B29L2031/722

Method of making multi-layer blow molded article with functional, visual, and/or tactile effects

Method for making blow molded articles having a predetermined feature incorporated into the wall provided by variations in the thickness of the wall of the article corresponding to a predetermined pattern etched into the preform from which the article was formed.

METHOD FOR COSMETICALLY ALTERING A FIBERGLASS PIECE

A method of cosmetically altering a fiberglass piece comprising having a graphical element disposed on a layer of textile fabric. An outer layer of a curable gel-coat is applied to a mold for the cosmetically altered fiberglass piece. At least one intermediate layer of textile is then applied over the outer layer, the textile comprising a graphical element disposed adjacent to the outer layer. An inner layer is then applied to the intermediate layer, the inner layer providing structural support to the fiberglass piece. A bonding agent is then applied to wet out the outer layer, the intermediate layer, and the inner layer, thereby resulting in an assembly of a wet out three-layer combination, the curing of which results in the cosmetically altered fiberglass piece.

Method and apparatus for producing three-dimensional emblem made of thermoplastic synthetic resin
11325317 · 2022-05-10 ·

A method wherein a bulky three-dimensional emblem can be made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin containing a vapor-deposited-metal laminated film. An apparatus for producing a three-dimensional emblem made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin includes a slide jig in which an electrode flat plate die and an electrode projecting die are slidable in a horizontal plane, an electrode recessed die capable of approaching and separating from the slide jig in a vertical direction and at a position where it can oppose the electrode flat plate die and the electrode projecting die, and a high-frequency oscillator that performs high-frequency dielectric heating by continuously generating a high-frequency voltage across the opposing dies, wherein recesses form in a surface of the electrode flat plate die opposing the electrode recessed die, and during high-frequency dielectric heating, a portion of the lower layer material enters the recess and is held on the electrode flat plate die.

Method for manufacturing dual cosmetic container
11318655 · 2022-05-03 · ·

Discloses is a method for manufacturing a dual cosmetic container. The method includes: molding an inner preform 40 or 40a formed with a patterned portion having one or more shapes selected from characters, pictures, figures, and helical grooves on the outer surface thereof using an upper mold 10 for the inner preform having a molding space 11 and formed with a pattern molding portion 12a on the inner circumferential surface thereof and an lower mold 14 for the inner preform having a molding space 15 for a discharge portion; inserting the inner preform 40 or 40a into a molding space 21 of an upper mold 20 for an outer preform, fixing a discharge portion 41 of the inner preform 40 or 40a to a lower mold 23 for the outer preform, feeding a liquid raw material into the molding space 21 of the upper mold 20 for the outer preform, and molding the outer preform 50 in close contact with the outer surface of the inner preform 40 or 40a formed with the patterned portion 42; and simultaneously heating the inner preform 40 or 40a and the outer preform 50 molded in close contact with each other, inserting the two heated preforms into a molding space 31 of a blow mold 30, inserting a blow tube 32 into the discharge portion 41 of the inner preform 40 or 40a, and simultaneously expanding the inner preform 40 or 40a and the outer preform 50 by blow molding to manufacture the desired dual cosmetic container in which an inner container 100 or 100a and an outer container 200 are in close contact with each other.

METHOD OF MAKING ARTICLE WITH VISUAL EFFECT

Method of making a blow molded article from a preform including: a) providing a preform of a thermoplastic material having a plurality of effect structures each having an effect surface having a normal with an orientation, the preform having a body with one or more walls and an opening, wherein at least a portion of the one or more walls of the preform has a three-dimensional pattern of cavities and/or protrusions thereon; and b) blow molding the preform to form a blow molded article, wherein the step of blow molding the preform changes the orientation of the normal of at least some of the effect surfaces of the effect structures to create a visual effect in at least one wall of the blow molded article.

RADAR COVER
20220123458 · 2022-04-21 ·

A radar cover (10) includes a transparent member (11), a base member (13) that is disposed on a back surface of the transparent member (11) and supports the transparent member (11), and an inner emblem (12) that is disposed between the transparent member (11) and the base member (13), in which the inner emblem (12) includes an island portion (12a) of which a periphery is surrounded by a part of the base member (13) when viewed from a laminating direction, a peripheral portion (12b) that is disposed apart from the island portion (12a) when viewed from the laminating direction, and a connecting portion (12c) that is embedded in the base member (13) and connects the island portion (12a) and the peripheral portion (12b) when viewed from the laminating direction.

Extruded board with realistic appearance
11712831 · 2023-08-01 · ·

In one embodiment, a method of forming an extruded board includes mixing a resin and a foaming agent, melting the mixed resin and foaming agent to form a uniformly colored extrudate, differentially expanding voids formed from the foaming agent within the uniformly colored extrudate by passing the uniformly colored extrudate through a breaker plate, forming a board with the differentially expanded voids and uniformly colored extrudate, and forming lightened portions on an outermost surface of the formed board.

Decorative housing and manufacturing device for same

A housing included in a home appliance and used as a decorative housing is shaped like an inverted tray and includes a wood layer, a non-woven cloth layer bonded to the wood layer via a bonding resin layer, and a substrate resin layer fixed to the wood layer while infiltrating gaps between fibers in the non-woven cloth layer. A predetermined cutout pattern is formed on a colored coating film applied to a front surface of the non-woven cloth layer.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OBTAINING A RAISED PATTERN ON A SUBSTRATE
20220024113 · 2022-01-27 ·

A method for obtaining a raised pattern on a substrate and to the device used, wherein the method includes the following steps of moving a substrate having one face; supplying a with a first face; projecting onto the first face a raised-pattern product using digital printing technology so as to generate a positive raised pattern on the first face; fixing the positive raised pattern on the film; applying an overlay product; obtaining a negative raised pattern on the overlay product by contact with the positive raised pattern; and fixing the negative raised pattern on the face of the substrate.

Styrene-free reactive diluents for urethane acrylate resin compositions

A curable resin composition comprising: (1) a urethane (meth)acrylate; (2) a reactive diluent selected from the group consisting of i) a hydroxyl alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer where the acrylate group, which is attached to the carbonyl group, is attached to a hydrogen or a methyl group and the carbonyl group is attached to the hydroxyl group thru an R2 alkylene group containing 2 to 18 carbon atoms per molecule.