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Method and device for automatically positioning a flexible elongate member in a storage basket rotatable about a vertical axis

US4145014A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 11, 1977
Grant dateMar 20, 1979
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Expiry dateNov 11, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B19/22
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

This device comprises means for handling a flexible elongate member, in combination with means for automatically controlling said handling means in response to a detected deformation of the loop portion formed by the flexible member near the storage basket, so as to bring this loop portion back to a preselected geometrical configuration.

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