Claims
- 1. Apparatus for forming a woven closed container comprising a case having two end walls and four side walls extending therebetween; said apparatus comprising a tabletop having dimensions approximately the same as those of the end of said container; means to arrange and grip one end of a plurality of strips in parallel relationship on said table, and to longitudinally displace alternate strips by about one strip width, means to grip the opposite end of said strips to reciprocably displace alternate strips from the normal plane of said strips; means to receive and direct a first transverse strip between said strips displaced from their normal plane and the alternate strips still in said plane; means to move said transverse strip to align with the edge of said table; means to insert a second transverse strip between said displaced strips following reciprocation thereof, and to force said second transverse strip against said first transverse strip; means to bend the unwoven ends of said strips, extending beyond said tabletop, normal to said tabletop; means to alternately reciprocably displace said unwoven ends to accommodate a ring member between said alternately displaced ends and means to force successive ring members along said strips until each abuts against the previous ring; and an open ended section joining device comprising means to bring two open-ended sections together so that said sections are joined at their open ends.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising means to apply an internal sealant inside said sections before said sections are joined together.
Priority Claims (1)
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REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional application of copending application Ser. No. 800,147 filed on May 24, 1977, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,170,312.
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Divisions (1)
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