Driven mandrel and method
AssigneeThe Gates Rubber Company
InventorTristan D. Juergens
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Abstract
A mandrel useful in the spiral winding of flexible strip members is described including a pair of juxtaposed curvilinear perimetric driving portions which are offset laterally relative to one another and which have a slot or slots for receiving the elements to be wound. A process and winder are also described for the spiral winding of the strip members into a coiled element, e.g., a coiled capacitor or spirally wound battery cell pack.
Claims15
A mandrel useful in winding together a plurality of flexible strip members, comprising:
- a first curvilinear perimetric driving portion;
- a second curvilinear perimetric driving portion juxtaposed from the first driving portion;
- an isthmus interconnecting the first and second driving portions and thereby defining with the first and second driving portions juxtaposed slots for receiving ends of the flexible strip members to be wound;
- and
- said first and second driving portions being offset generally laterally with respect to one another, in a direction parallel to the centerline passing through the openings of the slots, and in an amount from about 70 to about 85 percent of the combined thickness of the flexible strip members to be wound.
A method for winding together a plurality of flexible strip members to form a coiled element comprising:
- feeding the strip members from opposite directions into juxtaposed slots of a driving mandrel, said mandrel having curvilinear driving surfaces terminating in generally pointed corners at the junctures with the respective slot openings, the curvilinear driving surfaces being offset generally laterally with respect to one another, in a direction parallel to the centerline passing through the openings of the slots, and in an amount from about 70 to about 85 percent fo the combined thickness of the flexible strip members to be wound and a tangent drawn to the curvilinear surfaces immediately adjacent the pointed corners forming, with the respective adjoining slot opening surfaces, an acute angle;
- thereafter
- rotating the mandrel in the direction which wraps the strip members sharply around the pointed corners, and continue rotating the mandrel until the coiled element is formed.
A mandrel for winding into a coiled element a plurality of flexible strip members, at least one of which is compressible, to form an electrochemical wound element, comprising:
- a shaft portion;
- a first driving portion projecting from the shaft and having an outer curvilinear perimetric surface and an inner strip receiving surface;
- a second driving portion projecting from the shaft and having an outer curvilinear perimetric and an inner strip receiving surface;
- said first and second driving portions being juxtaposed with their strip receiving surfaces being spaced face-to-face and with
- said first and second driving portions being offset generally laterally with respect to one another, in a direction parallel to the centerline passing through the openings of the inner strip receiving surfaces, an amount from about 70 to about 85 percent of the combined uncompressed thickness of the flexible strip members to be wound.
A mandrel useful in winding together a plurality of flexible strip members, comprising:
- a first curvilinear perimetric driving portion;
- a second curvilinear perimetric driving portion offset generally laterally from the first driving portion;
- an isthmus interconnecting the first and second driving portions and thereby defining with the first and second driving portions juxtaposed slots for receiving ends of the flexible strip members to be wound;
- and
- said mandrel including aligning openings penetrating the first and second driving portions and intersecting a slot adjacent the isthmus, for transmitting a light beam therethrough to establish a light-controlled external circuit.
A mandrel for winding into a coiled element a plurality of flexible strip members, comprising:
- a shaft portion;
- a first driving portion projecting from the shaft and having an outer curvilinear perimetric surface and an inner strip receiving surface;
- a second driving portion projecting from the shaft and having an outer curvilinear perimetric and an inner strip receiving surface;
- said first and second driving portions including aligning openings penetrating therethrough and intersecting said respective inner strip receiving surfaces of each driving portion, for transmitting beam means to control the extent to which the flexible strip members penetrate the respective inner strip receiving surfaces;
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- said first and second driving portions being juxtaposed with their strip receiving surfaces being spaced apart and with the curvilinear perimetric surfaces of each of the driving portions being offset laterally relative to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.