Machine for making contour-core blankets

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR MAKING A TESSELLATED CONTOUR-CORE BLANKET THAT IS CONFORMABLE TO A CONTOUR SURFACE FOR LAMINATION THERETO BY A BONDING AGENT. A. A COATING STATION B. MEANS SUPPLYING A WEB OF SCRIM MATERIAL TO SAID COATING STATION TO APPLY A COATING OF ADHESIVE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WEB, SAID SCRIM HAVING AN OPEN-MESH RENDERING IT PERMEABLE TO SAID BONDING AGENT, SAID COATING STATION INCLUDING A SPREADER ROLL TO REMOVE WRINKLES FROM THE SCRIM WEB ENTERING SAID STATION, AND PRINTING ROLL ENGAGING THE UNDERSURFACE OF SAID WEB TO APPLY AN ADHESIVE SOLUTION THERETO IN A PREDETERMINED PATTERN C. A COMBINING STATION D. MEANS TO FEED A TRAIN OF BALSA PANELS TO SAID COMBINING STATION AND MEANS INCLUDING AN OVEN TO CONCURRENTLY PASS THE COATED WEB THROUGH SAID OVEN BEFORE IT ENTERS SAID COMBINING STATION TO RENDER THE ADHESIVE LAYER TACKY, AND TO THEN FEED THE COATED WEB INTO SAID COMBINING STATION TO PRESS AND BOND SAID COATED WEB TO THE FACE OF SAID PANELS, E. A SCRIN-CUTTING STATION TO CUT SAID SCRIM WEB TRANSVERSELY BETWEEN SUCESSIVE PANELS IN SAID TRAIN TO PRODUCE A TRAIN OF SCRIM-FACED PANELS, F. A TURNOVER DEVICE OPERATIVELY COUPLED TO THE OUTPUT OF SAID SCRIN-CUTING STATION REVERSING THE POSITION OF SAID SCRIM-FACED PANELS TO PRODUCE A TRAIN OF SCRIM BASED PANELS. G. A FIRST SLITTING MACHINE FOR RECEIVING THE TRAIN OF SCRIMBASED PANELS FROM SAID TURNOVER DEVICE AND FOR SLITTING SAME LONGITUDINALLY TO SECTION THE PANELS INTO PARALLEL STRIPS, AND H. A SECOND SLITTING STATION FOR RECEIVING THE TRAIN OF LONGITUDINALLY SLIT, SCRIM-BASED PANELS FROM THE FIRST SLITTING STATION FOR SLITTING SAME TRANVERSELY TO PRODUCE BLOCKS, THE SLITTERS AT SAID FIRST AND SECOND STATION BEING SET TO FALL SHORT OF SAID SCRIM AND TO HAVE A SUPERFICAL SKIN HOLDING THE BLOCKS TOGETHER TO PREVENT GAPS THEREBETWEEN AND TO PREVENT SAID BONDING AGENT FROM SEEPING INTO THE SPACES BETWEEN SAID BLOCKS.