Processes For Forming Plastic, Apparatuses For Forming Plastic, And Articles Made Therefrom

• Main Authors: DINELLO PANFILO M, HAINES PAUL A, LINARES MIGUEL A, CARGILL LYNN E, POINTER ROBIN L
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 08.11.2012
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; BUILDING; CABINETS; CEILINGS; COFFEE MILLS; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; DESKS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; DRAWERS; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES,FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS,BLINDS, GATES; FLOORS; FURNITURE; GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INSULATION OR OTHER PROTECTION OF BUILDINGS; LADDERS; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MOTOR VEHICLES; OFFICE FURNITURE; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROOFS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SPICE MILLS; STORING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TABLES; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING; WALLS, e.g. PARTITIONS; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

Process and apparatus for forming plastics by heating an open mold and contacting the open mold with plastic particulate material to form a melted skin on the mold, and resulting articles made therefrom. Single skin molded articles may be multi-layered with or without paint on the surface. Multiple skin molded articles may be made by complementary male and female molds, brought together after the skins are made on the individual male and female molds, and may include sandwiched layers of plastic filler or expandable foam filled centers, with or without various inserts or reinforcements. Multi-layer composite articles are to made with inserts and/or reinforcements that may be embedded in and surrounded by expandable foam plastic, if used as a middle layer. Resulting articles include a pick-up truck bed box, an industrial tabletop, a series of modular housing panels, an airplane cockpit door, and material handling pallets, among others.