1. A METHOD OF FORMING ANNULAR BANDS FROM AT LEAST ONE ENDLESS THREAD ON A COLLAPSIBLE DRUM, SAID ANNULAR BANDS BEING SUITABLE FOR REINFORCEMENT OF TIRE CASINGS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE WHEELS, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF PROVIDING A DRUM, COATING THE PERIPHERY OF SAID DRUM WITH AN ADHESIVE, ROTATING THE DRUM, STRECTCHING THE THREAD AND LAYING IT ON THE ROTATING DRUM WHILE THE THREAD, IMMEDIATELY BEFORE ITS CONTACT WITH THE DRUM PERIPHERY, IS SUBJECTED TO A FIRST RECIPROCATION BETWEEN THE SIDES OF SAID DRUM AND IS SIMULTANEOUSLY SUBJECTED TO A SECOND RECIPROCATION IN A DIRECTION PREPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION