Patent ID: 6425549
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A steel cord take-up spool, comprising:a clip consisting of a cord clamping part used for clamping a free end of a steel cord wound around the spool, an undesired cord release preventing part extending from said cord clamping part and used for preventing the end of the steel cord from being undesirably released from the cord clamping part, a bent part extending from said cord release preventing part and having a crank-shaped cross-section suitable for providing elasticity for the cord clamping part, and an attaching part extending from said bent part and used for attaching the clip to a rib flange of the spool; and the rib flange provided with a hole for allowing said cord release preventing part of the clip to pass through, said rib flange also having a slit designed to allow the attaching part of the clip to pass through and to seat the bent part of the clip therein, whereby the attaching part of the clip passes through the slit of said rib flange in a direction from the inside to the outside surface of the flange prior to being mounted to the outside surface of said flange, said cord clamping part of the clip elastically clamps the free end of said steel cord using elasticity provided by the bent part, and said cord release preventing part is inserted into said hole of the flange in a direction from the inside to the outside surface of the flange and prevents the end of said steel cord from being undesirably released from the cord clamping part of the clip.