Ribbing process, particularly for providing leather coverings
AssigneePoltrona Frau S.p.A.
InventorGianbattista TURETTI
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Abstract
A ribbing process, particularly for providing leather coverings, includes the steps of applying a covering material on a template that includes longitudinally extended seats, inserting longitudinally extended forming rods in the seats of the template, and making the covering material adhere to the template and providing seats in the covering material. The ribbing process also includes hot pressing a first assembly that includes the template, the covering material, and the forming rods, thermoforming the covering material, and removing the forming rods from the first assembly.
Claims11
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A ribbing process, comprising the steps of:
- applying a covering material on a template that comprises a plurality of longitudinally extended seats;
- inserting a plurality of longitudinally extended forming rods in said plurality of seats of said template, making said covering material adhere to said template and providing a plurality of seats in said covering material;
- hot pressing a first assembly that comprises said template, said covering material, and said plurality of forming rods, thermoforming said covering material;
- removing from said first assembly said plurality of forming rods;
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- cooling said template and said covering material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.