An Improved Rope-reel.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Rope-reel.
RICHARD LOUIS WRAUGHAM ATKINSON, Merchant, 3, Garden Street, Withy
Grove, Manchester, WILLIAM HENRY ALDRED, Architect and Surveyor, 87, Mosley
Street, Manchester, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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A machine for holding coils or balls of rope in such a manner as to allow the
coils or balls to be uncoiled without the rope twisting or the coil falling, and
becoming entangled. It consists of a circular cast iron base, having a running
plane worked on same upon which rotate rollers, carrying an iron table upon which
the coil or ball is placed, and kept in position by means of a spindle running thro'
the centre of the coil or ball, and thro' the table being secured to the base; this
spindle is made in such a manner that it will, upon being turned force out in
different directions arms, and so grip the coil or ball and hold it firmly in position
on the table.
An Improved Rope-reel.
RICHARD LOUIS WRAUGHAM ATKINSON, Merchant, 3, Garden Street, Withy
Grove, and WILLIAM HENRY ALDRED, Architect, 87, Mosley Street, Manchester, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
An improved rope reel as herein described.
The machine consists of a perforated circular base A secured if desired to the
floor by means of screws passing through the feet B cast on underside of base A,
in the centre of the base A there is a circular perforation C with a rim D round
same forming a socket in which the perforated pin E cast on underside of table I'
revolves, passing thro the centre perforation in this pin is a spindle G running
down to underside of base A where it is secured by means of a nut H which is
prevented from turning by means of a pin I passing through nut and spindle this
spindle G may be of any length to suit the size of rope coil, working with this
spindle G are three rods J connected by means of hinged rods K and nuts L the
bottom ends of these rods J work in grooves M cut in plate N and so formed as to
prevent the rods lifting from them the spindle G is tapped right and left hand O

page_text: upon which the nuts L work, and fitting on the top end of spindle G is a detach-
able handle P by which spindle G is turned, the turning of this spindle causes
the top nut L to fall and the bottom nut L to rise and so draw in the rods J, the
bottom ends of these rods sliding in the grooves M in plate № as shewn in dotted
lines in Fig. 6. On the base A and in one with it there is running round it an 5
inclined plane R upon which run four radiating rollers S secured to underside of
table F by means of which table F can revolve the plate N is secured by means of
bolts to table F and thus the table F and spindle G and rods J as a whole revolve
on pin E in perforation C.
The manner in which this machine is to be used is as follows. The centre
spindle G and rods J are drawn together as shewn in dotted lines in Fig. 6 by
means of turning spindle G with handle P, the coil of rope is then placed on
table F, the spindle G and rods J passing through the centre of it, the handle P
is then placed on the top end of spindle & and turned in a reverse way to that by
which the rods J were drawn together, when the rods J will be forced out by
means of top nut L rising and bottom nut L dropping and the rods J will grip
firmly the inside of rope coil and thus hold it in position. The rope end is then
detached and as the rope coil, being firmly secured to table F will now revolve
the rope can be uncoiled as required without any twisting or curling and the coil
being firmly held by means of spindle G and rods J will not collapse and the rope
can thus be uncoiled without inconvenience.
The drawings consist of two sheets Nos. 1 and 2.
Sheet No. 1. Fig. 1. Plan of base A shewing inclined plane R.
and plate N.
3. Sectional view of machine.
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2. Plan of table
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Sheet No. 2.
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4. Plan of centre spindle and rod..
5. Plan of plate N shewing grooves M, the dotted lines de-
note the width of the grooves at the bottom of plate.
6. View of centre spindle and rods shewing in dotted lines
the manner in which the rods J are drawn in and
expanded.
7. View of the machine with rope coil in position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
An improved rope reel for the uncoiling of rope without twisting curling, or the
coil collapsing.
Dated this Twelfth day of December One thousand eight hundred and ninety-
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