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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 1977
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Edward Bickford, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Robert Keith Southard, Largo, FL (US);
Matthew Michael Sucheski, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Earl William Wagner, Annville, PA (US);
Assignee:
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
226109 ; 83241 ; 83261 ; 83263 ; 83282 ; 226115 ; 226135 ; 226145 ; 226146 ; 226149 ; 226154 ; 226181 ;
Abstract
High speed wire feeding means comprises a wire feed roll and a pressure roll, the wire feed roll being driven by a printed circuit motor under the influence of control means which maintains a high and constant level of acceleration and deceleration at the beginning and end of the feeding cycle. One embodiment has a single driven feed roll and a plurality of side-by-side pressure rolls for feeding a plurality of wires. This apparatus is capable of producing a bundle of wires having varying lengths in a minimum amount of time.