Tubular stranding machines

Claim 1

IN A TUBULAR STRANDING MACHINE WHICH COMPRISES A MULTIPLICITY OF AXIALLY ALIGNED, ROTATBALY-MOUNTED TUBE SECTIONS ARRANGED IN SPACED APART DISPOSITION, SUPPORT ROLLERS FOR EACH SAID TUBE SECTION, A DRIVE SHAFT COMMON TO SAID TUBE SECTIONS, DRIVE MEANS BETWEEN SAID SHAFT AND THE INDIVIDUAL TUBE SECTIONS, BEARING MEANS ON EACH SAID TUBE SECTION, BOBBINS SUPPORTED BY SAID BEARING MEANS AND CONNECTING AND JOINED TO THE BEARINGS IN SUCCESSIVE TUBE SECTIONS, EACH TUBE SECTION CONSISTING OF A CYLINDRICAL BODY PART, A PLATE ADJACENT TO EACH END OF THE SAID BODY PART, THE BEARINGS BEING POSITIONED CENTRALLY OF EACH PLATE, A PERIPHERAL FLANGE ON THE BODY PART AT EACH END THEREOF, A PERIPHERAL FLANGE INTERMEDIATE THE SAID ENDS, AND HOLES THROUGH EACH SAID FLANGE DIRECTED PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE BODY PART, THE PERIPHERAL FLANGES AT EACH END OF THE BODY PART DEFINING SUPPORT SURFACES FOR THE SECTION AND RESTING AGAINST THE ROLLERS.