Cable making apparatus

Claim 1

CABLE MAKING APPARATUS COMPRISING A CABLE CORE SUPPLY MEANS, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID SUPPLY MEANS ABOUT A FEED AXIS COINCIDENT WITH THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE CORE SO THAT SAID CORE IS ROTATED ABOUT SAID AXIS, TWO GROUPS OF SUPPLY FRAMES, EACH SAID SUPPLY FRAME COMPRISING TWO UPSTANDING PLATES HAVING NOTCHES IN THEIR UPPER PORTIONS, REELS FOR CARRYING ELEMENTS TO BE ASSEMBLED ABOUT THE CORE AND SHAFTS MOUNTING SAID REELS IN SAID NOTCHES, SAID NOTCHES HAVING AN INCLINATION SUCH THAT THE DIRECTION OF INCLINATION OF EACH NOTCH IS SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE TRACTIVE FORCE OF THE ELEMENT UNWINDING FROM ITS ASSOCIATED REEL GUIDE MEANS FOR EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS, A DISTRIBUTION GRID ADAPTED TO GUIDE SAID ELEMENTS SO THAT THOSE OF ONE GROUP ALTERNATE WITH THOSE OF THE OTHER GROUP AROUND SAID AXIS, A DIE POSITIONED ON SAID AXIS TO RECEIVE THE ELEMENTS FROM SAID GRID, AND BRING TOGETHER, THE CORE AND THE ELEMENTS OF ONE OF SAID GROUPS, WRAPPING MEANS FOLLOWING SAID DIE AND ADAPTED TO APPLY A WRAPPING TO RETAIN THE ASSEMBLED CORE AND ELEMENTS TOGETHER IS A CABLE ASSEMBLY, MEANS FOR MOVING THE CABLE ASSEMBLY AXIALLY, A RECEPTION STATION FOR THE FINISHED CABLE AND MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID RECEPTION STATION SYNCHRONOUSLY WITH THE FEEDING MEANS.