US718194A - Wire-pay-out reel. - Google Patents

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N.71a,194. PATBNTED JAN.13,1903..

J.P.DB-LPHBY. l

WIRE PAY-OUT REEL'.

Y APPLICATION FILED APR. 14,1902.

H0 MODEL.

.lOl-IN P. DELPHEY,

larnn'r OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

WIRE-PAY-OUT REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,194, dated January 13, 1903.

Application led April 14, 1902.

T all whom. may concern/:f

Be it known that I, JOHN P. DELPHEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire-Pay-Out Reels, of which the following is a description.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple inexpensive combination of parts in a wire-pay-out reel to cause it to be light in weight, more convenient, more substantial, and more durable than any other pay-out wire-reel made.

Figure l is a complete wire-pay-out reel in perspective with all the improvements. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the reel'hub and pivot parts and to which the arms and legs are attached at the concave parts, two of which are shown. Fig. 3 is an elevation, partly in section, of the reel hub and pivot parts with broken-off arms and legs, showing the manner of attaching the arms and legs to the hub and pivot castings, with the form of the pivot and hub and their immediate connections.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views-in the accompanying drawings.

A is the hub or swivel or central revolving portion of the reel and bears the metal arms B B B B and adjustable uprights b b b h thereon and of which hub theinterior portion conforms to and revolves'about the cone-shaped pivot O and rests on the shoulders D and D at its lower part and the lower part of the pivot O.

E is the base of the reel-pivot, to which and about the pivotC is' held the reel-hub A by the nut N and washer L on the extension of the reel-pivot C.

The reel-base E an'd the reel itself are supported by the metal legs F F F F, each fitting into the cavity V and against the end surface U. The supporting-legs F are curved in a somewhat elliptical form, thereby using a minimum of material without straining the metal legs by too-short bends therein, and in having the supporting ends stand squarely on their base and the upper part of the legenter the concavity on the pivot-arm at or near right angles to the pivot-axis and set squarely against the metal at the inner end of the concavity V at U being thus more firm and the attaching bolts or rivets acting straight with- Srial No. 102,946. (No model.)

out any twisting or bending. The legs and arms are attached to their respective parts of the reel parts A and E by means of the holes r r and the attaching-bolts c or rivets through the holes in the casting and the corresponding holes inthe attached arms and legs, respectively, consisting of two or more holes and bolts or rivets through each casting-arm of the central reel parts for the attached metal arm or leg, thereby holding the same together rigidly and not liable to get out of order.

T T T T are adjustable metal Ts, each with the set-screws s and S in each of its branches, the one, s, on the upper part of the T-arm being in the angle of the T and toward the center of the reel, the other, s', being at or near the other extremity of the T and preferably also in the T-angle, but not so close to the set-screw s that either interferes with the insertion or withdrawal of the other when one is inserted or withdrawn. The set-screw s holds the upright b in place to or from the wire surrounding the uprights when in use, and the set-screw s regulates the position of the T and upright on the reel-arm when and where either is adjusted to suit the operator. It can be tightened and the whole held in any position desired and the set-screws s and S/ out of the way of'rthe wire on the Vreel-arms about the uprights. Y

In operating the mechanism the steps will be taken in different rotation by different operators, and some operators will eliminate some of the consecutive steps. One way is to loosen as many of the set-screws s on as many of the arms as desired, the Ts and the upright arm being moved along the yarm to or from the center of the reel, as the circumstances require, then loosen the set-screw s of as many Ts as desired, andthe upper part of the uprightb be tnrnedtoward the center of the reel. When the uprigh-ts are sufficiently adjusted that a coil of wire can be loosely slipped over the same, it is placed over the uprights, around them, and ouA the arms B B B B. The Ts are then readjusted,the upper ends of the uprights outward, the uprights pressed tightly against the Wire, and the set-screws s and s' tightened, and the mechanism is ready to pay od the wire at the will of the operator by drawing on one end of the coil of wire.

To remove a coil of wire, release the setscrews s or two or more of them, turn in the loosened arms b, and lift o the coil.

The upright arm can be lifted out of its socket in lthe T either when removing the wire or when loading the reel.

Other items of detail in handling the reel will be regulated by the habits and methods of the operator.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, and advantages of the invention will be readily un-Y derstood withoutrequiring more extended explanation.

In practice I prefer to use two-hole armcastings, round metal tubing for arms, legs, and uprights, attached to the central reel parts by fiat-head stove-bolts and lock-nuts, though it is obvious that metal of various formed sections may be used for arms, legs, and uprights and fastened to the pivot-arms by various kinds of bolts and rivets, and all of which I claim as part of this invention, and also other changes can obviously be made in the various mechanical devices in form, proportion, and details of construction which will be within the scope of the invention without departing from its spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof in any respect.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination in a wire-pay-out reel of a metal cone-shaped pivot having a shoulder at its base to partly support the hub and take up the wear in the revolving part of the reel and the pivot having,r branching arms with concave sides admitting of metal legs being placed snugly therein and two or more holes through said pivot-arms and corresponding holes through said metal legs to permit them to be fastened in place by rivets or bolts through said holes in the concave arms and metal legs.

2. The combination in a wire-pay-out reel of a metal, interior cone-shaped hub correspon ding with a cone-shaped pivot of the reel: the hub having an elongation or shoulder at its base to meet the shoulder ofthe pivot and prevent the pivot and hub parts coming into too close contact and ad mit of taking up the wear of the contact-surface of the pivot parts and the metal hub having branching arms with concave sides admitting of metal arms being placed snugly therein, and two or more holes through said hub arms and corresponding holes through the attached metal arms to permit them to be fastened in place by bolts or rivets through said holes in the hub concave arms and the attached metal arms.

3. The combination in a wire-pay-out reel of a metal cone-shaped pivot and a correspondinginterior cone-shaped hub one or both having a shoulder at its lower point of contact to partially support the hub and prevent the cone parts coming into too close contact, and to take up the Wear thereof: the pivot and hub each having branching arms with concave sides and admitting of metal legs and arms being respectively placed snugly therein, and two or more holes through said pivot and hub arms and corresponding holes through the attached metal legs and arms respectively to permit them to be fastened in place by bolts or rivets through said holes in the pivot and hub concave arms and the attached metal legs and arms respectively.

4. In a wire'pay-ont reel, metal legs bent downward from the reel in the form of a curve akin to or entirely elliptical so that the upper ends are fastened to the reelpivot nearly or entirely horizontally and the outer or lower end rests on the ground or reel-support at or nearly perpendicular, substantially as shown.

5. In a wire-pay-outreel, an adjustable T, capable of sliding back and forth on the metal arms and fastened in place thereto by means of a set-screw placed at the inner end of the T and in the angle of the T,at or nearly perpendicular to its supporting-arm and at or nearly paralleled with the upright. arm: and the other, or upright, arm of the T having a curved metal upright in its upper part and held in place therein by a set-screw at the upper end of this T-arm and in the angle of the T.

6. The combination in a wire-pay-out reel of metal Ts, having a set-screw in each of its arms one or both in the angle thereof, one arm having a curved metal arm fastened therein by one of the set-screws and the whole movable on the arms of the hub of the reel and held in place by the other set-screw of the T, with metal arms and with a metal cone-shaped reel pivot and hub interiorly conforming thereto, one or both having a shoulder at its lower point of contact to take up the wear of the cone-shaped contact parts and to prevent their coming into too close contact: the corresponding cone-shaped reelpivot with branching arms, and from these extending outwardly and downwardly in a somewhat elliptical curve, metal legs: the arms and legs attached to the central part of the reel by means of concave sides ofsaid central reel parts, into which the legs and arms are respectively snugly fitted and attached thereto by two or more holes through each arm and leg and corresponding part of the central part of the reel and bolts or rivets securely fastened therein: substantially as Set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN P. DELPI-IEY.

Witnesses:

T. H. YOUNG, L. L. WALTERS.

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