Strand collecting apparatus and method
AssigneeOwens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
InventorsJerome P. Klink, Arnold J. Eisenberg
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Abstract
A strand collecting apparatus and method of the type in which the strand is split into bundles and advanced by, and wound onto, a rotating collet is disclosed. The strand is traversed linearly of the axis of rotation of the collet by the rotation of a rotating strand traverse. The strand traverse is oscillated in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the collet, and a strand splitter oscillates in phase with the strand traverse to guide the strand into engagement with the strand traverse.
Claims8
Apparatus for winding strand as a package onto a rotatable collet comprising:
- a strand traverse adapted to guide said strand onto said collet;
- a strand guide means adapted to guide said strand onto said strand traverse, said strand being guided along a first path from said strand guide means to said strand traverse and a second path from said strand traverse to said package, an angle being formed therebetween at said strand traverse, said angle having an obtuse component angle lying in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of said rotatable collet;
- and,
- means for moving said strand guide means during winding to control said obtuse component angle as the diametral size of said package increases.
The method of winding strand as a package onto a rotatable collet comprising:
- guiding said strand onto said collet with a strand traverse;
- guiding said strand onto said strand traverse with a strand guide means, said strand being guided along a first path from said strand guide means to said strand traverse and a second path from said strand traverse to said package to form an angle therebetween at said strand traverse, said angle having an obtuse component angle lying in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of said rotatable collet;
- and,
- moving said strand guide means during winding to control said obtuse component angle of said strand as the diametral size of said package increases.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.