Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Strand tensioning device – Tortuous course
Patent
1991-12-23
1993-05-11
Stodola, Daniel P.
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Strand tensioning device
Tortuous course
248278, F16M 1300
Patent
active
052094200
ABSTRACT:
A universal mounting mechanism for selectively suspending a power take-up reel from horizontally and vertically disposed supporting surfaces, the mechanism including a fitting having a shank portion and a head portion and a reversible mounting bracket having a cavity with an aperture located therein. The aperture is adapted to receive the fitting and to retain the head portion thereof within the cavity when the bracket is mounted on a horizontally disposed supporting surface. A double clevis having first and second sets of jaws is provided, the first set of jaws being adapted to receive the reel, while the second set of jaws is adapted to capture the shank portion of the fitting when the bracket is mounted on a horizontally disposed supporting surface, the cavity being adapted to receive and retain the second set of jaws when the bracket is mounted on a vertically disposed supporting surface.
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Simmons Louis P.
Stuhlmacher John A.
McGill Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Nguyen John Q.
Stodola Daniel P.
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