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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2014
Kojima Industries Corporation, Toyota-Shi, JP;
Kimihiro Nagase, Kasugai, JP;
Kojima Industries Corporation, Toyota-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A formed ligneous body is provided which has high scratch-proof, water-proof and weather-proof properties, a decorative design surface with a natural and fine woody grain, a high degree of aesthetic dignity and a high ligneous property. The formed ligneous body includes a surface layer portion of-fiber cells of which are impregnated with a first resin material in a cured state and which has a decorative design surface, and a base layer portion of fiber cells of which are impregnated with a second resin material in a cured state. The surface layer portion and the base layer portion are formed integrally with each other in a flow molding process, and an amount of change of relative positions of the fiber cells of the surface layer portion during the flow molding process is less than that of the fiber cells of the base layer portion during the flow molding process.