Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Coil holder or support – Spool or core
Patent
1989-11-22
1991-07-09
Gilreath, Stanley N.
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Coil holder or support
Spool or core
242 18R, 242 18G, B65H 5404
Patent
active
050297651
ABSTRACT:
A pair of grippers or clampers (34) are arranged at opposite ends of a drum (14) that is to be provided with a wound optical fiber (12) pack. When a winding layer is being finished and a new layer is about to be started a clamper (34) is actuated to engage the last few windings and hold them in place while the new winding is initiated.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3586563 (1971-06-01), Fukami et al.
patent: 4630652 (1986-12-01), Dieterich
Brown C. D.
Denson-Low W. K.
Gilreath Stanley N.
Heald R. M.
Hughes Aircraft Company
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