US3635629A - Device for manufacturing shaped articles from fabric sections - Google Patents

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US3635629A
US3635629A US793978*A US3635629DA US3635629A US 3635629 A US3635629 A US 3635629A US 3635629D A US3635629D A US 3635629DA US 3635629 A US3635629 A US 3635629A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C51/00—Shaping by thermoforming, i.e. shaping sheets or sheet like preforms after heating, e.g. shaping sheets in matched moulds or by deep-drawing; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C51/14—Shaping by thermoforming, i.e. shaping sheets or sheet like preforms after heating, e.g. shaping sheets in matched moulds or by deep-drawing; Apparatus therefor using multilayered preforms or sheets
    • B29C51/145—Shaping by thermoforming, i.e. shaping sheets or sheet like preforms after heating, e.g. shaping sheets in matched moulds or by deep-drawing; Apparatus therefor using multilayered preforms or sheets having at least one layer of textile or fibrous material combined with at least one plastics layer
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29C—SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING
    • B29C51/00—Shaping by thermoforming, i.e. shaping sheets or sheet like preforms after heating, e.g. shaping sheets in matched moulds or by deep-drawing; Apparatus therefor
    • B29C51/08—Deep drawing or matched-mould forming, i.e. using mechanical means only
    • B29C51/082—Deep drawing or matched-mould forming, i.e. using mechanical means only by shaping between complementary mould parts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29K—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR MOULDS, REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS
    • B29K2313/00—Use of textile products or fabrics as reinforcement

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  • APR 1 1963 Germany p 17 78 135' pile surface of the joined together and properly oriented sections is engaged by a gridlike press part only in the regions of 152 u.s.c1 ..425/173, 425/387, 425/409 the Jbims between the The P includes a 51 1m. 01. ..B29c 17/04 Shaped receiving Press llart and Pimtally toP Press 58 Field of Search ..1s 19 P, 19 F, 35, DIG. 60, part which is movable to g g over th article which is posi- IS/DIGI 41 DIG 59 tioned in the trough-shaped part.
  • the top press part is favored as a grid with projecting portions such as tubes which engage 56]
  • References Cited the article being formed at least at the junctures of sections or portions of the article which are to be arranged at an angle to I D STATES PATENTS one or more other portions.
  • the tubes advantageously carry means for selectively cooling or heating the article to apply a 2,11 1,638 3/1938 Weir ..l8/19 F X desired thermal treatment for permanently forming the i 2,134,364 10/1938 Glougie ..l8/l9 F 1 2,301,125 11/1942 Kramp et a1...
  • This invention relates to a method and apparatus for making a shaped article from sections and, in particular, to a new and useful press for the thermal and pressure treatment of fabric having a pile and including thermoplastic or thermosetting plastics material to form it into a shaped article and to a method of making the shaped article.
  • fabrics are employed, for example, as floor coverings of passenger carrying vehicles, more especially motor vehicles.
  • a profile corresponding to that of the floor must be given to the floor covering, which in most cases consists of woven, knitted, or other fabrics having a pile on the side facing the passenger of the vehicle.
  • Such fioor coverings may have, moreover, thermoplastic and/or thermosetting plastics covering layers or may be reinforced by layers of such plastics, or impregnated therewith.
  • the underside of the floor covering may be provided with such a layer to give the floor covering nonslip properties after it has been laid.
  • a method of making a shaped article from fabric sections having a pile and including a thermoplastic or thermosetting plastics material wherein to shape the article, pressure is applied to the article solely in the regions of the joints between the sections making up the article.
  • the invention also provides apparatus for making a shaped article from sections of fabric having a pile and at least one layer consisting at. least partly of a thermoplastic or thermosetting plastics material, the apparatus comprising a first press part for engaging the underside of the article, and a second press part for engagement with the upper, pile side of the article, said second press part including a structure having a gridlike form adapted to engage the article solely in the regions of the joints between the sections making up the article.
  • the gridlike structure may be made up from bars, webs or tubes.
  • the bars, webs or tubes which may constitute the gridlike structure of the second press part it is possible to restrict the pressure substantially to and to concentrate it on, the joints between the sections. It is not necessary for the bars, webs or tubes which may constitute the gridlike structure of the second press part to have a circular cross section. If the cross section is, on the contrary ogival, ovoid or elliptical, for example, so that the member has a narrow edge, then the ironing down effect on the pile can be fully or almost fully eliminated, or at any rate made inconspicuous. By a careful arrangement of the location of the joints, it is possible to make them unnoticeable in the finished article.
  • the gridlike structure may be constituted by tubes including connections for heating or cooling media and/or chemically acting substances.
  • the gridlike structure may be made up from bars or webs including electrical heating coils or Peltier elements for cooling the bars. A brief heating of the bars, webs or tubes is sufficient to obtain the desired thermoplastic deformation if the layer consists of thermoplastic plastics. Nevertheless, ironing down of the pile does not occur if a cooling procedure carried out directly after the softening of the thermoplastic layer is used to counteract the ironing effect, and the pile reassumes its alignment normal to the plane of the textile.
  • the article can be constantly observed during the pressing operation, and adjustments to the position of the article can be made the instant they are necessary.
  • FIG. I is a side elevation of a press in the closed position
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the press shown in FIG. I in the open posi- U011,
  • FIG. 3 shows a cross section through a floor covering prior to deformation
  • FIG. 4 shows a cross section through the floor covering after deformation
  • FIG. 5 is a front elevation of the open press shown in FIG. 2,
  • FIG. 6 represents diagrammatically in perspective a deformed floor covering
  • FIG. 7 shows a plan view of the press shown in FIG. I, viewed from above, and
  • FIG. 8 shows a second embodiment of press.
  • the press shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 5 and 7, comprises a rigid frame consisting of uprights I reinforced by cross struts 2 and a top supporting a plate 3.
  • the plate: 3 carries upstanding brackets 4 mounting a horizontal pivot or spindle 5 which serves for mounting two laterally spaced two-armed levers each having a short arm 6 projecting beyond the frame and a longer arm 7.
  • the arms 7 together support a movable press part 8.
  • the movable press part 8 is manually operable by a handle 10, and supports a gridlike structure or framework consisting of crossbars II to 16 interconnected by longitudinally extending bars 17 to 25. The configuration of the bars constituting the framework is more clearly seen in FIG. 5.
  • the bars 11 to 25 are so arranged that they correspond to the pattern of the joints between the various fabric sections or parts of the article which are arranged in a plane distinct from other parts.
  • the article to be formed may be a floor covering for a motor vehicle, for example, which may be formed from a single sheet.
  • the press also includes a stationary press part 9 which is supported by the table 3 and is formed with a female mold cavity 26 corresponding in shape to the envelope of the underside of the framework 1 l to 25.
  • tension springs 28 are provided to act on the overhanging arms 6 and provide compensation for the weight of the moving press part.
  • the other ends of the springs are fixed at 29 on the frame I of the press.
  • a hook 30 for retaining the spring has a screw-threaded shank 31 with a wing nut 32 threaded thereon so that the tension of the spring 28 can be adjusted. It is also possible to link the spring 28 with the arm 6 at different points such as 33, 34 so as to vary the moment acting on the two-armed levers.
  • FIG. 6 shows a floor covering in the form of a throughshaped carpet 35.
  • the carpet is constituted from sections 36 to 43, joined along lines 44 to 50. Some of these reference numerals also appear in FIGS. 3 and 4 which show in cross section the carpet blank and the formal carpet before and after deformation, respectively.
  • the pile is represented diagrammatically at 51.
  • the under or rear side 52 of the floor covering 35 consisting of a woven or knitted fabric is impregnated with a thermoplastic plastics material. The stiffening of the thermoplastic plastics material by thermal and/or pressure treatment permits the permanent deformation of the woven or knitted fabric.
  • FIG. 8 corresponds to that of FIGS. 1, 2, and 7, with the difference that the stationary press part is not solid (as in the case of the part 9 of FIG. 2), but is in the form of a hollow box 51.
  • the female mold is in the form of a shell 52A, whose rim is reinforced at 53 and is braced on the frame plate 3.
  • the shell is perforated, as at 54.
  • the interior of the box 51A communicates via a connecting piece 55 with the suction side of the extractor fan 56 having an outlet 57 to atmosphere.
  • the suction fan 57 is driven by a motor 58.
  • the fan 57 induces a suction in the box 51A, the suction acting via the perforations 54 on the floor covering 35 inserted into the mold.
  • the floor covering 35 is thereby pressed against the shell 52 of the mold by the ambient pressure.
  • the suction fan 56, 57 can of course be replaced by any other suction inducing apparatus, such as a vane-type or other pump, or to a common vacuum line.
  • an undeformed or an already predeformed floor covering 35 is deposited (with the press mold open in accordance with FIGS. 2, 5 and 8) into the mold formed in the stationary press part.
  • the press is then closed by lowering the upper press part.
  • the floor covering has been introduced into a state in which, as a result of suitable heating, it is thermoplastically deformable.
  • the bars II to 25 are cooled to a substantially lower temperature, e.g., by circulating a coolant through channels defined therein, and are applied to the joints 44 to 50 shown if FIG. 6, so that the thermoplastic regions are instantaneously cooled down and thereby hardened.
  • the suction fan 56 is operated so that the atmosphere on the one hand, and the bars 11 to 25 on the other hand, cause a three-dimensional shaping of the covering 35. If the bars are replaced by tubes, then the effect can be further reinforced if the tubes are connected to a cooling medium supply.
  • the cooling medium is fed via the hollow spindle 5 to the tubes 11 to 25.
  • superheated steam for example, is fed via the hollow spindle 5 to the tubes 11 to 25.
  • the handle or spring 28 can, of course, be replaced by powered operation of a mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic electromechanical or electromagnetic type.
  • an electric motor can be arranged to drive a worm meshing with a worm wheel segment arranged concentrically to the spindle 5 and rigidly connected to the lever arm 7. Upon current supply the motor raises or lowers the moving part of the press mold. Limit switches may be provided to stop the motor when the moving press part reaches either of its end positions.
  • a multipart molding press for the manufacture of an article having a selected three-dimensional shape with the article being formed at least in part of a shaping layer consisting of a synthetic resin material and another layer consisting of a fabric, comprising separate press parts shaped to provide the article with its selected three-dimensional form and arranged to be pressed to ether to exert a pressing force directly on the layers forming t e article, at least one of said press parts arranged to provide a base part on which the layers to be formed into the article are placed, wherein the improvement comprises at least one other of said press parts comprising a plurality of interconnected rodlike members forming a latticeshaped press part with lattice openings between said rodlike members through which the layer adjacent to said latticeshaped press part can be observed when said press parts are moved together, whereby any misalignment of the layer can be corrected, and said rodlike members being arranged to exert narrow bands of pressure application to the layers for joining the layers forming the article along the narrow bands.
  • a multipart molding press as set forth in claim I, characterized in that said rodlike members being formed of solid bars.
  • a multipart molding press as set forth in claim I, characterized in that said rodlike members being tubular in form with the passages therein interconnected for circulating a liquid therethrough.
  • a multipart molding press as set forth in claim 3, characterized in that a hollow pivot member being arranged for pivotally mounting said other one of said press parts so that said other one of said press parts can be pivotally displaced relative to the one of said press parts forming the base part, said tubular rodlike members being in fluid communication with said hollow pivot member for circulating a fluid from said pivot member through said rodlike members.
  • a multipart molding press as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that the interconnected said rodlike members having a three-dimensional shape arranged to mate with and correspond to the shape of said press part forming the base part.
  • a multipart molding press as set forth in claim I, characterized in that the layers to be formed into the article being composed of a multiple number of individual layer parts each defining a different curved or flat plane surface of the article, and the other one of said press parts having its rodlike members disposed along at least the joints between the different plane surfaces of the article formed by the individual layer parts.
  • a multipart molding press as set forth in claim 1, characterized in that wall means in combination with the one of said press parts providing the base part forming a closed chamber subjacently arranged to the one of said press parts, the one of said press parts having a plurality of perforations therethrough communicating with the closed chamber, means connected to said closed chamber for establishing a suction therein acting through the perforations in the one of said press parts on the layers placed on the one of said press parts.

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EP0403816A1 (en) * 1989-06-08 1990-12-27 General Electric Company Apparatus and method for die forming thermoplastic sheet material
US5071614A (en) * 1990-06-25 1991-12-10 Nifty Products, Inc. Method of molding a carpet having deep well areas
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US4043729A (en) * 1975-02-17 1977-08-23 Textilform S.A. Apparatus for shaping floor coverings for the interiors of vehicles
EP0403816A1 (en) * 1989-06-08 1990-12-27 General Electric Company Apparatus and method for die forming thermoplastic sheet material
US5015169A (en) * 1989-06-08 1991-05-14 General Electric Company Apparatus for die forming thermoplastic sheet material
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