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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1997
Frank W Kotzur, Carmel, NY (US);
Donald Woodbridge, Amenia, NY (US);
Thomas Rosenkranz, Dover Plains, NY (US);
David B Franklin, Carmel, NY (US);
George Taylor Richey, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Windings, Inc., Patterson, NY (US);
Abstract
High speed traversing mechanism and method for winding filamentary material onto a rotating mandrel, wherein an indexer including a crank arm rotatable about a pivot point; a connecting rod connected to the crank arm at a second pivot point; a traverse guide connected to the connecting rod at a third pivot point located on the center line of the traverse guide and the traverse guide reciprocating within a support with rotation of the crank arm; the pivot point is positioned at a point on said center line spaced from the third pivot point; the connecting rod forming a given angle with the center line; the indexer means rotating the rotatable crank arm to displace the traverse guide along the center line within the support; and controlling the indexer to wind the filamentary material onto the mandrel.