US3854675A - Rotary accumulation device - Google Patents

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US3854675A
US3854675A US00424867A US42486773A US3854675A US 3854675 A US3854675 A US 3854675A US 00424867 A US00424867 A US 00424867A US 42486773 A US42486773 A US 42486773A US 3854675 A US3854675 A US 3854675A
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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
    • B65H51/00—Forwarding filamentary material
    • B65H51/20—Devices for temporarily storing filamentary material during forwarding, e.g. for buffer storage

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  • a line of material accumulating device comprising arotary accumulator with two diametrically spaced axi- PP 424,867 ally extending stacks of individual planetary reels adapted for receiving a line of material therebetween,
  • Such accumulators or loopers range in complexity from simple pits for depositing and retrieving a line of material in process, to a single track or multiple tracks in planes ranging from horizontal to vertical, having multiple rotary devices traveling the plane or planes for selectively accumulating and discharging a line of material in process. Since the length of material to be accommodated by such accumulators or loopers is a direct function of their length and the number of tracks, their size and complexity grow with the length required, and the threading of such devices is often elaborate and time consuming. Rotary motion by some members of such devices serves primarily or entirely the purpose of con-' veying the line of material inprocessand providing angular compensation for length variations.
  • the rotary accumulating device isparticularly suitable for, but not limited to, lines used in the process of cable, wire, rope, string, tape or strip.
  • FIG. 1 is a somewhat diagrammatic front elevation view, partly broken away and partly in section and showing a line of material in process in phantom, of an embodiment of a rotary accumulating device incorporating the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a top plan view, partly broken away and partly in section and showing the line of material in process in phantom, of the rotary accumulating device.
  • a preferred embodiment of a rotary accumulating device incorporating the present invention comprising a rotary accumulator having a support rotor 12 and two axially extending parallel stacks of coaxial circular reel members ,4 mounted thereon.
  • the reel members 4 of the parallel stacks are shown mounted in lateral alignment to provide a plurality of parallel reel systems, and the reel members are individually shaped for guiding and supporting the line of material 1 in process and for permitting the line of material to pass from the reel member 4 of one reel stack to the reel member of the adjacent reel system of the other reel stack.
  • the reel members 4 are mounted for independent rotary motion on parallel shaft members 3 which are preferably but not necessarily diametrically spaced and radially equidistant and parallel to the principal axis of the rotary accumulator 10 whereby the reel members 4 are capable of planetary motion about the main axis of the rotary accumulator 10.
  • parallel shaft members 3 which are preferably but not necessarily diametrically spaced and radially equidistant and parallel to the principal axis of the rotary accumulator 10 whereby the reel members 4 are capable of planetary motion about the main axis of the rotary accumulator 10.
  • the line of material 1 in process passes partly around a rotary entry guide 5 and between leading or outermost reel members 4 and partly around a rotary exit guide 6.
  • the ease by which the line of material 1 in process can be threaded through the apparatus is readily recognizable.
  • FIG. 2 is a plan view, partly in section, of the rotary accumulating deviceshowing the circular reel members 4, the reel supporting shafts 3, the support rotor 12 having an integral combination drive and support shaft 14 mounted within a suitable journal 7, a rotaryto-lin'ear axial'indexing mechanism Sand a drive motor 9.
  • the drive motor 9 may be a suitable hydraulic motor for applying a substantially constant torque for rotating the rotary accumulator 10 in one angular direction, in the clockwise direction as viewed in FIG. 1.
  • the shown indexing mechanism 8 is of the helical feed screw type and comprises a male helical feed screw or cam form- 5, clockwise partly around one of the outermost or lead reel members 4, between two outermost or lead reel members 4, counterclockwise partly around the other lead reel member 4, and then clockwise partly around the exit guide 6.
  • the rotary accumulator 10 is rotated by the motor 9, in the clockwise direction as viewed in FIG. 2, and the indexing mechanism 8 provides for simultaneously axially indexing the rotor accumulator. 10 outwardly relative to'the entry and exit guides 5, 6 and such that the line of material is simultaneously wound from the entrance and exit of the rotary accumulator 10 onto the accumulator while at the same time the line of material is continuously longitudinally fed along its path of travel.
  • the line of material is simultaneously wound from the two lead reels 4 of the two reel stacks onto the two reels of the adjacent-reel system and is wound from each reel 4 onto a laterally and axially spaced reel of the other reel stack.
  • the line accumulation process can continue until all of the reel members 4 have been used.
  • the discharge of the accumulated line of material in process occurs in the opposite manner when the line tension exerts sufficient torque to overcome the motor torque and rotate and axially shift the rotary accumulator in the opposite rotational and axial directions.
  • the entry guide 5 and exit guide 6 may be mounted and shifted in opposite axial directions in conjunction with the rotation of the rotary accumulator in opposite angular directions to provide the desired relative axial displacement of the rotary accumulator and entry and exit guides to properly wrap the line of material onto the reels 4.
  • the width of the reel members 4 may be approximately equal to and not substantially greater than the width of the line of material in process, it can be for relatively axially indexing in opposite axial directions the reel stacks and the entry and exit guide means material and discharging it at both the entrance and seen that the reel stacks may employ a large number of I coaxial reels for accumulating a very substantial length of material in process in accordance with the present invention.
  • An accumulating device for selectively accumulating and discharging a line of material being longitudinally fed along a path of travel comprising a rotary accumulator, entry and exit guide means for feeding the line of material to and from the rotary accumulator, the
  • rotary accumulator being rotatable about a first axis of rotation and having a plurality of stacks of a plurality of independently rotatable coaxial reels mounted for rotation about axes generally parallel to and radially offset from said first axis such that the rotatable reels are mounted for planetary movement about said first axis, said stacks being spaced for initially threading the line of material between and passing the line of material partly around entry reels thereof, indexing means exit of the rotary accumulator and respectively onto and off of successive reels of the reel stacks, and rotation control means providing for rotating the rotary accumulator in opposite angular directions for selectively accumulating and discharging a line of material.
  • An accumulating device wherein the plurality of stacks of rotatable coaxial reels have axes of rotation generally equiangularly spaced about and generally equally radially offset from the first axis of rotation of the rotary accumulator.
  • indexing means is operable for relatively axially indexing the rotary accumulator and entry and exit guide means in opposite axial directions for relatively axially indexing the reel stacks and the entry and exit guide means in opposite axial directions.
  • indexing means comprises helical cam and follower means coaxial with the rotor assembly for axially indexing the rotary accumulator in opposite axial directions in conjunctionwith the rotation thereof in opposite angular directions.
  • helical cam and follower means comprises a helical cam section mounted on the rotary accumula tor coaxially therewith, and fixed follower means coop erating with the helical cam.
  • rotation control means comprises motor means for applying a torque to rotate the rotary accumulator in one angular direction to accumulate a line of material onto the reel stacks and to permit the rotary accumulator to rotate in the opposite angular direction lated line of material.

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US00424867A US3854675A (en) 1973-12-14 1973-12-14 Rotary accumulation device
CA213,835A CA1008235A (en) 1973-12-14 1974-11-15 Rotary accumulating device
GB5209974A GB1437560A (en) 1973-12-14 1974-12-02 Rotary accumulating devices
IT54363/74A IT1032153B (it) 1973-12-14 1974-12-04 Dispositivo accumulatore rotante di materiali in particolare per la lavorazione di materiali allungati flessibili
FR7439598A FR2254506A1 (fr) 1973-12-14 1974-12-04
DE19742457905 DE2457905A1 (de) 1973-12-14 1974-12-06 In einen bewegten materialstrang einzusetzender materialspeicher
NL7416192A NL7416192A (nl) 1973-12-14 1974-12-12 Draaiende opzamelinrichting.
JP49143325A JPS50106068A (fr) 1973-12-14 1974-12-13
BE151461A BE823306A (fr) 1973-12-14 1974-12-13 Accumulateur de materiau rotatif

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US4603800A (en) * 1984-03-22 1986-08-05 Focke & Co., (Gmbh & Co.) Apparatus for transporting sheets of packaging material

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US2326714A (en) * 1942-01-29 1943-08-10 Courtaulds Ltd Thread tensioning apparatus
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US3374933A (en) * 1966-08-15 1968-03-26 Block Engineering Loop erection system

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NL7416192A (nl) 1975-06-17
CA1008235A (en) 1977-04-12
JPS50106068A (fr) 1975-08-21
GB1437560A (en) 1976-05-26
DE2457905A1 (de) 1975-06-19
BE823306A (fr) 1975-04-01
FR2254506A1 (fr) 1975-07-11

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