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US 5,852,916 AGranted
Pot cover forming apparatus and method
AssigneeSouthpac Trust International, Inc.
InventorsDonald E. Weder, Joseph G. Straeter
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for forming a flower pot cover or sleeve by automatically delivering a sheet of material to a forming mold, automatically forming the sheet about the mold, and removing the formed cover from the mold.
Claims16
A method of forming a pot cover from a sheet of material, the sheet having a leading edge portion, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a mold having an outer peripheral surface and an end portion;
- automatically advancing the leading edge portion of the sheet of material toward the mold until a portion of the sheet of material is positioned adjacent the mold;
- rotating the mold wherein the sheet of material is rotated through at least about one rotation such that the leading edge portion of the sheet engages another portion of the sheet and is bonded thereto via a bonding material and wherein the sheet of material circumferentially encompasses at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the mold forming a tubular cover and wherein a portion of the sheet extends beyond the end portion of the mold;
- forming a bottom in the tubular cover by closing the portion of the sheet of material which extends beyond the end portion of the mold;
- and
- removing the tubular cover from about the mold.
3 more elements
A method of forming a pot cover from a sheet of material, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a mold having an outer peripheral surface and an end portion;
- providing a sheet of material having a leading edge, a non-linear first side and a second side;
- automatically advancing the leading edge of the sheet of material toward the mold until a portion of the sheet of material is positioned adjacent the mold;
- rotating the mold wherein the sheet of material is rotated through at least about one rotation such that the leading edge of the sheet engages another portion of the sheet of material and is bondingly connected thereto via a bonding material and wherein the sheet of material circumferentially encompasses at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the mold forming a tubular cover having an open end with a non-linear edge;
- forming a bottom in the tubular cover;
- and
- removing the tubular cover from about the mold.
4 more elements
A method of forming a pot cover from a sheet of material, the sheet having a leading edge portion, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a mold having an outer peripheral surface and an end portion;
- automatically advancing the leading edge portion of the sheet of material toward the mold until a portion of the sheet of material is engaged by holding means for holding the portion of the sheet of material in a position adjacent the mold;
- rotating the mold wherein the sheet of material is rotated through at least about one rotation such that the leading edge portion of the sheet engages another portion of the sheet and is bonded thereto via a bonding material and wherein the sheet of material circumferentially encompasses at least a portion of the outer peripheral surface of the mold forming a tubular cover and wherein a portion of the sheet extends beyond the end portion of the mold;
- forming a bottom in the tubular cover by closing the portion of the sheet of material which extends beyond the end portion of the mold;
- and
- removing the tubular cover from about the mold.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.