US 3,951,355 AGranted

Automatic cable winding apparatus

AssigneeSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

InventorsJoji Morioka, Takuzo Matsumoto, Kanji Otani, Katsuhisa Uedono

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Abstract

An automatic cable winding apparatus comprises a traverse arm mounted to the traverse block sliding on a traverse base that guides cables to be wound on the drum and provided near the top thereof with guide rollers guiding said cables while supporting them from the upper and the lower sides thereof and a presser roller pressing the cables sideways, a device giving pressing force to said traverse arm, proximity switches detecting that the cables are wound up to the vicinity of the flange of the drum, a rotation angle detector which causes said traverse base to stop by the detection signals generated from said proximity switches and detects the rotation angle of the drum, another device for quickly advancing and retracting said traverse block relative to the flanges of the drum when said rotation angle detector detects that the drum has been rotated by a predetermined angle, and a device for raising the traverse apparatus by the height of the outer diameter of the cable every time a new layer of cable is wound on the drum.

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Dependent claims

Automatic cable winding apparatus comprising;

a traverse base, means for traversing said traverse base in directions to wind said cable on a drum, a traverse block slidably mounted thereon, a traverse arm mounted to the traverse block for guiding cables to be wound on the drum, said arm being provided near the top thereof with guide rollers for guiding said cables while supporting them form the upper and the lower sides thereof and a presser roller pressing the cables sideways;
a device for providing a pressing force to said traverse arm;
proximity switch means for detecting the presence of cables being wound up to the vicinity of the flanges of the drum;
means responsive to change of state of said proximity switch means for stopping movement of said traverse base;
a rotation angle detector actuated by said proximity switch means for providing a rotation angle detection signal when the drum rotates a predetermined amount following said actuation;
traverse block control means responsive to said rotation angle detection signal for quickly advancing and retracting said traverse block relative to the flanges of the drum;
and means for raising said traverse arm by an amount substantially equal to the outer diameter of said cable every time a layer of cable is wound on the drum.

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