Apparatus for forming elongate reinforcing elements
AssigneeEVG Entwicklungs- u. Verwertungsgesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorsGerhard Ritter, Josef Ritter, Klaus Ritter, Wilhelm Boyer, Hans Gott
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for forming elongate reinforcing elements having a pair of rods and transverse rungs welded perpendicularly between said rods, said rods being fed parallel to one another in stepwise fashion between the welding electrodes, and said rungs being inserted perpendicularly between said rods before welding.
Claims9
Apparatus for manufacturing elongate reinforcing elements consisting of a pair of rods and transverse rungs welded therebetween at right angles to said rods, said apparatus comprising two parallel rod guides spaced apart by substantially the distance required in said finished elements;
- a transverse rung carrier positioned below the plane of said rod guides, receiving one of said transverse rungs in a direction substantially parallel to said rod guides, and movable to a welding position in which said rung is positioned between, and at right angles to, said rods;
- a pair of welding electrodes engageable with said rods;
- and means for drawing said rods through said apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.