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US 5,810,283 AGranted
Apparatus and method for wire coil payoff
AssigneeUnited Technologies Automotive, Inc.
InventorPatrick Joseph Shea
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Abstract
An improved apparatus and method for dispensing wire includes a shuttle system such that the wire may be rapidly and efficiently changed. In addition, improvements are made to the individual dispensing mounting plates and mandrels to facilitate the changing of the coils, and also to ensure smooth flow of the wire off of the coils.
Claims19
An apparatus for dispensing wire comprising:
- a shroud for enclosing a coil of wire, and having an eyelet for dispensing the wire;
- at least two mounting plates including mandrels for mounting a coil;
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- a shuttle plate mounting said at least two mounting plates, said shuttle plate allowing shuttling of said two mounting plates into said shroud such that one of said mounting plates is dispensing wire within said shroud while a second of said mounting plates awaits movement into the shroud for dispensing.
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A coil mounting plate for a wire coil payoff system comprising:
- a backing plate and a mandrel extending forwardly of said backing plate;
- a decelerator flange selectively attached to said mandrel for rotation relative to said mandrel, said decelerator flange including a plurality of resilent fingers extending radially outwardly of said accelerator flange to contact a wire leaving said mandrel, said resilient fingers extending from said decelerator flange and away from said mandrel and said backing plate such that said decelerator flange is positioned between said resilient fingers and said mandrel;
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- said mandrel having a plurality of slot at an outer peripheral surface, said slots facilitating movement of said bands onto a coil mounted on said mandrel for changing said coil.
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A method of dispensing wire including the steps of:
- (1) providing a shroud having an eyelet for dispensing wire, providing at least two mounting plates for being mounted adjacent to said shroud, said mounting plates mounting a coil of wire to be dispensed, providing a shuttle plate mounting said at least two mounting plates;
- (2) mounting coils of wire on each of said mounting plates, aligning one of said mounting plates with said shroud and dispensing wire;
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- (3) moving said shuttle plate to move one mounting plate away from said shroud and moving a second of said mounting plates adjacent to said shroud, and beginning to dispense wire from said second mounting plate.
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A method of changing wire on a wire dispensing plate comprising the steps of:
- (1) providing a mounting plate with a mandrel, said mandrel having slots at outer peripheral surfaces;
- (2) mounting a coil of wire on said mandrel, and dispensing wire from said coil;
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- (3) moving banding members through said slots to secure said coil and then removing said coil from said mandrel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.