Machines for making laminate suitable for stress bearing materials such as sails

An apparatus for constructing of a material with improved thread layout including for a sail material whereby said material is capable of better resisting aerodynamic and dynamic loading, said apparatus comprising:

• a table;
• a film dispensing means for dispensing said film on said table in an x- and y-axis direction;
• a pair of guide rails one on each side of said table and along a length of said table along the x-axis thereof;
• a pair of carriages, one on each side of said table slidably secured on said guide rails;
• a means for reciprocally driving each individual carriage along a length of said guide rails, along the x-axis of said table;
• a gantry means across the table in y direction thereof interconnected to each of said carriages;
• at least one thread dispensing means slidably secured on said gantry for reciprocal movement on said gantry in y direction thereof;
• means for positioning said carriages along the x-axis of said table and interconnected with means for positioning said thread dispensing means on said gantry;
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• a means for looping around a thread at each side of said table.

In an apparatus for constructing materials with improved thread layouts for said materials to bear stress such as in a sail, said apparatus comprising:

• a table;
• a hold down means within said table for a film along an x- and y- axis of said table;
• a pair of guide rails along the length of said table along x-axis and each side of said table;
• a carriage means for each of said guide rails;
• a gantry interconnected with each of said carriage means on each of the guide rails;
• means for reciprocating said carriage means on said guide rails;
• a thread dispensing means mounted on said gantry;
• means for reciprocating said thread dispensing means on said gantry on a y-axis of said table;
• said means for reciprocating said thread dispensing means and said means for reciprocating said carriage means interconnected with each other for dispensing a thread in a predetermined manner on said table along said x- and y-axis thereof.