# US 2005/0147800 A1 · Pearlescent honeycomb material and method for fabricating same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2005/0147800 A1 - Document ID: US20050147800A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 11/058,306 - Filed: 2005-02-14 - Published: 2005-07-07 - Earliest claimed: 2003-03-21 - Assignees: Hunter Douglas Inc. - Inventors: Karen Herhold; Leo Warner - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20050147800A1 ## CPC - B29C 65/524: {by applying the adhesive from an outlet device in contact with, or almost in contact with, the surface of the part to be joined} - B29C 65/7894: {of continuously moving sheets or webs} - B29C 66/1122: {Single lap to lap joints, i.e. overlap joints (B29C66/45, B29C66/472, B29C66/52272 take precedence)} - B29C 66/437: {Joining plastics plates for making venetian blinds (making venetian blinds in general E06B9/266)} - B29C 66/438: {Joining sheets for making hollow-walled, channelled structures or multi-tubular articles} - B29C 66/8322: {Joining or pressing tools reciprocating along one axis} - B29C 66/83413: {cooperating rollers, cylinders or drums} - B31D 3/0215: {for window coverings} - B31D 3/0238: {involving laminating the expanded core} - B32B 3/12: characterised by a layer of regularly- arranged cells, e.g. a honeycomb structure - B32B 37/0076: {characterised in that the layers are not bonded on the totality of their surfaces} - B32B 38/1841: {during laying up} - B44F 9/08: of crystalline structures, pearl effects, or mother-of-pearl effects - E06B 9/262: with flexibly-interconnected horizontal or vertical strips; Concertina blinds {, i.e. upwardly folding flexible screens} - B29C 66/71: {characterised by the composition of the plastics material of the parts to be joined (welding bar compositions B29C65/125)} - B29C 66/932: {by measuring the speed} - B29C 66/93431: {the speed being kept constant over time} - B29C 66/939: {characterised by specific speed values or ranges} - B29L 2031/608: {Honeycomb structures} - E06B 2009/2627: {Cellular screens, e.g. box or honeycomb-like} - Y10T 156/1003: by separating laminae between spaced secured areas [e.g., honeycomb expanding] - Y10T 428/24149: Honeycomb-like - Y10T 428/24802: Discontinuous or differential coating, impregnation or bond [e.g., artwork, printing, retouched photograph, etc.] - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - B31D: MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B31B OR B31C (manufacture by dry processes of articles made from particles or fibres consisting of wood or other lignocellulosic or like organic material B27N; making layered products not composed wholly of paper or cardboard B32B; making articles from cellulosic fibrous suspensions, e.g. wood pulp, D21J) - B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM - B44F: SPECIAL DESIGNS OR PICTURES - E06B: FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D25/10; skylights E04B7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F10/00) - B29L: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A pearlescent honeycomb material and an apparatus and method for making expandable pearlescent honeycomb structures suitable for use as window coverings. In one embodiment, a pearlescent material is prepared and then folded into tubular strips. These folded tubular strips with adhesive lines applied to them are fed continuously through a cutter which cuts them into predetermined lengths. The cut strips are then accelerated to a stacker for further processing before the next cut strip arrives. In another embodiment, webs of material are fed continuously in a downstream direction, adhesive lines are applied, a middle web is slitted into strips, and the strips bonded along opposite edges to the outer webs. By choosing for the outer webs transparent or porous material, and for the middle web opaque material, a light or air controlling honeycomb structure results. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for manufacturing a pearlescent honeycomb material, comprising: forming a fabric web; printing a first color on the fabric web; printing a second color on the fabric web; printing a pearlescent third color on the fabric web, the third color having a gravure pattern; and forming the fabric web into a honeycomb material. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first color is white. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first color is metallic. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the step of printing a third color on the fabric web comprises printing a metallic color on a single side of the fabric web. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the step of printing a metallic color on a single side of the fabric web comprises printing a metallic color on less than an entirety of the single side of the fabric web. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: printing a fourth color on the fabric web, the fourth color having a gravure pattern; wherein the third color is a metallic color; and the fourth color is a metallic color different from the third color. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein: the step of printing a first color on the fabric web comprises printing white on an entirety of the single side of the fabric web; and the step of printing a second color on the fabric web comprises printing a non-white color on a half of the single side of the fabric web. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: feeding a strip of material at a first rate; applying an adhesive to a strip of material; feeding the strip of material through a direction reversing roller; changing a temperature of the adhesive applied to the strip of material; cutting the material into at least a first strip and a second strip; feeding the first strip and second strip into a stacker at a second rate; stacking the first strip and second strip; and bonding the first strip to the second strip to form the fabric web. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the second rate is greater than the first rate. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the second rate is twice the first rate. ### Claim 11 A pearlescent material, comprising: a fabric web having a first side and a second side; a first color applied to the fabric web; a second color applied to the fabric web; wherein the second color is pearlescent; the second color covers a portion less than the whole of the first side of the fabric web. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The pearlescent material of claim 11, wherein: the first side is a rough side of the fabric web; and the second side is a smooth side of the fabric web. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The pearlescent material of claim 11, wherein: the first color is white; and the first color is applied to the first side of the fabric web. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The pearlescent material of claim 13, wherein the second color is chosen from the group comprising gold, silver and copper. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The pearlescent material of claim 14, wherein said second color is printed on top of said first color. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The pearlescent material of claim 11, wherein the material comprises a honeycomb shape. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The pearlescent material of claim 15, wherein the material comprises a honeycomb shape. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) A window covering comprising the honeycomb pearlescent material of claim 16. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The pearlescent material of claim 14, further comprising a third color applied on top of the second color, wherein: the third color is pearlescent; and the third color is chosen from the group comprising gold, silver, and copper. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The pearlescent material of claim 19, wherein the second and third colors are different.