US1036642A - Reel. - Google Patents

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W. A. KILMER & SWANBUM REEL. Arrmpmxon PILED mm; 26, who.

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Be it known that We, lVFLLTAn Ai'ni's'ri's KILMER and SANFORD SWANRL'H. both of l)e Kalb, in the county of DQlGIll) and t lulc of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Reel, of which the following is a lull, clear. and exact description, reference being had to the ncc'mnpanyinu drawings.- forming part of this specification, in which Figure l is a perspective YlOW ot the reel. and Fig. 2 is a similar view. show ng the coil or bundle of barbed wire \round on and secured to the reel: and Fig. a view on a smaller scale showing the reel eollapsml.

Our invention is designed especially to provide a reel or spool for holding barbed Wire fencing, although it may be used for it has luren the common practice in the. art to reel the barbed Wire fencing as it is formed in the machine upon a reel or spool made of Wood. having Wooden end pieees and wooden connecting! pieces on which the wire is Wound. Voodoo reels are clumsy in appearance and their luck of strength has often resulted in serious trouble, for when a reel breaks the. coil of barbed Wire cxponds and makes a snarl which is dilticult and sometimes daug'erous to handle. Our invention overcomes all those ditliculties and provides a' spool which is stronger, lighter and cheaper than the devices heretofore employed. it holds the wire with greater security and altogether makes a stronger. more eonrenand more easily handled pnclnigc for shipment to the consumer. These advanages are of practical innvortanco and will b appreciated by those who are tam-i h the diilicnlties experienced V'llll t. dcrioes which have been employed lierru fore.

The drawings show the, pref red coir struclion of our reel or spool and are wil now descrihe it, promising that. those skilled. in the a C may modify '2 in various Ways within the scope of the i1 i-ntion defined in the following claims.

strands of Wire coiled at the ends ER, M'AE SACHT' ably being" that of an elongated ellipse, the middle portion of which, on opposite sides, is oent inward. forming interengaging loops 2. which lie in conjunction with one another and present a single eye for the insertion of a hollow arbor and pin when he spool is applied in a Wire barbing machine. The invention is, of course, not limited to making the end pieces B of single pieces of wire. The ends of the piece B when made of :1 single piece of Wire are looped or Welded together. as at 3, thus holding the end pieces firmly together. This construe tion is especially desirable because it has considerable elasticity, and as the reels are subjected to rough handling, often being thrown from railway cars to the platforms. such elasticity renders them less liable to break. The elongated construction of the end piece also gives a trussed effect which contributes greatly to the strength.

The cro s-pieces C. are preferably single around the end pieces. thus binding: them together flexibly so that the entire reel, before it is put into use, can be, turned into a flat condition. as illustrated in Fig. 3. and thus readily packed or stored. taking but little room. This overcomes a. serious objection of the wooden reels. which. on accountot their bulky Form. tool: up a la rue amount of room in the warehouse. it being necessary, in a. largewire barhing factory. to keep such r ls in stock in very large numbers.

i winding the wire on the reel we support the reel upon a frame. preferahl consirurl'ed as shown in and forming the subiert matter of our divisional case, Serial No. 12W. tiled December 28, 1909, for a supfor Wire reels.

Eur invention in its broader claims is notlinziled to the collapsing feature of the reel. or to other features ot construction. unless specifically recited in the several claims.

We claim .l. A reel for wire comprised of two end pieces and cross connecting wires hinged thereto. each of id end pieces being formed from a single length of wire. bent to outline two similar trianges, the bases of the triangles being opposed and separated by a cir cular ei'e, formed liom the connecting porlions of the wire which out-lines the triarglcs, substantially described.

2. A reel for wire composed of two end In testimony whereof, We have hereunto pieces and cross connecting Wires hinged set our hands. thereto, each of said end pieces being formed from a single length of Wire bent to outline 5 two similar triangles, the triangles being connected by opposed Ushaped overlamiing Witnesses: loops, whereby a, circular eye for an arbor M. A. DownALL, is formed, substantially as described. '1. D. TEMPLE.

WILLIAM AUGUSTUS KIIAMEH- SANFORD SWANBUM.

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