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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter A Quigley, Cataumet, MA (US);
Assignee:
Composite Development Corporation, West Wareham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156180 ; 156242 ; 156245 ; 156196 ; 156198 ; 156221 ; 114102 ; 114103 ; 264136 ; 264137 ; 264236 ; 264296 ; 264322 ;
Abstract
A sail batten formed of a fiber reinforced composite material extended longitudinally and varying in transverse cross sectional from an ellipse at one end to a flattened ellipse at the other end. A two step processing for fabrications the batten commences with fabrication of a tube of substantially constant cross section in the thermoplastic condition as a first step. The second step processing heats the tube to a malleable condition and squishes one end of the tube to form a tapered structure with one cross sectional dimension decreased to reduce stiffness in that dimension.