# US 2014/0191077 A1 · Spooling machine

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- Number: US 2014/0191077 A1
- Document ID: US20140191077A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/237,196
- Filed: 2012-08-13
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2011-08-19
- Assignees: Maillefer S.A.
- Inventors: Kari Makela
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140191077A1

## CPC

- F16B 7/14: locking in intermediate {non-discrete} positions {(the rod or tube being locked by a tilting clip F16B2/246)}
- B65H 54/72: Framework; Casings; Coverings
- B65H 75/4465: {Foldable or collapsible}
- D07B 7/10: Devices for taking-up or winding the finished rope or cable
- B65H 49/32: Stands or frameworks
- F16B 7/1463: {with the expansion of an element inside the outer telescoping member due to the axial movement towards a wedge or a conical member}
- F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D)
- B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- D07B: ROPES OR CABLES IN GENERAL (joining ropes or cables to one another or to other objects B65H69/00, F16G11/00; {mountaineering ropes A63B29/02}; mechanical finishing or dressing of ropes D02J; {braiding D04C}; decorative ropes or cords D04D; suspension cables for bridges E01D19/16; specially adapted for driving, or for being driven by, pulleys or other gearing elements F16G9/00; electric cables or joints insofar as electrical aspects are essential H01B, H01R)

## Abstract

Spooling machine including two side frames spaced at a horizontal distance by a telescopic spacer beam, each frame having a pintle on supports for bearing a drum for cable pipe or hose, the telescopic spacer beam including at least one outer tube and at least one inner tube, which are slidably and telescopically one inside the other, and a locking device positioned between the outer tube and the inner tube for locking the outer and inner tube in adjustable position. The locking device includes a split part of the inner tube extending over a part of the length of the inner tube and dividing the inner tube into sections, and a force element for creating a swelling force on the split part of the inner tube to press the sections against the inner surface of the outer tube.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-9. (canceled)

### Claim 10

Spooling machine comprising two side frames spaced at a horizontal distance by a telescopic spacer beam, each frame having a pintle on supports for bearing a drum for cable pipe or hose, the telescopic spacer beam comprising at least one outer tube and at least one inner tube, which are slidably and telescopically one inside the other, and a locking device positioned between the outer tube and the inner tube for locking the outer and inner tube in adjustable position, the locking device comprising a split part of the inner tube extending over a part of the length of the inner tube and dividing the inner tube into sections, and a force element for creating a swelling force on the split part of the inner tube to press the sections against the inner surface of the outer tube.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

Spooling machine as claimed in claim 10, wherein the inner tube has been split in the vertical axis into two sections.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

Spooling machine as claimed in claim 10, wherein the outer tube and the inner tube are square tubes.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

Spooling machine as claimed in claim 12, wherein the inner tube has been split in the vertical axis into two sections.

### Claim 14 (depends on 10)

Spooling machine as claimed in claim 10, wherein the force element comprises inflatable bag element, hydraulic or electric cylinders or a wedge mechanism.

### Claim 15 (depends on 10)

Spooling machine as claimed in claim 10, wherein there are guide rolls to provide lateral guiding of the inner and outer tubes.

### Claim 16 (depends on 10)

Spooling machine as claimed in claim 10, wherein there are flat bars on the inside of the outer tube to provide vertical guiding of the inner tube in the outer tube.

### Claim 17 (depends on 10)

Spooling machine as claimed in claim 10, wherein there are bars extending over at least a part of the inner tube, the bars being fitted in the inside corners of the outer tube.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

Spooling machine as claimed in claim 17, wherein the bars are half square bars.