Patent ID: 6116669
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: B65H,Y10S

Abstract:
A device for bearing a bobbin and automatically and axially coupling a first bobbin bearing mandrel to a second bobbin bearing mandrel wherein said first bobbin bearing mandrel is cantilevered mounted on a support element, wherein both said first and second mandrels have at least a substantially cylindrical section able to cooperate with a corresponding central hole of a bobbin, wherein said substantially cylindrical sections have substantially the same external diameter, the device comprising a first coupling member provided on one of said mandrels, and a second coupling member provided on the other of said mandrels, said second coupling member able to cooperate with said first coupling member for allowing and helping the axial shifting of said bobbin from one of said mandrels to the other of said mandrels, wherein said first coupling member comprises at least a first lever arranged in a first longitudinal slit of one of said mandrels and having a first end provided with an abutment tooth, and wherein said second coupling member comprises a corresponding shoulder able to cooperate with said abutment tooth.