Means and method for postforming plastic laminated products

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF CONFORMING FLAT PLASTIC LAMINATES IN THE FORM OF STRIPS FIXEDLY AND PERMANENTLY APPLIED TO THE FACES OF VARIABLE-WIDTH ELONGATED WOOD-LIKE CORES HAVING PARALLEL OPPOSITE EDGES WHICH ARE ROUNDED, THE TRANSVERSE PERIPHERAL WIDTH OF EACH CORE BEING SOMEWHAT LESS THAN THAT OF THE APPLIED LAMINATE STRIP, THE METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF APPLYING A BONDING ADHESIVE TO THE CORE EDGES AND TO THE EXPOSED BACK OF THE UNBENT FREE EDGE PORTIONS OF THE LAMINATE, APPLYING HEAT TO THE FREE EDGE PORTIONS OF THE LAMINATE IN AN AMOUNT AND FOR A TIME REQUISITE FOR RENDERING THE SAID LAMINATE FREE EDGE PORTIONS AMENABLE TO BENDING, AND WHILE SO HEATED AND AMENABLE TO BENDING, APPLYING TO THE FREE EDGE PORTIONS OF THE LAMINATE A BENDING FORCE, STARTING AT ONE END OF THE LAMINATE AND MOVING STEADILY TO THE OTHER END THEREOF, TO PROGRESSIVELY DEFLECT THE FREE EDGE PORTIONS OF THE LAMINATE TOWARD AND UPON THE ROUNDED EDGES OF THE CORE AND INTO CLOSE CONFORMITY THEREWITH, AND, PROMPTLY AFTER BEING SO CONFORMED, APPLYING TO THE LAMINATE EDGE PORTIONS OPPOSING PRESSURES EXERTED OVER A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE LENGTHWISE OF THE LAMINATE, STARTING AT ONE END THEREOF AND CONTINUING TO THE OTHER THROUGH A PROLONGED INTERVAL, TO INDUCE BONDING TO THE CORE EDGES OF THE CONFORMED EDGE PORTIONS OF HTE LAMINATE, ANY EXCESS OF LAMINATE MATERIAL BEING THEN DISPOSED BEYOND AND PAST THE BACK OF THE CORE, AND TRIMMING OFF ALL SUCH EXCESS MATERIAL EVENLY WITH THE CORE BACK, AND CONTROLLING APPLICATION OF THE HEAT AND OF THE BENDING AND BONDING FORCES SO APPLIED TO THE LAMINATE EDGE PORTIONS, AS REQUIRED BY THE WIDTH OF THE PARTICULAR CORE TO WHICH THE LAMINATE IS CONFORMED, TO ASSURE A CONINUOUS AND FIRM ADHERENCE OF THE LAMINATE FREE EDGE PORTIONS TO OPPOSITE ROUNDED EDGES OF THE CORE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF CONFORMING FLAT PLASTIC LAMINATES IN THE FORM OF STRIPS FIXEDLY AND PERMANENTLY APPLIED TO THE FACES OF VARIABLE-WIDTH ELONGATED WOOD-LIKE CORES HAVING PARALLEL OPPOSITE EDGES WHICH ARE ROUNDED, THE TRANSVERSE PERIPHERAL WIDTH OF EACH CORE BEING SOMEWHAT LESS THAN THAT OF THE APPLIED LAMINATE STRIP, THE METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF APPLYING A BONDING ADHESIVE TO THE CORE EDGES AND TO THE EXPOSED BACK OF THE UNBENT FREE EDGE PORTIONS OF THE LAMINATE, APPLYING HEAT TO THE FREE EDGE PORTIONS OF THE LAMINATE IN AN AMOUNT AND FOR A TIME REQUISITE FOR RENDERING THE SAID LAMINATE FREE EDGE PORTIONS AMENABLE TO BENDING, AND WHILE SO HEATED AND AMENABLE TO BENDING, APPLYING TO THE FREE EDGE PORTIONS OF THE LAMINATE A BENDING FORCE, STARTING AT ONE END OF THE LAMINATE AND MOVING STEADILY TO THE OTHER END THEREOF, TO PROGRESSIVELY DEFLECT THE FREE EDGE PORTIONS OF THE LAMINATE TOWARD AND UPON THE ROUNDED EDGES OF THE CORE AND INTO CLOSE CONFORMITY THEREWITH, AND, PROMPTLY AFTER BEING SO CONFORMED, APPLYING TO THE LAMINATE EDGE PORTIONS OPPOSING PRESSURES EXERTED OVER A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE LENGTHWISE OF THE LAMINATE, STARTING AT ONE END THEREOF AND CONTINUING TO THE OTHER THROUGH A PROLONGED INTERVAL, TO INDUCE BONDING TO THE CORE EDGES OF THE CONFORMED EDGE PORTIONS OF HTE LAMINATE, ANY EXCESS OF LAMINATE MATERIAL BEING THEN DISPOSED BEYOND AND PAST THE BACK OF THE CORE, AND TRIMMING OFF ALL SUCH EXCESS MATERIAL EVENLY WITH THE CORE BACK, AND CONTROLLING APPLICATION OF THE HEAT AND OF THE BENDING AND BONDING FORCES SO APPLIED TO THE LAMINATE EDGE PORTIONS, AS REQUIRED BY THE WIDTH OF THE PARTICULAR CORE TO WHICH THE LAMINATE IS CONFORMED, TO ASSURE A CONINUOUS AND FIRM ADHERENCE OF THE LAMINATE FREE EDGE PORTIONS TO OPPOSITE ROUNDED EDGES OF THE CORE.