公开(公告)号：US20240253299A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18162152

申请日：2023-01-31

Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION

Inventor： Chesley Lane ,  Steven J. Floyd ,  Talbot P. Thrasher ,  Timothy R. Stone ,  Vernon M. Benson

IPC: B29C64/147 ,  B29C64/188 ,  B29C64/205

CPC classification number: B29C64/147 ,  B29C64/188 ,  B29C64/205 ,  B29K2307/04 ,  B29K2309/08 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y40/00

Abstract: A machine for manufacturing tube elements comprised of tape strips. The machine includes a shaft, a disk mounted to one end of the shaft, a motor coupled to an opposite end of the shaft, and a plate mounted to the shaft. The plate includes a plurality of spools mounted to the plate, where a separate one of the strips is wound on each spool. In one embodiment, the machine further includes a rail positioned adjacent to the disk, a slide slidably secured to the rail and including an end support configured to hold ends of the tape strips, and an indexer configured to pull the slide on the rail away from the disk. The tape strips are unwound from the spools when the indexer pulls the slide in a manner so that the tape strips ride in a spaced apart manner around the disk to form the tube element.

公开(公告)号：US12172368B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-24

申请号：US18162152

申请日：2023-01-31

Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION

Inventor： Chesley Lane ,  Steven J. Floyd ,  Talbot P. Thrasher ,  Timothy R. Stone ,  Vernon M. Benson

IPC: B29C64/147 ,  B29C64/188 ,  B29C64/205 ,  B29K307/04 ,  B29K309/08 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y30/00 ,  B33Y40/00

Abstract: A machine for manufacturing tube elements comprised of tape strips. The machine includes a shaft, a disk mounted to one end of the shaft, a motor coupled to an opposite end of the shaft, and a plate mounted to the shaft. The plate includes a plurality of spools mounted to the plate, where a separate one of the strips is wound on each spool. In one embodiment, the machine further includes a rail positioned adjacent to the disk, a slide slidably secured to the rail and including an end support configured to hold ends of the tape strips, and an indexer configured to pull the slide on the rail away from the disk. The tape strips are unwound from the spools when the indexer pulls the slide in a manner so that the tape strips ride in a spaced apart manner around the disk to form the tube element.