Patent ID: 11946200
Assignee: MASCHINENFABRIK NIEHOFF GMBH & CO. KG
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D  B  H | IPC B  D

Claim 5:
6. A process for producing a cord from a plurality of metallic wires to be carried out on a stranding machine including a stranding device for stranding the metallic wires, a rotatably supported deflecting roller including a first flank and a second flank different from the first flank, and a guiding device, the method comprising:
stranding the metallic wires in the stranding device,
guiding the cord from the stranding device to the guiding device,
guiding the cord on a straight line from the guiding device to the deflecting roller in such a way that the cord is pressed against either the first flank or the second flank of the deflecting roller, the deflecting roller defining a running surface having a wedge-shaped recess defined by each of the first and second flanks being directed obliquely inward towards a central plane of the deflecting roller, with a roller base formed in an area extending between inner edges of the first and second flanks, the roller base having a smallest radius of the running surface,
deflecting the cord by the deflecting roller, wherein the deflecting includes running the cord formed from the metallic wires across the running surface of the deflecting roller so that the cord moves from a point of entry to a point of exit, and wherein the cord moves from contact with the first or second flank at the point of entry to contact with the roller base at the point of exit, and
guiding the cord away from the deflecting roller,
wherein the method further comprises:
moving the guiding device relative to the deflecting roller, the movement of the guiding device causing selective switching of one of the first flank and the second flank of the deflecting roller against which the cord is to be pressed, such that movement of the guiding device switches the cord from pressing against the first flank to pressing against the second flank during the deflecting by the deflecting roller.