Forming system for thermoformable parts with flexible web coverstock
CA 1291935 C · Owner: Ford Motor Company Of Canada, Limited · Inventors: Woodrich, Kenneth H.
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The present invention is directed to a method of manufacturing a thermoformed, form-retaining article comprising a form-retaining thermoformable substrate and a flexible web coverstock. The method comprises feeding a continuous strip of the flexible web coverstock through a thermoforming line comprising at least a lamination station, a thermoforming station and transport means. Sheets of the substrate are fed into the lamination station and there laminated to said continuous strip of coverstock material. The coverstock is wider than the substrate sheetstock laminated thereto and thus, it, extends laterally beyond the sheetstock i.e. it has, free longitudinal edges. The transport means …
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- Granted November 12, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 12, 2008.
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