is a side view of part of the third reeling device, Figure 11 is a cross-section on line A-A
in Figure 10, Figure 12 is another cross-section of the part shown in Figure 10, Figure 13 is a cross-section on line B-B
in Figure 12, and So Figure 14 is a side view of an alternative.
The reeling device shown in Figures 1 and 2 come proses an outer casing 1 which supports a shaft 2 on which a reel 3 for hose or the like is mounted for rota-lion. A spring (not shown) is attached to -the shaft 2 and reel 3 for biasing the reel to rotate in a recoil direction indicated by arrow 4. An end 6 of the shaft 2 is flattened to enable it to be rotated to tension the spring.
A latching mechanism for the reel 3 comprising an abutment 21 which extends from the casing 1 and a car-nor 22 which is secured to the reel 3 and which carries two members 23 which are mounted to pivot on pins 24 be-tweet abutments 26 and 27. The members 23 carry project lions 28. The abutment 21 has a first, radially inward, guide surface 30, a second radially outward, guide sun-face 29 and a lip 31.
When it is desired to pay out hose from the reel 3 the hose is grasped and pulled and will pay off the reel. In paying out the reel 3 turns in the opposite direction to arrow 4 and the projections 28 will be moved by the surface 29 of abutments 21, which acts as a cam surface to ride over the abutments 21. Gravity will also assist the projections 28 to pass over the abutments 21 as is shown by the bottom one of the members 23 in Figure 1.
To wind in hose the hose is released to allow the spring to turn the reel 3 in the direction of arrow 4 and winding in will occur. If the reel 3 rotates at a relatively fast rate the members 23 will be flung out under the influence of centrifugal force (see the lower member 23 in Figure 1) and the projections 28 will pass over the abutment 21 without engaging therewith. How-ever, if reel 3 rotates at a relatively slow rate the members 23 will not be flung out to the same extent and 5~9 instead will pass between the lip 31 on the abutment 21 and the shaft 2 and is guided by the surface 30 into abutment with the abutment 21. As a result of abutting abutment 21 the reel 3 will be prevented from winding in.
Thus, at relatively fast rates of rotation of reel 3 latching will not occur but at relatively slow rates of rotation of reel 3 latching will occur and those relatively slow rates may be had by a user holding the hose and controlling, by hand friction, its rate of wind-no in.
Since it may be desired that winding in without latching should occur at such relatively slow rates of rotation ox reel 3 a manual means comprising a guide 41 mounted on an axially slid able pivot 42 provided with a push button 43 can be used. If the guide 41 is slid from the full line position in Figure 2 to the dash line post-lion in Figure 2 by pushing on the button 43 the guide 42 will be in a position to guide the projections 28 over the abutment 21 by moving the members 23 outwardly. The ability of pivot 42 to pivot is of use in paying out after latching with the button 43 depressed in that the projections 28 can cause the guide 41 to pivot so as not to restrict paying out.
The reeling device ox Figures 3 and 4 is similar to that of Figures 1 and 2 and like numerals denote like parts.
In this instance, however, the carrier 22 has two tunes 51 on arms 52 pivotal mounted thereto at 53, the tubes 51 carry sliders 54 having the projections 2 and brake surfaces 56, the arms 52 are connected to a linkage 57 which is pivotal mounted at 58 through pins 59 located in slots 61 and are limited in their movement by abutments 62, and the casing 1 has a brake surface 63.

Lot 5.

To pay Owlet hose From the reeling device of Figures 3 and 4 the hose is pulled to cause the reel 3 to rotate in the opposite direction to arrow 4 the carrier 22 rotates the projections 28 move over the surface 29 of abutment 21. Gravity effects on the lower one of the tubes 51 are at least partly eliminated by the linkage 57.
To wind in hose the hose is released to allow a spring (not shown) to turn the reel 3 in the direction of arrow 4 and winding in will occur. If the reel 3 rotates at a relatively fast rate the sliders 54 will be flung out under the influence of centrifugal ours the tubes 51 will pivot about 53 and the projections 28 will clear the abutment 21.
However if reel 3 rotates in excess of a predetermined speed the surfaces 56 will act on surface 63 to cause braking.
If reel 3 rotates at a relatively slow rate the sliders 54 will not be flung out to the same extent and latching can occur in which the projections 28 engage with the abutment 21.
The guide I permits similar manual release as in respect of Figures 1 and 2.
The reeling device of Figures 5 - 8 and 10 - 13 is similar to that of Figures 1 and 2 and like reference numerals denote like parts. Further the reeling device has arms 71 attached to the carrier 22 via pivots 72; the arms 71 carry rollers 73 and brake surfaces 56 and have ends 74 which bear on piston rods 76; the carrier also supports cylinders 77 in which are located springs 78 and flexible damper pistons 79 which are connected to the rods 76 a sleeve 79 is mounted to the casing 1 and rotatable supports a cam plate 81 having ramp surfaces 80 and 82 I
, recesses 83 and apertures 84 having undercut teeth I on one side, a lever 87 having an undercut tooth 88 and which is pivoted to the casing l at 89 and a spring loaded push button 91.
The lever 87 is so biased by the spring loaded push button 91 to normally have the tooth 88 engaged in one of the apertures 84 and with the respective one of the teeth 86 to prevent the cam plate 81 rotating on the sleeve 79 but by pressing lo on the button 91 the tooth 88 can be disengaged from the apertures 84 and teeth 86.
To pay out hose the hose is pulled on and the reel 3 it turned in the opposite direction to arrow 4. The carrier 22 rotates and revolves the arms 71, the rollers 73 roll up the surtaxes 82 and around the cam plate 81 which will not interfere with paying out of the hose.
To recoil hose the hose first pulled on then released and the reel 3 is allowed to turn rapidly and the surfaces 80 will act on the rollers 73 to cause the arms 71 to move outwardly. In this respect it should be noted that the speed of rotation of the drum needs to exceed a particular speed and the slope of the surfaces 80 and the tension of springs 78 need to be such that the rollers 73 will pass over and not enter recesses I However, at a lower speed of rotation the rollers 73 will enter the recesses 83 to give latching. Thus, user control over the speed of rotation of the reel 3 provides, as selected, recoil or latching against recoil. If however recoil occurs in excess of a predetermined speed the arms 71 will move so much under the influence of centrifugal force that the surface 56 will contact the surface 63 id create a braking effect.

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Alternatively, ho pushing on the button 91 - the can plate 81 is freed to rotate on the sleeve 79 and recoil cam occur irrespective of whether the rollers 73 are or are not located in the recesses 83.
The pistons 79 will serve to exert a damping effect on movement of the arms 71.
The alternative of Figure 9 merely uses a solid piston 95 and the alternative of Figure 14 is merely a slightly different configuration of parts.

Claims (6)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A reeling device comprising:
a reel rotatable about an axis for holding, pay-ing out, and winding in a linearly extendable flexible member;
means for biasing said reel in a direction of rotation for winding in said flexible member; and a latching mechanism adapted to prevent winding in of said flexible member, said latching mechanism in-cluding:
a stationary member having an abutment, said stationary member having first and second guide surfaces respectively radially inward and radially outward with respect to the axis of rotation of said reel;
a latch member having an abutment, said latch member being rotatable with said reel and pivotally at-tached to said reel so that tube abutment of said latch member is movable under centrifugal force during winding in of said flexible member between a latching first posi-tion and a non-latching second position that are, respec-tively, relatively radially inward and relatively radi-ally outward of the axis of rotation of said reel; said abutment, when in said first position, describing a circle of relatively small radius as the reel rotates for winding in of said flexible member that intersects with said abutment of the stationary member for preventing winding in of the flexible member; and said abutment, when in the second position, describing a circle of rela-tively large radius as the reel rotates for winding in of the flexible member that is located radially outward of, and does not intersect with, said abutment of the sta-tionary member for permitting winding in of the flexible member;
said first guide surface of said stationary mem-ber being adapted to guide said abutment on said latch member into latching abutment with said abutment on said stationary member when said abutment on said latch member is describing a circle of rotation dring winding in of said reel having a radius of a predetermined magnitude less than said relatively large radius, and wherein said second guide surface of said stationary member is adapted to guide said abutment on said latch member toward said second position and away from abutment with said abutment on the stationary member when said abutment on said latch member is describing a circle of rotation during winding in of the reel having a radius greater than said radius of said predetermined magnitude in consequence of the rate of rotation of the reel exceeding a predetermined magnitude; and a guide member movable between a latch non-interference position in which said guide member makes no latch preventing contact with said latch member and a latch interference position in which said guide member directs said abutment on said latch member radially out-ward of the first guide surface, irrespective of the radius of the circle of rotation being described by said abutment on said latch member prior to the latch member contacting said guide member, thereby to prevent latching at any rotational speed of said reel.
2. A reeling device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said first and second guide surfaces of said stationary member are convergent in a direction generally contra to the direction of rotation of said reel during winding in.
3. A reeling device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said guide member is movable between the latch interfer-ence position and the latch non-interference position in a direction generally parallel to the axis of rotation of the reel.
4. A reeling device as claimed in claim 1 including means to limit the maximum rotational speed of said reel.
5. A reeling device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said latch member carries a body slidable therealong in response to centrifugal force and wherein said body car-ries said abutment on said latch member.
6. A reeling device as claimed in claim 5 wherein said body has a first friction surface and wherein sta-tionary second friction surfaces are provided in said reeling device so that said body will move under winding in of said reeling excess of a predetermined rate to bring said first and second friction surfaces into con-tact to slow rotation of said reel.
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