Winding – tensioning – or guiding – Coil holder or support – Spool or core
Patent
1987-06-11
1988-08-09
Levy, Stuart S.
Winding, tensioning, or guiding
Coil holder or support
Spool or core
414555, 414911, B65H 1920
Patent
active
047622911
ABSTRACT:
A trailer is provided having an arched carrying cradle to accommodate a cable reel and side walls to laterally support the reel. There is also a self-loading means to bring the reel from the ground into a position resting in the cradle. A reel bar is positioned through the center hole of the reel onto which a hydraulically driven set of maneuvering arms engage and propel the reel along a sloping reel loading track, provided as part of the trailer, into the cradle. The reel is advanced to a payout position by the maneuvering arms and a set of support arms which also are engageable with the ends of the reel bar. Each support arm is pivotably mounted to the trailer so that one end is free to rotate through a circular arc, the apex of the arc being above the center of the reel as it sits in the trailer cradle, and the support arms being long enough to lift the reel so that it is free to rotate when resting on the support arms. In operation, the arms move the reel rearwardly until they intersect the arc of the support arms. The support arms may then be pivoted into a position so that they engage the reel bar. Thereafter, the first arms move the reel, which now rests on the support arms, forward. To place the reel back in its cradle for transporting, the process is simply reversed.
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Levy Stuart S.
Matecki Katherine
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