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Detachable flyer bow system, apparatus and methods of using same

  • US 10,407,826 B2
  • Filed: 11/16/2015
  • Issued: 09/10/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for securing a flyer bow to a wheel of a wire twisting machine, the wheel having an outer surface and a rotational axis, the system comprising:

  • a base having a front side, a back side, an inner side, and an outer side, the outer side comprising a longitudinal recess, the center of the width of the recess defining a longitudinal axis, the recess comprising;

    an inner lateral dimension and an outer lateral dimension, the inner lateral dimension being greater than the outer lateral dimension, anda front lateral dimension and a rear lateral dimension, the front lateral dimension being smaller than the rear lateral dimension; and

    an end block attachable to the end of the flyer bow, the end block comprising a recess engagement portion disposed to slidably engage the longitudinal recess;

    wherein the base is sized for fixing to the outer surface of the wheel;

    wherein the longitudinal axis of the recess and the rotational axis of the wheel are substantially coplanar; and

    wherein when the end block is attached to the end of the flyer bow and used to secure the flyer bow to the wheel of the wire twisting machine, the recess engagement portion is cooperatively engaged within the longitudinal recess to distribute forces acting in forward and lateral directions over a contact surface between the end block and the base, andwherein;

    the outer side of the base further comprises an opening;

    extending inwardly from the outer side of the base and laterally from the longitudinal recess of the base, andspaced away from the front side of the base along the longitudinal axis;

    the end block and the opening are sized to allow at least a portion of the end block to clear the opening when that portion of the end block is aligned with the opening, for inward insertion of the end block into the base or outward removal of the end block from the base.

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