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AssigneeAvery Dennison Corporation
InventorsJohn E. Roys, Howard H. Enlow, Paul J. Martus
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An exterior automotive quality paint coat is laminated to the surface of a plastic car body member of panel. A dry paint transfer film is first laminated to a relatively thin semi-rigid thermoformable resinous backing sheet. The backing sheet side of the resulting laminate is then laminated to a relatively thick thermoformable substrate sheet of the same or a compatible polymeric material. The two sheets are joined by extruding the thick substrate sheet and using the heat of extrusion to then laminate the thin backing sheet to the thicker extruded substrate sheet. The resulting thick sheet laminate is then thermoformed, preferably by first heating the laminate to a forming temperature, followed by vacuum forming the laminate to a three-dimensional shape of the finished automotive part, such as a fascia, ready to put on a vehicle.
A process for making an exterior automotive quality body panel member from a preformed dry paint transfer laminate comprising an exterior automotive quality dry paint transfer film applied to a relatively thin semi-rigid thermoformable polymeric backing sheet, comprising the steps of
A process for making an extruded exterior automative body panel or member comprising the steps of providing a preformed dry paint transfer laminate comprising an exterior automotive quality dry paint transfer film applied to a relatively thin semi-rigid thermoformable polymeric backing sheet having a thickness in the range from about 10 mils to about 30 mils;
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