Toy for decorating articles
OwnerJeffrey G. Rehkemper, Steven Rehkemperinventors
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Abstract
A tool for providing cup-shaped, three-dimensional ornamentations for various items, such as, pictures, jewelry, or three-dimensional objects. The various tool embodiments include a power- or manually-driven plunger that engages a section of deformable material and drives it through a tapered nozzle opening to form a funnel-shaped cup. The bottom of the cup is adhered to an adhesive surface in a preselected pattern to provide the desired ornamentation.
Claims4
A device for forming funnel shaped decorative cups adapted to be connected to an adhearable base surface comprising an elongated housing assembly having at one end at funnel shaped outlet passage and its other end a reciprocable handle, a plunger disposed within said housing assembly and secured to said reciprocable handle, means for biasing the handle and plunger to a raised position, said housing defining an opening under said plunger when in the raised position for receiving an insert disposed below said plunger to be formed into a cup where by when the handle and plunger are lowered against said biasing means by the actuation of said handle the plunger extends through the outlet passage and engages the insert located in said opening to form the insert into a funnel shaped cup and move it out of said outlet passage where it can be adhered to a base surface for ornamental purposes.
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