Method for forming a skin foam article
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakashi Nagase, Yoshio Taguchi
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Abstract
A method is provided for producing an integral skin foam article made up of a skin, foam and core member. According to the method, an expanded layer which is of the same material as the skin is formed on the back of the skin prior to forming the article.
Claims9
A method for forming a skin foam article containing a core member, which method comprises:
- preparing a preformed and fused skin from a resinous material;
- forming on a surface of said preformed skin an expanded and fused layer of the same resinous material used to prepare said preformed skin;
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- producing a resinous foam between a core member and said expanded and fused layer to make said preformed skin integral with said core member.
A method for forming a skin structure of a skin foam article obtained by producing a foam together with a skin structure and a core member to make said skin structure integral with said core member, which method comprises forming an expanded layer on a surface of a preformed skin prior to producing said foam, said expanded layer being formed of the same material as the preformed skin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.