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Uniform width payout hole

US5470026A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 1, 1993
Grant dateNov 28, 1995
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Expiry dateOct 1, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H54/10
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Method and apparatus for winding filamentary on a mandrel rotatable about a spindle axis of rotation and a traverse reciprocating with respect to the mandrel to wind the filamentary material in a figure 8 coil configuration with a payout hole extending radially from the inner to the outer wind of the coil; controlling the rotation of the mandrel about the spindle axis of rotation; controlling the reciprocating movement of the traverse with respect to the rotation of the mandrel to wind the filamentary material on the mandrel in the coil of a figure 8 configuration to form the radial payout hole having a substantially constant diameter.

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