Method and apparatus for assembling rubber threads into ribbons

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR FORMING CURED RUBBER THREADS INTO A RIBBON COMPRISING A ROTATABLE DRUM ON WHICH THE CURED THREADS ARE WRAPPED IN INDIVIDUAL COILS, MEANS TO ROTATE SAID DRUM AT A GIVEN PERIPHERAL SPEED, A LET-OFF ROLL FOR SAID THREADS ROTATING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS BUT AT A PERIPHERAL SPEED HIGHER THAN THAT OF SAID DRUM, A COMB FOR ARRANGING SAID THREADS INTO A BAND OF UNIFORMLY SPACED THREADS, A BEATER ROLL ENGAGING SAID THREADS AND ROTATING WITH BUT FASTER THAN THE MOTION OF SAID THREADS, MEANS FOR GROUPING SAID THREADS INTO RIBBON, MEANS FOR ASSEMBLING ADJACENT THREADS OF EACH RIBBON TOGETHER EDGE TO EDGE, A ROUGHENED THREAD JIGGLING ROLL ROTATING OPPOSITELY TO THREAD MOTION AGAINST WHICH SAID THREADS ARE LIGHTLY PRESSED, A CEMENT ROLL OVER WHICH SAID THREADS PASS, MEANS FOR LIGHTLY CROWDING THREADS TOGETHER THAT MIGHT HAVE SEPARATED DURING CEMENTING, ONE OR MORE PAIRS OF PULL ROLLS FOR SAID THREADS WITH SAID PAIRS OF ROLLS BEING DISPOSED ONE ABOVE THE OTHER, SAID PULL ROLLS HAVING A PROGRESSIVELY INCREASING PERIPHERAL SPEED MOVING IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF SAID THREADS, AND A CEMENT DRYER AT SAID PULL ROLLS.