Method and apparatus to roll up a cable, wire, rope or the like in a ring
AssigneeSkaltek AB
InventorÖystein Skalleberg
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Abstract
A method and apparatus (1) for rolling up a cable (8), wire, rope or the like into a ring (38). An end part (36) of the cable (8) is fixed, by the weight from the rolled-up ring (38) of cable (8), between the rolled-up ring (38) of cable (8) and a support (48) on which the rolled-up ring (38) of cable (8) is placed. The rolled-up ring (38) of cable is advanced on the support (48) with the end part (36) fixed between the rolled-up ring (38) of cable (8) and the support (48).
Claims17
Method for rolling up a cable, wire, or rope having a starting end and a terminating end into a ring, comprising the steps of:
- fixing the terminating end of the cable, using the weight of the rolled-up ring of cable, between the rolled-up ring of cable and a support on which the rolled-up ring of cable is placed, and
- advancing the rolled-up ring of cable in relation to the support with the terminating end fixed between the rolled-up ring of cable and the support.
Apparatus for rolling up a cable, wire, or rope, into a ring, comprising:
- a first and second spool head, each provided with a core that is axially displaceable with respect to the cable, on which spool heads the cable is arranged to be rolled up, each respective core comprises a gripping device for securing the cable and a cutting device for cutting the cable;
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- a cable guide which is movable along an axis and which, in a first end position, directs the cable such that the cable essentially coincides with a first line extending from the cable guide to the periphery of the cable rolled up on the second spool head, said first line extending through a region occupied by the axial extent of the core of the first spool head, and which, in a second end position, directs the cable such that the cable essentially coincides with a second line extending from the cable guide to the periphery of the cable rolled up onto the first spool head, said second line extending through a region occupied by the axial extent of the core of the second spool head.
An apparatus for rolling up a cable, wire or rope into a ring, comprising:
- a spool head, said cable being wound around said spool head;
- a gripping device for gripping a first end of the cable, before the cable is wound around the spool head;
- a cutting device for cutting a second end of the cable, after the cable is wound around the spool head;
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- a displacement device to displace said second end of the cable with respect to the spool head.
The apparatus according to 14, further comprising a feed-out mechanism to advance a rolled-up ring of cable so that said second end of the cable is fixed between the rolled-up ring of cable and a support on which the rolled-up ring of cable is placed using the weight of the rolled-up ring of cable.
The apparatus according to 16, wherein the spool head further comprises a core that is axially displaceable with respect to the rolled-up ring of cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.