Method for the fabrication of synthetic-material component assemblies
First Claim
1. A method for the fabrication of synthetic-material component assemblies, which comprises:
- initially pressing a decorative material and a foamed-material backing layer in a cold or heated state to produce a composite decorative element having an edge;
inserting the composite decorative element in a blow-molding die;
blow-molding a component in the blow-molding die while forming a decorative groove in a region of the component corresponding to the edge of the composite decorative element for receiving the edge of the composite decorative element; and
pressing and fusing the composite decorative element to an outer surface of the region of the component.
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Abstract
A method for the fabrication of synthetic-material component assemblies includes blow-molding synthetic-material components having a foam-backed decorative layer on part of their surface. Decorative material is initially pressed against a foam layer having one surface which has been heated and melted. During blow-molding of the component from an extruded synthetic-material tube, a composite decorative element produced in this way is pressed against an outer surface of the component and joined by fusion welding. The composite decorative element can either be performed in accordance with the contours of the component or have a flat structure, in which case it can be shaped, possibly with additional heating, together with the component during blow-molding.
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1. A method for the fabrication of synthetic-material component assemblies, which comprises:
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initially pressing a decorative material and a foamed-material backing layer in a cold or heated state to produce a composite decorative element having an edge;
inserting the composite decorative element in a blow-molding die;
blow-molding a component in the blow-molding die while forming a decorative groove in a region of the component corresponding to the edge of the composite decorative element for receiving the edge of the composite decorative element; and
pressing and fusing the composite decorative element to an outer surface of the region of the component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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