Wire wafer fabricating process
AssigneeGTE Products Corporation
InventorsCarlton G. Jenkins, Robert R. Johnson
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A process for fabricating wire wafers from wire stock wherein the wire stock is fed against a wire stop member, surrounded by a support member having wire cut-off and back-up tools located integral to the support member with the wire cut-off and back-up tools activated to provide first and second wire wafers and de-activated to return the wire cut-off and back-up tools to a position for a succeeding cycle.
Claims8
In a process for fabricating wire wafers from wire stock wherein wire stock supporting gripper tools are positioned adjacent a wire stop member and wire cut-off and back-up tools are positioned intermediate the wire stock supporting gripper tools the improvement comprising the steps of:
- activating said wire cut-off and back-up tools to cause said cut-off tool to sever said wire stock and provide a first wire wafer intermediate said wire cut-off tool and said wire stop member and a second wire wafer intermediate said wire cut-off and back-up tools;
- de-activating said wire cut-off and back-up tools to effect return of said second wire wafer into alignment with said first wire wafer;
- removing said stop member;
- substituting for said stop member a wire wafer magazine;
- and
- feeding said wire wafers into said wire wafer magazine.
In a process for fabricating wire wafers from wire stock the improvement comprising the steps of:
- feeding wire stock against a wire stop member;
- surrounding said wire stock with support members adjacent said wire stop member;
- locating a wire cut-off tool and a wire back-up tool intermediate said support members;
- activating said wire cut-off and back-up tools to cause said wire cut-off tool to sever and pass through said wire stock and provide a first wire wafer intermediate said wire cut-off tool and said stop member and a second wire wafer intermediate said wire cut-off and back-up tools;
- de-activating said wire cut-off and back-up tools to effect alignment of said first and second wire wafers and positioning of said tools for a succeeding cycle;
- substituting a wire wafer magazine for said stop member;
- feeding said first and second wire wafers into said wire wafer magazine;
- and
- positioning said wire stock against said wire wafers in said wire wafer magazine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.