US1557450A - Rewinding device - Google Patents

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Oct. 13, 1 5. 1,557,450

E. FULDA REWINDING DEVICE Filed Sept. 15. 1924 INVENTOR r/MM Patented Oct. 13, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1,557,450 PATENT OFFICE."

EDWARD FULCDA, or new YORK, N. Y. j

REWINDING DEVICE.

Application filed September 13, 1924. Serial No. 737,519.

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My invention has for its object the production of a simple and inexpensive device adapted to be attached to or be associated with a reel, pulley or other rotatable member whereby a flexible member such as a string or cord may be wound like a honeycomb from side to side on the hub of the retatable member thereby preventing tangling of the flexible member, In one of its applications the invention is adapted for use as a means for winding coils such as honeycomb coils as used in the radio art.

In the accompanying drawing showing a practical embodiment of the invention:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of areel show ing the device of my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the device. Fig. 8 is a front elevation of a modification.

Fig. 4; is a side elevation (partly in sec- 1 tion) of the device.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a modification.

Referring in detail to the several figures of the drawing:

1 indicates the side walls of a reel which may be connected together by braces or con necting members 2, said side walls having mounted therein any suitable rotatable hub 3 on which may be wound a string, cord or other flexible member 4:. The hub 3 is connected to a crank or handle 5 for rotating the same, while one of the lower connecting members 2 has secured thereto a clamping plate 6 adapted to be secured to any member such as a fishing pole.

7 indicates the arms of a support'S which is provided with a slot 9 therein. Said arms are detachably connected, as by the screws as shown, to the side walls 1. 10 indicates a lower plate which is fastened to an upper plate 11 by screws or otherwise. Said upper plate is provided with an oval-shaped continuous slot 12 therein and has fastened to the under side thereof a member 13 which preferably follows the contour of said slot. The outer wall or edge of said member 13 is toothed to provide a rack 14:, said member having a flange 1 5 fastened to the underside thereof. Secured to the lower plate 10 is a screw-threaded pin 16 extending through the slot 9 in the support 8 and receiving a thumb nut 17 whereby the device as a unit may be turned to a number of different positions and clamped inthe position desired. (See dotted lines in Fig. 1,)

A pulley or roller 18 has a pin or shaft 19 secured thereto, said pin carrying a pinion or gear 20 meshing with the rack 14. A flange 21 is also preferably attached to the lower end of the pin and extends beneath the flange 15. When it is desired to wind the cord 4 on the hub of the reel it is merely necessaryto loop it around the pulley 18 as H shown in Fig. 1 and to rotate the handle 5. The pull of the cord 0n the pulley causes it to travel over and around the slot 12 as is obvious, the meshing of the pinion 20 with the rack 14 acting to steady the movement and to prevent too sudden an increase in the speed of the pulley. The cord will be wound up on the hub from side to side thereof and will constantly cross and re-cross itself thereby preventing tangling thereof. In

some cases, depending on thewidth of the hub, it may be desirable to shift the position of the device to that shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, or to other positions whereb the width of the windings willbedecrease In the modification illustrated in Fig. 3 I provide a construction adapted to be attached to a fishing or other rod instead of to the reel itself as in the preferred form and comprising arod 22 provided with a hinged clamp 23 on its end whereby it may be detachably clamped to a rod 24. The upper end of the rod 22 is forked. as shown, the forked members being connected together by a strip 24 which may be integral with said forked members if so desired. The said strip is slotted and receives a screw 25 fastened to a lower plate 26 engaging said strip 2&, the plate 26 and strip 24; being held in the desired relative position by a nut threading on said screw. The ends of the lower plate 26 are bent up and outwardly to provide flanges 27 secured to an upper plate 28 by suitable screws or otherwise, the construction of the pulley, rack and other adjacent parts being similar to that of the preferred form of the invention.

In the modification of Fig. 5 I have changed the configuration of the device somewhat although it may be supported in the same manner as in the other cases. In said figure in the upper plate is indicated at 29 and is provided with a V-shaped slot 30 within and around which the roller or pulley travels. This shape of slot might slow the speed of cross travel of the cord on the hub of the reel but it would bring the windings more nearly parallel and would be particularly applicable to reels on which the device would be permanently attached.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In combination with a reel provided with a rotatable hub adapted to have a flexible member wound thereon, means for guiding said flexible member when being wound upon said reel, said means comprising a support, a pulley projecting outwardly from said support and connected thereto by means extending from one face of said pulley only, and means operated by rotation of said pulley for moving said flexible member transversely 0t said reel.

2. In combination with a reel provided with a rotatable hub adapted to have a flexible member wound thereon, of a supporting plate provided with a continuous slot therein, a pulley adapted to rotate and to ride in said slot and to receive said flexible member, means operated by said pulley for causing said pulley to move along said slot, and means for shifting the position of said supporting plate. 7

' 3. In combination with a reel provided with a rotatable hub adapted to have a flexible member wound thereon, of a support adapted to be detachably connected to said reel, a plate connected to said support and provided with a slot therein, a pulley adapted to ride in said slot and to receive said flexible member, means operated by said pulley for causing'said pulley to ride in said slot, and means for changing the position of said plate as respects said support.

4, In combination with a reel provided with a rotatable hub and adapted to have a flexible member wound thereon, of a support adapted to be connected to said reel, a plate connected with said support and provided with a continuous slot therein, a rack adjacent said slot, a pin extending through said slot, a pinion on said pin meshing with said rack and a pulley on said pin adapted to have said flexible member connected thereto.

5. In combination with a. reel provided with a rotatable hub adapted to have a flexible member wound thereon,'ot a slotted sup-' port adapted to be connected to said reel, a plate provided with a pin extending through the slot of said support and carrying clam-ping means thereoin-a second plate connected to said first-named plate and provided with a continuous'slot therein, a rack adjacent said last-na1ned slot, a pin extending through said slot and meshing with said rack, a flange on said-pin extending beneath said rack and a pulley connected to said pin and adapted to have said flexible member looped therearound. u

6. In combination with a reel provided with a rotatable hub adapted to have a flexi ble member mounted thereon, of a guiding mechanism for said flexible member comprising a support provided with astationary rack, a rotatable shaft carrying a pinion adjacent one end in mesh with said rack and having the other end thereof extended outwardly. beyond said support, a pulley mounted on the extended end of said shaft, said pulley being adapted to receive said flexible member and to be rotated thereby.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 12th day of September-AD. 192 i.

EDWARD FULDA.

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