Transverse and linearly reinforced web and method of manufacture

Claim 1

THE PROCESS OF FORMING A CONTINUOUS LENGTH OF FILM IN WHICH THERE ARE BOTH LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE REINFORCING THREADS, THAT COMPRISES HELICALLY WINDING A FLAT BAND OF SUPPLY FILM REINFORCED BY LONGITUDINAL THREADS LYING IMBEDDED THEREIN PARALLEL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID SUPPLY FILM, SAID WINDING BEING ARRANGED SO THAT THE EDGES OF THE HELICAL CONVOLUTIONS ARE JUXTAPOSED, BONDING THE SAID EDGES TO FORM A TUBULAR WEB IN WHICH THE REINFORCING THREADS WILL BE HELICALLY POSITIONED, SLITTING THE RESULTING TUBULAR WEB HELICALLY WITH THE SLITTING TAKING PLACE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE REINFORCING THREADS AT A SPACING RESULTING IN THE FORMING OF A CONTINUOUS BAND OF FILM OF THE SAME WIDTH AS SAID SUPPLY FILM AND IN WHICH THE REINFORCING THREADS WILL LIE AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LENGTH OF THE BAND, AND BONDING TO THE SAID TRANSVERSELY REINFORCED BAND A SECOND SUPPLY BAND OF SUCH AS WAS USED IN FORMING SAID TRANSVERSELY REINFORCED BAND.