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Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR MAKING FRINGE MATERIAL COMPRISING: A FIXED MANDREL HAVING A FLAT UPPER SURFACE, A LOWER SURFACE HAVING A PAIR OF GROOVES ARRANGED THEREIN, SAID MANDREL ALSO HAVING FIRST AND SECOND LATERAL EDGES, EACH LATERAL EDGE HAVING A GROOVE EXTENDING THE LENGTH THEREOF; A CIRCULAR HOOP HAVING AN AXIS OF ROTATION COINCIDING WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID MANDREL AND ADAPTED TO ROTATE ABOUT SAID MANDREL; A PLURALITY OF CORD STORAGE MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID HOOP EQUIDISTANT FROM ONE ANOTHER ON THE PERIPHERY OF SAID HOOP; MANDREL SUPPORT MEANS AFFIXED TO SAID MANDREL AT THE TOPMOST PORTION THEREOF; TWO ROTATABLE SHAFT MEMBERS MOUNTED ON SAID MANDREL SUPPORT MEANS, ONE OF SAID ROTATABLE SHAFT MEMBERS BEING ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO AN EXTERNAL POWER SOURCE PROVIDING ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT THEREFOR; A GEAR MEMBER ARRANGED ON ONE END OF EACH SHAFT MEMBER, SAID GEAR MEMBERS DIRECTLY MERSHING WHEREBY ROTATION IN A GIVEN DIRECTION OF THE GEAR MEMBER ON THE SHAFT MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO AN EXTERNAL POWER SOURCE WILL CAUSE ROTATION OF THE OTHER GEAR MEMBER IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION; A PULLEY MEMBER ADFAPTED TO RECEIVE A BELT MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID SHAFT MEMBERS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID MANDREL SUPPORT MEANS FROM SAID GEAR MEMBERS; A ROTATABLE SHAFT MOUNTED IN EACH OF THE TWO LOWERMOST CORNERS OF SAID MANDREL; A PULLEY ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A BELT MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID SHAFTS; SAID PULLEY MEMBERS AND SAID PULLEYS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR; A FIRST CONTINUOUS BELT ARRANGED TO TRAVEL IN THE SEQUENCE NAMED, FROM ONE OF SAID PULLEY MEMBERS THROUGH THE GROOVE IN ONE OF THE LATERAL EDGES OF SAID MANDREL, THEN AROUND THE PULLEY LOCATED AT ONE OF THE TWO LOWERMOST CORNERS OF SAID MANDREL, THEN BACKO TO SAID ONE PULLY MEMBER THROUGH ONE OF THE GROOVES ION THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID MANDREL; AND, A SECOND CONTINUOUS BELT ARRANGED TO TRAVEL IN THE SEQUENCE NAMED, FROM THE OTHER OF SAID PULLEY MEMBERS THROUGH THE GROOVE IN THE OTHER LOCATED EDGE OF SAID MANDREL, THEN AROUND THE OTHER PULLEY LOCATED AT THE OTHER LOWERMOST CORNER OF SAID MANDREL, THEN BACK TO SAID OTHER PULLEY MEMBER THROUGH THE OTHER OF THE GROOVES IN THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID MANDREL; WHEREBY A ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT IMPARTED TO SAID ONE SHAFT MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO AN EXTERNAL POWER SOURCE WILL CAUSE THE PORTIONS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND BELTS TRAVELING ION THE GROOVES IN THE OPPOSITE LATERAL EDGES OF SAID MANDREL TO MOVE IN THE SAME DIRECTION; A PLURALITY OF CORD GUIDE MEANS ARRANGED TO ROTATE IN SYNCHRONISM WITH SAID HOOP AND TO GUIDE CORDS FROM SAID PLURALITY OF CORD GUIDE MEANS TO WRAP CORDS ABOUT SAID MANDREL AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONTINUOUS BELTS IN THE GROOVES PROVIDED IN THE LATERAL EDGES AND THE LOWER SURFACE THEREOF, SAID PLURALITY OF CORD GUIDE MEANS BEING RESPECTIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH A CORRESPONDING ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF CORD STORAGE MEANS, SAID PLURALITY OF CORD GUIDE MEANS LAYING CORDS FROM SAID PLURALITY OF CORD STORAGE MEANS IN A SEQUENTIAL SIDE-BYSIDE RELATIONSHIP ON SAID MANDREL TO FORM A CORD COIL; MEANS FOR SYNCHRONOUSLY ROTATING SAID HOOP A FULL 360 DEGREES FOR EACH INCREMENT OF BELT TRAVEL WHICH IS EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF A SINGLE CORD, THEREBY ADVANCING EACH OF SAID CORDS IN SAID CORD COIL A SIMILAR DISTANCE ALONG SAID MANDREL; AND STITCHING MEANS ADAPTED TO SEW RETAINING STITCHES IN SAID CORD COIL AS IT MOVES OFF THE MANDREL, SAID STITCHES RUNNING IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO THAT OF THE CORDS IN THE CORD COIL.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR MAKING FRINGE MATERIAL COMPRISING: A FIXED MANDREL HAVING A FLAT UPPER SURFACE, A LOWER SURFACE HAVING A PAIR OF GROOVES ARRANGED THEREIN, SAID MANDREL ALSO HAVING FIRST AND SECOND LATERAL EDGES, EACH LATERAL EDGE HAVING A GROOVE EXTENDING THE LENGTH THEREOF; A CIRCULAR HOOP HAVING AN AXIS OF ROTATION COINCIDING WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID MANDREL AND ADAPTED TO ROTATE ABOUT SAID MANDREL; A PLURALITY OF CORD STORAGE MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID HOOP EQUIDISTANT FROM ONE ANOTHER ON THE PERIPHERY OF SAID HOOP; MANDREL SUPPORT MEANS AFFIXED TO SAID MANDREL AT THE TOPMOST PORTION THEREOF; TWO ROTATABLE SHAFT MEMBERS MOUNTED ON SAID MANDREL SUPPORT MEANS, ONE OF SAID ROTATABLE SHAFT MEMBERS BEING ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO AN EXTERNAL POWER SOURCE PROVIDING ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT THEREFOR; A GEAR MEMBER ARRANGED ON ONE END OF EACH SHAFT MEMBER, SAID GEAR MEMBERS DIRECTLY MERSHING WHEREBY ROTATION IN A GIVEN DIRECTION OF THE GEAR MEMBER ON THE SHAFT MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO AN EXTERNAL POWER SOURCE WILL CAUSE ROTATION OF THE OTHER GEAR MEMBER IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION; A PULLEY MEMBER ADFAPTED TO RECEIVE A BELT MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID SHAFT MEMBERS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID MANDREL SUPPORT MEANS FROM SAID GEAR MEMBERS; A ROTATABLE SHAFT MOUNTED IN EACH OF THE TWO LOWERMOST CORNERS OF SAID MANDREL; A PULLEY ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A BELT MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID SHAFTS; SAID PULLEY MEMBERS AND SAID PULLEYS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR; A FIRST CONTINUOUS BELT ARRANGED TO TRAVEL IN THE SEQUENCE NAMED, FROM ONE OF SAID PULLEY MEMBERS THROUGH THE GROOVE IN ONE OF THE LATERAL EDGES OF SAID MANDREL, THEN AROUND THE PULLEY LOCATED AT ONE OF THE TWO LOWERMOST CORNERS OF SAID MANDREL, THEN BACKO TO SAID ONE PULLY MEMBER THROUGH ONE OF THE GROOVES ION THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID MANDREL; AND, A SECOND CONTINUOUS BELT ARRANGED TO TRAVEL IN THE SEQUENCE NAMED, FROM THE OTHER OF SAID PULLEY MEMBERS THROUGH THE GROOVE IN THE OTHER LOCATED EDGE OF SAID MANDREL, THEN AROUND THE OTHER PULLEY LOCATED AT THE OTHER LOWERMOST CORNER OF SAID MANDREL, THEN BACK TO SAID OTHER PULLEY MEMBER THROUGH THE OTHER OF THE GROOVES IN THE LOWER SURFACE OF SAID MANDREL; WHEREBY A ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT IMPARTED TO SAID ONE SHAFT MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO AN EXTERNAL POWER SOURCE WILL CAUSE THE PORTIONS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND BELTS TRAVELING ION THE GROOVES IN THE OPPOSITE LATERAL EDGES OF SAID MANDREL TO MOVE IN THE SAME DIRECTION; A PLURALITY OF CORD GUIDE MEANS ARRANGED TO ROTATE IN SYNCHRONISM WITH SAID HOOP AND TO GUIDE CORDS FROM SAID PLURALITY OF CORD GUIDE MEANS TO WRAP CORDS ABOUT SAID MANDREL AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONTINUOUS BELTS IN THE GROOVES PROVIDED IN THE LATERAL EDGES AND THE LOWER SURFACE THEREOF, SAID PLURALITY OF CORD GUIDE MEANS BEING RESPECTIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH A CORRESPONDING ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF CORD STORAGE MEANS, SAID PLURALITY OF CORD GUIDE MEANS LAYING CORDS FROM SAID PLURALITY OF CORD STORAGE MEANS IN A SEQUENTIAL SIDE-BYSIDE RELATIONSHIP ON SAID MANDREL TO FORM A CORD COIL; MEANS FOR SYNCHRONOUSLY ROTATING SAID HOOP A FULL 360 DEGREES FOR EACH INCREMENT OF BELT TRAVEL WHICH IS EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF A SINGLE CORD, THEREBY ADVANCING EACH OF SAID CORDS IN SAID CORD COIL A SIMILAR DISTANCE ALONG SAID MANDREL; AND STITCHING MEANS ADAPTED TO SEW RETAINING STITCHES IN SAID CORD COIL AS IT MOVES OFF THE MANDREL, SAID STITCHES RUNNING IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO THAT OF THE CORDS IN THE CORD COIL.