US1001815A - Reel-support. - Google Patents

Description

L. A. GASGRAIN.

REEL SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1906.

1,001,815. Patented Aug. 29, 1911.

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LOUIS A. csseaam, or BEVERLY, iuhssacnusn'rrs, ASSIGNORV TO nnrrnn SHOE ,MACHINEIW COMPANY, 01? rA'rEnsoN, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION or NEW JmsEv. i

REEL-SUPPORT.

original a lication. flled February 1c, 1906, Serial No. 301,473.

September 25, 1906. Serial No. 336,152.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Pa,tented Aug. 29, 1911; Divided and this application filed To all whom it. concern: I

Be it known that I, LOUIS A. CASGRAIN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Beverly, in the county .of Essex and Coni- 5 monwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements 1n Reel-Supports, of

whiehthefollowing description, in connection. with the accompanying drawings, is a for reels, designed for holding wire which isto be formed into fastenings'. 'or slugs and inserted into stock.

The" formof support of this invention is particularly useful in connection with a machine for inserting metall c iastemngs in a H plurality of rows, such, for example ,as shown in my application, Serial No. 301,473,

filed February 16, 1906, from which, thispresent application is a division.

'. The object of the invention is to provide a reel support so constructed that other sup ports, pre erably similarly constructed, may be-rcmovably sustained thereby. With such a construction the operator 'is enabled to provide the inserting machine at will with a single strand or with a plurality of strands of wire, as may be deslred for' the class of work to be performed, without dis- I strands already in use or those to remain in use.

' The preferable manner of mountinga plurality of reels is one above the other so that the axis of one support forms a continuationof the axis of another and to this end the sup ports are preferably formedat one end with a bearing and with the other end "shaped to fit a correspondingly shaped bearing on another support so that they may be mounted 40 end to end. W ith such a construction the most convenient manner of leadin the various strands 'ofwire/ from .the'colls to the inserting mechanism "of the machine is centrally ef the-reel sup-pprts and to this end and is provided with an opening. in. its side through which one, nd of the wire strand from'the sustained ugel 1s passed.

preferably made tubular.

i plurality of reels "are mounted one above the other.

Referring to the drawing, a preferred fconstruction of reel support whereby the 3 number of reels supplying strands of wire to the inserting mechanism of a fasteninginserting machine may be increased or di- .minished at will without disturbing the number of strands already in use, or the. number of'strands to remain in use, is shown lat A. This support is formed at one end with a bearing B- and. with its other end 0 f shapedto fit 1nto a correspondingly shaped bearing on another support. The'support ;@A is also provided. with an anti-friction bearing upon which is mormt'ed a reel D, having an open center, of substantially the same construction as that shown in my prior Patent No. 765,650,.dated July 19,

1904. This reel carries a coil of wire E.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, above and below the support A' are similar supports A and A which in turn supportreelsD and D carrying coils of wire E and E "These supports are placed end to end so that their axes form one continuous line and as here shown are verti' cally one above the other. With such a construction the most convenient manner of inserting mechanism of. the machine is centrally of the reel supports and to this end the supports are preferably made tubular. As shown the support A is provided with an opening G through its eds. The free end of the wire coil E is passed'through a guide F on'the support A, which guide not only prevents the ,wire from twisting but alsoapplies the strain exerted on the wire to unwlnd the same in such direction as to the reel, and is then passed through the opening .G and thence'downward through the reel support to the machine. Each of the other supports is similarly provided 1 with the openings and wire guides just described.

manner of forming the-bearing B is to taper as to form substantially a tapered socket insure rotation of the wire coil and with it the inner surface ofthe tube at one end so leading the strands of wire 6, e, e to the 1 With the tubular siipport, a. convenient I 55 ters Patent of the United States is into which one end of another support may be inserted. With this construction the end C of the tubular support is also tapered, but on its outer surface. Preferably the tapered portion C is less in length then the for example a hardened steel annulus J may from its support,

be placed in the bottom of the raceway between the balls and the metal of the reel support. Means is provided for retaining the balls in place when the reel is removed As here shown, such means comprlse an annulus K resting on top the balls and held loosely in place, so as to revolve with the balls, in any convenient manner, as by a split ring L which in this instance is shown as a wire partly embedded in the reel support. The supports A and A are each provided with similar partsto.

those just described.v The rotatable annulus K also prevents wear of the top plate'of the reel. v

Some means must be provided upon the machine for supporting the various reels and this may be a socket M, of a similar shape to the bearings in the reel supports, which may be formed either in the machine frame, or in a bracket or arm N mounted on the frame. tween the different supports may be prevented by any suitable means as, for example, a pin 0 on one member entering a slot or recess P in the other. In the construction shown four of such slots or recesses are provided'permitting a rotative adustment between the supports.

Obviously the reels need not necessarily be mounted vertically one above the other, but the axes of'the combined reel supports may be placed horizontally if desired and in this instance the strands of wire need not necessarily be led to the machine centrally of the supports.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let- 1. A support, a reel rotatably mounted thereon, a second support sustained by the.

tially vertical alinement.

, 2. A tubular support, a reel mounted to xrotate thereon, a second tubular support socketed'in the first support, and a reel Relative rotative movement beit is mounted to. rotate upon thesecond support, each support being provided with a wire guide and an opening through which wire is continuous tube formed by the supports.

3. A plurality of tubular supports con-.

structed and arranged to be jointed to one another and a reel rotatably mounted upon each support, provision being made for conducting wire from saidreels into the continuous tube formed by said supports."

4. A tubular support, a reel rotatably mounted thereon, a second tubular support in. interlocking engagement with the first support and a, reel rotatably mounted on the second support, provision being made for conducting wire from said reels into, the continuoustube'formed by said supports.

5. A plurality of tubular supports each provided with an opening through its slde, constructed and arranged to be jomtedto each other end to end, and a reel upon each support.

6. A sectional. sup

ort for a plurality of conducted from the associated reel to the reels comprising a p urality of like tubular sections arranged one upon another, each section beingv provided with a reel bearmg and each having one end shaped for mterlocking engagement with the opposite end of another section,'provision bemg also made for conducting w1re from each of the reels into the tube'formed by said sect1ons. I

7. A sectional support for a plurahty of reels comprising a plurality of l1ke tubular sections arranged o'ne upon another, each section being provided with a reelbearmg and each section having each of 1ts ends shaped for interlocking engagement with the respective opposite ends of other sections, provision being also. made for con-- ducting wire from each ofthe reels into the tube formed by said sections.

8. A reel support having at one end a tapered socket and tapered at 1ts otherend to fit. an opening corresponding to sa d socket, said tapered P0111011 bemg less n length than .the depth of the socket. v

9.. A tubular support, a reel rotatably mounted upon said support, a second tubular support mounted on the first support, and a reel rotatably mounted on sa1dsecond support, said supports being provided) with openings through which wire may beintro-v duced from said reels into the continuous tube formed by said supports. I

10. Areel having an open cent er,a tubular support extending through the open center and provided at 1ts upper end w th a bearing onwhich the reel is rotatably mounted, and an opening formed in the; side of sald support-through which the wlre p'a sses as drawn from a coil sustained in said "reel.

11. A reel havijrig an open center, a tu Il -f lar support extending through the open center and provided at its upper end with a bearing said reel having a top plate rota- In testimony whereof I have signed my tably mounted on said bearing, said support name to this specification in the presence of having an opening formed in its side two subscribing witnesses. through which the wire passes as it is drawn LOUIS A. CASGRAIN.

5 from a coil sustained in said reel, and a Witnesses:

bearing in the upper end of said support for H. DORSEY SPENCER, 4 sustainlng the support for a second reel. ARTHUR L. RUSSELL.

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