US1841227A - Reel - Google Patents

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Jan. 12, 1932.- P. VAN VLAANDEREN 1,341,227

REEL

Filed May 6, 193

' 3 INVENTOR,

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A'r'foRNEY Patented Jan. 12, 1932 PATENT OFFICE) rn'rnn VAN VJLAANDEREN; or rArnnsoN, NEW" JERSEY, ASSIGNOR "1'0 vAN' VLAANDEREN MACHINE OF NEW JERSEY V Application filed May '6,

ric with liquid the fabric is trained spirally in rope formrwith its convolutions depending therefrom into the liquid, so that in the rotation'of the reel the fabric will be advanced spirally and thus progressively through the: liquid. The invention relates more particularly toreels of this class which are used in those treatments where the liquid contains acid and which therefore have their peripheries formed of wood slats which are screwed to the frame of the reel, which is necessarily constructed of metal so as to be both light and strong on account of the considerable length frequently attained'by such reels and the weight thereof and of the wetted fabric. v

Heretofore the practice in constructing these reels has been to key a number of spiders or heads on an axial shaft with spacing sleeves intervening, then pass tie bars through holes 'in the several-spidersfor heads so as tostand bowed 1 or arched outwardly'fr'o'm the shaft, then screw nuts on the ends of the "tie bars and thereby draw the spiders and sleeves together and form a practically unitary trussed structure well adapted to carrythe intended load notwithstanding the considerable length of the reel', then coat allthese parts with a rubber or other acid-resisting composition, and finally secure. the wooden slats to the thus=coated spiders by screws. 7 1 According to the present invention the construction is, generally stated. as'follows: The spiders are slipped on toashaft and welded in their proper positions; For reinforcing the reel frame against the weight of its load the arched or bowed tie-bars are used but each of these is formedin sections eachhaving its own head or enlargement and having passed these sections throughrholes in the end spiders and engaged them in peripheral notches in theintermediate spiders their ends are coupled by iturn-buckles which are made to draw them up tight and put the." entire frame in a state of tension. All jointswhere metal meets metal arenow welded,- where- 'upon the reel frame is coated all over with the? acid-resisting composition. "lhereupon 1930; Serial No. 450,158.

wooden disks are affixed faceto face against" COMPANY, OF PATTERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION the spiders and to these the wooden slats are 1 secured. a

The objects and results of this constru ction are as follows; The frame by the weld mg becomes, in effect, a jointless or integral structure, by which I mean that where any J two separately formed partsare made to meet they are by the welding merged and made practically one. Therefore the reel is better ada-pted'than others of its kind to withstand the strainsand stresses incident to its use, and what isof as great if n'otgreater concern is'that since there can be no movement at any joint of the ijoined parts with respect to each other the fracturing orbreaking of the acid-resisting coating which character izes the use of other reels of this class is prevented, it being known that once this condition occurs the crevice formed admits acidto the metal, whose destructive action goes on unnoticed until finally the reelcol-fl lapses. B causing the tie-barsto bear upon the intermediate spiders peripherally thereof instead of to penetrate them the-tie-ba'rs, which as noted 'must be arched,are'more readily assembled according to my construction" and'the area to be coated with acid-resisting composition is reduced. Again, where the spiders are of metaland directly receive the slatsyit is not possible, by coating with the acid-resisting composition, to, preventthe acid-reaching the metal at the holes where the screws are introducedtoafiix the slats to theispiders; this difficulty I avoid'by using woodendisks, and thesev may be" affixed' to the spiders 'so-thatwhile holes therein are necessary these may be fully protected by the acid-resisting composition. 1 I e Describing my invention now in detail, in the drawmgs:

Fig. 1 is a section of line 11," Fig. 3;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2, Fig. be- I i I forethe reel frame is coated; Fig; 3 is 'a section on line asmaller scale and .Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are sections of details at certain points in the structure of the reel, as

willappear;

the improved reel'on In said drawings, 1 is the axial shaft of the reel, preferably tubular. 2 designates the heads or spiders penetrated thereby, these being here circular disks. 3 designates the tie-bars. All these parts are of metal.

The same as in the usual construction, the tie-bars are bent midway their lengths so that in the completed reel frame they will be bowed or arched from theshaft 1, thus to reinforce the reel frame. The tie-bars pene-i trate holes in the end spiders, but each of the intermediate spiders has peripheral notches 2a in which the tie-bars rest (Fig; 2) The tie-bars preferably ha *e knobs or: heads 3w integral therewith and these are of greater size than the holes in the'end spiders which they penetrate, andeach tie-bar is made in sections joined together by a metal turnbuckle 8?) screwed on said sections.

I All the joints where any two parts meet are welded together, as at 4, or where a tie-bar penetrates or engages a spider (Figs. 4 and thus produced are welded 5), where a knob 3a abuts a spider (Fig. 4),

andjwhere a turn-buckle is screwed on each tie-rod section (Fig. 6), as well as Where each spider is penetrated by the shaft; The spiders are first fitted on and welded to the shaft,

whereupon the'tie-rods are applied and tensioned by their turn-buckles and all joints As 'a, final step in the completion of the .reel frame it is covered-with a coating 5 of rubber composition'so that Whilethe general skeleton form of the frame remains the whole is hermeticallyencased or sealed within'an acidresisting integument or envelope excepting the end bearing. portions la'of the shaft,

which are pro'tectedfrom access of acid there-,

to by the cone shaped barrier'lb.

There remains the attachment of the Wood en slats which form the perip'hery of the reel. In my construction these are attached tothe peripheries of wooden plates'or disks which in turn are affixed face toface against the spiders and in the present case are elliptical in form. These disks, 6, are formed in two halves notched at Ga-at their meetingedges so as to admit thetie bars in assembling the halves with the frame 7 They arethen secured 1 to the disks by the bolts 7 and to each, other edge 'to'jedge bybolts 8 where the bolts 7 "penetrate the spiders holes are formed therei V in which are large enough to admit the bolts easily even with the coating 5 liningthe holes as shown at'7a in Fig. 5; 600 designates the slats. g Y

Sometimesthe fabric undergoes a; squeezing'or wringmg treatment as it leaves-the reel, which for this'purposehas a pulley on .tiwhich a squeezing-roller rests. This pulley in Fig. 1. is; shown in a novel form adapting itto be covered for protection against acid and forattachment-to the reel. It includes 1 ':a cylindrical portionorlbarr'elfiand annuli 10 and 11 of greaterdiameter thanthebarrel and aiiixed in any way to its ends, the whole being covered with an acid resisting coating 12. The annulus 11 is of greater inside diameter than the spider 2 at the end of the reel to which this barrel is to be attached, so that it may surround the same and be secured by 7 bolts "13 face to 'face with the end wooden disks, as shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus fully described my invention whatIclaimism 1. A metal fra efor a reel of the class described comprising a shaft, spiders on the fromthe shaft, each-spider being welded to theshaft and'each tie-bar welded to each spider and :said frame being substantially wholly covered with an acid-resisting integument or; coating.

- 31A metalframe for areel of'the class described compris'inga; shaft, spiders on the shaft spaced from each other and having peripheral notches, and tensioned tie-bars tying the end spiders together andengaging being thereby held bowed from. the shaft, eachspid'er 'beingwelded to the shaft and each tie-bar welded-to each spider and said frame being substantially wholly covered with acids resisting integument or coat- ;4.-."In combination, a metal' skeleton reelframe having spaced spiders arranged. in a serieslengthwise of and penetrated by the reel axis", said frame being substantially wholly covered with an acid-resisting integu- 'ment or coating,.wood disks attached face to face with and tofthe spiders, and wood slats attached: peripherally of and to the disks.

5; In combination a metal skeletonreelframehaving spaced spiders 'arranged in a series lengthwise of and penetrated by the reel axis and tie-bars connecting the spiders.

and spaced from eachother around and also spaced from said axis, said frame being substantially wholly covered with an acid-resisting integumentor coating, wood disks each formed in sections notched to receive'the tiebars; and imeetingtogether edge to edge and secured fac'e to 'faceto a thus coated spider,

' .and'wood slats attached. peripherally of and to the disks. I v '6. In combination,-a reel {ofthe classdescribed comprising a series of .slats forming 3.00 the intermediate'spiders in theirnotches and r the reel periphery and astructure on which the slats are mounted including a metal frame, and a metal pulley including a barrel portion and end-forming annuli attached thereto, said frame and pulley each being substantially wholly covered with an acidresisting integument or coating, and-means to secure said pulley to said structure in concentric relation to the reel axis and with one.

of said annuli face to face with a part of said structure.

7.v A metal frame for a reel of the class described comprising a shaft, spiders on the shaft held spaced from each other, and tiebars tying the end spiders together and engaging the intermediate spiders peripherally thereof and being thereby held bowed from the shaft, each tie-bar comprising sections and a turn-buckle screwed on the two sections and tensioning the tie-bar.

8. A metal frame for a reel of the class described comprising spiders spaced from each other axially of the reel and tie-bars tying the end spiders together and engaging the intermediate spiders, each tie-bar being welded to each spider and said frame being substantially wholly covered with an acid-resisting integument or coating.

9. A metal frame for a reel of the class described comprising spiders spaced froin each other axially of the reel, and tie-bars tying the end spiderstogether and engaging the intermediate spiders peripherally thereof and beingthereby held bowed from the axis of the reel, each tie-bar comprising sections and a turn-buckle screwed on the adjoining ends of said sections and tensioning the tie-bars.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

PETER VAN VLAANDEREN.

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