(19)
(11) EP 1 149 786 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
23.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/43

(43) Date of publication A2:
31.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/44

(21) Application number: 01107142.0

(22) Date of filing: 22.03.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B65H 16/06, B65H 16/10
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 24.03.2000 IT VI000052

(71) Applicant: Tomasi, Adelino
36070 Castelgomberto (Vicenza) (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Tomasi, Adelino
    36070 Castelgomberto (Vicenza) (IT)

(74) Representative: Luppi, Luigi et al
Luppi & Crugnola S.r.l. Viale Corassori, 54
41100 Modena
41100 Modena (IT)

   


(54) Support for reel shafts


(57) A support (3) for reel supporting shafts comprises a seat (14) which is open upward and is adapted to receive one end of the reel supporting shaft. The seat has a semicylindrical surface with a plurality of discontinuity channels (10,11) shaped so as to accommodate at least one portion of respective rod-like members (12) forming, together with the semicylindrical surface of the seat, a splined profile which is adapted to transmit torque to the end of the reel supporting shaft, whose cross-section is provided with a plurality of hollows which are complementary to the profile.







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