Reel loader construction
AssigneeChampion Corporation
InventorRoger D. Woodruff
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Abstract
A reel loader having drive means located on a bed employed for supporting cable reels and the like. The reels include a center section for holding the cable with a flange at either end of the center section, each flange defining a rim adapted for engaging the bed. The bed carries reel drive rollers comprising rim engaging surfaces so that at least one rim of a reel loaded onto a bed will engage a rim engaging surface. Driving means for the rollers operate to rotate the reels in either direction whereby cable can be fed from or drawn onto a reel. Control means are associated with the drive means so that the pressure of a rim against a drive roller can be varied for thereby controlling the driving force applied by a drive roller.
Claims10
In a reel loader apparatus comprising a mechanism for loading reels onto a supporting bed and for unloading the reels, the reels comprising a center section for holding cable and side flange sections, each flange section defining a rim engageable with said bed, the improvement comprising reel drive means for rotating a reel about its horizontal axis, rim engaging means defined by said drive means, means supporting said drive means on said bed whereby at least one rim of a reel located on the bed engages a rim engaging means, and motive power means for said drive means, said motive power means being adapted to operate the drive means in either direction whereby cable can be fed from or driven onto a reel, and means associated with said motive power means for varying the pressure applied by said rim to said drive means for thereby varying the driving force of said drive means.
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