Spool mount assemblies for rotating multi-clipper platform systems
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1. A packaging system comprising:
- a rotating table; and
a plurality of spool mount assemblies circumferentially spaced apart from each other and mounted to the rotating table at respective clipper stations, the spool mount assemblies comprising;
first and second longitudinally extending outer mounting members;
laterally extending and longitudinally spaced apart inner and outer rollers attached to the first and second longitudinally extending mounting members to define a spool holding and retention cavity; and
a centrifugal force retention shaft mounted on the first and second longitudinally extending outer mounting members, to extend laterally to the first and second longitudinally extending outer mounting members, the centrifugal force retention shaft facing an outer perimeter of the rotating table, said centrifugal force retention shaft positioned relative to the laterally extending and longitudinally spaced apart inner and outer rollers to enable a spool to be downwardly loaded into and upwardly removed from the spool holding and retention cavity without movement of the centrifugal force retention shaft.
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Abstract
Packaging systems include a rotating table and a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart spool mount assemblies mounted to the rotating table at respective clipper stations. The spool mount assemblies can include a laterally extending centrifugal force retention shaft that faces an outer perimeter of the table.
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1. A packaging system comprising:
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a rotating table; and a plurality of spool mount assemblies circumferentially spaced apart from each other and mounted to the rotating table at respective clipper stations, the spool mount assemblies comprising; first and second longitudinally extending outer mounting members; laterally extending and longitudinally spaced apart inner and outer rollers attached to the first and second longitudinally extending mounting members to define a spool holding and retention cavity; and a centrifugal force retention shaft mounted on the first and second longitudinally extending outer mounting members, to extend laterally to the first and second longitudinally extending outer mounting members, the centrifugal force retention shaft facing an outer perimeter of the rotating table, said centrifugal force retention shaft positioned relative to the laterally extending and longitudinally spaced apart inner and outer rollers to enable a spool to be downwardly loaded into and upwardly removed from the spool holding and retention cavity without movement of the centrifugal force retention shaft. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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