Method for securing a flexible strip to metal strips

Claim 1

A METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELONGATED STRIP-LIKE PRODUCT COMPOSED OF A RELATIVELY FLEXIBLE STRIP HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSITE EDGE PORTIONS EACH SECURELY ENGAGED TO A RESPECTIVE MARGINAL PORTION OF ONE OF A PAIR OF RELATIVELY RIGID METAL STRIPS, AND METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: MOVING A FIRST OF SAID PAIR OF METAL STRIPS ALONG A PATH IN A LENGTHWISE DIRECTION; POSITIONING SAID FLEXIBLE STRIP IN A FIRST DISPOSITION RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST METAL STRIP WITH ONE EDGE PORTION OF THE FLEXIBLE STRIP LYING ATOP THE FIRST METAL STRIP AND LOCATED ADJACENT ONE MARGINAL PORTION OF THE FIRST METAL STRIP AND THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE FIRST METAL STRIP EXTENDING WIDTHWISE UNDERNEATH THE FLEXIBLE STRIP; MOVING SAID POSITIONED FLEXIBLE STRIP ALONG SAID PATH WITH SAID FIRST METAL STRIP; DEFORMING SAID ONE MARGINAL PORTION OF THE FIRST METAL STRIP ONTO THE ADJACENT EDGE PORTION OF THE FLEXIBLE STRIP AND SECURELY ENGAGING SAID PORTIONS OF THE TWO STRIPS AS THEY MOVE ALONG A FIRST PORTION OF SAID PATH; LOOPING SAID ENGAGED STRIPS THROUGH A SECOND PORTION OF SAID PATH AND THEN MOVING THEM ALONG A THIRD PATH PORTION PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST PATH PORTION; CHANGING THE RELATIVE DISPOSITION OF THE FIRST METAL STRIP AND THE FLEXIBLE STRIP, DURING MOVEMENT THEREOF ALONG THE SECOND PATH PORTION, TO A SECOND DISPOSITION IN WHICH THE UNENGAGED PORTIONS OF THE FIRST METAL STRIP AND THE FLEXIBLE STRIP EXTEND WIDTHWISE IN RESPECTIVE NON-OVERLAPPING DIRECTIONS FROM THE ENGAGED PORTIONS THEREOF; MOVING A SECOND OF SAID PAIR OF METAL STRIPS ALONG A PATH PARALLEL TO SAID THIRD PORTION OF THE PATH FOLLOWED BY SAID FIRST METAL STRIP AND FLEXIBLE STRIP; POSITIONING SAID FLEXIBLE STRIP, MOVING ALONG ITS THIRD PATH PORTION, RELATIVE TO THE SECOND METAL STRIP WITH THE OTHER EDGE PORTION OF THE FLEXIBLE STRIP LYING ATOP THE SECOND METAL STRIP AND LOCATED ADJACENT ONE MARGINAL PORTION OF THE SECOND METAL STRIP AND THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE SECOND METAL STRIP EXTENDING WIDTHWISE UNDERNEATH THE FLEXIBLE STRIP; AND DEFORMING SAID ONE MARGINAL PORTION OF THE SECOND METAL STRIP ONTO THE ADJACENT EDGE PORTION OF THE FLEXIBLE STRIP AND SECURELY ENGAGING SAID PORTIONS OF THE TWO STRIPS AS THEY MOVE ALONG THEIR RESPECTIVE PATHS.

Claim 2

A METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELONGATED STRIP-LIKE PRODUCT COMPOSED OF A RELATIVELY FLEXIBLE STRIP HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSITE EDGE PORTIONS EACH SECURELY ENGAGED TO A RESPECTIVE MARGINAL PORTION OF ONE OF A PAIR OF RELATIVELY RIGID METAL STRIPS, AND METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: MOVING A FIRST OF SAID PAIR OF METAL STRIPS ALONG A PATH IN A LENGTHWISE DIRECTION; POSITIONING SAID FLEXIBLE STRIP IN A FIRST DISPOSITION RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST METAL STRIP WITH ONE EDGE PORTION OF THE FLEXIBLE STRIP LYING ATOP THE FIRST METAL STRIP AND LOCATED ADJACENT ONE MARGINAL PORTION OF THE FIRST METAL STRIP AND THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE FIRST METAL STRIP EXTENDING WIDTHWISE UNDERNEATH THE FLEXIBLE STRIP; MOVING SAID POSITIONED FLEXIBLE STRIP ALONG SAID PATH WITH SAID FIRST METAL STRIP; DEFORMING SAID ONE MARGINAL PORTION OF THE FIRST METAL STRIP ONTO THE ADJACENT EDGE PORTION OF THE FLEXIBLE STRIP AND SECURELY ENGAGING SAID PORTIONS OF THE TWO STRIPS AS THEY MOVE ALONG A FIRST PORTION OF SAID PATH; LOOPING SAID ENGAGED STRIPS THROUGH A SECOND PORTION OF SAID PATH AND THEN MOVING THEM ALONG A THIRD PATH PORTION PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST PATH PORTION; CHANGING THE RELATIVE DISPOSITION OF THE FIRST METAL STRIP AND THE FLEXIBLE STRIP, DURING MOVEMENT THEREOF ALONG THE SECOND PATH PORTION, TO A SECOND DISPOSITION IN WHICH THE UNENGAGED PORTIONS OF THE FIRST METAL STRIP AND THE FLEXIBLE STRIP EXTEND WIDTHWISE IN RESPECTIVE NON-OVERLAPPING DIRECTIONS FROM THE ENGAGED PORTIONS THEREOF; MOVING A SECOND OF SAID PAIR OF METAL STRIPS ALONG A PATH PARALLEL TO SAID THIRD PORTION OF THE PATH FOLLOWED BY SAID FIRST METAL STRIP AND FLEXIBLE STRIP; POSITIONING SAID FLEXIBLE STRIP, MOVING ALONG ITS THIRD PATH PORTION, RELATIVE TO THE SECOND METAL STRIP WITH THE OTHER EDGE PORTION OF THE FLEXIBLE STRIP LYING ATOP THE SECOND METAL STRIP AND LOCATED ADJACENT ONE MARGINAL PORTION OF THE SECOND METAL STRIP AND THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE SECOND METAL STRIP EXTENDING WIDTHWISE UNDERNEATH THE FLEXIBLE STRIP; AND DEFORMING SAID ONE MARGINAL PORTION OF THE SECOND METAL STRIP ONTO THE ADJACENT EDGE PORTION OF THE FLEXIBLE STRIP AND SECURELY ENGAGING SAID PORTIONS OF THE TWO STRIPS AS THEY MOVE ALONG THEIR RESPECTIVE PATHS.