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 grass for use as a packing material, an animal bedding, cat litter, mulch for soil, and as a media for plants, the curled grass produced from a material wherein the curled grass has a multi-sided cross section, a length and a width, and wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- curling a sheet or web of material so as to produce a curled sheet or web of material;
- and
- cutting and/or slitting the curled sheet or web of material to provide strips of curled grass having at least one of a substantially clock spring configuration and a compression tension spring configuration.
A method for making curled grass for use as a packing material, an animal bedding, cat litter, mulch for soil, and as a media for plants, the curled grass produced from a material wherein the curled grass has a multi-sided cross section, a length and a width, and wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- drawing a sheet or web of material over at least one curl bar so as to produce a curled sheet or web of material;
- and
- cutting and/or slitting the curled sheet or web of material to provide strips of curled grass having at least one of a substantially clock spring configuration and a compression tension spring configuration.
A method for making curled grass for use as a packing material, animal bedding, cat litter, mulch for soil, and as a media for plants, the curled grass produced from a material wherein the curled grass has a multi-sided cross section, a length and a width, and wherein the method comprises the steps of:
- curling a material by passing the material between a pliable roller positioned adjacent a non-pliable roller, wherein a depressed area is formed in the non-pliable roller by the pliable roller and whereby passage of the material through the depressed area formed in the pliable roller by the non-pliable roller provides a curled material;
- cutting and/or slitting the curled material to provide strips of curled grass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.