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US 6,402,675 B1Granted
System for producing corrugated decorative grass
AssigneeSouthpac Trust International, Inc.
InventorDonald E. Weder
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Abstract
The present invention discloses folded corrugated material for producing segments or strips for use as Easter grass, packing material and the like or for use as flower pot covers, floral wrappings and ribbon materials.
Claims3
A system for producing corrugated decorative grass from a substantially flat web of material, the system consisting essentially of:
- a corrugating assembly comprising a first corrugation forming member and a second corrugation forming member wherein the first and second corrugation forming members are spatially disposed sufficient to permit passage of the substantially flat web of material therebetween, wherein the corrugating assembly forms a crease in the substantially flat web of material and forms a bend in the substantially flat web of material as same passes between the first and second corrugation forming members, thereby forming a corrugated web of material characterized as having a plurality of folds wherein each fold has a first leg, a second leg and a fold line from which the first and second legs extend;
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- a shredding assembly for cutting the corrugated web of material into segments of corrugated decorative grass, the shredding assembly comprising:
- a slitting unit for slitting the corrugated web of material to provide a slit web of corrugated material having a plurality of corrugated strips of material, the slitting unit being positioned so that as the corrugated web of material is passed through the slitting unit, the slitting unit slits the corrugated web of material in an angular direction relative to the fold lines of the folds of the corrugated web of material;
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- a cutting unit for cutting the slit web of corrugated material into corrugated segments to provide the corrugated decorative grass.
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