Braking device

Claim 1

A WIRE BRAKING DEVICE FOR WIRE WINDING MACHINES HAVING A WIRE INLET END AND AN OUTLET END COMPRISING MEANS FOR FEEDING AND DRAWING A WIRE THROUGH SAID DEVICE, AN ELONGATED MOUNTING PLATE OVER WHICH SAID WIRE PASSES, A FIRST HOLDER MEMBER CONNECTED TO SAID MOUNTING PLATE AT ONE SIDE THEREOF, A SERIES OF ADJUSTABLE FRICTION MEMBERS INCLUDING A CYLINDRICAL FRICTION SURFACE, SAID FRICTION MEMBERS BEING PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED ON SAID FIRST HOLDER MEMBER HAVING SAID FRICTION SURFACE PARALLEL WITH SAID WIRE, THE PIVOTAL SUPPORT OF SAID FRICTION ELEMENT BEING OFFSET FROM SAID FRICTION SURFACE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE INLET END OF SAID BRAKING DEVICE, A SECOND HOLDER MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID FIRST HOLDER MEMBER IN THE PLANE OF SAID ADJUSTABLE FRICTION MEMBERS, ADJUSTABLE MEANS ON SAID SECOND HOLDER MEMBER OPERATIVELY INTERCONNECTED WITH SAID ADJUSTABLE FRICTION MEMBERS FOR ADJUSTABLY BIASING SAID FRICTION MEMBERS AGAINST A WIRE EXTENDING ACROSS SAID PLATE; A SECOND FRICTION ELEMENT IMMOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID MOUNTING PLATE FOR ENGAGING SAID WIRE IN THE PLANE OF SAID ADJUSTABLE FRICTION MEMBERS, A SLIDE MEMBER MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID MOUNTING PLATE, A PLURALITY OF ABUTMENT STOPS SUPPORTED ON SAID SLIDE MEMBER, SAID ABUTMENT STOPS ENGAGING SAID ADJUSTABLE FRICTION ELEMENTS UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID SLIDE MEMBER IN ONE DIRECTION FOR DISENGAGING SAID CYLINDRICAL FRICTION SURFACES FROM SAID WIRES.