Multi-spool adapter
AssigneeLincoln Global, Inc.
InventorJames T. Land
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Abstract
An adapter for simultaneously winding multiple spools and a method for using the same. The adapter includes a body portion having a pair of opposed faces and an outer wall or perimeter. Each of the opposed faces may include a plurality of recesses configured to receive a plurality of pins for interconnecting multiple spools. The plurality of pins may be offset such that it provides for the entry hubs of the multiple spools to align with one another. The adapter further includes at least one depression or indentation on the perimeter for providing access to at least a portion of the spool flange. The depression provides an operator with easy access to insert or apply the finishing end of the welding wire or similar, to the finishing hub of the spools.
Claims23
An adapter for interconnecting multiple spools comprising:
- a body having at least one bore extending through a thickness of said body, a first face opposite a second face, and a perimeter;
- wherein said first face includes at least one recess extending at least partially through said thickness and adapted to receive a first positioning means therein;
- wherein said second face includes at least one recess extending at least partially through said thickness and adapted to receive a second positioning means therein and positioned axially offset from said at least one recess of said first face;
- and
- wherein said perimeter includes at least one depression for providing access to at least a portion of a spool flange.
An adapter for interconnecting multiple spools comprising:
- a body having opposed side faces and a perimeter;
- wherein said body includes at least one bore extending through a thickness of said body, and
- said perimeter includes at least one depression for providing access to at least a portion of a spool;
- and
- wherein each of said opposed side faces includes at least one positioning means protruding therefrom, and said at least one positioning means on one of said opposed side faces is axially offset from said at least one pin on the other opposed side face.
An adapter for interconnecting multiple spools comprising:
- a body defining a perimeter, and having a first side face and a second side face beneath said perimeter;
- wherein said first side face and said second side face include a plurality of pins protruding therefrom, wherein said plurality of pins on said first side face are axially offset from said plurality of pins on said second side face;
- and
- wherein said perimeter includes a means for accessing at least a portion of a spool flange.
A method for winding multiple spools on a spooling machine having a winding shaft comprising the steps of:
- providing at least a first spool and a second spool,
- wherein said first and second spool each include a first bore for receiving the winding shaft, a curvilinear slot adapted to receive at least a portion of a pin therein, and a pair of opposed flanges;
- providing at least one adapter having a body with at least one bore extending through a thickness of said body, a pair of opposed side faces having at least one pin protruding therefrom, and a perimeter,
- wherein said at least one pin protruding from one of said opposed side faces is axially offset from said at least one pin protruding from said other side face;
- and
- wherein said perimeter includes at least one depression for providing access to at least a portion of one of said opposed flanges;
- interconnecting said first spool and said second spool with said adapter, wherein said at least one pin on each of said opposed side faces is received within said slots of said first and second spool;
- providing a means for mountably securing said first spool, said second spool, and said adapter on the spooling machine;
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- winding said first spool and second spool simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.