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US2355832A
US2355832A US490832A US49083243A US2355832A US 2355832 A US2355832 A US 2355832A US 490832 A US490832 A US 490832A US 49083243 A US49083243 A US 49083243A US 2355832 A US2355832 A US 2355832A
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Julius A Wagner
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01B—CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
    • H01B13/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing conductors or cables
    • H01B13/06—Insulating conductors or cables
    • H01B13/18—Applying discontinuous insulation, e.g. discs, beads
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
    • Y10T29/5313—Means to assemble electrical device
    • Y10T29/532—Conductor
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/53—Means to assemble or disassemble
    • Y10T29/53313—Means to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural sources without manual intervention
    • Y10T29/53348—Running-length work

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  • This invention relates to assembling apparatus and more particularly to apparatus for assembling insulator discs on a core for use in making concentric conductor cables.
  • An object of this invention is to provide a simple and practicable apparatus for efficiently assembling discs on a core.
  • one embodiment of the invention as applied to the assembling of radially slit or slotted insulator discs on a central conductor of coaxial cable units, comprises a radially peripherally notched and grooved continuously rotating feed disc, a plunger at one position for withdrawing from a supply slotted discs, and inserting the same into alternate notches of the feed disc with the open ends of the slots in the discs facing outwardly, continuously advancing a central conductor around and in the groove of the feed disc and across the notches therein, means for pressing the conductor into the slots in the discs, a second plunger at another position for withdrawing, from a second supply, slotted discs, and inserting the same into alternate remaining notches in the feed disc with the open ends of the slots in the discs facing inwardly toward the conductor, means for pressing the latter slotted discs onto the conductor, and means movable with the feed disc coacting with movable means operatively connected to the plungers for causing simultaneous actu
  • FIG. 1 is a fragmentary vertical view, partly in section, of an apparatus for assembling slotted insulator discs on a central conductor of coaxial cable units, embodying the features of the invention
  • Fig. 2 is a fragmentary irregular plan section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of Fig. 2 showing the left hand plunger at the end of an operating stroke aft-er inserting a slotted disc into a feed disc notch and into engagement with the conductor;
  • Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1 showing a slotted disc engaging the means for forcing the assembled discs onto the conductor;
  • Fig. 5 is an enlarged plan section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1 showing a slotted disc in its final position on the conductor after being moved by the forcing means of Fig. 4;
  • Fig. 6 is an enlarged plan section taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1 through means provided for holding the second supply of slotted discs;
  • Fig. 7 is an enlarged vertical section taken on the line 1-! of Fig. 1 showing the means for forcing the conductor into the slots of the discs assembled at one position in alternate notches of the feed disc;
  • Fig. 8 is an enlarged plan section taken on the line 88 of Fig. 1 through means provided for holding the first supply of slotted discs, and
  • Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a short length of central conductor with slotted insulator discs assembled thereon by means of the apparatus of this invention.
  • a main forward vertical supporting plate of the apparatus is fragmentarily indicated, at l5 having a bearing IS in which is journalled a shaft I1 to which are fixed, for rotation therewith, a feed disc I 8 and a cam disc I9 having a plurality of equally spaced cam lobes 22 extending completely around its periphery, the shaft being constantly rotated from a suitable source of power (not shown)
  • the feed disc I8 is formed with a plurality of equally spaced radial notches 23, the width and depth of the notches being substantially the same as the thickness and diameter of insulator discs 24 (Figs.
  • for the discs 24 which comprise, as shown in Figs. 6 and 8, respectively, suitably shaped and supported vertical plates 32 hav g th free Outer ends 33 circular-like in cross-section which freely fit into the inner similar shaped ends of the slots 26 of the discs 24.
  • the supply of discs 24 threaded onto each of the plates 32 are, thus, held in predetermined alignment with each other with the lowermost disc of each stack engaging the upper face of a stationary support 36 integral with the main vertical plate I5, the discs moving downwardly on each of the plates under the action of gravity or by a spring device, weight or other means (not shown), when the lowermost disc is removed in a manner to be presently described.
  • Each support 35 is formed with a slideway 31 in its upper face in which rides a reciprocable plunger 38 fixed to one end of a carrier or slide 39 slidable upon opposite walls of an opening 40 in the vertical plate I5, the lowermost disc 24 of each supply of discs lying in the path of one of the plungers 38.
  • the opposite end of the slide 39 at the opposite side of the plate I is fixed to an actuating member 43 reciprocably mounted in a slideway 44 formed in a support 45 integral with the vertical plate I5, the plungers and actuating members being retained in the slideways 31 and 44, respectively, by plates 46.
  • the plungers 43 which are in alignment with the continuously rotating cam disc I9, constantly engage the cam lobes 22 thereof through the action of compression springs 41 arranged between the outer ends of the plungers and lugs 50 integral with the vertical plate I5.
  • (Figs. 1 and 7) having its bottom edge so arranged relative to the upper peripheral face of the conductor 25 and the inner end walls of the slots 26 and the groove 29 in the discs 24 and the feed disc l8, respectively, that as the discs 24, supplied to the feed disc notches 23 from the supply device 3
  • a plate 53 Arranged between the shoe 5
  • a presser plate or shoe 5! Secured to the main vertical plate
  • the face 58 is spaced from the line of advancement of the outer peripheries of the discs 24 at its upper end and gradually extends into the path of the disc peripheries and is so shaped that the discs nest therein and, thus, are retained in alignment in the positions they assumed when inserted in the feed disc notches 23 and against the conductor 25.
  • An apparatus for applying radially slotted discs to a conductor comprising a single applicator wheel having spaced notches, means for guiding a conductor around a substantial portion of the periphery of said wheel, means for supplying discs to notches in said wheel at a point where it is not engaged by the conductor, means for supplying discs to other notches in said wheel at a point where it is engaged by the conductor, and means arranged at points following said before-mentioned points for pressing, respectively, the conductor into the slotted discs and the slotted discs onto the conductor.
  • An apparatus for assembling radially slotted discs on a core comprising a rotatable feed disc having spaced radial peripheral notches for receiving discs, means for guiding a core around a substantial portion of the periphery of said feed disc, means for supplying and inserting discs with the open ends of the slots facing outwardly into alternate notches in said disc at a point where it is not engaged by the core, means for supplying and inserting discs with the open ends of the slots facing inwardly to other alternate notches in said disc at a point where it is engaged by the core, and means arranged at points following said before-mentioned points for pressing, respectively, the core into the slotted discs and the slotted discs onto the core.
  • An apparatus for assembling radially slotted discs on a core comprising a rotatable applicator wheel having spaced radial peripheral notches for receiving discs, means for guiding a core around a substantial portion of the periphery of said wheel, means for supplying and inserting discs with the open ends of the slots facing outwardly into alternate notches in said wheel at a point where it is not engaged by the core, means effective simultaneously therewith for supplying and inserting discs with the open ends of the slots facing inwardly to other alternate notches in said wheel at a point where it is engaged by the core, and stationary presser plates arranged in the path of the core and discs at points spaced from said before-mentioned points for pressing, respectively, the core into the slotted discs and the slotted discs onto the core.
  • An apparatus for assembling radially slotted discs on a core comprising a support, a feed wheel rotatable thereon about a horizontal axis and having spaced radial peripheral notches for receiving discs, means for guiding a core around a substantial portion of the periphery of said 'wheel, plungers carried on said support at opposed peripheral portions of said wheel, a cam rotatable with said wheel, means operated b said cam for moving said plungers simultaneously in one direction, means for moving said plungers simultaneously in opposite directions, means for supplying discs at points in the paths of said plungers with the slots of the discs in the path of one of said plungers facing outwardly and the slots of the discs in the path of said other plunger facing inwardly, each of the plungers in one of its movements simultaneously removing a disc from the supply means and entering it in a feed wheel notch, and means arranged in the path of the core and discs at points spaced from said beforementioned points for pressing, respectively, the core into the slot

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NL69261D NL69261C (xx) 1943-06-15
BE473724D BE473724A (xx) 1943-06-15
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GB13539/47A GB623862A (en) 1943-06-15 1947-05-20 Improved apparatus for assembling radially slotted discs on a conductor particularly for use in making concentric conductor cables
FR952437D FR952437A (fr) 1943-06-15 1947-06-06 Appareil d'assemblage en particulier pour disques isolants

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US2426623A (en) * 1945-08-06 1947-09-02 Western Electric Co Apparatus for assembling articles
US2579468A (en) * 1946-10-10 1951-12-25 Western Electric Co Apparatus for making coaxial cable units
US2677879A (en) * 1950-03-10 1954-05-11 Int Standard Electric Corp Manufacture of coaxial conductor electric cables
US2837812A (en) * 1953-12-22 1958-06-10 Waldes Kohinoor Inc Means for dispensing and applying open retaining rings
US2949665A (en) * 1955-10-14 1960-08-23 Gen Mills Inc Disc capacitor inserter
US3168778A (en) * 1962-03-27 1965-02-09 Burroughs Corp Magnetic core memory assembling apparatus
US3174214A (en) * 1962-12-14 1965-03-23 Donglas P Davis Apparatus for assembling memory matrix components
US3175282A (en) * 1962-11-13 1965-03-30 Horace G Meeker Method for lowering and raising bimetallic cable
US3360839A (en) * 1966-02-14 1968-01-02 Western Electric Co Slotted disc forming and assembling apparatus

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2426623A (en) * 1945-08-06 1947-09-02 Western Electric Co Apparatus for assembling articles
US2579468A (en) * 1946-10-10 1951-12-25 Western Electric Co Apparatus for making coaxial cable units
US2677879A (en) * 1950-03-10 1954-05-11 Int Standard Electric Corp Manufacture of coaxial conductor electric cables
US2837812A (en) * 1953-12-22 1958-06-10 Waldes Kohinoor Inc Means for dispensing and applying open retaining rings
US2949665A (en) * 1955-10-14 1960-08-23 Gen Mills Inc Disc capacitor inserter
US3168778A (en) * 1962-03-27 1965-02-09 Burroughs Corp Magnetic core memory assembling apparatus
US3175282A (en) * 1962-11-13 1965-03-30 Horace G Meeker Method for lowering and raising bimetallic cable
US3174214A (en) * 1962-12-14 1965-03-23 Donglas P Davis Apparatus for assembling memory matrix components
US3360839A (en) * 1966-02-14 1968-01-02 Western Electric Co Slotted disc forming and assembling apparatus

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