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US 8,425,390 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for producing a thatch roofing material for building construction
OwnerDavid Saiiainventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for producing a thatch roofing material for building construction, the apparatus includes a pair of stanchions, a supporting frame, at least one holding member for holding the container, a first shaft extending substantially perpendicular to each stanchion of the pair of stanchions, and a blade coupled to the first shaft for cutting the container.
Claims14
A method of producing a thatch roofing material for building construction, the method comprising:
- forming a container assembly by inserting a casting member into a container to form the container assembly;
- positioning the container assembly between a housing member of at least one holding member and a support projection member of at least one holding member;
- cutting the container into a spiral strip of a predetermined size;
- and
- creating a counter bend on the spiral strip to flatten and straighten the spiral strip;
- wherein the casting member comprises a spiral channel engraved on the surface of the casting member;
- and a blade navigates over the spiral channel for cutting the container of the container assembly.
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A method of forming thatch roofing material from a waste plastic bottle, the method comprising:
- inserting a casting member into the waste plastic bottle, the casting member having a spiral channel engraved over its surface;
- cutting the waste plastic bottle into a spiral strip having a curve, the cutting comprising driving a blade into the waste plastic bottle and navigating the blade along the spiral channel;
- drawing the spiral strip through a pair of rollers such that the pair of rollers creates an even surface, a counter bend, and a crease in the spiral strip that flattens the spiral strip;
- dividing the spiral strip into a plurality of thatch roofing material strips;
- and
- making one or more folded thatch components by mounting one or more of the thatch roofing material strips on a slat.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.