Process for making a textile shuttle and textile shuttle blank biscuit

Claim 1

A METHOD FOR MAKING A TEXTILE SHUTTLE HAVING SIDE MEMBERS AND END MEMBERS HAVING SHOULDER AREAS BONDED INTO A UNITARY STRUCTURE WITH A BOBBIN CAVITY HAVING BOBBIN OPENINGS WHICH COMPRISES: (1) ASSEMBLING A PAIR OF SIDE MEMBERS COMPRISING THERMOSETTING SYNTHETIC RESINIMPREGNATED LAMINAE IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER WITH THEIR ENDS TAPERED SO AS TO DEFINE A SHOULDER AREA AT EACH END OF SAID SHUTTLE, (2) ROLLING A THERMOSETTING SYNTHETIC RESIN-IMPREGNATED LAYER OF FABRIC TO FORM A TUBE, (3) FLATTENING SAID TUBE INTO THE SHPE OF A FLATTENED ROD, (4) POSITIONING ONE OF SAID FLATTENED RODS IN EACH OF SAID SHOULDER AREAS, (5) ORIENTING SAID FLATTENED RODS IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE AXES OF THE RODS ABOUT WHICH THE FABRIC WAS ROLLED ARE PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANE OF THE SHUTTLE HAVING SAID BOBBIN OPENINGS, AND (6) CONSOLIDATING THIS ASSEMBLY, UNDER HEAT AND PRESSURE, INTO A UNITARY STRUCTURE.