Spacer device for a basket forming apparatus
AssigneesIan Wood, Barry Wood
InventorIan Wood
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Abstract
A spacer device for use with a basket forming apparatus, the spacer device comprises a plurality of angularly spaced, radially extending arms (3, 4, 5, 6) corresponding in number to the number of metal bars forming the basket, each of which arms is adapted in use to engage with a respective one of the metal bars forming the basket-shaped article as the said article is twisted into its finished shape.
Claims10
A spacer device for use with a basket forming apparatus which comprises a twisting machine for twisting a number of metal bars into a basket-shaped article, the spacer device comprising a plurality of angularly spaced, radially extending arms (3, 4, 5, 6) corresponding in number to the number of metal bars forming the basket and fixed in a select angular relationship with respect to each other, each of which arms is adapted in use to engage with a respective one of the metal bars forming the basket-shaped article as said article is twisted into its finished shape within the basket forming apparatus.
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