Grid winding machine

Claim 1

A RIGID WINDING MACHINE COMPRISING A SPINDLE, A FIRST MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID SPINDLE, A PLURALITY OF SPACED SUPPORT MEMBERS HELD BY AN ROTATED WITH SAID SPINDLE, A SECOND MEANS FOR ADVANCING SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS LONGITUDINALLY AT A FIRST SPEED, A SPOOL OF GRID WIRE, AND A THRID MEANS FOR SUPPLYING SAID GRID WIRE TO SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS WHEREIN UPON SAID ROTATIVE AND LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENTS OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS WIRE IS DRAWN FROM SAID SPOOL AND WOUND ABOUT SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS, A FOURTH MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FIRST MEANS TO CAUSE A PERIODIC INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR GRID WIRE FROM SAID SOURCE, AND A FIFTH MEANS ADAPTED TO DRIVE SAID SPOOL AND OPERATIVELY ASSOCAITED WITH SAID FOURTH MEANS FOR SUPPLEMENTING THE ACTION OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS IN REMOVING WIRE FROM SAID SPOOL SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH SAID PERIODIC INCREASE IN DEMAND.