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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10710286 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2017

In-mold carpet lamination

Applicant:

Nyx, Inc., Livonia, MI (US);

Inventors:

Joseph Packett, Livonia, MI (US);

Ray Pepper, Livonia, MI (US);

Jodi Imler, Livonia, MI (US);

Akbal Grewal, Livonia, MI (US);

Greg Homann, Livonia, MI (US);

Assignee:

NYX, INC., Livonia, MI (US);

Attorney:

Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Ryan M Ochylski

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/14 (2006.01); D06N 7/00 (2006.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 27/32 (2006.01); B32B 5/06 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01); B29C 45/56 (2006.01); B32B 3/02 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/14065 (2013.01); B29C 45/14786 (2013.01); B29C 45/561 (2013.01); B32B 3/02 (2013.01); B32B 3/266 (2013.01); B32B 5/02 (2013.01); B32B 5/06 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 27/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/12 (2013.01); B32B 27/32 (2013.01); D06N 7/0076 (2013.01); D06N 7/0078 (2013.01); B29C 2045/14147 (2013.01); B29K 2715/006 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7322 (2013.01); B32B 2250/03 (2013.01); B32B 2250/24 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0253 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0276 (2013.01); B32B 2307/30 (2013.01); B32B 2307/50 (2013.01); B32B 2307/554 (2013.01); B32B 2307/5825 (2013.01); B32B 2471/02 (2013.01); D06N 2203/042 (2013.01);
Abstract

A process for fabricating a molded carpet laminate includes supporting a carpet layer in a molding tool that has mold dies that define a mold cavity. The mold dies are then moved from an open position to a partially closed position. In the partially closed position, a heated polymer material is injected into the mold cavity. The heated polymer material incompletely fills the mold cavity on the working side of the carpet layer. The mold dies are then moved from the partially closed position to a closed position to spread the heated polymer material and fill the mold cavity on the working side of the carpet layer to form a molded polymer wall. The molded polymer wall adheres to the working side of the carpet layer to form a molded carpet laminate. The mold dies are then moved from the closed position and the molded carpet laminate is cooled.

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