Apparatus for threading wire into a machine

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING THE THREADING OF A WIRE INTO A MACHINE THAT PERFORMS AN OPERATION ON SAID WIRE IN A WORK AREA, SAID MACHINE HAVING AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF GUIDING MEANS EACH HAVING A PASSAGEWAY THERETHROUGH AND EACH BEING POSITIONED ON A SIDE OF SAID WORK AREA OPPOSITE THE OTHER OF SAID GUIDE MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF SAID WIRE DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF SAID MACHINE OPERATION, WHICH APPARATUS COMPRISES AN ELONGATED MEMBER DESIGNED FOR SLIDABLE MOUNTING IN THE SAID PASSAGEWAY OF ONE OF SAID GUIDE MEANS AND HAVING A HOLE EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THERETHROUGH, SAID HOLE BEING OF SUFFICIENT SIZE TO ACCOMMODATE THE PASSAGE OF SAID WIRE THERETHROUGH, SAID ELONGATED MEMBER BEING OF A LENGTH FOR AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY BRIDGING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID GUIDE MEANS WHEN SAID MEMBER IS FULLY INSERTED IN SAID ONE OF SAID GUIDE MEANS, SAID MEMBER HAVING ONE END THEREOF TAPERED FOR FACILITATING MOVEMENT THEREOF THROUGH SAID WORK AREA WHEREBY SAID MEMBER CAN BE INSERTED IN SAID PASSAGEWAY OF SAID ONE OF SAID GUIDE MEANS AND MOVED ACROSS SAID WORK AREA SO AS TO PLACE THE OPENING OF SAID HOLE IN CLOSE RELATION TO THE SAID PASSAGEWAY OF THE OTHER OF SAID GUIDE MEANS THEREBY FORMING A CHANNEL THROUGH SAID PAIR OF GUIDE MEANS AND SAID ELONGATED MEMBER TO MATERIALLY FACILITATE THE THREADING OF SAID WIRE, SAID ELONGATED MEMBER THEN BEING WITHDRAWABLE FROM SAID WORK AREA TO ALLOW SAID OPERATION OF SAID MACHINE, SAID ELONGATED MEMBER HAVING A TRANSVERSE GROOVE EXTERNALLY THEREON, AND MEANS DESIGNED FOR COACTING WITH SAID GROOVE FOR FORCIBLY RETAINING SAID ELONGATED MEMBER WHEN SAID MEMBER IS IN THE WITHDRAWN POSITION.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING THE THREADING OF A WIRE INTO A MACHINE THAT PERFORMS AN OPERATION ON SAID WIRE IN A WORK AREA, SAID MACHINE HAVING AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF GUIDING MEANS EACH HAVING A PASSAGEWAY THERETHROUGH AND EACH BEING POSITIONED ON A SIDE OF SAID WORK AREA OPPOSITE THE OTHER OF SAID GUIDE MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF SAID WIRE DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF SAID MACHINE OPERATION, WHICH APPARATUS COMPRISES AN ELONGATED MEMBER DESIGNED FOR SLIDABLE MOUNTING IN THE SAID PASSAGEWAY OF ONE OF SAID GUIDE MEANS AND HAVING A HOLE EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THERETHROUGH, SAID HOLE BEING OF SUFFICIENT SIZE TO ACCOMMODATE THE PASSAGE OF SAID WIRE THERETHROUGH, SAID ELONGATED MEMBER BEING OF A LENGTH FOR AT LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY BRIDGING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID GUIDE MEANS WHEN SAID MEMBER IS FULLY INSERTED IN SAID ONE OF SAID GUIDE MEANS, SAID MEMBER HAVING ONE END THEREOF TAPERED FOR FACILITATING MOVEMENT THEREOF THROUGH SAID WORK AREA WHEREBY SAID MEMBER CAN BE INSERTED IN SAID PASSAGEWAY OF SAID ONE OF SAID GUIDE MEANS AND MOVED ACROSS SAID WORK AREA SO AS TO PLACE THE OPENING OF SAID HOLE IN CLOSE RELATION TO THE SAID PASSAGEWAY OF THE OTHER OF SAID GUIDE MEANS THEREBY FORMING A CHANNEL THROUGH SAID PAIR OF GUIDE MEANS AND SAID ELONGATED MEMBER TO MATERIALLY FACILITATE THE THREADING OF SAID WIRE, SAID ELONGATED MEMBER THEN BEING WITHDRAWABLE FROM SAID WORK AREA TO ALLOW SAID OPERATION OF SAID MACHINE, SAID ELONGATED MEMBER HAVING A TRANSVERSE GROOVE EXTERNALLY THEREON, AND MEANS DESIGNED FOR COACTING WITH SAID GROOVE FOR FORCIBLY RETAINING SAID ELONGATED MEMBER WHEN SAID MEMBER IS IN THE WITHDRAWN POSITION.