Improvements in Reels or Apparatus for Coiling Wire.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 7th Dec., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Reels or Apparatus for Coiling Wire.
I, CARL MAYBERG of Witten on Ruhr, Westphalia in the Empire of Germany,
Works Director 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:-
This invention relates to reels or apparatus for coiling wire and has for its object
to smoothly and evenly wind the wire coming from the rollers and to render it
possible to turn out large quantities of work owing to its being mechanically
driven.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is an elevation of one form of construction;
Figure 2 is a plan view of the upper part;
Figure 3 is a side elevation partly in section, the upper part being in section on
the line m n of Figure 2;
Figure 4 shows an elevation of another form of construction; and
Figure 5 is a side elevation partly in section.
A horizontal driving shaft A¹ is mounted on the bed plate A by means of two
bearings and a driving wheel b', which conveys power to a large toothed friction
wheel 6, is mounted on said driving shaft. This friction wheel in turn engages
with a small friction wheel 6. Standards C for receiving a guiding frame E in
which a shaft D carrying the friction wheel b³ rotates are also mounted on the bed
plate A. The shaft D carries a flat disc F over which an outer drum G and an
inner drum H are so arranged that by friction they must share in the rotation
of the flat disc as soon as the latter has reached its highest position
(Figure 3).
In order to stop the rotation of the two drums G and H by releasing the drums
from the disc when the latter descends, they are suspended in an insertion ring J
which is carried by means of an outer ring K supported on columns L', L, L, L',
resting on the bed plate A. The lowering of the flat disc F is effected by
disengaging a weighted lever N from one of four rollers M, which rollers serve in
the manner shown in Figure 3 (by means of chains or cords attached to the guide
frame E and provided with weights) to normally raise this guide frame E which
carries the shaft D. The weight of the coil lowers the disc, after disengagement
of the lever N.
After the drums are set in rotation, the wire running off the roller P with a
certain speed is inserted by means of the guide pipe o, into one of the openings i of
the fixed insertion ring J tangentially to the periphery of the outer drum G, and
at an inclination to the space enclosed by both drums. The wire is then wound in
coils round the inner drum H and rests on the flat disc F. If then the lever N be
released, the wire coil formed, will by its weight cause the flat disc F to descend,
80 that the wire coil may be easily removed. After the removal of the wire coil,
the flat disc again returns to its uppermost position, so that the winding up or
coiling can be commenced afresh.
In the modified form of construction shown in Figures 4 and 5, the vertical
shaft D is again mounted in a guide frame E which is adjustable in standards C
mounted on the bed plate A. The vertical shaft D again supports a flat disc F³,
but in this case the outer drum G' and the inner drum H' are firmly connected
with this disc. A ring F is provided loosely between the two drums as a support
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page_text: for the wire coil which is to be formed. The ring F2 is connected by means of
bolts with a ring F adapted to act as a brake in conjunction with a plate F*
fixed on the standards C.
The winding up of the wire is effected in a manner which will be readily
understood, as soon as the end of the wire has been inserted in the hollow space
formed by the two drums.
lever n.
The raising and lowering of the flat disc takes place in this form of construction
by means of a toothed segment m engaging in a toothed part E¹ of the guide
frame E, which segment may be adjusted in either direction by means of a hand
On the lowering of the flat disc F', the brake ring Fa first rubs on the
plate F and thus brings the ring F2, with the wire coil formed thereon, to a stand-
still. The driving shaft A' however continues to rotate, and as it only engages
with the druni-shaft D by friction gear, the wheel 63 of the latter will slip and not
rotate on the wheel 6 when the ring F3 is braked, and the shaft D and the drums
will therefore remain at a standstill. The flat disc F then still further descends
together with the drums G¹ and H until the wire coil lies entirely free on top of
the ring F⁹.
The whole reel is again ready for use when the hand lever n has been pushed
back after the finished wire coil has been removed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is-
1. A wire coiling reel or apparatus with rotating flat disc characterised. by an
outer and an inner drum between which the wire is coiled, said drums being 80
suspended in a fixed insertion ring that they share in.the rotation of the flat disc
as soon as the latter reaches its uppermost position, whilst the formed wire coil
comes out of the drums on the descent of the Hat disc substantially as described
and illustrated.
2. In a wire coiling reel or apparatus of the kind described, the combination of
two drums and a flat disc and a ring to receive the coiled wire, said ring being
adapted on the descent of the flat disc and the two drums, to remain stationary,
and thus release the wire coil wound thereon substantiaily as described and
illustrated.
Dated this 14th day of September 1895.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.