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US 5,476,027 AGranted
Braider
AssigneeMurata Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi Uchida, Masao Hirukawa, Yasuo Hisa
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Abstract
A braider having a mandrel support member which is pivotable around a braiding point and linearly movable toward and away from the braiding point. Since control of the position of the mandrel is performed by pivotal motion around the braiding point and linear movement in a direction toward the braiding point, the mandrel can be moved to an arbitrary position without depending upon movement of the mandrel by a great distance in one direction.
Claims8
A braider, comprising:
- a plate having at least one of a substantially curved surface and a substantially cylindrical surface and having at least one track formed therein, the track defining a perimeter,
- at least one bobbin carrier adapted for travelling along the track,
- at least one mandrel apparatus having a mandrel supporting and moving member for holding a mandrel and for turning the mandrel horizontally relative to a braiding point located substantially within the perimeter defined by the track, the mandrel apparatus comprising:
- a first frame mounted for substantially linear, horizontal movement toward and away from the braiding point,
- a second frame mounted on the first frame and being movable in a substantially horizontal plane relative to the first frame,
- the mandrel supporting and moving member being supported on the second frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.