EP0099606A2 - Improved automatic machine for packaging cable or hose into coils - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to a machine for packaging cable or hose into coils in which the winding of the coil, the provision of the required length of said winding, the changing of the winding reel, the hooking of the cable end to the new reel to be filled, the binding and labelling of the resultant coil and its expulsion are operations executed automatically.
- the object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus able to operate continuously, thus obviating slowing-down or interruption of the production cycle.
- This object is attained according to the present invention by an improved machine for automatically packaging cable or hose into coils, characterised by being constituted by a frame carrying three operational units, namely a first cable feed unit provided with means for its horizontal and vertical movement and with means for inserting the cable end into a reel forming part of a second winder unit which also comprises a second reel cooperating with a third coil binding and labelling unit, said reels alternately interchanging their position and function, and being able to expel the bound and labelled coil, suitable means being provided for accomplishing the described movements.
- the machine for packaging cable or hose into coils characteristically comprises three main units mounted on a single frame 10, namely a feed unit 11, a winder unit 12 and a binding and labelling unit 13.
- the feed unit 11 inserts the cable 14 to be wound into the winder reel, guides the cable turns during the winding in order to obtain uniform coils, and cuts the cable when the coil is finished.
- This unit is constituted essentially by a tubular cable guide 15 slidable axially in a sleeve 16 which by means of a cylinder-piston unit 18 is driven with rocking movement in a vertical plane about pins 17.
- the pins 17 rotate in seats 19 provided on a slide 20, to which the cylinder-piston unit 18 is connected and which is moved horizontally on guides 21 by a threaded motorised bar 22, which engages in a nut screw 23.
- the threaded bar 22 is driven by a motor 24 disposed in the frame 10, from which both the guides 21 and the threaded bar 22 emerge.
- the sleeve 16 supports, parallel to its axis, a first cylinder 25 which causes a block 27 comprising a second cylinder 28 to slide in an axial slot 26 in said sleeve.
- a third cylinder 32 carrying a blade 33 for cutting the cable 14.
- the winder unit 12 is essentially constituted by two equal reels 38 and 39 mounted at the ends of an arm 40 rigid with a central shaft 41 driven by a motor 42 and jutting from the machine frame 10.
- Each reel 38, 39 is structurally constituted by a first petal flange 43 rigid with a hub 44, and a second petal flange 45 which is removably coupled to the hub 44.
- Both the hub 44 and the flanges 43, 45 rotate rigid with a hollow shaft 46 mounted on the arm 40, in which there slides a rod 47 opposed by a spring 48 and rigid with a wedge 49.
- the rod 47 is driven by a suitable cylinder 9 disposed in the cylinder 10 in a position corresponding with the shaft 46 of the reel 39 when in the coil extraction position.
- the petal flange 45 internally comprises bolts 50 which engage in seats 51 provided on the shaft 46, the release wedge 49 cooperating with said latches.
- the shafts 46 each carry a cam 52 and gear wheel transmissions which connect the shafts to the motor unit 54 in the case of the reel 38 and to the motor unit 55 in the case of the reel 39, both drive units being disposed in the frame 10.
- the cam 52 interacts with the motor 24 in order to start it.
- Each reel also comprises in the hub 44 a bore 56 which cooperates with a resilient strip 57 for fixing the end of the cable 14 to be wound.
- the central shaft 41 on which the arm 40 rotates, carries at its end a second arm 58 parallel to the arm 40 and rotated on the same axis as this latter by a cylinder 59 acting between said arm 58 and the frame 10.
- the second arm 58 carries at one end a cylinder 60 comprising a piston 61 connected to a ring 62 and opposed by a spring 63.
- the outer surface of the cylinder 60 comprises seats 64 arranged to receive the latches 50 of the petal flange 45.
- the binding and labelling unit 13 is constituted by a binding device 65 and a labelling device 66, both disposed on the frame 10.
- the binding device 65 is disposed on rotating arms 67 and is constituted by two jaws 68 into which a binding strap 69, for example of plastics material, is inserted.
- the jaws 68 are composed of a mobile part 70 which by engaging with the relative fixed part 71 defines a chamber 72 into which the strap 69 is inserted.
- the binding device 65 comprises a first cam 73 and a second cam 74 for locking the strap 69 against a mobile plate 75 of the device 65.
- the device 65 also comprises a motorised and reversible unit 76 for inserting the strap, a mobile guide 77 for said strap, a photoelectric cell 78 and a cutting and welding unit 79.
- the labelling device 66 comprises an arm 80 rotating about itself on the axis 81 and about a support block 82 on a vertical axis 83, this block being disposed on the machine frame 10.
- the arm 80 carries at its end a device 84 for gripping the label 85 from a container 86 by means of suction.
- the labels 85 perfectly stacked in the container 86, comprise slots 87 for inserting the strap 69.
- a loop regulator device 90 can be mounted at the machine inlet in front of the feed unit 11, and constituted by a lever 91 rocking about a pin 92, to act on the winding speed of the motor 54 by way of microswitches 93.
- the apparatus for packaging cable into coils according to the invention operates as follows.
- the end of the cable 14 to be wound into a coil (unwound from a spool, not shown in the Figure) is passed through the cable guide 15 and positioned there as shown in the figure.
- the cylinder 25 is operated to slide the block 27 along the slot 26 of the sleeve 16 until the end of the cable 14 is inserted into the bore 56 in the hub 44 of the reel 38.
- the resilient strip 57 cooperates with the bore 56 to lock the end of the cable 14 to the reel 38, and only at this point does the block 27 abandon the cable 14 under the action of the cylinder 28, and is moved into its initial position by the cylinder 25.
- the motor unit 54 is now operated, and by means of a gear wheel transmission rotates the shaft 46 and consequently the reel 38 connected to it, to commence winding of the cable 14.
- the tension in the cable 14 is kept constant by the loop regulator device 90, which determines the speed of the motor unit 54 by the action of the end of the lever 91 on the microswitches 93.
- the feedurit 11 moves both horizontally on the slide 20 and vertically about the pins 17.
- the slide 20, comprising the nut screw 23, is moved along the guides 21 by the movement of a threaded bar 22 by means of the motor 24.
- the rotation of the motor 24 is controlled by the electrical contact 53 operated by the cam 52 on the shaft 46 of the reel 38.
- the extent of the movements of the slide 20 is determined by the photoelectric cell 36, which by sensing the slots 35 in the comb 34 rigid with the slide 20 feeds pulses to the motor 24.
- the comb 34 and the relative slots 35 are designed for a determined cable diameter, and when this varies they have to be suitably changed. This is done merely by replacing the comb 34.
- limit switches 37 which in this manner define the transverse diameter of the coil.
- This movement is effected by the cylinder-piston unit 18 which rocks the sleeve 16 about the pins 17, thus moving the sleeve 16 from its position of insertion of the cable end tangential to the reel 38, to the intermediate position radial to said reel for its filling.
- the pulleys 29, in which the cable slides measure the length of this latter as they rotate, the measurement being related to the passage of the hole 30 past the photoelectric cell 31, and when the set length has been reached they stop the reel 38.
- the cylinder 32 automatically causes cutting of the cable 14 by the blade 33, and the coil is ready for binding and labelling.
- the shaft 41 is rotated through 180° by the motor 42, and the reel 38 is moved into the binding position which was occupied by the reel 39, and where it becomes connected to the motor unit 55 which positions it in such a manner that a space between one petal and the next on the flanges 43, 45 is in a position corresponding with the binding device 65 ( Figure 2).
- This binding device 65 is moved into a position corresponding with this interspace by the movement of the arms 67, where it receives the cable coil between the jaws 68.
- the jaws 68 then close by passing through the appropriate spaces, to form the chamber 72 where the motorised unit 76 for inserting the strap 69 inserts the end of said strap which, sliding initially on the guide 77, makes one complete revolution inside the chamber 72 and leaves below said guide 77 above the plate 75.
- the motorised unit 76 is rotated in the opposite direction, to pull the strap against the coil ( Figure 13) to a required extent, and when this has been attained said unit is halted and the cam 74 locks the other end of the strap 69 against the plate 75 ( Figure 14).
- the mobile guide 77 withdraws and allows the unit 79 to cut the strap (Figure 15) and to then weld the two ends of the strap for example by hot punching ( Figure 16).
- the binding device 65 causes the jaws 68 to open, and the reel 39 is rotated by the fixed motor 55 to another interspace where the next binding operation begins.
- a labelling device 66 positions a label 85 in the correct position on said coil.
- the arm 80 withdraws a label 85 from the container 86, and after rotating through 180° about itself on the axis 81 and through 90° about the axis 83 of the support block 82, it positions it between the coil and the mobile plate 75 inside the open jaws 68.
- the gripping device 84 is returned by the arm 80 into its initial position, and when the strap is put under tension the label 85 adheres perfectly to the coil ( Figure 17) and can no longer be removed because the strap retains it by way of the slots 87.
- the coil is extracted from the reel 39 in the following manner.
- the arm 58 is rotated by the cylinder 59 in such a manner as to leave the top part of the reel 39 free, and the coil is extracted from said reel by operating the three cylinders 88 which control the relative extractors 89.
- the cylinder 59 returns the arm 58 and relative flange 45 on to the reel 39 in their initial position, where the cylinder 60 is operated.
- the piston 61 and the ring 62 connected to it push the flange 45, which slides on latches 50 until it again engages with the shaft 46, to complete the winding reel.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a machine for automatically packaging cable or hose into coils, constituted by a frame carrying three operational units, namely a first cable feed unit provided with means for its horizontal and vertical movement and with means for inserting the end of the cable into a reel forming part of a second winder unit which also comprises a second reel cooperating with a third coil binding and labelling unit, said reels alternately interchanging their position and function, and being able to expel the bound and labelled coil, suitable means being provided for accomplishing the described movements.
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- This invention relates to a machine for packaging cable or hose into coils in which the winding of the coil, the provision of the required length of said winding, the changing of the winding reel, the hooking of the cable end to the new reel to be filled, the binding and labelling of the resultant coil and its expulsion are operations executed automatically.
- Known devices require at least part of these operations to be executed in successive stages or even on different machines, with considerable slowing-down of the production cycle, and consequent high production costs.
- The object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus able to operate continuously, thus obviating slowing-down or interruption of the production cycle. This object is attained according to the present invention by an improved machine for automatically packaging cable or hose into coils, characterised by being constituted by a frame carrying three operational units, namely a first cable feed unit provided with means for its horizontal and vertical movement and with means for inserting the cable end into a reel forming part of a second winder unit which also comprises a second reel cooperating with a third coil binding and labelling unit, said reels alternately interchanging their position and function, and being able to expel the bound and labelled coil, suitable means being provided for accomplishing the described movements.
- The operational and structural characteristics of the machine for packaging cable or hose into coils according to the invention will be apparent from the accompanying diagrammatic drawings in which:
- Figure 1 is an overall elevational view of the machine,
- Figure 2 is an overall plan view of the machine,
- Figure 3 is a sectional elevation of the feed unit,
- Figures 4 and 5 are partial views on the arrows IV and V of Figure 3 respectively,
- Figure 6 is a sectional detail showing the insertion of the cable into the reel,
- Figure 7 is a section through the reel, showing its operation with the coil extractor device,
- Figures 8 and 9 are a front and cross-sectional view of the binder unit, with some operational movements shown by dashed lines,
- Figures 10, 11,12,13,14,15,16 are very diagrammatic representations of the series of binding and labelling operations, and
- Figure 17 shows a label applied to a partly illustrated coil.
- With reference to the drawings, the machine for packaging cable or hose into coils characteristically comprises three main units mounted on a
single frame 10, namely afeed unit 11, awinder unit 12 and a binding andlabelling unit 13. - The
feed unit 11 inserts thecable 14 to be wound into the winder reel, guides the cable turns during the winding in order to obtain uniform coils, and cuts the cable when the coil is finished. - This unit is constituted essentially by a
tubular cable guide 15 slidable axially in asleeve 16 which by means of a cylinder-piston unit 18 is driven with rocking movement in a vertical plane aboutpins 17. - The
pins 17 rotate inseats 19 provided on aslide 20, to which the cylinder-piston unit 18 is connected and which is moved horizontally onguides 21 by a threadedmotorised bar 22, which engages in anut screw 23. - The threaded
bar 22 is driven by a motor 24 disposed in theframe 10, from which both theguides 21 and the threadedbar 22 emerge. Thesleeve 16 supports, parallel to its axis, afirst cylinder 25 which causes ablock 27 comprising asecond cylinder 28 to slide in anaxial slot 26 in said sleeve. - At the inlet of the
sleeve 16 there are disposed twoidle pulleys 29, one of which comprises areference hole 30 for a firstphotoelectric cell 31, said pulleys acting as length counters. - At the outlet of the
sleeve 16 there is radially positioned athird cylinder 32 carrying a blade 33 for cutting thecable 14. - Rigid with the
slide 20 there slides acomb 34 withslots 35 which interact with a secondphotoelectric cell 36 connected to the motor 24, the stroke of the slide being defined bylimit switches 37. - The
winder unit 12 is essentially constituted by twoequal reels arm 40 rigid with acentral shaft 41 driven by amotor 42 and jutting from themachine frame 10. Eachreel first petal flange 43 rigid with ahub 44, and asecond petal flange 45 which is removably coupled to thehub 44. - Both the
hub 44 and theflanges hollow shaft 46 mounted on thearm 40, in which there slides arod 47 opposed by aspring 48 and rigid with awedge 49. Therod 47 is driven by a suitable cylinder 9 disposed in thecylinder 10 in a position corresponding with theshaft 46 of thereel 39 when in the coil extraction position. - The
petal flange 45 internally comprisesbolts 50 which engage inseats 51 provided on theshaft 46, therelease wedge 49 cooperating with said latches. - The
shafts 46 each carry acam 52 and gear wheel transmissions which connect the shafts to the motor unit 54 in the case of thereel 38 and to themotor unit 55 in the case of thereel 39, both drive units being disposed in theframe 10. - By means of an
electric contact 53, thecam 52 interacts with the motor 24 in order to start it. - Each reel also comprises in the hub 44 a
bore 56 which cooperates with aresilient strip 57 for fixing the end of thecable 14 to be wound. - The
central shaft 41, on which thearm 40 rotates, carries at its end asecond arm 58 parallel to thearm 40 and rotated on the same axis as this latter by acylinder 59 acting betweensaid arm 58 and theframe 10. - The
second arm 58 carries at one end acylinder 60 comprising apiston 61 connected to aring 62 and opposed by aspring 63. The outer surface of thecylinder 60 comprisesseats 64 arranged to receive thelatches 50 of thepetal flange 45. - The binding and
labelling unit 13 is constituted by abinding device 65 and alabelling device 66, both disposed on theframe 10. Thebinding device 65 is disposed on rotating arms 67 and is constituted by twojaws 68 into which abinding strap 69, for example of plastics material, is inserted. - The
jaws 68, semicircular in shape, are composed of amobile part 70 which by engaging with the relativefixed part 71 defines achamber 72 into which thestrap 69 is inserted. - The
binding device 65 comprises afirst cam 73 and asecond cam 74 for locking thestrap 69 against amobile plate 75 of thedevice 65. Thedevice 65 also comprises a motorised andreversible unit 76 for inserting the strap, amobile guide 77 for said strap, aphotoelectric cell 78 and a cutting andwelding unit 79. - The
labelling device 66 comprises anarm 80 rotating about itself on theaxis 81 and about asupport block 82 on avertical axis 83, this block being disposed on themachine frame 10. - The
arm 80 carries at its end adevice 84 for gripping thelabel 85 from acontainer 86 by means of suction. - The
labels 85, perfectly stacked in thecontainer 86, compriseslots 87 for inserting thestrap 69. - On the
frame 10 there is provided, in a position corresponding with thereel 39, a set of threecylinders 88 which control -
coil extractors 89 which pass through the interspaces between one petal and another of theflanges - A
loop regulator device 90 can be mounted at the machine inlet in front of thefeed unit 11, and constituted by alever 91 rocking about apin 92, to act on the winding speed of the motor 54 by way ofmicroswitches 93. - The apparatus for packaging cable into coils according to the invention operates as follows.
- The end of the
cable 14 to be wound into a coil (unwound from a spool, not shown in the Figure) is passed through thecable guide 15 and positioned there as shown in the figure. - In this position, the
cable 14 is locked to thecable guide 15 by thecylinder 28 by means of theblock 27. - To insert the end of the
cable 14 into thereel 38, thecylinder 25 is operated to slide theblock 27 along theslot 26 of thesleeve 16 until the end of thecable 14 is inserted into thebore 56 in thehub 44 of thereel 38. - The
resilient strip 57 cooperates with thebore 56 to lock the end of thecable 14 to thereel 38, and only at this point does theblock 27 abandon thecable 14 under the action of thecylinder 28, and is moved into its initial position by thecylinder 25. - The motor unit 54 is now operated, and by means of a gear wheel transmission rotates the
shaft 46 and consequently thereel 38 connected to it, to commence winding of thecable 14. The tension in thecable 14 is kept constant by theloop regulator device 90, which determines the speed of the motor unit 54 by the action of the end of thelever 91 on themicroswitches 93. - In order to obtain perfect winding of the
cable 14 on thereel 38 turn by turn, thefeedurit 11 moves both horizontally on theslide 20 and vertically about thepins 17. - The
slide 20, comprising thenut screw 23, is moved along theguides 21 by the movement of a threadedbar 22 by means of the motor 24. - The rotation of the motor 24 is controlled by the
electrical contact 53 operated by thecam 52 on theshaft 46 of thereel 38. - The extent of the movements of the
slide 20 is determined by thephotoelectric cell 36, which by sensing theslots 35 in thecomb 34 rigid with theslide 20 feeds pulses to the motor 24. - The
comb 34 and therelative slots 35 are designed for a determined cable diameter, and when this varies they have to be suitably changed. This is done merely by replacing thecomb 34. - The horizontal reciprocating motion of the slide is regulated by
limit switches 37 which in this manner define the transverse diameter of the coil. - During this winding, the coil increases in size, and thus vertical adjustment is necessary.
- This movement is effected by the cylinder-
piston unit 18 which rocks thesleeve 16 about thepins 17, thus moving thesleeve 16 from its position of insertion of the cable end tangential to thereel 38, to the intermediate position radial to said reel for its filling. - The
pulleys 29, in which the cable slides, measure the length of this latter as they rotate, the measurement being related to the passage of thehole 30 past thephotoelectric cell 31, and when the set length has been reached they stop thereel 38. - At this point, the
cylinder 32 automatically causes cutting of thecable 14 by the blade 33, and the coil is ready for binding and labelling. - To accomplish this, the
shaft 41 is rotated through 180° by themotor 42, and thereel 38 is moved into the binding position which was occupied by thereel 39, and where it becomes connected to themotor unit 55 which positions it in such a manner that a space between one petal and the next on theflanges - This
binding device 65 is moved into a position corresponding with this interspace by the movement of the arms 67, where it receives the cable coil between thejaws 68. - The
jaws 68 then close by passing through the appropriate spaces, to form thechamber 72 where themotorised unit 76 for inserting thestrap 69 inserts the end of said strap which, sliding initially on theguide 77, makes one complete revolution inside thechamber 72 and leaves below saidguide 77 above theplate 75. - The motion of the unit which feeds the
strap 69 is halted in said position (Figure 12) by the action of thephotoelectric cell 78, which also causes thecam 73 to rotate and thestrap 69 to become engaged between saidcam 73 and the mobile plate 75 (Figure 13). When this has been done, themobile part 70 of thejaws 68 is detached from the fixedpart 71 and allows the strap to be pulled against the coil, after which themobile plate 75 and the relative unit are made to press the coil. - The
motorised unit 76 is rotated in the opposite direction, to pull the strap against the coil (Figure 13) to a required extent, and when this has been attained said unit is halted and thecam 74 locks the other end of thestrap 69 against the plate 75 (Figure 14). - The
mobile guide 77 withdraws and allows theunit 79 to cut the strap (Figure 15) and to then weld the two ends of the strap for example by hot punching (Figure 16). - The binding
device 65 causes thejaws 68 to open, and thereel 39 is rotated by the fixedmotor 55 to another interspace where the next binding operation begins. - Before executing the initial binding of each coil, a
labelling device 66 positions alabel 85 in the correct position on said coil. By means of thegripping device 84, thearm 80 withdraws alabel 85 from thecontainer 86, and after rotating through 180° about itself on theaxis 81 and through 90° about theaxis 83 of thesupport block 82, it positions it between the coil and themobile plate 75 inside theopen jaws 68. - 'he
jaws 68 are closed, and in this position theslots 87 correspond with thechamber 72 to allow the insertion of the strap in the aforesaid manner. - The
gripping device 84 is returned by thearm 80 into its initial position, and when the strap is put under tension thelabel 85 adheres perfectly to the coil (Figure 17) and can no longer be removed because the strap retains it by way of theslots 87. - On termination of binding and labelling, the coil is extracted from the
reel 39 in the following manner. - When the cylinder 9 is operated, it pushes the
rod 47, which slides in thehollow shaft 46, and by means of therelease wedge 49 removes thelatches 50 from theseats 51 to free theflange 45 from saidshaft 46. - The
rod 47 slides until the central bore in theflange 45 is completely mounted over the outer surface of thecylinder 60, where thelatches 50 engage withseats 64 and keep the flange rigid with the arm 58 (shown by dashed lines in Figure 7). - The
arm 58 is rotated by thecylinder 59 in such a manner as to leave the top part of thereel 39 free, and the coil is extracted from said reel by operating the threecylinders 88 which control therelative extractors 89. - At this point, the
cylinder 59 returns thearm 58 andrelative flange 45 on to thereel 39 in their initial position, where thecylinder 60 is operated. Thepiston 61 and thering 62 connected to it push theflange 45, which slides onlatches 50 until it again engages with theshaft 46, to complete the winding reel.
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1. An improved machine for automatically packaging cable or hose into coils, characterised by being constituted by a frame carrying three operational units, namely a first cable feed unit provided with means for its horizontal and vertical movement and with means for inserting the cable end into a reel forming part of a second winder unit which also comprises a second reel cooperating with a third coil binding and labelling unit, said reels alternately interchanging their position and function, and being able to expel the bound and labelled coil, suitable means being provided for accomplishing the described movements.
2. A machine as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the feed unit is essentially constituted by a slide mobile horizontally with respect to the frame on a threaded bar, said slide carrying a sleeve which rocks relative to this latter in a vertical plane, said sleeve containing a tubular cable guide which is slidable coaxially to the sleeve together with a cable locking cylinder, said sleeve carrying at one end a means for cutting the cable.
3. A machine as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the winder unit is constituted essentially by an arm rotating about a shaft which emerges from the frame, said arm carrying at its opposing and equidistant ends two winding reels which are alternately connected, by gear wheel transmissions, to winding motors and positioning motors disposed in the frame.
4. A machine as claimed in claim 3, characterised in that the reels are constituted by a central hollow shaft carrying a petal flange rigid with a hub which is coupled to a second petal flange by locking means which are internal to it and which engage with the central shaft, inside which there slides a rod for releasing said locking means.
5. A machine as claimed in claim 4, characterised in that the the second flange, which is removable, is removed from the reel by the engagement between its central bore and the outer surface of a cylinder which emerges in the manner of a pivot from the end of a second arm disposed on the unit support shaft which emerges from the frame and already carries the first arm, the piston of said cylinder carrying means for expelling said flange.
6. A machine as claimed in claim 4, characterised by comprising, in the frame, cylinders which operate pushers arranged for insertion between one petal and the next on the reel and to expel the bound and labelled coils, the second removable flange being removed.
7. A machine as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the binding-labelling unit comprises a labelling device which swivels on arms connected to the frame and is arranged for insertion between one petal and the next, it being constituted by two swivel jaws each in the form of a first fixed part and a second mobile part which embrace the coil and define a slide chamber for a binding strap, means being provided for cutting the ends of the strap, for locking said ends in position, and for joining them together in order to bind the coil.
8. A machine as claimed in claims 1 and 7, characterised in that the binding-labelling unit comprises a labelling device disposed on the frame and constituted by an arm which rotates about itself and about the axis of its support, and which carries a device for gripping labels provided with slots, said arm positioning said labels inside the jaws of the binding device such that the slots are in positions corresponding with the strap slide chamber.
9. A machine as claimed in claim 1, characterised by comprising a regulator device for the cable loop, disposed at the inlet of the feed unit and constituted by a rod which is engaged on the cable and rocks on a pin rigid with the frame, to act on microswitches as the tension in the cable being wound varies.
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