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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1998
Timothy J Taylor, Roscoe, IL (US);
Dale J Pitzen, Beloit, WI (US);
Rockford Manufacturing Group, Inc., S. Beloit, IL (US);
Abstract
An in-line wire drawing machine with a floor mounted wire coil turntable and laterally disposed power-driven capstan. The present invention provides an in-line wire drawing machine which substantially reduces the footprint required for an in-line wire drawing machine while enabling relatively large diameters wire to be drawn therethrough. The wire coil is mounted at floor level to allow the coils to be easily loaded onto the drawing machine. The turntable and capstan are mounted in side-by-side fashion to allow the wire to be paid off from the coil in an arc following the natural arcuate cast of the wire coil. This avoids the problem of requiring the operator to physically force the wire against its natural cast and through the guide rollers of the drawing machine which is extremely difficult when using large diameter wire.