Apparatus for coiling wire

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR COILING WIRE COMPRISING A CAPSTAN ARRANGED WITH ITS AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL AND AROUND WHICH THE WIRE IS WRAPPED, A ROTATABLE REEL BENEATH SAID CAPSTAN FOR RECEIVING COILS OF WIRE FROM SAID CAPSTAN, A CASTING DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE DIAMETER OF THE COILS OF WIRE LEAVING SAID CAPSTAN, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID CAPSTAN TO PULL SAID WIRE THROUGH SAID CASTING DEVICE, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID REEL AT A PREDETERMINED VARIABLE SPEED RATIO WITH RESPECT TO SAID CAPSTAN, THE ROTATING MEANS FOR SAID CAPSTAN INCLUDING A HOLLOW SHAFT EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID CAPSTAN AND CONNECTED THERETO FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, A SHAFT WITHIN SAID HOLLOW SHAFT, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID LAST NAMED SHAFT FOR ROTATION WITHIN SAID HOLLOW SHAFT, WIRE SUPPORTING MEANS CONNECTED TO THE LOWER END OF SAID LAST NAMED SHAFT, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID WIRE SUPPORTING MEANS FROM WIRE SUPPORTING POSITION TO A RETRACTED POSITION, AND MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID LAST NAMED SHAFT FOR ROTATING SAID WIRE SUPPORTING MEANS AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME ANGULAR VELOCITY AS SAID REEL.