Wire bending apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR BENDING WIRE INTO A PRESELECTED SINUOUS PATTERN, SUCH APPARATUS COMPRISING, (A) A STATIONARY WIRE GUIDE EMBODYING A WIRE PASSAGE INCLUDING WIRE ENTRANCE AND EXIT ORIFICES FOR WIRE ENTRANCE AND EXIT ENDS OF SUCH GUIDE, (B) FIRST MOTOR MEANS FOR PERIODICALLY FEEDING STRAIGHT SECTIONS OF SAID WIRE THROUGH SAID PASSAGE AND BEYOND THE EXIT END OF SUCH GUIDE, THE LENGTH OF EACH SUCH SECTION BEING CONTROLLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID PRESELECTED PATTERN, (C) A WIRE BENDING TOOL INITIALLY DISPOSED IN A FIRST POSITION ADJACENT A FIRST SIDE OF THE EXIT ORIFICE OF SAID PASSAGE, (D) SECOND MOTOR MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID TOOL INTO AND OUT OF CONTACT WITH OPPOSITE SIDES OF ALTERNATE SECTIONS OF SAID WIRE FED THROUGH SAID PASSAGE, AND FOR ACTUATING SAID TOOL IN FIRST OR SECOND LINEAR PATHS OF TRAVEL EXTENING PARALLEL WITH THE LENGTH OF SAID PASSAGE, (E) THIRD MOTOR MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID TOOL IN THIRD AND FOURTH PARTIALLY OVERLAPPING PATHS OF TRAVEL EXTENDING IN CIRCULAR ARCS IN FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS FROM THE EXIT ORIFICE OF SAID PASAGE TOWARD FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID GUIDE, RESPECTIVELY, (F) A PROGRAMMER, AND (G) MEANS CONTROLLED BY SAID PROGRAMMER FOR ENERGIZING SAID MOTOR MEANS IN A REPETITIVE PREDETERMINED SEQUENCE TO, SEQUENTIALLY, (A) FEED ONE OF SAID SECTIONS OF WIRE THROUGH AND BEYOND THE EXIT END OF SAID GUIDE,