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US 2024/0091841 A1Published application
Bulk textured material sheeting
AssigneeGripmetal Limited
InventorsRay ARBESMAN, Nghi PHAM, Winston MACKELVIE
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Abstract
A process is provided for making bulk textured material sheeting. As a continuous supply of flat material sheeting is fed, the sheeting is repeatedly impacted with toothed knives, each knife creating a row of raised and generally pointed structures on the sheeting to texture the sheeting.
Claims16
A texturing apparatus comprising:
- a base for receiving a section of a sheet of metal, the base extending along a base axis between a metal receiving end of the apparatus and a metal dispensing end of the apparatus;
- and
- at least a first knife mounted above the base, the first knife extending along a generally horizontal knife axis, and including a plurality of teeth that are spaced apart along the knife axis, the first knife moveable vertically towards the base and horizontally across the base,
- wherein the knife axis is generally non-perpendicular to the base axis.
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A texturing apparatus comprising:
- a first plurality of knives having first teeth that extend in a first direction to gouge a section of a sheet of metal on a first side thereof;
- and
- a second plurality of knives having second teeth that extend in a second direction that is different from the first direction to gouge the section of the sheet of metal on the first side thereof,
- wherein the first plurality of knives moves toward the second plurality of knives to gouge the section of the sheet of metal on the first side thereof in response to a force that is applied along a longitudinal axis of the first plurality of knives and the second plurality of knives.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.