US989736A - Reeling apparatus. - Google Patents

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c R. UEBBLMESSBR.

REELING- APPARTUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 7, 1908.

989,736. Patented Apr. 18,1911.

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'To all whom it may concern.' I l Beit known that I, CHARLES R. UEBEL- MESSER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany,-residing inthe borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have iiivented'a certain new and useful Improvement infReeling Apparatus, of which.

the following is'a specification.

My present inventionhas relation to an improved means for the support and operal' tion of flexible 'material in .ribbon or tapelike form' for various purposes.

In a variety.' of artsnotably in connection with automatic pianos andJ moving picturev machines'an'dmachine camerasan important element of the apparatus used gen-V erally takest'lie form of' a long ribbon of flexiblev material, such as paper or Celluloid, which is repeatedly coiled and iincoiledl in the course of operation of a given machine. Usually it' has been found necessary to. carry 'these ribbons through themachinefrom one v Coil or veel to another and 'torewnd them pon thfe rst reel t0 Pre-Pare for repetitionV of operation.

' My present invention .relation to iinprovedyapparatus applicable to anydevice wherein a long ribbon or tape isA t'obe re peatedly wound'froin one coil to another,

whether as an element of operation ina machinel or not, and its principalV advantage is that-by use ofV my invention a` very long tape may be unwoiind repeatedly'in such a manner as to obviate'all necessityA of rewinding between operations7 and at the saine 4time to insure/vat all timesfan equal movement of tapewith respecttoboththe supply reel and the receiving reel. f J

I have herein showiimy invention as aph 'v plied to the 'picture-bearing tapesof kinetoscopes and the like, but Vit is to be understood that myinvention is not confined in its scope to thisn particular application.

My invention isillustrated in a preferred forni in the accompanyingdrawings, where- Figure 1 Vshows myiinproved a parat-us as applied to a kinetoscope. in si Fig. 2 is a top plan view, of.the same with the reel boxes removed, Fig. 3 is a perj 'spective view ef the barrel of the receiving lreel and F ig, 4 is a like view of'one form of rbbonbearing sleeve shown in position to be applied to the barrel.- Fig. 5 showsa .horizontal revolving n iay'be had to the interior.

under side of -this `equivalent guides, are suspended. The rib bon 3 passes between these guides bywhichv "it is kept along the top o f the transverse guide bar 7 SSIG'NORy TO AMERICAN MOVING serial No. 419,646.

. frictional driving arrangement in sectional plan view.

in Figs. 1 and 2 there is shown the ex? tei-nal easing or framework of a moving picture machine .or kinetoscope at 1, the lens holder being vshown at 2. The .details'of mechanism eiiiployedin the'machine form no partof the present invention and they 'are therefore not shown herein, except-to the vextent madeJ necessary to make my present improvement clear.. '4 'v The pieturebearingtape, 3, is` supplied from a free coil lying on its side within a coil. carrier 4, preferably protectedby a suitably shaped reel b'oX 5, provided with aeover 6v whereby access tapeor ribbon 3, the inner end of the loose coill is drawn out over a smooth transverse guide bar 7 extei ding between'sides of the carrier 4.. A brid one standard 8 `to the other and fromV the blar two rollers 8b, or

from doubling back against itself The-rollers bear upon the edges of the tape or ribbon 3 and maybe called edge guides. Afterjpassing-over the transverse guide bar 7 and between the edge guides 8b, the rib i bon preferably passes .forward between guide rollers 9, when it is carried downward to the usual, toothed roller 10 on Athe horizontal shaft 11, which roller, when turned i in' the direction of the arrow applied to it in'Fig. l, draws theta e out ofthe carrier 4 so as to form a slack end asshown at 12 in Fig. 1. Aninterinittently moving toothed roller-13 is driven in a well knownmanner to move the ribbon forward in rapid jerks and the tapeafter lpassing this roller 13 is delivered by the toothed roller 14 to the recciving reel 15 Where it is wound in a form to be transfeired without change back to the carrier 11 preparatory to commencement of 'a new operation. 1 It will be obvious-that, v. since the tu pe is-drawn from'the innerY convolutions of the coil' 3 insteadojf from the outside, this coil will alwaysbe" r'eady for a renewed uncoiling without its being 'neces-l sary to spend anyltime andlftijoiible in rewindingith tape..

I havefonnd ythat in practice, and. partic- N. Y., CORPORATION or NEW A Patented Apre 18,1911.

ln iincoiling the ging bar 8a eli-tends from l ularly where long ribbons are handled (as I i. ,tape4 is drawn sharply permits slip to allow for lost'motion and to I the pinion 24 on the shaft 11 which carriesV whicha sprocket chain a sprocket wheel 27 'ing shaft 28 from which both the'carrier 4 28, whereby motion l the uprightl shaft and carrier Y* 4. A sprocket wheel 33 is fast upon the lfor drawing,T the ribbon out of the latter;

I tion from said l preferably turned' in the direction indicated `pinicne18 on ,wheel 19. This' last namedgear'drives the -Geneva' gear 2O which operates the inter- `lar wheel which drives the reel l5.' It

in kinetoscopes) it is essential to successful j operation that the coil carrier vand receiving reel should be connectedby positively acting-gears-as distinguished from means depending merely upon frictioii--wliereby every movement ineither direction of the carrier is accompanied by an equal rotation of the reel and vice versa. Ilie reason for this is that, if the reel does not move as fast as the carrier, this latter will unwind within itself and soonjget the tape into such a ,position that it will not pass smoothly outv over the guide '7; while, if tape is withdrawn from the 'carrier more rapidly than is conipensated for byrotation of the latter, the

around and close against said guide so as to bind.

In\ its preferred form my invention comprises me'ans external to the reel and carrier combined withy gearing for transmitting nioexter'nal means to the common driving devices for the carrier and reel, said gearing including a frictional member which prevent undue strain upon the tape.

The principal driving means for all the parts may take any well known forni, and in the drawings I have shown a crank, 1G,

the arrow in Fig. 1 -In the specific form" shown in the drawings, the crankl turns a large vgear 17 whereby the toothed roller 414 is driven, which gear 17 also drives the the same shaft with a gear mittently moving toothed roller 18. The shaft 21, carries inclined toothed gears 22, 23, at its'opposite ends, by means of which motion is transmitted from the pinion 18 .to

the toothed roller 10. The shaft'll also carries the driving sprocket wheel 25 from k26 carries motion to carried loosely on drivand the reel 1 5 are operated.v -A friction disk 29 is fast upon the driving shaft 28, and the sprocket wheel 27 is pressed against said 'disk by an adjustable spring 29a, (see Fig. i. v5.) Motion is from the sprocket wheel thus transmitted frictionally 27 tothe shaft 28. v The carrier 4 is mounted upon an upright revolving shaft 30 carrying at its lower end the 'bevel gear 31 whi vlimeshes with a similar bevel wheel 32 on the endy of the shaft is transmitted from the'. shaft28 to shaft 28 and a sprocket chain 34 positively transmits motion from saidlwheelto a simij side flange of the reel 15 is shown,

which/the end of the tape cured. Thus, when the sleeve 1s in place` the z tape,

saidcarrier past said guides,

will thus be seen that power` is suppliedpfrom the shaft of' the ribbon withdrawing roller 10, through a frictional. driving wheel 29 to the'comm'on dri-ving shaft 28 of both carrier Lland reel l5; and that the sprocket wheels 33, 85, chain 84, shaft 28, bevel gears 31, 82 and upright shaft manent engagement between the carrier and BOsupply a positive per-v reel, whereby equal and simultaneous movements of the twoare assured at all times.

While 'my invention broadly considered covers any desired construction of the receiving reel consistent with Ithe claims here'- of, I prefer the construction shown in Figs. Sand 4 whereby certain advantages hereinafter mentioned are secured. In Fig. f3` one together with the attached barrel 36 made of thin metal and hollow. Certain portions of this metal are struck up so as to project slightly outward, forming spring ears, 37, lunder either of which the end of the tape 3 may be introduced to. secure the same temporarily when it is to be coiled upon the reel.

. `IVhilc the construction so'far describe-d is suiiicicnt for carrying out my broad invention. I prefer to'employ the supplementarv sleeve 38 niade of spring metal and split longitudinally as shown at 39. This sleeve is adapted to tit closely over the barrel 86, j

and is provided with a cut out portion 40 which Cstraddlesthe projections equivalents for this purpose, engaging with them so that the sleeve 38 always turns with the reel 15. As shown -in Fig. 4, the sleeve 38 is provided with spring catches 41 under may be seclosely overit, the turned up tape is wound 42 serving to hold the tape edge projections in place on one side.

the carrier 4, the sleeve 38 is slipped off .of the barrel 36 and can then be compressed, so as to be easily withdrawn' from the interior of theccil.

prising arotary carrierfor a coil of tape, a

transverse guide-barover said'carrier, a pair the edges of said of rollers-disposedv at right-angles to sai guide-bar for engaging v and means foruncoiling tape from its withdrawing it `from inner convolutions and substantially escribed.

prising a rotary carrier for a coil of tape,

a-receiving reel, positive gearing connecting said carrier' and reel so as to preclude relativeslip and insure equal rotation of the two,-

IVhen the tape is to beremoved from the reel' to be replaced within' A; device of the character described comi- 37 or their' y ics 110 -Various modifications and changes can be 1, A device of the character described commeans for withdrawing tape from said carrier and delivering 'it to sald receiving reel and motion -transmitting gearing between said withdrawing means and ksaid reel and carrier comprising an element permitting lost motion between the reel and carrier on one hand and the withdrawing means on the other hand, substantially as described.

3. A device ofthe character described comprising a rotary carrier for a coil of tape, a receiving reel, positive gearing connecting said carrier and reel so as to precludelrelative slip. and insure lequal rotation of thev two, means for withdrawing tape from said carrier and delivering it to .said receiving reel and gearing including a friction member fory transmitting motion from said with- 'drawing means to said carrier and reel, substantially as described.

.4. A device ofthe Ycharacter'described comprising a rotary carrier fora coil of tape, a receiving reel, means for withdrawing tape from said carrier and delivering it to said receiving .-reel, main driving mechanism,

`positive gearing for transmitting motion from said main drlvlng mechanism to said withdrawing means and frictional gearing for transmitting motion from the driving ing reel, a'driving shaft Vvfor said withdrawing means, and power transmitting gear be tween said two driving shafts comprising an elementadapted to permit of relative lost motion between the two, substantially as described.

6. A device ofthe character described comprising a rotary carrier for a coil of tape, a receiving reel, a common driving shaft for the two, a gear wheel loose on said shaft, a friction disk fast on the shaft, a spring pressing said wheel and disk together, means for withdrawing tape from said carrier, driving mechanism therefor and an operative connection between said driving mechanism and said loose gear wheel, substantially as described.

CHARLES R. UEBELMESSER. Witnesses:

H. S. MACKAYE, M. A. BUTLER.

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