Abstract:
The packing and stowing system of roll of automotive electric conductors is characterized by three independent sections that when adjusted, they form a back up cover that prevents the deformation of the cable during its winding and when it is being stowed. The sections are integrated by a cylindrical body that is opened when it is introduced in a bobbin, as guide and subjection element of the wound roll; and a post set on a base as support for the piling up of the packed rolls and the hoop of the platform.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     The automotive industry seeks to have every time smaller inventories. One way to enhance this is by minimizing the presentation of the product, the automotive cable packing has evolved to contain a smaller quantity of cable and of packing material that can be a source of ecological pollution. 
     Other even simpler systems of packing and stowing are known for automotive cable packing through a simple hoop of cable rolls and piled up on a platform or stowage. Nevertheless, this kind of stowage is not recommended because the roll weight itself provokes the lose of its form and the tendency to spread on its sides, deforming the roll with the weight of other rolls when they are piled up. 
     The system object of the present invention allows to offer the users 10 times smaller amounts of product comparing to the packing normally used for automotive cable (30-inch high drums). The packing and stowing system also permits up to 100% savings of storage space. Thus, the distribution costs are lower, up to 40% more can be packed compared to the packing of common drums. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     Hereinafter, The invention will be described according to the drawings of the FIGS. 1 to  4  where: 
     FIG.  1 . sheet( 1 ) which is joined at its ends to form a cylindrical body , and the FIG. 2B corresponds to a laminate circular section segmented into two annular sections. 
     FIG.  2 . shows a top view of the packing with the roll of hoop cable  2 . 1  and a lateral view  2 . 2  of the packed roll  2 . 1 . 
     FIG.  3 . shows a front view of a post to pile up the rolls of packed cable. 
     FIG.  4 . shows an isometric view of the stowing of the packed rolls and grouped on a shipment platform. 
     FIG. 5 shows steps  1 - 6   b  in the method for packing and stowing an automotive cable. 
     FIG. 5A shows steps  7 - 7   a  in the method for packing and stowing an automotive cable. 
    
    
     The object of this invention is to provide a type of packing for automotive cable in order to reduce the inventories in process, that is: In the area of the automotive cable products there exists a great variety of packing and this one is this the smallest of all, so the inventory in process is minimized, given the great variety of cables that form the car circuits. 
     A further object of this invention is to permit a space reduction. The size of the packing allows a space reduction for each of the packing included in process, as in each work station a complete set of cables is required for the cut and application of terminal for each one of the electric circuits of the car. 
     Hereinafter, the, characteristics of the invention are shown as well as the equipment to produce the packing. 
     Equipment. 
     Roller NOKIA EKP 450 
     Collapsible Bobbins 
     Semiautomatic hoop 
     Packing material 
     Detail of the Invention 
     The way packing and handling in the plant of cables, thermo-fixed automotive primary cable rolls was invented, with the following dimensions: 
     Interior diameter 20 cm 
     Exterior diameter 30 cm 
     Height 10 cm 
     Characteristics 
     4 plastic hoops joined by temperature application 
     Cylindrical cardboard insole to give consistency to the winding of the material. 
     Round cardboard insole for the roll basis to avoid damages in the material during its handing, storage and cutting 
     Nucleus of cylindrical cardboard to transport it, stack it and store it, making sure of maintaining the original dimensions. 
     Approximated weight of the roll with the cable 10 Kg. 
     The packing and stowing system consists of a winding of automotive cable in a roll form. Depending on the product, its length varies proportionally to its weight for kilometer factor, so the total weight of the roll is 10 kilograms, because the roll dimensions remain constant independently of the product. 
     Given the weight of the packing, it is easy to manage it manually without sophisticated systems of material managing, because the roll of cable weighs 10 kilograms and it is completely stacked using the post for roll stowing of a maximum of packings. 
     Because of the great variety of cables required for the manufacturing of automotive electric harnesses, it is necessary to minimize the preparation time for changing the product in the cable cutters. If the packing is smaller and more manageable, a greater variety of products can be prepared and available in the areas where this activity is done. 
     The main characteristics of the packing of the automotive cable are its capacity and dimensions of the roll and the case to pile up. Since the capacities of other kinds of packing are greater they require equipment for their handling. 
     According to the drawings, the packing of the invention is practically constituted of three modular sections: 
     The first section comprises a cylindrical body  1  integrated with a circular base  2 . The cylindrical body  1  is preferably a one mm. thick rectangular sheet as shown in FIG. 1, which is joined on its ends  1 . 1  to form the cylindrical body shown in FIG.  1 A. The cylindrical body has an interior diameter of approximately 20 cm. and a height of approximately 10 cm. The circular base  2  as shown as part of FIG. 1, is concentrically segmented with an outer diameter of approximately 30 cm. The circular base  2  is concentrically segmented at periphery  2 . 1  forming two sections, an external section  2 . 2  drawn in a horizontal plane and an internal section  2 . 3  having two positions, one position in plane with the external section  2 . 2  and a second position, disposed vertically at  900  relative to the external section  2 . 2 . The outermost diameter a of the external section  2 . 2  is approximately 30 cm. as stated above. The external section&#39;s inner diameter b is the same as the outer diameter of the internal section  2 . 3 , and hence will be identified with the same letter b. The internal section  2 . 3  has an inner diameter c concentric to the outer diameter b forming a ring cut  2 . 4  as shown in FIG.  2 B. The section between the outer diameter b and the inner diameter c are transversally cut equidistantly from the periphery  2 . 1  forming attachment wings  2 . 5  to hold the roll of automotive cable. Initially, the internal section  2 . 3  is horizontally in the same plane as the external section  2 . 2  as shown in FIG.  2 B. When the circular base  2  is introduced or inserted into a conventional bobbin, a cylinder upon which the cable is wound, the internal section  2 . 3  opens up to accomodate the bobbin and in this position, the attachment wings  2 . 5  assumes the vertical position, approximately 900 relative to the external section  2 . 2  as shown in FIG.  2 A. The attachment wings at this position, guides and accomodate the cable, preventing the loss of form of the roll. 
     The cylindrical body  1  is peripherally wrapped around the center of the roll of cable  2 . 7  and is adjusted to conform with the inner diameter of the roll once the roll of cable has been wound. The attachment wings together with the cylindrical body  1 , at this position, guide and accomodate a pre-wound cable, preventing the loss of form of the roll. 
     According to FIG. 2, once the roll of cable  2 . 7  is wound, it is packed with bending straps  2 . 6  hooped at four points equidistantly located at 900 from each other as shown in FIG.  2 . Once hooped, the rolls of automotive cables, are concentrically inserted to a post  3 . 1  at the ring cut  2 . 4 , now opened wider when the internal section assumed the vertical position. The second module comprises the post  3 . 1 , supported by a base  3 . 2  as shown in FIG.  3 . The post serves as a support to compress the packed rolls and usually has a capacity to hold a maximum of seven packings. The post  3 . 1  is preferably made of a 2 mm. thick spiral cardboard and has an external diameter of approximately 19.8 mm. The base  3 . 2  is preferably made of a 4 mm. thick corrugated cardboard and has an external diameter of approximately 30 cm. 
     This external diameter aligns with the external diameter of the circular base  2 . All the three sections or modules of the packing system are generally made of cardboard material, but other materials can be used, preferably plastic. 
     Finally, for the shipment of the packed product, the stows of rolls  2 . 1  stacked on the post  3 . 1  are set on a wooden or plastic platform  4 . 1  as shown in FIG.  4 . These are placed in an arrangement of 4×4 for a total of 16 stows as shown in FIG.  4 . 
     Having described the invention, it is considered as a novelty, so the following is claimed: