US4056238A
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Apparatus and a method of winding filamentary material
Assignee: ROTAWINDER Ltd
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Filing: 1975-12-23
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Granted: 1977-11-01
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Expires: 1995-12-23
Abstract
Abstract A fly winder capable of high speed operation comprises a hollow rotatable axially stationary flier and a rotationally stationary bobbin support concentric with the flier and axially reciprocable towards and away from an open end of the flier, the hollow interior of the flier being conical (that is to say stepless) and forming a wire guide, the greater diameter end of the hollow interior being disposed adjacent to the bobbin support and being of diameter such that a bobbin mounted on the support can be received therein, an eyelet being mounted on the flier at the greater diameter end of the cone and through which the wire is constrained to pass before being wound on the bobbin. Thus the wire enters the cone substantially on the axis of rotation of the flier and is free to assume its own position in the wire guide, which in practice tends to be a helix.
Inventors
- 👤 Alexander J. Ciniglio
- 👤 Richard M. Hadfield
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 07:36
CPC Classifications
B; B65; B65H; B65H54/00; B65H54/02; B65H54/28; B65H54/2803; B65H57/00; B65H57/22; B65H2701/00; B65H2701/30; B65H2701/31
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
189 words
For winding a filament about a bobbin or like former, a fly winder having a rotatable axially stationary hollow flier and a rotationally stationary bobbin support concentric with the hollow flier and axially reciprocable towards and away therefrom, wherein the hollow interior of the flier is a surface of rotation symmetrical about the axis of rotation of the flier forming a filament guide surface adapted to restrain outward radial movement of the filament, said surface of rotation increasing in diameter substantially smoothly along its length from an axially directed filament inlet guide closely circumscribing said axis at substantially the apex of said surface of rotation, the greater diameter end of the hollow interior being disposed adjacent to the bobbin support and being of diameter such that a bobbin or like former mounted on the support can be received therein, filament guide means being disposed at or adjacent to the greater diameter end and through which the filament is to be constrained to pass before being wound on the bobbin or like former with the filament having freedom of circumferential movement intermediate the filament inlet and the filament guide means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
189 words
For winding a filament about a bobbin or like former, a fly winder having a rotatable axially stationary hollow flier and a rotationally stationary bobbin support concentric with the hollow flier and axially reciprocable towards and away therefrom, wherein the hollow interior of the flier is a surface of rotation symmetrical about the axis of rotation of the flier forming a filament guide surface adapted to restrain outward radial movement of the filament, said surface of rotation increasing in diameter substantially smoothly along its length from an axially directed filament inlet guide closely circumscribing said axis at substantially the apex of said surface of rotation, the greater diameter end of the hollow interior being disposed adjacent to the bobbin support and being of diameter such that a bobbin or like former mounted on the support can be received therein, filament guide means being disposed at or adjacent to the greater diameter end and through which the filament is to be constrained to pass before being wound on the bobbin or like former with the filament having freedom of circumferential movement intermediate the filament inlet and the filament guide means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
A fly winder according to claim 1, wherein the hollow interior of the flier is substantially conical throughout its length and is arranged so that the filament enters the hollow interior substantially on the axis of rotation of the flier.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A fly winder according to claim 2, wherein the external surface of the flier is substantially conical in shape throughout its length and is symmetrical about said axis of rotation to facilitate high speed operation.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A fly winder according to claim 1, including a keeper bar positioned on the flier to restrain movement axially of the flier of the portion of the filament passing over the guide means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
45 words
A fly winder according to claim 1, comprising means for rotating the flier and means for reciprocating the bobbin support, the means having a common drive whereby the speed of rotation of the guide means is proportional to the speed of reciprocation of the support.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
A fly winder according to claim 2 wherein the hollow interior has an axial length greater than the radius of said greater diameter end.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
A fly winder according to claim 6, wherein the angle of said conical hollow interior is equal to or less than about 10°.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
A fly winder according to claim 4, wherein the keeper bar comprises a wire guide adjacent the exit of said guide means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
A fly winder according to claim 1, wherein the guide means comprises an eyelet.
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