Cable guide for fibres that are combined in cables

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9481544-B2
Application number	US-201214124437-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 6, 2012
Priority date	Jun 11, 2011
Publication date	Nov 1, 2016
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016

Abstract

In a cable guide for fibers, particularly carbon fibers, which are combined into cables and extend in a transport direction in a transport plane, characterized in that the cable guide comprises a plurality of individual pins for separating said cables consisting of fibers, it is provided that the pins relative to the transport direction of the cables are inclined in the transport direction and together with the transport plane include an angle from 20° to 70°.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cable guide for fibers combined into cables, said fibers extending in a transport direction in a transport plane, said cable guide comprising:
a traverse bar for being mounted on support structure of the cable guide to extend transverse to the transport direction of the fibers; and
a plurality of individual pins for separating said cables consisting of fibers, wherein the pins are individually and detachably fastened to the traverse bar and arranged side by side to each other in a direction extending substantially transversely to the direction of transport, wherein said pins relative to the transport direction of the cables are inclined in the transport direction and together with the transport plane include an angle from 20° to 70°;
wherein the traverse bar comprises at least a first wall extending substantially orthogonally to the pins, the pins pass through respective holes in the first wall of the traverse bar and by a free end are fastened to the traverse bar by a clamping connection on a side of the first wall facing away from the cables; and
wherein the pins which pass through a respective hole in the first wall can be pulled out from the side of the first wall facing away from the cables and the traverse bar is arranged relative to the transport plane to allow the pins to be exchanged during operation of the cable guide.

2. The cable guide of claim 1 , wherein the angle included by the pins together with the transport plane is from 30° to 50°.

3. The cable guide of claim 1 , wherein the pins are resilient so that the pins are bendable under the influence of pressure exerted by the cables onto the pins due to knot formation in the cables.

4. The cable guide of claim 1 , wherein the traverse bar is formed as a hollow profile.

5. The cable guide of claim 4 , wherein the traverse bar comprise a hollow profile having a side that is open.

6. The cable guide of claim 4 , wherein the traverse bar is arranged relative to the cables so that the traverse bar does not touch the cables.

7. The cable guide of claim 1 , wherein the traverse bar comprises, on both of its ends, a respective attachment by which the traverse bar is mountable parallel to a provided roller of a pulling unit.

8. A method for guidance of fibers combined into cables, said method comprising:
transporting the cables in a transport plane in transport direction,
separating the cables consisting of fibers by a plurality of pins individually and detachably fastened to a traverse bar and arranged side by side to each other in a direction extending substantially transversely to the transport direction, said pins relative to the transport direction of the cables being inclined in the transport direction and together with the transport plane including an angle from 20° to 70°, wherein the traverse bar comprises at least a first wall extending substantially orthogonally to the pins, the pins pass through respective holes in the first wall of the traverse bar and by a free end are fastened to the traverse bar by a clamping connection on a side of the first wall facing away from the cables, and the pins which pass through a respective hole in the first wall can be pulled out from the side of the first wall facing away from the cables; and
replacing damaged pins with new pins during continued operation of the transporting of the cables.

Assignees

• Schröder Rolf
• Oerlikon Textile Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Schröder Rolf

Classifications

• B65H2701/314

  Carbon fibres · CPC title

• B65H57/16 Primary

  formed to maintain a plurality of filaments in spaced relation · CPC title

• B65H2701/38

  Thread sheet, e.g. sheet of parallel yarns or wires · CPC title

• D02H13/16

  Reeds, combs, or other devices for determining the spacing of threads · CPC title

• B65H57/02

  Stationary rods or plates · CPC title