Reinforced plastic products with decorated surfaces
AssigneeIna Seito Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakuji Koyanagi, Nobuhiro Ohno
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Abstract
Quadruple-layer reinforced plastic products having decorative surface designs resembling marble, onyx or the like. Each product comprises four layers: (a) a gel coat layer of clear thermosetting resin, (b) a printed fabric, woven or nonwoven, made of glass fiber or polyester fiber and impregnated with a clear thermosetting resin, (c) a background layer comprised of a thermosetting resin in which an inorganic pigment has been dispersed and (d) a backup layer of FRP.
Claims8
A reinforced plastic product having a decorative surface design which comprises, either as a whole or in part, a quadruple-layer structure comprising:
- (a) a gel coat layer comprised of a clear thermosetting resin;
- (b) a woven or nonwoven fabric of glass fiber or polyester fiber, on which a desired decorative design has been printed and which has been impregnated with a clear thermoplastic resin and laid up on the inner side of said gel coat layer;
- (c) a background layer comprised of a thermosetting resin in which an inorganic pigment has been dispersed as laid up on the inner side of said decorated fabric;
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- (d) a backup layer comprised of a fiber reinforced plastic material as laid up on the inner side of said background layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.