US3616067A - Process and apparatus for forming cross mesh reinforced sheets or foils - Google Patents

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US3616067A
US3616067A US652479A US3616067DA US3616067A US 3616067 A US3616067 A US 3616067A US 652479 A US652479 A US 652479A US 3616067D A US3616067D A US 3616067DA US 3616067 A US3616067 A US 3616067A
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  • Shurtleff ABSTRACT Apparatus for the manufacture of wide meshed textile layers of crossing threads or for the reinforcement of material sheets, especially plastic foils or sheets, where the textile layer is inserted between two sheets or into an unsolidified plastic sheet forming mass, characterized by rotating thread guides which are on one or several thread depositing devices, always in the same even number on each device, and which deposit yarns or threads on two pin chains which are parallel to one another in the area of the deposit and have their pins in the plane of the rotating thread guides; the cross thread groups preferably are laid down at a right angle to the direction of travel of the pin chains and continuously brought together or otherwise combined with the longitudinal thread group; and the mesh enters into or between the two material sheets, preferably foils, at least one foil having an adhesive coating whereby the mesh is bonded together with the foils or solidified therein and whereupon the cross thread group lifts off of the pins of the pin chain or is separated therefrom in known fashion, and further characterized by a dependence of the pin chain velocity from the rate of rotation for
  • v represents the pin chain velocity in meters/minute, a number of thread depositing devices, n the same number of revolutions of the thread guide for all thread depositing devices in r.p.m., Tthe pin chain pitch or distance between the chain pins in meter, and F the number of thread carriers per thread depositing device which is always the same for all thread depositing devices.
  • This invention relates to apparatus for the manufacture of sheets reinforced by an open mesh of crossing yarns or threads, hereinafter called threads, especially plastic foil sheets with the threads inserted between two layers or worked into an unsolidified sheet material and machines for the production of mesh-reinforce foils.
  • Textile layers of wide mesh, not woven threads are used in an increasing amount for the reinforcement of material sheets such as plastic foils, paper sheets, etc.
  • the previously common method for this objective employed a thread layer which featured threads that were bonded at their crossing points and were rolled on a spool for a later joining with the sheet materi al.
  • Such a method has considerable disadvantages.
  • the manufacture of these sheets in two working cycles requires a considerable amount of more working space and investment for the necessary machines.
  • Two bonding processes are required, one for the bonding of the thread and one for the bonding of the thread sheet between the material sheets.
  • the textile sheet is then of a very loose condition without any shear strength. The same stretch is important because the later function of the threads is taking of the cross and longtiudinal forces on the finished sheet.
  • a number of different fixtures are known for the manufacture of wide mesh textile layers.
  • One method for example has parallel, longitudinal threads which are bound on both sides by metal bands. Cross directional threads are laid while the longitudinal threads and metal bands feed in the longitudinal direction, the metal bands preventing a reduction in width of the longitudinal threads.
  • fixtures which guide longitudinal threads in hose form over a body of round cross section while the cross threads from spools wrap around the body.
  • the spools are mounted on a ring-shaped disc which rotates around the longitudinal threads.
  • An endless belt carries the spools and the thread from these spools and moves around the layout table and the longitudinal threads.
  • the purpose of the invention is the manufacture of wide meshed textile layers with crossing threads for the reinforcement of material sheets and the manufacture of the wide meshed textile layers and joining the mesh with the material sheets to be reinforced combined in one work cycle.
  • the technical advancements of the invention reside in processes and machines which lay cross threads on the longitudinal threads in one plane during a continuous feed motion of the longitudinal thread group. It is preferred to have the cross threads lie on the longitudinal threads at a angle.
  • the sheets or foils to be reinforced or the unsolidified mass of a sheet joins the textile mesh immediately after the cross threads are laid so that the longitudinal and cross threads enter the sheet forming mass in the stretched condition.
  • the method for the manufacture of wide mesh textile layers of crossing threads for the reinforcement of material sheets, especially plastic foils, with the textile layer between two sheets or between the unsolidified sheet mass consists of rotating thread guides which exist at one or more thread deposit positions and always have an even number. These guides carry the cross threads to pin-grasping position with two parallel pin chains. Thread guide members deposit the threads on the pins and lay them preferably at a right angle to the travel of the pin chains. There they join a group of longitudinal threads lying in the horizontal plane of the pins and the resultant cross-mesh enters the unsolidified material sheet or preferably the foil sheet which has an adhesive application or which are bonded or fastened together with the mass or foils in already known devices. Then the cross thread group lifts off of the pins of the pin chain or is separated from them in known fashion.
  • the velocity ofthe pin chain has the following relation to the only or to all of thread deposit device revolutions:
  • v is the pin chain velocity in meter/minute
  • a is the number of thread depositing devices
  • n is the number of revolutions of the thread guides per minute, which is the same for all thread depositing devices
  • 7 is the pitch of the pin chain or the distance between the chain pins in matter.
  • F is the number ofthe thread carriers which is the same for all thread deposits.
  • the invention provides that the thread wraps around as many pins as thread deposits exist on the side where the pin chain moves in the same direction as the thread guide; while the number of wrapped pins on the side of opposite, relative motion is one more than the total number of all thread guides.
  • the thread wraps around as many pins, on each side, as there are thread deposit devices then a textile layer with threads at a cross angle results.
  • the machine and the process according to this invention is identified by one or more thread laying devices which deposit cross threads in the pins of two chains parallel to one another running and parallel to the plane of rotation of the thread deposit or deposit members for the running pin chain.
  • thread laying devices which deposit cross threads in the pins of two chains parallel to one another running and parallel to the plane of rotation of the thread deposit or deposit members for the running pin chain.
  • In front of the thread laying device or devices or between the thread laying device or devices and the joining points of the mesh and foils, etc. are units for the feeding of the longitudinal thread group and for guiding the cross threadcarrying pin chains to a point beyond the joining point of the material sheets or the solidifying point of the material sheet forming mass.
  • One design of the device according to this invention is identified by a thread carrier with spools, which carrier is mounted in a rotating arrangement above a group of longitudinal threads which runs between a pair of pin chains.
  • a thread guiding device for the positioning of the threads from the thread laying device onto the proper pins on the chains is provided for each pin chain, and a driving connection between pin chains and thread laying device controls the pin chain velocity according to the number of revolutions of the thread laying device in such a way that the pin chain velocity, as well as the longitudinal thread velocity, is such that they advance by as many pins per revolutions of the thread laying device as there are thread carriers on the thread laying device.
  • Cover devices for permitting the positioning of the threads over the pins of the two chains are parallel to the plane of the thread laying device and are associated thread guiding parts for the lowering of the threads onto the pins. These are so arranged that the cover parts and thread guide parts can be of two parts and that the width of the openings in the cover for the number of exposed chain pins to be wrapped by the cross threads and the length of the thread guide parts is adjustable.
  • pin chains which are arranged in a plane which slopes relatively to the thread laying device or is in a vertical arrangement.
  • the pin chains change their direction in the area of the thread laying device and the pins in the direction change area are in the plane of the thread laying device.
  • a preferred design for the manufacture of thread layers with thread that crosses at right angles has the feature wherein the direction change area of the pin chain and the plane of the thread laying device which provides that pins on the side of equal direction for chain and thread guide motion and pins on the other side of a number as described earlier are simultaneously in the plane of the thread guides.
  • An embodiment for the manufacture of slanted, crossing cross threads features a direction change area with only one pin on each side in the plane of the thread guide.
  • the distance between the chain sprockets may be adjustable just like the adjustment of the upper direction change wheels of both pin chains relative to each other.
  • the distance between the pin chains and the corresponding length of the thread guide is adjustable.
  • a fixture on each side, in front of the lower direction change wheel, serves for the removal of the thread loops from the pins on the chains or a separating knife of well known design cuts the loops here.
  • FIG. 1 is a broken rear elevation, partly in cross section, of a first embodiment for the manufacture of yarn mesh layers
  • FIG. 2 is a broken, top plan view thereof in fragment
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the lower, right-hand portion of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of an embodiment for the manufacture of mesh-reinforced material sheets according to the invention.
  • FIG. 5 is the same embodiment in top plan view
  • FIG. 6 is a side elevation of another embodiment for the manufacture of reinforced material sheets
  • FIG. 7 is a top plan view of a thread laying device
  • FIG. 8 is a cross section ofa thread laying device
  • FIGS. 9a-9d are schematic views of steps for laying of the cross threads for the manufacture of a textile layer with rectangular or square mesh;
  • FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the adjustment of the upper direction change wheels of the pin chains in a side view
  • FIG. 11 is a top plan view showing a pushing together of the threads at the entering of the mesh and foils into the joining oint;
  • FIG. 12 is a cross section through the view of FIG. 11;
  • FIG. 13 is a top plan view similar to FIG. 11 with a gear with saw teeth on both face ends of the pressing roller.
  • FIG. 14 is a cross section through FIG. 13;
  • FIG. 15 is a side elevation of a similar arrangement with rings on the edges of one of the two pressing rollers, the ring being of a material with a high coefficient of friction such as rubber.
  • a frame carriage 6 supports the post 7, which supports the thread laying device itself on a vertical axis of rotation.
  • the thread laying device consists of a disc 8, a tube 9 and a second disc 10. Close to the axis and just far enough from it to allow thread clearance are the thread carriers 11, in this case 10 of them.
  • the drive of the rotating thread laying device is obtained via the shaft 1 and the chain 2, and is timed with the pin chains.
  • the shaft 3 and the two bevel gears 4 and 5 drive tube 9, which rotates about post 7.
  • the thread guides 15 are mounted on the rotating discs and guide the cross threads 14 from the thread carriers 11.
  • the longitudinal thread group 12 is limited in width at the sides by the chains 16 with the pins 17.
  • the velocity of the chains is equal to that of the longitudinal thread group 12.
  • the chain is covered on both sides by the cover parts 18, at the place where the threads 14 enter the area of the chain pins 17.
  • the cover parts 18 have openings or recesses 19 at the places where threads 14 are to be deposited on the corresponding pins.
  • the guide member 20 is better seen in FIG. 3. Its lower edge is close to the longitudinal thread group 12 but below the upper end resulting pins 17, and lets the threads slide through the openings 19 into the area of the pins.
  • FIG. 2 The distance between the chain pins, their diameter and the size of the openings or recesses 19 in the cover part 18 and the distance of the threads from one another are shown in FIG. 2 in an enlargement of a 1:10 scale in order to show the process of insertion of the threads on the pins.
  • the recess 19 in the cover part 18 guides the thread in one pin.
  • the recess I9 facilitates the contact of the threads in such a way that the so formed loop wraps along eleven pins.
  • the thread guide parts 20 and 20' are of a corresponding dimension.
  • the schematic layout in the upper part of FIG. 2 shows the resulting pattern.
  • the cross threads 14 run at right angles to the longitudinal threads 12. If however the slot 19 on the right side is made as small as on the left side, and also the thread guide part 20 as narrow as the guide part 20', then only one pin on each side is wrapped and a textile layer of slanted cross threads results.
  • the angle of slant results from the adjustment of both sides by 10 pins each, the adjustment has to be the same on both sides.
  • the covering has to be positioned so that the pins released at the proper time are at the same height, that is are on an axis vertical to the longtiudinal thread group, the axis of the turning disc 8.
  • the previous description is based on the premise that only one thread laying device is employed. With more, the chain velocity increases. If there are two thread laying devices the velocity doubles, with three it triples, etc.
  • the left-hand guide 20 releases as many pins between the laid threads as there are laying devices. These are so located that they fill the existing openings.
  • the required tension of the threads for a proper deposit is produced by generally known and hence unillustrated thread brakes in the area of the thread carrier.
  • the arrows l3 and Mil in FIG. 2 indicate the required feed motion and rotation for the attainment of a layout pattern as shown in MG. 9.
  • FIGS. 9a-9d show the layout of the threads.
  • a thread lid was deposited by means of the guide part 29 and on the pins 117, the thread is wrapped 90 around the pin No, and the ten units beyond pin 1712 are wrapped thereabout by 90.
  • the pins have moved as above described, by 3 units, as is shown in FIG. 9b.
  • in the area of the guide is the pin 1170 which is opposite of the pin 1173.
  • the guide 2th is the width of one pin so that the thread lid wraps around the pin 1% only.
  • the thread guide of this particular thread lid travels to the other side, then the pins have moved on 3 more units into the position shown in FIG. 9c.
  • the thread is laid over eleven pins as shown in FlG. 9a, so glue one work cycle is completed.
  • FIGS. 4 to ti show a machine for the manufacture of wide-mesh textile layers of crossing threads for the reinforcement of foil sheets.
  • Two foil sheets 2i and 2.2 are guided on both sides between the pressing rollers 23 and 29. They run over the rollers 23, M and 23 and the two width holders M and 27. The last mentioned members serve to keep the foil smooth.
  • One of the foil sheets, for example the sheet 22, has an application of adhesive on the top side which is toward the inside after the bonding. The glue is applied by a generally known method and is not illustrated.
  • a longitudinal thread carrier 3i is mounted rotatably on a bracket 3h.
  • the longitudinal threads are wound on the carrier. From here the longitudinal threads 32 lead over the rollers 33 and 3d to the rollers 2t! and 29 and are held during this transfer in parallel and constant distance by a generally known guide device (not shown).
  • a generally known guide device (not shown).
  • Above the pressing rollers 23 and 29 is the apparatus according to this invention for the laying of the cross threads.
  • the rollers Ml and 29 press the two foil sheets with the mesh textile layer to provide the finished reinforced foil sheet.
  • the gear box 39 is mounted on the machine frame. it has a rotating disc 33 at the top side.
  • the thread carriers as are mounted on the disc in an arrangement that allows removal of thread therefrom toward the center of rotation of the disc 33.
  • the threads 37 run through the hollow shaft 38 and leave at db below the gear box 39. From here they are guided to the corresponding thread guide arms 3i with the thread eyelets il.
  • Below the rotating plane of the thread guide arms 31 are the pin chains d2 and d3 in such an arrangement that they pass at the side of the contact point of the two rollers 23,29 and below the roller over the direction change sprockets 43 and as back toward the top.
  • the rotating disc 33 with the thread guide arms Sll is timed with its r.p.m. to the movement of the pin chains 42,43 from top to the bottom in such a way that one complete revolution corresponds to an advance of the chain by a number of thread carriers that correspond to the number of pins.
  • This method produces the thread layer described in detail in FIGS. Sta-9d.
  • cross threads 37 inserted on the pins ofthe pin chains t2, t3 at the top sprockets dd now travel to the two rollers 23 and 29 also and are glued together with the foil sheets 2i and Z2 and the longitudinal thread group 32.
  • the two foil sheets cover the longitudinal and cross threads on opposite sides.
  • the finished foil sheet travels now to the winding spool d9, and passes over the width guide 47 and the two rollers id on the way.
  • the position of the cross thread group before entering between the two rollers 28 and 2.9 is shown in FIG. 3 in a schematic view with enlarged thread spacing.
  • FIG. ti shows another embodiment according to this invention.
  • the joining point is here between the two pressing rollers 63 and rid.
  • a foil sheet 37 enters this area from directly above roller 62.
  • the second glue sheet rolls off the roller 33 and is now guided together with the longitudinal thread group 39 which rolls off the roller so.
  • the two pin chains 42 and d3 run slanted from the top to the bottom and are lifted by the two chain sprockets 67 to a common plane, this is shortly before the laid down cross threads enter between the two pressing rollers as and 6d.
  • the foil sheet 37 is here preferably covered with adhesive, but the adhesive can instead be applied to the left foil sheet 33 which already carries the longitudinal threads.
  • a prerequisite for this method is a glue that does not require a predrying.
  • the upper chain wheels, which serve the direction change, are not shown individually in FIG. d. As shown in FIG. 6, their arrangement can be such that the pin chain d2 runs over the chain wheel id on the side of only one pin wrap, while the other side has the chain wheels 33 and 36 for the guide of the pin chain 43.
  • the distance between the chain wheels 33 and as is so that the wrapping process includes as many pins as there are thread carriers plus one.
  • the chain wheel M, 33 and 3b are adjustable to the side, and the chain wheel dd especially is adjustable vertically.
  • FTG. 7 shows a top view of the schematic of the thread laying device.
  • Ten thread carriers as are mounted on the rotating disc 33 at an equal spacing in a way that they can be withdrawn toward the disc axis and over the ends thereof.
  • the individual threads 37 travel through the hollow axis of the rotating disc 33, through vertical thread guides, preferably tubes, and from there to the exit to the outside to the corresponding thread guide eyelets dll.
  • Left and right of the rotating disc are the two pin rows $2 and 43 and also the chain sprockets dd on one side and 33 and 36 on the other side.
  • the rotating disc 33 runs in clockwise direction, while the pin chains move correspondingly from the top to the bottom. Therefore, as shown in the drawing, on the left side one pin is wrapped and on the right side eleven pins are wrapped simultaneously corresponding to the ten thread carriers.
  • FIG. 8 A special design of the thread laying device that can be used in a device according to the embodiment of FIGS. t, 3 and 6 is shown in FIG. 8.
  • a hollow shaft 33 is mounted in the bearings Ill, 72 in the gear box 39.
  • Thread guides which correspond to the number of spool carriers. They are not shown in the drawing, an these thread guides are preferably made in the form of fine tubes which lead down to the exit end 439.
  • the threads there leaving, lead through the thread guide arms 511 which are also made of tubes and then lead to the thread guide eyelets 411 from where they are laid onto the pins of the pin chains.
  • the plane of the thread deposit is identified by the dash-dot-dash line till. Only those pins are wrapped that protrude beyond the level of the plane hit.
  • the thread guide arms 3ll are for example fastened to the hollow shaft by means of the clips 79 and on the flange as on the shaft disc 69 and can be adjusted in such a way the the diameter of the thread guide eyelet or rather the diameter described by it can be adjusted to any desired limit.
  • the thread guide arms Sll can be so arranged that they telescope, one in another as shown in FIG. ii.
  • On a flange 72a at the upper end of the hollow shaft is the rotating disc 33 with the already described thread carriers 36.
  • the threads 37 are slowed down on their way from the thread carriers 36 before they enter the vertical thread guide tubes by means of a simple weighted thread brake disc 82 sufficiently to insure the proper tension in the area of the thread layout.
  • the drive to the rotating disc 33 and the thread guide arms 311 is facilitated by the two bevel gears 73 and 76 and the drive shaft 33.
  • the gears in a gear box 77, the shaft 52. and the two bevel gears 73 and 74 connect the drive and the gear 7d is fixed to the hollow shaft 38.
  • the shaft 32 is mounted on the bearings fit).
  • the design shown in the drawing shows a shaft 32 of two parts which are coupled with the coupling 78.
  • the sprocket 79 is mounted on the shaft 52.
  • a chain corresponding to the chain in FIG. 1 serves the drive of the pin chains.
  • FIG. 10 A special form of chain directional change in the upper area of the thread inserting device is shown in FIG. 10. This design varies from the schematic in FIG. 6.
  • the arrangement in FIG. 10 employs both sprockets 44 and 56 on one shaft and can both serve as the drive to the two chains. A drooping of the chains weighted down by the thread load can be avoided by the chain tension takeup.
  • that part of the chain 43 between 85 and 87 has to have five pitches, that is, five pin distances more than that piece of the chain 42 between the points 85 and 87.
  • the two chain sprockets 55 and 4411 are adjustable as indicated by the arrows near their point of rotation. This way the layout of the cross thread can be inspected after a short test run and adjusted if necessary.
  • the chain 42 shows one pitch too many. This can be taken care of during the setup of the machine by adjustment of the wheel 44a, for example at the top.
  • the distance between the two chains can be changed correspondingly and the thread guide arms can be shortened in same fashion.
  • thread guide brackets on the outside, along the pins. They prevent the threads from falling into the chains. This is because the thread tension sometimes reduces at the wrapping points.
  • the distance between the cross threads of the textile layer according to this invention depends on the chain pitch, that is, the distance from pin center to pin center, and the diameter of the pins.
  • this can be accomplished in this method for the production of a textile layer of crossing threads for the reinforcement of material sheets as outlined above by variation of the velocity of the feed of the cross threads relative to the velocity of the material sheets to be reinforced, so that both velocities like the cross thread distance immediately ahead of the entrance into the sheets relative to the velocity of the finished sheet is in a fixed relation According to the invention this can be accomplished without danger of thread breakage or cross thread damage in a ratio in an area between 2.521 to 1:2.5.
  • a short distance between pin chains and material sheet wheels allows an increased difference between the velocities if additional devices according to the invention are used. It is possible, for example, to mount a gear on one of the pressing rollers with the gear on the outside of the sheet width and the tooth root diameter equal or slightly smaller than the diameter of the roller.
  • the cross thread spacing is equal to the gear tooth pitch or whole multiple thereof. It is of advantage to make the teeth in the shape of saw teeth, their steep flank to oppose the in-feeding cross threads for a reduction of the cross thread spacing relative to the chain pitch and the other way around for an increased spacing.
  • the described arrangement with the tooth gears is preferred even when the surface with the high friction coefficient can be used.
  • the diameter has to be larger in diameter by twice the selected insertion depth as measured from the roller surface.
  • the root diameter of the tooth gear also has to be dimensioned larger than the roller diameter.
  • the possible velocity ratio in the arrangement according to FIG. 11 can be in the range between 2:l to l:2, i.e., the difference in velocity between the pin chains and the material sheet edges. Beyond the limits 1.5:1 to l:l.5 it has been found that the cross threads 99 near the edge of the sheet divert at 100 in the direction of the chain motion (relative to the velocity of the material sheet 96,97). However, this is practically without importance because the material sheet is usually made with an extra margin for trimming after the textile layer has joined the sheet.
  • the inside diameter of the teeth should be at the most equal to the diameter of the pressing roller 104, preferably somewhat smaller.
  • the inside tooth diameter should preferably be larger than the double inserting depth of the textile layer as measured from the outside contact surface of the roller.
  • the arrangement of the tooth rings or gears 105 prevents a diversion of the threads 99 over the entire width of the pressing roller 104 including the width of the gears or gear rings 105. It is better, though not required, to increase the distance between the sheet edges and pin chains 93 somewhat. With the mounting of gears or gear rings 105 on both sides of one pressing roller 94, 104 it is possible to vary the ratio between the two velocities between 2.5:1 and 1:2.5.
  • Each cross thread 92 then runs against a corresponding steep tooth flank 106 and is held from the previous thread by the distance of exactly one tooth pitch and is held back against the relative velocity of the chain 93.
  • the tooth pitch it is possible to select the tooth pitch so that the desired cross thread distance in the finished layer is a whole multiple of the pitch of the teeth. in consideration of the possible tooth depth, however, it is suggested to make the pitch equal to the desired thread spacing or maize the pitchno smaller than half of the selected cross thread spacing. This is true, of course, if no other reasons prevail against it (frequent change of the desired cross thread distances).
  • FIG. 115 eliminates this problem by use of the ring ill? on both ends of one pressing roller TM.
  • the ring has a high coefficient of friction, and can be of a material such as soft rubber. in the case of high velocity differences, this device cannot completely eliminate cross thread diversions inside the area of the pressing rollers 9d, Mi l, but reduces it considerably so that the diversion in the finished material sheet, of the threads 99 and at the edges, and against the relative velocity, is negligible. A stepless variation of the cross thread spacing in the finished foil is possible.
  • the cross threads may be cut by a lrnife or blade lllltll, leaving projecting cross thread end lllllii.
  • EXAMPLE 1 For the manufacture of a reinforced material sheet the velocity of the material sheet was 30 meters/minute, the chain pitch was 16 mm, the pin diameter 8mm. The device according to Flfi. t was used, the velocity of the pin chains was increased to 45 meters/minute. Additional devices according to FlGfi. llPr, ild and 115 were not used. The finished sheet has a cross thread spacing of 5.6 mm. A cross thread diversion at the edges was practically nonexistent.
  • EXAMPLE 2 The setup according to example 1 was changed by using a velocity of the pin chains of meters/minute. The cross thread spacing obtained was 12 mm. A cross thread diversion in the finished, reinforced sheet was practically nonexistent.
  • a machine for laying cross threads across longitudinal threads at right angles thereto to provide a cross mesh for sheet or foil reinforcement which comprises rotatable support means providing thread supply carriers and orbiting thread guides, two parallel chains having projecting, thread wrapping pins, said pins travelling into the vicinity of said thread guides, and means for placing said cross threads from said thread lllll guides onto said pins in a predetermined pattern with said cross threads laid across said longitudinal threads at right angles thereto, said thread guides orbiting in a plane parallel to the direction said pins are moving at the time said cross threads are placed on said pins.
  • a machine as claimed in claim l and means for conveying said cross mesh between two foils and receiving said mesh between said foils.
  • a machine as claimed in claim l and a drive connection between said rotatable support means and said chains providing an advancement of number of pins of each chain per revolution of said support means equal to the number of thread carriers.
  • a machine as claimed in claim 3 cover devices over said chains in the vicinity of said thread guides, said devices respectively having openings and thread guide means immediately below said openings for guiding thread passing from sad rotating thread guides through said openings and onto said 131118.
  • a machine as claimed in claim ll means for driving said chains at a velocity of said chains according to the equation:
  • v represents the pin chain velocity in meters/minute, a the number of thread depositing devices, :1 the number of revolutions of the thread guide for all thread depositing devices in r.p.m. T distance between the chain pins in meter, and F the number of thread carriers per thread depositing device which is always the same for all thread depositing devices.
  • a machine as claimed in claim t wherein said cover device over one chain has an opening of a length sufficient to lay thread along as many pins as there are thread supply carriers and said cover device over the other chain has an opening of a length sufficient to lay said thread about one pin per rotatable support.
  • cover devices each have an opening of a length sufficient to lay said thread along as many pins on each respective chain as there are rotatable support means.
  • a machine for laying cross threads across longitudinal threads to provide a cross mesh for sheet or foil reinforcement which comprises rotatable support means providing thread supply carriers and rotating thread guides, two parallel chains having projecting, thread wrapping pins, said pins travelling into the vicinity of said thread guides, and means for placing said threads from said thread guides onto said pins in a predetermined pattern to lay said cross threads across said longitudinal threads, said pin chains being inclined to vertical relative to the plane of rotation of said rotatable support means, and means for changing the direction of said pins adjacent said rotatable support means to position the pins of the pin chains in the plane of rotation of said thread guides.
  • one of said chains is in the plane of rotation of the thread guide on the side wherein the chain and thread guide move in the same direction and the other of the chains is in said plane for a length providing a number of pins greater by one than the number of said thread supply carriers.
  • a machine as claimed in claim 1 a pair of pressing rollers for pressing and uniting the cross-mesh and the foils or sheets, and a cross thread guiding device on each side of one of said rollers.
  • a machine as claimed in claim 14, wherein said guiding device is a gear ring with a tooth pitch equal to the cross thread spacing.
  • said guiding device is a gear ring mounted on opposite ends of one of said rollers, said gear rings having a tooth pitch evenly divisible into the spacing of the cross threads of the finished sheet.

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