Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Coil holder or support – Spool or core
Patent
1984-06-25
1985-11-19
Gilreath, Stanley N.
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Coil holder or support
Spool or core
242 25A, B65H 67056
Patent
active
045537062
ABSTRACT:
A technique for dynamically changing from a full, rotating spool (18) of lightguide fiber (10) to an empty spool (19) while maintaining a substantially constant feed velocity is described. The fiber (10) is moved along a tapered transition section (40 or 52) having a continually decreasing cross-sectional diameter as the spools (18 and 19) and the transition section (40 or 52) rotate at the same velocity. The rotational velocity of the spools and the transition section are increased as the fiber is wound therealong. The fiber is transferred from the transition section onto the empty spool.
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Gilreath Stanley N.
Kirk D. J.
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