Apparatus for manufacturing steel skeleton for reinforced concrete

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING A SKELETON OF REINFORCING RODS FOR A REINFORCED CONCRETE PILE OR THE LIKE, COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY ALIGNED ROD SUPPORTING AND ROTATING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A CIRCULAR CAGE OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING ROS SO AS TO BE SLIDABLE IN THE DIRECTION OF THEIR LENGTH AND ROTATING THE CAGE OF RODS AROUND THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE CAGE, ROTATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SUPPORTING MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY ROTATING ALL OF THE SUPPORTING MEANS, A FURTHER SUPPORTING MEANS MOVABLE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE ALIGNMENT OF THE ROD SUPPORTING MEANS, MOVING MEANS COUPED TO SAID FURTHER SUPPORTING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID FURTHER SUPPORTING MEANS IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LENGTH OF THE RODS, MEANS ADJACENT THE SUPPORTING MEANS NEXT TO SAID FURTHER SUPPORTING MEANS FOR FEEDING AT LEAST ONE FURTHER ROD TOWARD SAID CAGE, A WELDING MEANS ADJACENT SAID FEEDING MEANS AND MOVABLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CAGE FOR WELDING THE FED ROD TO SAID LONGITUDINAL RODS, AND WELDING FEED MEANS POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID CAGE OF RODS AND COUPLED TO SAID WELDING MEANS FOR MOVING SAD WELDING MEANS TOWARD SAID CAGE OF LONGITUDINAL RODS, SAID WELDING MEANS HAVING A CONTROL THEREFOR INCLUDING A FEELER MEANS ENGAGEABLE BY THE SUCCESSIVE INDIVIDUALS RODS OF SAID CAGE AS THEY PASS THE POSITION OF SAID FEELER MEANS DURING THE ROTATION OF SAID CAGE FOR ACTUATING SAID WELDING FEED MEANS FOR MOVING SAID WELDING MEANS TOWARD SAID CAGE.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING A SKELETON OF REINFORCING RODS FOR A REINFORCED CONCRETE PILE OR THE LIKE, COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY ALIGNED ROD SUPPORTING AND ROTATING MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A CIRCULAR CAGE OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING ROS SO AS TO BE SLIDABLE IN THE DIRECTION OF THEIR LENGTH AND ROTATING THE CAGE OF RODS AROUND THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE CAGE, ROTATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SUPPORTING MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY ROTATING ALL OF THE SUPPORTING MEANS, A FURTHER SUPPORTING MEANS MOVABLE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE ALIGNMENT OF THE ROD SUPPORTING MEANS, MOVING MEANS COUPED TO SAID FURTHER SUPPORTING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID FURTHER SUPPORTING MEANS IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LENGTH OF THE RODS, MEANS ADJACENT THE SUPPORTING MEANS NEXT TO SAID FURTHER SUPPORTING MEANS FOR FEEDING AT LEAST ONE FURTHER ROD TOWARD SAID CAGE, A WELDING MEANS ADJACENT SAID FEEDING MEANS AND MOVABLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CAGE FOR WELDING THE FED ROD TO SAID LONGITUDINAL RODS, AND WELDING FEED MEANS POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID CAGE OF RODS AND COUPLED TO SAID WELDING MEANS FOR MOVING SAD WELDING MEANS TOWARD SAID CAGE OF LONGITUDINAL RODS, SAID WELDING MEANS HAVING A CONTROL THEREFOR INCLUDING A FEELER MEANS ENGAGEABLE BY THE SUCCESSIVE INDIVIDUALS RODS OF SAID CAGE AS THEY PASS THE POSITION OF SAID FEELER MEANS DURING THE ROTATION OF SAID CAGE FOR ACTUATING SAID WELDING FEED MEANS FOR MOVING SAID WELDING MEANS TOWARD SAID CAGE.