Mold roll for an apparatus fabricating vehicle mat sheets having non-skid protrusions

• US 20040052885A1
• Filed: 03/03/2003
• Published: 03/18/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ki-Bong Lee
• Original Assignee: Ki-Bong Lee
• Inventors: Lee, Ki-Bong
• Application Number:
  US10/378,426
• Publication Number:
  US 20040052885A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 425/112
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 43/222 characterised by the shape of the surface
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 43/28 incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. compression moulding around inserts or for coating articles

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mold roll enabling good-quality non-skid conical protrusions to be formed on the bottom surface of the base sheet which is a raw material for a vehicle mat, which further comprises air recesses formed to be extended from the bottoms of the grooves formed in the radius direction on the outer circumference of the mold roll, and for accommodating air remaining in the grooves when the base sheet is pressed into the grooves of the mold roll, in an apparatus fabricating a vehicle mat sheet that has a guide roll for guiding a base sheet extruded in a sheet shape with a gel-state thermoplastic resin through an extruder and carpet supplied from a side, a mold roll for molding conical protrusions on the bottom surface of the base sheet, a carpet-adhering roll forming a pair with the mold roll to press and adhere the carpet on the top surface of the base sheet.

Claims

1. A mold roll for an apparatus fabricating a vehicle mat sheet having non-skid protrusions in which the apparatus has a guide roll for guiding a base sheet extruded in a sheet shape with a gel-state thermoplastic resin through an extruder and carpet supplied from a side, a mold roll for molding conical protrusions on the bottom surface of the base sheet, a carpet-adhering roll forming a pair with the mold roll to press and adhere the carpet on the top surface of the base sheet, comprising:

air recesses formed to be extended from the bottoms of the grooves formed in the radius direction on the outer circumference of the mold roll, and for accommodating air remaining in the grooves when the base sheet is pressed into the grooves of the mold roll.

2. The mold roll as claimed in claim 1, wherein the grooves are formed in a depth ranging from 5 mm to 6 mm.

3. The mold roll as claimed in claim 1, further comprising minute recesses formed on the surface of the mold roll between the adjacent grooves, and for accommodating air remaining on a contact surface of the mold roll when the base sheet comes in close contact with the outer circumference of the mold roll between the grooves.

4. A mold roll for an apparatus fabricating a vehicle mat sheet having non-skid protrusions in which the apparatus has a guide roll for guiding a base sheet extruded in a sheet shape with a gel-state thermoplastic resin through an extruder and carpet supplied from a side, a mold roll having grooves for molding conical protrusions on the bottom surface of the base sheet, a carpet-adhering roll forming a pair with the mold roll to press and adhere the carpet on the top surface of the base sheet, comprising a mold roll having mat cutting indication rims formed on the outer circumference thereof, and the grooves are formed in areas only except for sewing-treat regions of mats.

5. The mold roll as claimed in claim 4, wherein the mold roll has the mat cutting indication rims formed for a set of two mats on the outer circumference thereof, and the grooves are formed in areas only except for the sewing-treat regions of the mats.

6. The mold roll as claimed in claim 4, wherein the mold roll has the mat cutting indication rims formed for a set of four mats on the outer circumference thereof, and the grooves are formed in areas only except for the sewing-treat regions of the mats.

7. The mold roll as claimed in any of claims 4 to 6, wherein the grooves are formed in a depth ranging from 5 mm to 6 mm.

8. The mold roll as claimed in any of claims 4 to 6, further comprising air recesses formed to be extended from the bottoms of the grooves formed in the radius direction on the outer circumference of the mold roll, and for accommodating air remaining in the grooves when the base sheet is pressed into the grooves of the mold roll.

9. The mold roll as claimed in any of claims 4 to 6, further comprising minute recesses formed on the surface of the mold roll around the grooves in the areas of the mat cutting indication rims, and for accommodating air remaining on a contact surface of the mold roll when the base sheet comes in close contact with the outer circumference of the mold roll between the grooves.