Improvements in or relating to Winding Apparatus for Field Telephone-wires or the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Aug., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 16th Aug., 1897-Accepted, 20th Nov., 1897
Improvements in or relating to Winding Apparatus for Field
Telephone-wires or the like.
I, LEONIDAS BOIJE, of Viborg, in the Grand Duchy of Finland, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of an apparatus for use in winding up field telephone
or other wires, all the inconveniences that usually occur when the same are wound
by hand are avoided such as unevenness in the set of the coil, entanglement or the
wire being wound in a dirty or dusty state.
The apparatus consists of a metal box covered with water proof material con-
taining a winder or reel on which the wire is to be wound on a horizontal axle
which traverses the box; this axle and winder are constructed so that they can
be taken out of the box for the purpose of changing the winder. Parallel with
this axle is another which is provided with right and left worms in such a manner
that the worms meet at the extremities of the axle, engaging with this so formed
endless worm is a guide arranged to slide on a bar or bars parallel with the axles.
The two axles are connected by means of cog wheels and an endless chain and in such
a manner that on turning a handle attached to the axle of the winder the wormed
axle is also set in motion and acts on the guide which conveys the wire to the
winder so that the same slides from end to end of the bar backwards and forwards
and so effects a regular and even winding of the wire on the winder. The wire is
arranged to pass also between two blocks before reaching the guide so as to keep
it taught. Further, brushes are arranged outside the box in such a manner that
the wire passing between them is cleaned.
By a suitable arrangement of connections telephonic communications can be
made whilst the wires or cables are being wound or unwound between the person
in charge of the winding apparatus and the house or fixed telephone station.
Dated this 3rd day of August 1897
Improvements in or relating to Winding Apparatus for Field
Telephone-wires or the like.
I, LEONIDAS BOIJE, of Viborg, in the Grand Duchy of Finland, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
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page_text: performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement;-
This invention consists of an apparatus for use in winding up field telephone
or other wires, all the inconveniences that usually occur when the same are wound
by hand being avoided such as unevenness in the set of the coil, entanglement or the
wire being wound in a dirty or dusty state.
.
In the annexed drawing Fig. 1 shows a vertical section and Fig. 2 a horizontal
section of the apparatus.
A metal box L covered with water proof cloth is supplied on one of its sides
with two connecting screws a al of which a' is insulated from the sides of the box
by a suitable ebony plate and is used for the earth wire. The screw a is in metallic
contact with the side of the box and is used for the purpose of the line wire. In
the opposite side of the box is a slot having a movable plate fitting into it, which
closes the upper part of the bearing of the axle A. By opening the lid d of the box
the movable plate can be taken out whereupon the axle A and the winder B can be
taken out of the box for the purpose of changing the winders. By addition of
winders a wire can be wound of any desired length.
The front of the box is supplied with two brushes m m¹ and the wire to be wound
is arranged to be passed between them; the brushes clean the dust away that happen
to fasten on the cable. On the axle A is a metal winder Band on which the cable
is wound up evenly by means of the axle c which is right and left wormed in such
a manner that the ends meet at the ends of the axle.
1.
When the axle A is turned by means of the handle D the axle C is also turned
by means of the cog wheels E E and the endless chain F. The axle C by means of
its being wormed acts on the pin H which engages in the worms causing it to slide,
together with the guide G attached to it, on a bar z and from end to end of the bar,
so that the wire guided by the guide G is wound evenly on the winder B. The
relative sizes of the cog wheels E E¹ and of the axle C are dependent on the thick-
ness of the wire or cable to be wound.
2
The wire is arranged to pass between two blocks which are mounted on the
guide G which serve to keep the wire taut and ensure an even winding of the wire
on the winder. In one end of the winder is a hole through which that end of the
wire that is not isolated is drawn, and held in position on the outside of the winder
by a spring.
A double wire cable must be used when a person wishes to utilize the above
described apparatus for conversations whilst in motion. The cable is wound on
the winder in the same way as a single tread one; one the tread is fastened to
the above mentioned insulated spring and by its means is brought in contact with
the box and further by the connecting screw a with the wire of the line. The
other wire is fastened by a spring which is isolated from the side of the winder by
an ebony plate, the spring being in constant contact with a brass plate, isolated
from the side of the box but in contact with the connecting screw a and consequently
with the earth wire.
By such means it is possible to converse whilst the apparatus is in motion, as
the circuit is always.closed.
The apparatus is carried on a circuit that is effected in the following manner.
One end of a single wire cable is connected to the wire of the line of the station
telephone, and the outgoing telephone has its line wire connected to the connecting
Screw a by connecting the earth wire of the telephone with the connecting screw a¹
of the apparatus, the earth wire is in connection with the outgoing telephone and
is by means of the screw a' connected to an iron wire attached to an iron bar which
is laid on the ground.
One wire of the double wire cable is connected with the line wire and the other
with the earth wire of the station telephone the line wire is connected to the con-
necting screw a and the earth. wire to a¹ on the outgoing telephone which is carriel

page_text: by the person who carries the winding apparatus and conversation can be carried
on whilst the telephones are being brought together or carried apart.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is;-
A winding apparatus for winding field telephones or the like consisting of a
metallic cover L in the sides of which an axle A is placed for the purpose of rolling
up the cable this axle A being operatively connected with another axle C parallel
with it, by means of the toothed wheels E E' and the endless chain F, the axle C
being right or left wormed in such a manner that the worms meet at the ends of the
axle C, a bar being fastened in the cover L and parallel with the axles A and C
having a running guide & mounted on it through which the cable is drawn the
guide G being supplied with a pin H engaging with the worms of the axle C,
besides which the immer ends of the cable are by suitable connections and contacts
connected with two screws a a¹ fixed on the metallic cover, and two brushes m m¹
fixed on the cover face to face, the cable or wire passing between them, and also
between the blocks j j¹ to the guide G the combination of the above parts being
arranged to effect a smooth winding of the wire or cable free from dust and dirt.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, Agents to Applicant.