Method of producing multi-layered and shaped wall covering material of corrugated cardboard
First Claim
1. A method of producing a multi-layered and shaped wall covering material which is composed of a sustrate of corrugated cardboard of fibrous materials, a heat-insulating and cushioning layer of a porous material adhered onto one side of the substrate and an outer liner of a thermoplastic resin coated on the outer surface of the cushioning layer, the method comprising the steps of:
- setting the substrate, the cushioning layer and the outer liner in an orderly piled arrangement, with adhesive materials interposed between the substrate and the cushioning layer and the outer liner, in a hot-press having a male die and a female die movable relative to each other, one of the male and female dies facing the substrate having a plurality of holes formed therein so as to establish fluid communication between a shaped surface thereof and a separate suction means;
heating the male and female dies to temperatures suitable for shaping of the piled materials and function of the adhesive materials;
press-shaping the piled materials between the male and female dies and simultaneously adhering the cushioning layer to both the substrate and the outer liner;
sucking air through said holes while the substrate is in contact with said shaped surface of said one die to attract the piled materials to said one die byperforating the substrate from the outside to suck air from voids in the substrate and the cushioning layer when air is sucked through said holes by preliminarily forming a plurality of pin-like protuberances on said shaped surface of said one die, said protuberances being shaped and sized such that a tip portion of each of said protuberances perforates the substrate and intrudes into the cushioning layer without arriving at the outer liner to allow the outflow of air from voids in the cushioning layer to voids in the substrate through perforations formed in the substrate by said protuberances; and
parting the other of the male and female dies from the outer liner, the suction of air being continued until said outer die parts from the outer liner.
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Abstract
A method of producing a shaped wall covering material composed of a corrugated cardboard substrate, a porous buffer layer adhered onto one side of the substrate and a thermoplastic resin liner coated on the outer surface of the buffer layer. The starting materials are set in a hot-press in an orderly piled arrangement with interposed adhesive materials and subjected to press-shaping between male and female dies with application of heat. During the shaping operation, air is sucked from the gap between the substrate and the shaped surface of one die through holes intentionally formed in this die. The resultant attraction of the piled materials to this die facilitates the shaping and prevents a layer-separation or deformation of the product attributable to a sticking tendency of the liner to the other die. The suction can be enhanced by forming pin-like protuberances on the die surface contacting the substrate to intrude into the buffer layer and squeezing the buffer layer and/or substrate in a marginal region by a periopheral wall-like protuberance formed, for example, on the other die surface.
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7 Claims
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1. A method of producing a multi-layered and shaped wall covering material which is composed of a sustrate of corrugated cardboard of fibrous materials, a heat-insulating and cushioning layer of a porous material adhered onto one side of the substrate and an outer liner of a thermoplastic resin coated on the outer surface of the cushioning layer, the method comprising the steps of:
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setting the substrate, the cushioning layer and the outer liner in an orderly piled arrangement, with adhesive materials interposed between the substrate and the cushioning layer and the outer liner, in a hot-press having a male die and a female die movable relative to each other, one of the male and female dies facing the substrate having a plurality of holes formed therein so as to establish fluid communication between a shaped surface thereof and a separate suction means; heating the male and female dies to temperatures suitable for shaping of the piled materials and function of the adhesive materials; press-shaping the piled materials between the male and female dies and simultaneously adhering the cushioning layer to both the substrate and the outer liner; sucking air through said holes while the substrate is in contact with said shaped surface of said one die to attract the piled materials to said one die by perforating the substrate from the outside to suck air from voids in the substrate and the cushioning layer when air is sucked through said holes by preliminarily forming a plurality of pin-like protuberances on said shaped surface of said one die, said protuberances being shaped and sized such that a tip portion of each of said protuberances perforates the substrate and intrudes into the cushioning layer without arriving at the outer liner to allow the outflow of air from voids in the cushioning layer to voids in the substrate through perforations formed in the substrate by said protuberances; and parting the other of the male and female dies from the outer liner, the suction of air being continued until said outer die parts from the outer liner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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