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US 4,573,247 AGranted
Artificial tree limb maker machine
AssigneeMr. Christmas Incorporated
InventorEnrico Spinelli
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Abstract
A machine for making artificial limbs as for a Christmas tree where twisted wires having simulated needles attached are fed by a reciprocating transverse action to a pair of cutters which cut the wires to predetermined lengths while at the same time a pair of wires and a strand of decorative material are fed between a pair of pulleys where the cut lengths are attached perpendicularly to the pair of wires and decorative strand being twisted.
Claims11
A machine for making artificial limbs comprising
- first means for feeding twisted wires with simulated needles therein,
- second means for feeding wires and decorative material,
- said first means feeding the twisted wires with simulated needles between the wires fed from said second means,
- a pulley means receiving said wires and decorative material from said second means,
- a pair of spaced cutters receiving said wires with simulated needles from said first means,
- means to hold and twist said wires and decorative material, with cut lengths of said wires with simulated needles disposed between twisted wires of said wires and decorative material,
- said pulley means positioning said wires with simulated needles substantially perpendicularly to said wires with decorative material for attachment to said twisted wires and decorative material.
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A method of making an artificial tree limb comprising the steps of
- feeding twisted wires with simulated needles therein to a pair of spaced cutters by a reciprocating motion transverse to the machine,
- feeding wires and decorative material to a pair of pulleys,
- cutting the twisted wires with simulated needles to lengths determined by the distance between said spaced cutters,
- twisting said wires and decorative material and catching said lengths of wires with simulated needles therein in a position substantially perpendicular to said wires with decorative material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.