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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2005
Toru Mukai, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Natsuhiko Katahira, Toyota, JP;
Sakae Sugishima, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Makoto Tsuzuki, Kariya, JP;
Hidehito Kubo, Kariya, JP;
Toru Mukai, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Natsuhiko Katahira, Toyota, JP;
Sakae Sugishima, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Makoto Tsuzuki, Kariya, JP;
Hidehito Kubo, Kariya, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Kariya-shi, JP;
Abstract
A filament winding apparatus for rotating in a predetermined direction a core material that is supported by a supporting portion, and for winding around the core material, an elongated material which has flexibility and which is impregnated with an unhardened synthetic resin material, the filament winding apparatus includes a plurality of feeding portions for feeding a plurality of elongated materials, and a plurality of guiding mechanisms which are positioned around the core material so as to correspond to the plurality of elongated materials that are drawn from the plurality of feeding portions, through which the corresponding elongated materials are passed, wherein at least one of the supporting portion and the plurality of guiding mechanisms are movable in a rotation axial direction, from a winding operation range in which the elongated materials can be guided by the guiding mechanisms to winding positions at which the elongated materials are wound around the core material, to an attachable/detachable position at which the plurality of guiding mechanisms is separated relatively from the core material and the supporting portion.