IMPROVED LINE ACCUMULATING DEVICE

摘要

A device for accumulating a thin fiber, such as an optical fiber. Line accumulating members are provided around which a fiber is drawn and wound. The fiber is diverted from its path by a plurality of guide wheels, one or more of which are attached to a shaft which causes the guide wheels to rotate about the line accumulating members. At the same time, the guide wheels which wind the fiber are caused to move laterally relative to the line accumulating members to evenly distribute the fiber around the line accumulating members. This is accomplished by mechanically coupling the assembly for laterally moving the guide wheels to the assembly which rotates them about the line accumulating members. The device is designed to accomplish this while the line accumulating members are fixed to the body of the device. This results in a line accumulating device which is compact and simple.