HOSE MANUFACTURING MACHINE

• US 20170217716A1
• Filed: 04/18/2017
• Published: 08/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Caterpillar Incorporated
• Inventors: Chastain, Amy C., Avery, Alan T., Wade, David P., Billimack, James J.
• Application Number:
  US15/489,880
• Publication Number:
  US 20170217716A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 53/8016 Storing, feeding or applying winding materials, e.g. reels, thread guides, tensioners
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/36 Wires
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 59/04 by devices acting on package or support
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 11/10 with reinforcements not embedded in the wall F16L11/11 takes precedence

Abstract

The disclosure provides a hose manufacturing machine, which includes a spool and a pintle assembly. The spool rotates about a central axis. The pintle assembly includes a spindle and a brake arrangement. A first end of the spindle is attached to the spool along the central axis. The brake arrangement includes a brake disc and a force plate. The brake disc includes a brake surface and is attached to a second end of the spindle. The force plate includes a number of brake pads. The brake pads has a relatively higher wear coefficient than the brake disc. The brake pads of the force plate contact the brake surface of the brake disc to at least partially restrict the rotational motion of the spool.

Claims

1. A hose manufacturing machine, comprising:

a spool adapted to rotate about a central axis; and

a pintle assembly, including;

a spindle including a first end and a second end, the first end of the spindle being attached to the spool along the central axis; and

a brake arrangement, including;

a brake disc attached to the second end of the spindle, the brake disc including a brake surface; and

a force plate including a plurality of brake pads, the plurality of brake pads including a relatively higher wear coefficient than the brake disc,

wherein the plurality of brake pads of the force plate contact the brake surface of the brake disc to at least partially restrict the rotational motion of the spool.