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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
A&p Technology, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Andrew A. Head, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Victor M. Ivers, Amelia, OH (US);
Assignee:
A&P Technology, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04C 3/24 (2006.01); D04C 3/14 (2006.01); D04C 3/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D04C 3/24 (2013.01); D04C 3/14 (2013.01); D04C 3/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A braiding system having a plurality of mobile carrier devices movable under its own power, each mobile carrier including a plurality of wheels, a motor driving the wheels, a power source, a controller, and a pick-up unit having a receiver. Each of the plurality of mobile carriers has a tow carrier positioned in the receiver, and each mobile carrier is simultaneously movable along a virtual track-less path predetermined for each individual carrier, such that the simultaneous movement of the mobile carrier devices along their predetermined paths form a braid.