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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 1996
Filed:
May. 24, 1994
David Brookstein, Wellesley, MA (US);
Donald Rose, Sharon, MA (US);
Robin Dent, Foxboro, MA (US);
John Dent, Foxboro, MA (US);
John Skelton, Sharon, MA (US);
Albany International Corp., Albany, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention concerns a braid structure comprising a plurality of braided layers of stranded material in which the layers are laid down in a single pass of a braiding machine, with at least one strand of each layer extending into a contiguous layer to form an interlock between the layers. The invention also concerns a machine and a method of making the structure by supplying groups of strands, (R, B, G, O, W), to a braid forming station, whereby each group of strands forms a braid layer. A strand (R) from one of the groups passes into or through the strands (B) of a group of an adjacent layer to form an interlock therebetween.