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US 3,945,409 AGranted
Device for feeding lengths of wire to a processing machine
AssigneeEVG Entwicklungs- und Verwertungs-Gesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorsRudolf Scherr, Walter Jamnig, Hans Gott, Klaus Ritter
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Abstract
Device for feeding lengths of wire to a processing machine, particularly a lattice welding machine, by separating a bundle of wire into smaller portions, aligning the smaller portions, and removing individual wire lengths from the smaller portions for conveyance to the processing machine.
Claims14
An apparatus for feeding aligned lengths of wire from a bundle to a processing machine, such as a lattice welding machine,
- comprising, in combination:
- an inlet means operable to convey and hold the bundle for division into smaller portions;
- conveyor means disposed near said inlet means, operable to convey portions of wire away from said inlet means;
- divider means associated with at least one of said conveying or inlet means and operable to divide said bundle into portions of wire;
- holder-separator means disposed near said conveyor means and being operable to receive the portion of wire from said conveyor means and separate it into individual wires in a predetermined alignment, for conveyance to the processing machine.
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