US3294337A - Spindle reel lock - Google Patents

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US3294337A
US3294337A US448642A US44864265A US3294337A US 3294337 A US3294337 A US 3294337A US 448642 A US448642 A US 448642A US 44864265 A US44864265 A US 44864265A US 3294337 A US3294337 A US 3294337A
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Priority to FR56002A priority patent/FR1473689A/fr
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D07—ROPES; CABLES OTHER THAN ELECTRIC
    • D07B—ROPES OR CABLES IN GENERAL
    • D07B7/00—Details of, or auxiliary devices incorporated in, rope- or cable-making machines; Auxiliary apparatus associated with such machines
    • D07B7/02—Machine details; Auxiliary devices
    • D07B7/06—Bearing supports or brakes for supply bobbins or reels
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21C—MANUFACTURE OF METAL SHEETS, WIRE, RODS, TUBES OR PROFILES, OTHERWISE THAN BY ROLLING; AUXILIARY OPERATIONS USED IN CONNECTION WITH METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL
    • B21C47/00—Winding-up, coiling or winding-off metal wire, metal band or other flexible metal material characterised by features relevant to metal processing only
    • B21C47/16—Unwinding or uncoiling
    • B21C47/18—Unwinding or uncoiling from reels or drums
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H49/00—Unwinding or paying-out filamentary material; Supporting, storing or transporting packages from which filamentary material is to be withdrawn or paid-out
    • B65H49/18—Methods or apparatus in which packages rotate
    • B65H49/20—Package-supporting devices
    • B65H49/26—Axial shafts or spigots
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H49/00—Unwinding or paying-out filamentary material; Supporting, storing or transporting packages from which filamentary material is to be withdrawn or paid-out
    • B65H49/36—Securing packages to supporting devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/30—Handled filamentary material
    • B65H2701/31—Textiles threads or artificial strands of filaments

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  • This invention relates to a spindle reel or bobbin lock for preventing axial displacement of a reel on a spindle. It is int nded particularly for use on wire payofi apparatus where there are a plurality of spindles for holding large and heavy reels of wire that are fed to a cablestranding machine; but the invention is not limited to such use.
  • the speed at which operations can be performed on wires when using stranding apparatus depends to a large extent on the ease of locking and unlocking the reels into their spindle positions.
  • the loading time will be seen to be substantial when it is realized that hundreds of reels may be placed into position at a common setting for a process operation such as in telephone unit construction. It follows that cutting down this loading time results in a greater efliciency of operation.
  • Still another object is to provide a construction with locking fingers of heavy and rugged construction, for retaining large reels, and to lock and unlock the fingers by a manually actuated device which connects with all of the fingers on the spindle for simultaneous operation and with automatic retaining means for holding the fingers in either locked or unlocked position to which they have been moved by the manually actuated device.
  • springs which move beyond cener are used as the automatic retaining means.
  • FEGURE 1 is a perspective view showing one of the spindles on a wire payoff apparatus with the spindle reel lock of this invention
  • FIGURE 2 is a greatly enlarged sectional view taken through a diameter of the spindle shown in FIGURE 1 and on the section plane indicated by the line 2-2;
  • FIGURE 3 is a view on the line 3-3 of FIGURE 2.
  • FIGURE 2 shows diagrammatically a reel 16 which is indicated in broken lines to show the position which the reel occupies, on the spindle 10.
  • a flange 18 at the rearward end of the spindle 1t) serves as an abutment for limiting axial movement of the reel 16 toward the frame 14.
  • a stud 20 extending from the flange 18 in a direction parallel to the axis of the axle 12. This stud 2t ⁇ extends into a socket in the reel 16 so as to cause the reel to rotate as a unit with the spindle 10.
  • the axle 12 is driven by power means, in accordance with conventional construction, and the spindle 19 is connected to the axle 12 by a hub 21 of the flange 18 having a key 22 and set screw 24.
  • the portion of the spindle It) on which the reel 16 rests is a cylindrical shell 28; and this shell 28 extends beyond the flange 26 and beyond the end of the axle 12.
  • An end cap 30 fits against the front end of the cylindrical shell 28 and is secured to the spindle by holding screws 32.
  • the holding screws 32 extend through this compartment 3d and thread into the flange 26.
  • the end cap so has a recessed face 38 formed by a peripheral rim 4% around the outside of the end cap 30.
  • a spindle knob 42 is located in the recess formed by the face 38 and rim 4% and this spindle knob 42 has a shank pontion 44 which extends through a bearing 46 in the center of the end cap 34 and preferably in axial alignment with the axle 12.
  • the spindle knob 42 is of larger diameter than the shank portion 44 so as to provide a shoulder for preventing axial movement of the shank portion 44 toward the right in FIGURE 2; and there is a sun gear 5% located on the inner end of the shank portion 44 and secured to a reduced-diameter end of the shank portion 44 by a I pin 52.
  • a stud shaft 54 is attached to the end cap 30.
  • This stud shaft 54 has a reduced diameter portion 56 which extends through the end cap 30 and the outer end of the portion 56 is riveted to hold the shoulder at the largerdiameter part of the shaft 54 securely against the inner face of the end cap 36
  • This bushing fits over the stud shaft 54 with a running fit so that the gear 6% which rotates as a unit with the bushing 62, is freely rotatable on the shaft 54.
  • a looking finger 66 is placed on the bushing 62 beyond the gear 60; and this finger 66 is movable from a locked position, in which it extends through a slot 68 in the end cap 30, to a retracted, unlocked position shown in broken lines in FIGURE 3.
  • the gears 60 and 60' mesh with the sun gear so that rotation of the sun gear 59 by the manually actuated spindle knob 42 causes both of the fingers 66 and 66' to swing simultaneously toward or from locking position, depending upon the direction of rotation of the spindle knob 42.
  • the bushings 62 and 62 are held on the shafts 54 and 54, respectively, by snap rings 719 and 7t).
  • a coil tension spring '?'6 is stretched between the pins '74 and 74.
  • This spring 76 extends across the longitudinal axis of the axle 12 and the spindle knob 42 in the compartment 34.
  • the spring 76 is to the left of the axis of the stud shaft 54 and is to the right of the stud shaft 54', as shown in FIGURE 3.
  • the spring 76 stretches as much as necessary to permit the pins 74 and 74' to move further apart as they travel toward a center line 80 which passes through the axes of the stud shafts 54 and 54'. Further angular movement of the locking fingers 66 and 66' toward retracted position moves the pins 74 and 74' beyond the center line 80 and permits the spring 76 to contract so that the tension of this same spring 76 also holds the locking fingers 66 and 66' in their retracted positions.
  • the construction provides means for moving the locking fingers between locked and unlocked positions by a fraction turn of the spindle knob 42 and without any further operation of any kind. This makes removal and replacement of reels convenient and extensive time is saved because of the substantially instantaneous locking and releasing of the reels by the locking fingers 66 and 66.
  • a spindle construction comprising (a) a cylindrical part comprising a peripheral portion of the spindle on which a reel is carried,
  • (k) spring means that move across a center line which extends through the axes of the angular movement to hold the locking fingers in both locking and retracted positions, further characterized by (l) the bearings for the locking fingers being stud shafts extending from' a back face of the end cap,
  • the manually-actuated device including a center shaft carried by the end cap and in substantial alignment with the bearings for mounting the spindle on an axle,
  • the spring means being a helical tension spring in said open clearance and stretched between said pins.

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Storing, Repeated Paying-Out, And Re-Storing Of Elongated Articles (AREA)
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US448642A US3294337A (en) 1965-04-16 1965-04-16 Spindle reel lock
GB12993/66A GB1141683A (en) 1965-04-16 1966-03-24 Spindle reel lock
SE3967/66A SE313228B (xx) 1965-04-16 1966-03-25
FR56002A FR1473689A (fr) 1965-04-16 1966-04-01 Dispositif pour empêcher le déplacement axial d'une bobine sur une broche utilisable en particulier dans les machines à toronner les câbles
ES0325119A ES325119A1 (es) 1965-04-16 1966-04-04 Perfeccionamientos en la construccion de fiadores de bobinas
DE19661510096 DE1510096A1 (de) 1965-04-16 1966-04-07 Spulentraegerspindel
CH521766A CH467383A (de) 1965-04-16 1966-04-12 Spulenträgerspindel mit Sperrvorrichtung

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US3448937A (en) * 1967-01-04 1969-06-10 Synchro Machine Co Expanding arbor for wire spooling machine
US3851833A (en) * 1971-12-22 1974-12-03 Molins Ltd Reel mountings
US3927845A (en) * 1974-02-19 1975-12-23 Ralph E Simpson Tape handling means
US4146192A (en) * 1976-02-03 1979-03-27 Merrick Welding International, Inc. Filler wire spool supporting apparatus
DE3312817A1 (de) * 1983-04-09 1984-10-11 Robert Bosch Gmbh, 7000 Stuttgart Antriebs- und befestigungsanordnung fuer koaxial angeordnete bandspulen
US4750682A (en) * 1986-02-11 1988-06-14 Thorn Emi Datatech Limited Drive hub assembly
US4991785A (en) * 1990-01-26 1991-02-12 Mirle Automation Corporation Reel clamping device
US5135180A (en) * 1990-09-28 1992-08-04 Wade Morgan Geared core winder
DE102010002190B3 (de) * 2010-02-22 2011-04-28 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Vorrichtung zur Aufnahme zumindest einer Materialrolle und ein Verfahren zur Fixierung einer Materialrolle
US8047461B1 (en) * 2008-05-12 2011-11-01 Slawson Wayne G Fishing reel re-winder

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US2928620A (en) * 1954-10-18 1960-03-15 Rca Corp Reeling system

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US2928620A (en) * 1954-10-18 1960-03-15 Rca Corp Reeling system

Cited By (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3448937A (en) * 1967-01-04 1969-06-10 Synchro Machine Co Expanding arbor for wire spooling machine
US3851833A (en) * 1971-12-22 1974-12-03 Molins Ltd Reel mountings
US3927845A (en) * 1974-02-19 1975-12-23 Ralph E Simpson Tape handling means
US4146192A (en) * 1976-02-03 1979-03-27 Merrick Welding International, Inc. Filler wire spool supporting apparatus
DE3312817A1 (de) * 1983-04-09 1984-10-11 Robert Bosch Gmbh, 7000 Stuttgart Antriebs- und befestigungsanordnung fuer koaxial angeordnete bandspulen
US4750682A (en) * 1986-02-11 1988-06-14 Thorn Emi Datatech Limited Drive hub assembly
US4991785A (en) * 1990-01-26 1991-02-12 Mirle Automation Corporation Reel clamping device
US5135180A (en) * 1990-09-28 1992-08-04 Wade Morgan Geared core winder
US8047461B1 (en) * 2008-05-12 2011-11-01 Slawson Wayne G Fishing reel re-winder
DE102010002190B3 (de) * 2010-02-22 2011-04-28 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Vorrichtung zur Aufnahme zumindest einer Materialrolle und ein Verfahren zur Fixierung einer Materialrolle

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