remaining at the bottom thereof a mandrel integral with the carriage guides the core wire of the braid toward a braiding die plate at which the braid elements unwinding from reels borne by the supports converge application_number US 56157090 A description in fig1 and 2 a braiding machine frame comprises a support 1 of a braid take up reel 2 situated downstream from a braiding die plate 3 placed at the point of braiding the general layout of the machine is horizontal reels bearing four braid elements are divided in pairs with their reel holders 4 5 6 and 7 between two supports 8 and 9 fig1 the main parts of which are straight bars fixed at their centers to shaft elements 10 and 11 rotating in fixed bearings 12 13 14 and 15 shaft elements 10 and 11 are disposed horizontally and symmetrically relative to the braiding axis i e relative to a horizontal line coaxial with braiding die plate 3 pinions 16 17 and 18 transmit a rotational motion to shafts 10 and 11 from a motor 19 in such a way that shafts 10 and 11 rotate in opposition directions as indicated by the arrows in fig1 fixed to respective ends of arm 8 are rigid semi enclosures 20 and 21 which together form a cylindrical runway having a horizontal axis interrupted only at two diametrically opposed passages where narrow slits remain each of the runways 20 21 has on its inside surface two rails 22 so that a carriage 23 mounted on pairs of rollers 23a is continuously held by.