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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven T. Bissell, Hickory, NC (US);
Michael DeCarlo, Hickory, NC (US);
Toby Ray Smith, Granite Falls, NC (US);
Assignee:
CCS Holdings, Inc., Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/808 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/808 ;
Abstract
An automated winding apparatus includes a deflection sheave for directing a flat filament onto a rotating take-up reel. The deflection sheave sequentially moves progressively farther away from the take-up reel in response to information provided by a proximity sensor which detects the position of the outermost filament layer accumulating on the reel. The deflection sheave initially may be moved toward the take-up reel after a predetermined length of filament has been wound.