Packaging skate system and method
AssigneeEncore Wire Corporation
InventorsHarrison J. Hord, Joshua Cody Collinsworth
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method for wrapping a plastic film over a wire or cable wound on a spool or reel. The system comprising a packaging assembly, the packaging assembly further comprising a plastic film, a plastic film payoff shaft connected to the plastic film, a vertical support connected to the plastic film payoff shaft, a first conveyor roller coupled to the vertical support, a rotational drive system mechanically coupled to the first conveyor roller, a spool or reel, the spool or reel comprising wound wire or cable, wherein the rotational drive system rotates the first conveyor roller which rotates the spool or reel, pulling the plastic film to partially surround the wire or cable on the spool or reel as the spool or reel is rotated.
Claims18
A packaging skate apparatus for wrapping a plastic film over a wire or cable on a spool or reel, the apparatus comprising:
- a plastic film;
- a plastic film payoff shaft connected to the plastic film;
- a vertical support connected to the plastic film payoff shaft;
- a base assembly connected to the vertical support;
- a first conveyor roller adjustably coupled to the base assembly;
- a second conveyor roller fixedly coupled to the base assembly;
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- a rotational drive system mechanically coupled to the first conveyor roller, wherein the rotational drive system rotates the first conveyor roller which rotates the spool or reel, pulling the plastic film to partially surround the wire or cable on the spool or reel and wherein a location of the first conveyor roller is adjustable along a horizontal path defined by the base assembly and along predetermined locations of the base assembly.
A packaging system for wrapping a plastic film over a wire or cable on a spool or reel, the system comprising:
- a packaging assembly, the packaging assembly further comprising:
- a plastic film;
- a plastic film payoff shaft connected to the plastic film;
- a vertical support connected to the plastic film payoff shaft;
- a base assembly connected to the vertical support;
- a first conveyor roller adjustably coupled to the base assembly;
- a second conveyor roller fixedly coupled to the base assembly;
- a rotational drive system mechanically coupled to the first conveyor roller;
- a spool or reel, the spool or reel comprising wound wire or cable;
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- wherein the rotational drive system rotates the first conveyor roller which rotates the spool or reel, pulling the plastic film to partially surround the wire or cable on the spool or reel as the spool or reel is rotated and wherein a location of the first conveyor roller is adjustable along a horizontal path defined by the base assembly and along predetermined locations of the base assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.