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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 1981
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1979
James F King, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Gilbert L Horton, Kernersville, NC (US);
Consolidated Foods Corporation, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
A system for automatically bending wire into arcuate segments of different selected configurations utilizing a wire bending roll displaceable selectively by a stepping motor which is controlled by a microprocessor to bend a length of wire conforming to data retrieved from a computer. The wire is selectively advanced to a shear assembly where it is severed to a specific length and advanced through feed rolls towards the bending roll. Detection of the advancing severed length of wire locks in a strobe gear and the microprocessor with the stepping motor to determine the position of the wire with respect to the bending roll and to incrementally displace the bending roll in a controlled manner along an arcuate path to produce the desired bend in the wire.