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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2007
Pascal Martin, Corent, FR;
Jean-louis Souche, Taluyers, FR;
Pascal Martin, Corent, FR;
Jean-Louis Souche, Taluyers, FR;
Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Granges-Paccot, CH;
Abstract
An apparatus for manufacturing a reinforcement from a thread laid down directly in its final location by projecting lengths of the thread onto a receiving surface (S). The apparatus has feed means for feeding thread from a source of thread, a rotary conduit () receiving the thread, thread-cutting device has a roller fixed with respect to the thread, and a moving cutter acting on the thread in collaboration with said roller so as, for each revolution of the rotary conduit, to release a length having a free end at the cutting means end. The apparatus also has a buffer positioned in the path of the free end so that, during the operation, the free end strikes the buffer before coming into contact with the receiving surface (S).