US 2016/0236399 A1 · BANNER MAKING MACHINE

Abstract

A system for making a banner having reinforced edges and grommets includes a self-contained banner making machine including a welding device and a grommet riveting device within the machine. A sheet of banner webbing material for is configured to be fed through the banner making machine. A first hem is created in a folding devices upstream from the welding device. A grommet is riveted through the hem having double thickness banner material by the riveting device. The banner making machine includes a banner material flowstream pathway, including first and second sides of the pathway. The welding device is between the entrance and exit of the machine. The riveting device or a first grommet riveter is also between the entrance and exit positioned downstream from the welding device.

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Dependent claims

A banner making machine comprising:

a machine entrance forward from a machine exit;
a banner material flowstream pathway, including first and second sides, extending from the machine entrance to the machine exit;
a first banner folding device having first and second ends and positioned between the entrance and exit adjacent one side of the pathway configured to fold one edge of banner material about itself creating a first hem;
and
a first grommet riveter between the entrance and exit positioned downstream from the folding device to rivet a grommet through the first hem.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Banner making machine

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Banner making machine

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Abstract

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