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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1982
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1980
Minoru Yamada, Mississauga, CA;
Rokuzo Ito, Toronto, CA;
Canada Wire and Cable Limited, Toronto, CA;
Abstract
An apparatus for stranding an outer layer of wires on an inner layer cable core is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a tubular stranding machine comprising a rotating tube within which are stationary mounted on the same axis a series of cradles each supporting a spool of wire from which are paid-off the outer wires, means for guiding said outer wires along the outside wall of said tube towards a stranding die located at the front of the stranding machine, means for guiding a cable core originating from the back of the stranding machine along the outside wall of the tube, and a wire straightener stationary mounted at the front of the stranding machine ahead of the stranding die and through which is passed the cable core to eliminate the waviness of the cable core due to rotation during traveling along the outside wall of the tube.