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Method for making a formed laminate of collapsed foam
Assignee: Namba Corp
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Filing: 1993-10-12
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Granted: 1995-02-14
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Expires: 2013-10-12
Abstract
Abstract A formed laminate (20) is made by a method and apparatus (38) by relative movement of first and second contoured mold surfaces (44,46) toward each other to compress a flexible sheet (28) and a quick reacting foamable liquid mixture (50) that has substantially completed expansion but not yet substantially cured so as to form the flexible sheet and provide a collapsed foam layer (30) bonded to the sheet. The flexible sheet (28) is preferably porous cloth, vinyl or leather. The quick reacting type foamable liquid mixture (50) which expands in about 8 to 25 seconds and most preferably in about 10 to 15 seconds.
Inventors
- 👤 Christian Thary
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B5/00; B32B5/18; B32B5/20; B29; B29C; B29C44/00; A; A41; A41D; A41D27/00; A41D27/08; B28; B28B; B28B13/00; B29C43/00; B29C43/02; B29C43/021; B29C43/20; B29C43/203; B29C43/22; B29C43/222; B29C43/32; B29C43/36; B29C43/40; B29C44/34; B29C44/56; B29C44/5627; B29C44/569; B32B27/00; B32B27/06; B32B27/065; B32B3/00; B32B3/26; B32B5/22; B32B5/24; B32B5/245; B32B9/00; B32B9/04; B32B9/046; B29L; B29L2009/00; B32B2266/00; B32B2266/02; B32B2266/0214; B32B2266/0278; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/249921; Y10T428/249953; Y10T428/249975; Y10T428/249976; Y10T428/249987; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31551; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/10; Y10T442/102; Y10T442/15
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
151 words
A method for making a formed laminate, comprising: providing a flexible sheet adjacent first and second contoured mold surfaces; providing a quick reacting foamable liquid mixture for reaction that causes full expansion in less than 25 seconds to provide a foam which subsequently cures in less than 20 minutes at room temperature without any heating but which, after substantial completion of the expansion and before substantial curing has taken place, has a transitory state when the liquid mixture is viscous and defines cells enclosing gas generated during the reaction; and providing relative movement of the first and second contoured mold surfaces toward each other to compress the foam and the flexible sheet between the contoured mold surfaces during the foam reaction while the foam is in said transitory state to form the flexible sheet and provide a collapsed foam layer that is bonded to the flexible sheet as the formed laminate.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
151 words
A method for making a formed laminate, comprising: providing a flexible sheet adjacent first and second contoured mold surfaces; providing a quick reacting foamable liquid mixture for reaction that causes full expansion in less than 25 seconds to provide a foam which subsequently cures in less than 20 minutes at room temperature without any heating but which, after substantial completion of the expansion and before substantial curing has taken place, has a transitory state when the liquid mixture is viscous and defines cells enclosing gas generated during the reaction; and providing relative movement of the first and second contoured mold surfaces toward each other to compress the foam and the flexible sheet between the contoured mold surfaces during the foam reaction while the foam is in said transitory state to form the flexible sheet and provide a collapsed foam layer that is bonded to the flexible sheet as the formed laminate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method for making a formed laminate as in claim 1 wherein the flexible sheet utilized is selected from the group consisting of porous cloth, vinyl and leather.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method for making a formed laminate as in claim 1 wherein the flexible sheet utilized is a porous cloth and includes a barrier coating that prevents the foamable liquid mixture from permeating the cloth.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method for making a formed laminate as in claim 1 wherein a cloth layer is laminated to the foam during the foam compression on the opposite side thereof as the flexible sheet.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
163 words
A method for making a formed laminate, comprising: positioning a flexible cloth sheet adjacent first and second contoured mold surfaces; providing a quick reacting foamable liquid mixture adjacent the contoured mold surfaces for reaction that causes full expansion in less than 25 seconds to provide a foam which subsequently cures in less than 20 minutes at room temperature without any heating but which, after substantial completion of the expansion and before substantial curing has taken place, has a transitory state when the liquid mixture is viscous and defines cells enclosing gas generated during the reaction; and providing relative movement of the first and second contoured mold surfaces toward each other to compress the foam and the flexible cloth sheet between the first and second contoured mold surfaces during the foam reaction while the foam is in said transitory state to form the flexible cloth sheet and provide a collapsed foam layer that is bonded to the flexible cloth sheet as the formed laminate.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
163 words
A method for making a formed laminate, comprising: positioning a flexible cloth sheet adjacent first and second contoured mold surfaces; providing a quick reacting foamable liquid mixture adjacent the contoured mold surfaces for reaction that causes full expansion in less than 25 seconds to provide a foam which subsequently cures in less than 20 minutes at room temperature without any heating but which, after substantial completion of the expansion and before substantial curing has taken place, has a transitory state when the liquid mixture is viscous and defines cells enclosing gas generated during the reaction; and providing relative movement of the first and second contoured mold surfaces toward each other to compress the foam and the flexible cloth sheet between the first and second contoured mold surfaces during the foam reaction while the foam is in said transitory state to form the flexible cloth sheet and provide a collapsed foam layer that is bonded to the flexible cloth sheet as the formed laminate.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
173 words
A method for making a formed laminate, comprising: positioning a flexible cloth sheet and another cloth layer adjacent first and second contoured mold surfaces; providing a quick reacting foamable liquid mixture adjacent the contoured mold surfaces for reaction that causes full expansion in less than 25 seconds to provide a foam which subsequently cures in less than 20 minutes at room temperature without any heating but which, after substantial completion of the expansion and before substantial curing has taken place, has a transitory state when the liquid mixture is viscous and defines cells enclosing gas generated during the reaction; and providing relative movement of the first and second contoured mold surfaces to compress the foam between the flexible cloth sheet and the cloth layer against the contoured mold surfaces during the foam reaction while the foam is in said transitory state to form the flexible cloth sheet and the cloth layer and provide a collapsed foam layer that is bonded to the flexible cloth sheet and the cloth layer as the formed laminate.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
173 words
A method for making a formed laminate, comprising: positioning a flexible cloth sheet and another cloth layer adjacent first and second contoured mold surfaces; providing a quick reacting foamable liquid mixture adjacent the contoured mold surfaces for reaction that causes full expansion in less than 25 seconds to provide a foam which subsequently cures in less than 20 minutes at room temperature without any heating but which, after substantial completion of the expansion and before substantial curing has taken place, has a transitory state when the liquid mixture is viscous and defines cells enclosing gas generated during the reaction; and providing relative movement of the first and second contoured mold surfaces to compress the foam between the flexible cloth sheet and the cloth layer against the contoured mold surfaces during the foam reaction while the foam is in said transitory state to form the flexible cloth sheet and the cloth layer and provide a collapsed foam layer that is bonded to the flexible cloth sheet and the cloth layer as the formed laminate.
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