Apparatus for conveying, strand feeding and applying a reinforcing edging to a fabric material

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MAKING A STRAND-REINFORCED PIECE OF MATERIAL HAVING A PROTECTIVE COVERING OVER THE ENDS OF THE STRANDS, COMPRISING MEANS FOR CONVEYING A PIECE OF MATERIAL ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH, MEANS AT A POINT ALONG SAID PATH FOR INSERTING REINFORCING STRANDS INTO THE PIECE OF MATERIAL IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSELY OF SAID PATH, MEANS SPACED FROM SAID STRAND INSERTING MEANS IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE MATERIAL FOR APPLYING PROTECTIVE COVERING UPON THE ENDS OF THE INSERTED STRANDS, SAID COVERING COMPRISING ELONGATED STRIPS SEPARATE FROM SAID PIECE OF MATERIAL, SAID APPLYING MEANS COMPRISING MEANS FOR ADVANCING SAID STRIPS IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE MATERIAL ADJACENT SAID OPPOSITE EDGES THEREOF, MEANS FOR FOLDING THE ADVANCING STRIPS OVER SAID OPPOSITE LATERAL EDGES, AND MEANS FOR SECURING THE FOLDED STRIPS TO SAID OPPOSITE LATERAL EDGES.