GB2211172A - Hand held winding apparatus - Google Patents

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GB2211172A
GB2211172A GB8724542A GB8724542A GB2211172A GB 2211172 A GB2211172 A GB 2211172A GB 8724542 A GB8724542 A GB 8724542A GB 8724542 A GB8724542 A GB 8724542A GB 2211172 A GB2211172 A GB 2211172A
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David Maurice Nichols
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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
    • B65H75/34—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables
    • B65H75/38—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material
    • B65H75/40—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material mobile or transportable
    • B65H75/406—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material mobile or transportable hand-held during use
    • 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
    • B65H75/20—Skeleton construction, e.g. formed of wire
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2402/00—Constructional details of the handling apparatus
    • B65H2402/40—Details of frames, housings or mountings of the whole handling apparatus
    • B65H2402/41—Portable or hand-held apparatus
    • B65H2402/412—Portable or hand-held apparatus details or the parts to be hold by the user, e.g. handle
    • 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
    • B65H2701/36—Wires
    • B65H2701/364—Wires used in fences

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Abstract

A winding apparatus for fence wire and the like comprises a substantially rectangular winding frame (1) consisting of elongated steel rod members (2, 3) joined adjacent their ends by cross-members (4, 5). A tubular member (6) is provided substantially at the centre of the frame (1) and a screw-threaded rod (11) forming part of a handle (7) is pivotally mounted in the tubular member (6). A hand gripping part (10) of the handle is provided at one end of the rod and is provided with two projections (13) which are arranged to be located on either side of the frame (1). A wing nut (12) is engaged with the other end of the rod (11). When the wing nut is tightened, relative rotation between the handle and the frame is prevented by virtue of the engagement of the frame by the projections (13) but when the nut is loosened, the projections can be lifted clear of the frame to permit relative unwinding rotation to take place between the frame and the handle. <IMAGE>

Description

Title: WINDING APPARATUS This invention relates to a winding apparatus for a flexible elongated linear member, more particularly but not exclusively for winding electric fence wire.
When wiring a fence with electric wire it was necessary to unwind an elongated length of wire without it becoming entangled or damaged and to attach it to the fence posts. Hitherto the wire was supplied in coils with the disadvantage that it was difficult to handle and consequently the job became time consuming.
An aim of the present invention is to overcome this disadvantage and provide a winding apparatus which facilitates the easy and efficient handling of such wire.
According to the present invention there is provided a winding apparatus comprising a substantially rectangular frame, a handle pivotally mounted to the frame at or about its centre, the handle having locking means whereby it can be secured to the frame to prevent relative rotation between the handle and frame or readily released from the frame to permit rotation of the frame relative to the handle.
Preferably, the locking means comprises a pair of projections on the handle which locate either side of the frame and are locked thereto by a screw-threaded wing nut.
Conveniently, the frame is made of steel rod welded to form the substantially rectangular frame with a tubular member welded intermediate the ends of the frame, in which tubular member the handle is pivotably mounted.
In a preferred construction the frame has welded adjacent the ends thereof two metal ring shaped anchor members.
An embodiment of a winding apparatus according to the invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which : Fig. 1 is a front elevat-ion of a winding apparatus, partly in cross-section; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the apparatus shown in Fig.l with the handle removed; Fig. 3 is an elevational detail of the handle of the winding apparatus; and Fig. 4 is an end view of Fig. 3.
The winding apparatus comprises a substantially rectangular frame generally indicated at 1. The frame has two elongated steel rod members 2 and 3 joined adjacent their ends by two steel rod cross members 4 and 5 welded to the members 2 and 3. Welded intermediate the ends of the members 2 and 3 is a tubular member 6 of larger diameter than the other frame members which forms a pivot for a handle generally indicated at 7.
Located adjacent the cross members 4 and 5 are two metal rings 8 and 9 welded to the frame member 2 which act as anchor points for the end of a length of wire (not shown) to be wound on the frame 1.
The handle 7 comprises a hand gripping part 10 and a threaded rod 11 for receiving a wing nut 12. Welded to one end of the part 10 are two projections 13 and 14 which constitute a locking device to engage the sides of the steel rod member 2.
With particular reference to Fig. 1, the handle is located in the tubular member 6 and can be locked relative to the frame 1 by tightening the wing nut 12. To release the lock, the wing nut 12 is unscrewed to enable the handle to be raised relative to the frame 1 removing the locking device 13 and 14 from engagement with the sides of the rod member 2, as shown in chain-dotted lines. The frame 1 can then be rotated relative to the handle 7.
In operation, the winding apparatus can be used for winding up electric fence wire by screwing up the wing nut 12 to lock the handle relative to the frame to make the whole apparatus rigid. The handle of the winding apparatus is held in one hand and the electric fence wire is unwound on to the frame with the other hand. To unwind the wire the wing nut 12 is unscrewed so that the handle 7 can be raised to lift the locking device 13 and 14 clear of the upper frame member 2. A person using the apparatus can walk with it allowing the frame 1 to rotate freely about the handle 7 unwinding the fence wire.
The two anchor rings 8 and 9 enable the user to tie one end of the winding apparatus to any point in a hedgerow or fence with suitable string or rope by means of one of the rings and two or three winds of the electric fence wire round the other ring maintains the apparatus in a fixed and stable position.
Although the invention has ben described for use with electric fence wire it will be evident that the winding apparatus according to the invention can be used with flexible elongated linear members other than electric fene wire.

Claims (7)

1. A winding apparatus comprising a substantially rectangular frame, a handle pivotally mounted to the frame at or about its centre, the handle having locking means whereby it can be secured to the frame to prevent relative rotation between the handle and the frame or readily released from the frame to permit rotation of the frame relative to the handle.
2. A winding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the locking means comprises a pair of projections on the handle which are arranged to be located on either side of the frame and can be locked in position on said frame by means of a screw-threaded nut.
3. A winding apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the frame has a tubular member at or about its centre and wherein the handle has a rod extending through the tubular member, at least the end of the rod being screw-threaded and adapted to receive the nut.
4. A winding apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the frame consists of steel rods welded to form the substantially rectangular frame with the tubular member welded intermediate the ends of the frame, the rod of the handle being mounted for free rotation in said tubular member.
5. A winding apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the nut takes the form of a wing nut.
6. A winding apparatus according to any preceding claim, wherein a ring-shaped anchor member is provided at or adjacent to each end of the frame.
7. A winding apparatus substantially as described herein with reference to the drawings.
GB8724542A 1987-10-20 1987-10-20 Hand held winding apparatus Withdrawn GB2211172A (en)

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WO2006106535A1 (en) * 2005-04-05 2006-10-12 Tecnoplast Srl Winding device for cables connecting electric or electronic equipments with instruments
GB2485978A (en) * 2010-11-26 2012-06-06 Arjang Shahrokhshahi-Afshar Cable tidy system for an electrical appliance
EP3684719A4 (en) * 2017-09-19 2021-05-26 Wiral Technologies AS Line handling device for letting out, winding up, and locking a line

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GB739192A (en) * 1952-08-21 1955-10-26 Camille Florent Dauwe A hand-operated thread-controlling reel for flying toys
US3652027A (en) * 1970-10-08 1972-03-28 Yit Chen Wong Kite reel
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GB739192A (en) * 1952-08-21 1955-10-26 Camille Florent Dauwe A hand-operated thread-controlling reel for flying toys
US3652027A (en) * 1970-10-08 1972-03-28 Yit Chen Wong Kite reel
US4328930A (en) * 1980-07-08 1982-05-11 Jiri Kalendovsky Composite reel and stand for a swimming pool cover

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WO2006106535A1 (en) * 2005-04-05 2006-10-12 Tecnoplast Srl Winding device for cables connecting electric or electronic equipments with instruments
GB2485978A (en) * 2010-11-26 2012-06-06 Arjang Shahrokhshahi-Afshar Cable tidy system for an electrical appliance
EP3684719A4 (en) * 2017-09-19 2021-05-26 Wiral Technologies AS Line handling device for letting out, winding up, and locking a line
US11325807B2 (en) 2017-09-19 2022-05-10 Wiral Technologies As Line handling device for letting out, winding up, and locking a line

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