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US 3,941,166 AGranted
Machine for alternate twisting of wire or cable
AssigneeMaillefer S.A.
InventorHenri Maillefer
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Abstract
A machine for alternate twisting of metal wire or cable, comprising a frame and a storage unit provided with two end-positioned twisting members and alternately driven about the axis of the wire or cable in first one direction and then the other, wherein the storage unit is linear and comprises a straight cable-supporting tube through which the wire or cable passes and which is caused to rotate at a speed equal to or greater than that of the twisting members and always in the same direction as the storage unit.
Claims9
Apparatus for alternate twisting of metal wire or cable;
- comprising:
- a frame;
- a linear storage unit comprising a straight cable-supporting tube through which said wire or cable passes,, said tube mounted to said frame for rotation about its longitudinal axis;
- first and second twisting means mounted to said frame at and coupled to exterior opposite ends of said tube, said wire or cable passing through said first twisting means prior to entering said linear storage unit and through said second twisting means after exiting from said linear storage unit;
- and
- means for rotating said storage unit and said twisting means alternately in opposite directions about the longitudinal axis of siad cable-supporting tube such that said tube rotates in the same direction as and at a speed which is not less than the speed of rotation of said twisting means.
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