Abstract: A machine for producing pompons in which an indefinite length of thin plastic tape 9 is ripped into a plurality of strips of constant width, the strips are cut off to a predetermined length, and the cut strips are bundled at their central areas. The machine includes a shaft 7 for rotatably supporting a tape roll 11 wound about a core 10, a ripping device 4 for ripping the tape into strips, and a reel 5 about which the strips are wound mounted on a common framework 1. The ripping device has a plurality of equally spaced cutters 34. The outer periphery of the reel is provided with at least two recesses 48 through one of which a string 54 is passed to bundle the strips and through the other of which a knife or scissors for removing the strips from the reel is passed.

Abstract: A sheet folding device which can fold a sheet in an accordion fashion simply and efficiently and can improve the efficiency in production of artificial flowers. The device includes a set of fixed parallel folding plates provided in an equidistantly spaced relationship on a fixed base, and a set of movable folding plates mounted for individual parallel movement on a movable member pivotally mounted on the base. A stack of sheets of paper is placed on the fixed member between the movable folding plates and the fixed folding plates, and a manually operable member is operated whereupon the movable folding plates are successively moved into gaps between the fixed folding plates thereby to fold the paper sheet stack in an accordion fashion.