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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1997
Johannes Antonius Reinders, Warnsveld, NL;
Sallmetall B.V., Raalte, NL;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a foil laminate with a defined curvature is provided. The method includes providing an encapsulating device having a transporting assembly for carrying a carrier foil through the device, a first supply device for supplying to the carrier foil a first skin laminate such that the glue layer forming part thereof is brought into contact with the first surface of the carrier foil, a second supply device for supplying to the other side of the carrier foil a second skin laminate such that the glue layer forming part thereof is brought into contact with the second surface of the carrier foil, and a pressing device having a pinch for exerting a pressure force on the stack passing through and including the first skin laminate, the carrier foil and the second skin laminate. The method further includes controlling the first and the second supply devices such that the first and the second skin laminates are each introduced into the pinch at a chosen tensile stress such that the skin laminates of the resulting laminate leaving the pinch which are mutually adhered via the carrier foil have respective tensions and in the free state the laminate has a curvature corresponding therewith.