Patent ID: 8151853

Claim:
A device for manufacturing a reinforcement from a thread laid directly in its final place by casting lengths of the thread onto a receiving surface, the device comprising: a feed means for feeding the thread from a source of thread; a rotary assembly comprising a rotary guide of axis rr′ fixed to a hollow shaft constituting an axis of rotation of said guide so that an outer radial end of said guide is directed substantially radially with respect to the axis of rotation of the hollow shaft, said guide receiving the thread that comes from said feed means via its central end that is the opposite end to said outer radial end, the thread leaving via said outer radial end, said feed means controlling a linear speed at which the thread advances inside said rotary guide; means for rotating the hollow shaft; means for cutting the thread, acting on the thread in such a way as to part off one length for each revolution of the said rotary guide; wherein the said feed means comprises a motorized pulley, borne by the hollow shaft, the circumference of which is tangential to the axis of the rotary guide, and about which pulley the thread is wound before it directly enters the inlet of the rotary guide when the device is in operation.