Coiling device for hot rod

Claim 1

A COILING DEVICE FOR COILING HOT ROD AND THE LIKE DIRECTLY FROM THE FINISHING STAND OF A MERCHANT MILL COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL SHELL EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM A FLOOR LINE A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE THEREBENEATH, A REEL MOUNTED BELOW THE FLOOR LINE FOR ROTATION ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS AND INCLUDING A ROTATABLE PLATE, A MOTOR ROTATABLY DRIVING SAID PLATE, A PLURALITY OF GUIDE STAKES EXTENDING UPWARDLY OF SAID PLATE AND SPACED INWARDLY OF SAID SHELL, A STRIPPER PLATE EXTENDING ABOUT SAID GUIDE STAKES AND MOUNTED FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT THEREALONG TO RAISE A COIL OF WIRE ON SAID GUIDE STAKES TO FLOOR LEVEL TO ACCOMMODATE STRIPPING OF THE COIL FROM SAID GUIDE STAKES, A CAGE SPACED ABOVE THE FLOOR LINE AND MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS COAXIAL WITH THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID REEL, A MOTOR, A GEARED DRIVE CONNECTION FROM SAID MOTOR TO SAID CAGE FOR ROTATABLY DRIVING SAID CAGE IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF SAID REEL, A ROD LAYING PIPE EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY ALONG SAID CAGE AND MOUNTED THEREON FOR ROTATION THEREWITH AND TERMINATING IN VERTICALLY SPACED RELATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID REEL AND SHELL AND IN RADIALLY SPACED RELATION WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID REEL AND HAVING A DISCHARGE END PORTION OPENING IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF SAID CAGE, FOR LAYING ROD ON SAID REEL, MEANS FOR GUIDING THE HOT ROD DIRECTLY FROM THE FINISHING STAND OF THE MERCHANT MILL TO SAID ROTATABLE ROD LAYING PIPE COMPRISING A NON-ROTATABLE FEED PIPE TERMINATING AT ITS DISCHARGE END IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE UPPER END OF SAID ROD LAYING PIPE, A PUSHER FOR PUSHING THE HOT COILED ROD STRIPPED FROM SAID REEL BY SAID STRIPPER PLATE FROM SAID STRIPPER PLATE, SAID CAGE BEING MOUNTED FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT ABOVE THE FLOOR LINE A DISTANCE SUFFICIENT TO CLEAR THE COILED ROD ON SAID STRIPPER PLATE, AND POWER MEANS HOLDING SAID CAGE IN FIXED VERTICALLY SPACED RELATION WITH RESPECT TO THE FLOOR LINE AND FOR RAISING SAID CAGE ABOVE THE FLOOR LINE TO ACCOMMODATE SAID PUSHER TO PUSH THE COILED HOT ROD FROM SAID STRIPPER PLATE.