D07B 3/022

General-purpose machines or apparatus for producing twisted ropes or cables from component strands of the same or different material in which the supply reels rotate about the axis of the rope or cable {or in which a guide member rotates about the axis of the rope or cable to guide the component strands away from the supply reels in fixed position with provision for imparting two or more twists to the filaments for each revolution of the guide member}