Abstract: An assembly to receive, guide and bend a bale wire having a preformed end. The bale wire is bent to facilitate the joining of the preformed ends to be applied to a bale. The assembly includes a plurality of fixtures which receive an preformed end of a plurality of bale wires at predetermined positions. The assembly is then subjected to a rotational movement to bend the wire tie after which the preformed ends can be joined with ease.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil spring feeding apparatus comprising a plurality of elongated magazines supported by a frame in parallel relation to each other and each including a bottom and a discharge end, a conveyor assembly extending transversely of and adjacent to the discharge ends of the magazines for receiving the endmost coil springs from the magazines and for transporting the coil springs transversely of and away from the magazine ends, which conveyor includes a pair of spaced, parallel endless belts each having a top surface and supported for intermittent travel transversely of the magazine ends, an elongated platform having and upper surface, a cylinder for locating the platform, during belt movements, in a lower position with the platform upper surface beneath the belt top surfaces, and for locating the platform between belt movements, in a raised position, and a transfer device for withdrawing the endmost coil springs from the magazines and for transferring the endmost coil springs onto the conveyor

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coil spring feeding apparatus comprising a coil spring magazine supported by a frame, having a discharge end, and adapted to contain a plurality of coil springs, a chain conveyor for transporting the coil springs in the magazine toward the discharge end, a belt conveyor extending transversely of the magazine adjacent the discharge end, structure for transferring the end coil spring in the magazine to the conveyor and including a magnet adapted for magnetically attracting and releasably holding the end coil spring and movable, across the conveyor, between a retracted position on the side of the conveyor remote from the magazine discharge end and an advanced position located adjacent to the magazine discharge end in position for magnetically attracting and releasably holding the end coil spring in the magazine, a cylinder for displacing the magnet between advanced and retracted positions, and a stripper located adjacent to the conveyor along the side thereof remote from the magazine discha

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a mechanism adapted for twisting an eye formed at one end of a U-shaped link, said mechanism comprising a frame, an input shaft supported by the frame for rotation and adapted to be rotated by a power source, a clamp on the frame for gripping the link against movement and with the eye extending from the clamp, and a rotatable head on the frame and connected to the input shaft and engagable with the extending eye for twisting the eye in one direction through a first angular distance in response to one portion of the rotational cycle of the input shaft and for additionally twisting the eye in the one direction through an additional angular distance in response to another portion of the rotational cycle of the input shaft.Also disclosed herein is a wire chain and a wire fabric and methods of making the same incorporating the operation of the above disclosed eye twisting mechanism.