Device for winding and unwinding cables onto a cable drum

US5267702A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Stolberger Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Heinz J. Schumacher · Stolberg, DE
• Karl-Heinz Klein · Kehl, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 28, 1992
• Grant date: Dec 7, 1993
• Expiry date: Apr 28, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H54/553
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for winding and unwinding cables onto a cable drum (9) includes a portal-like supporting frame (1) and bracket arms (4) suspended from it. The bracket arms (4) are adjustable in length, and the distance between the bracket arms (4) is also adjustable. Rotatable spindle pins (8) are carried at the lower ends of the bracket arms (4). The bracket arms (4) are configured to be freely resilient in the longitudinal direction, and furthermore the spindle pins (8) are held at the bracket arms (4) so as to be movable transversely thereto. As a result, insertion of the spindle pins (8) into receiving openings in the cable drums is facilitated so that automatic operation is possible practically without malfunction even if there are dimensional errors in the receiving openings of the cable drums.