US 12,215,757 B2
Möbius strip forming device, forming machine using the forming device and textile chain forming procedure
David Vilanova Fabrega, Girona (ES); and Eudaldo Murtra Lozoya, Barcelona (ES)
Appl. No. 17/800,748
Filed by David Vilanova Fabrega, Girona (ES); and Eudaldo Murtra Lozoya, Barcelona (ES)
PCT Filed Feb. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/053601
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/165186, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20382125 (EP), filed on Feb. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0086670 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. F16G 13/18 (2006.01); D05B 23/00 (2006.01); D05B 27/00 (2006.01); D07B 5/00 (2006.01); D07B 5/10 (2006.01); D07B 7/16 (2006.01); F16G 13/12 (2006.01); F16G 15/12 (2006.01)
CPC F16G 13/18 (2013.01) [D05B 23/00 (2013.01); D05B 27/00 (2013.01); D07B 5/005 (2013.01); D07B 5/10 (2013.01); D07B 7/167 (2013.01); F16G 13/12 (2013.01); F16G 15/12 (2013.01); D07B 2201/1004 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A Möbius strip forming device, which comprises a rotation module with an inlet for a first end of a strip, an outlet for discharging the strip and an inner path from the inlet to the outlet, and the inner path comprising a widened portion adapted for rotation of the end of the strip 180° about a longitudinal axis of the strip, and wherein the device additionally comprises a gas injector positioned at the inlet of the rotation module to help the strip advance through the inner path of the rotation module.