Guide apparatus for deflecting a linear structure
AssigneeBarmag Barmer Maschinenfabrik AG
InventorBurghard Burow
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Abstract
A device for deflecting a continuously supplied thread by means of a curved guide tube. The guide tube is formed of a plurality of contiguously abutting segments which are disposed between the entry and exit openings of a casing. The space between the inner wall of the casing and the outer circumference of the segments is filled with a bonding agent which fixes the segments in the desired spatial curvature for the guide tube when it hardens. Furthermore, a method for producing such device is disclosed which utilizes an expandable mandrel to hold the segments in the desired spatial curvature position prior to being fixed in position by the bonding agent.
Claims9
A device for deflecting a continuously supplied filamentary structure by means of a curved guide tube, said deflection device comprising:
- a casing having an entry and an exit opening,
- a plurality of contiguously abutting segments forming said guide tube which are disposed within said casing between its entry and exit openings, and
- a bonding agent filling the space between the inner wall of said casing and the outer circumference of said segments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.