Abstract: A braiding machine carrier having a frame; a fiber spool mount attached to the frame; a fiber take-up assembly including a spiral spring; gear train on the frame for mechanically connecting the take-up spring assembly to the fiber spool mount for winding the spiral spring as a spool on the mount rotates; and a magnetic clutch, coupled to the take-up spring assembly, for preventing overwinding of the spiral spring.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 28, 1997
Date of Patent:
May 18, 1999
Assignee:
Foster-Miller, Inc.
Inventors:
Glenn Freitas, Kevin E. Keough, William J. Hurley, Jr., Richard Terrazzano, Daniel Bullock
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