METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAVERSING A STRAND BETWEEN TWO SPACED ROWS

摘要

A method of traversing a strand between two spaced rows of strand-restraining elements moving together in the same direction in the same plane to form a web is implemented by a pair of strand-restraining members associated with each row of strand-restraining elements for slideably engaging the strand and moving it in alternate traverses toward one and then the other row while forming a loop in the strand during each traverse. The loop is brought into a plane parallel to the plane of the rows of strand-restraining elements and beyond the rows. means are provided for disengaging the loop from the strand-engaging members and depositing the loop around the strand-restraining elements.