Spring winding device, particularly for spring winding machines

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6393888
  • Patent Number
    6,393,888
  • Date Filed
    Tuesday, April 25, 2000
    24 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, May 28, 2002
    22 years ago
Abstract
In a spring winding device for producing right-hand or left-hand helical springs from wire, with pull-in rollers, a wire guide and two winding apparatuses, each of which has a slide guide body with a slide displaceably arranged therein, every slide guide body is swivelable at its end remote of the wire guide around a swiveling axis directed vertical to the wire guide axis. The two winding apparatuses lie on different sides of the center plane, with a drive for the movement of the slide and a cam drive controlled by a cam disk for swiveling the slide guide body. A shared cam disk with two control portions and at least one rest portion is allocated to the two cam drives. Each control portion serves to introduce controlling movements in one of the two cam drives, while the rest portion, or every rest portion, does not introduce any controlling movements in the cam drive. By rotation of the cam disk, a control portion is connected to the associated cam drive, while the other cam drive contacts the rest portion, wherein the controlled cam drive cooperates in a program-controlled manner with the drive unit for the movement of one of the slides, while the drive unit of the other slide is switched off.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




a) Field of the Invention




The invention is directed to a spring winding device, particularly for spring winding machines, for producing, selectively, right-hand-wound or left-hand-wound helical springs from wire.




b) Description of the Related Art




A known spring coiling or spring winding device for spring winding machines (DE-PS 896 186) uses two winding tools which are arranged on slides and coupled together so as to be fixed with respect to movement by a level indirectly controlled by a cam disk. For this purpose, one slide is arranged on one side of the wire guide and the other slide is arranged on the other side of the wire guide, both slides being guided in a linear manner on a tool plate common to both. However, to switch this known device in order to generate springs with a different winding direction, it is necessary to replace the existing winding apparatus with a different winding apparatus because different spring winding devices must be used for springs with different winding directions.




In another known spring winding machine (DE-OS 23 10 174), two winding apparatuses are provided, each with a winding tool; the winding tool in the winding apparatus in question can be advanced linearly toward the exit location of the wire at the wire guide by means of a carriage or slide and a slide guide. In addition, each of the two winding apparatuses is arranged so as to be swivelable about a bearing axis which extends transverse to the axis of the wire guide and which is located at the end portion of the slide guide body remote of the wire guide. This known spring winding device allows every tool to be moved linearly and swiveled simultaneously, so that it can be used in the function of an inner winding tool as well as an outer winding tool. In this case, while it is possible to switch the winding direction without having to change the entire winding apparatus, it is impossible to produce shaped springs with this known device because no controlling means are provided for displacing the two winding tools relative to one another during the manufacturing of the spring.




A winding device which cannot be used for producing selectively right-hand helical springs or left-hand helical springs, but which is suitable for simultaneously generating noncylindrically shaped helical springs also is described in DE-GM 92 13 164. In this case, again, two winding apparatuses are used, each having a slide guide body in which a slide is displaceably arranged in such a way that a winding tool connected with the slide is guided so as to be moveable linearly relative to the point at which the wire exits the wire guide. Every slide guide body is swivelable at its end region remote of the wire guide around a swiveling axis directed vertical to the wire guide axis and parallel to a center plane extending through the wire guide axis, the two winding apparatuses being arranged on different sides of this center plane. A suitable cam drive is associated with each of the two winding apparatuses; in one winding apparatus, the cam drive pushes the slide back and forth in its guide, while in the other winding apparatus the cam drive swivels the slide guide body back and forth, and both movements are program-controlled relative to one another. However, switching the winding direction for the helical springs to be produced in this known winding device requires that a number of mechanical conversions be carried out, and it is necessary in particular to change the kinematic drive between the cam disk and winding apparatus and to change devices at the winding apparatuses themselves, which is still relatively time-consuming and complicated.




DE-OS 198 25 970 discloses a spring manufacturing arrangement using two tool units, each of which is fastened to a plate which is arranged so as to be movable in the wire guide direction to another plate which can, in turn, be moved vertical to the wire guide direction. Accordingly, each tool unit can be moved independently from the other in two coordinate directions extending perpendicular to one another, which allows the tip of the tool carried by the tool unit to move to any desired point. In this known device, it is possible to switch the spring winding direction without carrying out significant conversion arrangements essentially by switching the program control. However, this known spring winding device necessitates the use of four independently working servo motors and a plurality of individual elements which are arranged on and movable relative to one another, which represents a very great expenditure.




OBJECT AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




On this basis, it is the primary object of the invention to provide a spring winding device of the type mentioned above in which it is possible to switch the winding direction of the generated springs while substantially avoiding mechanical conversion operations and which nevertheless has a relatively simple construction.




According to the invention, this object is met by a spring winding device, in particular for spring winding machines, for producing, selectively, right-hand or left-hand helical springs from wire, with pull-in rollers for transporting the wire along a wire guide axis through a wire guide, with two winding apparatuses, each of which has a slide guide body in which a slide is displaceably arranged in such a way that a winding tool connected with the slide is guided so as to be moveable linearly relative to the point at which the wire exits the wire guide, wherein every slide guide body is swivelable at its end region remote of the wire guide around a swiveling axis directed vertical to the wire guide axis and parallel to a center plane extending through the wire guide axis, the two winding apparatuses being arranged on different sides of this center plane, wherein a drive for the movement of the slide and a cam drive controlled by a cam disk for swiveling the slide guide body about the swiveling axis are allocated to each winding apparatus, wherein a shared cam disk which is swivelable by a program-controlled motor and has two control portions and at least one rest portion is allocated to the cam drives of both winding apparatuses, wherein, further, each control portion is configured for introducing controlling movements in one of the two cam drives and every rest portion is configured for introducing no controlling movements in the cam drive, and, by rotation of the cam disk, one of the control portions for producing helical springs in one winding direction can be connected to the associated cam drive for control thereof, while the other cam drive contacts the rest portion or one of the rest portions, and wherein the controlled cam drive cooperates in a program-controlled manner with the drive unit for the movement of one of the slides, while the drive unit of the other slide is deactivated.




As a result of the mechanical movability of every tool holder in two movement directions which is provided in the spring winding device according to the invention, it is possible to produce non-round springs, time spent on adjustment is reduced, the reproducibility of adjustments is ensured, and the initial winding of the springs can be effected automatically for the first turn without manual effort. Through the use of a cam disk which is shared by both cam drives and which need only be rotated at a certain angle for connecting to one cam drive or the other, the conversion work for switching from right-handed winding to left-handed winding is minimized because it is necessary only to carry out the individual tool adjustments at the tool holder.




Further, the spring winding device according to the invention also provides greater rigidity of the overall arrangement through a more favorable flux of force and increased expenditure for assembly and maintenance for belt drives, as required in DE-GM 92 13 164, is done away with. It is also possible in the spring winding machine according to the invention to achieve a constant loading torque over the entire spring diameter range (with the identical wire diameter and with respect to the shaping forces) by using a specially calculated cam rule.




As a result of the cam disk which is used in the invention and shared by the two cam drives, it is also necessary to provide only three servo motors and accordingly to cover the overall basic principle of spring winding with three axes. In this way, all of the advantages are achieved merely through the use of a third motor without the need for another motor as is the case in the known spring winding device according to DE-OS 198 25 970. In addition, it is also possible to do away with the complicated arrangement—likewise employed in the prior art—of carrying tables for tool carrying devices which are arranged one above the other and which are movable relative to one another in different directions and the likewise rather complicated connection mechanism on one table which is required during the movement of a second table for the movement of two additional tables.




The individual motors for the drive unit for the common cam disk and for the two drive units for moving the slides are coupled with one another via an electronic program control which ensures that the motors which are used for the winding of springs in one winding direction exactly carry out the movements required for the production of the desired spring shape in a program-controlled manner.




In an advantageous arrangement of the invention, the cam drive of a winding apparatus cooperates in a program-controlled manner with the drive unit for the movement of the slide of the other winding apparatus, so that helical springs of one winding direction can be produced in the two-finger system. If springs are to be produced in the other winding direction, the cam drive of the other winding apparatus is correspondingly connected with the other drive for the linear movement of the slide.




When the spring winding device according to the invention is used for the shaping process in the case of forward feed of the wire in the one-finger system, the cam drive of a winding apparatus is preferably coupled in a program-controlled manner with the drive unit for the movement of the slide of the same winding apparatus, i.e., one winding apparatus is in use, while the other winding apparatus is deactivated.




If helical springs with a different winding direction are to be produced in the one-finger winding system, the cam drive of the other winding apparatus is preferably coupled in a program-controlled manner with the drive unit for the movement of the slide in this winding apparatus.




In the spring winding device according to the invention, any suitable type of drive can be used in principle as a drive unit for the movement of the slide in each winding apparatus. However, it is especially preferable when a cam disk which is rotatable by a program-controlled motor is provided as a drive unit for the movement of the slide in each winding apparatus, wherein the cam movement of the rotatable cam disk is transmitted in a positively controlled manner to the slide. This allows for the great advantage that the occurring weight forces and acceleration forces do not impair the accuracy of the traveling movements of the slide or tool holder due to the positive guidance.




In a particularly preferred manner, the axis of rotation of the cam disk common to the two cam drives is arranged in the spring winding device according to the invention in such a way that it intersects the projection of the wire guide axis at right angles and, in so doing, lies in the center plane. Accordingly, a mirror-symmetric arrangement of the cam drives on both sides of the center plane can be achieved, which leads to identical loading on the switched-on cam drives in both spring winding directions.




The winding apparatuses are also preferably arranged in a mirror-symmetric manner to the wire guide axis in a spring winding device according to the invention, wherein they are preferably constructed in a mirror-symmetric manner relative to one another.




In another preferred construction of the invention, a guide plate is arranged between the winding apparatuses symmetric to the wire guide axis in the projection thereof and at a distance from the wire exit point, which guide plate has a guide path on its two sides facing the winding apparatuses, the facing end of the slide guide body of the winding apparatus in question sliding on this guide path.




The invention will be described by way of example hereinafter with reference to the drawings.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS




In the drawings:





FIG. 1

shows a schematic front view of a spring winding device according to the invention configured for the production of right-hand helical springs in the two-finger winding system;





FIG. 2

shows a vertical longitudinal section corresponding to line II—II in

FIG. 1

;





FIG. 3

shows a vertical longitudinal section corresponding to line III—III through the swivel drive of the spring winding device shown n

FIG. 1

;





FIG. 4

shows la section corresponding to line IV—IV through a detail in

FIG. 1

;





FIG. 5

shows the spring winding device from

FIG. 1

, directed to the production of left-hand helical springs;





FIG. 6

shows a view of the spring winding device according to

FIG. 1

, but arranged for the production of right-hand helical springs in the one-finger winding system; and





FIG. 7

shows a section corresponding to line VII—VII through the upper winding apparatus of the spring winding device shown in FIG.


6


.











DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS




The spring winding device


10


, details of whose construction are shown by way of example in the Figures, is part of a spring winding machine (not shown) with pull-in rollers


12


which are driven by a CNC-controllable servo motor, not shown, and which pull a wire


14


in a straight line horizontally through a wire guide


16


into a winding station


18


in which, depending on the position of the two winding tools


20


and


22


, the wire


14


is shaped into right-hand or left-hand helical springs by two winding tools


20


and


22


which are constructed as winding fingers of two winding apparatuses


30


and


32


which are fastened one above the other to a winding plate


26


of the spring winding machine; that is, depending on whether a right-hand helical spring or a left-hand helical spring is to be produced, the wire


14


is deflected upward or downward with reference to the wire guide axis


34


.




Each of the two winding apparatuses


30


and


32


arranged above and below the wire guide axis


34


, respectively, and a center plane M—M extending through the latter is formed of a slide guide body


36


and


38


, respectively, on which a slide


40


,


42


is guided so as to be longitudinally displaceable by means of a commercially available linear guide unit


43


whose guide rail is fastened to the slide guide bodies


36


and


38


and whose guide carriages are fastened to the slides


40


and


42


. Each of the slides


40


,


42


carries, at its end facing the wire guide


16


, a holder


44


and


46


, respectively, which is swivelably fastened therein and in which the upper winding tool


22


and the lower winding tool


24


is fastened.




Each of the two slide guide bodies


36


and


38


is swivelably mounted at its end area remote of the winding tool


22


,


24


on an axle which is constructed as a fixed pin


48


,


50


at the winding plate


26


. The end of each slide guide body


36


or


38


close to the tool is rounded with a radius of the axis of the pin


48


,


50


. Both slide guide bodies


36


and


38


lie with these ends at a coplanar guide plate


52


with lateral paths


54


of a correspondingly constructed contour which is concave on both sides, these paths


54


facing the slide guide bodies


36


and


38


.




As can be seen from the sectional view in

FIG. 2

, a gear unit


60


,


62


is fastened in a receiving bore hole in the end region of the slide guide bodies


36


and


38


which faces away from the wire guide axis


34


; a program-controlled servo motor


64


,


66


rotating back and forth intermittently is flanged on to one side of the gear unit


60


,


62


. A control cam


68


and


70


is connected with the drive shafts of the two gear units


60


and


62


so as to be fixed with respect to rotation relative thereto in each instance. Two rollers


72


,


74


run along the control cams


68


,


70


and are arranged so as to be rotatable (

FIG. 2

) on a pin


76


,


78


fastened to the upper slide


40


and lower slide


42


, respectively, so that the movement of the slides


40


and


42


is positively guided through the rotating movement of the control cams


68


and


70


.




In extension of the wire guide axis


34


, another gear unit


84


is flanged on in the winding plate


26


of the spring winding machine in a stepped receiving bore hole which is vertical to the wire guide axis


34


, runs through the latter with its center axis and lies in the center plane M—M. Another CNC-regulated servo motor


86


which rotates back and forth intermittently is arranged at the input of this further gear unit


84


. On the output side, a disk-shaped control cam


88


constructed as a bead cam is arranged at the gear unit


84


so as to be fixed with respect to rotation relative to it. Two rollers


90


,


92


run along the control cam


88


in a positively guided manner. These two rollers


90


and


92


are arranged so as to be rotatable at an angular one-arm lever


98


,


100


which is needle-mounted in a swivelable manner on a pin


94


and


96


fastened to the winding plate


26


of the machine. The two pins


94


,


96


are arranged one above the other (

FIG. 3

) on different sides of the drive shaft of the gear unit


84


and at the same distance therefrom vertical to the wire guide axis


34


.




A coupling joint rod


106


and


108


is articulated by pins


110


and


112


approximately in the middle of the lever


98


,


100


on one side and via pins


114


and


116


at the slide guide body


36


of the upper winding apparatus


30


or at the slide guide body


38


of the lower winding apparatus


32


on the other side.




In the following, the manner of operation of the spring winding device shown herein for producing right-hand helical springs in the two-finger winding system will be described with reference to the

FIGS. 1

to


4


.




For the shaping drive of the winding tool


20


of the upper winding apparatus


30


for adjusting the outer diameter of the spring during its manufacture, the servo motor


64


is activated and drives the control cam


68


in forward and backward rotation intermittently in a program-controlled manner via the gear unit


60


. The radial movement of the control cam


68


is transmitted via the rollers


72


to the slide


40


of the upper winding apparatus


30


and the upper winding tool


20


is moved linearly back and forth in a nearer/forward or farther away/rearward inclined position relative to the outlet point of the wire


14


at the wire guide


16


.




The movement of the winding tool


22


of the lower winding apparatus


32


, which movement is adapted to the movement of the upper winding tool


20


based on rules, is given in a program-controlled manner by the control cam


88


which is driven correspondingly by the servo motor


86


via the gear unit


84


. The movement of the control cam


88


is transmitted via the rollers


92


to the swivelable lever


100


and, further, via the coupling joint rod


108


, to the lower slide guide body


38


. In this way, the slide guide body


38


with the winding tool


22


of the lower winding apparatus


32


executes a positively controlled reciprocating swiveling movement around the axis of the pin


50


as the center of swiveling. The lower winding tool


22


is accordingly likewise moved into a front and a rear position in relation to the outlet point of the wire at the wire guide


16


by means of the cam drive


88


,


92


and


100


.




The winding tools


20


,


22


of the upper and lower winding apparatuses


30


,


32


are (at least predominantly) simultaneously displaced according to laws defined by design. The cam laws of the two control cams


68


and


88


which are specifically calculated beforehand are used for this purpose in conjunction with the two program-controlled servo motors


64


and


86


which rotate forward and backward intermittently.




It should be noted that the control cam


88


apart from two control portions designed for the introduction of control movements in one or the other of the two cam drives is provided along certain areas of its circumference with two rest portions, i.e., no controlling movement to the transmission members is carried out along this rotational area of the cam path of the control cam


88


. In the case of right-hand winding of a helical spring, the rest portion of the control cam


88


is responsible for or active for the upper winding apparatus


30


which accordingly, in this case, does not carry out a swiveling movement about the pin


48


.




Further, the upper winding apparatus


30


is rigidly secured via the cam roller


90


, the lever


98


and the coupling joint rod


102


and its connection pins


110


and


114


.




Further, it is noted that the CNC-controllable servo motor


66


of the lower winding apparatus


32


is switched off in a program-controlled manner during right-hand winding. However, it can be used for automatic initial bending of the first wire turn by the lower winding tool


22


.




The switching of the two winding apparatuses


30


and


32


from one winding direction to the other winding direction, e.g., from the right-hand winding shown in

FIG. 1

to the arrangement for left-hand winding shown in

FIG. 5

, is carried out proceeding from the machine control without any additional conversion effort (apart from the switching of the cut-off mandrel and cutting tool of the machine).




In this respect, after inputting the left-hand winding command, the servo motors


64


and


66


move the upper and lower winding tool


20


and


22


, respectively, into their rearmost position which is drawn back farthest from the wire guide


16


, while servo motor


86


subsequently rotates the control cam


88


farther until the rest portion of the control cam


88


is active for the lower winding apparatus


32


. The subsequent adjustment of the starting diameter of a shaped spring or outer diameter of a cylindrical helical spring is then carried out by switching on both servo motors


64


and


66


which displace the winding tools


22


and


24


relative to one another to the required degree as governed by rules. Subsequently, the drive motor


64


of the upper winding apparatus


30


is switched off and used for automatic initial bending of the wire of the first spring turn through the upper winding tool


20


. The matched movement of the winding tool


20


of the upper winding apparatus


30


required for producing a left-hand shaped spring is carried out via the control cam


88


driven by the servo motor


86


. The movement of the control cam


88


is now transmitted via the two rollers


90


to the swivelable lever


98


and further via the coupling joint rod


106


and via pins


110


and


114


to the upper slide guide body


36


which accordingly swivels back and forth around the axis of pin


48


as the center of swiveling and therefore moves the winding tool


20


.




The linear movement of the lower winding tool


22


is carried out by the control cam


70


driven by the servo motor


66


via the rollers


74


and the slide


42


.




The winding tool


20


of the upper winding apparatus


30


now serves, during the production of left-hand spring bodies, as an inner tool and the winding tool


22


of the inner winding apparatus


32


serves as an outer winding tool; while the upper tool


20


serves as an outer winding tool for right-hand helical springs and the lower tool


22


serves as an inner winding tool (wherein “inner” and “outer” are used in accordance with the terminology reproduced in DE-OS 2 310 174).





FIGS. 6 and 7

show the spring winding device for producing right-hand helical springs in the one-finger winding system.




In this one-finger winding device, the mechanical movement of the winding tool


120


, of which there is only one in this case, in two movement directions is described more exactly in the following with reference to

FIGS. 1

to


7


.




The individual winding tool


120


is fastened to a holder


122


at the slide


40


of the upper winding apparatus


30


, wherein the slide


40


is positively guided in reciprocating manner via a cam disk


68


and rollers


72


fitting on pins


76


. The cam disk


68


itself is driven by the program-controlled servo motor


64


(

FIG. 7

) intermittently in forward and backward rotation via the gear unit


60


. At the same time that this linear and diagonally directed movement takes place, a program-controlled swiveling movement of the upper slide guide body


36


is carried out (or can be carried out) about the axis of pin


48


as center of swiveling. This swiveling movement is transmitted by a CNC-controllable servo motor


86


via a gear unit


84


to a control cam


88


(as is shown in

FIG. 3

) and is transmitted from there via two rollers


90


in a positive-controlled manner to the lever


98


which is swivelable on pins


94


and further via a coupling Joint rod


106


via pins


110


and


114


to a slide guide body


36


of the upper winding apparatus


30


.




The slide


42


of the lower winding apparatus


32


, which in this case is inactive for production and whose winding tool holder is removed, has been moved via the servo motor


66


(as in FIG. ) and control cam


70


into its pulled-back, rear position.




The effective or acting surface of the winding tool


120


can travel through every required movement path by means of the above-described controlled straight-line movement of the winding tool


120


via the slide


40


which, however, interacts with the controlled swiveling movement of the slide guide body


36


.




In order to produce left-hand helical springs in the one-finger winding system, the lower winding apparatus


32


is used, while the upper winding apparatus


30


is deactivated. The straight-line movement of the winding tool, not shown, is now carried out proceeding from the servo motor


66


via the cam disk


70


and the swiveling movement of the lower slide guide body


38


is carried out around the pin


50


proceeding from the servo motor


86


, which had previously rotated the control cam


88


until its rest area is now responsible for the upper inactive winding apparatus


30


, via this control cam


88


to the lever


100


and from there via the coupling joint rod


108


to the slide guide body


38


.




In principle, left-hand helical springs can also be produced with the winding tool


120


of the upper winding apparatus


30


. For this purpose, it is only required that the winding apparatus


30


is moved upward by the servo motor


64


until the winding tool


120


now acts on the wire


14


on the other side, that is, above the wire guide axis


34


, so as to work downward, while, for the previously right-hand helical springs the winding tool


120


acted on the wire


14


below the wire guide axis


34


and moved upward.




As can be seen from

FIGS. 1

,


5


and


6


, the two winding apparatuses


30


and


32


are arranged at the winding plate


26


in a mirror-symmetric manner to the wire guide axis


34


and are constructed so as to be mirror symmetric relative to one another.




In all of the winding processes described above, non-round helical springs can also be produced by separate control of the winding tools; it is also possible to wind spring shapes which have different winding radii within a spring winding.




While the foregoing description and drawings represent the preferred embodiments of the present invention, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the true spirit and scope of the present invention.



Claims
  • 1. A spring winding device, particularly for spring winding machines, for producing, selectively, right-hand or left-hand helical springs from wire comprising:pull-in rollers for transporting the wire along a wire guide axis through a wire guide; two winding apparatuses, each of which having a slide guide body in which a slide is displaceably arranged in such a way that a winding tool connected with the slide is guided so as to be moveable linearly relative to a point at which the wire exits the wire guide; said slide guide body being swivelable at an end region remote of the wire guide around a swiveling axis directed vertically to the wire guide axis and parallel to a center plane extending through the wire guide axis; said two winding apparatuses being arranged on different sides of said center plane; a drive for the movement of the slide and a cam drive controlled by a cam disk for swiveling the slide guide body about the swiveling axis are allocated to each winding apparatus; a shared cam disk which is swivelable by a program-controlled motor and having two control portions and at least one rest portion is allocated to the cam drives of both winding apparatuses; each control portion being configured for introducing controlling movements in one of the two cam drives and rest portions being configured for introducing no controlling movements in the shared cam drive, and, by rotation of the cam disk, one of the control portions for producing helical springs in one winding direction can be connected to the associated cam drive for control thereof, while the other cam drive contacts the rest portions or one of the rest portions; and said controlled cam drive cooperating in a program-controlled manner with the drive unit for the movement of one of the slides, while the drive unit of the other slide is switched off.
  • 2. The spring winding device according to claim 1, wherein the cam drive of a winding apparatus cooperates in a program-controlled manner with the drive unit for the movement of the slide of the other winding apparatus.
  • 3. The spring winding device according to claim 1, wherein a cam disk which is rotatable by a program-controlled motor is provided as a drive unit for the movement of the slide in every winding apparatus.
  • 4. The spring winding device according to claim 3, wherein the slide of every winding apparatus is positively guided at the rotatable cam disk.
  • 5. The spring winding device according to claim 1, wherein the axis of rotation of the cam disk common to the two cam drives lies in the projection of the wire guide axis.
  • 6. The spring winding device according to claim 1, wherein the cam drive of a winding apparatus cooperates in a program-controlled manner with the drive unit for the movement of the slide of the same winding apparatus.
  • 7. The spring winding device according to claim 1, wherein a guide plate is arranged between the winding apparatuses and symmetric to the wire guide axis in the projection thereof and at a distance from the wire outlet, which guide plate has a guide path with two sides facing the winding apparatuses, a facing end of the slide guide body of the winding apparatuses sliding on this guide path.
  • 8. The spring winding device according to claim 1, wherein the winding apparatuses are,arranged mirror-symmetric to the center plane.
  • 9. The spring winding device according to claim 1, wherein the winding apparatuses are constructed mirror-symmetric to one another.
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
199 19 956 Apr 1999 DE
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Number Name Date Kind
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Number Date Country
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Entry
*English Abstract of DE 896 186.
*English Abstract of DE 23 10 174.
*English Abstract of DE 95 13 164.
*English Abstract of DE 198 25 970.