Patent ID: 6131846
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
Device for holding the outer leading end of a staple wire coiled on a supply reel, the supply reel having reel flanges and a reel core, and the reel core being provided with a bore for rotatably mounting the supply reel on a spindle, characterized in that the outer leading end of the wire is attachable, in a manner secured against slipping out of place, to a removable holder, said removable holder being removably mounted to one of said reel flanges of said supply reel, and wherein the holder has an elastic clamping element which encloses an openable carrier on which are mounted oil-impregnated felt pads between which the staple wire is passed in its longitudinal direction; and that the clamping element is provided on an end arranged in the longitudinal direction of the staple wire with clamping jaws, movable in opposite directions, for releasably clamping the leading end of the wire.