EP1350752A2 - Spule und Zusammenbauverfahren - Google Patents

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EP1350752A2
EP1350752A2 EP03252082A EP03252082A EP1350752A2 EP 1350752 A2 EP1350752 A2 EP 1350752A2 EP 03252082 A EP03252082 A EP 03252082A EP 03252082 A EP03252082 A EP 03252082A EP 1350752 A2 EP1350752 A2 EP 1350752A2
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John W. Soepnel
Stephan W. P. Beke
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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
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    • 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
    • B65H75/2218—Collapsible hubs
    • B65H75/2227—Collapsible hubs with a flange fixed to the hub part
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • 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
    • B65H75/2263—Discrete fasteners, e.g. bolts or screws
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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  • the invention relates to a new reel for use in packaging, storage and shipment of cable, wire and other coiled products.
  • the invention also relates to a method of assembling and disassembling such a reel.
  • Conventional reels used in the cable and wire industry are constructed of wooden staves supported by a pair of flanges or hubs.
  • the flanges have circular grooves that engage the ends of each stave, thereby sandwiching the length of the staves between the flanges to maintain the staves in a barrel configuration.
  • the two flanges are connected by a pair of bolts extending parallel to the axis of the barrel. Being otherwise unsupported, the arrangement of the staves becomes unstable if one of the flanges is removed. Thus, the barrel configuration tends to collapse if the supporting flanges are separated.
  • each flange must be held perpendicular to the ground, against its tendency to fall flat due to gravity, and the flanges must be spaced apart by the approximate length of the staves. While holding up the flanges, the assemblers must carefully insert each stave, one by one, into the grooves of the flanges, all the while taking care so as not to displace the previously placed staves. Only after all of the staves have been individually placed can the flanges be bolted together to provide stability to the assembly.
  • the invention solves these long felt needs by providing a new reel and method of assembling and disassembling the reel.
  • appropriate sized staves are aligned side by side and connected to one another by way of one or more flexible bands. Once connected, the staves form a flexible stave pane having joints in between each stave.
  • the reel is assembled by flexing the stave pane into a tubular barrel with ends fitted to correspond with a stave-engaging portion on each of a pair of flanges. Each end is engaged with the stave-engaging portion of one of the flanges and the two flanges are connected.
  • the assembled reel includes a pair of flanges, each flange engaged with the open end of a tubular barrel formed of a flexed stave pane produced from appropriately sized staves connected to one another by one or more flexible bands.
  • Figure 1 is a view of a first flange useable with the present invention.
  • Figure 2 is an isometric view of an unflexed stave pane according to the present invention.
  • Figure 3 is an isometric view of three staves from the front and above.
  • Figure 4 is a view of the stave pane of Figure 2, flexed and engaged with the first flange of Figure 1.
  • Figure 5 is a view of a second flange engaged with the assembly of Figure 4.
  • Figure 6 is a side view of an assembled reel according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 there is shown a flange 10 having a stave-engaging portion 12 in the form of a groove 14.
  • the groove 14 forms a circle around the center of the flange and is concentric with the outer edge of the flange 10. In some applications it is preferable to use a rim, a series of ribs or a skirt (not shown), rather than a groove, as the stave-engaging portion 12.
  • a pair of bolts 16 extends perpendicular to the plane of the flange 10.
  • Each of the bolts 16 includes a connection at its end 18 distal to the flange 10.
  • the connection may be threads for receiving a nut, bores adapted to receive a locking pin, a flattened region capable of receiving a gripping device, etc.
  • the bolts 16 be closer to the center of the flange 10 than is the groove 14.
  • the flange may be formed from a variety of rigid materials, such as plastic, wood, metal, polyfiber, wood/plastic composites, rigid elastomers, etc., as well as combinations of these.
  • staves 20 An arrangement of staves 20 is shown in Figure 2, the three staves closest to the observer being labeled 20a, 20b and 20c and the stave farthest from the observer being labeled 20p. Although sixteen staves are shown (20a through 20p), more or less may be used. It will become clear from the following description that the actual number of staves to be used depends on the width of each stave and the desired diameter of the reel barrel to be formed. Staves 20 are preferably wooden, but may alternatively be formed of many rigid materials, such as plastic, paperboard, cardboard, metal and the like, as well as composites and combinations thereof.
  • each stave 20 has an inside face 22, which faces upwardly in Figures 2 and 3, and an outside face, which is oriented downwardly and is not visible in Figures 2 and 3. In practice, the inside face 22 is normally facing away from the ground or assembly fixture while the stave pane is assembled.
  • Each stave 20 also has a pair of minor sides 24 and a pair of major sides.
  • the first major side of each stave, which is oriented in the direction of stave 20a in Figure 2 i.e., the major side that is closest to stave 20a, except, of course, for that of stave 20a itself), is shown as element 26.
  • the second major side of each stave, which is oriented in the direction of stave 20p, is labeled as element 28.
  • the staves 20 are aligned side by side, as shown in Figure 2.
  • the first major side 26 of each stave is arranged adjacent the second major side 28 of the next, leaving only first major side 26a and second major side 28p unmatched.
  • one or more flexible bands 30 are attached to the staves 20 transversely to the length of each stave, two bands being shown in the Figures.
  • the flexible bands 30 may be attached to the staves using mechanical fasteners, such as staples, screws, tacks, etc., or by an adhesive.
  • the bands 30 may be formed from any material having adequate flexibility and adequate strength to hold the stave pane together under expected stress caused by movement or flexing.
  • Such materials include flexible plastics, such as polyethylene or nylon; rubber; thin metal, fabric, cloth and the like.
  • the flexible band could also be a rigid material with folding points in between the staves. It is preferred that at least one band 30 include an extension portion 32, which projects past the exposed major side 26a or 28p.
  • the stave pane is flexed and major sides 26a and 28p are juxtaposed to form a tubular barrel 34 having an approximately circular cross section as shown in Figure 4.
  • the staves may be curved so as to have a concave inside face 22 and a convex outside face.
  • the transverse cross section and ends of the barrel will be a circle or very closely approximate a circle.
  • the cross section is polygonal. By increasing the number of flat staves, a circular cross section is more closely approximated.
  • the direction of flex should be that which results in the connecting bands 30 and inside faces 22 of each stave on the inside of the barrel 34.
  • the barrel 34 may be held closed by attaching the extension portion 32 of one or more bands 30 to the stave into which it comes in contact.
  • the flexed stave pane, in the form of barrel 34 is engaged with the stave-engaging portion 12 of flange 10, by, in the preferred embodiment, inserting one of the minor sides 24 ( Figure 3) of each stave into the groove 14 ( Figure 1). If the stave-engaging portion 12 is a skirt or ribs instead of a groove, the inside face 22 of each stave is positioned against the skirt or ribs.
  • each stave 20 is provided with lateral support by the staves to which it is connected.
  • the flexed stave pane can be engaged with the stave-engaging portion while the flange 10 is safely lying on the ground or on an assembly fixture.
  • Bolts 16 are located on the inside of barrel 34 for holding the reel together once assembled and preserving the polygonal or circular cross section of the outside of the barrel 34.
  • a second flange 36 is similar to flange 10. As shown in Figure 5, the second flange 36 has apertures 38 for receiving the distal ends 18 of bolts 16. The flexed stave pane engages a stave-engaging portion (not shown) on second flange 36 in a fashion similar to that of first flange 10. Nuts or other connecting devices are then affixed to distal ends 18 in order to secure the assembly together.
  • the reel includes a first flange 10 connected to a second flange 36, and a barrel 34, which is formed from staves attached to one another by a flexible band, sandwiched between the flanges.
  • the staves need not all be of equal width and length. If a reel barrel with a non-regular polygonal cross section is desired, one or more staves may be incorporated that have greater or lesser widths than the others. If it is desired that the barrel have a fixed orientation relative to the flanges, one or more of the staves may have a longer or shorter length than the others. The lengthened or shortened stave may then correspond with an indentation or tab provided on the stave-engaging surface to act as a key.
  • the reel After loading the reel with cable, wire or other coiled product and subsequently unloading the cargo, the reel can be easily disassembled for efficient shipment and storage thereof. To do so, the connecting devices are removed from the distal ends 18 of the bolts 16 and the second flange 36 is removed. The barrel 34 is then easily disengaged from its engagement with flange 10 and the stave pane unflexed to once again take the shape shown in Figure 2. In this disassembled state, the reel can be handled more efficiently than an assembled reel. When the reel is required to again take up a coiled product, it is easily transformed back to its assembled state by the method described above.

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