Flyer bow with semi-enclosed wire guides
View Patent ↗Disclosed herein is a flyer bow for use in a wire-twisting machine including a body with an airfoil shaped cross section, a recessed channel within the body and a series of wire guide inserts retained within the recessed channel. Further disclosed herein is a wire guide insert including a tubular body having an exterior non-circular shape corresponding to a similar non-circular shape of a channel and an exhaust opening in the wire guide inserts.
1. A flyer bow for use in a wire twisting machine comprising:
a body with an airfoil shaped cross section,
a recessed channel within the body,
a series of a plurality of individual wire guide inserts retained within the recessed channel;
wherein the wire guide inserts are contained within the recessed channel such that no portion of the wire guide inserts protrudes beyond the envelope defined by the airfoil shape of the body.
2. The flyer bow claimed in claim 1 wherein:
the wire guide inserts are rotationally locked within the recessed channel by the matching of a non-circular shape of the wire guide insert to that of the recessed channel.
3. The flyer bow claimed in claim 2 wherein: the non-circular shape of the wire guide inserts and recessed channel are hexagonal.
4. A flyer bow for use in a wire twisting machine comprising:
a body with an airfoil shaped cross section,
a recessed channel within the body,
a series of wire guide inserts retained within the recessed channel;
wherein the wire guide inserts are rotationally locked within the recessed channel by the matching of a non-circular shape of the wire guide insert to that of the recessed channel;
wherein an opening in one side of the wire guide insert is aligned with an opening in the recessed channel to facilitate egress of contamination.
5. The flyer bow claimed in claim 1 wherein:
the body is made of a composite material reinforced with carbon fibers.
6. The flyer bow claimed in claim 5 wherein:
the carbon fibers are braided.
7. The flyer bow claimed in claim 1 wherein:
a portion of the body is hollow.
8. The flyer bow claimed in claim 1 wherein:
a portion of the body is made of a foamed material.
9. A wire guide insert comprising:
a tubular body having an exterior non-circular shape taken along the cross-section of the tubular body across the longitudinal axis of the tubular body corresponding to a similar non-circular shape of a channel in a flyer bow,
an exhaust opening in the wire guide insert.
10. A wire guide insert claimed in claim 9 wherein:
the non circular shape of the wire guide insert is hexagonal.
11. A wire guide insert claimed in claim 9 wherein:
the interior surface of the wire guide is undulating.
12. A flyer bow for use in a wire twisting machine comprising:
a body with an airfoil shaped cross section,
a recessed channel within the body,
a series of a plurality of individual wire guide inserts retained within the recessed channel;
wherein the recessed channel includes a continuous channel opening traversing the longitudinal length of the body;
wherein the wire guide inserts include an insert opening aligned with the channel opening.