US1944188A

US1944188A - Reel for transporting cable

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Publication number: US1944188A
Application number: US308661A
Authority: US
Inventors: Mcguire Lee Roy
Original assignee: Western Electric Co Inc
Current assignee: AT&T Corp
Priority date: 1928-09-27
Filing date: 1928-09-27
Publication date: 1934-01-23
Anticipated expiration: 1951-01-23

Description

1 R.v McGUlRE 1,944,188

REEL FOR TRANSPORTING CABLE .Filed Sep. 27, 1928 Jan. 23, 1934.I

2 Sheets-Sheet l Jan. 23, 1934.

Sm aa L. R. MCGUIRE REEL FOR TRANSPORTING CABLE Filed Sept. 27, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 23, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE REEL FOR TRANSPORTING CABLE Application September 27, 1928 Serial N0. 308,661

16 Claims. (Cl. 20G-59) This invention relates to reels, and more particularly to metallic reels for holding cable or other heavy material susceptible of being wound thereon.

An object of the invention is` to provide a reel of rigid and economical construction and which may be readily assembled and disassembled.

In accordance with the general features of the invention, one embodiment thereof1 comprises a metal reel having annularly formed I beams surrounding the peripheries of the heads for removably securing lags formed of sheet metal for enclosing the reel. The heads have spokes consisting of angle members which are Welded to hubs and to the annular I beams. A metal drum is secured to the spokes by means of annular angle members welded to its ends and providing anges therefor. An enclosure of sheet metal extends around each head between the drum and the I beam. A plurality of drums may be interconnected to form a reel of a predetermined length.

A clear understanding of the invention may be had from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying. drawings,

wherein y Fig. 1 is an end view of a reel embodying the features of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a frontelevational view, partly in section, of the reel shown in Fig. 1, with a supply of cable wound thereon;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the lags used for enclosing the reel;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view showing the structure for securing the lags in position;

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. .4; l

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary, sectional view taken on line M of Fig. 1;

Fig. 7 is an elevational view, partly in section, of a reel, consisting of a number of drums of the type shown in Fig. 2 connected end to end;

Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view of a strengthening plate used to interconnect and support the drums of the reel shown in Fig. 7; and u Fig. 9 is a fragmentary end view of the strengthening plate shown in Fig. 8.

Referring now to the drawings, wherein like numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views, there is disclosed a reel having heads designated generally as 10. The central portion of each head comprises a cylindrical hub 11, which may consist of ordinary metal piping or of a rounded and butt welded plate or the like, and a circular plate 12 surrounding the hub 11. To this central portion of the reel are welded the inner ends of spokes 15, consisting of angle members, which may be formed of angle iron. The inner ends of these spokes are suitably shaped (as shown in Fig. 1), so that the ends of each of the outwardly disposed legs 16 of each of the angle members abuts against the periphery of the hub 11, thus providing axial lines of welding 17 between the inner ends of the spokes and the hub (Fig. 1). Legs 18 of the angular spokes 15, at right angles to said outwardly disposed legs 16, are flat against the circular plate 12, and provide for welding thereto along three

edges

20, 21, and 22 of the angular spokes (Fig. 1). The welding of the spokes to the hub 11 and plate 12 in this manner provides a strong central portion f or each head of the reel.

A metal drum 25 is secured between the heads 75 10 for sustaining a cable 26, or other heavy material that may be wound thereon. Annularly formed angle members 27 are welded to the ends of the drum to provide flanges therefor for securing the drum to the heads. The welding of these flanges tothe drum is preferably carried out as disclosed in Fig. 6, two

edges

30 and 31 of the angle member being Welded to the drum. Bolts 32, or other suitable means, secure the drum anges 27 to the middle portions of the spokes 15.

Each head 10 is enclosed in its outer portion by a circular piece of sheet metal 35 interposed between the flanges 27 of the drum and the spokes 15. This sheet metal is spot welded to the spokes; as designated at 36 (Fig. 1), and is further welded about its periphery as described below.

An annularly formed I beam 37 surrounds the periphery of each head of the reel. This I beam is secured to the head by being Welded to the outer ends of the spokes 15, as designated at 38 (Fig. 6). As described above, the peripheral edges of the circular sheet metal plates 35 are spot Welded to the inner` surfaces of the I beams 37, designated at 40 (Fig. 1).

Lags 41, preferably formed of sheet metal, are disposed between the I beams 37 for enclosing the reel to protect the cable 26. In the disclosed embodiment of the invention these lags are channel shaped to fit within the opposed inside channels 44 of the I beams 37 surrounding the heads, but, of course, other type of metal lags will also serve the purpose, and in place of I beams other suitable circumferential head structures might be used for securing the lags. In the invention as disclosed the lags 41 are entered within the inner channels 11o 44 of the I beams 37 through slots 46-46 in the outer flanges 49 of the I beams. After a sufficient number of lags have been entered through these slots and moved about the periphery of the reel to form a complete enclosure, locking members 50 are closed over the slots 46 to secure the lags 41 in position. The locking member 50 consists of a metal strap hinged by a rivet 53 to the outer ange 49 of the I beam, the friction of the strap between the I beam flange and the lag 41 retaining the strap in the locked position. The locking member may be rotated to an open or unlocked position as indicated in the dotted position in Fig. 4 and While the member is in this unlocked position, it will, of course, be understood that the lags 41 may be readily inserted or removed through the slots 46 in the I beams. The above described lag and cooperating I beam construction provides a rigid and substantial structure for enclosing the reel.

It is to be noted that the peripheral enclosure is one that may be readily removed or installed. The locking bars 50 and cooperating slots 46 provide a ready and simple means for inserting the lags in position or for removing them. When the lags 41 are removed and the reel is being transported empty, the lags may be bunched and tied to the center of the reel as shown at 58 .(Fig. l), by means of wires 61 extending through apertures 60 in the lags, and apertures 62 in the plates 12.

A plurality of drums of the construction above described may be interconnected as shown in Fig. 7 to form a reel of a predetermined length. In this composite type of reel, a plurality of steel drums 25 are secured together in abutting relation by means of bolts 65, and the resulting composite drum is then secured at each end to a head 10 by means of bolts 32 or other suitable means. The heads and peripheral enclosures used in this lengthened reel are of the same kind as those used in the reel shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In fact, it is because of the strength provided by the type of steel reel disclosed in Figs. 1 and 2 that a number of such drums as 25 may be connected in abutting relation as shown in Fig. 7 to provide a reel that is longer than that commonly used. In order to add strength to vthis lengthened reel, an axle 69 in the form of a pipe is provided to extend between the heads, and this pipe supports strengthening plates or discs 70, to which the flanges 2'7 of the drums are connected. These plates are provided with central angular flanges 71 welded thereto which bear against the pipe 69 when the reel is loaded. Pipe flanges 73 on the ends of the pipe securet in position between the heads. By the type of construction just described there may be provided a rigid lengthened reel for sustaining a large supply of cable.

It is, of course, to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specic embodiment described, but is restricted only by the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a reel, a metallic head, lags for enclosing the reel, and a unitary annular metallic channel member welded to the head for securing the lags to the reel.

2. In a reel, a metallic head including a hub, members welded to the hub and radiating therefrom, and a unitary annular channel member welded to` the outer ends of the members.

3. In a metal reel, a head including a hub, a plate surrounding the hub, angle members lwelded to thehub and plate and radiating therefrom to serve as spokes, an annular I beam welded t0 outer ends of the radiating angle members, and lags removably secured to the annular I beam for enclosing the reel.

4. In a metal reel, a plurality of heads, each including a hub, a plate surrounding the hub, angle members welded to the hub and plate and radiating therefrom to serve as spokes, an annularly formed I beam Welded to outer ends of the spokes, and channel shaped metal lags removably secured between` the I beams of the heads for enclosing the reel.

5. In a metal reel, a drum, annularly formed angle members Welded to the ends of the drum to provide flanges therefor, a head secured to one of said flanges, said head including a hub, a plate surrounding the hub, angle members welded to the hub and plate and radiating therefrom to serve as spokes, an annularly formed I beam welded to the outer ends of the spokes, metal lags removably secured to the I beam for enclosing the periphery of the reel, and a metallic enclosure for the head interposed between the spokes and the drum flange and Welded to the I beam.

6. In a reel, a metallic head, an annular channel member welded to and surrounding the head, a plurality of lags engaging the channel of the annular member, a flange of said annular member being slotted to facilitate the insertion and removal of the lags and a pivoted member for securing the inserted lags against displacement.

'7. In a metal reel, a metallic head including a hub, metallic members welded to the hub and radiating therefrom to serve as spokes, and an annular metallic beam surrounding the radiating members and welded to the outer end surfaces thereof.

8. In a metal reel, a metallic lhead including a hub, metallicv members welded to the plate and radiating therefrom to serve as spokes, and an annular channelled metallic beam surrounding the radiating members and welded to the outer end surfaces thereof. Y 9. In a metal reel, a metallic head including a hub, a metal plate surrounding the hub, metallic members welded to the hub and plate and radiating therefrom to serve as spokes, an annular channelled metallic beam welded to the outer end surfaces of the radiating angle members, and lags removably secured to the annular channelled 125 beam for enclosing the reel.

10. In a metal reel, a metallic head including a hub, a metal plate surrounding the hub, and metallic angle members to serve as spokes and having one face in contact with the plate and 130 welded thereto and having another face contacting the hub tangentially and welded thereto.

11. A cable reel comprising spaced metallic heads, a drum positioned therebetween, and lags for enclosing the reel, each head having a metallic 135 annular lag supporting member, and metallic spokes interconnecting the member and the drum.

12. A cable reel comprising spaced metallic heads, a drum positioned therebetween, and lags for enclosing the reel, each head including a 140 metallic hub, metallic members welded to the hub and extending therefrom to serve as spokes, and an annular channelled lag supporting member secured to the outer end surfaces of the spokes.

13. A cable reel comprising spaced heads, a 145 drum positioned therebetween, and channel shaped sheet metal lags removably secured to the heads for enclosing the reel.

14. A reel comprising spaced metallic heads and a drum secured therebetween, each head compris- 150 and removal of the lags, and means for closing the slot to prevent displacement of the lags.

16. A cable reel comprising spaced heads, a

drum therebetween, and channel shaped lags removably attachable to the heads for enclosing the reel, the flanges of said channel lags being outwardly flared to permit a compact nesting of *the lags. LEE ROY McGUIRE.