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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
May. 20, 1999
Meinert Meyer, Erkrath, DE;
Klaus Kuppers, Erkrath, DE;
SMS Schloemann-Siemag Aktiengesellschaft, Dusseldorf, DE;
Abstract
A laying tube for producing wire windings from continuously introduced essentially straight wire material includes a first portion of an outer casing which is driven so as to rotate and receives a feeding tube for the wire material. Connected to the first portion is an outwardly expanding portion of the outer casing which includes a curved wire guide channel, wherein this guide channel is provided in the form of a groove in the outer surface of a hollow insert which is placed with fit in the expanding portion of the outer casing, and wherein the centrifugal forces of the wire are absorbed by the inner surface of the outer casing. The feeding tube and the insert form a structural unit which is releasably connected to the outer casing. This structural unit and, thus, the impact surfaces of the centrifugal forces of the wire can be moved in dependence on the localized wear of the inner surface of the outwardly expanding portion of the outer casing and relative thereto by a rotary movement about the longitudinal axis to an area which has not yet been worn out.