US 5,672,871 A · Corona wire handling device

Abstract

A device for handling corona charger wires in order to facilitate the placement of wires within the housing of the corona charger. The corona wire handling device includes a substantially rectangular frame, the frame having opposed long side members and opposed short side members. The long side members of the rectangular frame are readily separable from the short side members thereof. A mechanism, associated with the rectangular frame, is provided for supporting an intermediate portion of at least one corona wire on the frame. Further, a mechanism is provided for controlling tension on the corona wire induced by the corona wire intermediate support mechanism. Accordingly, when the rectangular frame is associated with the corona charger for placement of a corona wire operatively therein and the tension control mechanism is activated, tension increase in the corona wire induced by insertion of the corona wire in the corona charger is controlled to balance wire tension in order to prevent corona wire damage or breakage. Thereafter, the long side members of the rectangular frame are separated from the short side members to enable removal of excess portions of the rectangular frame and the wire supporting mechanism.

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Dependent claims

A device for handling a corona charger wire in order to facilitate the placement of a corona wire in operative association within a corona charger, said corona wire handling device comprising:

means for supporting the ends of at least one corona wire;
means, associated with said corona wire end supporting means, for supporting an intermediate portion of said at least one corona wire;
and
means for controlling tension on said corona wire, supported on said corona wire end supporting means, induced by said corona wire intermediate portion support means, whereby when said corona wire end supporting means is associated with a corona charger for insertion of a corona wire operatively therein and said tension controlling means is activated, tension increase in said corona wire, which would be induced by insertion of said corona wire in said corona charger, is controlled to balance corona wire tension in order to substantially prevent corona wire damage or breakage.

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A device for handling a corona charger wire in order to facilitate the placement of a corona wire in operative association within a corona charger, said corona wire handling device comprising:

a substantially rectangular frame, said frame having opposed long side members and opposed short side members;
at least one member, for supporting the intermediate portion of at least one corona wire on said frame, said member having an elongated flexible portion, connected at one end to one of said side members of said frame, and an elongated substantially rigid portion, connected at one end to said flexible portion and at the other end to an opposed side member of said frame;
means for controlling tension on said corona wire, supported on said frame, induced by said corona wire intermediate portion support member, whereby when said rectangular frame is associated with a corona charger for insertion of a corona wire operatively therein and said tension controlling means is activated, tension increase in said corona wire, which would be induced by insertion of said corona wire in said corona charger, is controlled to balance corona wire tension in order to substantially prevent corona wire damage or breakage;
and
means for enabling ready separation of said long side members of said rectangular frame from said short side members to enable removal of excess portions of said rectangular frame and said corona wire intermediate portion support member after said corona wire is inserted in said corona charger.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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