Material or article handling – Device for emptying portable receptacle – Nongravity type
Patent
1980-10-09
1983-02-01
Sheridan, Robert G.
Material or article handling
Device for emptying portable receptacle
Nongravity type
414459, 414911, B66F 900
Patent
active
043713084
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an arrangement in a cable winding machine movable on a bedding and of the type that comprises two vertical support members interconnected by means of an extensible cross bar, said support members being adapted to carry a cable reel between themselves by means of two spindles each displaceable along one of said support members, said cable reel resting on a pallet except during a cable reeling or unreeling process, and lifting means projecting at the lower part of at least one of the support members for carrying the pallet at the same time as the cable reel is carried by the spindles.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A cable winding machine of the above type is known from U.S. Pat. No. 4,098,468.
Large amounts are lost each year through damages to cable reels as well as to cable stored thereon which damages arise during handling and storing.
In order to reduce the number of such damages it has been proposed that cable reels, empty as well as full, should be stored on individual pallets preferably constructed from iron bars which pallets preferably are provided with wheels in order to facilitate their transportation on a plane bedding.
In cable winding machines of the above kind a problem arises with such pallets during the process of reeling or unreeling the cable. After the pallet with a cable reel has been brought in between the support members of the cable winding machine and the cable reel has been lifted up by means of the spindles, the pallet has to be removed from the cable winding machine in order not to obstruct its movement during the cable reeling or unreeling process. After this process has been completed, the pallet anew has to be rolled in between the support members in order to carry the cable reel. A lot of manual work is required to accomplish this which has to be considered as a drawback in a modern production plant.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention is, therefore, to provide an arrangement by means of which it will be possible to eliminate the above described extra work with the removal of the empty pallet when the cable reel is suspended in the winding machine.
According to the invention this object is attained in that the lifting means are resiliently suspended and adapted to assume a lower position when they are loaded with a pallet with a reel and an upper position when they are loaded with only a pallet, said pallet being lifted up from the bedding in said upper position of the lifting means.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
The invention will be described more in detail below with reference to the attached drawing, in which:
FIG. 1 shows one side of an arrangement according to the invention out of engagement with a pallet which carries a cable drum, FIG. 2 shows one side of the arrangement according to the invention in engagement with the pallet, and
FIG. 3 shows both sides of the arrangement of FIG. 2.
1 in FIG. 1 designates one of the two vertical support members of a cable winding machine which is movable on a bedding 2. The support members 1 are interconnected by a telescopic crossbar (shown in FIG. 3). The support members carry spindles 3 facing each other, which can be raised and lowered in order to lift a cable reel 4 having a central hole 5. Except during the process of reeling or unreeling a cable, the cable reel 4 rests on a pallet 7 preferably provided with wheels 6. The pallet does not constitute part of the invention and is, therefore, not shown in detail.
According to the shown embodiment, the cable winding machine is of the kind that via wheels 8 can move on the bedding 2 during the cable reeling or unreeling process. In order to avoid unnecessary work with the removal of the empty pallet from the cable winding machine during the cable reeling or unreeling process, the cable winding machine is according to the present invention provided with an arrangement by means of which the empty pallet is brought with the cable winding machine lifted up from the
REFERENCES:
patent: 3695532 (1972-10-01), Lindstaedt
patent: 4098468 (1978-07-01), Skalleberg
Sheridan Robert G.
Skaltek AB
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