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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1981
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1979
Joseph Varga, Toronto, CA;
Ceeco Machinery Manufacturing Limited, Concord, CA;
Abstract
A high speed rigid strander is described that has a rotatably mounted cage which includes a plurality of bobbin support members which are parallel to and angularly spaced about the axis of rotation of the cage. Each support member includes a locking mechanism for simultaneously locking or releasing an entire row of bobbins, each of which is spaced from the axis of rotation and has its longitudinal axis oriented generally radially or at an angle normal to the strander axis. Wire guides associated with each bobbin fly the wires off the bobbins under the action of external pulling forces without requiring the bobbins to rotate. Fly-off is generally radially inwardly against the action of centrifugal forces and the wires are guided towards the strander axis and then parallel thereto so that the wires from all of the bobbins can be brought to an end of the rotating cage and wound about a core wire. Also described is a loading and unloading system which can advantageously be used with the stranders of the present invention.