US2612324A - Material-selecting reel - Google Patents

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Sept. 30, 1952 D. M. YORBURG 5 3 4 MATERIAL SELECTING REEL l Filed July 16, 1949 v 2 SHEETS--SHEET 2 Qamd 41 gara/r &W

# form? yo Patentetl Sept. 30, 1952' manually-operated device for selectively 'dfihh' the top surface of the upper lange |6 and arranged to support a tapered pin 35 adapted to engage between the correspondingly-tapered surfaces of a pair of fingers 36-36 of reduced dimensions formed at the free ends of the brakeshoes 30-30 and supported in transverse apertures of the boss in operative relationship to the t bodiment of the invention, the brake-Shoes are so adjusted as to permit rotation of the spider man-' ually against the frictional resistance ofi'ered by scribed briefiy as follows. The holder is posi-' tioned adjacent the machine |3 or any other device which is to use materials carried by the reels, with the center of the base-member l4 substantially in alignment 'with the take-Off or feed-in rolls l2 of the machine so that any one of the reels IO supported on the spider 22 may be rotated into position to align the metal strip ll of the reel with the takeoft or feed-in means 12 of'the machine; These'lection o f any particular reel for a desired color is mad'e manually by pushing against any one of the radially-extending arms 41 of the spider to rotate the latter aboutits stude-shaft 2| so as to bring the selected reel into alignment with the feed-in means of the machine,-the rotation of the spider being said brake-Shoes, but prevent the spider from moving reely inadvertently out of a selected i position.

Secured on the outer'surface of the side Wall 29 of the ..brake-drum and extending radially therefromin asubstantially-horizontal plane are the reel-supporting elements of the spider, each supporting-element comprising an elongated substantially U-shaped member 38 (see Figs. 1 v and' 2) welded at its closed end 39 to the side Wall of the brake-drum and provided at its outer free ends with a pair of bearing-brackets 40-46 respectively,- for rotatably supporting a reel substantiallyvertically in the slot formed between its spaced-parallel arms 4 l-4 I.

As shown especially'well in Fig. 3, each bearr ing-bracket 46 constitutes 'a substantially-rectangular block of wood or other suitable material,

adjustably secured to its respective' arm 4l of the spider by means of a pair of carriage-bolts 42 or thereof a distance slightly greater than the width of the corresponding arm 4l of the spider. In

bearing-'recess 43 for rotatably supporting the corresponding trunnion 44 of a reel. Furthermore, invorder to control the rotation of each; reel -in its respective bearing-blocks 40-40, suitable braking-means are provided comprising one arm 45 of each U-shaped bearing-recess 43, the

one arm being made to lex to and from the other relatively-fixed arm 46 of thebearing-recess by providing a longitudinal slot 41 in the' 'corre-v sponding block, the upper end of the slot intersecting the bottom of the U-shaped bearing-recess at its intersection with the flexible arm 45;

Moreover, a bolt-and-wing-nut assembly 48' is provided which extends through each block and' more particularly the arms 45 and 46 of its U-shaped bearing-recess 43, and at substantially right angles to the aforesaid longitudinal slot 41' of the block, whereby by turning the Wing-nut, the ,flexible arm 45 may be moved to and from the opposite relatively-fixed arm 46 of the bearing -b1ock thereby to frictionally engage and re'- lease the reel-trunnion 44 supported in the U- shaped bearing-recess 43 thereof.

effected against the resistance of the brakemechanism, as 'hereinabove described. Consequently, having brought the selected reel into poi the like which extend through the block :from front to back, and are spaced apart longitudinally The Operation of the reel-holder maybe desition, the spider will be held by the brake-means from rotating inadvertently out of its' selected position.

Thus, having metal may be' fed to the machine substantially *without interruption, the'only delay being that occasioned by swinging the spider] 'around to bring a chosen reel opposite the machine and then threading the strip metal of that'particula'r reel into the feed-rolls thereof. r v

The showing lo Fig's, &and 7 nclusz've Inasmuch as certain of 'the' partsshown in Figs. 6 and 7 ofamodification of thereel-holder *now to be described are similar to parts pre:

viously described, certain of these parts shown in Figs. 6 and 7 have similar reference characters applied thereto plusth'e subscript an In the modified structure, the. base-member" |4a has an integralfiange l6a of relatively small diameter at its upper end to which is secured a flat disk-shaped index-plate 50,'see 'Fig. 7, having radial notche's 51 substantially equally-spaced" around the perimeter thereof. Projecting' upwardly fromthe index-plata 50 substantially concentric thereto, is a stud-shaft 2la having a cy-j lindrical bushing 23a and an end-thrust'bearing-' plate 2411 for rotatably 'supporting the hub 26a of aspider-drum 25a, the 'hub 26a ofj'which is held in rotational' engagement with the 'afo'resaid bushing and bearing-plate by means of a Washer zla and nut 28a. The reel-supporting arms 38a of thespider 22afandthe reel-supporting bear,-" ing-blocks are identical to those'described above. in conjunction with Figs. 1 through 5 inclusive and, hence, will notbe described again. However, the spider-restraining means-for resisting rotation of the spider 22'a. about its stud-shaft 2la embodies a single 'b'rakeshoej 53 and an inend of the aperture intersecting the outer face of the drum-wall zs Slidably sufiported 'within the axial aperture 58 or the boss 55 isa' sleeve 51 which is reduced at its outer end to f rm"'a annular shoulder 58; and which is provided at its inner end, beyond the inner end of the boss, with the aforesaid brake-shoe v 53, the latter: having friction-pads 59-59 secured thereon. .Threadedly secured in theouterend of theaxial aperture o the boss s a nipp e 'B r/ he inner m once 'loaded the rel-carrier with': reels of the same or dissimilar' colors,';the strip' which forms 'an-annlar abutinezit i for enagement. by the outer endLdi, a coil-sprin'gfisz 'the latch-pin 54, thereby normally to urge the latch-pin 54 inwardly radially so as to engage positively in an indexing-notch of the indexing-plate 50. The indexing-pin 54 is adapted to be withdrawn from an indexing-notch 51 of the indexing4plate by grasping the head 69 at the outer end of the shank of the indexing-pin and pulling the latter outwardly radially against the resistance of its spring 66.

The operation of the modified reel-holder is' substantially like that of the reel-carrier described above in conjunction with Figs. 1 through 5, except that in order to rotate the :'eel-holding spider, the operator must first withdraw the indexing latch-pin 54 from latching engagement With a notch 5| of the indexing-plate in the manner hereinabove described, whereupon the spider may be rotated against the resistance force of the brake-shoe 53 to bring any selected reel into alignment with the feed-means of the machine, whereupon the latch-pin 54 is released for reengagement in a notch 5| of the indexingplate, thereby positively holding the spider from rotating.

The improved reel-carrier of the invention is characterized by its simplicity and economy of construction and the accomplishment of a great saving in labor and time in handling and selecting the reels.

The invention may be carried out ,in other specific ways than those herein set forth without departing from the spirit and essential characteristics of the invention, and the present embodiments are, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, and p all changes coming within the meaning and equivalency range of the appended claims are intended to be embraced therein.

I claim:

1. A reel-holding device for selectively orienting a plurality of reels opposite a eeding-station, said device comprising a base-member having a flange adjacent its upper end and a concentric shaft upstanding from said flange; a spider comprising a hub-portion engaged on said upstanding shaft for supporting said spider on said flange for rotation in a substantially-horizontal plane, and arms extending radially with respect to said hubportion, said arms being arranged in pairs to define Vertical slots for accommodating said reels; a pair of bearing-blocks for each pair of arms, said bearing-blocks being constructed and arranged to support a reel for rotation in a substantially-vertical plane between the respective pairs of arms of said spider; and friction brakemechanism mounted on the said flange of said base-member arranged to cooperatively engage the hub-portion oi' said rotatable spider to hold saidbasemember:

-reel-holding device-for shaft'upstandingfrom'said flange; a spider comprising a hub-portionengagedon said upstanding shaft for supportingsaid*spideron said flange for 'rotation 2 in a substantially horizontal Lpla'nfie,

and arms extending radially with irespect to 'sa-id hub-portion, said arms being arranged in pairs to define Vertical slots or accommodating said reels; a pair of bearing-blocks for each pair of arms, said bearing-blocks being construoted and arranged to support a reel for rotation in a substantially-vertical plane between the respective pairs of arms of said spider; and brake-means formed on said bearing-blocks, said brake-means comprising flexible elements of said blocks arranged to cooperatively engage the reels mounted therein, and manually-adjustable means for fiexing said flexible elements of said blocks to and from rictional engagement with the respective reels thereof to hold the latter from rotating freely in said bearing-blocks.

3. A reel-holding device for selectively orienting a plurality of reels opposite a feeding-station. said device comprising a base-member having a flange adjacent its upper end and a concentric shaft upstanding from said flange; a spider comprising a hub-portion engaged on said upstanding shaft for supporting said spider on said flange for rotation in a substantially-horizontal plane, and arms extending radially with respect to said hub-portion, said arms being arranged in pairs to define Vertical slots for accommodating said reels; a pair of bearing-blocks for each pair of arms; friction brake-mechanism mounted on the flangeof said base-member and arranged to cooperatively engage the hub-portion of said rotatable spider to hold said spider from rotating freely about the shaft of said base-member; and brake-means formed on the said bearing-blocks, said brake-means comprisin flexible arms of the U-shaped bearing-recesses arranged to coopera tively engage the reels mounted in said U-shaped bearing-recesses, and manually-adjustable means for flexing the flexible arms of said bearingrecesses to and from frictional engagement with said reels to hold said reels from rotating freely in the respective bearing-blocks 4. A :'eel-holding device for selectively orienting a plurality of reels opposite a, reading-station. said device comprising a base-member having a flange adjacent its upper end; a concentric disk secured to said flange, said disk having radial notches in the periphery thereof and a concentric upstanding shaft; a spider comprising a hubportion engaged on the upstanding shaft for supporting said spider on said disk for rotation in a substantially-horizontal plane, and arms extending radially with respect to said hub-portion, said arms being arranged in pairs to deflne Vertical slots for accommodating said reels; a pair of bearing-blocks for each pair of arms. said bearing-blocks being constructed and arranged to support a reel for rotation in a substantiallysele ctively' drient ing a' p rality-of' reels oppositeafeeding statiom f said device' "comprising a 'base ember-he e 'af flange adjacent flits upper end -=and =-a-'concentricv M BEFERENCES CITED t The following references are of recordin-:thei fileof this patentz v Number 1

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