US1341815A - Reel or beam - Google Patents

Description

F. MOSSBERG.

REEL 0R BEAM. APPLICATION man SEPT. 11. 1.219.

1,341,81 5; Patented June 1,1920,

ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK MOSSBERG, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHITSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO MOSSBERG PRESSED STEEL CORPORATION, OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPO- RATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

REEL on. BEAM.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK Mosscnne, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reels or Beams, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to reels, beams or spools formed more particularly of pressed steel or other bendable or ductile material on which is wound wire, yarn or other material; and the object of this invention 1s to provide outwardly-pressed stiflenmg ribs in the head members, and to form the body or barrel portion with projecting edge members to fit into these recesses formed by the' hollow ribs, to prevent the material wound upon the barrel or body from becoming jammed or bound in the rib recesses; simple and effective means being also provided for securing the heads to the ends of the body portion.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

, In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is an end elevation of my improved reel or spool.

Fig. 2- is a sectional side elevation on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a development of the body portion, showing the same as cut from sheet stock with the edge projections formed thereon, one series for closing the hollow rib recesses and another employed for securin the body to the heads.

Fig. 4 is an end view showing a modified form of spool or reel.

Fig. 5- is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 11, 1919. Serial No. 323,143.

Pateiited June 1, 1920.

is also preferably cut or swaged from sheet stock into the form illustrated in Fig. 3, the

opposite edges of'this body portion being provided with spaced apart projections 15 so that when this strip is rolled up to form the body these projections are spaced and shaped to fit into the recesses 13 formed by the ribs, to close'the same at the point of junction with the body, to prevent any possibility of the thread or wire wound upon the spool from being crowded down into the rib recesses below the peripheral surface of the body.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, I have also provided extending fingers 16 formed on the opposite edges of the tubular body portion, said fingers being adapted to extend through corresponding openings 19 in the opposite head plates of the spool and then by bending or riveting over as at 18 these fingers provide means for securing or fastening the heads to the bod portion.

The abutting edges 19 o the body plate may be welded or otherwise secured together and a stiffening, inner'plate 20 may be positioned within the body and welded, riveted or otherwise secured therein if desired. In Figs. 1, 2 and 3.1 have shown the body as secured to the heads by means of bendstock and illustrating the projecting members formed on the edge thereof for closing the recesses formed by the hollow ribs.

This. invention relates to the construction of spools, reels or the like by swaging, pressing or otherwise forming bendable sheet metal or material.

In carrying out this invention I provide two heads 10 which are connected to oppoable fingers formed'integral with the opposite ends of the body portion, but I do not, wish to be restricted to that particular means of securing the head to the body as. binding bolts 21 may be employed, as

illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, for this. purpose in which case the body member would be formed without the vbendable fingers 16,

illustrated the construction described above.

My improved construction provides a strong and durable spool or reel ofpressed metal, which is inexpensive in construction and may be produced very rapidly.

The foregoing description is directed solel toward the construction illustrated, but desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resortlng to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, a body portion having a head at either end, each head constructed of a sheet metal plate pressed outwardly from its inner surface at intervals forming a plurality of hollow, stiffening ribs, said body being formed of a strip of sheet stock bent into tubular form and provided with edge-extending portions to fit into said rib recesses, and means for securing said heads to said body.

2. In a device of the character described, a body portion having a head at either end, each head constructed of a sheet metal plate pressed outwardly from its inner surface at intervals forming a plurality of hollow, stifl'ening ribs, said body being formed of a strip of sheet stock bent into tubular form and providedwith edge extending portions to fit into said ribrecesses, and bendable fingers also on said body' ends to extend through correspending openings in said head-plates bent or riveted over to secure said heads in position to said'body.

I 3. In a device of the character described, a body portion having a head at either end, each head constructed of a sheet metal plate pressed outwardly from its inner surface at intervals forming a plurality of hollow, stiffening ribs, said body bein rovided with end-extending portions to t into said rib recesses, and means for securing said heads to said body.

In testimony whereofI afiix 111 Si ature.

FRANK MO SB RG.

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