Artificial thatched roof of overlapping plastic tubes, and method and apparatus for making same
OwnerMax Koschorrekinventor
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Abstract
A material, such as a web, mat or slab is disclosed, for covering a surface of a building, for decorative purposes. It comprises a carrier layer or foil and elongate elements, especially small plastic material tubes, fixed thereto and disposed at an acute angle to the carrier layer. The elongate elements extending through the carrier layer are anchored to the back of the carrier layer by the portion at the back of the carrier layer. Additionally, there is disclosed a method of and apparatus for making such a material.
Claims26
An artificial thatched roof material for covering a surface of a building comprising, a plurality of elongated plastic tubes, a carrier layer having weather exposed and back roof sides, said elongate tubes being fixed thereto and disposed at acute angles to said carrier layer, the elongate tubes extending through the carrier layer and being secured to the back roof side of the carrier layer by their shorter ends which are disposed adjacent the back roof side of the carrier layer, whereby the longer ends of said tubes overlap each other and overlie the weather exposed side of the carrier layer.
A method of making an artificial thatched roof material for covering a surface of a building, which method comprises the steps of;
- passing elongate plastic tubes by one end through a pre-punched carrier layer in a direction substantially at right angles thereto, folding said tubes over into an overlapping position at an acute angle to the carrier layer, and securing the shorter ends of said tubes to the back roof side of the carrier layer.
Apparatus for making an artificial thatched roof covering material including a plurality of elongated plastic tubes extending through a carrier layer and having their longer ends disposed in an overlapping arrangement on the exposed weather side of said carrier layer and their shorter ends secured to the back roof side thereof, comprising;
- means for centering the elongate plastic tubes, means for feeding said tubes to the centering means, and means for individually and cyclically passing said tubes through spaced holes in the carrier layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.