Method of making frequency responsive device

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF PRODUCING A FREQUENCY RESPONSIVE DEVICE HAVING A DESIRED PLURALITY OF FLEXIBLE, ENERGYTRANSMITTING FIBERS RESPONSIVE THROUGHOUT A DESIRED FREQUENCY RANGE, INCLUDING THE STEPS OF, (A) FORMING A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT MOUNTING MEMBERS EACH WITH AN APERTURE THEREIN HAVING A PREDETERMINED CONTOUR RELATED TO A PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY RANGE, (B) APPLY AN ADHESIVE COATING TO EACH OF SAID MOUNTING MEMBERS IN THE VICINITY OF SAID APERTURES, (C) REMOVABLY SECURING A PLURALITY OF SAID MOUNTING MEMBERS TO THE DRUM OF A WINDING MACHINE WITH SAID APERTURES ALIGNED WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, (D) WINDING SAID FIBERS ACROSS APERTURES IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION AND ON SAID ADHESIVE COATING FOR SECURING A FIRST PLURALITY OF SAID FIBERS TO RESPECTIVE MOUNTING MEMBERS WHILE PROVIDING A FREE FIBER AREA DEFINED BY SAID APERTURES, (E) FORMING SAID WOUND MOUNTING MEMBERS INTO INDIVIDUAL SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT LAMINATIONS, (F) STACKING A PLURALITY OF SAID LAMINATIONS TO PROVIDE SAID DESIRED PLURALITY OF FIBERS IN SAID PARALLEL AND SPACED RELATION WITH SAID APERTURES ALIGNED TO DEFINE A MOLD, (G) FUSING SAID STACKED MOUNTING MEMBERS INTO AN INTEGRAL UNIT, (H) POTTING SAID FIBERS WITHIN SAID MOLD FOR SECURING SAID FIBERS IN SAID FREE FIBER AREA, (I) CUTTING SAID POTTED INTEGRAL UNIT INTO THE DESIRED ARRAY SIZE WITH SAID FIBERS HAVING EXPOSED EXTREMITIES, (J) POLISHING THE EXPOSED EXTREMITIES OF SAID FIBERS, (K) AND FREEING THE POTTED PORTION OF SAID FIBERS TO PROVIDE AN ARRAY HAVING A PLURALITY OF CANTILEVERED FIBERS OF VARYING LENGTHS RESPONSIVE TO A PLURALITY OF FREQUENCIES THROUGHOUT A DESIRED FREQUENCY RANGE.