Patent ID: 7971616

Claim:
An apparatus for wrapping weft yarns around a cylindrically configured sheet of warp yarns comprising in combination: an elongated tube rotatable about its longitudinal axis, said tube circumferentially surrounding said cylindrically configured sheet of warp yarns such that said warp yarns can be moved linearly in a downstream direction through said rotatable tube, means for moving said sheet of warp yarns linearly through said rotatable tube, a plurality of spools of weft yarn secured to said tube in circumferentially spaced relationship, guide systems for confining and guiding said weft yarns in an upstream direction to an upstream location on said tube, and a laydown member at said upstream location for receiving weft yarns from said spools and depositing the weft yarns on said warp sheet as said tube is rotated and said warp sheet is moved linearly past said upstream location.