US4371575A
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Rigid, one-piece, biaxially stretched shaped body of synthetic resin and method for making the same
Assignee: Roehm GmbH Darmstadt
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Filing: 1980-11-04
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Granted: 1983-02-01
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Expires: 2000-11-04
Abstract
Abstract What is disclosed is a rigid, one-piece, shaped body, made of a biaxially stretched synthetic resin in the form of a sheet at least 1 mm thick, the edge of which does not lie in a single plane, and the surface of which is smaller than a flat initial surface enclosed by the edge and preferably approximates the mathematically minimum surface enclosed by the edge, is suitable according to the invention as a lightweight building element having high resistance to buckling. The new shaped bodies are made by shaping a flat sheet of biaxially stretched synthetic resin at least 1 mm thick, while in the thermoelastic state, so that the edge of the sheet is brought into a configuration which does not lie in one plane, and the surface enclosed by the edge is allowed to shrink back partially while in the thermoelastic state, whereby a shrinkage of the edge of the sheet is prevented by clamping the edge, and the resulting shaped body is cooled below the softening temperature before the edge clamping is loosened.
Inventors
- 👤 Klaus Kerk
- 👤 Dieter Mueller
- 👤 Bernd Oleiko
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 04:56
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C61/00; B29C61/02; B29D; B29D25/00; E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/32; E04B7/00; E04B7/08; E04B7/10; E04B7/102; E04D; E04D13/00; E04D13/03; B29L; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/772; E04B2001/3217; E04B2001/3258; E04B2001/3264; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/91; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24628
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
174 words
A method for making a rigid one-piece shaped body of biaxially stretched synthetic resin in the form of a sheet having a thickness of at least 1 millimeter, said body having an edge which does not lie in one plane and having a surface smaller than the imagined flat initial surface enclosed by said edge, which method comprises deforming a sheet of biaxially stretched synthetic resin at least 1 millimeter thick by elastic bending at a temperature below the softening point of the resin into a configuration in which the edge of the sheet does not lie in a single plane, rigidly fixing the edge of the sheet, and heating said sheet without touching the surface thereof and with equal gas pressure on both sides of the sheet until said synthetic resin is in the thermoelastic state, whereby the surface of the sheet enclosed by the edge shrinks back partially but shrinkage of the edge of the sheet is not permitted, and subsequently cooling the sheet below the softening temperature of the synthetic resin.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
174 words
A method for making a rigid one-piece shaped body of biaxially stretched synthetic resin in the form of a sheet having a thickness of at least 1 millimeter, said body having an edge which does not lie in one plane and having a surface smaller than the imagined flat initial surface enclosed by said edge, which method comprises deforming a sheet of biaxially stretched synthetic resin at least 1 millimeter thick by elastic bending at a temperature below the softening point of the resin into a configuration in which the edge of the sheet does not lie in a single plane, rigidly fixing the edge of the sheet, and heating said sheet without touching the surface thereof and with equal gas pressure on both sides of the sheet until said synthetic resin is in the thermoelastic state, whereby the surface of the sheet enclosed by the edge shrinks back partially but shrinkage of the edge of the sheet is not permitted, and subsequently cooling the sheet below the softening temperature of the synthetic resin.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method as in claim 1 wherein the edge of said shaped body has two pairwise opposed rectilinear edge segments and two pairwise opposed arcuate edge segments.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
A rigid one-piece shaped body made by the method of claim 1.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
162 words
A method for making a rigid one-piece shaped body of biaxially stretched synthetic resin in the form of a sheet having a thickness of at least 1 millimeter, said body having an edge which does not lie in one plane and having a surface smaller than the imagined flat initial surface enclosed by said edge, which method comprises rigidly fixing the edge of a sheet of biaxially stretched synthetic resin at least 1 millimeter thick, heating said sheet without touching the surface thereof and with equal gas pressure on both sides of the sheet until said synthetic resin is in the thermoelastic state, and deforming said heated sheet into a configuration in which the edge of the sheet does not lie in a single plane, whereby the surface of the sheet enclosed by the edge shrinks back partially but shrinkage of the edge of the sheet is not permitted, and subsequently cooling the sheet below the softening point of the synthetic resin.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
162 words
A method for making a rigid one-piece shaped body of biaxially stretched synthetic resin in the form of a sheet having a thickness of at least 1 millimeter, said body having an edge which does not lie in one plane and having a surface smaller than the imagined flat initial surface enclosed by said edge, which method comprises rigidly fixing the edge of a sheet of biaxially stretched synthetic resin at least 1 millimeter thick, heating said sheet without touching the surface thereof and with equal gas pressure on both sides of the sheet until said synthetic resin is in the thermoelastic state, and deforming said heated sheet into a configuration in which the edge of the sheet does not lie in a single plane, whereby the surface of the sheet enclosed by the edge shrinks back partially but shrinkage of the edge of the sheet is not permitted, and subsequently cooling the sheet below the softening point of the synthetic resin.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as in claim 4 wherein the edge of said shaped body consists of a plurality of rectinlinear segments.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
12 words
A rigid one-piece shaped body made by the method of claim 4.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
182 words
A method for making a rigid one-piece shaped body of biaxially stretched synthetic resin in the form of a sheet having a thickness of at least 1 millimeter, said body having an edge which does not lie in one plane and having a surface smaller than the imagined flat initial surface enclosed by said edge, which method comprises first folding a sheet of said biaxially stretched resin along at least one fold line by heating said resin above its softening point in a small zone along said fold line and deforming the sheet so that the edge of said sheet is no longer in a single plane, then rigidly fixing the edge of the deformed sheet and heating said sheet without touching the surface thereof and with equal gas pressure on both sides of said sheet until said synthetic resin is in the thermoelastic state, whereby the surface of the sheet enclosed by the edge shrinks back partially but shrinkage of the edge of the sheet is not permitted, and subsequently cooling the sheet below the softening temperature of the synthetic resin.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
182 words
A method for making a rigid one-piece shaped body of biaxially stretched synthetic resin in the form of a sheet having a thickness of at least 1 millimeter, said body having an edge which does not lie in one plane and having a surface smaller than the imagined flat initial surface enclosed by said edge, which method comprises first folding a sheet of said biaxially stretched resin along at least one fold line by heating said resin above its softening point in a small zone along said fold line and deforming the sheet so that the edge of said sheet is no longer in a single plane, then rigidly fixing the edge of the deformed sheet and heating said sheet without touching the surface thereof and with equal gas pressure on both sides of said sheet until said synthetic resin is in the thermoelastic state, whereby the surface of the sheet enclosed by the edge shrinks back partially but shrinkage of the edge of the sheet is not permitted, and subsequently cooling the sheet below the softening temperature of the synthetic resin.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
12 words
A rigid one-piece shaped body made by the method of claim 7.
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