Horizontally and vertically adjustable winding post
OwnerWilliam J. Gentry, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
Self-aligning chucks are provided on a docking station that is adapted to provide rotary motion to shaft-mounted rotatable components carried on a portable truck. The chucks are self-aligning, in both vertical and horizontal directions, with respect to the spatial and rotary positions of the shafts of the truck-mounted components. The truck also includes a mechanism for automatically positioning a portable truck with respect to the post and maintaining the portable truck at a desired position.
Claims13
A vertically disposed winding post for receiving and rotatably operating lower and upper vertically spaced rolls mounted on a portable truck, said winding post comprising:
- a lower post disposed at a fixed predetermined position;
- a lower section mounted on said lower post in vertically movable relationship with the lower post, said lower section having a first rotatable chuck mounted thereon and a first means for controlling the rotation of said first rotatable chuck;
- a second means for biasing said lower section toward a preselected vertical position;
- an upper post attached to said lower post in adjustable horizontal relationship with said lower post;
- an upper section mounted on said upper post in vertically movable relationship with the upper post, said upper section having a second rotatable chuck mounted thereon and a third means for controlling the rotation of said second rotatable chuck;
- a fourth means for biasing said upper section toward a preselected vertical position;
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- a fifth means for drawing said truck toward said lower section and maintaining the truck in a fixed spatial relationship with the lower section during rotation of said first and said second chucks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.