Coating device for strands

Claim 1

A PAD-HOLDING DEVICE FOR GROUPING A PLURALITY OF FILAMENTS INTO STRAND FORM COMPRISING A LONGITUDINAL MEMBER HAVING A TIP PORTION ACROSS WHICH FILAMENTS ARE DRAWN FOR GROUPING, SAID MEMBER BEING SHAPED WITH A LONGISTRIP ASSOCIATED THEREWITH AND BEING SHAPED WITH A LONGITUDINAL GROOVE THEREIN FOR ACCOMMODATION OF THE PAD STIP THEREIN, SAID TIP PORTION BEING GRADUALLY NARROWED TO SUBSTANTIALLY A BLUNT POINT AT ITS END, A PAIR OF PADSECURING PINS TO PIERCINGLY ENGAGE SAID PAD STRIP TO HOLD IT WITHIN THE GROOVE, ONE OF SAID PINS BEING FIXED ON SAID MEMBER A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE FROM SAID TIP PORTION, SAID ONE PIN PROJECTING VERTICALLY UPWARD FROM THE BASE OF SAID GROOVE AND GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID MEMBER, THE OTHER OF SAID PINS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE BASE OF SAID GROOVE AND PROJECTING FROM THE BACK OF SAID TIP PORTION, SAID PAD STRIP BEING HELD IN THE GROOVE OF SAID HOLDER BY BEING EXTENDED IN DRAWN RELATIONSHIP FROM BEHIND SAID TIP PORTION OVER ITS END ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID GROOVE TO SAID ONE PIN TO FORM A PROJECTING POINT OF FOLD-OVER OF THE PAD MATERIAL.