Apparatus for coiling cable and the like

Claim 1

A CABLE COILING MACHINE, COMPRISING: A ROTARY FRAME HAVING AN AXIS OF ROTATION; MEANS SUPPORTING SAID FRAME FOR ROTATION ON SAID AXIS, MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID FRAME IN ROTATION; A CABLE FEEDER INCLUDING A CARRIAGE, A TUBULAR CABLE GUIDE ON SAID CARRIAGE HAVING AN EXIT END OPENING TO ONE SIDE OF SAID FRAME, FEED ROLLERS MOUNTED ON SAID CARRIAGE AND DISPOSED FOR PERIPHERAL DRIVING CONTACT WITH A CABLE IN SAID GUIDE, AND MEANS ON SAID GUIDE FOR DRIVING SAID ROLLERS IN ROTATION, THEREBY TO LONGITUDINALLY FEED THE CABLE THROUGH SAID GUIDE TOWARD SAID EXIT END; MEANS MOUNTING SAID CABLE GUIDE ON SAID FRAME FOR ROTATION WITH SAID FRAME AND FOR MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID FRAME IN SUCH MANNER THAT THE RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID EXIT END OF SAID GUIDE WITH RESPECT TO SAID FRAME OCCURS ALONG A GENERALLY RADIAL DIRECTION LINE OF SAID FRAME BETWEEN A POSITION ADJACENT THE OUTER EXTREMITY OF SAID FRAME AND A POSITION ADJACENT SAID AXIS; AND MEANS ON SAID FRAME FOR DRIVING SAID CABLE GUIDE IN SAID RELATIVE MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO AN IN SYNCHRONISM WITH ROTATION OF SAID FRAME.