Patents by Inventor Harold S. Roberts

Harold S. Roberts has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tinsel facetting apparatus
    Patent number: 4427354
    Abstract: A tinsel facetting apparatus and method for use in facetting a metallized polyvinyl chloride (PVC) strip including a pair of serrated rolls having a thermal element located in each roll. The PVC strip is facetted as it travels between the two rolls which are maintained at a predetermined temperature determined by the color of the PVC strip. The apparatus and method further provide for timed slitting of the PVC strip into spaced sections constituting facetted icicles, each spaced section separated from the next by a header portion and timed cutting the PVC strip into segments including a spaced section and an unslit header portion so the facetted icicles hang freely from the header portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1984
    Assignee: Decor Noel Corp.
    Inventors: Harold S. Roberts, Zigfried Weber
  • Facetted tinsel and method and apparatus for manufacturing same
    Patent number: 4385087
    Abstract: A tinsel facetting apparatus and method for use in facetting a metallized polyvinyl chloride (PVC) strip including a pair of serrated rolls having a thermal element located in each roll. The PVC strip is facetted as it travels between the two rolls which are maintained at a predetermined temperature determined by the color of the PVC strip. The apparatus and method further provide for timed slitting of the PVC strip into spaced sections constituting facetted icicles, each spaced section separated from the next by a header portion and timed cutting the PVC strip into segments including a spaced section and an unslit header portion so the facetted icicles hang freely from the header portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1983
    Inventors: Harold S. Roberts, Zigfried Weber