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Wire defect detector for a wire handling machine

  • US 5,761,938 A
  • Filed: 11/22/1995
  • Issued: 06/09/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/22/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a machine utilizing a length of wire in a sequence of manufacturing operations, wherein said wire is moved along a first path,an apparatus coupled to said machine adjacent said first path having a frame and a wire defect detector coupled to said frame, said wire defect detector arranged to undergo motion upon detection of a discontinuity comprising a geometric anomaly in said wire, and a motion detector attached to and carried by said wire defect detector arranged to detect said motion of said wire defect detector, so that upon detection of said motion said motion detector will generate an electrical signal to alter said sequence of operations.

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