Apparatus for applying an end cap to a cloth board reel
AssigneeNational Tube and Reel Corporation
InventorSamuel Louden
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Abstract
Apparatus is provided for applying an end cap to a cloth board reel automatically. The end cap has a front wall and a pair of side walls. One of the side walls is provided with an extension at each end which wraps around the longitudinal ends of the reel. The machine applies the long side wall to the reel, folds over the front wall, and wraps the extensions of the side wall around the longitudinal edges of the reel. The remaining side wall is then folded over the broad side of the reel and the extensions which have been wrapped around.
Claims17
An apparatus for applying an end cap to a cloth board reel, said end cap being provided with a front wall and a pair of articulated sidewalls, one of said side walls having a sidewall extension at each end, wherein said sidewall extensions are to be wrapped around the longitudinal edges of said reel for bonding thereto, comprising:
- means for transporting a reel through the apparatus;
- means for applying adhesive to at least one of the surfaces to be bonded;
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- means for wrapping a sidewall extension on each side of said end cap around the longitudinal edge of said reel, said wrapping means including a frame having pivotally mounted thereto a pair of spaced roller mechanisms, each of said roller mechanisms being comprised of three rollers arranged in an arcuate path, said frame being movable towards the reel with the pivotally mounted roller mechanisms being caused to rotate around the longitudinal edge of the reel when one of the rollers comes in contact with the reel thereby causing the extension of each sidewall to be wrapped around and bonded to said reel.
An apparatus for applying an end cap to a cloth board reel, said end cap being provided with a front wall and a pair of articulated side walls, one of said side walls having a side wall extension at each end, comprising:
- means for transporting reels in a step-wise fashion from station to station through the apparatus;
- means for applying a hot melt adhesive to surfaces to be bonded about the periphery of the reel near its end and on the end face of the reels;
- means for applying the side wall having extensions to a broad surface of the reel having hot melt adhesive previously applied thereto;
- means for folding the front wall of the end cap onto the end face of the reel where adhesive has been previously applied;
- means for wrapping the side wall extensions on each side of said end cap around the longitudinal edges of said reel wherein they become bonded to said reel, said wrapping means including a frame having pivotally mounted thereto a pair of spaced roller mechanisms, each of said roller mechanisms being comprised of three rollers arranged in an arcuate path, said frame being movable towards the reel with the pivotally mounted roller mechanisms being caused to wrap said extensions about the longitudinal edges of the reel wherein said extensions become bonded to said reel;
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- means for folding the second side wall onto the second broad surface of said reel wherein it becomes bonded to said reel and overlaps the ends of said extensions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.