IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR COILING OR WINDING WIRE INTO COILS OR BUNDLES
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Patchett, of Haybridge, Wellington, in the County
of Salop, Iron Master, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
COILING OR WINDING WIRE INTO COILS OR BUNDLES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Patchett at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd July 1880.
JAMES PATCHETT, of Haybridge, Wellington, in the County of Salop, Iron
Master. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR COILING OR WINDING WIRE INTO
5 COILS OR BUNDLES."
In machinery as ordinarily constructed for coiling or winding wire upon reels
for forming coils or bundles of wire the reel is made in two parts or halves, one
part being connected to the driving shaft, and the other part being loose and
capable of being connected with and disconnected from the fixed half or part. The
loose half or part is lifted onto and off the end of the shaft of the fixed half or part,
and when lifted on the shaft is secured to the fixed half or part by screw bolts and
nuts.
My Invention has for its object to facilitate the connection of the loose half of
the reel to and its disconnection from the fixed half, and thereby to economize time
and labour.
I effect this object by constructing and arranging the parts of the reel and the
mechanism connected therewith in the following manner :-
I make the driving shaft of the fixed half of the reel so that it does not project
from the face of the said half reel as usual, and I mount the removeable or loose
half of the reel upon an independent shaft situated in a line with the driving shaft.
The shaft of the loose half of the reel is carried by and fixed to a pedestal or bearing,
the said shaft having no rotatory motion. Upon the said fixed shaft the loose half of
the reel slides and is capable of rotating. By moving the loose half of the reel in
one direction it may be brought into contact with the fixed half on the driving
shaft, and by moving the said loose half in the opposite direction it may be with-
drawn from the fixed half. The sliding of the loose half of the reel to and from
the fixed half and the securing of the loose half to the fixed half are effected in the
following manner :-
On the back of the loose half of the reel is a boss or flanged collar with which
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page_text: a long forked lever engages, the said lever being jointed to the base of the machine.
By pressing this lever by means of its upper handle end towards the fixed half reel
the loose half reel is brought into contact with the fixed half reel, the boss or collar
sliding on the fixed shaft. By the opposito motion of the lever the loose half rcel
may be withdrawn from the fixed half. The back motion of the loose half recl
when the pressure of the wire is put upon it is prevented by means of a lever catch
jointed to the actuating forked lever described of the loose half reel, a shoulder
on the lever catch engaging with the pedestal or upright of the fixed shaft.
When the loose half of the reel has been pressed against the fixed half the two
halves are bound securely together by means of studs on the fixed half taking into
recesses in the loose half, and also by means of clamps on the fixed half engaging
with projections on the loose half. When the two halves are thus bound together
so as to form a complete recl, the said reel is thrown into gear with the driving
shaft and thereby rotated, and the wire is coiled or wound upon it in the ordinary
way. After the reel has been filled with wire the motion of the reel is arrested,
and the clamps on the fixed half reel are removed from the projections on the loose
half. After lifting the lever catch from the pedestal the loose half reel can be
withdrawn from the fixed half by means of the actuating lever, and the bundle or
coil of wire may be removed. In this way the coiling of the wire upon and the
removal of the coil or bundle of wire from the reel are effected with great facility
and with little labour.
My Invention is applicable to the coiling or winding upon reels of rolled, drawn,
and galvanized wire.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said James Patchett in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 13th January
1881.
JAMES PATCHETT, of Haybridge, Wellington, in the County of Salop, Iron
Master. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR COILING OR WINDING WIRE INTO
COILS OR BUNDLES."
In machinery as ordinarily constructed for coiling or winding wire upon reels
for forming coils or bundles of wire the reel is mado in two parts or halves, one
part being connected to the driving shaft, and the other part being loose and
capable of being connected with and disconnected from the fixed half or part. The
loose half or part is lifted onto and off the end of the shaft of the fixed half or part,
and when lifted on the shaft is secured to the fixed half or part by screw bolts
and nuts.
My Invention has for its object to facilitate the connection of the loose half of
the reel to and its disconnection from the fixed half, and thereby to economize time
and labour.
I effect this object by constructing and arranging the parts of the reel and
mechanism connected therewith in the following manner :-
I make the driving shaft of the fixed half of the reel so that it does not project
from the face of the said half reel as usual, and I mount the removeable or loose
half of the reel upon an independent shaft situated in a line with the driving shaft.
The shaft of the loose half of the reel is carried by and fixed to a pedestal or
bearing, the said shaft having no rotatory motion. Upon the said fixed shaft the
loose half of the reel slides and is capable of rotating. By moving the loose half
of the reel in one direction it may be brought into contact with the fixed half on
the driving shaft, and by moving the said loose half in the opposite direction it
may be withdrawn from the fixed half.
The sliding of the loose half of the reel to and from the fixed half and the
securing of the loose balf to the fixed half aro effected in the following manner :-
On the back of the loose half of the reel is a boss or flanged collar with which
a long forked lever engages, the said lever being jointed to the base of the
machine.
.
By pressing this lever by means of its upper handle end towards the fixed half
reel the loose half reel is brought into contact with the fixed half reel, the boss or
collar sliding on the fixed shaft. By the opposite motion of the lever the loose half
reel may be withdrawn from the fixed half. The back motion of the loose half reel
when the pressure of the wire is put it is prevented by means of a lever catch
jointed to the actuating forked lever described of the loose half reel, a shoulder on
the lever catch engaging with the pedestal or upright of the fixed shaft.
When the loose half of the reel has been pressed against the fixed half, the two
halves are bound securely together by means of studs on the fixed balf taking into
recesses in the loose half, and also by means of clamps on the fixed half engaging
with projections on the loose half.
When the two halves are thus bound together so as to form a complete reel the
said reel is thrown into gear with the driving shaft and thereby rotated, and the
wire is coiled or wound upon it in the ordinary way.
After the reel has been filled with wire the motion of the reel is arrested, and
the clamps on the fixed half reel are removed from the projections on the loose
half. After lifting the lever catch from the pedestal the loose half reel can be
withdrawn from the fixed half by means of the actuating lever, and the bundle or
coil of wire may be removed.
In this way the coiling of the wire upon and the removal of the coil or bundle
of wire from the reel are effected with great facility and with little labour.

page_text: My Invention is applicable to the coiling or winding upon reels of rolled, drawn,
and galvanized wire.
I will now proceed to describe, with reference to the accompanying Drawing, the
manner in which my Invention is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in side elevation machinery for coiling or winding wire into
coils or bundles, the said machinery containing my improvements, the halves of the
rcel at one side of the machine being shown secured together for the coiling or
bundling of the wire, and the halves of the reel at the other side of the machine
being represented separated for removing the coil or bundle; Figures 2 and 3
represent the faces of the two halves of the reel detached; and Figures 4 and 5
represent in edge view, drawn to a larger scale, the halves of the reel together with
the mechanism employed for locking the halves together; Figure 4 showing the
two halves locked together, and Figure 5 the halves unlocked.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of the
Drawing.
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a is the driving shaft, having at each end the fixed half b of the recl, the fixed
half b being thrown into and out of gear with the rotating driving shaft a by the
lever and clutch mechanism at d of the ordinary kind;.c is the removeable or loose
half of the reel mounted upon the independent horizontal shaft e fixed to a pedestal
or bearing on the base of the machine, the said independent fixed shafte being
situated in a line with the driving shaft a. The said loose half c of the reel is
furnished with a grooved boss or flanged collar g, which is capable of rotating and
sliding upon the fixed independent shaft e. The loose half c of the reel may be
brought into contact with the fixed half b on the driving shaft a, as shown at the
right hand side of the machine, Figure 1, or the said loose half c may be moved in
the opposite direction, so as to withdraw it from the fixed half b, as shown at the
left hand side of the machine by means of the long forked lever, the said lever
engaging at about its middle with the grooved boss or flanged collar y of the loose
half reel c. The lower end of the lever is jointed at 2 to the base of the machine,
and the upper end of the said lever is furnished with a handle h³ for working it.
By pressing the lever by means of its handle h³ in the direction indicated by the
arrow in Figure 1 the loose half c of the reel may, by sliding it upon the shaft e,
be withdrawn from the fixed half of the reel for removing the coil or bundle of
wire from it, as illustrated at the left hand side of the machine. By pressing the
lever h by its handle h³ towards the fixed half b of the reel, the loose half c is
brought into contact with the fixed half b on the driving shaft a, the boss or collar f
sliding on the fixed independent shaft e, as illustrated at the right hand side of the
machine, when the reel after the halves have been locked together is ready for the
coiling of the wire upon it. The back motion of the loose half reel c when the
pressure of the coiling wire is put upon it is prevented by means of the lever
catch i, jointed at 2 to the forked lever h, by which the loose half reel c is moved.
On the underside of the lever catch i is a shoulder, which ongages with the
pedestal in the manner represented at the right hand side of Figure 1. By
lifting the lever catch i its shoulder may be removed from the pedestal f, when
the actuating lever h may slide the loose half reel c from the fixed half reel b.
After
The halves b, c, of the reel are bound securely together when in contact, so as to
form a complete reel by means of the locking arrangeinent represented in Figuros
2, 3, 4, and 5. On one of the cross bars of the fixed half reel b are two studs k, k,
and in one of the cross bars of the loose half reel c are recesses l, l, with which the
studs k, l, engage. On the other cross bar of the fixed half reel b are two clamps
m, m, and on the other cross bar of the loose half reel c are projections n, n.
the halves of the reel have been brought together and the studs k, l, made to
engage with the recesses , l, the clamps m, m, on the fixed half reel b are turned
on their joints and made to engage with the projections n, n, on the loose half
reel c, as illustrated in Figure 4, that is to say, the said clamps pass under the
projections n, and the short hook like arms m² of the said clamps bear against the
front of the said projections. The halves of the reel are thereby securely clamped

page_text: together. By turning the clamps m, m, into the position represented in Figures 2
and 5, the halves of the reel are unfastened and may be separated. After the half
reels have been clamped together in the manner described, and the back motion of
the loose half reel prevented by the lever catch i, the complete reel is thrown into
gear with the driving shaft a and thereby rotated, and the wire is coiled or wound
upon it in the ordinary way. The reel having been filled with wire the motion of
the reel is arrested, the lever catch i is lifted from the pedestal f, and the clamps
m, m2, m, m2, on the fixed half reel are removed from the projections n, n, on the
loose half reel, and by the motion of the lever h the said loose half reel can be
moved from the fixed half reel and the bundle or coil of wire removed.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in which
the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I claim as my
Invention of "Improvements in Machinery for Coiling or Winding Wire into Coils
or Bundles,"-
First. Mounting the loose half reel of the said machinery upon a fixed inde-
pendent shaft situated in the line of the driving shaft, carrying the fixed half reel
and sliding the said loose half reel upon the said fixed independent shaft, so as to
bring it in contact with or withdraw it from the fixed half reel by means of a
lever, substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawing.
Secondly. The lever catch, herein before described and illustrated, jointed to the
actuating lever of the loose half reel for preventing the back motion of the said
loose half reel.
Thirdly. The arrangements or combinations of parts, herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, for engaging and locking or clamping
together the half reels of the coiling or winding machinery.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Patchett, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twelfth day of January, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty one.
Witness,
GEORGE SHAW.
JAMES PATCHETT. (L.S.)