Pipe bundling apparatus

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS OF THE TYPE DESCRIBED, MEANS FOR POSITIVELY TRANSVERSELY ADVANCING A PLURALITY OF LENGTHS OF ELONGATED MATERIAL; MEANS FOR CAUSING THE SUCCESSIVE DISCHARGE FROM SAID ADVANCING MEANS OF A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF SAID LENGTHS WHILE THEY ARE DISPOSED IN A PREDETERMINED LONGITUDINAL RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER; HOLDING MEANS FOR RECEIVING SAID NUMBER OF LENGTHS SO DISCHARGED AND ARRANGING THEM IN A SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER; MEANS FOR WRAPPING STRAND MATERIAL AROUND SAID ARRANGED LENGTHS TO FORM A BUNDLE, MEANS FOR REMOVING EACH OF SAID BUNDLES FROM SAID HOLDING MEANS AND TEMPORARILY STORING IT; MEANS FOR DISCHARGING A GROUP OF BUNDLES AFTER A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF THEM HAVE BEEN SO STORED; MEANS FOR CONVEYING SAID GROUP OF BUNDLES AWAY FROM SAID STORING MEANS TO A PREDETERMINED LOCATION; AND MEANS AT SAID LOCATION FOR REMOVING SAID BUNDLES AND FORMING A LOAD OF A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF BUNDLES.