Articles of manufacture and their production
US4874452A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 24, 1988 |
| Grant date | Oct 17, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31721
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
By compressing and heat curing a non-resilient, non-flexible recurable material formed by subjecting cured polyimide foam to the action of pressurized steam, a wide variety of useful articles may be produced. These include tough, flame-resistant plastic films, sheets, panels, boards, and shapes in general; composites (both reinforced and unreinforced); and laminates and other articles in which separate shapes or parts are bonded together by a new type of tough, flame-resistant adhesive. Additionally, heretofore worthless waste products such as the kerf cut away from buns of polyimide foam during the foam manufacturing process can be converted and vastly upgraded into any of such an array of new articles of manufacture such as those just mentioned.
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