CPC B29C 70/42 (2013.01) [B29C 65/48 (2013.01); B29C 65/562 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B29K 2063/00 (2013.01); B29K 2083/00 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0046 (2013.01); B29L 2031/34 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A mechanical system to assemble or deploy a pre-stressed system comprising a first means to deform continuous lengths of elastic material sequentially to form a plurality of sinusoidal shaped members with a series of contiguous flexures, said sinusoidal shaped members having nodes and antinodes and each of said flexures beginning and ending at antinodes; a second means to position support members for maintaining the flexures in the sinusoidal shaped members, and a third means to connect the plurality of sinusoidal shaped members in antiphase at their respective antinodes, said first, second and third means being integrated and functioning sequentially.
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