Apparatus for and method of continuously spooling a filament on reels with accessible long inside ends
US5593101A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 27, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H67/052
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Spooling apparatus and method utilizing reels having generally radial slots in the end flanges. A filament is guided to a selected reel by a reciprocating traverse sheave. The traverse sheave is moved to one axial end of the full reel to arrange the filament in a winding reference plane adjacent to the inside surface of the flange at that end. A transfer sheave, which moves between the two reels in the winding reference plane engages the advancing filament and deflects it proximate to the empty reel to position a portion of the filament in a direction substantially tangent with the periphery of the empty reel while winding of the filament continues to the other reel. A throw pin momentarily deflects the filament from the winding reference plane to a cutting reference plane on the other side of the flange which places the filament in a position to be snagged by a snagger that rotates with the empty reel and cut on a stationary cutting element in the cutting reference plane. As soon as the filament is cut the snagged end is guided onto a spiral track, outside of the reel, to guide the filament from the point of snagging at the periphery of the flange to a point corresponding to the s…
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