Molding strips for vehicle bodies

Abstract

Abstract 1,215,549. Strip moulding. HAPPICH G.m.b.H. GEB. 7 March, 1968 [21 Dec., 1967], No. 11257/68. Heading B6G. A profiled strip for vehicle bodies comprises a carrier around which is moulded a coating of an elastically yielding substance having a section which is removable by drawing off manually so as to lay bare a decorative surface below the outer surface of the coating, the removable section having a length and width determined by the length and distance apart of two slits in the coating, the decorative surface being formed by a decorative strip imbedded in the coating beneath the removable section and is distinct from the carrier. The elastically yielding substance may be a synthetic one or rubber. The carrier may consist of a low-grade material whilst the decorative strip may be stainless-steel or of a metal-clad synthetic substance. The decorative strip is inserted into the moulding substance while the profile strip is extruded. In the Figure profile strip 1 comprises a carrier 2 having perforations 3 and being surrounded by a moulded coating 4 of an elastically yielding substance. The coating 4 is made up of an external coating portion 4a and an internal coating portion 4b integrally joined to one another via the perforations 3 and surrounding the carrier 2. A decorative strip 5 is embedded in the external coating portion 4a along the longitudinal direction of the profile strip 1. The coating substance 4 arranged over the surface of the decorative strip 5 and denoted as removable section 6 is determined by two slits 7a and 7b arranged in the longitudinal direction of the profile strip 1. The distance A between them is smaller than the width B of the decorative strip 5. The edges 5a and 5b of the decorative strip may be provided with longitudinally extending perforations through which while the profile strip Y is extruded the elastically yielding substance passes, thereby anchoring the decorative strip more effectively in the external coating portion 4a.

Inventors

• 👤 Gerhard Herr

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