Apparatus for delivering multifilament strands

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING A MULTI-FILAMENT STRAND TO A RECEIVING SURFACE COMPRISING A ROTATED PULL WHEEL, A CYLINDRICAL, PERIPHERAL SURFACE ON THE PULL WHEEL ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A STRAND THEREON AND TO CARRY THE STRAND IN FOLLOWING ADHEREING RELATION, THERE BEING REGULARLY SPACED CROSS SLOTS IN THE PERIPHERAL SURFACE BELOW A STRAND CARRIED THEREON, A ROTARY DEVICE, MEANS POSITIONING THE ROTARY DEVICE ECCENTRICALLY WITHIN THE ROTATED PULL WHEEL, MEANS DRIVING THE ROTARY DEVICE AT A PERIPHERAL SPEED MATCHING THAT OF THE ROTATED PULL WHEEL RADICALLY EXTENDING FINGERS MOUNTED ON THE ROTARY DEVICE AND SPACED TO SUCCESSIVELY PROJECT OUTWARDLY THROUGH SUCCESSIVE SLOTS IN THE PERIPHERAL SURFACE ON THE PULL WHEEL, THE SUCCESSIVE PROJECTIONS OF THE FINGERS RAISING A STRAND CARRIED BY THE PERIPHERAL SURFACE, AND RELEASING THE STRAND FROM ITS FOLLOWING ADHEREING RELATION WITH SAID SURFACE, MEANS ROTATING THE PULL WHEEL AT A SPEED TO KINETICALLY DRIVE THE STRAND IN A TANGENTIAL LINE THEREFROM TOWARD A RECEIVING SURFACE, MOUNTING MEANS FOR THE ROTARY DEVICE, SAID MOUNTING MEANS BEING OSCILLATABLE TO MOVE THE ROTARY DEVICE BACK AND FORTH ALONG A LINEAR PATH TO EFFECT A CIRCUMFERENTIAL OSCILLATION OF THE PROJECTION OF THE FINGERS THROUGH THE SOLTS IN THE PERIPHERAL SURFACE OF THE PULL WHEEL AND A CORRESPONDING CIRCUMFERENTIAL OSCILLATION IN THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL POINT OF RELEASE OF THE STRAND, AND MEANS SO OSCILLATING THE MOUNTING MEANS.