13-03-2014 дата публикации
Номер: US20140069060A1
A system and method for coiling and sealing an elongate, flexible component includes a coiler and a sealer positioned beneath the coiler. The coiler includes a rotatable central core and a feeding tube for guiding and transferring a free end of the flexible component onto the central core to form a coil. The coil is then dropped in a generally vertical downward direction from the coiler into a partially-sealed and partially-opened container positioned beneath the coiler and disposed within the sealer. The sealer seals the remaining one or more open sides of the container and then drops the coil encased within the sealed container in a generally vertical downward direction onto a conveyor. The container may be made of a heat-shrinkable material and the conveyor may transport the sealed container into a heat-shrink oven to heat shrink the container around the coil. 1. A system for coiling a length of an elongate , flexible component into a coil and subsequently encasing the coil within a sealed container , comprising: a rotatable central core; and', 'a feeding tube for guiding the length of the flexible component onto the central core as the central core is rotated to thereby wind the length of the flexible component onto the central core to form the coil; and, 'a coiler comprisinga sealer operatively coupled to the coiler to receive the coil in a partially-sealed and partially-opened container positioned beneath the coiler and disposed within the sealer, the container having at least two pre-sealed sides and one or more open sides, the sealer operable to subsequently seal the one or more open sides of the container.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the elongate claim 1 , flexible component is selected from the group consisting of cable claim 1 , wire claim 1 , tubing and the like.3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the container is made of a heat-sealable material.4. The system of claim 1 , wherein a free end of the flexible component is secured to the central core.5 ...
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