Device and method for forming three dimensional shape to elongated material
AssigneeGladstone Property Holdings Limited
InventorJarkko Nikkanen
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Abstract
A device and method for forming a knot to elongated material is provided. The device includes a body, a central cavity inside the body, a material track along which the elongated material is guided in the device, the material track including opening extending along the material track and open to the central cavity. The device further includes one or more barrier elements for blocking at least part of the opening for preventing the elongated material from escaping from the material track also prevents collapsing/folding of the material to the central cavity via the opening.
Claims14
A device for forming a three dimensional shape to elongated material, the device comprising a body defining a central cavity inside the body, the central cavity having an inner wall, and a material track along which the elongated material is guided in the device, the material track being provided to the inner wall of the central cavity and comprising an opening extending along the material track and open to the central cavity, and one or more shutter elements arranged to prevent the elongated material escaping from the material track to the central cavity via the opening, at least one of the shutter elements comprises a movable shutter wall, a tube or a straw introduced into the material track together with or separately from the elongated material for blocking at least a part of the opening during guiding the elongated material along the material track.
A method for forming a three dimensional shape to elongated material with a device comprising a body defining a central cavity inside the body, the central cavity having an inner wall, and a material track along which the elongated material is guided in the device, the material track being provided to the inner wall of the central cavity and comprising an opening extending along the material track and open to the central cavity, the method comprising:
- feeding elongated material into the material track by providing a movable shutter wall, a tube or a straw into the material track together with or separately from the elongated material for preventing the elongated material from escaping from the material track through the opening to the central cavity during guiding the elongated material along at least part of the material track;
- moving the elongated material through the material track;
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- releasing the elongated material from the material track into the central cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.