Method of making articles such as electrically insulated housings using striped laminates
First Claim
1. A method of making housings for electronic components from sheet materials comprising the steps of forming a long band composed of at least a first strip of one sheet material and a second strip of a second sheet material laminated together, each strip being of uniform length, the first strip being wider than the second strip and the second strip being positioned on the first strip such that the band has at least one first longitudinally continual zone constituted by only the first strip of material and at least one second longitudinally continual zone constituted by a laminate of both strips, and forming a succession of articles from the band by shaping and blanking the band, the shaping and blanking being controlled to locate at least one mounting lug of each housing in the first zone of the band and a cup-like body of each housing in the second zone of the band.
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Abstract
Articles, such as wholly or partly insulated housings for electrical and electronic components, are made from bands composed of a relatively wider strip of one material and a relatively narrower strip of a second material laminated to each other, the band thus being "striped" in that it has one zone constituted by a laminate of materials and at least one other zone constituted by solely the first material. The articles are shaped and blanked in the band so that predetermined parts of the article are formed from only the first material and the rest of the article is formed from the laminate of the two materials.
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- 1. A method of making housings for electronic components from sheet materials comprising the steps of forming a long band composed of at least a first strip of one sheet material and a second strip of a second sheet material laminated together, each strip being of uniform length, the first strip being wider than the second strip and the second strip being positioned on the first strip such that the band has at least one first longitudinally continual zone constituted by only the first strip of material and at least one second longitudinally continual zone constituted by a laminate of both strips, and forming a succession of articles from the band by shaping and blanking the band, the shaping and blanking being controlled to locate at least one mounting lug of each housing in the first zone of the band and a cup-like body of each housing in the second zone of the band.
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