Patent ID: 7137182
Filing Date: 2006-11-21
Classification: B29C,B29K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for fabricating a composite article comprising: a structure defining a work surface datum; a plurality of material dispensers movable relative to said structure, wherein each of said material dispensers applies a strip material to said work surface datum along a predetermined axis; and wherein each of said predetermined axes are parallel to one another and wherein said strip material when applied to the work surface datum forms an integral flat layer of a single composite article; wherein said plurality of material dispensers includes at least a first material dispenser and at least a second material dispenser separate from the first material dispenser that applies strip material to the same work surface datum as the first material dispenser, wherein the second material dispenser only applies strip material to said work surface datum in a direction opposite that which the first material dispenser applies strip material to said work surface datum, wherein the first material dispenser applies strip material to said work surface datum in a first direction while the second material dispenser is inactive, and the second material dispenser applies strip material to said work surface datum in a second direction while the first material dispenser is inactive.