Method of supplying a plurality of wires

Claim 1

METHOD OF DERIVING FROM A PLURALITY OF REELS OF WIRE A PLURALITY OF WIRE LEADS OF RESPECTIVELY DIFFERENT LENGTHS, SAID METHOD COMPRISING: APPLYING A CLAMPING FORCE TO EACH OF SAID WIRES ADJACENT TO THE FREE-END THEREOF, TEMPORARILY APPLYING A COMMON UNREELING FORCE TO SAID CLAMPED WIRES TO PRODUCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL AMOUNTS OF SLACK THEREIN, MOVING THE FREE-ENDS OF SAID WIRES AGAINST THE PRESSURE OF SAID COMMON CLAMPING FORCE EACH A DISTANCE DICTATED BY THE DESIRED LENGTH OF THE WIRE-LEAD TO BE DERIVED FROM THAT WIRE, WHEREBY THE AMOUNT OF SLACK REMAINING IN THE WIRE THAT IS ALLOTED TO THE LONGEST OF SAID LEADS IS LESS THAN THAT REMAINING IN THE WIRES THAT ARE ALLOTED TO THE LEADS OF SHORTER LENGTH, SEVERING SAID DESIRED LENGTHS OF WIRE WHILE MAINTAINING SAID CLAMPING FORCE ON THE UNSEVERED PORTION OF EACH WIRE, AND THEREAFTER RE-APPLYING SAID COMMON UNREELING FORCE TO SAID UNSERVED PORTIONS OF SAID CLAMPED WIRES SUBSTANTIALLY TO RE-EQUALIZE THE AMOUNT OF SLACK THEREIN.