Apparatus for making reinforced webs

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IN AN APPARATUS FOR MAKING STRAND REINFORCED WEBS THE COMBINATION OF A SPINNER RING ROTATABLE IN A VERTICAL PLANE, A PLURALITY OF PLANES OF STRAND CARRYING SPOOLS ON THE RING, A FIRST PAIR OF OPPOSED ENDLESS BELTS HAVING PARALLEL REACHES PASSING THROUGH THE SPINNER RING ABOUT WHICH THE STRANDS ARE WOUND AS THE SPINNER RING ROTATES, MEANS FOR ROTATING THE RING, MEANS FOR ADVANCING THE PARALLEL REACHES OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF OPPOSED ENDLESS BELT, A FIXED NON-ROTATABLE GUIDE MEANS POSITIONED ADJACENT THE SPINNER RING AGAINST WHICH EACH STRAND IN TURN STRIKES AS THE RING ROTATES TO LAY THE STRANDS ON THE PARALLEL REACHES OF SAID FRIST PAIR OF BELTS IN EQUALLY SPACED RELATION, A SECOND PAIR OF OPPOSED ENDLESS BELT MEANS HAVING PARALLEL REACHES FOR GRIPPING THE STRANDS ADJACENT TO THE PARALLEL REACHES OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF OPPOSED ENDLESS BELTS SO AS TO MOVE THE STRANDS INTO ADJACENT RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER AND ALL LYING IN THE SAME PLANE, MEANS FOR ADVANCING THE PARALLEL REACHES OF SAID SECOND PAIR OF OPPOSED ENDLESS BELTS, ELECTRICAL HEATER MEANS FOR CUTTING THE STRANDS WHERE THEY ARE WOUND AROUND SAID FIRST PAIR OF OPPOSED ENDLESS BELTS AFTER THE STRANDS HAVE BEEN GRIPPED BY SAID SECOND PAIR OF OPPOSED ENDLESS BELTS, MOVABLE ENDLESS CATERPILLAR CHAIN MEANS ENGAGING BEHIND SAID SECOND PAIR OF ENDLESS BELTS TO ASSIST SAID SECOND PAIR OF ENDLESS BELTS TO HOLD THE STRANDS IN FIXED RELATIN SHIP THERETO, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING WARP THREADS TO THE STRANDS TO DEFINE A WEB, MEANS FOR APPLYING A BINDER TO THE WEB, AND MEANS FOR CURING THE BINDER.