Patents Assigned to Reliance Electrice Industrial Company
  • Patent number: 5816514
    Abstract: An assembly for supplying wire from a spool includes a support for holding the spool, a sensor mounted on the support and detachably secured to an end of the spool for detecting supplying of the end of the wire from the spool, and a controller for precluding supplying of wire from the spool when the sensor detects supplying of the end of the wire. The support may hold a plurality of spools and include a plurality of sensors and indicators for sensing and indicating spool depletion. Wires may follow a wire feed path to a winder including a first portion extending generally vertically from the support, a second portion extending generally vertically from the winder, and a third portion connecting the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Reliance Electrice Industrial Company
    Inventors: Mark B. Duclos, C. W. Luttrell