Applicator device for a laying machine using a composite material tape

Abstract

Applicator device for a laying machine with mobile head, for laying a composite material tape on a surface of application, said device comprising a rotary application roller carried by a mount fixed to said mobile head which applies said roller against said application surface and which advances said roller transversely to its axis of rotation so that while rolling it applies said tape on said application surface. According to the invention, this device is characterized in that said rotary application roller comprises a resiliently flexible shaft deformable under flexion and a cylinder of resiliently compressible material fast with said shaft, each end of said shaft is connected to said mount by an end bearing, and at least one intermediate bearing is provided between said end bearings for connecting said shaft to said mount.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.