ROLLED PRODUCTS WIRE BINDING DEVICE Russian patent published in 1996 - IPC

FIELD: rolling of metals. SUBSTANCE: device has rotor 4 with wire reel 5 and tracer 7 mounted on driven truck 3, wire end clamping mechanism, tie-up head 8 and cutting unit 9. Wire end clamping mechanism is made in from of housing, accommodating bell crank, two jaws and movable jaw position lock. One of jaws is fixed, and the other, provided with hole, is hinge-mounted on one of bell crank arms. Roller for engagement with tracer 7 is installed on other arm of bell crank. Movable jaw position lock is made in form of spring-loaded pin with tapered end, single-arm lever coupled by dowel with pin, and stop secured on free end of lever. Stop and pin can engage, respectively, with stop of tie-up head and conical inner surface of hole in movable jaw. EFFECT: enlarged operating capabilities. 4 dwg