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Tape laminator

US4557790A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 12, 1984
Grant dateDec 10, 1985
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Expiry dateJul 12, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T156/1788
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tape laying machine is disclosed carrying a tape laminator unit which forms in situ from individual strips of composite material. The strips are first spaced apart on a carrier sheet and next compressed to a relatively thin widened state where the widened strips are contiguous to one another, forming a unitary wide composite tape. The tape is conveyed to a tape laydown station where it is transferred from the carrier sheet and deposited on a work surface.

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