Faller bars
OwnerBrian Arthur Shawinventor
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Abstract
A steel bar 12 is located in a mold. A plug 22 is inserted through the end of the mold to contact a recess in the end of the portion 14 of the bar and plugs 24 are inserted through the sides of the mold into grooves 20. The plugs hold the bar in position whilst carbon fiber is injected around the bar and around portions of pins 26 to fix the pins 26 in relation to the bar.
Claims22
A method of making a faller bar including a bar, a mold, holder and a series of pins comprising placing the bar in the mold and at least partially locating the bar in the mold by inserting the holders from opposite sides into recesses on opposite sides of the bar and subsequently molding pin support material at least partially around the bar and around part of the series of pins.
A method as claimed 1 comprising bending an end portion of the bar to form a driving portion.
A faller bar including an elongate bar and a molded pin support, the bar including recesses on opposite sides said recesses arranged, in use, to have been engaged by holders having been inserted into those recesses when molding the pin support material at least partially around the bar and a series of pins to comprise the molded pin support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.