| CPC B21F 1/023 (2013.01) [B21D 3/02 (2013.01); B65H 2701/36 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A wire straightening configuration comprising:
a bulk package hat configured to be positioned over an opened bulk package containing a wire;
a bearing assembly mounted inside the bulk package hat at a position where the wire exits the bulk package hat; and
a wire straightening device having a plurality of rollers and only one single plane of straightening, wherein the wire straightening device is configured to apply a counter bend to the wire in the only one single plane of straightening as the wire pays off from the bulk package through the wire straightening device,
wherein the wire straightening device is operatively connected to the bearing assembly at an angle within the bulk package hat, and
wherein the bearing assembly is configured to rotate in response to the wire paying off from the bulk package through the wire straightening device, while keeping the wire straightening device at the angle as the bearing assembly is rotated.
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11. A method for straightening a wire comprising:
positioning a bulk package hat over an opened bulk package containing wire;
mounting a bearing assembly inside the bulk package hat at a position where the wire exits the bulk package hat;
operatively connecting a wire straightening device to the bearing assembly at an angle within the bulk package hat, wherein the wire straightening device has only one single plane of straightening;
feeding a distal portion of the wire through the wire straightening device to apply a counter bend to the wire in the only one single plane of straightening; and
paying off the wire such that the bearing assembly rotates in response to the wire being paid off, while keeping the wire straightening device at the angle as the bearing assembly rotates.
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