FEEDING WIRE-ENDS TO PROCESSING UNITS
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1. An apparatus for feeding wire ends of a wire loop to a processing unit, the apparatus comprising:
- a first holding element for holding a leading wire end of the wire loop;
a second holding element for holding a trailing wire end of the wire loop; and
a third holding element for holding a loop end of the wire loop, the wire loop being stretched between the first, second and third holding elements when the wire loop is held by the apparatus.
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Abstract
In a processing device the wire-ends are fed circularly to the peripherally arranged processing units. A loop-layer grasps a leading wire-end and lays it in a wire-loop. The wire is then advanced by a belt apparatus, and a loop-guide picks up a loop-end and moves upward until the wire-loop has attained the desired dimension and transfers the loop-end of the wire-loop to a holding element of a rotary star, which, by means of the loop-guide, is displaceable along a linear axle, depending on the length of the wire-loop.
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1. An apparatus for feeding wire ends of a wire loop to a processing unit, the apparatus comprising:
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a first holding element for holding a leading wire end of the wire loop; a second holding element for holding a trailing wire end of the wire loop; and a third holding element for holding a loop end of the wire loop, the wire loop being stretched between the first, second and third holding elements when the wire loop is held by the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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laying a wire loop from a wire stock; accepting the wire loop at a loop end of the wire loop; stretching the wire loop to a desired length; tightly holding a leading wire end of the wire loop using a first holding element; tightly holding a trailing wire end of the wire loop using a second holding element; transferring the loop end to a third holding element; separating the wire loop from the wire stock; and feeding the leading wire end and the trailing wire end to a processing unit using a feeding movement, the loop end following the feeding movement and remaining stretched during the feeding movement. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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