Patent ID: 6018940
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: D07B,H01B

Abstract:
A device for producing a stranded cable from stranding elements that change directions of lay, the device comprising:an inlet pulley with first holes for receiving individual stranding elements that form a stranded cable, said inlet pulley being non-rotatably mounted on a stationary frame;at least one storage pulley with second holes for receiving the individual stranding elements from said inlet pulley, said storage pulley being rotatably mounted on the stationary frame;a stranding pulley with third holes for receiving the individual stranding elements from said at least one storage pulley, said stranding pulley being rotatably mounted on the stationary frame;a motor rotating said stranding pulley in alternating directions; anda torsionally elastic connection that is torsionally connected to said stranding pulley and to said at least one storage pulley for rotating said at least one storage pulley, said torsionally elastic connection extending through a fourth hole in said at least one storage pulley.