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Description

W. I. TUTTLE.

, REEL CONSTRUCTION.-

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 29. I9!6.

Patented June 21, 1919.

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IIVI/E/V TOR I REEL CONSTRUCTION".

Specification of Letters Patent.

TED STATESLPATENT OFFICE. f I

ALTER I. TUTTLE'; or PROVIDENCE, arronn ISLAND.

Application filedFehruary 29-, 1916; Serial No. 81,0 87..

Toizllywhomc't may concern.

Be it known that I, WALTER I. Tu'r'rmi, .a

' citizen of theUnited StateSQ-and a resident of Providence, in the county of Providence.

\ an Improvement in Reel Construction, of

and State of Rhode Island, have invented which the following description,.in connection with the accompanylng drawings, 1s a specification, like letters on the drawingsv representing like parts.

This invention relates .to reel or beam construction. One of the objects thereof is to provide a. simple and practical reel or beam of eiiicient action. Another object is to provide a device of the above type of light, rigid and durable construction.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed. out' hereinafter.

The invention accord'ngly consists in the features of construction, combinatlons of elements and arrangement of parts which I will be exemplified in the structure hereinafter'described and the scope of the application of which will beindicated in the foldevices The flanges 5 are connected as by.

.in Fig. 1.

lowing claims In the accompanying drawing in which is shown one ofvarious possible embodiments of this invention, i f

" Figure 1 is a side elevation thereof partially in section along theline A A ,of

Fig. 2

Fig.- 2 is an end view of the device shown 7 "Similar reference characters refer to-simi 'lar parts throughout both views of the drawing.

Referrin now to Fig. l of the drawing,

there is shown a reel, and it may be'here noted that the term reel is used in a broad sense to comprehend any device of. This reel compr ses like general nature. metal barrel or hub'l preferably formed by forcing it into cylindrical shape and. con- 5 necting the meeting edges into a butt joint by means of the strip 2 held to each edge as by the rivets 3 or by welding the edges.

Fitted within each endof the hub 1 isa support 4 preferably provided with flanges 5 secured to the end of the hub as bycountersunk rivets 6 or other suitable retaining a suitable web 7 with the body portion 8. The latter part is provided with a trunnion or shaft? 9. This trunnion although it may removably interlock with the member 4 in so far as certain broad features of'this in- 'vention are concerned, is preferably provided with recesses or other irregularities 10 cut into its surface and the member 4:.

cast about the trunnion using the latter as a core. The metal of the member 4: will thus enter the recesses 10 as indicated'at 11 and irremovably interlock therewith as it shrinksinto place, thus' providing a joint which is strong and rigid to the highest degree. The body portion of the support 4 is provided with an outward annular extension 12 which forms-a shoulder 13 t'olimit the endwise vmovement of the trunnions' 9 in. bearings with certain usesof the reel.

Patented Julie 24.1919.

The member 4 is also shaped to form a shoulder 13 against which rests a head member 14 provided with a central opening which fits about the part 12. The head 14 also rests against the flanges 5 and 6 of the barrel to form a rigid support and thence extends outwardly stiffened as by the-radial ribs 15 which are stamped therein.

driven.

.Thehead is in position by means of The I uter edge of the metallic head is preferably shaped into a concave flange 16 to form a suitable belt race by which the reel may be two sets of bolts, the inner set of which comprises bolts ,17 each preferably having a squared portion 18 adjacent their heads 19' which isiorcedinto the metal of the. web 7 THese bolts are held in position asby means of nuts 20. The outer set of bolts -21 is *be noted for the sake of clearness that the term hub. is used in a broad sense to denote the body portion of a reel or beam beyondwhichthe head portions extend in a radial-direction, and'that the term head is also used with abroad meaning.

The method of assembling the above device' and its manner of use will probably be clear from the above description and it will be seen that there is here provided a light, rigid and essentially practical reel sense.

or beam in which the objects of this invention are achieved. s

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it is to'be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting \Vhat I claim is: i

1. In reel Construction, in combination, a sheet metal hub, a member fitted within one end of said hub, and having its outer portion substantially flush with the end thereof, and

a central portion extending outwardly beend of said hub comprising an outer flange yond said end, means securing. said member within said hub, a head'ha'vi'ng its side resting against said member adjacent its axis and at the outer portions thereof, and longitudinal retaining means holding the said 3. Inreel construction, in combination, a

sheet metal hub, a member fitted within the which rests against the hub, a central body portion extending outwardly beyond the hub, and a connecting web, retaining ineans securing said flange to the end of said hub, a trunnion extending outwardly beyond the said extension of said member, a sheet metal head fitted about the extension of said mem-' ber and resting against said member adjacent its axis and adjacent the end of said hub, and longitudinal retainln means securing said head to said mem er.

4. In reel construction, in combination, a sheet metal hub, a member fitted within the end of said hub comprising an outer flange which rests against the hub, a central body portion extending outwardly beyond the hub, and a connecting web, retaining means securing said flange to the end of said hub, a trunnion extending outwardly beyond the said extension of said member, a sheet metal head fitted about the extension of said member and resting against said member adjacent its axis and adjacent the end of said hub, and longitudinal retaining means securing said head to said member, said head member being formed of sheet metal having radial depressions extending inwardly be-' yond the outer portion of the member fitted within the "hub.

In witnesswhereof, I have signed my name to this specification. v.

WALTER I. TU TLE.

Witnesses:

MILDRED'P. ALBRo, J. W. MONEY.

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