Winding or lapping machine

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR WINDING LAPS OF TAPE ABOUT A MEMBER WHICH IS BEING AXIALLY ADVANCED THROUGH THE MACHINE, SAID MACHINE COMPRISING: A TUBULAR SHAFT SUPPORTED FOR ROTATION AND THROUGH WHICH THE MEMBER IS AXIALLY ADVANCED, SAID SHAFT HAVING AN INLET END AND AN OUTLET END FOR PASSAGE OF THE MEMBER, A PAIR OF COILS OF LAPPING TAPE SUPPORTED COAXIALLY AT EITHER END OF SAID SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH FOR THEREBY ROTATING AROUND THE AXIALLY ADVANCING MEMBER, GUIDE MEANS FOR EACH OF SAID COILS OF TAPE SUPPORTED ON SAID SHAFT FOR ENGAGING TAPE FROM THE ASSOCIATED COILS AND GUIDING THE TAPES TO THE MEMBER AT ANGULARLY SPACED LOCATIONS AT A COMMON ZONE LOCATED DOWNSTREAM OF THE OUTLET END OF THE SHAFT, AND MEANS FOR ROTATING THE COILS OF TAPE AND RESPECTIVE GUIDE MEANS IN SYNCHRONIZATION AS THE MEMBER IS BEING AXIALLY ADVANCED WHEREBY A PLURALITY OF HELICES OF TAPE OF EQUAL PITCH ARE LAPPED AROUND THE MEMBER IN ANGULARLY DISPLACED RELATION, SAID SHAFT HAVING AN AXIAL SLOT THERETHROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE INLET END TO THE OUTLET END OF THE SHAFT, SAID SLOT CONSTITUTING A GUIDEWAY THROUGH WHICH TAPE FROM THE COIL SUPPORTED ON THE SHAFT AT THE INLET END IS DRAWN BY THE ASSOCIATED GUIDE MEANS FOR BEING WOUND AROUND THE MEMBER AT SAID ZONE.