Guiding device for cable-jacketing metal strips

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS FOR JACKETING AN ELECTRIC CABLE EQUIPPED WITH FEEDING MEANS FOR SUPPLYING A CABLE CORE AND WITH STRIP SUPPLY MEANS FOR PASSING A METAL STRIP ALONGSIDE THE CABLE CORE, A STRIP GUIDING DEVICE FOR GUIDING THE TRAVELLING STRIP IN FIXED AND STRAIGHT ALIGNMENT LONGITUDINALLY OF THE CORE, MEANS FOR CAUSING PROGRESSIVE DEFORMATION OF THE STRIP INTO TUBULAR SHAPE ABOUT THE CORE, SAID STRIP GUIDING DEVICE COMPRISING NORMALLY STATIONARY GLIDE SHOES DISPOSED IN A PLURALITY OF PAIRS, THE SHOES OF EACH PAIR HAVING RESPECTIVE GUIDE MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH THE RESPECTIVE EDGES OF THE STRIP FOR GUIDING THE TRAVEL PATH OF SAID STRIP OVER THE ENTIRE RANGE OF SAID DEFORMATION INTO MUTUALLY OVERLAPPING AND PARALLEL POSITION OF SAID EDGES, SUPPORTING STRUCTURE ON WHICH THE TWO GUIDE SHOES OF EACH PAIR ARE MOUNTED, SAID TWO SHOES BEING JOINTLY DISPLACEABLE HORIZONTALLY ON SAID STRUCTURE AND BEING ALSO INDIVIDUALLY DISPLACEABLE HORIZONTALLY RELATIVE TO SAID STRUCTURE, AND ADJUSTING MEANS ON SAID STRUCTURE FOR INDIVIDUALLY ADJUSTING SAID TWO GLIDE SHOES IN THE VERTICAL DIRECTION FOR GUIDING THE STRIP DURING SAID DEFORMATION INTO SAID TUBULAR SHAPE ABOUT THE CORE.