Patents by Inventor COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS LIMITED

COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS LIMITED has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20140259630
    Abstract: There is disclosed a cutting mechanism 22 for severing elongate fibre reinforcement material 14 in composite material lay-up equipment 10, the cutting mechanism 22 comprising a cutting element 60 and a counteracting element 76 which cooperate to sever fibre reinforcement material 14 extending through the nip between them, the cutting element 60 being mounted on an elongate arm 44 which is pivotable about a pivot axis A spaced from the nip, to displace the cutting element 60 relatively to the counteracting element 76 to perform a cutting stroke, the mechanism 22 further comprising guide means 52 arranged to guide the fibre reinforcement material 14 through the nip in a feed direction transverse to the pivot axis A, and an actuation device 84 for driving the elongate arm 44 in a cutting stroke, the actuation device 84 acting on the elongate arm 44 at a position away from the cutting element 60. There is also provided composite material lay-up equipment 10 comprising the cutting mechanism 22.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS LIMITED