Patent ID: 7124785

Claim:
A former for holding a plurality of longitudinally extending rods and for use with a cage-making machine which is used for fabricating reinforcing cages for reinforcing concrete, the former including: an inner frame member; an outer frame member; a plurality of transverse frame members located around a perimeter of the inner frame member and extending between the inner frame member and the outer frame member; and a plurality of rod supports for holding the rods, wherein the rod supports are secured relative to the transverse frame members, and wherein the transverse location of at least one of the rod supports is able to be adjusted relative to the transverse frame member to which the at least one of the rod supports is secured, the former being characterised in that the transverse location of at least one of the transverse frame members is able to be adjusted relative to the inner frame member and the outer frame member such that the at least one of the transverse frame members is able to radiate from a particular location on the perimeter of the inner frame member towards any one of a plurality of locations on the outer frame member.