Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Support for a strand material holder – Shaft supported at both ends
Patent
1991-12-06
1992-08-18
Gilreath, Stanley N.
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Support for a strand material holder
Shaft supported at both ends
242159, 242171, 294137, B65H 4918, B65H 5500
Patent
active
051392100
ABSTRACT:
A wire dispensing apparatus (10) and method for dispensing wire or sheathed electrical cable (14) from an annular coil (13) mounted within a storage container (12). The wire dispensing apparatus (10) includes a support axle (24) dimensioned for insertion into a central opening (16) of the coil, and having opposed ends (28, 30) and a length dimension (L) therebetween which is at least about equal to the height dimension (H) of the coil (13). The wire dispensing apparatus further includes a coil retaining assembly (34) which is mountable to the exterior of the container (12), generally in alignment with the opposed ends (28, 30) of the support axle (24) cooperate with the axle (24) to retain or hold the container side walls (20, 22) against the axle ends (28, 30). The axle (24) and retaining assembly (34) prevent the wire from passing over the axle ends (28, 30) and becoming twisted as it is dispensed and prevent the wire (14 ) from pulling down between the sides of the coil (13) and the side walls (20, 22) and becoming jammed inside the container. The wire dispensing method includes the steps of inserting a support axle (24) into the central opening (16) of a coil (14) while the coil (14) is positioned within a storage container (12), and mounting an axle retaining device (34) to the exterior of the container (12) in a position cooperating with the coil support axle (24) to prevent the passage of wire around the ends (28, 30) of the coil support axle (24) and between the coil sides and the container side walls (20, 22) when dispensing wire from the container (12).
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