US 12,377,616 B2
Device for stabilizing localized dome reinforcement
Brian Yeggy, Lincoln, NE (US); and Collin Humphrey, Lincoln, NE (US)
Assigned to HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY AS, Alesund (NO)
Filed by Hexagon Technology AS, Alesund (NO)
Filed on Dec. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/076,551.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/293,279, filed on Dec. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202125 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B32B 41/00 (2006.01); B29C 53/56 (2006.01); B29C 70/32 (2006.01); B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 70/34 (2013.01) [B29C 53/566 (2013.01); B29C 70/32 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7156 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly configured for use in a system for forming filament windings on a vessel having a circumference and a length, the assembly comprising:
an endless belt configured to wrap partially around the circumference of the vessel to contact and impart pressure on a filament winding disposed on an outside surface of the vessel; and
first and second rollers about which the endless belt moves;
wherein a space is disposed between the first and second rollers to allow a filament wind eye of the system to move in a reciprocal motion along the length of the vessel.