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US 2006/0134373 A1Published application
Finish protector, and method
OwnerJoseph Roberts, Kevin Slotainventors
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Abstract
The invention is a device for protecting a selected surface of a musical instrument, and a method of making such a device.
Claims19
A device for protecting a surface of a musical instrument, the device including:
- a pliable, planar sheet having
- an inner face configured to engage the surface, and
- an outer face;
- and,
- a fabric positioned on at least a portion of the outer face;
- a thermoplastic elastomer positioned on at least a portion of the inner face and configured to removably adhere to the surface.
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A method of making a finish protector for a musical instrument, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a fabric having a first face and a second face;
- heating a pelletized thermoplastic elastomer;
- applying a thin film of molten thermoplastic elastomer to the first face of the fabric to form a sheet;
- cooling the sheet;
- spreading the sheet flat;
- stamping a selected pattern onto the sheet;
- removing a stamped figure of the selected pattern from the sheet.
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A method of making a finish protector for a musical instrument, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a velveteen fabric having a first face and a second face;
- providing an unwind roll containing the velveteen rolled thereon;
- heating a pelletized combination of mineral oil and styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene block copolymer;
- applying a thin film of molten combination to the first face of the fabric to form a sheet;
- positioning a rewind roll distal the unwind roll for receiving the sheet;
- positioning a hot roll between the unwind roll and the rewind roll, the hot roll configured to engage the second face of the fabric amid in a location upstream of the die, so that an area of the fabric first engages the hot roll before molten thermoplastic isomer is sprayed onto the area;
- cooling the sheet by
- positioning a chill roll between the unwind roll and the rewind roll so that the chill roll engages the thin film;
- spreading the sheet flat;
- removably adhering a backing to the sheet so that the thin film is between the backing and the fabric;
- stamping a selected pattern onto the sheet;
- removing a stamped figure of the selected pattern from the sheet;
- positioning a rewind roll distal the unwind roll for receiving the sheet;
- wherein,
- the fabric is rolled from the unwind roll and the sheet is received on the rewind roll.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.