Kobe Steel, Ltd.

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Hirohumi Kimura

Yoshio Ikegami

Tadashi Kohge

Katsuji Sakamoto

Takenbu Higashimoto

A method and apparatus for treating the terminal end portion of a wire-like object within a wire-like object take-up apparatus is disclosed as including main and auxiliary terminal treating covers, the covers being moved axially toward each other and in surrounding relation with respect to a bobbin upon which the wire-like object is wound so as to define therebetween an overlapped position within which a terminal end receiving chamber or spacing is defined. In this manner, the terminal end is encased and upon severance of the same, the terminal end cannot fly about in a random manner, or be additionally severed and shredded, whereby damage thereto, as well as to the take-up apparatus and wound object, and the operating personnel, is effectively prevented.

Method and apparatus for treating the terminal of a wire-like object in

A device for ensuring the smooth shifting of a strand from a full reel to an empty reel in a strand winding machine including improvements in the snaggers provided on the wheels which are rotating with the two associated reels arranged parallel to each other. The snaggers are provided on each wheel and are supported by a shaft parallel to the central axis of revolution of the wheel such that the snaggers are rotatable about the shaft. The centroids of the snaggers are displaced from the pivot of the snagger itself, that is, positioned on that side of the pivot which is opposite from the pointed end of the snagger. Thus, the snagger can securely grip and hold the strand during rotation of the wheel and can release the strand when the wheel comes to rest.

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Kobe, Japan

Hirohumi Kimura