Abstract: Apparatus and method for producing, on a commercial scale, forming tubes of high quality and uniformity including one or more beads on the outer periphery of the tubes which terminate a desired distance from the tube end edges by sequentially cutting the bead cord material to the desired length and at the desired time relative to the tube ends and feeding such cut bead cord material between selected tube plies during the winding of the plies on a mandrel to form tubular material and then cutting the tubular material to form tubes of the desired length. Also, such apparatus and method provide for the picking up and rolling of the beads which are interrupted on the outer periphery of the tubular material and the subsequent cutting of the tubular material intermediate such bead interruptions.

Abstract: A pallet having feet anchored to a platform by locking rings wherein each foot comprises a hollow tapered cup-like shape with a flange near the top of the foot, wherein the flange includes a plurality of slots, wherein each locking ring includes a flange of size and shape equal to the flanges of the feet, wherein each locking ring further includes a plurality of hooks which are insertable into the slots of the foot flange, and wherein the flange of each foot engages the underside of the platform while the flange of each locking ring engages the top side of the platform.

Abstract: A strong, flexible glass fiber carrier and a method of making glass fiber using such a carrier wherein the carrier is of a helically wound forming tube construction for carrying glass fiber thereon in generally circular windings during glass fiber processing, the tube being characterized by having good wet strength and resistance to heat and centrifugal forces. The helically wound tube has a helically wound inner ply having a spiral joint, preferably a spiral butt joint, at least one helically wound intermediate ply having a spiral overlapped joint, a helically wound outer ply having a spiral overlapped joint, and a release coating on the outer ply. The spiral overlapped joint of the outer ply is stacked, or positioned, above the spiral joint of the inner ply to reinforce the latter; the spiral overlapped joint of the intermediate ply(s) is (are) staggered from the other joints of the tube. In the method of making glass fiber, a glass fiber strand is wound around the forming tube and further processed.