Apparatus for making plastic webs reinforced with angularly dircted strands

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MAKING STRAND REINFORCED WEBS INCLUDING A PAIR OF ENDLESS CARRIERS HAVING OPPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL REACHES, ADJUSTABLE SPED MEANS FOR ADVANCING THE REACHES, A ROTARY RING THROUGH WHICH THE REACHES EXTEND, A PLURALITY OF STRAND CARRYING SPINDLES ON THE RING, ADJUSTABLE SPEED MEANS FOR ROTATING THE RING TO WIND THE STRANDS HELICALLY AROUND THE REACHES TO FORM A WEB, ENDLESS PAIRS OF V-BELT MEANS FOR GRIPPING THE WEB AT THE EDGES THEREOF CLOSELY ADJACENT THE CARRIERS AND FOR CARRYING THE WEB THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE APPARATUS, ADJUSTABLE SPEED MEANS FOR DRIVING THE GRIPPING MEANS, MOUNTING MEANS FOR THE CARRIERS POSITIONED TO MOVE THE CARRIERS CLOSER TOGETHER JUST BEFORE THE WEB IS ENGAGED BY THE GRIPPING MEANS, AND GRIPPING MEANS INCLUDED AS ENDLESS CHAIN FOR EACH V-BELT, V-SHAPED SUPPORTS ON EACH CHAIN LINK ENGAGING THE V-BELT, AND A FIXED SUPPORT ON WHICH THE CHAIN ROLLS, MEANS FOR APPLYING LONGITUDINAL STRANDS TO THE WEB, MEANS FOR SPRAYING PLASTIC ON THE WEB AFTER GRIPPING, OVEN MEANS FOR DRYING THE PLASTIC ON THE WEB, MEANS FOR CUTTING THE WEB FROM THE CARRIERS, MEANS FOR RELEASING THE GRIPPING MEANS FROM THE WEB, AND MEANS FOR WINDING UP THE WEB.