US3208900A
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Method of manufacturing decorated molded articles from finely divided thermoplastic materials
Assignee: Vasco Ind Corp
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Filing: 1961-11-21
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Granted: 1965-09-28
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Expires: 1981-11-21
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Inklaar Petrus Adam
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 12:24
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C67/00; B29B; B29B13/00; B29B13/007; B29C43/00; B29C43/02; B29C43/18; B29C67/02; B29C67/04; B29C70/00; B29C70/58; B29C70/68; B29C70/78; B44; B44C; B44C3/00; B44C3/04; B44C3/046; B44C3/048; B29C37/00; B29C37/0025; B29C37/0028; B29C37/0032; B29K; B29K2023/00; B29K2023/04; B29K2023/06; B29K2105/00; B29K2105/25; B29K2105/251; B29L; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/722; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S220/00; Y10S220/14; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24273; Y10T428/24322; Y10T428/24331; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24851; Y10T428/24893; Y10T428/24901; Y10T428/24917
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
161 words
A METHOD OF PRODUCING A MOLDED DECORATED LAMINAR ARTICLE FROM A POWDERED THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL, WHICH COMPRISES PROVIDING A HOLLOW MOLD FORMED BY A HEAT-TRANSMITTING WALL THE INNER SURFACE OF WHICH HAS THE CONFIGURATION OF THE ARTICLE TO BE PRODUCED, SUPPORTING EVENLY OVER AT LEAST PART OF SAID SURFACE A FILM ADAPTED FOR DECORATION OF SAID ARTICLE AND COMPOSED, AT LEAST OVER ONE OF ITS SIDES, OF A PLASTIC MATERIAL CAPABLE OF FUSING AT A TEMPERATURE TO WHICH SAID WALL IS TO BE HEATED FOR THE ENSUING SINTERING OF SAID POWDERED MATERIAL, PLACING IN THE MOLD OVER SAID FILM A QUANITY OF SAID POWDERED THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL AT LEAST SELFSUSTAINING LAYER COVERED SAID SURFACE, AND, BY HEATING SAID WALL AND TRANSMITING HEAT FROM SAID SURFACE AND THROUGH SAID FILM TO SAID POWDERED THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL, HEATING PARTICLES OF SAID POWDERED MATERIAL NEAR TO SAID SURFACE, INCLUDING THE PARTICLES NEXT TO SAID FILM, TO A TEMPERATURE WITHIN THEIR MELTING RANGE AND SINTERING THE HEATED PARTICLES
Claim 2
Independent Claim
161 words
A METHOD OF PRODUCING A MOLDED DECORATED LAMINAR ARTICLE FROM A POWDERED THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL, WHICH COMPRISES PROVIDING A HOLLOW MOLD FORMED BY A HEAT-TRANSMITTING WALL THE INNER SURFACE OF WHICH HAS THE CONFIGURATION OF THE ARTICLE TO BE PRODUCED, SUPPORTING EVENLY OVER AT LEAST PART OF SAID SURFACE A FILM ADAPTED FOR DECORATION OF SAID ARTICLE AND COMPOSED, AT LEAST OVER ONE OF ITS SIDES, OF A PLASTIC MATERIAL CAPABLE OF FUSING AT A TEMPERATURE TO WHICH SAID WALL IS TO BE HEATED FOR THE ENSUING SINTERING OF SAID POWDERED MATERIAL, PLACING IN THE MOLD OVER SAID FILM A QUANITY OF SAID POWDERED THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL AT LEAST SELFSUSTAINING LAYER COVERED SAID SURFACE, AND, BY HEATING SAID WALL AND TRANSMITING HEAT FROM SAID SURFACE AND THROUGH SAID FILM TO SAID POWDERED THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL, HEATING PARTICLES OF SAID POWDERED MATERIAL NEAR TO SAID SURFACE, INCLUDING THE PARTICLES NEXT TO SAID FILM, TO A TEMPERATURE WITHIN THEIR MELTING RANGE AND SINTERING THE HEATED PARTICLES
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
122 words
A MOLDED ARTICLE CONSISTING OF A SELF-SUSTAINING IMPERVIOUS LAMINAR WALL FORMING THE BODY INCLUDING THE INNER AND OUTER SURFACES OF THE ARTICLE AND COMPOSED OF A FILM OF PLIABLE THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL, ONE SIDE OF WHICH LIES IN ITS ENTIRELY AT AND CONSTITUTES AT LEAST PART OF SAID OUTER SURFACE, AND A RELATIVELY THICK IMPREVIOUS LAYER OF THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL COMPOSED OF THERMOPLASTIC PARTICLES INTEGRALLY SINTERED TOGETHER AND TO THE MATERIAL OF SAID FILM OVER THE ENTIRE AREA OF THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID FILM, SAID WALL PRESENTING FROM THE INTERFACE OF SAID FILM AND SAID LAYER A DECORATION INTEGRAL THEREWITH THAT IS VISUALLY PROMINENT AT SAID OUTER SURFACE AND THERE BEING NO JOINT APPARENT TO THE EYE BETWEEN SAID FILM AND SAID LAYER.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
122 words
A MOLDED ARTICLE CONSISTING OF A SELF-SUSTAINING IMPERVIOUS LAMINAR WALL FORMING THE BODY INCLUDING THE INNER AND OUTER SURFACES OF THE ARTICLE AND COMPOSED OF A FILM OF PLIABLE THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL, ONE SIDE OF WHICH LIES IN ITS ENTIRELY AT AND CONSTITUTES AT LEAST PART OF SAID OUTER SURFACE, AND A RELATIVELY THICK IMPREVIOUS LAYER OF THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL COMPOSED OF THERMOPLASTIC PARTICLES INTEGRALLY SINTERED TOGETHER AND TO THE MATERIAL OF SAID FILM OVER THE ENTIRE AREA OF THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID FILM, SAID WALL PRESENTING FROM THE INTERFACE OF SAID FILM AND SAID LAYER A DECORATION INTEGRAL THEREWITH THAT IS VISUALLY PROMINENT AT SAID OUTER SURFACE AND THERE BEING NO JOINT APPARENT TO THE EYE BETWEEN SAID FILM AND SAID LAYER.
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