Patent ID: 6419180
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
An apparatus for guiding a cable from an outlet of a cable drum, which is rotated by a drive, to an inlet of a cable processing appliance, which draws the cable in with a predetermined speed and tensile force, comprising(a) a control and regulation apparatus acting on the drive, (b) an element for guiding the cable which is arranged higher than the cable outlet and the cable inlet, which is in the form of a saddle, which forms a rising cable section rising between the cable outlet and the saddle in the form of a first catenary line, and which forms a falling cable section falling between the saddle and the cable inlet in the form of second catenary line, (c) a first sensor system for monitoring the position of the cable and/or the force acting on the cable in the falling cable section and for passing detected values of the position and/or force to the control and regulation apparatus, and (d) means for generating in a central region of the falling cable section a prestressing force in such a manner that the cable is guided away downward from the catenary line, (e) in which said prestress force generating means comprise a preferably hydraulically or pneumatically operated positioning device with an arm which for reason of generating the prestressing force is pressed against the cable.