Web forming method

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-engaging 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 tranverse. The second member of the pair of strand-engaging members travels faster than the first and catches up with it as it crosses the row of strand-restraining elements. The loop is brought into a plane parallel to the plane of the rows of strand-restraining elements. Means are provided for disengaging the loop from the strand-engaging members and depositing the loop around the strand-restraining elements as soon as the loop is moved beyond the row of elements.