Patent ID: 8087604

Claim:
A pouring reel for forming a long product moving at an incoming velocity into an annular coil, comprising: a central mast lying on a vertical axis; a cylindrical tub surrounding and cooperating with said mast to form an annular chamber, said tub being surrounded by and journalled for rotation within an outer housing; a coil plate defining the bottom of said chamber, said coil plate being rotatably coupled to said mast; an entry pipe mounted on said outer housing and arranged to deliver the product downwardly for accumulation in said chamber as a series of superimposed rings forming said annular coil; a first drive mechanism for rotating said tub relative to said outer housing and about said axis; a second drive mechanism for rotating said mast about said axis, said first and second drive mechanisms being operable simultaneously and independently of each other at different speeds to thereby permit said tub and said mast to be rotated at surface velocities substantially matching the incoming velocity of the product; and a third drive mechanism for vertically adjusting said tub together with said outer housing and the entry pipe mounted thereon relative to said coil plate.