Molded solid surfaces including ferrous material
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsKathryn L. Clouse, Mark Schibur, John O. Lipinski
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a molded solid surface includes mixing ferrous particles into a resinous material, injecting the resinous material including the ferrous particles into a mold, the mold including an upper mold half and a lower mold half, creating a predetermined pattern in the resinous material by applying a force to the ferrous particles in the resinous material toward a surface of the upper mold half or the lower mold half using one or more magnets, and curing the resinous material in the mold into the molded solid surface.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing a molded solid surface, the method comprising:
- mixing ferrous particles into a resinous material;
- injecting the resinous material including the ferrous particles into a mold, the mold including an upper mold half and a lower mold half;
- creating a predetermined pattern in the resinous material by applying a force to the ferrous particles in the resinous material toward a surface of the upper mold half or the lower mold half using one or more magnets, such that visible concentrations of the ferrous particles accumulate near a surface of the mold creating the predetermined pattern;
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- curing the resinous material in the mold into the molded solid surface.
A method of manufacturing a molded solid surface, the method comprising:
- mixing ferrous particles into a resinous material;
- injecting the resinous material including the ferrous particles into a mold, the mold including an upper mold half and a lower mold half;
- creating a docking location in the resinous material by pulling the ferrous particles in the injection material toward a surface of one of the upper mold half and the lower mold half using one or more magnets, the one or more magnets applying a force to the ferrous particles, such that the ferrous particles accumulate near a surface of one of the upper mold half or the lower mold half, forming the docking location, and remain at least a predetermined distance away from the surface of the upper mold half or the lower mold half;
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- curing the resinous material in the mold into the molded solid surface,
- wherein the docking location is configured to secure an accessory including a magnet to the molded solid surface.
A method of manufacturing a molded solid surface, the method comprising:
- mixing ferrous particles into a resinous material;
- providing the resinous material including the ferrous particles into a mold;
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- creating a predetermined pattern in the resinous material by applying a force to the ferrous particles toward a surface of the mold using one or more magnets, such that visible concentrations of the ferrous particles accumulate near a surface of the mold creating the predetermined pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.