Southwire Company, LLC

William M Berry, Iii

Michael F Flagg

Doyle B Charles

Mark D Dixon

Bobby C Gentry

John Cassimus

R G Thompson

James L Rhyne

Darnell Smith

B Radhakrishnan

Method and apparatus for providing proper tension on a stranded conductor, as the conductor is formed and collected on a take-up reel or bobbin, by using a strain gage to monitor the tension of the conductor being collected and to provide a signal to a controller which in turn increases or decreases the speed of a direct current, variable speed, motor used to drive the take-up reel or bobbin, thereby providing proper tension to the conductor being collected.

Method and apparatus for controlling takeup tension on a stranded

A cable take-up and payoff apparatus for the controlled payout of a continuous cable from a reel comprises a pair of laterally movable housings which support a reel on a pair of pintles and are horizontally spaced from one another by a telescoping member. A power mechanism is provided for operating the telescoping member to laterally move the housings toward and away from one another. The housings are also supported for vertical movement along a pair of upstanding masts and a power mechanism is provided for simultaneously moving the housings up and down. The pintles are independently supported for both vertical and horizontal movement relative to the housings and are thereby independently adjustable by power mechanisms into alignment with openings on the axis of the reel of cable.

Reel support with horizontal and vertical adjustment

A cable payoff apparatus for the controlled payout of a continuous cable from a reel comprises a pair of laterally movable housings which support a reel on a pair of pintles. A power mechanism is provided for laterally moving the housings toward and away from one another. The housings are also supported for vertical movement along a pair of upstanding masts and a power mechanism is provided for simultaneously moving the housings up and down. The pintles are independently supported for both vertical and horizontal movement relative to the housings and are thereby independently adjustable by power mechanisms into alignment with openings on the axis of the reel of cable.

Method and apparatus for holding the ends of two metal rods which are to be joined, cutting a face on each of the two metal rods, maintaining alignment of the two cut faces, and providing proper compressive force on the two rods while they are joined by a brazing operation.

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Newnan, GA, United States of America

William M Berry, Iii