Method and apparatus for stranding together elongated electrical or optical cable elements
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorMartin Loczenski
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for stranding together stranding elements, such as electrical and/or optical transmission elements. The apparatus includes a stranding disk and an elongated rotating accumulator for feeding the elements through the stranding disk, which gathers the elements into a cable. The rotating accumulator has a plurality of longitudinal chambers for accommodating respective elements. The chambers are radially open either inward or outward relative to the longitudinal direction, according to different embodiments of the invention. The invention also provides associated methods of stranding with such devices.
Claims30
An apparatus for stranding elongated stranding elements, the apparatus comprising:
- a stranding disk;
- a rotating accumulator extending along a stranding axis in a longitudinal direction for feeding the stranding elements to the stranding disk;
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- chambers disposed in the accumulator, the chambers extending in the longitudinal direction and being outwardly open radially with respect to said stranding axis of the accumulator to accommodate and guide the stranding elements.
A method for stranding elongated stranding elements comprising the steps of:
- providing a rotating accumulator which extends along a stranding axis in a longitudinal direction;
- feeding stranding elements over the accumulator to a stranding disk;
- stranding the stranding elements by the stranding disk;
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- guiding the stranding elements through open longitudinal chambers in the accumulator which extend in the longitudinal direction and which are radially outwardly open with respect to the stranding axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.