Method and apparatus for making curled decorative grass
OwnerDonald E. Wederinventor
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Abstract
Curled decorative grass having a variety of configurations and methods for making such decorative grass is provided which, because of its increased bulk, can also be used as a packing material, animal bedding, cat litter, mulch for soil, and a media for plants. The curled decorative grass is produced by curling a substantially flat sheet of material and thereafter cutting the resulting curled sheet of material, or by cutting a pre-curled material.
Claims17
A method for making curled decorative grass for use as a packing material, animal bedding, cat litter, mulch for soil, and as a media for plants, the curled decorative grass produced from a material wherein the curled decorative grass has a multi-sided cross section, a length and a width, and wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- providing a material;
- cutting and/or slitting the material to provide a plurality of strips;
- and
- curling the strips of material by passing the material between a pliable roller positioned adjacent a non-pliable roller, wherein a depressed area is formed in the roller by the non-pliable roller and whereby passage of the material through the depressed area formed in the pliable roller by the non-pliable roller provides strips of curled decorative grass.
A method for making curled decorative grass comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of strips of material;
- and
- drawing the plurality of strips of material over at least one curl bar so as to produce a curled decorative grass having at least one of a substantially clock spring configuration and a compression tension spring configuration, wherein the at least one curl bar is provided with a curling edge, and wherein an angle of a portion of the curling edge of the at least one curl bar relative to a direction of travel of the plurality of strips of material is different from an angle of another portion of the curling edge of the curl bar relative to the direction of travel of the plurality of strips of material.
A method for making curled decorative grass for use as a packing material, an animal bedding, cat litter, mulch for soil, and as a media for plants, the curled decorative grass produced from a material wherein the curled decorative grass has a multi-sided cross section, a length and a width, and wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- providing a sheet or web of material;
- cutting and/or slitting the sheet or web of material to provide a plurality of strips;
- and
- drawing the plurality of strips over at least one curl bar to provide curled decorative grass having at least one of a substantially clock spring configuration and a compression tension spring configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.