| 摘要 |
Helical, wire filaments are disclosed that may be encapsulated individually or nested in bundles that are themselves encapsulated within an elastomeric material to provide a reinforced fabric. The method and apparatus by which such filaments are formed pass straight wire, in individual or plural strands, through a bore in a movable working die. Each strand is cold worked around the flared orifice of the bore in the movable die and enters a corresponding bore in a fixed die means. The corresponding bores are eccentric, and the movable die plate is translated such that each bore therein describes an annular path concentrically outwardly of the corresponding bore in the fixed die means. The foregoing apparatus and method are particularly adapted to the manufacture of reinforced, elastomeric fabric, even to the point that, if desired, normally plated wire can be deplated prior to being encapsulated within the elastomer.
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