Winding and reeling machine

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING CONSTANT THE TENSION OF MATERIAL PASSING WITH VARYING TAKE-OFF SPEED THROUGH THE APPARATUS TO A WINDING-UP STATION OF A WINDING OR REELING MACHINE, COMPRISING A STATIONARY BASE PLATE AND TWO PARALLEL VERTICAL PLATES MOUNTED THEREON AND EACH PROVIDED WITH A HORIZONTAL ELONGATED SLOT, A HORIZONTAL PIN RIGIDLY MOUNTED IN THE TWO SIDE PLATES, A PENDULUM SWINGABLY SUSPENDED BY ITS UPPER END FROM THE PIN, A HORIZONTAL SPINDLE SECURED TO THE FREE END OF THE PENDULUM AND SWINGABLE THEREWITH, A FIRST GUIDE ROLLER ROTATABLE WITH THE SPINDLE, A SECOND SPINDLE MOUNTED ROTATABLY IN THE VERTICAL PLATES, A SECOND GUIDE ROLLER MOUNTED ON ONE END OF THE SECOND SPINDLE AND ROTATABLE THEREWITH, THE MATERIAL TO BE WOUND PASSING IN SEQUENCE TO THE FIRST GUIDE ROLLER AND THEN TO THE SECOND GUIDE ROLLER AND BEING COILED ROUND AT LEAST PART OF THE CONTACT SURFACE OF THESE ROLLERS, A BRAKE DRUM MOUNTED ON THE END OF THE SECOND SPINDLE REMOTE FROM THE SECOND GUIDE ROLLER AND ROTATABLE WITH THE LATTER, AT LEAST ONE BRAKE CABLE COILED ROUND THE BRAKE DRUM, A CLAMP FIXED TO A STATIONARY PART OF THE APPARATUS, ONE END OF THE BRAKE CABLE BEING SECURED TO THE CLAMP AND THE OTHER END BEING SECURED TO THE PENDULUM, A LEVER EXTENDING BETWEEN AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE TWO VERTICAL PLATES AND RIGIDLY SECURED BY ONE END TO THE UPPER END OF THE PENDULUM, A TENSION SPRING SUPPORTED AT ITS LOWER END ON A STATIONARY PART OF THE APPARATUS WHILE ITS UPPER END IS ATTACHED TO THE END OF THE LEVER REMOTE FROM THE PENDULUM, A HORIZONTAL PIVOT PIN PARALLEL WITH THE PIN ON WHICH THE PENDULUM IS MOUNTED AND PROJECTING TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE VERTICAL PLATES THROUGH THE ELONGATED SLOT THEREIN, THE LEVER RESTING IN SWINGABLE MANNER ON THE PIVOT PIN, GRIPPING MEANS FOR VARYING THE POSITION OF THE PIVOT PIN WITHIN THE SLOTS AND THUS CONTROLLING THE TENSIONING EFFECT OF ITS SPRING ON THE PENDULUM AND SO SETTING THE REST POSITION OF THE PENDULUM, THE ARRANGEMENT BEING SUCH THAT AN INCREASE IN THE TENSIONING FORCE ACTING ON THE MATERIAL MOVES THE PENDULUM, AGAINST THE FORCE OF THE SPRING FROM ITS REST POSITION TOWARDS THE BRAKE DRUM, SO THAT THE BRAKE CABLE IS SLACKENED AND THE SECOND GUIDE ROLLER IS LESS STRONGLY BRAKED, AND WHEN THERE IS A DECREASE IN THE TENSIONING FORCE ACTING ON THE MATERIAL THE PENDULUM IS MOVED TOWARDS ITS REST POSITION, THE BRAKE CABLE TIGHTENS AND THE BRAKE DRUM EXERTS A STRONGER BRAKING EFFECT ON THE SECOND GUIDE ROLLER.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING CONSTANT THE TENSION OF MATERIAL PASSING WITH VARYING TAKE-OFF SPEED THROUGH THE APPARATUS TO A WINDING-UP STATION OF A WINDING OR REELING MACHINE, COMPRISING A STATIONARY BASE PLATE AND TWO PARALLEL VERTICAL PLATES MOUNTED THEREON AND EACH PROVIDED WITH A HORIZONTAL ELONGATED SLOT, A HORIZONTAL PIN RIGIDLY MOUNTED IN THE TWO SIDE PLATES, A PENDULUM SWINGABLY SUSPENDED BY ITS UPPER END FROM THE PIN, A HORIZONTAL SPINDLE SECURED TO THE FREE END OF THE PENDULUM AND SWINGABLE THEREWITH, A FIRST GUIDE ROLLER ROTATABLE WITH THE SPINDLE, A SECOND SPINDLE MOUNTED ROTATABLY IN THE VERTICAL PLATES, A SECOND GUIDE ROLLER MOUNTED ON ONE END OF THE SECOND SPINDLE AND ROTATABLE THEREWITH, THE MATERIAL TO BE WOUND PASSING IN SEQUENCE TO THE FIRST GUIDE ROLLER AND THEN TO THE SECOND GUIDE ROLLER AND BEING COILED ROUND AT LEAST PART OF THE CONTACT SURFACE OF THESE ROLLERS, A BRAKE DRUM MOUNTED ON THE END OF THE SECOND SPINDLE REMOTE FROM THE SECOND GUIDE ROLLER AND ROTATABLE WITH THE LATTER, AT LEAST ONE BRAKE CABLE COILED ROUND THE BRAKE DRUM, A CLAMP FIXED TO A STATIONARY PART OF THE APPARATUS, ONE END OF THE BRAKE CABLE BEING SECURED TO THE CLAMP AND THE OTHER END BEING SECURED TO THE PENDULUM, A LEVER EXTENDING BETWEEN AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE TWO VERTICAL PLATES AND RIGIDLY SECURED BY ONE END TO THE UPPER END OF THE PENDULUM, A TENSION SPRING SUPPORTED AT ITS LOWER END ON A STATIONARY PART OF THE APPARATUS WHILE ITS UPPER END IS ATTACHED TO THE END OF THE LEVER REMOTE FROM THE PENDULUM, A HORIZONTAL PIVOT PIN PARALLEL WITH THE PIN ON WHICH THE PENDULUM IS MOUNTED AND PROJECTING TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE VERTICAL PLATES THROUGH THE ELONGATED SLOT THEREIN, THE LEVER RESTING IN SWINGABLE MANNER ON THE PIVOT PIN, GRIPPING MEANS FOR VARYING THE POSITION OF THE PIVOT PIN WITHIN THE SLOTS AND THUS CONTROLLING THE TENSIONING EFFECT OF ITS SPRING ON THE PENDULUM AND SO SETTING THE REST POSITION OF THE PENDULUM, THE ARRANGEMENT BEING SUCH THAT AN INCREASE IN THE TENSIONING FORCE ACTING ON THE MATERIAL MOVES THE PENDULUM, AGAINST THE FORCE OF THE SPRING FROM ITS REST POSITION TOWARDS THE BRAKE DRUM, SO THAT THE BRAKE CABLE IS SLACKENED AND THE SECOND GUIDE ROLLER IS LESS STRONGLY BRAKED, AND WHEN THERE IS A DECREASE IN THE TENSIONING FORCE ACTING ON THE MATERIAL THE PENDULUM IS MOVED TOWARDS ITS REST POSITION, THE BRAKE CABLE TIGHTENS AND THE BRAKE DRUM EXERTS A STRONGER BRAKING EFFECT ON THE SECOND GUIDE ROLLER.