JP3421723B2 - Car body dress up system - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention decorates the body of an automobile with a wide variety of decorative sheets, most of which are monotone or monochromatic, and are painted in two-tone colors at best, so they are very monotonous and easy to get tired of. Make the car body colorful and fashionable,
The present invention relates to a car body dress-up system that can be used for changing the mood, can give a sense of the season, and can be easily removed to restore the original paint color.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, most automobile bodies have been very monotonous because they have been painted with monotone and monochromatic paints, or at most painted in two-tone colors. Therefore, when trying to make a car body colorful and fashionable, most of them required painting and designing the car body by hand by painting. Therefore, enthusiasts asked a special vendor to apply makeup of a desired design to the body of an automobile. The reality is that the original paint color could not be easily restored.

On the other hand, in order to give a car a high-class feeling,
It is also practiced to partially install a decorative plate such as a wood grain pattern in a belt shape on a side surface or a rear portion of an automobile body, and normally the decorative plate is mechanically held by a frame or the like.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION However, in the above-mentioned conventional automobile body in which the makeup of a desired design is applied by painting by a painting method,
It takes a lot of time to complete it because it takes time, and it is the current situation that a very high price is required by the trader and the original paint color cannot be restored.

In addition, in the case of coating, not only volatile components in the coating may adversely affect the human body, but also components known as environmental hormones may be dispersed in the air, which may adversely affect the environment. is there.

Also, the method of attaching a decorative plate such as a wood pattern to the body of an automobile not only cannot apply makeup of a desired design, but also the mechanism for attaching the decorative plate is complicated, and if the makeup is desired. Even if one wanted to change the clothes on the board, there was a drawback that the decorative board could not be easily replaced.

Printed colorful films are known as so-called stickers, which are used as one-point marks or by being attached to automobile bodies in racing cars and other special fields. However, it is not used as a car body design which is the object of the present invention, and it is not durable for such use.

[0008] Therefore, the present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional example, and it is possible to quickly apply makeup to the body of an automobile at low cost and to make the body of the automobile colorful and fashionable. The present invention aims to provide a car body dress-up system that can be restored to the original paint color by being easily peeled off.

[0009]

That is, the car body dress-up system of the present invention includes a step of selecting and editing a design to be applied to the body of an automobile on the display of the computer system to determine the design, and a body of the automobile. There is a step of selecting a suitable decorative sheet, a step of cutting the decorative sheet into a determined design, and a step of attaching the cut decorative sheet to an automobile body, and the decorative sheet is made of heat resistant fiber reinforced resin. A decorative sheet is used, and even if the decorative sheet is once attached to the car body, it can be peeled off due to a temperature rise caused by blowing hot air or the like.

In the car body dress-up system of the present invention, the cut portion of the decorative sheet selected and edited on the display of the computer system according to the design to be applied to the body of the automobile is applied via the computer system. It is characterized in that it can be displayed on a sheet.

The car body dress-up system of the present invention is characterized in that the state in which the design is applied to the body of the automobile stored in advance can be confirmed on the display of the computer system.

According to the car body dress-up system of the present invention, the design can be applied to the car body quickly and at low cost, and the car body can be made colorful and fashionable without requiring a special contractor. It is now possible to provide a car body dress-up system that can be made into a new one and can be returned to the original paint color by easily peeling it off.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a car body dress-up system of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

In the flow chart of FIG. 1, each (a)
Is a new makeup system for automobile bodies,
(B) is for explaining a system in which a decorative sheet applied to the body of an automobile is peeled off and remade. In the following description, the term “automobile” means not only passenger cars such as small cars, ordinary cars, and light cars, but also recreational vehicles (RVs), commercial vehicles, trucks, buses, ambulances, police cars, etc. that have become popular in recent years. Including emergency vehicles and other vehicles.

In the system for newly applying makeup to the body of an automobile shown in FIG. 1 (a), the automobile is first designed in accordance with the type and purpose of use of the automobile to be designed, or by incorporating the request of the client. Decide which design you want to apply to your body. It should be noted that such design determination work is simplified by storing a sample of a design to be applied to the body of an automobile in a storage device such as a hard disk of a computer system, calling it on the display and selecting it. And it can be done quickly. In addition, by having the editing function of the design selection system described above, it is possible to transform appropriate design samples, combine various design samples, and read and edit photos and figures with an image reader. You can

The data is registered in advance in a storage device such as a hard disk of a computer system according to the type of vehicle, and the design is applied to the body of the vehicle registered in advance on the display of the computer system. It is desirable to be able to check the status of the operation.

Next, a decorative sheet suitable for the body of the automobile is selected according to the type of vehicle, application, design and the like. As the decorative sheet, a decorative sheet made of a heat-resistant fiber-reinforced resin used as an interior material or an exterior material of a building can be preferably used. For example, D manufactured by Sumitomo 3M Limited
I-NOC (Dynock product name vinyl chloride), CI Kabel Co., Ltd. belbien (Belbian product name fluorine resin), Lintec Corporation Lumi
Dear (Lumidia trade name, made of fluorine resin) can be preferably used.

The decorative sheet can be selected by storing the data of a large number of other decorative sheets such as wood grain pattern, marble pattern, etc. in a storage device such as a hard disk of a computer system and calling this on the display to select it. It can be done simply and quickly.

After the above work is completed, it is possible to make an accurate estimate to some extent, so it is desirable to present this to the client and request confirmation of the budget estimate.

Further, the cut to be applied to the body of the automobile is determined. Of course, this kind of cut determination work is also simplified by storing a sample of the cut to be applied to the body of the car in a storage device such as the hard disk of the computer system, and calling this on the display to select it. And it can be done quickly. Then, similarly to the above, by providing the cut selection system with an editing function, it is possible to transform appropriate cut samples, combine various cuts, and edit on the display.

Then, the obtained cut design is displayed on the decorative sheet. The cut design can be displayed by using the printer of the computer system used for the design decision, the decorative sheet decision, and the cut decision. In this case, the printer needs to be capable of conveying a decorative sheet having a predetermined thickness. Alternatively, it can be performed by separately transferring a print on another type of sheet to a decorative sheet.

Of course, the decorative sheet can be cut manually according to the above display, but a decorative sheet cutting device is connected instead of the computer system printer, and the cut design determined by the computer system is connected. Can be applied to the decorative sheet as it is and cut. As such a cutting device, a device having a knife installed in place of the pen of the plotter, a device that melts by heat, a laser cutter, or the like can be used.

An example of a computer system that can be used for the above work is shown in FIG. That is, an input device such as a keyboard 2 and an image reader 3 is connected to the CPU (central control device) 1. Then, the information input from these input devices is output and displayed on the display 4 connected to the CPU 1, and a predetermined design is selected or edited. The cut design determined in the same manner is output and displayed on the printer 5. It is desirable to connect a hard disk 6 or the like as an external storage device to the CPU 1.

The cut decorative sheet is attached to an appropriate place of the body of the automobile. Before that, completely remove the wax on the surface of the car body with a compound etc.,
It is necessary to keep the surface clean. If the wax is not removed, the adhesive ability of the decorative sheet will be reduced, or air bubbles will remain and a beautiful finished state cannot be obtained.

For this sticking operation, a mark may be made on the body of the automobile in advance, and the decorative sheet may be stuck along the mark. In addition, if a wrong position is applied, it can be easily peeled off by blowing hot air with a portable dryer or the like to perform the peeling work while applying heat.

An example of an automobile to which makeup is applied in this way is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. In the figure, reference numeral 11 is an automobile body, and 12 is a decorative sheet provided on the automobile hood.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part, in which a decorative sheet 12 of a desired design is attached to an automobile body 11 via an adhesive 13. 14 is a decorative sheet 1
It is a cut part given to 2.

After that, the finished state is inspected, and after confirmation, the cost is charged, and the makeup work of the automobile is completed.

Next, a system for peeling and remaking the decorative sheet applied to the body of the automobile shown in FIG. 1 (b) will be described. This system is different from the system (a) in which makeup is newly applied to the body of the automobile by the above-mentioned system (a) in that peeling and removing work of the old makeup sheet is required.

It is desirable to carefully remove and remove the old decorative sheet so as not to damage the body of the automobile. By the way, you can easily remove the decorative sheet from the body of the car by raising the edge of the decorative sheet with a wooden spatula etc. and blowing it with hot air with the dryer etc. . Of course, when the temperature is rising due to sunlight such as summer, it can be easily peeled off without applying hot air. The subsequent steps are the same as those in the system (a) for newly applying makeup to the body of the automobile.

The body of an automobile to which makeup is applied in the present invention usually has a curved surface. Therefore, it is desirable to remove the curved surface of the automobile body and attach the decorative sheet. Of course, by devising a cut to be applied to the decorative sheet, it is possible to attach the sheet exactly along the curved surface of the automobile body.

Of course, the above-mentioned decorative sheet can display the company name, art, photograph, etc., so that not only the dressing up of the car body but also the effect of the advertisement can be provided.

Further, in a place where a decorative sheet is allowed to be attached, such as a door glass at the rear of an automobile, it is possible to attach the decorative sheet in the same manner as the body of the automobile so as to dress up the automobile. it can.

[0034]

According to the car body dress-up system of the present invention, the design of the car body can be applied to the car body quickly and at low cost, and the car body can be made colorful without requesting a special contractor. It has become possible to provide a car body dress-up system that can be fashionable and that can be easily peeled back to restore the original paint color.

Also, since the painting of automobiles was all single-color painting at the time of new cars, for example, there was a drawback that mud and dust were noticeable during use. If you put it on
The dirt and dust will not stand out in the mud.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of a car body dress-up system of the present invention, (a) is a system for newly applying makeup to an automobile body, and (b) is a decorative sheet applied to the automobile body. This is a system for removing and remaking.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a computer system usable in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an example of an automobile to which makeup is applied.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing an example of an automobile to which makeup is applied.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the relevant part.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 CPU 2 keyboard 3 image reader 4 display 5 printers 6 hard disk 11 Car body 12 Decorative sheet 13 Adhesive 14 cut

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A computer system display is used to select a design to be applied to an automobile body .
And the steps of making a decision by editing, the step of selecting a decorative sheet suitable for the body of the car, the step of cutting the decorative sheet into the decided design, and the step of attaching the cut decorative sheet to the body of the car. However , a decorative sheet made of heat-resistant fiber reinforced resin is used for the decorative sheet,
A car body dress-up system characterized in that even if the decorative sheet is once attached to a car body, it can be peeled off due to a temperature rise caused by blowing hot air or the like. 2. The cut portion of the decorative sheet selected and edited on the display of the computer system according to the design to be applied to the body of the automobile can be displayed on the decorative sheet via the computer system. The car body dress-up system described in 1. 3. The car body dress-up system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a state in which the design is applied to an automobile body stored in advance can be confirmed on a display of a computer system.