Support with drag arrangement
AssigneeKelso Marine, Inc.
InventorRichard L. Linam
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Abstract
A support arrangement for feeding a continuous strand of welding rod includes shaft means with laterally extending means mounted in spaced relation to one end thereof with spindle means being mounted on the laterally extending means. The other end of the shaft means is received in a tubular housing which includes a lateral extension thereon with spindle means extending in opposed relation to the spindle means on the lateral extending means for receiving and supporting a spool thereon. Bearing means support the tubular housing and the shaft means to accommodate rotation of the shaft means and the spool supported thereon and cooperating friction brake means are mounted adjacent one end of the shaft means for restraining rotation of the shaft means in a desired manner.
Claims3
A spool support bearing arrangement for feeding a continuous strand of welding rod including:
- a. shaft means;
- b. laterally extending means mounted on said shaft means and spaced from one end thereof;
- c. spindle means mounted on said laterally extending means and extending in a plane spaced from and parallel to the longitudinal axis of said shaft means;
- d. tubular housing means for receiving the other end of said shaft means;
- e. a lateral extension on said tubular housing means;
- f. spindle means mounted on said lateral extension and extending in a plane spaced from and parallel to the longitudinal axis of said tubular housing means;
- g. said spindle means on said lateral extension and on said laterally extending means extending toward each other in the same plane and terminating in spaced relation;
- h. means for positioning said tubular housing means with said shaft means;
- i. longitudinally spaced bearing means for supporting said tubular housing means and shaft means to accommodate rotation thereof;
- j. cooperating friction brake means mounted adjacent one end of said shaft means and on said bearing arrangement adjacent thereto for restraining rotation of said shaft means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.