US 9,610,759 B2 · Composite product with surface effect

Abstract

The present invention relates to methods of manufacturing composite products having a surface effect. In some examples described, a composite product has a simulated surface, for example a stone-effect surface formed by pressing a particulate-form surface material (30) and a sheet-form curable material (40) onto a substrate (44) having an open-celled structure. In other examples, a laminate product having a veneer is formed by pressing a veneer and a sheet-form material onto a substrate including a porous structure. The veneer may comprise a wood material. In other examples, a surface effect material is bonded to a skin by pressing a sheet-form curable material to a mold surface and the surface effect material. Where the surface effect material has a high thermal conductivity, the composite product formed can feel cool to the touch.

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Dependent claims

A method of forming a composite product with a skin having a surface effect, the method comprising:

providing a substrate including a substantially open-celled foam material;
providing a sheet comprising curable material;
providing a surface material in particulate form;
associating the particulate surface material with the sheet comprising curable material;
associating the sheet comprising curable material associated with the particulate surface material with the substrate having a substantially open-celled foam;
and
pressing the sheet comprising curable material associated with the particulate surface material and the substrate with a press such that during the pressing the sheet comprising curable material cures and becomes bonded to the substrate and the particulate surface material becomes at least partially embedded in an exposed surface of the sheet comprising curable material.

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Composite product with surface effect

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