Method and apparatus for fabricating honeycomb core

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF FABRICATING HONEYCOMB CORE OF UNLIMITED LENGTH FROM A CONTINUOUS CORRUGATED METALLIC RIBBON TETHERED THERETO AND LAYER BY LAYER VERTICALLY DOWNWARD WITH RESPECT TO A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED ELECTRODE PINS INSERTABLE INTO THE UPPER LAYER OF CELLS OF THE CORE, SAID METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF SUCCESSIVELY LOWERING THE CORE LAYER BY LAYER WITH RESPECT TO SAID ELECTRODE PINS WHILE THE SAME ARE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CORE AND DOUBLING SAID RIBBON BACK AND FORTH UPON ITSELF LAYER BY LAYER AND OVER THE LENGTH OF THE CORE THEREBY TO FORM THE SUCCESSIVE LAYERS OF CELLS OF THE CORE, INDEXING THE CORE LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF WITH RESPECT TO THE ELECTRODE PINS WHILE THE SAME ARE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CORE AND SUCCESSIVELY ALONG AND OVER THE LENGTH OF THE CORE AND IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS ALTERNATELY FROM LAYER TO LAYER THEREBY TO DRAW SUCCESSIVE INCREMENTAL LENGTHS OF SAID TETHERED RIBBON BY AND OVER THE CORE AND INTO POSITIONS OF ALIGNMENT AND ABUTMENT OF THE NODES THEREOF WITH CORRESPONDING NODES OF THE UPPER RIBBON LAYER OF THE CORE, INSERTING THE ELECTRODE PINS INTO THE CORE FOLLOWING EACH OF SAID INDEXING MOVEMENTS THEREOF AND INTO SUPPORTING RELATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID ALIGNED AND ABUTTING NODES, AND PASSING WELDING CURRENT TO THE ELECTRODE PINS THROUGH SAID ALIGNED AND ABUTTING NODES THEREBY TO BOND THE SAME TOGETHER.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF FABRICATING HONEYCOMB CORE OF UNLIMITED LENGTH FROM A CONTINUOUS CORRUGATED METALLIC RIBBON TETHERED THERETO AND LAYER BY LAYER VERTICALLY DOWNWARD WITH RESPECT TO A PLURALITY OF HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED ELECTRODE PINS INSERTABLE INTO THE UPPER LAYER OF CELLS OF THE CORE, SAID METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF SUCCESSIVELY LOWERING THE CORE LAYER BY LAYER WITH RESPECT TO SAID ELECTRODE PINS WHILE THE SAME ARE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CORE AND DOUBLING SAID RIBBON BACK AND FORTH UPON ITSELF LAYER BY LAYER AND OVER THE LENGTH OF THE CORE THEREBY TO FORM THE SUCCESSIVE LAYERS OF CELLS OF THE CORE, INDEXING THE CORE LONGITUDINALLY THEREOF WITH RESPECT TO THE ELECTRODE PINS WHILE THE SAME ARE WITHDRAWN FROM THE CORE AND SUCCESSIVELY ALONG AND OVER THE LENGTH OF THE CORE AND IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS ALTERNATELY FROM LAYER TO LAYER THEREBY TO DRAW SUCCESSIVE INCREMENTAL LENGTHS OF SAID TETHERED RIBBON BY AND OVER THE CORE AND INTO POSITIONS OF ALIGNMENT AND ABUTMENT OF THE NODES THEREOF WITH CORRESPONDING NODES OF THE UPPER RIBBON LAYER OF THE CORE, INSERTING THE ELECTRODE PINS INTO THE CORE FOLLOWING EACH OF SAID INDEXING MOVEMENTS THEREOF AND INTO SUPPORTING RELATION WITH RESPECT TO SAID ALIGNED AND ABUTTING NODES, AND PASSING WELDING CURRENT TO THE ELECTRODE PINS THROUGH SAID ALIGNED AND ABUTTING NODES THEREBY TO BOND THE SAME TOGETHER.