Curved Panel for Acoustical Shell, Method of Manufacturing the Same, and Acoustical Shell Using the Same

• US 20080230310A1
• Filed: 07/26/2005
• Published: 09/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sikongsa Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Sikongsa Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Myong-Seok
• Application Number:
  US11/572,704
• Publication Number:
  US 20080230310A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 181/292
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 13/02 with fibres or particles being present as additives in the layer
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 13/10 of wood; of wood particle board
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 15/046 of foam
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 15/20 comprising aluminium or copper B32B15/016 and B32B15/017 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 21/02 the layer being formed of fibres, chips, or particles , e.g. MDF, HDF, OSB, chipboard, particle board, hardboard
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 21/042 of wood B32B21/13 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 21/047 of foam
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 21/06 of paper or cardboard
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 21/08 of synthetic resin
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2250/05 5 or more layers
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2250/40 Symmetrical or sandwich layers, e.g. ABA, ABCBA, ABCCBA
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2250/44 Number of layers variable across the laminate
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2260/028 Paper layer
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2260/046 Synthetic resin
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2262/0276 Polyester fibres
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2266/025 Polyolefin vinyl or acrylic copolymers B32B2266/0221, B32B2266/0242
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/10 having particular acoustical properties
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/718 Weight, e.g. weight per square meter
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2419/04 Tiles for floors or walls tiles for roofs B32B2419/06
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 29/00 Layered products comprising a layer of paper or cardboard
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 29/005 : next to another layer of paper or cardboard layer
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 3/02 : characterised by features of form at particular places, e.g. in edge regions non-uniform thickness B32B3/263
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 3/263 : characterised by a layer having non-uniform thickness
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 5/18 : characterised by features of a layer of foamed material
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 7/12 : using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
• CPC Class Codes: E04B 1/8236 : Stage shells
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1043 : Subsequent to assembly
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/1348 : Cellular material derived from plant or animal source [e.g., wood, cotton, wool, leather, etc.]

Abstract

The present invention provides an acoustical shell for stage sets which is light and easily handled, which has no deformation of a curved surface for a long-period installation, in which a surface to reflect sound is broad and it is possible to prevent a resonance phenomenon due to a cavity, thereby providing an excellent efficiency of reflecting the sound, without eliminating even any small sound. A method of manufacturing the acoustical shell according to the present invention comprises making a laminate board by bonding a melamine pasteboard and 2 to 4 sheets of plywood or MDF using adhesives, securing the laminate board into a wood winding machine made in a curved surface shape and applying a high frequency heat-treatment such that a bending is fixed to form a curved shape, making a upper board and a lower board using the curved board, adhesively inserting a plastic board attached framing members for edging between the upper and lower boards to be pressed for integrating, thereby manufacturing a curved panel. Then, the upper and lower ends and the right and left side ends of the curved panel are overlaid with aluminum profiles, thereby completing the acoustical shell.

Claims

1. A curved panel for an acoustical shell comprising an upper board, an inserted mid-layer and a lower board, wherein said upper board is a laminate comprising a layer of melamine pasteboard, 2˜

4 layers of MDF(s) and/or plywood(s) bonded, and said lower board is a laminate comprising 2˜

4 layers of plywood(s) and/or MDF(s), and a layer of melamine pasteboard bonded, which is characterized in that;

said upper board and said lower board are secured by curing to adhesively fix the curved shape in a wood winding machine by heating means; and

said inserted mid-layer is a plastic board attached with framing members for edging on four sides thereof.

2. The curved panel of claim 1, wherein said plastic board is one selected from a foamed polyethylene board, a polyester staple fiber gypsum board or a foamed polyethylene board with aluminum foil inserted into the middle thereof.

3. The curved panel of claim 1, wherein said upper board is surfaced by a sheet of paper with raw timber patterns.

4. The curved panel of claim 1, wherein said framing member for edging is a square timber or a bar plywood and is thinner in thickness than the plastic board.

8. An acoustical shell manufactured by using a curved panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper end and the lower end of said curved panel are overlaid with F-shaped aluminum profiles, and the right side end and left side end of said curved panel are overlaid with F-shaped aluminum profiles, respectively.

9. The acoustical shell of claim 8, wherein said aluminum profile comprises a -shaped groove for taking the curved panel, and a wing portion integrally connected with the -shaped groove, the F-shaped aluminum profile has a right angle as the angle in which the groove and the wing are connected, and the F-shaped aluminum profile has an inclined angle of about 110°

as the angle θ

in which the grove and the wing are connected.

10. The acoustical shell of claim 8, wherein said curved panel is a broad-width shape in which a curved surface is wide.

5. A method of manufacturing a curved panel for an acoustical shell comprising the steps of:

a) manufacturing a laminate by bonding a sheet of melamine pasteboard, 2˜

4 sheets of plywood and/or MDF;

b) securing said laminate by curing to adhesively fix the curved shape in a wood winding machine by heating means;

c) assembling the curved panel by adhesively interposing a plastic board attached with framing members between upper and lower boards, wherein said upper and lower boards are prepared for said curved panel; and

d) integrating said assembled curved panel in a curved shape by pressing using a hydraulic press.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said heating means is a high frequency heating machine.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein said bonding is made by using vinyl acetate emulsion adhesives, isocyanate urethane resin adhesives, or urea resin adhesives.

11. A curved panel for an acoustical shell comprising an upper board, an inserted mid-layer and a lower board, wherein said upper board is a laminate comprising a layer of melamine pasteboard, 2˜

4 layers of MDF and/or plywood bonded, and said lower board is a laminate comprising 2˜

4 layers of plywood and/or MDF, and a layer of melamine pasteboard bonded, which is characterized in that;

said upper board and said lower board are secured by curing to adhesively fix the curved shape in a wood winding machine by heating means; and

said inserted mid-layer is a honeycomb attached with framing members for edging on four sides thereof.