US4798639A
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Method of laminating plastic resin sheets
Assignee: Fujifilm Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1988-03-14
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Granted: 1989-01-17
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Expires: 2008-03-14
Abstract
Abstract In a method of laminating three or more thermoplastic resin sheets successively by sonic bonding, the pressure face of ultrasonic horn is provided with projections, and thereby the pressed surface of the thermoplastic resin sheet is provided with recesses and projections to the extent suitable for later sonic bonding. Accordingly, only one thermoplastic resin sheet having an embossed surface is needed, and both surfaces of the remaining thermoplastic resin sheets may be all flat. That is, when n sheets of thermoplastic resin sheet are laminated, heretofore, n-1 sheets of thermoplastic resin sheet need to have an embossed surface. Whereas, in the method of the invention, only one embossed thermoplastic resin sheet is sufficient so that the cost for embossing is much lowered, and thus the cost of manufacturing a laminate of thermoplastic resin sheets can be saved.
Inventors
- 👤 Akira Yamaguchi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 15:10
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B27/00; B32B27/06; B32B27/08; B29; B29C; B29C43/00; B29C43/02; B29C43/14; B29C43/146; B29C59/00; B29C59/02; B29C65/00; B29C65/02; B29C65/08; B29C65/78; B29C65/7841; B29C66/00; B29C66/01; B29C66/05; B29C66/10; B29C66/11; B29C66/112; B29C66/1122; B29C66/302; B29C66/3022; B29C66/306; B29C66/40; B29C66/41; B29C66/45; B29C66/70; B29C66/73; B29C66/739; B29C66/7392; B29C66/73921; B29C66/80; B29C66/81; B29C66/814; B29C66/8141; B29C66/81433; B29C66/81435; B29C66/8145; B29C66/81463; B29C66/83; B29C66/832; B29C66/8322; B32B3/00; B32B3/26; B32B3/30; B32B38/00; B32B38/06; B29C66/30221; B29C66/71; B29C66/812; B29C66/8126; B29C66/81265; B32B2310/00; B32B2310/028; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T156/00; Y10T156/10; Y10T156/1002; Y10T156/1039
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
152 words
A method of laminating three or more thermoplastic resin sheets successively by sonic bonding comprising: (1) superposing a first thermoplastic resin sheet on a second thermoplastic resin sheet, at least one of said themoplastic resin sheets having an embossed surface facing the other thermoplastic resin sheet, (2) pressing an ultrasonic horn having a pressure face having projections and recesses onto said first thermoplastic resin sheet to bond it to the second thermoplastic resin sheet and to provide the pressed surface of the first thermoplastic resin sheet with recesses and projections, (3) superposing a third thermoplastic resin sheet of which both surface are flat on said pressed surface of the first thermoplastic resin sheet, and, (4) pressing an ultrasonic horn onto said third thermoplastic resin sheet to bond it to the first thermoplastic resin sheet whereby ultrasonic energy is concentrated in the projections of the pressed surface of the first thermoplastic resin sheet.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
152 words
A method of laminating three or more thermoplastic resin sheets successively by sonic bonding comprising: (1) superposing a first thermoplastic resin sheet on a second thermoplastic resin sheet, at least one of said themoplastic resin sheets having an embossed surface facing the other thermoplastic resin sheet, (2) pressing an ultrasonic horn having a pressure face having projections and recesses onto said first thermoplastic resin sheet to bond it to the second thermoplastic resin sheet and to provide the pressed surface of the first thermoplastic resin sheet with recesses and projections, (3) superposing a third thermoplastic resin sheet of which both surface are flat on said pressed surface of the first thermoplastic resin sheet, and, (4) pressing an ultrasonic horn onto said third thermoplastic resin sheet to bond it to the first thermoplastic resin sheet whereby ultrasonic energy is concentrated in the projections of the pressed surface of the first thermoplastic resin sheet.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the shape of said projections on said pressure face of the ultrasonic horn is selected from the group consisting of cones, wedges, waves and irregular roughness.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said ultrasonic horn for bonding said third thermoplastic resin sheet to the first thermoplastic resin sheet is provided with projections.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
150 words
A method of laminating three or more thermoplastic resin sheets successively by sonic bonding comprising; (1) superposing a first thermoplastic resin sheet on a second thermoplastic resin sheet, at least one of said thermoplastic resin sheets having an embossed surface facing the other thermoplastic resin sheet, (2) pressing an ultrasonic horn having a pressure face having projections onto said first thermoplastic resin sheet to bond it to the second thermoplastic resin sheet and to provide the pressed surface of the first thermoplastic resin sheet with recesses and projections, (3) superposing a third thermoplastic resin sheet of which both surfaces are flat onto said pressed surface of the first thermoplastic resin sheet, and (4) pressing an ultrasonic horn onto said third thermoplastic resin sheet to bond it to the first thermoplastic resin sheet whereby ultrasonic energy is concentrated in the projections of the pressed surface of the first thermoplastic resin sheet.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
150 words
A method of laminating three or more thermoplastic resin sheets successively by sonic bonding comprising; (1) superposing a first thermoplastic resin sheet on a second thermoplastic resin sheet, at least one of said thermoplastic resin sheets having an embossed surface facing the other thermoplastic resin sheet, (2) pressing an ultrasonic horn having a pressure face having projections onto said first thermoplastic resin sheet to bond it to the second thermoplastic resin sheet and to provide the pressed surface of the first thermoplastic resin sheet with recesses and projections, (3) superposing a third thermoplastic resin sheet of which both surfaces are flat onto said pressed surface of the first thermoplastic resin sheet, and (4) pressing an ultrasonic horn onto said third thermoplastic resin sheet to bond it to the first thermoplastic resin sheet whereby ultrasonic energy is concentrated in the projections of the pressed surface of the first thermoplastic resin sheet.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 4 wherein the shape of said projections on said pressure face of the ultrasonic horn is selected from the group consisting of cones, wedges, waves and irregular roughness.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 4, wherein said ultrasonic horn for bonding said third thermoplastic resin sheet to the first thermoplastic resin sheet is provided with projections.
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