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US 5,176,062 AGranted
Braiding machine
OwnerCharles E. Mailleferinventor
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Abstract
Two supports (8 and 9) mounted on parallel axes (10 and 11) respectively comprise two parallel arms (24 and 25) and portions (20 and 21) of a runway. A pay-out reel (26) for the core of the braid is mounted on a carriage (23) which rolls on the runway (20, 21), remaining at the bottom thereof. A mandrel (28) integral with the carriage guides the core-wire of the braid toward a braiding die-plate (3) at which the braid elements unwinding from reels (4-7) borne by the supports converge.
Claims10
A braiding machine comprising:
- a braid-core pay-out reel for paying out a braid core to a braiding point;
- at least one braid element pay-out reel for paying out at least one braid element to said braiding point;
- two spaced rotatable supports, each rotatable support being rotatable about a rotation axis, said at least one braid element pay-out reel being mounted on one of said rotatable supports, said rotatable supports being rotatable in an overlapping manner to define an intersecting common volume;
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- a carriage to which said braid-core pay-out reel is secured, said carriage being freely movable along a surface on one of said rotatable supports, said carriage being maintained substantially stationary at a predetermined location within said intersecting common volume by gravity, wherein said surface has rails and said carriage is mounted on rollers, said rollers being movable along said rails of said surface, said carriage being oriented substantially horizontally along said surface when said braid-core pay-out reel pays out said braid core.
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