Coil reel

• US 3,282,518 A
• Filed: 12/11/1964
• Issued: 11/01/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Frank C. Holmes
• Original Assignee: Frank C. Holmes
• Inventors: Holmes, Frank C.
• Application Number:
  US04/417,709
• Time in Patent Office: 690 Days
• US Class Current: 242/420.6
• CPC Class Codes: B21C 47/34 Feeding or guiding devices not specially adapted to a particular type of apparatus

Claims

1. A COIL REEL WHICH COMPRISES;

SUPPORT MEANS;

A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL SHAFT HAVING A LOWER FIRST END AND AN UPPER SECOND END, AND MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS AT SAID FIRST END;

A COIL SUPPORT TRAY ROTATABLY MOUNTED ABOUT SAID VERTICAL SHAFT AND INCLUDING A CENTRAL HUB PORTION ENCIRCLING SAID VERTICAL SHAFT;

A DRIVE ENGAGEMENT MOUNTED BELOW SAID TRAY AND IN FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH, SAID DRIVE WHEEL BEING ROTATABLE IN A PLANE SUB ATANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE RADIUS OF ROTATION OF SAID TRAY AT THE POINT OF CONTACT BETWEEN SAID DRIVE WHEEL AND SAID TRAY;

POSITIONING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY POSIITONING SAID DRIVE WHEEL ALONG SAID RADIUS OF ROTATION;

DRIVE MEANS ARRANGED TO DRIVE SAID DRIVE WHEEL AND ROTATE SAID TRAY;

A SCREW MEANS POSITIONED IN SAID HUB MEANS FOR VERTICAL DOWNWARD ADVANCEMENT AGAINST THE UPPER SECOND END OF SAID VERTICAL SHAFT TO LIFT AID HUB PORTION AND DISENGAGE SAID TRAY FROM SAID DRIVE WHEEL.