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Method of making a honeycomb product
Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc
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Filing: 1987-08-28
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Granted: 1989-08-29
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Expires: 2007-08-28
Abstract
Abstract A honeycomb product is made by providing a pleated sheet having legs which are made by securing two parts of a fold together. Two sheets are combined by securing the end of a leg to a crease of an opposite sheet. The sheet material is folded to provide alternating taller and shorter folds, and the taller folds are modified to provide the legs by cementing parts of the taller folds together. Gluing is accomplished by moving glue heads across the sheet at high velocity through the use of linear motors. The glue lines are heated after being laid down by the use of electromagnetic radiation, preferably from a high-powered laser. The finished product may be used as insulated window coverings, or the like.
Inventors
- 👤 Craig A. Neff
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 12:19
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C66/00; B29C66/01; B29C66/05; B29C66/10; B29C66/11; B29C66/112; B29C66/1122; B32; B32B; B32B3/00; B32B3/10; B32B3/12; B29C65/00; B29C65/02; B29C65/14; B29C65/16; B29C65/1629; B29C65/1632; B29C65/48; B29C65/4805; B29C65/481; B29C65/4815; B29C65/52; B29C65/524; B29C66/40; B29C66/41; B29C66/43; B29C66/437; B29C66/80; B29C66/83; B29C66/834; B29C66/8351; B29C66/83511; B29C66/83513; B29D; B29D99/00; B29D99/0089; B31; B31D; B31D3/00; B31D3/02; B31D3/0207; B31D3/0215; B65; B65H; B65H23/00; B65H23/04; B65H23/26; E; E06; E06B; E06B9/00; E06B9/24; E06B9/26; E06B9/262; E06B9/266; B29C65/1603; B29C65/1612; B29C65/1619; B29C65/1677; B29C65/168; B29C65/78; B29C65/7841; B29C65/7847; B29C66/50; B29C66/51; B29C66/54; B29C66/70; B29C66/71; B29L; B29L2024/00; B29L2024/006; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/719; E06B2009/2627; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T156/00; Y10T156/10; Y10T156/1002; Y10T156/1007; Y10T156/1015; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24149; Y10T428/24165
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
135 words
A process for the manufacture of expandable, collapsible material having hollow portions therein, for use in a blind, shade or the like, comprising folding a first sheet of material to provide a plurality of transverse creased folds therein, folding a second sheet of material to provide a plurality of transverse creased folds therein, modifying the first sheet to provide a plurality of first legs therein by forming folds and by securing parts of each of said folds together and combining said first and second sheets of material so that said first legs are directed towards the second sheet and a fold of said second sheet is directed towards and in-line with each of said first legs, and adhering said first legs at their free ends to the folds of the second sheet in line therewith.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
135 words
A process for the manufacture of expandable, collapsible material having hollow portions therein, for use in a blind, shade or the like, comprising folding a first sheet of material to provide a plurality of transverse creased folds therein, folding a second sheet of material to provide a plurality of transverse creased folds therein, modifying the first sheet to provide a plurality of first legs therein by forming folds and by securing parts of each of said folds together and combining said first and second sheets of material so that said first legs are directed towards the second sheet and a fold of said second sheet is directed towards and in-line with each of said first legs, and adhering said first legs at their free ends to the folds of the second sheet in line therewith.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein said step of securing comprises placing a line of adhesive along the intersection of said first leg and said second sheet and heating said line of adhesive.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A process according to claim 2 wherein said adhesive is hot-melt adhesive and said step of heating comprises irradiating said adhesive with electromagnetic radiation.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
A process according to claim 3 wherein said step of irradiating comprises directing a beam from a laser onto said adhesive.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
A process according to claim 4 wherein said beam forms a line on said adhesive.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
90 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein the second sheet is modified to provide a plurality of second legs by forming folds and by securing parts of each of said folds together and combining said first and second sheets of material so that said second legs are directed towards the first sheet and a fold of said first sheet is directed towards and in-line each of said second legs, and adhering each of said second legs at their free ends to the folds in the first sheet in line therewith.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
50 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein said step of modifying includes placing a line of adhesive in each of said folds that is to form a leg parallel with and at a distance from said fold's free end and pressing the fold parts together along the line of adhesive.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein each fold of the second sheet that is adhered to a first leg is formed by one of said transverse creased folds.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
53 words
A process according to claim 1 wherein said step of folding said first sheet comprises the step of providing alternating folds of respective first and second heights, the second height being larger than the first height, and forming said first legs by securing parts of each of said folds of second height together.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
136 words
A process according to claim 9 wherein said step of folding said second sheet comprises the step of providing alternating folds of respective first and second heights, the second height being larger than the first height and forming second legs by securing parts of each of said folds of second height together and said step of combining said first and second sheets of material includes the positioning of the second sheet with each of said second legs directed towards the first sheet and in line with a fold of first height of the first sheet and each of the folds of first height of the second sheet in line with a first leg, and adhering each of said first and second legs at its free end to the respective fold of first height in line therewith.
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