Device and method for forming elongated material
AssigneeBondustry Oy
InventorsSamuli Orko, Tero Liimatainen
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Abstract
This invention relates to a device and a method for forming elongated material. A device (824-864) according to the present invention for forming elongated material, is characterised in that the device comprises a track (821) for guiding the material in the device, wherein the track is arranged to guide the movement of the material into a desired form when the material is fed into the device, and the device comprises an opening (823, 824) along the entire length of the track for removing the elongated material from the device after the formation. With this invention it is possible to make knots and other structures of desired geometry easily and efficiently.
Claims19
A device for forming elongated material, the device (220-244) comprises:
- a track (220-222, 521) for guiding the material (550) in the device, wherein the track is arranged to guide the movement of the material into a desired form when the material is pushed in the device, whereby an end of the material follows the entire length of the track during the pushing based on the internal tension of the material;
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- an opening (223, 523) at the side of the track, along the entire length of the track, for removing the elongated material from the device after the formation, wherein the track (220-222, 521) of the device forms a closed geometry defining a knot.
A method for forming elongated material, comprising the steps of:
- pushing the material in a device (882);
- giving the material a predetermined formation by guiding the material along a track of the device (886), whereby an end of the material follows the entire length of the track during the pushing at least partially based on the internal tension of the material;
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- removing the material from the device via an opening provided at the side of the track, along the entire length of the track (188, 194), wherein the predetermined formation is a geometry of a knot (186, 190).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.