Apparatus for ornament production
AssigneeRainbow Star Licensing S.A.
InventorsJames D. Mancel, Olaf B. Raiskums
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed for producing an ornament for gift wrapping purposes and the like. The ornament has a basic member with a plurality of radially disposed conical elements, and these basic members may be combined to produce spheroidal or hemispheroidal ornaments having a plurality of radial cones or spikes. In the method, a flat circular blank is formed with a plurality of radially disposed leaves. The leaves are wrapped around a conical form and adhesively secured to form one of the basic members. The apparatus includes a winder for wrapping the leaves around the conical form and positioning means for holding the blank and locating each leaf on the form to be wrapped into a conical element by the winder.
Claims21
Apparatus for producing, for use in an ornament, at least one ornament element having a three dimensional shape from a bendable blank having at least one leaf, said apparatus comprising:
- a form having a three dimensional shape corresponding to said three-dimensional shape of said ornament element;
- means for releasably holding said at least one leaf against said form;
- a winding surface having a shape at least in part conforming to said shape of said form;
- means for relatively arcuately moving said form and said winding surface while said leaf is between said winding surface and said form and held against said form by said holding means to wind said leaf about said form;
- means for treating said leaf such that said leaf after being at least partially wound on said form retains a wound configuration when said leaf is separated from said form as an ornament element.
Apparatus for producing, for use in an ornament, at least one ornament element having a conical shape from a bendable blank having at least one leaf, said apparatus comprising:
- a form having a conical shape corresponding to said conical shape of said ornament element;
- means for releasably holding said at least one leaf against said form;
- a winding surface having a conical portion conforming to a portion of said conical form;
- means for relatively moving said form and said winding surface while a leaf is held against said form by said holding means to wind said leaf about said form;
- means for treating said leaf such that said leaf after being at least partially wound on said form retains a wound configuration when said leaf is removed from said form as an ornament element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.