Double twist wire stranding machine with removable creel assembly

Claim 2

In a double twist stranding machine, a pair of spaced aligned shafts having opposed cantilevered ends, a U-shaped creel support hanging from said ends, a creel plate extending transversely of the axes of said shafts and removably mounted on said creel support, said creel plate having means mounted thereon for carrying a plurality of spools of wire.

Claim 3

The construction set forth in claim 1, said creel plate carrying at least one pulley for each spool for guiding the wire from the spool toward the first twisting position, said pulleys being circumferentially spaced from each other.

Claim 4

The construction set forth in claim 1, said creel plate being generally in the form of a disc and having a center opening through which wires from spools on the side of said plate remote from the first twisting position may pass enroute to the said first twisting position.

Claim 5

The construction set forth in claim 1, said creel support including a bottom platform of substantial transverse width, cooperating means on said platform and the creel plate for locating said creel plate transversely of said shafts, and means for maintaining said creel plate vertically with respect to said platform.

Claim 6

The construction set forth in claim 1, one end member of said creel support having an upward extension and a brace detachably connecting the upper part of said creel plate with said extension.

Claim 7

The construction set forth in claim 1, the center of gravity of said creel support, creel plate and spools and wire carried thereby being below the axis of said aligned shafts whereby said creel support and said creel plate will hang in stationary condition from said shaft ends.

Claim 8

The construction set forth in claim 1, said creel plate having a center opening, said creel plate carrying inner and outer pulleys for each spool carrying means, the inner of said two pulleys for each spool being mounted close to the axis of said aligned shafts, all of said inner pulleys being uniformly circumferentially spaced about the said axis, whereby wires travelling from said inner pulleys to the first twisting position will be uniformly spaced in conical formation.

Claim 9

In a double twist stranding machine, a pair of spaced axially aligned rotatable shafts having opposed cantilevered ends with passageways extending therethrough; flyer means carried on said shafts for rotation therewith, said flyer means having pulley means associated therewith; a U-shaped creel support hanging from said ends; a creel plate removably mounted on said creel support, said creel plate having means mounted thereon for carrying a plurality of spools of wire, the arrangement of the aforesaid components being such that the wire from said spools may be threaded through the passageway in one of said ends, thence over said pulley means, and thence through the passageway in the other of said ends.

Claim 10

In a double twist stranding machine, a pair of spaced axially aligned rotatable shafts having opposed cantilevered ends with passageways extending therethrough; flyer means carried on said shafts for rotation therewith, said flyer means having pulley means associated therewith; a U-shaped creel support hanging from said ends; a creel plate removably mounted on said creel support, said creel plate having means mounted thereon for carrying a plurality of spools of wire, the arrangement of the aforesaid components being such that the wire from said spools may be threaded through the passageway in one of said ends, thence over said pulley means, and thence through the passageway in the other of said ends.