Method of making a composite structure
OwnerAlethea Rosalind Melanie Hallinventor
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Abstract
A method of making a composite structure from a support structure or a plurality of support structures laid side-by-side on a base, is disclosed. The support structure is formed from frameworks each comprising a tube of a flexible material divided by dividing walls of a flexible material into an array of compartments. The frameworks are then filled with a suitable filler material. The frameworks have compartments with three different sizes which have advantages in the construction of certain composite structures.
Claims15
A method of making a composite structure from a support structure, on a base, the support structure being formed from a framework comprising a tube of a flexible material divided by dividing walls of a flexible material into an array of compartments running the length of the tube, the compartments being arranged in rows and columns so that the tube divided by dividing walls has a honeycomb structure, which method includes the steps of:
- (a) locating the framework on the base;
- (b) filling some or all of the compartments with a filler material;
- wherein the framework includes compartments of a first compartment size and a second compartment size and the compartments of the second compartment size are a quarter of the size of the compartments of the first compartment size, the size of a compartment being the cross-sectional area thereof at right angles to the axis of the compartment.
A method of making a composite structure from a plurality of support structures laid side-by-side, on a base, each support structure being formed from a framework comprising a tube of a flexible material divided by dividing walls of a flexible material into an array of compartments running the length of the tube, the compartments being arranged in rows and columns so that the tube divided by dividing walls has a honeycomb structure, which method includes the steps of:
- (a) locating the plurality of frameworks side-by-side on the base;
- (b) filling some or all of the compartments with a filler material;
- wherein at least two adjacent frameworks have compartments of different sizes, the size of a compartment being the cross-sectional area thereof at right angles to the axis of the compartment;
- wherein in two adjacent frameworks having compartments of different sizes, the compartments of a first adjacent framework are a quarter of the size of the compartments of the second adjacent framework.
A framework comprising a tube of a flexible material divided by dividing walls of a flexible material into an array of compartments running the length of the tube, the compartments being arranged in rows and columns so that the tube divided by dividing walls has a honeycomb structure, wherein the framework includes compartments of a first compartment size and a second compartment size and the compartments of the second compartment size are a quarter of the size of the compartments of the first compartment size, the size of the compartment being the cross-sectional area thereof at right angles to the axis of the compartment, the framework being for use in making a support structure on a base.
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