Winding machine

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR WINDING A FILAMENT TAPE ALONG A HELICAL PATH ON THE SURFACE OF A RELATIVELY LARGE CYLINDRICAL BODY HAVING AN END DOME STRUCTURE, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING, SUPPORT MEANS FOR SUPPORTING THE BODY AT ONE END WITH THE AXIS OF THE BODY EXTENDING VERTICALLY; VERTICALLY EXTENDING FIXED RACK MEANS SPACED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE BODY; AN ELEVATING PLATFORM CONCENTRIC WITH THE BODY AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID RACK MEANS FOR VERTICAL MOVEMENT THEREALONG; A ROTATABLE PLATFORM ROTATABLY SUPPORTED BY SAID ELEVATING PLATFORM FOR ROTATION ABOUT THE AXIS OF THE BODY; FILAMENT TAPE SUPPLY MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART TAPE GUIDE MEANS EACH FREELY ROTATABLE ABOUT AN AXIS NORMAL TO THE AXIS OF THE BODY OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID ROTATABLE PLATFORM FOR SUPPLYING FILAMENT TAPE TO THE SURFACE OF THE BODY; MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID PLURALITY OF SPACED APART TAPE GUIDE MEANS SO THAT ALL OF THE SAME ROTATE IN UNISON; MEANS CARRIED BY SAID ELEVATING PLATFORM OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID RACK MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID ELEVATING PLATFORM VERTICALLY RELATIVE TO SAID RACK MEANS; FIRST MOTOR MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID LAST NAMED MEANS FOR DRIVING THE SAME TO VERTICALLY MOVE SAID ELEVATING PLATFORM; SECOND MOTOR MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID ROTATABLE PLATFORM FOR ACTUATING THE SAME; AND CONTROL MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND MOTOR MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME TO COORDINATE THE VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF SAID ELEVATING PLATFORM WITH THE ROTATION OF SAID ROTATABLE PLATFORM.