APPARATUS FOR MAKING SPARK CHAMBER WIRE ARRAYS

摘要

An apparatus for producing curved or flat wire arrays for use in wire spark chamber devices having a wire spool holding means and wire feeding device; tensioning means; wire winding and spacing device; and a device for stretching and shaping the array. The wire is fed over tensioning pulleys about a threaded rod onto a wire winding and spacing device which comprises a support cylinder. The wound wires are attached to lucite strips mounted on the cylinder and then cut and removed to form a loose wire array. The wire array is then clamped in the stretching and shaping device which stretches the wires and forms the surface to the desired curvature.