US1998430A - Machine for making wire rope or the like - Google Patents

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April 23, 1935. J. P. BARCLAY MACHINE FOR MAKING WIRE ROPE OR THE LIKE Filed April 22, 1933 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 J. P. BARCLAY MACHINE FOR MAKING WIRE ROPE OR THE LIKE April 23, 1935.

Filed April 22, 1933 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 'A ril 23, 1935. J; P. BARCLAY Filed April 22, 1933 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented Apr. 23, 1935 1,998,430

MACHINE FOR MAKING WIRE ROPE OR THE LIKE John P. Barclay, East Haven, Conn.

Application April 22, 1933, Serial No. 667,378 17 Claims. (01.117-20) This invention relates to machines for making ing nead, the view being taken at the right-hand wire strands, ropes, or cables, and more particuend of the device, as shown in Fig. 1; larly to the type of machine for laying strands Fig. 5 is a sectional View On line of in a rope, and is designed to provide improved Fig. 6 is a sect ona V ew On line 5 means for delivering the strands to the closing Fig. 7is an en a d fra ta y nal vi w 5 die so that the strands will be in the proper po- On in of sition and condition to serve as components of I Fig. 8 is a sectional view on line 8- -8 of Figthe finished rope.' Fig. 9 is a detailed view of the supporting means It has been common in machines of this charfor e O t e pu eys s w in e .0 acter to pass the strands over a series of pulleys Fig. 10 is a partial sectional view on line I 0-4 0 10 or sheaves, usually three, the strand passing over of the two outside pulleys and below the intermedi- In d r t i lustrat a preferred b dim nt ate pulley. Each of the three pulleys is one of a O y invention I av shOWn a standard set of pulleys, the number in the set being equal within which is mounted a head or drum H, the 5 to the number of strands being operated upon. ead b g secu d to d rotated by sheft l2 For instance, if the rope consists of seven strands, and being supported on rollers It W he one strand will usually act as the core, the reunderstood that the shaft y be rotated from maining six being wound helically about the core ny suitable source 1 P W and is Preferably strand. In laying the strands of su h a rope hollow so that it may carry the center or core there will be six pulleys in each of the three sets; strand of the p being formedor eighteen in all, each of the strands passing in At t e front ace of the drum II is secured a contact with three of the pulleys or with one in supp rtin m m r I Th s member ay be each of the sets. provided with a series of arms I5, secured to the One object of the invention is to provide an drum y the bolts As shOWn in t e 5 improved forming head for use in connection supporting member rves to pp the 1101- with wire-making machines. low shaft l1 upon which, in turn, is-mounted my Another object of the invention is to provide mp IOrIniIIE eade rear e d o the a forming head with pulleys arranged in sets, shaft is disposed Within e bore the 1101- the pulleys of each set being arranged opposite low shaft l2 and the shaft I1 is also hollow so 0 the same point on the axis of the head and to t at t core w r st and 8 may pass thereprovide means for adjusting each set of pulleys throughsimultaneously. The forming head comprises a number of sets A further object of the invention is to provide 0f bending 0r crimping rollers which a to form a forming head with inner and outer sets of pulrimps n t w s or st a d passin ther v r 5 leys over which the stranded wire is passed, and P to their Passage to e C s d this die an intermediate set of pulleys, the pulleys of the in shown at N in 1 mounted inv the intermediate set being adjustable radially with standard 20. respect to the axis of the head and also being As s three Sets Of Such rollers are simultaneously adjustable in a radial direction. pl y h set mp in a numb r f rollers 0 Another object of the invention is to provide equa to the nu e o wires or strands to be a forming head having a set of radially adjustwound about the core wire I 8. In the embodiable pulleys thereon, and means to provide for me o y d v shown in the drawings. t e e adjustment of such pulleys equally and simultaare six of such rollers in each set, one for each neously so as to insure precisely the same adjustof the wires or strands 2 I, which as will be clear- 5 ment of each one of the pulleys. ly understood by those skilled in the art, are

To these and other ends, the invention consists drawn from spools or reels carried by the usual in the novel features and combinations of parts fly or cage, (not shown). to be hereinafter described and claimed. The rollers 22 of the first set are mounted upon 3 In the accompanying drawings: arms 23 provided upon a carrier 24, this carrier Fig. l is a side elevational-view of a forming being slidably keyed, as shown at 25, to a hub head, embodying my invention; member 26, which is in turn keyed at 21 to the Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; hollow shaft II. An adjusting nut 28 is threaded Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; upon the hub 26 and is rotatably connected to 5 Fig. 4 is an end elevational view of the formthe carrier 24 by means of a splitting 29, se-

cured to the carrier and located within a groove 30, in the adjusting nut 28.

It will be understood that the ring 29 is made in halves so it may be inserted into the groove 30, after the adjusting nut has been placed upon the hub 26 against the carrier 24. The two halves of this ring are then secured in place by being bolted to the carrier 24 by means of the bolts 3|, which may be inserted through openings 32 in the rear face of the adjusting nut. It will be apparent, therefore, that when the adjusting nut 28 is rotated upon the hub 26, it will, due to its threaded connection with the hub be caused to travel therealong and will move the carrier 24 and associated rollers 22 longitudinally of the hub member and of the shaft H. The carrier will be prevented from rotating upon the hub 26 because of its keyed connection therewith, and the adjusting nut 28 will rotate with relation to the carrier in its movement longitudinally of the hub. 'Ihs will tend to move the rollers 22 longitudinally of the shaft l'l relatively to the other sets of rollers presently to be described.

The set of rollers 22 which has just been described, is located nearest to the drum H, and another set of rollers 35 is mounted on the shaft I! in a manner similar to the rollers 22, the rollers 35 being the farthest from the drum These rollers, as shown in Fig. 4, are mounted upon arms 36 supported by a carrier 31 which is keyed, as shown at 36, to the shaft H. An adjusting nut 39 is threadedly mounted on this shaft and is rotatably secured to the carrier 31 by means of the split ring 40, secured to the carrier by the bolts 4| and located within a groove 42 of the adjusting nut, this construction being substantially the same as that described in connection with the carrier 24 and associated parts.

It will be apparent that rotation of the adjusting nut 39 will cause the rollers 22 to be moved longitudinally of the shaft so that the desired crimping effect may be obtained. It will also be understood that the rollers 35 will be equal in number to the rollers 22 and in general will be the same as the number of wires or strands to be wound about the center core to form the completed strand, rope or cable, depending upon the use to which the machine is put.

Between the two sets of rollers just described, is a third set 45, there being a roller 45 between each of the rollers 22 and 35. It is desirable that these rollers be adjusted radially of the shaft l1, and it is moreover desirable that this adjustment of all of the rollers be made equally and simultaneously. It is particularly desirable that the adjustment of one roller be the same as that of another so that the effect upon each and all of the strands passings through the rollers will be the same.

To effect this result, the rollers 45 are rotatably mounted upon sliding supports 46, these supports having dovetailed portions 41 mounted in correspondingly shaped slideways 48 in arms 49 secured to a carrier 50, which is keyed upon the shaft H, as shown at 5|. The carrier 50 is secured to the hub 26 by means of bolts 52 passing through arms 53, secured to the hub and entering the arms 48 secured upon the carrier. These parts are held imposition upon the shafts I! by means of the nut 54 threaded upon the shaft, and holding the portion of the hub member 26 against the fron face of the support 14.

Within a recess in the front end of the hub 26 is rotatably mounted a scroll member 55, this scroll member having teeth 56 upon the front face thereof. Upon the rear face of the member are gear teeth 51, adapted to be engaged by a pinion 58, formed integrally with a short shaft 59, mounted in the hub member 26 and in a collar 60 threaded into an opening in the hub member. The shaft 59 is provided with'wrench faces 6| adjacent its end so that the shaft may be rotated, this serving to rotate the pinion 58 and the scroll member 55 by reason of the engagement of the teeth of the pinion with the gear teeth 51 on the rear face of the scroll member.

As shown more especially in Fig. 10, the slidably mounted members 46, which serve to support the rollers 45, are provided upon their rear faces with teeth 63, engaged with the teeth 56 of the scroll member 55. It will be apparent that with this construction when the scroll member is rotated the supporting members 46 will, due to the engagement of the teeth 63 thereof with the scroll teeth of the member 55, be moved radially within the dovetailed slot 48, of the arms 49, and serve to move the rollers outwardly or inwardly in a radial direction relatively to the hollow shaft l1. ,Moreover, it will be clear that the movement of all of the rollers 45 is effected simultaneously and that this movement or adjustment will be equal for all of these rollers and in the same direction. If, therefore, the rollers are originally set at the same distance from the axis of the shaft they will always be maintained equidistant from this shaft regardless of the actual distance from the shaft to which they may be adjusted.

It will also be understood that as the set of rollers 35 are mounted on a single carrier, and likewise, as the set of rollers 22 are mounted on a single carrier, the adjustment of each of these sets of rollers will take place simultaneously and equally longitudinally of the shaft I1. It will, therefore, be seen that as each of the strands 2| passes over a roller 22, under a roller 45, and over a roller 35, the forming or crimping effect of these rollers on one strand will be the same as any other series of rollers on another strand, due to the fact that the adjustment of all the rollers must be made equally.

It will be understood that in the operation of the machine, the core wire or strand I8 is led through the shaft I2 and shaft I! to the closing die I9, and that each of the strands 2| is led from the usual fly (not shown) located at the left of the machine, as shown in Fig. 1, through openings in the drum over a roller 22, under a roller 45, over a roller 35 and thence to the closing die l9 to be wound helically around the core Wire or strand 3. During the operation of the machine, the shaft l2 and therefore the shaft I1, is rotated from any suitable source of power which effects rotation of the forming head, including the sets of rollers over which the strands pass. This rotation is provided at the proper speed to lay the strands 2| helically about the core I8, and the series of rollers are properly adjusted to give the strands the desired crimping effect.

While I have shown and described a preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that it is not tobe limited to the details shown but is capable of modification and variation within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1; A machine for making wire strands or ropes comprising a rotatable member, carriers on said member, each carrier having a set of strandengaging members thereon, the members on one of said carriers being adjustable radially of said rotatable member, and means for effecting simultaneous adjustment of said adjustable members.

2. A machine for making wire strands or ropes comprising a rotatable member, carriers on said member, each carrier having a set of strand-engaging members thereon, the members on one of said carriers being adjustable radially of said rotatable member, and means for insuring equal adjustment of said adjustable members.

3. A machine for making wire strands or ropes comprising a rotatable member, carriers on said member, each carrier having a set of strandengaging members thereon, the members on one of said carriers being adjustable radially of said rotatable member, and an adjusting device engaged with all of said adjustable members to efiect simultaneous adjustment thereof.

4. A machine for making wire strands and ropes comprising a rotatable member, carriers on said member, a series of strand-engaging rollers mounted on one of said carriers and adjustable thereon radially of said member, an adjusting member mounted rotatably with respect to said carrier, and means for effecting simultaneous adjustment of said rollers when said rotatable member is actuated.

5. In a machine for making wire strands or ropes, a rotatable member, a carrier on said member, supports on said carrier mounted to slide radially thereof, rollers on said supports, an adjusting device operatively connected with all of said supports and arranged when actuated to move said supports radially to adjust the rollers.

6. A machine for making wire strands or ropes comprising a rotatable member, a plurality of carriers thereon spaced axially of said member, a plurality of rollers on each of said carriers, certain of said carriers being adjustable axially of said rotatable member to vary the distance therebetween, the rollers on another of said carriers being mounted for adjustment radially of the rotatable member, and said rollers being arranged in sets comprising one roller on each of the carriers, and said rollers having their axes extending tangentially of said rotatable member.

7. A machine for making wire strands or ropes comprising a rotatable member, a plurality of carriers thereon spaced axially of said member, a plurality of rollers on each of said carriers, certain of said carriers being adjustable axially of said rotatable member to vary the distance therebetween, the rollers on one of said carriers being mounted for adjustment radially of the rotatable member, said rollers being arranged in sets comprising one roller on each of the carriers and said rollers being arranged in planes extending radially of said rotatable member, and means on said one carrier for adjusting all of the rollers thereon simultaneously and equally.

8. In a machine for making wire strands or ropes, a rotatable member, a carrier mounted on said member, supporting members slidably mounted on said carrier, rollers carried by said supporting members, said supporting members being provided with teeth, and a scroll member rotatably mounted adjacent said carrier and having teeth adapted to engage the teeth of said supports to adjust the latter radially of the carrier.

9. In a machine for making wire strands or ropes, a rotatable member, a carrier mounted on said member, supporting members slidably mounted on said. carrier, rollers carried by said supporting members, said supporting members being provided with teeth, and a scroll member rotatably mounted adjacent said carrier and having teeth adapted to engage the teeth of said supports to adjust the latter radially of the carrier, said scroll teeth being engaged with the teeth of all of said supports to effect simultaneous adjustment thereof.

10. In a machine for making wire strands or ropes, a rotatable member, a carrier on said member having arms projecting radially thereof, supports slidably mounted on said arms and having strand-engaging devices mounted thereon, said devices being mounted on axes transverse to said supports, and means engaged with all of said supports and adapted when moved to effect simultaneous adjustment thereof radially of said rotatable member.

11. In a machine for making wire strands or ropes, a rotatable member, a pair of spaced carriers mounted for longitudinal adjustment on said member, a third carrier arranged intermediate said spaced carriers, each of said carriers having a set of rollers thereon, the rollers of said first-named carriers being adjustable as a set with the carrier longitudinally of the rotatable member, the rollers of said last-named carrier being adjustable as a set radially of the rotatable member, and means on said carrier to effect said radial adjustment.

12. In a machine for making wire ropes or strands, a rotatable member, a hub keyed to said member, carrier slidably mounted on said hub and having a set of rollers mounted thereon, means for adjustably securing said carrier to the hub, a second carrier mounted adjacent the face of the hub, a set of rollers supported by said carrier for adjustment radially of said rotatable member, and means carried by said hub adjacent said second carrier to efiect simultaneous and predetermined relative adjustment of said rollers.

13. In a machine for making wire ropes or strands, a rotatable member, a hub keyed to said member, a carrier slidably mounted on said hub and having a set of rollers mounted thereon, means for adjustably securing said carrier to the hub, a second carrier mountedadjacent the face of the hub, a set of rollers supported by said carrier for adjustment radially of said rotatable member, means carried by said hub adjacent said second carrier to effect simultaneous and predetermined relative adjustment of said rollers, a third carrier mounted upon said rotatable member and having a set of rollers thereon, and means for adjusting said third carrier longitudinally of said rotatable member.

l4.-In a machine for making wire rope or strands, a rotatable member, a hub secured to said member, a carrier mounted on said hub for movement longitudinally of the axis thereof, said carrier having a set of rollers mounted thereon, means for adjustably securing said carrier to the hub, a second carrier mounted adjacent the face of the hub and having a set of rollers supported thereon for adjustment radially of said rotatable member; and means carried by said hub adjacent said second carrier to efiect simultaneous and predetermined relative adjustment of said rollers.

15. A machine for making wire strands or ropes comprising a rotatable member, a pair of carriers supported by said member in spaced relation, each of said carriers being adjustable longitudinally of said member, a plurality of strand-engaging rollers on each of said carriers, a third carrier mounted on said rotatable member between said spaced carriers, means for mounting a plurality of strand-engaging rollers on said third carrier for adjustment radially of said rotatable member, a member engaging said mounting means for eileeting simultaneous radial adjustment of said last-named rollers, and one of said last-named rollers being adapted to cooperate with a roller on each of said spaced carriers to engage a strand.

16. In a machine for making wire ropes or strands, a rotatable member, a hub secured to said member, a carrier mounted on said hub for movement longitudinally of the axis thereof, said carrier having a set of rollers mounted thereon, means for adjustably' securing said carrier to the hub. a second carrier mounted adjacent the face of the hub and having a set of rollers supported thereon for adjustment radially of said rotatable member, and means to eflect simultaneous and predetermined relative adjustment of said rollers.

17. A machine for making wire strands or ropescomprising a rotatable member, a pair of carriers supported by said member in spaced relation, each of said carriers being adjustable longitudinally of said member, a plurality of strand-engaging rollers on each of said carriers, and a third carrier mounted on said rotatable member between said spaced carriers and fixed against longitudinal movement.

JOHN P. BARCLAY.

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