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PATENTE DO ERLEI NOS ESTADOS UNIDOS
Inventor - Erlei Moreira
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United States Patent |
6,464,812 |
Moreira , et al.
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October 15, 2002 |
Process of
manufacturing trophies, medals and award plates, made of
polyester, estervinylic or epoxy resins, reinforced with
fiberglass
Abstract
Method for
manufacturing trophies, medals, award plates, indicative plates,
panels, and the like, starting from laminates produced on bases
having planar, spherical, cylindrical, or other geometric form.
The laminates are manufactured with thermosetting resins
reinforced with fiberglass, and the laminate production process
includes an optimized sequence of preferably manual steps. The
fiberglass used can be, for instance, chopped strand mat, woven
roving, or fabric. Decorative designs that can be in the form of a
transparency, paper, cloth, plastic, wood, metal, leather, or
other material, and that can contain characters, drawings,
paintings, illustration, pictures, signatures, etc., are inserted
into the laminates. The decorative designs can be generated by
computer, hand made, or otherwise produced. The laminates
constitute inviolable casings that maintain the decorative designs
isolated inside thereof. The laminates are cut out, glued,
riveted, or otherwise mounted to provide trophies, medals, award
plates, indicative plates, panels, and the like.
Inventors: |
Moreira; Erlei (Bairro
Floramar, CEP-31760-000 Belo Horizonte, MG, BR),
Magalhaes; Ana Maria Do Carmo (Bairro Floramar,
CEP-31760-000 Belo Horizonte, MG, BR) |
Appl. No.: |
09/554,313 |
Filed: |
July 12, 2000 |
PCT Filed: |
December 14, 1998 |
PCT No.: |
PCT/BR98/00113 |
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
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July 12, 2000 |
PCT Pub. No.: |
WO99/32006 |
PCT Pub. Date: |
July 01, 1999 |
Foreign Application Priority
Data
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Dec 19, 1997 [BR] |
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9705783 |
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Current U.S. Class: |
156/181 ; 156/247; 156/267;
156/305; 156/307.4; 156/307.7 |
Current International Class: |
A44C
27/00 (20060101); B32B 37/00 (20060101); B44C 5/00 (20060101);
B44F 1/00 (20060101); B44F 1/06 (20060101); B44C
5/04 (20060101); B32B 027/36 (); B32B 027/38 (); B32B
031/12 () |
Field of Search: |
156/181,247,267,305,307.4,307.7 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
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679138 |
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Dec., 1991 |
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CH |
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2151906 |
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Jul., 1985 |
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GB |
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5269007 |
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Oct., 1993 |
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JP |
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Other
References
Suzuki, Patent Abstracts of Japan, 05269007 (Oct. 19, 1993)..
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Primary Examiner: Yao; Sam Chuan
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch,
LLP
Parent Case Text
This application is the national phase under 35 U.S.C. .sctn. 371
of PCT International Application No. PCT/BR98/00113 which has an
International filing date of Dec. 14, 1998, which designated the
United States of America.
Claims
What is
claimed is:
1. A process for manufacturing a decorative laminate for use in
making trophies, medals, plates, or panels, said process
comprising the steps of (a) providing, cleaning, and drying a
smooth base, (b) applying 4 or 5 layers of a polyvinyl alcohol
thereto, (c) drying the polyvinyl alcohol layers to form a release
layer on top of the base, (d) applying a catalyzed resin layer
comprising a polyester, vinyl ester, or epoxy resin onto said
release layer, (e) allowing the catalyzed organic resin layer to
dry to a state of tackiness which is a touch point, (f) applying 2
further layers of catalyzed organic resin on the tacky layer
formed in step (e), (g) placing fiberglass in the form of chopped
strand mat, woven roving, or fabric onto the layers of catalyzed
organic resin applied in step (f) and rolling the fiberglass
chopped strand mat, woven roving, or fabric into the resin layers
until the fiberglass is totally absorbed by the resin and there
are no air bubbles in the fiberglass-containing resin layer formed
by this procedure, (h) placing a decorative design face down onto
the fiberglass-containing resin layer, (i) applying a further
layer of catalyzed organic resin on top of the layer formed in
step (h), (j) placing a cloth on top of the layer formed in step (i),
(k) applying a further layer of catalyzed organic resin on top of
the layer formed in step (j), (l) placing fiberglass in the form
of chopped strand mat, woven roving, or fabric onto the layer of
catalyzed organic resin applied in step (k) and rolling the
fiberglass fabric into the resin layer, (m) placing a plastic film
on top of the layer formed in step (l) to form a laminate, (n)
rolling the thus-formed laminate with a cylinder or pipe until all
air bubbles are expelled, (o) allowing the catalyzed organic resin
layers to polymerize for at least 24 hours, and (p) releasing the
laminate consisting of all of the materials applied subsequent to
step (c), trimming said laminate to frame the decorative design of
step (h), and finishing the trimmed piece encompassing the
decorative design.
RETORNAR |