Method for the Manufacture and Decoration of a Mineral-filled Resin Shower Tray with an External Coating, and Shower Tray Obtained by Said Method
AssigneeMoldcom Composites, S.L.U.
InventorFrancisco Javier ANDRES ALEMANY
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Abstract
A method for the manufacture and decoration of a mineral-filled resin shower tray with an external coating, including the steps of applying an external coating layer on the internal surface of a mould, casting a mix of resin and mineral filler on the mould, curing and drying the mix, and including the prior steps of disposing on the internal surface of the mould cavity a transfer film including on one of the sides thereof a pattern printed in ink, vacuum thermoforming the transfer film against the internal surface of the mould cavity, and the subsequent step of removing the film from the surface of the mineral-filled resin shower tray with an external coating.
Claims16
A method for the manufacture and decoration of a mineral-filled resin shower tray with an external coating,
- comprising manufacturing steps of:
- applying an external coating layer on an internal surface of a mould,
- casting a mix of resin and mineral filler on the mould, and
- curing and drying the mix;
- further comprising the following preliminary steps:
- disposing on an internal surface of the mould cavity a transfer film comprising on one of the sides thereof a pattern printed in ink, with the side not comprising the pattern printed with ink being in contact with said internal surface of the mould cavity, and
- vacuum thermoforming the transfer film against the internal surface of the mould cavity;
- and
- further comprising the following subsequent step:
- removing the film from the surface of the mineral-filled resin shower tray with an external coating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.