Patent GB-1254216-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus for winding yarn about a fishing rod or like object
Inventor: BISHOP JOHN M
IPC: B29C63/00
Filed: 1969-02-28
Abstract: 1,254,216. Winding binding material on to rods. CONOLON CORP. 28 Feb., 1969, No. 10750/69. Heading B8G. This invention relates to a machine for windi ng yarn about several portions of a fishing rod or the like to secure line guide eyes in position, or to cover a portion of a ferrule, or to secure a rod tip.  In a first embodiment of the invention the machine includes a plurality of winding stations 45, Fig. 5, each winding station comprising a frame 46 that is slidable along a pair of support rails 44. On each side of each frame 46 is a winding head 47, Fig. 12, that is movable towards or away from its frame 46 by right and left hand barrel cams 48, 49, Fig. 1, mounted on a common shaft 50.  The frames 46 have opposed rods 76, Fig. 5, that are operable by air cylinders 75 to clamp and hold a fishing rod 39 therebetween, and an eye holder 83 that is then automatically raised up through an opening 78 of the frame 46 to place an eye against the rod 39. Fig. 3 shows an eye 164 having attaching elements 167 that extend axially along the surface of the rod 39; and yarn windings 110 binding these elements 167 to the rod 39. Each winding head 47, Fig. 12, comprises a sector gear 96 having a radial opening 97 corresponding with a radial opening 98 in the plate 86, the sector gear 96 being rotatably mounted in the plate 86 and meshing with a pair of drive gears 99, 104; the spacing of the gears 99, 104 being greater than the circumferential extent of the radial opening 98. The radial openings 97, 98 permit the fishing rod 39 to be centred on the winding axis. The sector gear 96 carries a yarn holding and feeding bracket 105 of such size that it does not bridge the radial opening 97. A yarn end 110 projects from each bracket 105 and as the eyes 164 are raised upwardly against the fishing rod 39, these ends 110 are clamped between the elements 167, Fig. 3, of each eye and the rod 39. The sector gears 96 are then revolved automatically to wind yarn around the fishing rod 39 and each of the elements 167 of the eyes 164. At the same time the barrel cams 48, 49 are revolved to cause the winding heads 47 on each side of each winding station 45 to move away from its associated frame 46 and thus traverse the yarn 110 away from the eye 164 towards the free ends of the elements 167 of each eye. Fig. 18 shows a barrel cam 48 in which the grooves 207, 208 are so shaped as to traverse the winding heads 47 in a manner forming a fancy winding of thread on the rod 39 as illustrated in Fig. 17. Tying-off the yarn ends.-As each winding nears completion a tube 132, Fig. 23, containing a hook 128 is lowered into alignment with each winding. The winding is then wound around both the rod 39, the tube 132 and hook 128, Fig. 24, the last turn being also wound around cutting means 196. The hook 128 is then retracted into the tube 132 to grip the yarn 110, the cutter 196 is operated to cut the yarn from the bracket 105, and the tube 132 is retracted axially to draw the severed yarn end through and under the final turns of the yarn as illustrated in Fig. 25 to hold said yarn end against unravelling.  A second embodiment of the invention is described with reference to Figs. 31-39 (not shown) and operates in much the same manner as the embodiment described above. In this second embodiment each winding station is slidable axially of the winding axis along slideways (300, 301) Fig. 31. A manually operable handle (309) on each winding station carries pinion gears (305, 306) meshing with racks (303, 304) on the slide-ways to permit axial adjustment of the setting of each winding station. The rod gripping means comprises a pair of scissor like jaws (406, 407) Fig. 32. In this second embodiment the previous barrel cams are replaced by means permitting the drive motors that traverse the winding heads to do so at variable controlled speeds.