US1036643A

US1036643A - Collapsible reel for wire.

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Publication number: US1036643A
Application number: US57321610A
Authority: US
Inventors: William A Kilmer; Sanford Swanbum
Original assignee: American Steel and Wire Company of New Jersey
Current assignee: American Steel and Wire Company of New Jersey
Priority date: 1910-07-22
Filing date: 1910-07-22
Publication date: 1912-08-27
Anticipated expiration: 1929-08-27

Description

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GOLLAPSIBLE REEL EDR WERE,

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Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

, is necessary that some means should be pro- 9-19. Esch channel end portion is pro UNITED STATES Fre TENT OFFICE WILLIAM A.. AND SANFORD SWANBUH, OF DE KALB, ILLINGIS, ASSIGNOBS T0 THE AMERICAN STEEL 6c WIRE COHIPANY QF NEW JERSEY, 0F CHIGAGO, IILLIN'OIIS A CORPORATION 0F NEW JERSEY.

COLLAPSIBLE REEL EGE wl.

specification of Letters retest Patented Aug, 2, 1912.

Application led July 23? l gerie Ee. 573,216.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, WILLIAM A. Klum and SANFORD SWANBUM, both of De Kalb, in the county of Dekalb and State of Illimois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Reels for Wire, of which the following is a spefoi-V cation. Y

Our invention relates to reels for wire and particularly for barbed wire and hss psrticular Vreference to a reel of sim le. oonstruotion which may be collapsed be ore and after use.

The custom in marketing barbed wire has been to reel the same upon rigid wooden reels, which reels, if any quantity thereof is to be kept on hand, occupy a large storage space, Y

Qur invention further relatos to a reel of this sort, which shell provide Iineens for the read@y unreeling of the bundle of wire when it 1s to be used by the consumer.

The reel described in this application is the same as that shown in our oofpending application led of even date herewith for supports for collapsible wire reels, Serial No. 573,217.

Our invention will be more readily understood by referen to the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a pers showing in dotted ine's a bundle of wire woundhereon; Fig. 2 is perspective view showing the reel collapsed, and 3 is a fragmentary section through one o the end pieces of the reeli Y As will be seen from the drawings, the reel is composed of duplicate end portionse 5-6, which are preferably in the forni of s channel having webs, 748, and ilanges,

`tive view of our reel vided with live openings, the purpose or which will now be described.

The opening, 11., rmidwav of the length of the end portions, is provided for an uni-eel1 ing arbor. As will be readily understood, ii

vided whereby the bundle of wire san be sex curelv mounted while the wirens being removed therefrom. The holes,v l2-TE, ere preferably punobed out es showng the lip sr moisi prinelied out being adapted to be bent over beolward and to form a slip or clamp for the eross wires. The small openings, 13-13, are rovided for the aodonimodetion ofbinder wires, 13, which are applied after the wire has been wound onine reel.

hr order to provide a connection between tbe two end portions of the reel, we provide the cross or stay wires, 1491?, which are bent to rectangular outline end joined as et, lfw. AThe portions which pass over the channel end portions, 5 6, are securely held against removal by the clips. 18-4l9, formed 'of the metal punched from the openings, 12-12.

It is essential that a reel of this sort shall be provided with four cross wires instead of two or one, in order that there may be a bearing or the wire :it s plurality of points to enable the bundle of wire to be completely unwound. As desoribed in our izo-pending application mentioned above, it has been found essential that the wire in winding should, at its central portion or opening through the bundle, be wound as nearly in apircle as possible, and for this purpose we have provided a resi support which has st least six cross members, thus having e. substantially circular bearing for the wire. it will therefore be readily understood that the openings, lil-12 are necessary in order to accommodate the cross members of such e support ssd that these openings forni an iin orient part of our invention.

he object in making the end portions of the reel of channel shape is to seeure the strength with the minimum weight of metal.

is various modifications will reedilv suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, do not limit ourselves to the specific com struction herein shown and described.

We claim:

i. A skeleton wire reel for barbed wire, comprisin cha'nnel shaped end portions end provi ed with through. openings for the sosornrnodation of an unreeling arbor and tbe cross members of a reel support, land :i plurality of connecting wires between seid end portions, substantially as described.

2, A skeleton wire reel for barbed wire,

lll() comprising channel shaped end portions up from the material of the end portions,

and provi accommodation of an unreeling arbor and the cross members of a reel support, and u plurality of connecting wires between said end portions, said cross Wires being secured to sind end portions by means of clips struck ed with through openings for the substantially as described.

WILLIAM A. KILMER. SANFORD SWANBUM. Witnesses:

VICTOR E. HJERTSTEDT, T. D. TEMPLE.