Apparatus for fabricating honeycomb structure

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS FOR THE FABRICATION OF A HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE, THE COMBINATION OF: A POWER-ACTUATED ROTARY DRUM OF THE CROSS-SECTIONAL CONFIGURATION OF A POLYGON WITH A CIRCUMFERENTIAL SERIES OF FLAT PERIPHERAL SURFACES CORRESPONDING TO THE SIDES OF THE POLYGON; MEANS TO FEED A FIRST SHEET OF MATERIAL TO THE DRUM TO BE WOUND THEREON; A FIRST SERIES OF SPACED NOZZLE PASSAGES EXTENDING ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE DRUM IN FIXED RELATION TO THE AXIS OF THE DRUM TO DEPOSIT ADHESIVE ON SAID FIRST SHEET DURING THE WINDING THEREOF TO FORM SPACED STRIPES OF ADHESIVE ON THE TRAVELING SHEET; MEANS TO FEED A SECOND SHEET OF MATERIAL TO THE DRUM TO BE WOUND THEREON OVER THE FIRST SHEET TO BE BONDED THERETO BY SAID STRIPES OF ADHESIVE; A SECOND SERIES OF SPACED NOZZLE PASSAGES EXTENDING ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE DRUM IN FIXED RELATION TO THE AXIS OF THE DRUM TO DEPOSIT ADHESIVE ON SAID SECOND SHEET DURING THE WINDING THEREOF TO FORM SPACED STRIPES OF ADHESIVE ON THE TRAVELING SHEET IN STAGGERED RELATION TO THE STRIPES OF ADHESIVE ON SAID FIRST SHEET, EACH OF SAID SERIES OF NOZZLE PASSAGES BEING POSITIONED IN THE REGION OF THE CORRESPONDING TRAVELING SHEET WHERE THE POSITION OF THE SHEET RELATIVE TO THE WIDTH OF THE DRUM IS FIXED BY THE WRAPPING ENGAGEMENT OF THE SHEET WITH THE DRUM WHEREBY THE RESULTING STRIPES OF ADHESIVE ON THE WOUND LAYERS ARE IN RADIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE NOZZLE PASSAGES WITH RESULTING REGISTRATION OF THE STRIPES OF ADHESIVE ON THE ALTERNATE SHEETS.