US2489319A

US2489319A - Reeling device

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Publication number: US2489319A
Application number: US634871A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jr Delmer J Nave; Lucius B Herrod
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1945-12-13
Filing date: 1945-12-13
Publication date: 1949-11-29
Anticipated expiration: 1966-11-29

Description

Patented Nov. 29, 1949 REELING DEVICE Delmer J. Nave, Jr., andv Lucius B. Herrod, Vallejo, Calif.

Application December 13, 1945, Serial No. 634,871

1 Claim.

(Grated under the act of March 3, 1883, as amended April 30, 1928; 370 0. G. 757) This invention relates to reeling devices and more particularly to coiling machines.

In the handling, coiling and packing of lines, wires, cables, hawsers, ropes and other articles of similar unwieldy character, the services of several men are required. It is an object of my invention to provide an improved mechanical aid for handling such articles; to reduce the number of menyrequired, the time involved, the space occupied, and generally to facilitate and expedite handling, coiling and reeling of such articles; to provide a mobile, power driven reel of economical construction; and to .provide improved elements and arrangements thereof in a reel of the character and for the purposes set forth.

In accomplishing these and other objects of the present invention, we have provided improved details of structure, the preferred form of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

The figure is a perspective view of an improved coiling machine embodying the features of the present invention.

Referring more in detail to the drawing:

A substantially rectangular base member l, having longitudinal stringers 2, transverse stringers 3, and braces 4 is provided. Legs 5 are secured to the longitudinal stringers extending upwardly and converging to form a pair of triangular shaped supports. The base member and the legs are conveniently fabricated of tubular elements. An adjustable turnbuckle 6 is mounted so as to have one end secured to the base member and the other to a leg 5.

A bearing element 1 is mounted on the apex portion of a pair of the cooperatively employed legs. The bearing element is positioned to have its longitudinal axis substantially horizontal and parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base member l.

An air motor 8, having a drive shaft 9 and an air supply conduit IO, is mounted on the apex portion of the other pair of legs. The drive shaft of the air motor is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the bearing element 'l.

A shaft ll is rotatably mounted in the bearing element 'l and is cooperatively connected to the air motor 8. A collar l2 is mounted on the shaft Il in a position abutting the bearing element 'l to prevent the said shaft from being pulled from engagement with the air motor during operation. The bearing 1, motor 8 and shaft H are so arranged to dispose outwardly one end of the shaft Il in a position free from interference from the base member .l or .legs 5- end of the shaft H to permit the expeditious removal of wires, cables, hawsers, ropes and other similar articles reeled on the drum.

To prevent such articles from sliding from the drum Ill during operation, a removable flange I5, similar in size and shape to' the flange l3, is provided. The removable flange l5 is of sufiiciently greater diameter, than the drum portion I 4, to retain articles reeled thereon when secured in an abutting relationship to the drum portion. To assist in positioning and securing the flange l5 in place for operation, the said flange is mounted on a sleeve element I6 which is telescopically engaged to the shaft ll. A set screw l'l is provided to lock the sleeve element l6 and flange l5 in position on the shaft.

Operation The operation of a coiling machine constructed as described is as follows:

The coiling machine of this invention being of light and mobile construction is easily positioned in respect to the cable or similar article to be coiled.

The flange l5 and sleeve l6 are slid on to the outwardly disposed shaft l I to a position abutting the drum portion [4. The set screw l'l is rotated to engage the shaft Il and secure the said sleeve and flange in operating position.

A running end of an article of the character described to be coiled is secured to the reel portion of the coiling machine at the end of lesser diameter of the frusto-conical drum portion 14. The shaft Il and reel portion attached thereto are caused to rotate by the motor 8. The article being coiled is fed onto the ree1 as the reel is caused to rotate.

When the desired amount of coiling is laccomplished, the rotation of the reel and shaft is halted. The reeled material is bound in its coiled condition to hold it in shape when removed from the coiling machine. This is accomplished by an attendant using his hand to pass short lengths of small line, commonly called stops, through the cutout openings between the sectors of the flanges l5 and l3 and thence beneath the innermost layer of the coil lying on the drum portion [4 and then tying the ends 4A about the axis of said shaft and tapering toward the free end of said shaft; said flange member being located at the larger base of said frustum and having a plurality of cutout portions Of these StODS tOgel'hel' tO bind the COil- ThiS 5 extending radially inward from its periphery; a

process is called stopping the coil. The set screw l'h-ismacked aWa-ygfrom-;engagement ,With-1: the shaft-l Land theasleve lgandflange llzare' l removed from the shaft. The coiled article is then facilely removed from the frusto-conicalfi drum portion M in the form of a tied coilfitljratis easy to handle.

It has been found that tle,3fr'1uer,tjloading;- of the reel and shaft H tends to cause a displaezi.

removable fiange member adapted to be placed overp-theefreezendiof saidfishaftzimzabuttng relationuto thersmaller-zend ofesaid drum portion and having cutout portions extending radially inward lllafrom the periphery of said flange member; and

meansw for detachably fixing said removable flange to said shaft to rotate therewith, said nfillsmmpeingca sleeve unitary with said removable flange member and adapted to be reing ef the legs 5 by the strain impertedithereta. V15,.wired.hsesahirshafiz .and means carried by said When such displacement occurs, the ti'ghtening of the turnbuckle 6 is found to strengtlfieintlleA support provided for the motor lkbearing shafht H, reel member and coiled material.:

sleeve for direct'driving engagement with and disengagement from said shaft, said cutout portions in ``said ,flangs. being so proportioned and sd(located;' ie la tivlegtoV said spokes as to provide While we have shownabut one emb'odiment of V20 free access for the hand of an attendant beour invention, it is susceptible to modification withougdepartingr ;from the --spir-it-of -theinvention. I We-;do notwish; therefore,v to ;be limited-` hy, the dieelesureseeh'ferth, butenlvfhy the-scope of,,the ,aeeended'elaim--. i

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DELMER'J; NAVE,ZJR. L'UGIUSj B. HERROD'.

REEERENGES' ;CITED 30. The .fqllervinareferenees are of record in the file, Qt this. paiei:n

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