US1287776A - Supply-reel for wire-coils. - Google Patents

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APPLICATION FILED NV. 28 I9II.

Patented Deo. 17, I918.

1FRAK H. SLEEPER, 0F WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO SLEEPER HARTLEY, INC., F WORCESTER, MAS CHUSETTS. i

SACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF rIll/{ASSA- SUPPLY-.REEL FOR `VlIItilil-COILS.

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Application filed Ntiyember To all whom t may concern. l

Be it known that I, FRANK H. SLEEPER, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of l\Iassachusetts,Unitcd States of America, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Supply-Reels for Wire-Coils, of which the following, together with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

. The present invention relates to improvements inv reels of the type employed for supporting coils of wire and the like, and from" L which the wire is drawn, either continuouslyr or intermittently, for use in various types ot" Tsatire working machinery. .t

.''llhe invention resides iniy a novel constructioi'r'f'f reel whichv is adapted to prevent 'spreading or springino out of the coil of wire held thereon by the natural resiliency of the material, and which is adjustable to 'various sizes of coils held thereon regards theinner peripheries of said coils. The invention is fully set forthin the following description, reference being' had in this con-y nection 4to the accompanying drawings, iu which- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of my i111- proved reel.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the reel shown in Fi .1.

1g-`ig. 3 is an enlarged View of the reel,

partly in elevation and partly in vertical section.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line H, Fig. 3.

Simlar'refcrence characters refer to similar parts in the dill'eieut figures.

As shown in Fig. 1, the reel is carried'on a post or shaft 1, which rises from a suitable base 2. An elongated sleeve 3 surrounds shaft 1 and is movable rotatively and longitudinally with respect thereto. At the upper and lower ends of said sleeve are secured tively, and attached by rivets 9 or the like, to the plates 4 and 5 respectively. In this plates 4 and 5, respectively, which plates con- Specicatibn of Letters Patent. Epatgnted lg, 1 7, 1918,

28, 1917. Serial No. 204,456.

way askeleton core portion is formed for the;

reel which extends throughout 'the -entire length ot the sleeve 8, and which is4 rotatable bodil)y as a unit about the shaft 1. As herein shown said core portion is truste-conical in outline, due to the lower horizontal sections S o the bars or strips beinglongerthanreel provides an adjustable coil supporting and .confining men'iber which" as herein shown comprisesl a casting or plate lOadjustably,secured to the sleeve Shy means of a set screw ,11, or the like. Radiating troni the 12, here shown as 1n number, withtheir outer ends upturned to form a circular series of `vertical sections '13, joined'atftheir tops byrivets 14 or vthe like to a ring 15. The floor or bottom of th and'eonining portion of the reel is Constr tuted by the horizontal portions of the bars 12, and itl. outer wall is'c'onstitutcdby the vertical sections 13. The coil supporting 4and confining portion of the rcel rotates in unison with the core portion, due to the attachment of plate or casting 10 to the sleeve 3, and hence the strips G constitute the inner wall of the. corereceiving space, as indicated in Fig. 3. It will thus be seen that the rcel is adjustable to coils of wire of varying diameters, owing to the frusto-conical form of the core portion, and to the above'dcscribed adjustable connection of the coil supporting and confining portion to said core portion. For a coil of wire of small internal diameter the coil supporting and conining portion is secured near the top of the sleeve 3 by the set screw 11, while for a a coil of larger internal diameter it is moved downward For preventing convolutions of the coil from springing up and out ofthe an nular coil receiving space thus provided, the projecting lingersV 16 are preferably employed, these lingers being adjustably secured to the inclined portions of the strips 6 by means of thumb screws 17, 'or the like. The reel'as above described is supported on the shaft casting` 10 is a series of barslQ,

is coil supportingl rre 'l by means of a collar 18,

' like, which 'may be loosened to effect a vertical adjustment of said collar and thereby vary the height of the reel to suit diierent conditions of operation. Said collar 18v provides a groove 19 in its outer surface for the reception of a pair of segmental members 20, 20, 'having projecting arms 21, 21, which receive between them a depending pin 22, secured te the plate 5 of the reel structure. The ' members 20, 20, are held in contact with the groove in collar 18 by means of a bolt 23 passing loosely through the arms 21 and carrying a spring 24 between one of said arms and a nut 25 on the end of said bolt. The spring 24 draws the members 20, 20. together, yieldingly, so as to hold them in the groove of collarl 18, and thereby said members constitute a brake for the reel, to slacken its rotation when the draft on the wii'e being drawn therefrom ceases. Such a `brake is delicately adjustable by means of the nut 25, which may be moved on the bolt 23 to increase or decrease the friction or'drag of members 20 on the collar 18 as conditions require.

I claim,

1. In a device of the character described, a Jrusto-conical core section and a surrounding coil supporting section axially adjustable relative on said core section.

2. In a device of the character described, a fiusto-con-ical core section a surrounding coil supporting section extending beyond the core section, and means for adjustably supporting said coil. supporting section on said core section, whereby it isv capable of axial adjustment on the core section. v

3. In a device of the character described, a rotatable core section frusto-conical in 'Leanne cross section, a coil supporting section extending beyond said core section, means for supporting said coil section on the core section capable of axial adjustment thereon,

section and comprising a series of spaced longitudinal bars, a. coil supporting section extending beyond and adjustably supported by the core section, and fingers adjustably held on said longitudinal bars and overhaiiging said coil supporting section.

6. In a device of the character described, a vertical shaft, a support therefor, a core section truste-conical in cross section and comprising a sleeve vertically adjustable on said shaft, a. coil supporting section adjustably held on said sleeve and extending beyond the core section, and means for adjusting said sleeve on said shaft.

7 A. supply reel for coils, comprising a rotatable skeleton core portion, frusto-coiiical in form, and a surrounding attached coil supporting portion, circular in form, and means for adjusting said last named portion axially with respect to said irst named portion, whereby to vary the internal diameter of the annular coil receiving space.

Dated this 23rd day of November, 1917.

' FRANK H. SLEEPER.

Witnesses:

Gro. I-l. KENNEDY, Jr., Gnoncn D. HAR'ILEY.

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