Threading support facility for threading an object into a guide apparatus
A threading support facility is for threading an object into a guide apparatus. The threading support facility is connectable to the guide apparatus and is configured to support threading of the object into the guide apparatus. In an embodiment, the threading support facility includes a wall connecting a first aperture of the threading support facility and a second aperture of the threading support facility. The first aperture is embodied as an inlet for insertion of the object into the threading support facility and the second aperture is embodied as an outlet out of the threading support facility. Further, a sub-guide runs along the wall of the threading support facility and runs in a direction from the first aperture to the second aperture. The sub-guide is configured to support guiding of the object, after insertion through the first aperture, into the threading support facility in a direction of the second aperture.
1 . A threading support facility for threading an object into a guide apparatus, the threading support facility being connectable to the guide apparatus and being configured to support threading of the object into the guide apparatus, the threading support facility comprising:
a wall connecting a first aperture of the threading support facility and a second aperture of the threading support facility,
the first aperture being embodied as an inlet for insertion of the object into the threading support facility and the second aperture being embodied as an outlet out of the threading support facility, and
a sub-guide running along the wall of the threading support facility and running in a direction from the first aperture to the second aperture, the sub-guide being configured to support guiding of the object, after insertion through the first aperture, into the threading support facility in a direction of the second aperture; and
a plurality of sensors disposed along the sub-guide from the first aperture to the second aperture, each of the plurality of sensors including a transmitter on a first side of the sub-guide and a receiver on an opposite side of the sub-guide and each of the plurality of sensors being configured to monitor a sub-section of the sub-guide,
wherein the sub-guide runs at least partly in a spiral shape around a connecting line between the first aperture and the second aperture.
2 . The threading support facility of claim 1 , wherein the sub-guide is embodied as at least one groove in the wall of the threading support facility.
3 . The threading support facility of claim 2 , wherein the first aperture is larger in area than the second aperture.
4 . The threading support facility of claim 3 , wherein the first aperture and the second aperture are connected by the wall, the wall being funnel shaped.
5 . The threading support facility of claim 2 , wherein at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors is configured to detect threading of the object through the threading support facility.
6 . A guide apparatus comprising:
the threading support facility of claim 2 , the guide apparatus being embodied to guide the object.
7 . The threading support facility of claim 1 , wherein the first aperture is larger in area than the second aperture.
8 . The threading support facility of claim 7 , wherein the first aperture and the second aperture are connected by the wall, the wall being funnel shaped.
9 . The threading support facility of claim 8 , wherein at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors is configured to detect threading of the object through the threading support facility.
10 . A guide apparatus comprising:
the threading support facility of claim 8 , the guide apparatus being embodied to guide the object.
11 . The threading support facility of claim 1 , wherein the sub-guide includes a first sub-aperture with a first area and a second sub-aperture with a second area, the second area being smaller than the first area, the first sub-aperture and the second sub-aperture being connected by a sub-wall with a tapered cross-sectional area, and the first sub-aperture being arranged on the first aperture of the threading support facility and the second sub-aperture being arranged on the second aperture of the threading support facility.
12 . The threading support facility of claim 1 , wherein at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors is configured to detect threading of the object through the threading support facility.
13 . The threading support facility of claim 12 , wherein the at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors includes at least one light sensor.
14 . The threading support facility of claim 12 , wherein the at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors includes an impedance sensor.
15 . The threading support facility of claim 12 , wherein the at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors includes an X-ray sensor.
16 . The threading support facility of claim 1 , further comprising:
a lubricant dispenser to dispense a lubricant to increase a sliding capacity of the object on the wall of the threading support facility.
17 . The threading support facility of claim 1 , wherein the object includes a magnetically active sub-region, the threading support facility further comprising:
at least one magnetically active sub-region arranged on the wall of the threading support facility.
18 . The threading support facility of claim 17 , wherein the at least one magnetically active sub-region is a multiplicity of magnetically active sub-regions, the multiplicity of magnetically active sub-regions being arranged along the sub-guide, the multiplicity of magnetically active sub-regions of the threading support facility being activatable independently and activatable to guide the magnetically active sub-region of the object in the threading support facility.
19 . A guide apparatus comprising:
the threading support facility of claim 1 , the guide apparatus being embodied to guide the object.