Improvements in and relating to a Method of and Apparatus for Coiling the Metallic Rods Used in the Manufacture of Wire.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1889-Accepted, 9th Nov., 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to a Method of and Apparatus for
Coiling the Metallic Rods Used in the Manufacture of Wire.
We, FRANK GIfford Tallman, Iron and Steel Manufacturer, residing at Beaver
Falls, in the County of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, and WILLIAM GARRETT,
Manufacturer, residing at Joliet, in the County of Will and State of Illinois, United
States of America, 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:-
:-
Our invention consists in the method of and apparatus for coiling metallic rods used
in the manufacture of wire, into coils or bundles.
The object of our invention is to provide a cheap and reliable method and machine
for the coiling into bundles of the metallic rods, thus dispensing with the expensive
reeling devices now in common use and also the services of several skilled workmen
and at the same time employing but a small portion of the mill floor for the
purpose.
Our invention consists in the method of and apparatus hereinafter described of
imparting to the rods as they emerge from the rolls, a motion which will form
them into coils or spirals while the rod is in the air, or in its flight from the
rolls, and in arresting said coils by a suitable standard around which the coils are
thrown,
Our invention consists further of a revoluble horizontal pipe or tube commu-
nicating with the guide, which conducts the rods from the rolls, said pipe being curved
or bent at its outer end to form the rod into spirals as it emerges therefrom, and a
horn-shaped standard located in the path of the spirals to catch or arrest the spirals in
their aerial flight.
Our invention consists further in certain details of construction which will be fully
described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims.
Referring to the accompanying drawings:
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Figure 1, is a perspective view of the ordinary form of rod forming roller frame
and guide pipe, showing our improved coiler and standard, and the preferred manner
of locating the same relative to each other.
Figure 2, is a side elevation partly in section of the roller frame, and also our
improved coiler, showing the standard made movable to permit them to be brought
into proper position to receive the coils and to be moved when properly filled to
discharge the coil therefrom.
Figure 3, is a side elevation of one form of standard wherein one part of its holding
or receiving face is found in corrugated or stepped form in the direction of its
length to prevent the coils from slipping therefrom until brought into proper position
to be discharged.
Figure 4, is a view of one ineans employed for adjusting the coiler or revolving
pipe to or from the center of its movement to provide for and permit the regulation
of the size of the coil.
Figure 5, is a section through said pipe and its support or holder, and also the
mechanism by which it is revolved.
Figure 6, is a side view of a modified form of standard or support on which the
rods are coiled.
The rollers, A, for forming the rods and the housings or supports therefor, aro
constructed in the ordinary or well known manner.
A guide-pipe, (, one end of which is placed in front of the rollers, A, and opposite
the grooves, a, which grooves give the finished form to the rod, the office or function

page_text: of which guide-pipe is to direct the rod and keep it in a straight line as it emerges
from the rolls.
In a suitable support or, frame, F, in line with the pipe, C, is mounted a hollow
revolving sleeve, D¹, having mounted therein a band wheel or pulley, G, to which
motion is communicated from any suitable source of power.
Mounted, and made adjustable in this sleeve is a guide-pipe, I, one end of which
communicates with the pipe, C, while the other end extends out beyond the hollow
sleeve, D, and has its end bent or curved outward as shown, and through which tube
the rod is caused to pass from the pipe, C, and in the revolving movement of said
guide-pipe, I, to cause the end to move in a circle and by such movement consequent
to the bent or curved form given to the pipe, to cause the wire as it emerges therefrom
to assume a spiral or curved form, the size or diameter of the spiral being determined
by the distance the end of the pipe is adjusted to or from the center of movement, the
adjustment of the end being provided for by means of a rod or pin, K, passing
through a slot in the sleeve and engaging the pipe, and the said pipe may be held in
its adjusted position in any preferred way.
A standard, L, or cone shaped holder and arrester is placed upon the floor in
proper relation to the guide-pipe, which holder and arrester has its upper end or
apex curved inward toward the revolving guide-pipe to bring said end into proper
relation to the pipe so as to catch the coils as formed and discharged therefrom.
It will be seen that by passing the wire out through the curved revolving pipe that
said wire will be thrown forward as it emerges therefrom into a spiral coil, and by
locating the standard in proper relation thereto that it will catch and hold the coils
thus formed in a manner that will be readily understood.
To provide for the removal of the coils when of sufficient size without stopping the
feed for any, or for a great length of time we mount a series of standards upon a
carrier, M, actuated in any suitable manner so that said standards may be moved or
brought successively into proper position to receive, and afterwards, when properly
filled, to discharge the coil therefrom.
When removing the coils from the standards or receivers, the last few coils are apt
to slip up and over the point of the receiver by reason of the end hanging or sticking
in the bent pipe, thus causing a long loose end to drop.
To remedy this we form the standard or receiver with a roughened, corrugated
or stepped portion in the direction of its length so that the coils will catch thereon
and by the engagement thereof with the rod prevent the end from slipping from the
standard.
The bent pipe or guide is provided with a removable nozzle or end, P, to provide
for the renewal of the same as it becomes worn, without necessitating the renewal of
the entire pipe.
When the travelling carrier is employed we locate in the path of the standards a
fender wall, N, which will engage the coil and cause the same to be discharged from
the standard. In this connection also we employ stops to engage the carrier on the
standard and automatically stop and hold the same when they reach the proper point
in front of the delivery pipe.
By adjusting the speed of the guide-pipe to conform to the speed at which the rod
is fed from the rolls the diameter of the coils may be regulated in a manner that will
be readily understood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
.:.
First. The method herein described of coiling metal rods as they come from the
rolls, the same consisting in causing the rods to assume a spiral form while passing
through the air and assembling them uniformly one above another in a body, substan-
tially as specified.
Second. The method herein described of coiling metal rods as they come from the

page_text: rolls, which consists in passing said rods through a horizontally revolving bent tube,
which forms the rods into spirals in a vertical plane, and then arresting said coils
while in their aerial flight on a standard, causing the coils to assume a horizontal
position, as described.
Third. The combination with a set of rolls, of a curved and revolving guide-
pipe placed at the delivery end of the fixed pipe or guide, and on a line therewith,
whereby the rod as it emerges from the revolving guide is formed into loops, as
set forth.
Fourth. In a device for coiling metal rods as they emerge from the rolls, a
revoluble horizontal pipe or tube communicating with the guide which conducts
the rods from the rolls, said pipe being curved or bent at its outer end so as to
describe a circle and form the rod into loops or spirals while in their aerial flight,
and a standard or supporting device for arresting and retaining the coils, as described.
Fifth. In a device for coiling metal rods as they emerge from the rolls, a horizontal
revolving tube, having its outer end curved or bent as described, to form the rods into
spirals while in their aerial flight, in combination with a curved or horn shaped
standard to catch and retain said coils, as described.
Sixth. The revolving curved guide in combination with a movable support, having
the standards mounted thereon substantially as described, whereby the sanie may be
successively filled and discharged, as set forth.
Seventh. The revolving curved guide-pipe provided with the removable end,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Eighth. The horn shaped holder or arrester arranged in relation to the forming
rolls, substantially as described, whereby the same is adapted to receive a rod in
process of coiling and constructed with its point or apex to receive the rod as it is
coiled and being enlarged as it recedes towards its base, as set forth.
Ninth. The cone or horned shaped holder or arrester arranged to receive a rod in
process of being coiled provided with a hooked saw tooth or notched back, and with
its point or apex to receive the rod as it is coiled, and said holder being enlarged as it
recedes from the apex to its base, and with said base arranged at right angles more or
less with the line of direction of its apex, as set forth.
Tenth. The combination with a travelling carrier, of the holders or standards
arranged thereon, substantially as described.
Eleventh. The combination with a travelling carrier the holders or standards
arranged thereon, and a fender wall for removing the coils from the holders, as set
forth.
Twelfth. The combination of a revolving bent pipe to form the rod into coils,
the rolls for feeding the same to the pipe, a holder or standard to receive the
coils, and device for engaging the coils and removing the same from the standard, as
set forth.
Dated this 8th do
1000
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.