Method of forming a lattice for concrete reinforcements by rolling comb elements onto transverse members of said lattice

Claim 1

A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING TRANSVERSE MEMBERS IN FIXED SPACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER IN A LATTICE STRUCTURE, WHICH COMPRISES: SUPPORTING SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBERS IN THE REQUIRED SPACED POSITIONS IN A FIXED PLANE; PROVIDING A COMB CONSISTING OF AN INVERTED, SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED SHEET METAL ELEMENT HAVING TWO LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING, SLIGHTLY DIVERGENT FLANGES OF EQUAL WIDTH, AND A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING FLEXIBLE WEB INTERCONNECTING SAID FLANGES AT THEIR UPPER EDGES, SAID FLANGES BEING DEPENDENT FROM SAID WEB; SAID FLANGES HAVING PAIRS OF ALIGNED NOTCHES, IN FACING RELATION, SAID PAIRS OF NOTCHES BEING ON PARALLEL AXES, SAID PAIRS OF NOTCHES BEING SPACED LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID FLANGES A DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER CORRESPONDING TO THE SPACING OF SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBERS; EACH OF SAID NOTCHES COMPRISING AN APERTURE, THE TOP OF WHICH ABUTS THE WEB, SAID APERTURE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR AND HAVING A DIAMETER SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE CROSS-SECTIONAL DIMENSION OF SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBERS, AND AN ENTRANCE PASSAGEWAY, NARROWER THAN SAID APERTURE AND CONNECTING SAID APERTURE TO THE LONGITUDINAL BOTTOM EDGE OF SAID FLANGE; EACH OF SAID PASSAGEWAYS HAVING A CONTOUR INCLUDING A FIRST PORTION INCLINED UPWARDLY FROM SAID BOTTOM EDGE AND DEFINING ONE SIDE OF SAID PASSAGEWAY AND MERGING INTO SAID SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR APERTURE, AND A SECOND PORTION DEFINING THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID PASSAGEWAY AND EXTENDING BETWEEN A LOWER PART OF SAID APERTURE AND SAID BOTTOM EDGE OF SAID FLANGE, SAID SECOND CONTOUR PORTION BEING SUCH AS TO PERMIT THE PART OF THE COMB ADJACENT THERETO TO BE BENT UPWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY ABOUT THE TRANSVERSE AXIS OF MINIMUM MOMENT OF INERTIA OF THE PORTION OF SAID SHEET METAL ELEMENT AT THE LOCATION OF THE PAIR OF NOTCHES WHICH ONE OF SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBERS IS ABOUT TO ENGAGE; WINDING SAID COMB AROUND A REEL; EFFECTING A COMB-LAYING OPERATION FOR LOCKINGLY ENGAGING THE PAIRS OF ALIGNED NOTCHES WITH SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBERS, SAID OPERATION CONSISTING IN FIRST PASSING THE FREE END OF SAID COMB AROUND AND UNDER A TENSION ROLLER, THE DIAMETER OF WHICH IS SMALL ENOUGH TO BEND THE COMB IN THE REGION OF THE FIRST PAIR OF

Claim 2

A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING TRANSVERSE MEMBERS IN FIXED SPACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER IN A LATTICE STRUCTURE, WHICH COMPRISES: SUPPORTING SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBERS IN THE REQUIRED SPACED POSITIONS IN A FIXED PLANE; PROVIDING A COMB CONSISTING OF AN INVERTED, SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED SHEET METAL ELEMENT HAVING TWO LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING, SLIGHTLY DIVERGENT FLANGES OF EQUAL WIDTH, AND A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING FLEXIBLE WEB INTERCONNECTING SAID FLANGES AT THEIR UPPER EDGES, SAID FLANGES BEING DEPENDENT FROM SAID WEB; SAID FLANGES HAVING PAIRS OF ALIGNED NOTCHES, IN FACING RELATION, SAID PAIRS OF NOTCHES BEING ON PARALLEL AXES, SAID PAIRS OF NOTCHES BEING SPACED LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID FLANGES A DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER CORRESPONDING TO THE SPACING OF SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBERS; EACH OF SAID NOTCHES COMPRISING AN APERTURE, THE TOP OF WHICH ABUTS THE WEB, SAID APERTURE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR AND HAVING A DIAMETER SLIGHTLY GREATER THAN THE CROSS-SECTIONAL DIMENSION OF SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBERS, AND AN ENTRANCE PASSAGEWAY, NARROWER THAN SAID APERTURE AND CONNECTING SAID APERTURE TO THE LONGITUDINAL BOTTOM EDGE OF SAID FLANGE; EACH OF SAID PASSAGEWAYS HAVING A CONTOUR INCLUDING A FIRST PORTION INCLINED UPWARDLY FROM SAID BOTTOM EDGE AND DEFINING ONE SIDE OF SAID PASSAGEWAY AND MERGING INTO SAID SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR APERTURE, AND A SECOND PORTION DEFINING THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID PASSAGEWAY AND EXTENDING BETWEEN A LOWER PART OF SAID APERTURE AND SAID BOTTOM EDGE OF SAID FLANGE, SAID SECOND CONTOUR PORTION BEING SUCH AS TO PERMIT THE PART OF THE COMB ADJACENT THERETO TO BE BENT UPWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY ABOUT THE TRANSVERSE AXIS OF MINIMUM MOMENT OF INERTIA OF THE PORTION OF SAID SHEET METAL ELEMENT AT THE LOCATION OF THE PAIR OF NOTCHES WHICH ONE OF SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBERS IS ABOUT TO ENGAGE; WINDING SAID COMB AROUND A REEL; EFFECTING A COMB-LAYING OPERATION FOR LOCKINGLY ENGAGING THE PAIRS OF ALIGNED NOTCHES WITH SAID TRANSVERSE MEMBERS, SAID OPERATION CONSISTING IN FIRST PASSING THE FREE END OF SAID COMB AROUND AND UNDER A TENSION ROLLER, THE DIAMETER OF WHICH IS SMALL ENOUGH TO BEND THE COMB IN THE REGION OF THE FIRST PAIR OF