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Automatic tape laying apparatus

  • US 4,541,886 A
  • Filed: 03/02/1984
  • Issued: 09/17/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Automatic tape laying apparatus including surface means onto which portions of tape are laid for profiling to shape and size, tool means on which the profiled portions are laid-up to form an article to be cured, and transfer means for transferring the profiled portions from the surface means to the tool means and effecting laying-up thereon, the transfer means comprising carrier means having a generally arcuate surface region, drive means to roll the carrier means over a portion of tape upon the surface means, holding means arranged to hold the tape portion against the arcuate surface of the carrier means as the carrier means is rolled over said portion, traversing means to traverse the carrier means to a laying-up position over the tool means, said drive means effective to both urge the carrier means against and to roll over the tool means, and means to progressively release regions of the carried portion of tape as those regions lie between the arcuate surface and the tool means whereby the tape portion is progressively laid-up upon the tool means.

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