Patent · US Expired

Wire coiling machine

US4350311A · kind A · utility

11Cited by
8References
5Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 17, 1980
Grant dateSep 21, 1982
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 17, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T83/4749
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a wire coiling machine, wherein wire is continuously formed into coils, comprising a wire bundling assembly mounted on a frame and including a coil forming capstan and an accumulator drum axially mounted under the capstan and surrounded by a rotatable enclosure an improvement which comprises a wire cutting assembly including a percussion cutter unit mounted on the frame for rotation around a vertical axis and an anvil formed as a ring mounted on either the capstan or the accumulator drum and having a surface of revolution for taking an impact load from the cutter unit when the wire is cut at the instant a bundle of wire coils has been deposited. A wire receiving arrangement known to the art is placed below the wire bundling assembly to receive wire coils that have been laid in bundles.

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