Wire taping machine

Claim 1

A WIRE TAPING DEVICE ADAPTED TO SUPERIMPOSE A PLURALITY OF HELICAL LAYERS OF PAPER TAPE UPON A WIRE COMPRISING A SLEEVE MEMBER, AN IMMOBILE TUBLUAR MEMBER MOUNTED COAXIALLY WITHIN SAID SLEEVE MEMBER, SAID TUBULAR MEMBER PROVIDING A PATH FOR WIRE TO BE TAPED, SAID SLEEVE MEMBER BEING ROTATABLE ABOUT SAID IMMOBILE TUBULAR MEMBER, AN ALIGNING DIE HAVING A CENTRAL OPENING ADAPTED TO HAVE A WIRE PASS THERETHROUGH MOUNTED ON SAID IMMOBILE TUBLUAR MEMBER AT ONE END THEREOF, A TAPING HEAD FIXEDLY MOUNTED ON SAID SLEEVE MEMBER AT THE SAME END AS SAID DIE, SAID TAPING HEAD INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF GUIDING FINGERS AFFIXED ABOUT THE PERIPHERY OF SAID SLEEVE MEMBERS ADJACENT SAID DIE, EACH SAID PAIR OF GUIDING FINGERS COMPRISING ONE FINGER EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE PATH OF SAID WIRE AND ONE FINGER EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID PATH, WHEREBY A TAPE WHICH PASSES FROM A POSITION PARALLEL TO THE WIRE FIRST OVER SAID PERPENDICULAR FINGER AND THENCE OVER SAID PARALLEL FINGER IS GUIDED THEREBY HELICALLY ON TO THE WIRE AS IT EMERGES THROUGH SIAD CENTRL OPENING IN SAID DIE, A TAPE DISPENSER FIXEDLY MOUNTED ON SAID SLEEVE MEMBER, MEANS FOR GUIDING TAPE FROM SAID TAPE DISPENSER TO SAID TAPING HEAD, MEANS FOR PULLING THE WIRE THROUGH SAID IMMOBILE TUBULAR MEMBER AND SAID DIE, AND MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID SLEEVE MEMBER.