Patent ID: 7980846

Claim:
A machine for forming matrix-reinforcement fibers, comprising: at least one roller-pair comprising a first roller and a second roller, wherein a rotational axis of the first roller resides in parallel orientation to a rotational axis of the second roller; and wherein the roller-pair is adapted to receive and flatten sections of wire precursor feedstock in a space between a face of the first roller and a face of the second roller; and wherein the face of the first roller comprises at least one first-roller-trough, each first-roller-trough residing in parallel orientation to the rotational axes of the first and second rollers, wherein each of the first-roller-troughs comprises a blade; and wherein the face of the second roller comprises a number of second-roller-troughs equal to the number of first-roller-troughs, each second-roller-trough residing in parallel orientation to the rotational axes of the first and second rollers, wherein each of the second-roller-troughs comprises an anvil; and wherein each first-roller-trough acts in unison with one opposing second-roller-trough to form a trough-pair; and wherein the anvil and blade of each trough-pair form a cutting means to cut the wire precursor feedstock into finished lengths of fiber of pre-determined lengths; and wherein each trough-pair further comprises a nodule-forming means to form one nodule at a first end, and one nodule at a second end of the finished length of fiber.