US2267016A - Rope coiler and wrapper - Google Patents

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Dec., 23, 1941. H E G, CRAlG 2,267,016

ROPE COILER ANDIWRAPPER Filed March 4, 1941 ver. Y

Vagainst a face of the support 3.

Patented Dec. 23, 194i UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE ROPE COILER AND WRAPPER Harrison E. G. Craig, Shullsburg, Wis. Application March 4, 1941, Serial No. 381,733

6 Claims.

This invention relates to a device for coiling and wrapping rope and it is a particular object of the invention to provide a device of this kind especially adapted for use in the coiling and wrapping of a life or hand line such as is used by fire departments, telephone or telegraph companies, etc.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a device of this kind which is portable and which can be quickly mounted in working position when desired.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved device whereby certain important advantages are attained, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, showing a device constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention in position for coiling a rope;

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the device as illustrated in Figure 1 but in a position for wrapping a portion of the rope around the coils;

Figure 3 is a detailed sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure l; and

Figure 4 is a detailed sectional View taken substantially on the line 4 4 of Figure l,

As disclosed in the accompanying drawing, my improved device comprises a tubular member or sleeve I, of desired dimensions, and which as herein disclosed has formed therewith a U- shaped bracket 2 to be engaged over the marginal portion of a suitable support 3 and securely held thereto by a clamping screw 4 threading through one of the arms of the bracket 2 and bearing I do not, however, wish to be understood as limiting myself to any particular means for securing the member or sleeve I to a support, other than that such securing means is of a releasable type.

Rotatably extending through the member or sleeve is a stub shaft 5. This shaft 5 is of a length greater than the length of the member or sleeve and to the extended end portion of the shaft 5 is keyed, as at 6, a holding or thrust collar I co-acting with one end of the member or sleeve I. Keyed, as at 8, to the op-posite extended portion of the shaft 5 is a surrounding collar 9 which has contact with the adjacent end of the member or sleeve I. provide means for eectively maintaining the shaft 5 in working position with respect to the member or sleeve I.

The collar 9 is formed with and extends laterally from the central portion of a tubular head The collars 1 and 9` I8, into the opposite end portions of which thread or otherwise engage the inner extremities of the longitudinally aligned elongated sleeves II.

Snugly and rotatably extending through these sleeves are the elongated shafts I2', each provided at its outer end with a laterally disposed extension arm I4 preferably at right angles thereto- The outer extremity of one of the extension arms Iii carries a bearing sleeve I5 disposed in a direction parallel with the adjacent sleeve II. Rotatably disposed from within through the bearing sleeve I5 is a stub shaft I6. This shaft I6 extends beyond the opposite ends of the bearing sleeve I5 and to the outer extended portion of the shaft I6 is keyed, as at I1, or otherwise secured, a winding crank I8 or its equivalent. The inner extended portion of the shaft I6 is continued by a laterally disposed arcuate arm I9 and the outer or free end of this arm I9 is continued by an elongated straight arm 20 at right angles to the shaft I6'. The arm I9 is so formed and the arm 20 is of such length, in the present embodiment of the invention, to have the shaft I6 midway of the ends of the a-rm 20 and the adjacent arm I4 is of such length as to readily allow for the desired rotation of the shaft I6 without the arm I9 or the arm 20 coming into contact with the adjacent sleeve II.

The outer end of the arm I4 carries a bearing sleeve 2| through which is rotatably disposed from within a stub shaft 22. This shaft 22 1s of a length to extend beyond the opposite ends of the sleeve 2| and the outer extended portion of the shaft 22 has suitably keyed thereon, as at 23, a holding collar 24 which co-acts with the adjacent outer end of the bearing sleeve 2|. The inner extended portion of the shaft 22 is continued by a laterally and outwardly disposed arcuate arm 25 similar to the arcuate arm I9 hereinbefore referred to and the outer end of this arm 25 is continued by the elongated straight arm 26 at right angles to the shaft 22. The arms I 9 and 25, as Well as the arms 2'0 and 26 are preferably of the same dimensions. Each of the shafts I2 is preferably tubular and each of said shafts I2 adjacent to its outer end is provided therearound with the annular series of openings 21. As is illustrated in Figure 4, these openings 2l are four in number and equi-distantly spaced around the shaft I2. selectively engaging within one of these openings 21, as determined by the turning of the shaft I2, is a lock pin 28. This pin 28 freely passes through an opening 29 in the wall of the member II and is carried by the outer end portion of an elongated flat spring 30, the opposite end portion of which being anchored, as at 3|, to the member This spring 3i! serves to constantly urge the pin 28 inwardly within one of the openings 2l so that the arms I4 may be maintained in a position parallel with each other and in parallelism with the shaft 5, as illustrated in Figure 1, or to maintain the arms I4 in a position at either side of the shaft 5 but at right angles thereto, as illustrated in Figure 2.

The shaft within the tubular member or sleeve I is provided therethrough with the intersecting openings 32 at right angles to each other and which are to be selectively brought into register with the opposed openings 33 inthel wall of the member or sleeve I so that upon application of the pin 34 the sleeves I I will be effectively locked in a vertical position, as illustrated in Figure 1, or in a horizontal position, as illustrated in Figure 2.

When a rope or the like is to be coiled the device is preferably mounted, as illustrated in Figure il,` with the sleeves II vertically disposed and title-armsy and 2 6 arrangedin substantially a horizontal direction. These arms 20 and 25 are Amaintained in such position by the holding membersfM slidably mounted on the arms I4. Each o f,'theseV members M comprises an elongated arcuate member 35 having an outer channeled face 35,; as illustrated in Figure 3, to receive the adl jacent portion of an arm I9 or 25. j rIfhe opposite `end portions of the member 35 are provided with the laterally disposed loop members 3'! which Vfrictionaly engage around the arm I4 whereby vthe member M is readily maintained in Aholding position, as illustrated by full lines in Figure 1,

or in a released position, as indicated by broken lines at the upper portion of Figure 1.

' With the arms 20 and 26 in the position as illustrated in Figure 1 a rope is coiled or looped around the arms 2D and 26 and after the rope has been suitably coiled or wound, the arms II are adjusted into a substantially horizontal position, as illustrated in Figure 2, with the arms 20 and 26 free to rotate by moving the holding members M inwardly into released position. As`

.the arm I6 is rotated by the crank I8 the coils or wrappings of the rope around the arms V20 and 26 will cause the arm 2S to trail around with the arm 20 and thus rotate the rope coils in a manner to wrap an end portion of the rope around u the kcentral portions of the coil whereby is produced a neat and compact rope package which can kbe easily stored away upon a fire apparatus ror otherwise, as desired, and which rope is in a condition to be readily handled.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that a device constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and Vfacility with which it may be assembled and operated.

I claim: 1. An apparatus for coiling and wrapping an `elongated flexible member comprising a pair of vsubstantially aligned shafts, mountngs for said shafts, elongated arms operatively supported by ksaid shafts and disposed in directions at right angles to said shafts at spaced points between .the shafts, releasable means for holding the "member connecting the arms for unitary rota` tion. p Y l 2. An apparatus for coiling and wrapping an lelofnfgated flexible member comprising a pair of substantially aligned shafts, mountings for said shafts, elongater arms operatively supported by said shafts, and disposed in directions at right angles to said shafts at spaced points between the shafts, releasable means for holding the shafts against rotation to allow the flexible member to be coiled around the arms, means for rotating the shafts when released for wrapping a portion of the flexible member around the coils carried by the arms, means fon rotating the mountings for the shafts around a common axis and releasable means for holding said mountings against such turning movement.

3., A device of the class described comprising two substantially parallel arms, bearing sleeves carried by said arms and in a substantially right angular relation thereto, shafts rotatably supported by said bearing sleeves, laterally disposed arms carried by the inner portions of the shafts and extending therefrom in a general direction onetoward the other, elongated arms carried by the free end portions of the second named arms and disposed in a direction substantially at right angles to the shafts, releasable means for holding the shafts against rotation and means for rotating one of the shafts when released.

4. A device of the vclass described comprising two substantially parallel arms, bearing sleeves carried by said arms and in a substantially right angular relation thereto, shafts rotatably supported by said bearing sleeves, laterally disposed arms carried by the inner portions of the shafts and extending therefrom in a general direction one toward the other, elongated arms carried by the free end portions of the second named arms and disposed in a direction substantially at right angles to the shafts, releasable means for holding the vshafts against rotation and means for rotating one of the shafts when released, the means for holding the shafts against rotation being slidably mounted on the substantially parallel arms and engageable with the second named arms.

5. A device of the class described comprising a pairof substantially aligned shafts, means for supporting said shafts for rotation, laterally directed arms carried by said shafts, elongated arms rotatably carried by the arms of the shafts,

the axis of rotation of said elongated arms being substantially midway thereof, said arms being adapted to have a flexible member coiled therearound and means for rotating one of the arms for wrapping a portion of a flexible member around theV coils thereof on the elongated arms.

6. A portable device for coiling and wrapping rope orthe like comprising a member, means for engaging said member with a support, oppositely directed sleeves rotatably supported by said member, Vmeans for holding said sleeves against rotathe sleeves, means for holding the shafts against rotation when the arms are either in a position Vsubstantially parallel to the axis about which the .sleeves rotate or when said arms are substantially -atrightangles to said axis, elements rotatably carried by the arms of the shafts, said elements including arms about which the rope is to be coiled Aand means for rotating one of the elements for wrapping a portion of the rope around the coils carried by the last-namedarms.

HARRISON E. G. CRAIG.

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