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US 2021/0245400 A1Published application
Architectural resin panel with incorporated scrap materials
Assignee3form, Inc.
InventorCharles H. Moore
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Abstract
An architectural resin panel that incorporates plastic granules fused together to form a panel core. A portion of the plastic granules are contaminant granules that at least partially include a contaminant material, such as a piece of fabric, plastic film, or plant material. The granules used to form the panel core may be sourced from waste plastic material that would otherwise be required to undergo waste processing.
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An architectural resin panel, comprising:
- a plurality of plastic granules fused together to form a panel core,
- wherein the plurality of plastic granules includes
- contaminant-free granules, and
- contaminant granules,
- wherein the contaminant granules at least partially comprise a contaminant material and the contaminant-free granules omit the contaminant material.
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An architectural resin panel, comprising:
- a plurality of plastic granules fused together to form a panel core,
- wherein the plurality of plastic granules includes
- contaminant-free granules that are substantially transparent, and
- contaminant granules that include an opaque plastic film contaminant material,
- wherein about 1% to about 12% of the plastic granules are contaminant granules.
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A method of manufacturing an architectural resin panel, comprising:
- granulating waste plastic material to form an initial set of plastic granules;
- sorting the initial set of plastic granules to form a set of reject granules and a set of accept granules,
- wherein a majority of the reject granules are contaminant granules at least partially comprising a contaminant material, and
- wherein the accept granules comprise contaminant-free granules and about 12% or less contaminant granules;
- and
- fusing the accept granules together to form a panel core.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.