Line feeding device.

摘要

A line feeding device for feeding a flexible line (10) comprises an assembly (13) of five or more drive rollers (19) so disposed in spaced relation to each other as to present to the line (10) a drive path for the line (10) in which the line (10) is drivingly engaged by and advanced through a predetermined angle of wrap around the assembly (13) by contact in turn with an arcuate surface of each drive roller (19) over an angle of contact which is less than the predetermined angle of wrap and in which the line (10) so extends between each drive roller (19) and the next adjacent drive roller (19) as to be relieved from bending stresses imposed on the line (10) by contact with the arcuate surfaces of the rollers (19).