Method and apparatus for making cordage and twine

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MAKING TEXTILE PRODUCTS COMPRISING MEANS FOR DRAWING A STRAND OF FIBERS FROM A SOURCE THEREOF INCLUDING A TUBULAR CONVEYOR AND A ROTATABLE CAP FLYER TRAVELING AROUND THE CIRCUMFRENCE OF THE CONVEYOR, A GUIDE ON SAID CAP FLYER FOR SAID STRAND ARRANGED WHEREBY THE CAP FLYER CARRIES THE STRAND CIRCUMFERENTIALLY AROUND THE CONVEYOR AND DEPOSITS IT THEREON, MEANS FOR MOVING THE CONVEYOR TRANSVERSELY OF THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF THE CAP FLYER TO CAUSE THE STRANDS TO BE DEPOSITED ON THE CONVEYOR IN A HELICAL ARRANGEMENT, A CUTTER IN THE PATH OF THE BODY OF STRANDS DEPOSITED ON THE CONVEYOR TO SEVER THE STRANDS TRANSVERSELY AS THEY TRAVEL ON TH CONVEYOR, MEANS FOR CATCHING THE STRANDS AS THEY ARE CUT AND AS THEY LEAVE THE CONVEYOR, FEEDING MEANS FOR MOVING THE CUT STRANDS FROM THE CATCHING MEANS IN THE DIRECTION OF THEIR LENGTH, AND MEANS FOR TURNING THE BODY OF CUT STRANDS ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS TO THEREBY GATHER IN NEWLY CUT STRANDS AS THEY ARE DEPOSITED IN THE CATCHING MEANS, WHEREBY A TWISTED BODY OF CUT STRANDS IN CONTINUOUSLY FORMED FROM THE STRANDS ON THE CONVEYOR.