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US3343751A
US3343751A US509868A US50986865A US3343751A US 3343751 A US3343751 A US 3343751A US 509868 A US509868 A US 509868A US 50986865 A US50986865 A US 50986865A US 3343751 A US3343751 A US 3343751A
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  • ABSTRAQT OF THE DISCLQSURE A golf ball winding machine in which an elastic strand supply spool is orbited around a core held between opposed winding heads which are reciprocated to cause the core to rotate about a vertical axis to provide a desired winding pattern while rollers in the winding heads are intermittently rotated to rotate said core about a horizontal axis to thereby alter the winding pattern at a desired point of the Winding cycle.
  • This invention relates to a ball winding machine and more particularly to a machine for winding elastic thread under tension upon a golf ball core.
  • the present invention contemplates the use of a positive drive means to achieve a dual pattern of winding on one machine wherein the dual pattern winding is accomplished at high speed.
  • the pattern of winding is such as to assure uniform constant tension of the elastic thread material resulting in uniform weight, resiliency and roundness without requiring that the ball core be first wound on one machine and then be transferred to a second machine for the final winding pattern.
  • An object of this invention is to provide a new and improved golf ball winding machine.
  • a further object of this invention is to provide an improved golf ball winding machine that accomplishes different pattern winding at high speed.
  • a further object of this invention is to provide a golf ball core of uniform weight and resiliency.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide dual pattern winding of a golf ball core at high speed and efficiency.
  • FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of the improved ball winding machine.
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged front elevational view of the upper portion of the ball winding machine with a portion in 'cross section.
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view in section of the drive means.
  • FIG. 4 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the ball winding machine.
  • FIG. 5 is a plan view of the ball winding machine with a portion removed to show the drive means for the rollers.
  • FIG. 6 is a side elevational view with a portion in cross section taken along line 6-6 of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 1 a housing 10 mounted on a suitable frame not shown.
  • a pair of spaced pedestals 11 and 12 having aligned bores 13 and 14 with bearings 15 and 16, respectively.
  • Slidably mounted in the respective bearings 15 and 16 are a pair of opposed spindle supporting sleeves 17 and 18 movable axially toward and away from each other in a manner to be described.
  • the spindle supporting sleeves 17 and 18 have enlarged forwardly extending supporting structures 19 and 20, respectively, which supporting structures 19 and 20 each have upper and lower pairs of grooved ways as at 21 and 22, respectively, to provide ways which are laterally disposed relative to the longitudinal center line of the aligned bores 13 and 14.
  • the lower end portion of the supporting structures 19 and 20 have rearwardly extending projections 24 and 25 which are slidably received by bores 25 and 26 in the pedestals 11 and 12.
  • Pedestals 11 and 12 have pairs of laterally extending projections 27 and 28 (FIGS. 1 and 5), respectively, with each projection having a bore that slidably receives a stud 29.
  • Each stud 29 has its one end threaded into the adjacent supporting struc tures 19 or 20.
  • Each stud 29 is circumferentially encompassed by a spring 30 which biases the enlarged forward portions 19 and 20 axially toward each other.
  • Winding head 31 comprises a box-like housing structure 33 which is open at its forward portion facing the winding plane to be described and has mounted thereon a pair of parallel spaced apart rollers 34, 34 which with similar rollers 34', 34' in the winder head 32 are adapted to engage, support and turn the golf ball center 35 constituting the workpiece.
  • the housing structure 33 has a laterally extending shaft 37 with its axis parallel to the axes of rollers 34, 34 and has mounted on one end thereof a spur gear 38 which meshes with spur gears 39 and 40 on the respective shafts 34, 34.
  • a bevel gear 42 (FIG. 5) which meshes with a bevel gear 43 which in turn is secured to a longitudinally extending shaft 45.
  • a serrated clutch plate 46 is suitably secured to the other end of shaft and is adapted to mesh with a mating clutch plate 47 in a manner to be described.
  • Clutch plate 47 is integral with a spur gear 48 that is driven by a gear 49 which gear 49 has intermittent gear teeth to provide intermittent motion.
  • a U-shaped bracket 51 has its one end secured to the outer end portion of the spindle supporting sleeve 17 with its other end portion journaling an axially movable sleeve 52.
  • Sleeve 52 has a pair of spaced enlarged shoulder portions 52 and 53 which receive the one end portion of a lever arm 54.
  • the intermediate portion of lever arm 54 is pivotally mounted as at 55 to a bracket 56.
  • U-shaped bracket 51 has a hydraulic cylinder 57 secured thereto with its piston rod 58 extending outwardly therefrom having spaced shoulders 59 and 60 on its end portion. Shoulders 59 and 60 receive the other end portion of lever arm 54.
  • Gear 48 is integral with clutch plate 47 and sleeve 52 for axial movement by the pneumatic cylinder 57. Pressurization of the head end of hydraulic cylinder 57 moves the piston rod outwardly to the position shown in FIG. 5, which action pivots the lever arm 53 in a clockwise direction as viewed in FIG. 5 to engage the respective clutch plates 46 and 47.
  • the tongue and groove mounting of the winding head 31 upon its supporting structure 19 permits the head 31 to be moved relative to the latter, which movement alternatively carries the center of the housing to the opposite sides of the structure. This movement is concurrent and opposite in direction to the winding head 32 with 3 the result that the work 35 mounted therebetween is rotated on a vertical axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal center line of the aligned bores 13 and 14 without shifting its center from the longitudinal line of the bores 13 and 14.
  • a rotatable heart-shaped cam 64 which is suitably mounted upon one end of a sleeve 65 which is journaled within the spindle supporting sleeve 17 and projects therefrom at its opposite end where a spur gear 66 is secured thereto.
  • Spur gear 66 meshes with a gear 67 mounted upon a shaft 69 which also has secured thereto spur gear 49.
  • Gear 49 and gear 67 rotate at the same speed; however, gear 49 is larger in diameter than gear 67.
  • gear 49' is larger than gear 67'; however, the respective gears 49 and 49' are different in that the number of teeth on gear 49 are greater than those of gear 49 with the intermittent blank spaces between adjacent gear teeth being greater on gear 49 than gear 49 with the resulting effect being to effect a different pattern of basket weave winding from gear 49 than gear 49 in a manner to be described.
  • Cam 64 engages a pair of cam rollers 70 which are journaled on the box-line structure 33 on opposite sides of the cam 64, with the result that the housing is reciprocated laterally by rotation of the cam 64 as it engages the respective cam rollers 70.
  • the drive means for the ball winding machine includes a motor M which drives via a clutch 72, the drive shaft 73 which in turn drives bevel gear 74.
  • Bevel gear 74 meshes with a bevel gear 75, keyed to shaft '76, which has a drive pinion 77 thereon.
  • Drive pinion 7'7 drives the spooling apparatus to be described.
  • a spiral gear 81 which meshes with a spiral gear 82 mounted on a shaft 83 which shaft 83 is journaled in suitable hearings on the housing 10.
  • a pair of spur gears 84 and 85 Mounted on the respective end portions of the shaft 83 are a pair of spur gears 84 and 85.
  • Gear 84 meshes with the spur gear 67 to drive gears 67 and 49.
  • Gear 85 meshes with spur gear 67 to drive gears 67 and 49 in unison.
  • a pair of bell cranks 86 and 87 which are pivotally mounted on shafts 88 and 89.
  • the one end of the respective bell cranks 86 and 87 have gear sectors 90 and 91 in intermeshing relationship.
  • the other ends of the bell cranks 86 and 87 have slotted end portions 92 and 93 which are adapted to slidably receive rollers 94 and 95 which are journaled on the lower supporting structures 19 and 20.
  • the supporting structures 19 and 20 have chains 99 and 100 (FIG. 1) secured to the rearward portion thereof, which chains are trained about a portion of the circumference of the respective gears 97 and 98 and extend downwardly to attachments to downwardly extending rods 101 and 102 which rods extend through the housing 10.
  • the lower end portion of the rods 101 and 102 are secured to a horizontally extending bracket 103 which serves as a foot pedal whereby a force may be exerted downwardly on such bracket 103 which rotates the respective gears 97, 98 in opposite directions to facilitate the separation of the winding heads 31 and 32 to facilitate the insertion of a golf ball core into the ball winding machine.
  • the releasing of the force on the bracket 103 releases the compression on springs which thereby urges the supporting structures 19 and 20 inwardly into positive engagement with the golf ball core 35.
  • the strand of rubber thread to form the winding is applied under tension and fed from a rotating supply to the center plane of rotation of the golf ball core.
  • an annular ring 104 secured to the central portion of the housing 10, supports for rotation a spur gear 105, which gear 105 is in mesh with drive pinion 77 and is driven thereby.
  • a pair of spaced brackets 106 and 107 (FIG. 6) with a pair of spaced spindles 10S and 109 extending therebetween support for rotation supply spools 110 and 111, respectively.
  • bracket 107 Secured to bracket 107 is an additional laterally extending bracket 112 which supports a guide spool 113 which operates in cooperative relationship with the guide spool 111 to guide a strand of rubber thread in cooperation with guide means 116 to the golf ball center 35.
  • Annular ring 104 has a counterweight 116 secured to its side frame in a position diametrically opposite the location of the supply spool 110 to maintain a balanced rotating spool device.
  • the respective gears 48 and 48' have mounted thereon a plurality of horizontally extending pins 118, with a pair of adjacent pins on each gear engaged by a cam 119 mounted on a vertically extending leaf spring 120.
  • Such leaf spring in cooperation with the pins 118 maintains a bias on respective gears 48 and 48' to assure proper mating of such gears with the gear 49 and 49' having the intermittent gear teeth.
  • the trigger mechanism for the ball winding machine includes a crank arm 122 pivotally mounted on the table of the housing 10 as by a pivot means 123.
  • One end portion of the crank arm 122 is slotted as at 124 to slidably receive a pin 125, which pin 125 is connected by a bracket 126 to the supporting structure 19 (FIG. 5).
  • the other end of crank arm 122 is recessed to provide a shoulder 127 to perform a camming function to be described.
  • a guide block 128 recessed as at 129 provides a pair of spaced guideways which guide a longitudinally extending trigger 130.
  • the one end of trigger 130 has a vertically extending pin 131 mounted thereon which pin 131 is in abutting engagement with shoulder 127 on crank arm 122.
  • a tension spring 132 has one end secured to the guide block 128 and the other end secured to a pin 131 on trigger 130 thereby urging the trigger 130 upwardly, as viewed in FIG. 5, to maintain pin 125 in operative engagement with the slot 124 of bracket 126.
  • a pair of spaced rollers 133 and 134 are secured to the table of the housing 10 to guide the reciprocal movement of a longitudinally extending slide member 136.
  • Slide member 136 is slotted as at 137 and 138 to receive rollers 133 and 134, respectively, to guide the slidable member 136 in its movement on the table of housing 10.
  • a spring 139 has one end secured to a pin 140 on the intermediate portion of the slidable member 136 and the other end secured to a pin 141 on the roller 133.
  • Such spring 139 operates to urge slidable member 136 in a leftward direction as viewed in FIG. 5. Another portion of slidable member 136 is recessed as at 142 to receive the trigger 130 and as shown in FIG. 5 prevents the movement of the slidable member 136 to the left.
  • Slidable member 136 has a forwardly extending projection 143 with a horizontally extending adjustable set screw 144.
  • a pneumatic valve having an actuator plunge 146 is operable by a set screw 144 to selectively pressurize pneumatic cylinders 57 and 57 into the position shown in FIG. 5, with the actuator 146 out of engagement with the set screw 144. In the position shown in FIG.
  • valve 145 directs pressurized fluid to the head end of pneumatic cylinder 57 which maintains piston rod 58 in the extended position as shown which maintains the clutch plates 46 and 47 in engagement and pressurizes the rod end of pneumatic cylinder 57 which maintains the respective clutch plates 46 and 47' out of engagement.
  • Actuation of pneumatic valve 145 by set screw 144 effects pressurization of the rod end of pneumatic cylinder 57 and the pressurization of the head end of pneumatic cylinder 57. to disengage clutch plates 46 and 47 while engaging clutch plates 46 and 47' thereby changing the pattern of winding in a manner to be described.
  • a cam 147 pivoted as at 148 has an abutment surface 149 which engages the one end of slidable member 136.
  • Cam 147 has a handle 150 which permits rotation of such cam 147 for positioning the slidable member 136 in a manner and for a purpose to be described.
  • the ball core 35 to be wound is inserted between the winding heads 31 and 32 in a manner described above with the trigger mechanism being in the position shown in FIG. 5.
  • cam 64 The speed of rotation of cam 64 is determined by gear 67 which via spur gear 66 and sleeve 65 rotates the heart-shaped cam 64 which in turn reciprocates winding head 31 along grooved ways 21 in a horizontal direction through the motion imparted thereto by followers or cam rollers 70-70, which cam followers 70 are integral with the housing structure 33.
  • gear 67' rotates gear 66, sleeve 49 and heart-shaped cam 64' which in turn reciprocates the winding head 32 along grooved ways 22-22 in a horizontal direction through the motion imparted thereto by cam rollers which are not shown but similar to cam rollers 7070 whereby the housing structure 33' is reciprocated.
  • cams 64 and 64' (FIG.
  • rollers 3434 are not driven but cooperate with driven rollers 3434 to act as idler rollers.
  • Such intermittent rotation of rollers 34-34 imparts a rotation of the golf ball core 35 about a horizontal axis which is perpendicular to the longitudinal center line and the vertical axis which determines the basic pattern of winding of the thread onto the ball core 35.
  • roller 25 exerts a force in the rightward direction as viewed in FIG. 5, which action pivots crank arm 122 in a clockwisedirection until trigger 130 is withdrawn from slot 142 thereby permitting slidable member 136 to move leftwardly under the biasing action of spring 139.
  • set screw 144 engages actuator plunger 146 which energizes valve 145 to direct pressurized fluid into the rod end of pneumatic cylinder 145 and the head end of pneumatic cylinder 145' which action disengages clutches 46-47 and engages clutches 46'47'.
  • rollers 34'34' are the driven rollers and rollers 3434 are the idler rollers.
  • a suitable limit switch on the table actuated as by the pivotal movement of hell crank 86 or 87 de-energizes motor M thereby stopping the winding of the golf ball core 35 when the golf ball core reaches proper size.
  • the golf ball core 35 is removed and the slidable member 136 is conditioned via carn 147 for the next winding operation.
  • a ball winding machine comprising support members, said support members having means for supporting a golf ball core about a longitudinally extending center line, means operatively connected to said supporting means for oscillating said support means and thereby rotate a golf ball core about a first axis normal to said longitudinal center line, a supply spool of elastic strand material to be wound on said ball core, means for rotating said supply spool about said longitudinal center line relative to said supporting means to wind elastic strand material onto such ball core as uch core is rotated, and means operatively connected to said supporting means for selectively intermittently rotating said supporting means and such ball core in a first and then a second preset direction about a second axis normal to said first axis and normal to said longitudinal center line to wind a first and then a second pattern wind onto such golf ball core.
  • said support means includes a pair of winding heads, each winding head having a pair of idler rollers, said oscillating means being connected to said winding heads for reciprocating said heads in opposite directions to impart oscillation to such golf ball core, said intermittently rotating means including drive means for selectively rotating first one and then the other of said pair of rollers to rotate such golf ball core about a horizontal axis normal to said longitudinal center line to provide a first pattern wind and then a second pattern wind.
  • each pair of idler rollers is parallel to each other, said axes of each pair of rollers lie in planes parallel to each other and normal to said longitudinal center line, each of said winding heads being longitudinally movable toward and away from each other to accommodate an increase in size of such golf ball core, means urging said winding heads towards each other, and said intermittently rotating means being responsive to predetermined movement of said winding heads away from each other for selectively changing said drive means from rotating said first pair of rollers to said other pair of rollers.
  • said support means comprises a pair of winding heads; each Winding head having a pair of rollers, said oscillating mean being connected to said winding heads for reciprocating said heads in opposite directions to impart oscillation to such golf ball core, said intermittently rotating means comprising drive means for imparting intermittent rotation through said winding heads to said rollers for intermittently rotating such golf ball core; and means for rendering one of said winding heads inoperative to drive but operative to idle when the other of said winding heads is initermittently driven by said drive means, and for rendering said other winding head inoperative to drive but operative to idle when said one winding head is intermittently driven by said drive means.
  • a ball winding machine comprising a pair of opposed winding heads; a supply spool of elastic material to be 'wound on a ball core held between said winding heads; means for reciprocating said winding heads in opposite lateral directions for oscillating such ball core about a first axis; means for rotating said supply spool in a plane containing said first axis at a preselected speed for winding elastic material onto such golf ball core; each winding head having a pair of freely rotatable rollers having parallel axes, with said rollers supporting such golf ball core therebetween along a longitudinal center line normal to said first axis; said axes of said rollers lying in parallel planes which planes are equidistant from said first axis; a
  • pair of drive means with preselected different patterns of intermittent drive; a first clutch means operative upon energization to interconnect one of said drive means with one pair of rollers to rotate said one pair of rollers and such core about a second axis, with the other rollers operating as idler rollers; a second clutch means operative upon energization to interconnect the other of said intermittent drive means with said other pair of rollers to rotate such core about said second axis, with said one pair of rollers operating as idler rollers; and means for selectively energizing said first clutch means or said second clutch means to provide a first pattern of winding or a second pattern of winding.
  • a golf ball machine comprising a pair of winding heads, each winding head being mounted on one end of a quill shaft, said quill shafts having a longitudinal center line, each winding head having a carriage slidably mounted thereon for reciprocal movement in a direction transverse to said longitudinal center line, means for yieldingly urging said winding heads toward each other to retain a golf ball center therebetween, means operatively connected to said quill shafts for maintaining said quill shafts for linear longitudinal reciprocal movement, each of said quill shafts supporting for rotation a sleeve and a shaft, drive means operatively connected through said sleeves for reciprocating said carriages in opposite linear directions, each shaft having a clutch means operatively connected thereto, intermittent drive means connected to said clutch means to provide an input to said shafts upon energization of said clutch means, a pair of rollers having parallel axes on each carriage for free rotation thereon, said rollers operative upon energization of said clutch means to positively drive said rollers associated therewith, and means for selective
  • said last-mentioned means includes a longitudinal movable slide member movable between a first and second position, said member having a recess therein, stop means movable into said recess to retain said slide member in said first position, means biasing said stop member into said recess, valve means operable upon actuation to selectively energize one or the other of said clutch means, means biasing said slide member into said second position for actuating said valve means, one of said quill shafts having a bracket connected to said stop means for moving said stop means out of said recess upon predetermined movement of said winding heads away from each other to release said movable member for movement into said second position.

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United States Patent 3,343,751 BALL WINDING MACHINE Mathew Kuts, Akron, ()hio, assignor to The B. F. Goodrich Company, New York, N.Y., a corporation of New York Filed Nov. 26, 1965, Ser. No. 509,868 9 Qlaims. (Cl. 242-33) ABSTRAQT OF THE DISCLQSURE A golf ball winding machine in which an elastic strand supply spool is orbited around a core held between opposed winding heads which are reciprocated to cause the core to rotate about a vertical axis to provide a desired winding pattern while rollers in the winding heads are intermittently rotated to rotate said core about a horizontal axis to thereby alter the winding pattern at a desired point of the Winding cycle.
This invention relates to a ball winding machine and more particularly to a machine for winding elastic thread under tension upon a golf ball core.
In the manufacture of golf ball cores it is important to maintain uniform constant tension on the elastic thread material while winding the cores. Certain of the machines in their winding of the core found it desirable to change the pattern for the finish wind to provide a desirable compact core. This was achieved through a change in speed of rotation with a resulting slow wind in the final winding pattern or else through changing the ball core from one machine to another to achieve a difierent pattern.
The present invention contemplates the use of a positive drive means to achieve a dual pattern of winding on one machine wherein the dual pattern winding is accomplished at high speed. In addition, the pattern of winding is such as to assure uniform constant tension of the elastic thread material resulting in uniform weight, resiliency and roundness without requiring that the ball core be first wound on one machine and then be transferred to a second machine for the final winding pattern.
An object of this invention is to provide a new and improved golf ball winding machine.
A further object of this invention is to provide an improved golf ball winding machine that accomplishes different pattern winding at high speed.
A further object of this invention is to provide a golf ball core of uniform weight and resiliency.
Another object of this invention is to provide dual pattern winding of a golf ball core at high speed and efficiency.
These and other objectives achieved by this invention will become apparent as this description proceeds in connection with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of the improved ball winding machine.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged front elevational view of the upper portion of the ball winding machine with a portion in 'cross section.
FIG. 3 is a plan view in section of the drive means.
FIG. 4 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the ball winding machine.
FIG. 5 is a plan view of the ball winding machine with a portion removed to show the drive means for the rollers.
FIG. 6 is a side elevational view with a portion in cross section taken along line 6-6 of FIG. 1.
Referring now to the drawings, there is shown in FIG. 1 a housing 10 mounted on a suitable frame not shown. Secured to-the housing 10 are a pair of spaced pedestals 11 and 12 having aligned bores 13 and 14 with bearings 15 and 16, respectively. Slidably mounted in the respective bearings 15 and 16 are a pair of opposed spindle supporting sleeves 17 and 18 movable axially toward and away from each other in a manner to be described. The spindle supporting sleeves 17 and 18 have enlarged forwardly extending supporting structures 19 and 20, respectively, which supporting structures 19 and 20 each have upper and lower pairs of grooved ways as at 21 and 22, respectively, to provide ways which are laterally disposed relative to the longitudinal center line of the aligned bores 13 and 14. To prevent the spindle support sleeves 17 and 18 from rotating, the lower end portion of the supporting structures 19 and 20 have rearwardly extending projections 24 and 25 which are slidably received by bores 25 and 26 in the pedestals 11 and 12. Pedestals 11 and 12 have pairs of laterally extending projections 27 and 28 (FIGS. 1 and 5), respectively, with each projection having a bore that slidably receives a stud 29. Each stud 29 has its one end threaded into the adjacent supporting struc tures 19 or 20. Each stud 29 is circumferentially encompassed by a spring 30 which biases the enlarged forward portions 19 and 20 axially toward each other.
Mounted for lateral movement on the respective supporting structures 19 and 20 are winding heads 31 and 32 which have suitable guideways which are slidably received by the grooves 21 and 22, respectively. The winding heads 31 and 32 are similar in construction and only winding head 31 will be described with like reference numerals being primed for winding head 32. Winding head 31 comprises a box-like housing structure 33 which is open at its forward portion facing the winding plane to be described and has mounted thereon a pair of parallel spaced apart rollers 34, 34 which with similar rollers 34', 34' in the winder head 32 are adapted to engage, support and turn the golf ball center 35 constituting the workpiece.
The housing structure 33 has a laterally extending shaft 37 with its axis parallel to the axes of rollers 34, 34 and has mounted on one end thereof a spur gear 38 which meshes with spur gears 39 and 40 on the respective shafts 34, 34. Keyed to shaft 37 is a bevel gear 42 (FIG. 5) which meshes with a bevel gear 43 which in turn is secured to a longitudinally extending shaft 45. A serrated clutch plate 46 is suitably secured to the other end of shaft and is adapted to mesh with a mating clutch plate 47 in a manner to be described. Clutch plate 47 is integral with a spur gear 48 that is driven by a gear 49 which gear 49 has intermittent gear teeth to provide intermittent motion. A U-shaped bracket 51 has its one end secured to the outer end portion of the spindle supporting sleeve 17 with its other end portion journaling an axially movable sleeve 52. Sleeve 52 has a pair of spaced enlarged shoulder portions 52 and 53 which receive the one end portion of a lever arm 54. The intermediate portion of lever arm 54 is pivotally mounted as at 55 to a bracket 56. U-shaped bracket 51 has a hydraulic cylinder 57 secured thereto with its piston rod 58 extending outwardly therefrom having spaced shoulders 59 and 60 on its end portion. Shoulders 59 and 60 receive the other end portion of lever arm 54. Gear 48 is integral with clutch plate 47 and sleeve 52 for axial movement by the pneumatic cylinder 57. Pressurization of the head end of hydraulic cylinder 57 moves the piston rod outwardly to the position shown in FIG. 5, which action pivots the lever arm 53 in a clockwise direction as viewed in FIG. 5 to engage the respective clutch plates 46 and 47.
The tongue and groove mounting of the winding head 31 upon its supporting structure 19 permits the head 31 to be moved relative to the latter, which movement alternatively carries the center of the housing to the opposite sides of the structure. This movement is concurrent and opposite in direction to the winding head 32 with 3 the result that the work 35 mounted therebetween is rotated on a vertical axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal center line of the aligned bores 13 and 14 without shifting its center from the longitudinal line of the bores 13 and 14.
For moving the winding head 31 relative to the supporting structure 19 there is provided a rotatable heart-shaped cam 64 which is suitably mounted upon one end of a sleeve 65 which is journaled within the spindle supporting sleeve 17 and projects therefrom at its opposite end where a spur gear 66 is secured thereto. Spur gear 66 meshes with a gear 67 mounted upon a shaft 69 which also has secured thereto spur gear 49. Gear 49 and gear 67 rotate at the same speed; however, gear 49 is larger in diameter than gear 67. In a similar manner gear 49' is larger than gear 67'; however, the respective gears 49 and 49' are different in that the number of teeth on gear 49 are greater than those of gear 49 with the intermittent blank spaces between adjacent gear teeth being greater on gear 49 than gear 49 with the resulting effect being to effect a different pattern of basket weave winding from gear 49 than gear 49 in a manner to be described.
Cam 64 engages a pair of cam rollers 70 which are journaled on the box-line structure 33 on opposite sides of the cam 64, with the result that the housing is reciprocated laterally by rotation of the cam 64 as it engages the respective cam rollers 70. The drive means for the ball winding machine includes a motor M which drives via a clutch 72, the drive shaft 73 which in turn drives bevel gear 74. Bevel gear 74 meshes with a bevel gear 75, keyed to shaft '76, which has a drive pinion 77 thereon. Drive pinion 7'7 drives the spooling apparatus to be described. Mounted on shaft 73 is a spiral gear 81 which meshes with a spiral gear 82 mounted on a shaft 83 which shaft 83 is journaled in suitable hearings on the housing 10. Mounted on the respective end portions of the shaft 83 are a pair of spur gears 84 and 85. Gear 84 meshes with the spur gear 67 to drive gears 67 and 49. Gear 85 meshes with spur gear 67 to drive gears 67 and 49 in unison.
To maintain the respective winding heads 31 and 32 in cooperative spaced relationship there is provided a pair of bell cranks 86 and 87 which are pivotally mounted on shafts 88 and 89. The one end of the respective bell cranks 86 and 87 have gear sectors 90 and 91 in intermeshing relationship. The other ends of the bell cranks 86 and 87 have slotted end portions 92 and 93 which are adapted to slidably receive rollers 94 and 95 which are journaled on the lower supporting structures 19 and 20. Thus as the respective supporting structures 19 and are moved in an axial direction away from each other the rollers 94 and 95 exert a pivoting force on the respective bell cranks 86 and 87 which is transferred via such bell cranks to the gear sectors 90 and 91 to maintain the movement of such supporting structures 19 and 20 an equal distance.
To provide a means for loading a golf ball center to the golf ball machine there is provided on pedestals 11 and 12 spur gears 97 and 98, respectfully. The supporting structures 19 and 20 have chains 99 and 100 (FIG. 1) secured to the rearward portion thereof, which chains are trained about a portion of the circumference of the respective gears 97 and 98 and extend downwardly to attachments to downwardly extending rods 101 and 102 which rods extend through the housing 10. The lower end portion of the rods 101 and 102 are secured to a horizontally extending bracket 103 which serves as a foot pedal whereby a force may be exerted downwardly on such bracket 103 which rotates the respective gears 97, 98 in opposite directions to facilitate the separation of the winding heads 31 and 32 to facilitate the insertion of a golf ball core into the ball winding machine. The releasing of the force on the bracket 103 releases the compression on springs which thereby urges the supporting structures 19 and 20 inwardly into positive engagement with the golf ball core 35.
The strand of rubber thread to form the winding is applied under tension and fed from a rotating supply to the center plane of rotation of the golf ball core. For this purpose an annular ring 104, secured to the central portion of the housing 10, supports for rotation a spur gear 105, which gear 105 is in mesh with drive pinion 77 and is driven thereby. A pair of spaced brackets 106 and 107 (FIG. 6) with a pair of spaced spindles 10S and 109 extending therebetween support for rotation supply spools 110 and 111, respectively. Secured to bracket 107 is an additional laterally extending bracket 112 which supports a guide spool 113 which operates in cooperative relationship with the guide spool 111 to guide a strand of rubber thread in cooperation with guide means 116 to the golf ball center 35. Annular ring 104 has a counterweight 116 secured to its side frame in a position diametrically opposite the location of the supply spool 110 to maintain a balanced rotating spool device.
The respective gears 48 and 48' have mounted thereon a plurality of horizontally extending pins 118, with a pair of adjacent pins on each gear engaged by a cam 119 mounted on a vertically extending leaf spring 120. Such leaf spring in cooperation with the pins 118 maintains a bias on respective gears 48 and 48' to assure proper mating of such gears with the gear 49 and 49' having the intermittent gear teeth.
The trigger mechanism for the ball winding machine includes a crank arm 122 pivotally mounted on the table of the housing 10 as by a pivot means 123. One end portion of the crank arm 122 is slotted as at 124 to slidably receive a pin 125, which pin 125 is connected by a bracket 126 to the supporting structure 19 (FIG. 5). The other end of crank arm 122 is recessed to provide a shoulder 127 to perform a camming function to be described. A guide block 128 recessed as at 129 provides a pair of spaced guideways which guide a longitudinally extending trigger 130. The one end of trigger 130 has a vertically extending pin 131 mounted thereon which pin 131 is in abutting engagement with shoulder 127 on crank arm 122. A tension spring 132 has one end secured to the guide block 128 and the other end secured to a pin 131 on trigger 130 thereby urging the trigger 130 upwardly, as viewed in FIG. 5, to maintain pin 125 in operative engagement with the slot 124 of bracket 126. A pair of spaced rollers 133 and 134 are secured to the table of the housing 10 to guide the reciprocal movement of a longitudinally extending slide member 136. Slide member 136 is slotted as at 137 and 138 to receive rollers 133 and 134, respectively, to guide the slidable member 136 in its movement on the table of housing 10. A spring 139 has one end secured to a pin 140 on the intermediate portion of the slidable member 136 and the other end secured to a pin 141 on the roller 133. Such spring 139 operates to urge slidable member 136 in a leftward direction as viewed in FIG. 5. Another portion of slidable member 136 is recessed as at 142 to receive the trigger 130 and as shown in FIG. 5 prevents the movement of the slidable member 136 to the left. Slidable member 136 has a forwardly extending projection 143 with a horizontally extending adjustable set screw 144. A pneumatic valve having an actuator plunge 146 is operable by a set screw 144 to selectively pressurize pneumatic cylinders 57 and 57 into the position shown in FIG. 5, with the actuator 146 out of engagement with the set screw 144. In the position shown in FIG. 5, valve 145 directs pressurized fluid to the head end of pneumatic cylinder 57 which maintains piston rod 58 in the extended position as shown which maintains the clutch plates 46 and 47 in engagement and pressurizes the rod end of pneumatic cylinder 57 which maintains the respective clutch plates 46 and 47' out of engagement. Actuation of pneumatic valve 145 by set screw 144 effects pressurization of the rod end of pneumatic cylinder 57 and the pressurization of the head end of pneumatic cylinder 57. to disengage clutch plates 46 and 47 while engaging clutch plates 46 and 47' thereby changing the pattern of winding in a manner to be described. A cam 147 pivoted as at 148 has an abutment surface 149 which engages the one end of slidable member 136. Cam 147 has a handle 150 which permits rotation of such cam 147 for positioning the slidable member 136 in a manner and for a purpose to be described.
In the operation of the machine, the ball core 35 to be wound is inserted between the winding heads 31 and 32 in a manner described above with the trigger mechanism being in the position shown in FIG. 5.
After motor M is energized, clutch 72 is engaged thereby rotating drive shaft 73 which in turn rotates drive pinion 77 and spur gears 84 and 85. Pinion 77 rotates the spooling device to thereby wind elastic thread onto the golf ball core in a manner determined by the rotation of the winding heads 31 and 32. Rotation of spur gears 84 and 85 rotates pairs of gears 67, 49 and 67', 49', respectively. Gears 67 and 67 reciprocate the respective winding heads 31 and 32 via their connection to the cams 64 and 64 but in opposite directions. The speed of rotation of cam 64 is determined by gear 67 which via spur gear 66 and sleeve 65 rotates the heart-shaped cam 64 which in turn reciprocates winding head 31 along grooved ways 21 in a horizontal direction through the motion imparted thereto by followers or cam rollers 70-70, which cam followers 70 are integral with the housing structure 33. In a similar manner gear 67' rotates gear 66, sleeve 49 and heart-shaped cam 64' which in turn reciprocates the winding head 32 along grooved ways 22-22 in a horizontal direction through the motion imparted thereto by cam rollers which are not shown but similar to cam rollers 7070 whereby the housing structure 33' is reciprocated. It will be noted cams 64 and 64' (FIG. 2) are oppositely disposed thereby reciprocating their respective winding heads 31 and 32 in opposite directions so that the golf ball core 35 supported therebetween is rotated about a vertical axis without being displaced therefrom. Simultaneously with such action gear 49 intermittently rotates spur gear 48 which through clutch plates 46 and 47 drives shaft 45 and bevel gear 43. Gear 43 drives bevel gear 42 and shaft 37, which shaft 37 has keyed thereto spur gear 38. Gear 38 is in mesh with gears 3940 which in turn rotate the rollers 34-34. Being that clutch plates 46 and 47' are disengaged as seen in FIGS. 2 and 5, rollers 3434' are not driven but cooperate with driven rollers 3434 to act as idler rollers. Such intermittent rotation of rollers 34-34 imparts a rotation of the golf ball core 35 about a horizontal axis which is perpendicular to the longitudinal center line and the vertical axis which determines the basic pattern of winding of the thread onto the ball core 35.
As the golf ball core increases in diameter, the respective winding heads 31 and 32 are forced apart gradually whereby roller 25 exerts a force in the rightward direction as viewed in FIG. 5, which action pivots crank arm 122 in a clockwisedirection until trigger 130 is withdrawn from slot 142 thereby permitting slidable member 136 to move leftwardly under the biasing action of spring 139. As member 136 moves leftward, set screw 144 engages actuator plunger 146 which energizes valve 145 to direct pressurized fluid into the rod end of pneumatic cylinder 145 and the head end of pneumatic cylinder 145' which action disengages clutches 46-47 and engages clutches 46'47'. Such action now sets up the final pattern winding since rotation to rollers 34'34' is now governed by the spacing on gear 49', so that rollers 34'34 are the driven rollers and rollers 3434 are the idler rollers. A suitable limit switch on the table actuated as by the pivotal movement of hell crank 86 or 87 de-energizes motor M thereby stopping the winding of the golf ball core 35 when the golf ball core reaches proper size. The golf ball core 35 is removed and the slidable member 136 is conditioned via carn 147 for the next winding operation.
It should be understood, of course, that the foregoing 6 disclosure relates to only a preferred embodiment of the invention and that numerous modifications or alterations may be made therein without departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention a set forth in the appended claims.
I claim:
1. In a ball winding machine, comprising support members, said support members having means for supporting a golf ball core about a longitudinally extending center line, means operatively connected to said supporting means for oscillating said support means and thereby rotate a golf ball core about a first axis normal to said longitudinal center line, a supply spool of elastic strand material to be wound on said ball core, means for rotating said supply spool about said longitudinal center line relative to said supporting means to wind elastic strand material onto such ball core as uch core is rotated, and means operatively connected to said supporting means for selectively intermittently rotating said supporting means and such ball core in a first and then a second preset direction about a second axis normal to said first axis and normal to said longitudinal center line to wind a first and then a second pattern wind onto such golf ball core.
2. Ina golf ball machine as set forth in claim 1 wherein said support means includes a pair of winding heads, each winding head having a pair of idler rollers, said oscillating means being connected to said winding heads for reciprocating said heads in opposite directions to impart oscillation to such golf ball core, said intermittently rotating means including drive means for selectively rotating first one and then the other of said pair of rollers to rotate such golf ball core about a horizontal axis normal to said longitudinal center line to provide a first pattern wind and then a second pattern wind.
3. In a golf ball machine as set forth in claim 2 wherein the axis of each pair of idler rollers is parallel to each other, said axes of each pair of rollers lie in planes parallel to each other and normal to said longitudinal center line, each of said winding heads being longitudinally movable toward and away from each other to accommodate an increase in size of such golf ball core, means urging said winding heads towards each other, and said intermittently rotating means being responsive to predetermined movement of said winding heads away from each other for selectively changing said drive means from rotating said first pair of rollers to said other pair of rollers.
4. In a ball winding machine as set forth in claim 1 wherein said support means comprises a pair of winding heads; each Winding head having a pair of rollers, said oscillating mean being connected to said winding heads for reciprocating said heads in opposite directions to impart oscillation to such golf ball core, said intermittently rotating means comprising drive means for imparting intermittent rotation through said winding heads to said rollers for intermittently rotating such golf ball core; and means for rendering one of said winding heads inoperative to drive but operative to idle when the other of said winding heads is initermittently driven by said drive means, and for rendering said other winding head inoperative to drive but operative to idle when said one winding head is intermittently driven by said drive means.
5. In a ball winding machine comprising a pair of opposed winding heads; a supply spool of elastic material to be 'wound on a ball core held between said winding heads; means for reciprocating said winding heads in opposite lateral directions for oscillating such ball core about a first axis; means for rotating said supply spool in a plane containing said first axis at a preselected speed for winding elastic material onto such golf ball core; each winding head having a pair of freely rotatable rollers having parallel axes, with said rollers supporting such golf ball core therebetween along a longitudinal center line normal to said first axis; said axes of said rollers lying in parallel planes which planes are equidistant from said first axis; a
pair of drive means with preselected different patterns of intermittent drive; a first clutch means operative upon energization to interconnect one of said drive means with one pair of rollers to rotate said one pair of rollers and such core about a second axis, with the other rollers operating as idler rollers; a second clutch means operative upon energization to interconnect the other of said intermittent drive means with said other pair of rollers to rotate such core about said second axis, with said one pair of rollers operating as idler rollers; and means for selectively energizing said first clutch means or said second clutch means to provide a first pattern of winding or a second pattern of winding.
6. A golf ball machine comprising a pair of winding heads, each winding head being mounted on one end of a quill shaft, said quill shafts having a longitudinal center line, each winding head having a carriage slidably mounted thereon for reciprocal movement in a direction transverse to said longitudinal center line, means for yieldingly urging said winding heads toward each other to retain a golf ball center therebetween, means operatively connected to said quill shafts for maintaining said quill shafts for linear longitudinal reciprocal movement, each of said quill shafts supporting for rotation a sleeve and a shaft, drive means operatively connected through said sleeves for reciprocating said carriages in opposite linear directions, each shaft having a clutch means operatively connected thereto, intermittent drive means connected to said clutch means to provide an input to said shafts upon energization of said clutch means, a pair of rollers having parallel axes on each carriage for free rotation thereon, said rollers operative upon energization of said clutch means to positively drive said rollers associated therewith, and means for selectively energizing one or the other of said clutch means to drive one or the other of said pair of rollers.
7. A golf ball machine as set forth in claim 6 wherein said last mentioned means is responsive to predetermined movement of said Winding heads away from each other.
8. A ball winding machine as set forth in claim 6 wherein said last-mentioned means includes a longitudinal movable slide member movable between a first and second position, said member having a recess therein, stop means movable into said recess to retain said slide member in said first position, means biasing said stop member into said recess, valve means operable upon actuation to selectively energize one or the other of said clutch means, means biasing said slide member into said second position for actuating said valve means, one of said quill shafts having a bracket connected to said stop means for moving said stop means out of said recess upon predetermined movement of said winding heads away from each other to release said movable member for movement into said second position.
9. A golf ball winding machine as set forth in claim 8 wherein said movable quill shafts are operatively interconnected to provide coordinated movement in their longitudinal direction.
References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,452,469 4/1923 Loomis 2423 2,5 62,75 6 7/ 1951 Weston ct al. 2423 2,668,016 2/ 1954 Huse 2423 FRANK I. COHEN, Primary Examiner.
B. S. TAYLOR, Assistant Examiner.

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1. IN A BALL WINDING MACHINE, COMPRISING SUPPORT MEMBERS, SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS HAVING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A GOLF BALL CORE ABOUT A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CENTER LINE, MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SUPPORTING MEANS FOR OSCILLATING SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND THEREBY ROTATE A GOLF BALL CORE ABOUT A FIRST AXIS NORMAL TO SAID LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE, A SUPPLY SPOOL OF ELASTIC STRAND MATERIAL TO BE WOUND ON SAID BALL CORE, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID SUPPLY SPOOL ABOUT SAID LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORTING MEANS TO WIND ELASTIC STRAND MATERIAL ONTO SUCH BALL CORE AS SUCH CORE IS ROTATED, AND MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SUPPORTING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY INTERMITTENTLY ROTATING SAID SUPPORTING MEANS AND SUCH BALL CORE IN A FIRST AND THEN A SECOND PRESET DIRECTION ABOUT A SECOND AXIS NORMAL TO SAID FIRST AXIS AND NORMAL TO SAID LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE TO WIND A FIRST AND THEN A SECOND PATTERN WIND ONTO SUCH GOLF BALL CORE.
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