US2654958A

US2654958A - Wire bundle splitter

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Publication number: US2654958A
Application number: US193663A
Authority: US
Inventors: Weber Gilbert Walter
Original assignee: United States Steel Corp
Current assignee: United States Steel Corp
Priority date: 1950-11-02
Filing date: 1950-11-02
Publication date: 1953-10-13
Anticipated expiration: 1970-10-13

Description

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Patented Oct. 13, 1953 WIRE BUNDLE SPLITTER Gilbert Walter Weber, Cleveland, Ohio, assignor to United States Steel Corporation, a corporation of New Jersey Application November 2, 1950, Serial No. 193,663

4 Claims.

The present invention relates to an apparatus for dividing bundles of wire into multiple units and has for its primary object the provision of a device whereby a bundle of wire may be accurately and easily divided into a predetermined number of multiple units without the necessity of weighing each of the multiple units to be cut from the bundle.

In cold wire drawing, it has been found to be more economical to draw the largest size bundles of finished wire possible. If a 800 pound bundle of wire is required and the wire drawing machine is capable of drawing 600 pound bundles, it is more economical to draw the 600 pound bundle and then split the same rather than stop the wire drawing machine each time a 300 pound bundle of wire is produced and remove it therefrom.

Although it is not new to split drawn bundles of wire, prior to my invention the problem has existed of splitting a bundle of wire with a fair degree of accuracy and at the same time accomplish such a splitting operation in the shortest possible time without undue physical effort on the part of the operator. It is this problem which my invention solves, as will be clearly understood by reference to the drawings, which will now be described, and the appended claims, which point out the novel features of my invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view;

Figure 2 is a side elevation; and

Figure 3 is a view taken on the line Il'l-l1I of Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, reference numeral 2 indicates a horizontal supporting platform having three angularly disposed slots 4 therein and three spaced holes Ii therethrough. A tubular section 8 is welded or otherwise attached to the bottom of platform 2 in communication with each of the spaced holes 6. A nut I3 is welded on the bottom of each of the tubular sections 8 for receiving an adjusting screw I2. If desired, the lower ends of the tubular sections may be internally threaded to receive the adjusting screw I2 in place of providing nuts I3 for that purpose. An upright rod I4, having one end inserted into one of the tubular sections 8 with its bottom resting on the adjusting screw I2, extends upwardly from the surface of the horizontal platform 2.

A pair of L-shaped members It is welded or otherwise fastened to the rod I4 at a point I8 approximately midway between its ends. Legs fixed to the side of a wire drawing bench 24 adjacent the drawing block by means of angle brackets 26, cleats 28 and angle bar 36 or by any other suitable means so as to be conveniently located for receiving a bundle of drawn wire to be split.

In setting forth the operation of the invention, the procedure used in splitting a 400 pound bundle into two 200 pound bundles will be described. In operation, the full-size 400 pound bundle W, with its core facing up, is laid on a fiat surface and allowed to settle. After the bundle has settled, the depth of the core is measured by inserting a ruler or tape therein. This measurement constitutes the actual vertical distance from the top of the bundle to the bottom portion supported by the flat surface. This distance is divided by two to obtain the depth of the core of the desired 200 pound bundle.

The full-size bundle W is then lowered in a horizontal position onto the platform 2 so that the rod I4 and L-shaped members It are positioned within the core of the bundle. With the bundle W now resting on platform 2, the operator joggles or shakes the bundle so as to make sure that the convolutions of wire making up the bundle are sufiiciently loose within the bundle as to allow the bundle to collapse and at-. tain a natural given height when at rest and not restrained by tie wires. The adjusting screws I2 are then adjusted so that the legs Zll of the members I6 are at a height above platform 2 equal to one-half of the depth of the core of the full-size bundle W which value has been determined as described above. In order to facilitate the splitting operation, it is desirable to incline platform 2 at approximately inch per foot from front to back, thus the top half of the full bundle will tend to slide forward over the horizontal legs 20 toward the rod I4 as soon as it has settled into position on the platform 2.

With the bundle disposed on platform 2, as described above, the operator simply pulls that portion A of the bundle which projects above the legs 2!] forward over the upper surfaces of the legs 20 until the rear portion of the inner periphery of the portion A contacts the rod I4 as shown in Figure 2. The portion A which is hanging on the rod 14 now has the tie wires applied thereto and is out free from the remaining portion 13 of the bundle resting on the platform 2. The operator then removes the bundle portion A from the rod I 4 and applie tie wires to bundle portion B through the slots 4.

While :one embodiment of my invention has been shown and described, it will be apparent that other adaptations and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. Apparatus for dividing bundles of wireicomprising a platform adapted *to receive abundle of wire, said platform having three spaced apart holes therethrough, a tubular member fastened beneath said plate at each of said'holes, an adjusting screw threaded into each of said'ttibular members, a vertical rod ;in one of said tubular .membersextending upwardly fromsaid platform, a pair of L-shaped members attached to said rod at a point between said platform and the top .of said rod, said L-shaped members extending normal to said rod and diverging from each other, one leg of each L-shaped member extend ing downwardly through said platform with its axis parallel to theaxis of said rod, said downwardly extending leg extending into one of the tubular members with its bottom end bearing .on the adjusting screw.

2. Apparatus for dividing a bundle of wire comprising a horizontal platform adapted to receive a bundle of wire, an off-center positioned rod extending vertically upward from said platform, and at least one L-shaped member attached to said rod at a point intermediate the ends thereof, one leg of each L-shaped member extending in a horizontal plane normal to said rod on one side thereof and the other leg extending downwardly to said platform, the distance from 'sa'idmodto the downwardly extending leg of each L-shaped member being less than the inside diameter of said wire bundle.

3. Apparatus for dividing a bundle of wire as .definedinclaim 2 including means for adjusting the height of said horizontal legs above said platiorm.

:4. Apparatusifordividing bundles of wire comprising -a platform adapted to receive a bundle of WilZQ, salad extending vertically upward from said platform, a pair of L-shaped members attached to said rod at a point between said platform and the top of said rod, said L-shaped members extending normal -.to said rod and :diverging ircmeach other, and one leg of each .L- shaped member extending downwardly to said platform.

GILBERT WALTER WEBER.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PA'IENTS Number Name Date 359,336 Walker Mar. 1'5, 188'! 657,136 Schultz Sept. 4, 1900 1,624,633 Spoerri Apr. 12, 1927 2,454,148 Fought Nov. 16, 1948