Decorative plastic trim strip and method and apparatus for forming
CA 1328968 C · Owner: Aeroquip Corporation · Inventors: Cakmakci, Mehmet Yavuz
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An improved decorative automotive vehicle trim strip and method and apparatus for forming are provided by reshaping an end of a previously extruded length of thermoplastic material. The surface of the length of thermoplastic material intended for viewing is maintained at a cold temperature well below, the softening point of the thermoplastic material during the reshaping, operation. The length of thermoplastic material is heated during reshaping by a mold section heated to 400° to 410°F pressed against the surface intended to be affixed to the vehicle.
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- Granted May 3, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 3, 2011.
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