Apparatus and method for multiple strand web formation

a method for traversing a plurality of strands between two spaced rows of strand-restraining elements moving together in the same direction in substantially the same plane to form a web is implemented by a plurality of strand transfer members moving in a single closed path spanning the rows of strand-restraining elements so that the members pass between strand-restraining elements on one of the rows and above them on the other row. There is a means provided for moving each strand back and forth across the path into engagement with the strand transfer members and a means for disengaging each strand from each strand transfer member beyond the other row and depositing it as a loop around at least one of the strand-restraining elements.

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Description
Patent History
Patent number: T966001
Type: Grant
Filed: May 25, 1977
Date of Patent: Jan 3, 1978
Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, DE)
Inventor: George Daniel Forsythe (Landenberg, PA)
Application Number: 5/800,431