EP0744358A1 - Supports pour rouleaux de fil et similaires - Google Patents

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EP0744358A1
EP0744358A1 EP96303606A EP96303606A EP0744358A1 EP 0744358 A1 EP0744358 A1 EP 0744358A1 EP 96303606 A EP96303606 A EP 96303606A EP 96303606 A EP96303606 A EP 96303606A EP 0744358 A1 EP0744358 A1 EP 0744358A1
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Peter Allen
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Balfour Beatty PLC
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BICC PLC
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H75/00—Storing webs, tapes, or filamentary material, e.g. on reels
    • B65H75/02—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks
    • B65H75/18—Constructional details
    • B65H75/22—Constructional details collapsible; with removable parts
    • B65H75/2245—Constructional details collapsible; with removable parts connecting flange to hub
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H75/00—Storing webs, tapes, or filamentary material, e.g. on reels
    • B65H75/02—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks
    • B65H75/18—Constructional details
    • B65H75/22—Constructional details collapsible; with removable parts
    • B65H75/2254—Constructional details collapsible; with removable parts with particular joining means for releasably connecting parts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/50—Storage means for webs, tapes, or filamentary material
    • B65H2701/51—Cores or reels characterised by the material
    • B65H2701/511—Cores or reels characterised by the material essentially made of sheet material
    • B65H2701/5112—Paper or plastic sheet material

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  • This invention relates to supports for the storage and delivery of coils of wire, tube, cable and other like elongate flexible products, and primarily for relatively stiff products of this kind, such as wires of relatively large size, small-section plain metal tubes, and large coils of mineral insulated or other small metal-sheathed cables that are bent beyond their elastic limit in forming coils of a convenient size for handling and so do not need to be wound directly onto a reel or the like.
  • the present invention provides an alternative form of support for this purpose which when empty is light enough to be manhandled without the use of hoists or fork-lift trucks and which packs flat for compact storage and return transport.
  • the support in accordance with the invention comprises:
  • the first and further flat members form a cruciform assembly, preferably with substantially equal leg lengths.
  • the aperture in the flat base member may be square.
  • the first flat member, the further flat member(s) and the flat base members are preferably made of plywood or other tough timber sheet material, but the use of other suitable materials (for instance plastics materials and composites) is not excluded.
  • the (or each) further flat member may be hinged to the first flat member using plain butt hinges of metal or plastics (or a single "piano" hinge), or any other appropriate hinge means providing the required movement.
  • the support includes means for securing the further flat member(s) in their working positions; a preferred means, when there are two further flat members in the preferred cruciform arrangement comprises a tenon projecting from the edge of one of the further flat members adjacent the first flat member and passing through an aperture in the first flat member as that further flat member is moved on its hinge means into its working position and entering a matching recess in the other further flat member in its working position and a device for securing the tenon in the recess. Since precise positioning is not required, this device may be as simple as a strong plastics cable tie, or a twisted wire tie, threaded through adjacent holes in the tenon and the other further flat member.
  • first flat member and each (or the) further flat members have extensions projecting outwardly at their bases to at least about the outside radius of the coil of wire or other material to be supported, to provide stable bearing on the ground or any other surface on which the support is to stand; preferably such projections are dimensioned and positioned to engage the underside of the flat base member.
  • the flat base member may be circular but it is convenient for it to have at least one flat side, so that the orientation of the support can be seen when the support is loaded with a coil of wire or other material, since it is desirable, for instance, to lift the loaded support with a fork-lift truck in a predetermined position with respect to the position of the first flat member, which is concealed within the coil.
  • the first flat member 1 of this support is shown in Figure 1 and is basically rectangular with its length dimension defining the axis 2 of the support.
  • the upper corners 3, 4 are generously radiussed to minimise risk of damage from contact with the wire or other product, and at each side of the base is a slot 5 and a projection 6 forming a foot.
  • An aperture 7 is located about half way along the length of the member and offset laterally from the axis 2.
  • the further flat member 9 shown in Figure 2 resembles the right-hand half of the first flat member (as seen in Figure 1) and corresponding features have been given the same reference numerals; its width is less than half the width of the first flat member by about half the thickness of the sheet from which it is made, so that when hinged along its left-hand long edge 10 to the front of the first flat member with the right-hand edges 11, 12 of the two members aligned, it can be turned forwards to project in a central position.
  • the other further flat member 13 is shown in Figure 3 and is correspondingly shaped and dimensioned to be correspondingly hinged at its long edge 14 on the back of the first flat member with left-hand edges 15, 16 aligned.
  • a tenon 17 projects from the edge 10 of flat member 9 in a position to pass freely through the aperture 7 in the first flat member 1 when the members are relatively moved on their hinges and to enter a corresponding recess 18 in the edge 14 of the flat member 13 when members 9 and 13 are both in their working positions and the three members 1, 9 and 13 form an equalarmed cruciform section, as seen in Figure 6.
  • Holes 19 and 20 ( Figures 2 and 3) allow a cable tie (or a length of wire) to be used to secure the two further flat members 9 and 13 to each other and so hold them both in working positions.
  • the remaining component of the support is the base 21 shown in Figure 4 which is circular but for a pair of flats 22 and has a central square aperture 23, the sides of which are at 45° to the flats.
  • Figure 5 shows how all the components can be cut, with relatively little waste, from a single rectangular sheet of plywood, blockboard or other suitable material.
  • a standard board of 25mm waterproof structural plywood nominally 2.4 by 1.2m is used to make a support with a height of about 1.6m and a base diameter of about 0.9m.
  • the hinged cruciform unit comprising members 1, 9 and 13 is set in an upright position with members 9 and 13 tied in their working positions.
  • the base 21 is lowered over the cruciform unit with its arms initially directed towards the corners of the square aperture 23, and rests on the projections (feet) 6; it is then rotated through about 45° so that it enters the slots 5 and preferably eventually bears on their ends 24 (figure 7).
  • the flats 22 indicate the positions of zones 25, 25 into which the forks of a lifting truck can be inserted under the base 21 without fouling any of the projections (feet) 6.
  • the support When the support is empty, it can be packed flat for storage or return simply by rotating the base through 45°, lifting it off, and then cutting the ties to allow members 9 and 13 to be folded down onto member 1.
  • the whole support weighs 22kg (and with the base removed 16kg) and can be substituted for a steel support weighing 142kg).
EP96303606A 1995-05-24 1996-05-21 Supports pour rouleaux de fil et similaires Ceased EP0744358A1 (fr)

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GBGB9510522.7A GB9510522D0 (en) 1995-05-24 1995-05-24 Supports for coils of wire and the like
GB9510522 1995-05-24

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Citations (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB958354A (en) * 1959-08-27 1964-05-21 French & Sons Thomas Improvements in or relating to the blocking of narrow fabrics
EP0081427A1 (fr) * 1981-12-04 1983-06-15 Vetrotex Saint-Gobain Emballage pour produits fragiles, lourds et/ou déformables
EP0624820A1 (fr) * 1993-05-10 1994-11-17 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Elément pliable pour utilisation dans un boitier pour rouleau de produit photosensible

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB958354A (en) * 1959-08-27 1964-05-21 French & Sons Thomas Improvements in or relating to the blocking of narrow fabrics
EP0081427A1 (fr) * 1981-12-04 1983-06-15 Vetrotex Saint-Gobain Emballage pour produits fragiles, lourds et/ou déformables
EP0624820A1 (fr) * 1993-05-10 1994-11-17 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Elément pliable pour utilisation dans un boitier pour rouleau de produit photosensible

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