Patent ID: 7237466

Claim:
A carrier braiding machine comprising: a base; a cover mounted on the base; a transmission device received in the base; a plurality of transfer plates with a plurality of notches located on a top surface of the cover and driven by the transmission device; a carrier engaged by the transfer plates above the top surface of the cover to be responsively advanced in guided manner therealong, the carrier having a shaft, a support mechanism located on a side of the shaft and a weaving mechanism located on the other side of the shaft, the support mechanism including two support plates disposed about upper surface and a bottom surfaces of the transfer plates; and a guiding device mounted above the cover and including a center guide member and an outer guide member, the transfer plates and the support plates being located between the center guide member and the outer guide member, the support plates being movably captured by the transfer plates and at least one of the center guide and outer guide members.