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Braiding machine with multiple rings of spools

  • US 9,920,462 B2
  • Filed: 08/07/2015
  • Issued: 03/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A braiding machine, comprising:

  • a support structure; and

    a spool system, comprising;

    a first set of spool moving elements arranged in a first ring on the support structure, the first set of spool moving elements comprising a first plurality of rotor metals;

    a second set of spool moving elements arranged in a second ring on the support structure, the second set of spool moving elements comprising a plurality of horn gears;

    a third set of spool moving elements arranged in a third ring on the support structure, the third set of spool moving elements comprising a second plurality of rotor metals; and

    a spool with thread, the spool being mounted to a carrier element,wherein the spool mounted to the carrier element can be passed between the first set of spool moving elements and the second set of spool moving elements and wherein the spool mounted to the carrier element can be passed between the third set of spool moving elements and the second set of spool moving elements, andwherein the plurality of horn gears is displaced axially from the first plurality of rotor metals and the second plurality of rotor metals.

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