Apparatus for winding resin-impregnated strands on a mandrel involving a winding control pattern

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR WINDING RESIN IMPREGNATED FILAMENTS ONTO A MANDREL COMPRISING: A ROTATABLE MANDREL; MEANS SUPPORTING SAID MANDREL; A MOTOR CONNECTED TO SAID MANDREL TO ROTATE SAID MANDREL; A CARRIAGE HAVING MEANS FOR RESIN IMPREGNATING AND GUIDING FILAMENTS BEING WOUND ON SAID MANDREL; A CARRIAGE DRIVE; SAID CARRIAGE DRIVE BEING CONNECTED TO SAID CARRIAGE TO CAUSE SAID CARRIAGE TO RECIPROCATE LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID MANDREL; CARRIAGE DRIVE CONTROL MEANS; A DIFFERENTIAL MECHANISM FOR ACTUATING SAID CARRIAGE DRIVE CONTROL MEANS; VARIABLE PATTERN, WINDING CONTROL MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY VARYING WINDING PATTERNS; FIRST MEANS TRANSMITTING THE DESIRED POSITION OF SAID CARRIAGE, WITH RESPECT TO THE ROTATION OF SAID MANDREL, FROM SAID VARIABLE PATTERN, WINDING CONTROL MEANS TO SAID MECHANISM; SECOND MEANS TRANSMITTING THE ACTUAL POSITION OF SAID CARRIAGE TO SAID MECHANISM; AND MEANS WITHIN SAID DIFFERENTIAL MECHANISM MECHANICALLY COMPARING THE DESIRED POSITION WITH THE ACTUAL POSITION OF SAID CARRIAGE, SAID CARRIAGE DRIVE CONTROL MEANS OPERATING IN RESPONSE TO SAID COMPARISON TO POSITION SAID CARRIAGE WITH RESPECT TO THE ROTATION OF SAID MANDREL; SAID DIFFERENTIAL MECHANISM INCLUDING; A RECIPROCABLE MEMBER COMPRISING AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID FIRST MEANS, A ROTATABLE MEMBER COMPRISING AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID SECOND MEANS, FLEXIBLE MEANS DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER AND SAID RECIPROCABLE MEMBER, SAID FLEXIBLE MEANS HAVING END MEANS OPERABLY CONNECTED WITH SAID RECIPROCABLE MEMBER AND OTHER END MEANS OPERABLY CONNECTED WITH SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER, AND INTERMEDIATE MEANS DISPOSED INTERMEDIATE SAID END MEANS AND DEFLECTED FROM ALIGHMENT WITH AN AXIS EXTENDING THEREBETWEEN, AND A PIVOTABLE MEMBER OPERABLY CONNECTED WITH SAID INTERMEDIATE MEANS OF SAID FLEXIBLE MEANS AND ADAPTED TO PIVOT IN RESPONSE TO DISPLACEMENT OF SAID INTERMEDIATE MEANS INDUCED BY A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MOVEMENTS OF SAID ROTATABLE AND RECIPROCABLE MEMBERS REFLECTING DESIRED AND ACTUAL STRAND MEANS POSITIONS, SAID PIVOTABLE MEMBER BEING OPERABLY CONNECTED WITH SAID CARRIAGE DRIVE CONTROL MEANS AND ADAPTED TO ACTUATE SAID CONTROL MEANS IN RESPONSE TO SAID DIFFERENCE.