Device for simultaneously manufacturing a plurality of fiber bundles

Claim 1

A device for manufacturing a plurality of fiber bundles comprising a disk reel rotatably mounted on a rotary shaft; a base plate secured at its one end by a mounting plate to said disk reel and extending perpendicular to said disk reel and having at its each end an end plate; a number of parallel partition plates secured to said base plate and arranged between said end plates in two longitudinal rows and spaced apart one from the other, said two longitudinal rows being spaced apart from each other along the outer periphery of said disk reel; two longitudinal shafts slidably and rotatably supported by said end plates and extending through said parallel partition plates; a number of pairs of slit forming plates, each pair of slit forming plates being detachably mounted on each of said two longitudinal shafts; a spacer detachably sandwiched between said each pair of slit forming plates and having a thickness substantially larger than the diameter of a fiber to be wound; a resilient engaging member comprised of a collar integral with said longitudinal shaft and an elastic member fitted around said longitudinal shaft and in contact with one of each pair of said slit forming plates; a spring inserted between one of said shaft ends and said plate and urging said longitudinal shaft toward the other shaft end; and means for axially moving said shaft against the action of said spring and comprised of a nut secured to said end plate and a knob threadedly engaged with said nut, whereby said each pair of slit forming plates are urged against corresponding partition plates to form a slit with gap substantially larger than the diameter of one fiber and having wound therein fibers in superimposed relation.

Claim 2

A device for manufacturing a plurality of fiber bundles comprising a disk reel rotatably mounted on a rotary shaft; a base plate secured at its one end by a mounting plate to said disk reel and extending perpendicular to said disk reel and having at its each end an end plate; a number of parallel partition plates secured to said base plate and arranged between said end plates in two longitudinal rows and spaced apart one from the other, said two longitudinal rows being spaced apart from each other along the outer periphery of said disk reel; two longitudinal shafts slidably and rotatably supported by said end plates and extending through said parallel partition plates; a number of pairs of slit forming plates, each pair of slit forming plates being detachably mounted on each of said two longitudinal shafts; a spacer detachably sandwiched between said each pair of slit forming plates and having a thickness substantially larger than the diameter of a fiber to be wound; a resilient engaging member comprised of a collar integral with said longitudinal shaft and an elastic member fitted around said longitudinal shaft and in contact with one of each pair of said slit forming plates; a spring inserted between one of said shaft ends and said plate and urging said longitudinal shaft toward the other shaft end; and means for axially moving said shaft against the action of said spring and comprised of a nut secured to said end plate and a knob threadedly engaged with said nut, whereby said each pair of slit forming plates are urged against corresponding partition plates to form a slit with gap substantially larger than the diameter of one fiber and having wound therein fibers in superimposed relation.