US3196601A - Deflector device for a revolving wire or the like - Google Patents

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US3196601A
US3196601A US309511A US30951163A US3196601A US 3196601 A US3196601 A US 3196601A US 309511 A US309511 A US 309511A US 30951163 A US30951163 A US 30951163A US 3196601 A US3196601 A US 3196601A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H57/00—Guides for filamentary materials; Supports therefor
    • B65H57/14—Pulleys, rollers, or rotary bars
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D07—ROPES; CABLES OTHER THAN ELECTRIC
    • D07B—ROPES OR CABLES IN GENERAL
    • D07B7/00—Details of, or auxiliary devices incorporated in, rope- or cable-making machines; Auxiliary apparatus associated with such machines
    • D07B7/02—Machine details; Auxiliary devices
    • D07B7/021—Guiding means for filaments, strands, ropes or cables
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D07—ROPES; CABLES OTHER THAN ELECTRIC
    • D07B—ROPES OR CABLES IN GENERAL
    • D07B2207/00—Rope or cable making machines
    • D07B2207/40—Machine components
    • D07B2207/409—Drives
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D07—ROPES; CABLES OTHER THAN ELECTRIC
    • D07B—ROPES OR CABLES IN GENERAL
    • D07B3/00—General-purpose machines or apparatus for producing twisted ropes or cables from component strands of the same or different material
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D07—ROPES; CABLES OTHER THAN ELECTRIC
    • D07B—ROPES OR CABLES IN GENERAL
    • D07B3/00—General-purpose machines or apparatus for producing twisted ropes or cables from component strands of the same or different material
    • D07B3/08—General-purpose machines or apparatus for producing twisted ropes or cables from component strands of the same or different material in which the take-up reel rotates about the axis of the rope or cable or in which a guide member rotates about the axis of the rope or cable to guide the rope or cable on the take-up reel in fixed position and the supply reels are fixed in position
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D07—ROPES; CABLES OTHER THAN ELECTRIC
    • D07B—ROPES OR CABLES IN GENERAL
    • D07B7/00—Details of, or auxiliary devices incorporated in, rope- or cable-making machines; Auxiliary apparatus associated with such machines
    • D07B7/02—Machine details; Auxiliary devices
    • D07B7/04—Devices for imparting reverse rotation to bobbin- or reel cages

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  • both the draw-off drums and the take-up drum in addition to revolving around their respective axes for transferring the wires from the former to the latter, must also be rotated in synchronism about respective axes normal to their axes of revolution in order to impart the requisite helical twist to the assembled rope without twisting the several elements themselves.
  • FIGURE 1 is a simplified overhead plan view of a i cable twisting installation in which a plurality of the improved deflector devices of the invention are included;
  • Objects of this invention are to provide an improved deflector device of the specified. kind, which will be small in size, inexpensive to make and maintain, largely fixed so as to introduce substantially no inertia, and will perform its desired guiding and deflecting function in an extremely effective manner without imparting torsion to the element passing through it.
  • the improved deflector may comprise a fixed arcuate supporting member corresponding in arcuate extent to the'angle by which the path of the wire (or the i like) is to be deflected, a series of roller supports mounted along the length 'of the arcuate member for pivotal moveangles about their respective radial axes.
  • FIGURE 2 is a larger-scale view of one of the improved deflectors
  • FIGURE 3 is a section on line IIIIII of FIGURE 2, showing one of the roller supports with the roller thereon;
  • FIGURE 4 is an overhead view of FIGURE 3 as projected along the pivotal axis of the roller support.
  • FIGURE 5 shows a modified form of roller support and roller means usable with the device of FIGURE 2, as it would be seen in section on a radial plane of the deflec: tor device.
  • FIGURE 1 there is illustrated a generally conventional cable twisting plant as one example of the context in which the invention is of use.
  • the plant comprises two draw-off frames 1a, 1b and a common take-up frame 4.
  • Each draw-off frame has means for drawing off three individual Wires (or fibres, or strands) therefrom, as shown at 14a and 14b, and the six wires are led simultaneously through a distributor grid 2 and an assembly die 3 to the common take-up unit 4 to be coiled thereon in helically assembled relation as a single rope or cable.
  • Each of the draw-off frames 1a, 1b is accordingly provided with the three drums 12 mounted for rotation about their own axes in related cradles or frames 11a, 11b, 11c, the latter in turn being rotatable about parallel spaced axes, orthogonal to the axes of rotation of the drums, in the related draw-off frame such as 1b.
  • the take-up frame 4 comprises a large drum 4a mounted for rotation about its own axis in the frame 4, which latter in turn is rotatable about an axis orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the drum 4a.
  • Means are provided for imparting synchronous rotation to both the revolving draw-off frames, such as 11w 11b and 110, and the take-up frame 4, and comprises a motor 6 which through suitableshaft ing and gearing 5 rotates the frame 4 and, through shafts 5a, 5b, synchronously rotates the respective revolving draw-ofl? frames, such as 11a, 11b and 110. Further, the take-up drum 4a is rotated about its own axis in frame 4, through means not shown, for imparting the suitable draft force to the individual wires 14a, 14b and coiling them up around the periphery of drum 4a.
  • the deflector device 13 comprises a fixed supporting member 15 in the general form of an arc of a circle, herein .about 90 in angular extent. Any suitable means are provided for fixedly securing support 15 to the related fixed draw-off frame structure such as 112.
  • the member is formed with a plurality of spaced bores therethrough, extending radially of the arcuate member 15, i.e.
  • Pivot shafts 16a through .1612 are mounted for free rotation in the respective bores, and the shafts carry at their outer projecting ends related clevis or stirrup members 17a through 1711. Antifriction means may if desired be associated with shafts lea-ion but have not been shown herein.
  • each clevis 17 Across the parallel spaced legs of each clevis 17 is freely pivoted a pin 18 with a roller 19 supported between the legs of the clevis.
  • the rollers are preferably in the form of spools with concave profiles as shown. Alternatively they may be gnooved or flanged.
  • the legs of each clevis ar slanted so that the pivot 18 of each roller 19 is oifset from the axis of the related pivot shaft 16, in the same general direction as that of the axial displacemerit of the wire 14- through the device, indicated by arrow F.
  • a counterweight 20 is preferably provided projecting from the inner end of shaft 16 in a direction generally opposite from that in which the legs of the clevis slant.
  • Means are provided for constraining all of the roller units to assume equal angular positions about the pivot shafts .16, and such means may comprise an arcuate seg: rnent 21 formed with spaced holes through which the ends of the pins 18a through 18111 can freely project.
  • the segment 21 can be locked in an adjusted position with respect to the arcuate support 15 by a Wing nut 21a engaging a threaded hole in the side of member 15 and cooperating with an elongated slot in segment 21.
  • nut 21a it is preferred to use nut 21a to lock the segment 21 in a position in which it causes all the roller supports 17 to assume a predetermined orientation angle a, computed in dependency on the desired feed and angular or rotational velocities (and the diameter of the element), in order thus to achieve in a more positive manner the desired twist-free condition of the elixcnt M.
  • paired rollers can be used as shown in FIGURE 5.
  • the two rollers 22a, 22b of each pair are cylindrical and are mounted on pins 23a, 23b projecting from supports 24a, 24b mounted on pivots 25a, 25b extending through the arcuate member 15 in generally radial planes thereof.
  • the pivots 25a, 25b extend at right angles to each other being angul-arly displaced 45 to opposite sides from a central longitudinal plane of the member 15, and the same is true of the pins 23a, 23b, so that the rollers 22a, 22b define in projection on a transverse plane, as shown in FIGURE 5, a.
  • a device for deflecting the path of a continuous flexible element which is simultaneously fed longitudinally along said path and rotated about its longitudinal axis which device comprises a stationary arcuate supporting member corresponding in arcuate extent to the angle by which said path is to be deflected, a series of roller supports spaced along the length of the arcuate member, and mounted on the arcuate member for pivotal movement about axes extending in generally radial planes of said member, and rollers mounted on said supports for free rotation about axes generally transverse to the first axes, said rollers being engageable by said flexible element.
  • a device for deflecting the path of the element comprising a stationary arcuate supporting member; a series of roller supports spaced along the member and mounted for pivotal movement about axes extending in generally radial planes of the member; rollers mounted on said supports for free rotation about axes generally normal to said first axes and engage'ableby said flexible element, and means coupling said roller supports to constrain them to assume corresponding angular positions about said first axes.
  • roller supports are arranged so that the point of engagement of each roller by said flexible element is offset from the pivotal axis of the roller support.
  • a device for deflecting said path comprising a stationary arcuate member; a series of roller supports spaced along the member and mounted on the arcuate member for pivotal movement about radial axes intersecting the members centre of curvature; and rollers mounted on said supports for rotation about axes normal to said radial axes, and having generally concave profiles for cradling engagement with said flexible element.
  • roller supports include clevis-like portions with spaced legs across which said rollers are mounted for rotation about said second-mentioned axes.
  • rollers are provided in pairs, the rollers in each pair being mounted for rotation about respective axes symmetrically angularly displaced to opposite sides from the general plane of said supporting member so as to form a V in which said flexible element is cradled.
  • said coupling means comprises an arcuate coupling member formed with spaced means along its length for engagement with the respective roller supports.

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US3309857A (en) * 1963-04-12 1967-03-21 Delore Sa Geoffroy Apparatus for processing cable-like elements
EP0198611A3 (en) * 1985-04-01 1988-01-13 Warner-Lambert Company A method for advancing and twisting a plurality of strands and a conveyor means for use in the same
EP1441063A1 (fr) * 2003-01-24 2004-07-28 Officine Meccaniche di Lesmo S.p.A. Toronneuse à double torsion
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US2877620A (en) * 1956-10-08 1959-03-17 Edmands Company Wire twisting machine
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US3309857A (en) * 1963-04-12 1967-03-21 Delore Sa Geoffroy Apparatus for processing cable-like elements
EP0198611A3 (en) * 1985-04-01 1988-01-13 Warner-Lambert Company A method for advancing and twisting a plurality of strands and a conveyor means for use in the same
EP1441063A1 (fr) * 2003-01-24 2004-07-28 Officine Meccaniche di Lesmo S.p.A. Toronneuse à double torsion
US20140087912A1 (en) * 2012-09-07 2014-03-27 Bartell Machinery Systems, L.L.C. Mode shift apparatus for umbilical stranding machine
US9303355B2 (en) * 2012-09-07 2016-04-05 Bartell Machinery Systems, L.L.C. Mode shift apparatus for umbilical stranding machine

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