University of Massachusetts

Rexam Industries Corp.

Rexham Corporation

The Elizabeth and Sandor Valyi Foundation, Inc.

Rexham Industries Corp.

E Innovations, Inc.

Thomas M Ellison

Arthur K Delusky

Brian M Keith

Herbert Rees

Stephen P McCarthy

Robert A Winton

Robert V Lucke

Qing Guan

Emery I Valyi

Michael A Shimanski

Rush D Holt

Emery A Palmer

Emery I Valyi, Deceased

Jack P Everidge

An adhesive-backed lenticular lens may be applied over an image. The image may be generated by transferring from an ink source to a ink transfer print plate having a regular pattern of raised and recessed areas or may be applied by a stamp having an image formed by raised and recessed areas in a regular pattern.

Stamping devices and methods

The compression molded article includes an outer plastic film layer, a first plastic layer adhered to the outer plastic film layer and a second plastic layer adhered to the first plastic layer. Long fibers having a length of from 8 to 100 mm are admixed with the second plastic layer. The article is formed by compression molding.

Surface finishing compression molding with multi-layer extrusion

A film is placed over a mold cavity and molten plastic deposited thereon to form a combination of a film with molten plastic thereon. The film-molten plastic combination is then formed in said mold cavity into a molded article in the shape of the mold cavity.

Process for preparing a molded article

A molded article including a plastic layer and an outer film over the plastic layer forming a composite laminate with the plastic layer and a process for preparing same. The outer film has an inner surface adjacent and bonded to the plastic layer and an outer surface opposed to the inner surface. The molded article also includes a reinforcing material adhered to the inner surface of the outer film layer and preferably at least partly embedded in the inner surface of the outer film layer.

Molded article and process for preparing same

A molded plastic article having improved electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding properties. The article includes a plastic layer and an outer film layer over the plastic layer. The outer film layer has an inner surface adjacent to and bonded to the plastic layer and an outer surface opposed to the inner surface. The plastic layer and outer layer are electrically conductive. Preferably the outer layer has higher conductivity than the plastic layer.

Molded article

Process and apparatus for preparing a molded article

A paint film particularly for servicing an automobile body part including: a clear coat layer of a sheet of polymer, said sheet having chemical resistance, weatherability and optical clarity, said sheet having an outer surface and an opposed bonding surface; a color layer adhered to said bonding surface, said color layer, said color layer including an adhesive and at least one color pigment; and a support layer of an extruded film adhered to said color layer.

Surfacing laminate with bonded with pigmented pressure sensitive adhesive

A template is placed over a mold cavity, with the template including a series of orifices which extend over substantially the entire surface of the mold cavity. Molten plastic is passed through the orifices in a pattern corresponding to the shape of the article to be molded, and the molten plastic is formed into a molded article having the shape of the mold cavity.

Method for preparing molded article

Apparatus for preparing a molded article

Molded articles having contoured, decorative outer surfaces are disclosed. The articles comprise a molded polymer substrate and a decorative surfacing film adhered to one side of the substrate. The decorative surfacing film comprises a substantially molecularly unoriented cast polymer film formed from a weatherable polymer. The articles are particularly suited for use as automobile body panels and the like. Also disclosed is a method for making such articles, and a method for making sets of such articles for assembly into automobile bodies and the like.

Automobile body formed of interconnected molded plastic articles

A flexible composite surfacing film for providing a substrate with desired surface characteristics is disclosed. The film comprises a flexible temporary carrier film and a flexible transparent outer polymer clear coat layer releasably bonded to the temporary carrier film, the flexible outer polymer layer comprising an extruded thermoplastic polymer having a M.sub.w /M.sub.n ratio of 4 or lower. A pigmented base coat layer is adhered to said outer clear coat layer and is visible therethrough, and a thermoformable backing layer is adhered to the pigmented base coat layer. The film is produced by extruding a molten transparent thermoplastic polymer and applying the polymer to a flexible temporary carrier thereby forming a continuous thin transparent film. A pigmented thermoplastic polymer in a volatile liquid vehicle is applied to the exposed surface of the transparent film while the film is bonded to the flexible temporary carrier, thus forming thereon a coating of the pigmented thermoplastic polymer overlying the transparent thermoplastic polymer film. The thus formed composite may then be heated while the transparent thermoplastic polymer film is bonded to the flexible temporary carrier to evaporate the volatile liquid vehicle and form a pigmented polymer layer. The heating step also molecularly relaxes the underlying film of transparent thermoplastic polymer to relieve any molecular orientation caused by the extrusion.

Flexible composite surfacing film and method for producing same

Automobile body parts having contoured, decorative outer surfaces are molded. The automobile body parts include a molded polymer substrate and a decorative surfacing film adhered to one side of the substrate. The decorative surfacing film includes a substantially molecularly unoriented cast polymer film formed from a weatherable polymer. Also a method for making sets of such automobile body parts for assembly into automobile bodies is taught.

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Fort Mill, SC, United States of America

Thomas M Ellison