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US 2003/0213866 A1Published application
Apparatus for fixturing a spool on a wire winding machine
OwnerSamuel Roland Palfenierinventor
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An apparatus for fixturing a spool on a wire winding machine. The invention provides a winding fixture rotatably driven about a rotational axis and fixture and cooperatively engageable with the spool. The jaw member is movable between a first clamped position, wherein the jaw member is adjacent the spool, and a second clamped position, wherein the jaw member engages the spool and maintains the position of the spool relative to the winding fixture in response to a centrifugal force created by the rotation of said winding fixture. The jaw member provides a slotted aperture therein for cooperatively receiving a pivot pin that is connected to the winding fixture. The jaw member has an engaging end adjacent the spool and a weighted end opposite the engaging end. In response to the centrifugal force created by the rotation of the winding fixture, the weighted end of the jaw member moves outward away from the rotational axis of the winding fixture allowing the pivot pin to move along the slotted aperture in the jaw member and allowing said engaging end of the jaw member to engage the spool.
An apparatus for fixturing a spool on a wire winding machine, comprising:
An apparatus for fixturing a spool on a wire winding machine, comprising:
An improved apparatus for fixturing a spool on a wire winding machine having a winding fixture rotatably driven about a rotational axis, and a pair of jaw members connected to said winding fixture for operably engaging and securing said spool to said winding fixture, the improvement comprising:
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