US1526585A - Wire spool - Google Patents

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Feb. 17. 1925., 1,526,585

. c. A. BEAUJON WIRE SPOOL Filed June 16 1924 Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

UNITED ETATES CHARLES AUGUSTUS BEAUJON, 0F CANAAN, CONNECTICUT.

WIRE SPOOL.

Application filed June 16,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. BnAUJoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canaan, in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Spools, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to spools or reels, used for winding wire and the like thereon, and in particular to a spool having askeletonized metal structure.

Amongthe objects of the invention is to provide a spool or reel which is sufficiently strong and rigid to receive and support a roll of barbed wire or the like, and whch is very inexpensive as to the material out of Which it is made, being of skeletonized construction consisting of relatively stiff wire or the like.

Another object of this invention is to provide a spool formed of a plurality of parts constructed of relatively stiff-wire or the like suitably shaped, said parts being so arranged that they are adapted to readily engage or interlock with each other, whereby the spool is quickly and cheaply assembled. I

A further object of this invention is to provide a spool consisting of but two kinds or species of parts, the parts of one kind forming a barrel for the spool and portions of the heads thereof, while the other parts complete the heads of the spool and serve to lock together the aforesaid parts.

-With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists n the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the main parts. a

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of an end piece.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the first steps in assembling the parts.

Fig. 4 shows my spool fully assembled.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the central portion of one head of my spool 1924. Serial No. 720,406.

showing the manner in which the various bends or shoulders in the parts engage or interlock when the spool has been assembled.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings, 10 indicates a wire frame consisting essentially of the cross bars 11 and the arms or extensions 12, formed of a single endless length or loop of wire. The cross bars 11 are parallel to each other and are joined at their ends by the head portions 13 which are substantially at r'ght angles to the cross bars and are offset at 14 in the direction of the arms 12. The head portions 13 are gripped or otherwise locked or twisted together as shown at 15, thus constituting the arm as a loop. Formed adjacent to the twist 15 are two arcuate portions 16, terminating in straight portions 17, from which lead diagonal bracing portions 18, at whose junction with the main portion of the arm or loop are the shoulders 19.

Each end piece 20 is shown as consisting of a single endless length of wire substantially elliptical. As shown, this end piece lies substantially in a s ngle plane, but arranged at the ends of the shorter diameter are a pair of straight struts 21 offset from the plane of the ellipse by shoulders 21, each strut and its shoulders lying in a plane at right angles to said plane of the ellipse.

Each spool consists of but two frames and two end pieces. To assemble the spool, the two frames are placed in the position shown in Fig. 3, that is, one frame may be regarded as resting in the vertical position shown in Fig. 1, while the other frame is placed above it with its arms downward and toward the cross bars of the lower frame. The arms or loops of one of the frames are both passed outward and downward through the arms or loops of the other frame, as shown in the drawings, whereby the loop ends of the arms in all cases come on the outside of the head portions 13. With the ends of the arms lying at the head members 18 as indicated at the forward end of Fig. 3, the end pieces 20 are placed in upright position between the two pairs of cross bars 11 and with the offsets 21 directed outwardly of the frame so that the struts 21 embrace or extend over and so engage with the head members 13 between the shoulders 14. The frames are then pressed toward each other, and, as shown at the rear end of Fig. 3, the arms or loops 12 will then slip into the spaces between the respective struts 21 and the members 13. Pressure being then continued at both ends of the structure the arms" 12 at each end fully enter and engage each other, the end pieces 20 being flattened in the process to form remote from the offsets 21 the arms 12; The spool is then completely assembled and will appear as in Fig. 4. In the enlarged View of Fig. 5 can be seen accurately the manner in which the offsets 21 and 13 engage each other, while the arms 12 prevent any tendency to disengage. Also the effect of the offsets 19 in locking between the aforesaid offsets and preventing not only the collapse of the structure but the disassembling thereof,.will be noted.

7 The cross bars l1 form a rectangular barrel or hub upon which can be wound barbed wire or the like, and this barrel joins the head members of the spool. hese heads are of the shape of a right angle cross, and are provided with central eyes or bearing openings 22 formedby the arcuate portions 16 through which a circular rod or spindle can be passed for mounting the spool.

Attention is directed particularly to the economy of material in my spool construction. It will be observed that very little material is required to form the connecting head structure, which, moreover, is sufficiently. strong and rigid to withstand all the rough usage to which an article of this kind is likely to be subjected. l have accomplished these objects by so shaping the main parts of my spool that they will directly connect and reinforce each other. I have in mind particularly the co-operating members 15, 18, and 21 which solely and in themselves prevent not only the collapse of the spool, but also resist every other straining action from whatever direction to which the spool structure might be subjected.

I claim: I

1. A spool comprising a plurality'of in tegral wire formed members and having heads each of which consists of a plurality of arms, one of said members being co-extensive in length with the spool and comprising-an arm for each head of the spool and cross bars joining the same and constituting a barrel for the spool, said arms being on the'remote side of the spool axis from the cross bars, end pieces being provided to too-operate with said arms and to lock said frames together.

2. A spool consisting of a plurality of in-. tegral wire-formed frames and a plurality of integral wire formed end pieces, said spool having heads of cross-form, said, frame members being co-extensive in length with the'spool, and comprising an arm for each plurality ofarms for the heads of the spool.

3. The combination as in claim 2 wherein the frames and the end pieces are provided with interlocking ofisets, the arms of the frames being adapted to enter the spaces between said ofisets to prevent the disengagement thereof.

4. The combination as in claim 2 wherein the frames and the end pieces are provided with interlocking offsets, the arms of the frames being adapted to enter the spaces between said offsets, said arms having offsets adapted to engage with the offsets aforesaid to securely lock the spool together as a rigid unit. I

5. A spool comprising a plurality of wire formed frame members each having a baiextendingalongone side of the axis-0f the spool, and integral engaging arms at the ends of the bar extending toward and beyond said axis, one of said frame members being positioned about said axis in opposite relation to the otherso that the portions of said arms adjacent to said axis will engage each other to form an internally braced structure, said arms having interlocking'offsets engaging each other for the purpose aforesaid.

6. A wire spool comprising frame members, each having bars located at one side of the axisof the spool, and having integral arms extending at an angle to the bars and beyond said axis, said frame members having offsets at said arms, and meansbeing provided co-operatingwith said offsets and the portions of the frame members adjacent to the ends of the bars to lock the m embers'together. i v

7. A spool comprising a. plurality of wire formed frame members each having a bar extending along one side of the axis of the spool, and integral engaging arms at the. ends of the bar extending toward and beyond said axis, one. of said frame members beingipositioned aboutsaid axis in opposite relation to the other sothat the portionsof said arms adjacent to said axis will engage each other to form an internally braced structure, each of said arms comprising diagonally extend ing means, those of one arm cooperating with those of an adjacent arm to form an axial bearing eye.

In testimony whereof ture. 1

I affix my signa-

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