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US 6,929,771 B1Granted
Method of decorating a molded article
AssigneeHigh Voltage Graphics, Inc.
InventorLouis Brown Abrams
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Abstract
A method of providing a molding article with a plush surface is provided. The method includes providing a flocked transfer, securing the transfer in place in a mold, and molding the article such that the transfer is embedded in the surface of the article. The article can be injection molded.
Claims57
A method of decorating a molded article comprising:
- providing a transfer having a flocking layer, a release sheet on one side of the flocking layer and a layer of a permanent adhesive on an opposite side of the flocking layer to adhere the transfer to the molded article;
- securing the release sheet to an interior wall of a mold in which the article is made;
- and
- molding a part from a resin such that the resin contacts the layer of permanent adhesive, wherein the permanent adhesive does not liquefy and ooze out around the flock during molding;
- cooling the mold;
- ejecting the part;
- and
- removing the release sheet from the transfer.
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A method of decorating a molded article comprising:
- coating a release sheet with a release adhesive;
- flocking flock into said release adhesive by embedding a first end of said flock into the release adhesive to result in at least one pattern of flock arranged to form a predetermined design adhered to said release sheet having the release adhesive, flock and permanent adhesive thereon;
- applying a permanent adhesive to an opposite side of the flocking;
- affixing said release sheet to the interior surface of a mold;
- and
- introducing a molten resin in said mold to form the molded article;
- said permanent adhesive permanently bonding said flock to said article, wherein, under the thermal conditions experienced by the permanent adhesive during molding, the permanent adhesive does not liquefy and ooze out around the flock and wherein the permanent adhesive is positioned between the flock and the resin and cross-linked with a polymer material in a portion of the molded article.
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A method for producing a decorated molded article, comprising:
- providing a flocked structure, the flocked structure comprising a plurality of flock fibers adhered to a permanent adhesive;
- positioning the flocked structure in a part of a mold;
- introducing a molten resin into the mold while the flocked structure is positioned in the mold;
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- after solidification of the resin, removing from the mold the decorated molded article comprising the flocked structure, wherein a melting temperature of the permanent adhesive is greater than the maximum temperature experienced by the permanent adhesive during the introducing step, wherein the decorated molded article comprises the flock fibers and permanent adhesive and a molded part, wherein the permanent adhesive is positioned between the flock fibers and the molded part, and wherein the permanent adhesive is cross-linked with a polymer material in a portion of the molded part.
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A method for producing a molded article, comprising:
- providing a flocked structure, the flocked structure comprising a plurality of flock fibers and a permanent adhesive;
- positioning the flocked structure in a part of the mold;
- introducing a molten resin into the mold while the flocked structure is positioned in the mold to form the decorated molded article, the decorated molded article comprising a molded part, the flock fibers, and permanent adhesive, wherein the molded part comprises the resin, wherein the permanent adhesive is positioned between the flock fibers and the molded part, wherein there is no hot melt adhesive layer located between the permanent adhesive and molded part, and wherein, at the maximum temperature experienced by the permanent adhesive in the mold, the permanent adhesive does not ooze out around the flock fibers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.