EP0935578A4 - Fiber guide - Google Patents

Fiber guide

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Publication number
EP0935578A4
EP0935578A4 EP98937315A EP98937315A EP0935578A4 EP 0935578 A4 EP0935578 A4 EP 0935578A4 EP 98937315 A EP98937315 A EP 98937315A EP 98937315 A EP98937315 A EP 98937315A EP 0935578 A4 EP0935578 A4 EP 0935578A4
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
fiber guide
fiber
guide
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Granted
Application number
EP98937315A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP0935578B1 (en
EP0935578A1 (en
Inventor
Thomas G Council
Roger Francis Burlingame
John E Fitzgerald
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Northrop Grumman Guidance and Electronics Co Inc
Original Assignee
Litton Systems Inc
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Publication date
Priority claimed from US08/918,734 external-priority patent/US5947406A/en
Application filed by Litton Systems Inc filed Critical Litton Systems Inc
Priority claimed from PCT/US1998/016047 external-priority patent/WO1999011554A1/en
Publication of EP0935578A1 publication Critical patent/EP0935578A1/en
Publication of EP0935578A4 publication Critical patent/EP0935578A4/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of EP0935578B1 publication Critical patent/EP0935578B1/en
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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H54/00—Winding, coiling, or depositing filamentary material
    • B65H54/02—Winding and traversing material on to reels, bobbins, tubes, or like package cores or formers
    • B65H54/28—Traversing devices; Package-shaping arrangements
    • B65H54/2848—Arrangements for aligned winding
    • B65H54/2851—Arrangements for aligned winding by pressing the material being wound against the drum, flange or already wound material, e.g. by fingers or rollers; guides moved by the already wound material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H54/00—Winding, coiling, or depositing filamentary material
    • B65H54/02—Winding and traversing material on to reels, bobbins, tubes, or like package cores or formers
    • B65H54/28—Traversing devices; Package-shaping arrangements
    • B65H54/2848—Arrangements for aligned winding
    • B65H54/2854—Detection or control of aligned winding or reversal
    • B65H54/2857—Reversal control
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H57/00—Guides for filamentary materials; Supports therefor
    • B65H57/006—Traversing guides
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H57/00—Guides for filamentary materials; Supports therefor
    • B65H57/14—Pulleys, rollers, or rotary bars
    • 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
    • B65H2701/30—Handled filamentary material
    • B65H2701/31—Textiles threads or artificial strands of filaments
    • B65H2701/312—Fibreglass strands
EP98937315A 1997-08-01 1998-07-31 Fiber guide Expired - Lifetime EP0935578B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US5470097P 1997-08-01 1997-08-01
US918734 1997-08-01
US08/918,734 US5947406A (en) 1997-08-01 1997-08-01 Fiber guide
US54700P 1997-08-04
PCT/US1998/016047 WO1999011554A1 (en) 1997-08-01 1998-07-31 Fiber guide

Publications (3)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP0935578A1 EP0935578A1 (en) 1999-08-18
EP0935578A4 true EP0935578A4 (en) 2004-07-07
EP0935578B1 EP0935578B1 (en) 2006-05-17

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EP98937315A Expired - Lifetime EP0935578B1 (en) 1997-08-01 1998-07-31 Fiber guide

Country Status (4)

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EP (1) EP0935578B1 (en)
JP (1) JP2001504789A (en)
AU (1) AU8605498A (en)
DE (1) DE69834543T2 (en)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN108975058A (en) * 2018-05-31 2018-12-11 苏州双金实业有限公司 A kind of bobbin winder device

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2906468A (en) * 1956-12-05 1959-09-29 Hubert E Wellcome Wire coiling
US3031153A (en) * 1958-06-24 1962-04-24 Avo Ltd Coil winding apparatus
US4428540A (en) * 1979-12-18 1984-01-31 Calcagno Kenneth H Apparatus for maintaining the relative position between wire being fed onto a bobbin and wire wound about the bobbin for forming a coil of wire

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2906468A (en) * 1956-12-05 1959-09-29 Hubert E Wellcome Wire coiling
US3031153A (en) * 1958-06-24 1962-04-24 Avo Ltd Coil winding apparatus
US4428540A (en) * 1979-12-18 1984-01-31 Calcagno Kenneth H Apparatus for maintaining the relative position between wire being fed onto a bobbin and wire wound about the bobbin for forming a coil of wire

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
See also references of WO9911554A1 *

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
CN108975058A (en) * 2018-05-31 2018-12-11 苏州双金实业有限公司 A kind of bobbin winder device

Also Published As

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DE69834543T2 (en) 2006-11-30
DE69834543D1 (en) 2006-06-22
JP2001504789A (en) 2001-04-10
AU8605498A (en) 1999-03-22
EP0935578B1 (en) 2006-05-17
EP0935578A1 (en) 1999-08-18

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