Patent ID: 6854177

Claim:
An apparatus for processing wire, comprising: a) conveyors for displacing the wire endwise, said conveyors including first upper and lower endless conveyors engageable with opposite sides of the wire, b) and wherein the conveyors include second upper and lower endless conveyors engageable with opposite sides of the wire, and spaced from said first upper and lower conveyors in the direction of wire displacement, and wire cutting blades located between said first conveyors and said second conveyors, c) and wherein said conveyors have the form of endless belts having stretches extending in the direction of the wire displacement at opposite sides of the wire, d) first upper and lower assemblies for carrying and controllably driving said first conveyors, e) at least one timing belt operatively connected with at least one of said assemblies to effectively transmit rotary drive to said first conveyors via said at least one assembly, f) said at least one assembly including at least one driven timing pulley on which said at least one timing belt is entrained.