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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2017
Applicant:

Reelex Packaging Solutions, Inc., Patterson, NY (US);

Inventors:

Frank W. Kotzur, Carmel, NY (US);

Scott Kotzur, Carmel, NY (US);

Michael Muller, Modena, NY (US);

Assignee:

REELEX Packaging Solutions, Inc., Patterson, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 54/10 (2006.01); B65H 55/04 (2006.01); B65H 59/36 (2006.01); B65H 59/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 55/046 (2013.01); B65H 54/10 (2013.01); B65H 59/36 (2013.01); B65H 59/385 (2013.01); B65H 59/387 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for winding wire are disclosed. A system includes a wire take-up unit and a wire tensioning unit. The take-up unit includes a rotating mandrel and a wire directing device, the wire directing device arranged to cause the wire to be wound in a figure-eight configuration on the rotating mandrel to form a coil having many layers of wire. The wire tensioning unit applies tension to said wire as it is wound, and applies a first amount of tension to a predetermined amount of wire constituting at least a first two layers of the coil, and a second amount of tension to the wire beyond the predetermined amount. In one embodiment, the wire tensioning unit includes digital self-relieving air regulator pneumatically coupled to and controlling a pressure in said pressurized chamber of a pre-lubricating cylinder that is coupled to the wire being wound.


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