US4697327A
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Painted insulated metal edge guard and method
Assignee: ADELL Corp A CORP OF TX
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Filing: 1986-03-13
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Granted: 1987-10-06
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Expires: 2006-03-13
Abstract
Abstract A process for making a painted insulated metal edge guard comprises extruding plastic insulating material onto a flat strip of metal as the strip is pulled through the extruder, painting the strip, coiling the painted insulated strip into coils, and uncoiling a coiled strip at the beginning of the roll-forming apparatus and feeding the insulated strip through the roll-forming apparatus to form an edge guard of a desired cross sectional shape wherein the plastic insulating material is so disposed as to insulate the metal of the edge guard from the edge of the object onto which it is installed and the paint provides at least a portion of the exterior appearance of the edge guard. The process improves the efficiency for manufacturing painted insulated metal edge guards and it permits various embodiments of new and unique edge guards to be efficiently created. The invention has special utility where a range of colored edge guards must be produced in varying quantities.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert Adell
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 20:24
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60R; B60R13/00; B60R13/04; B60R13/043; B29; B29C; B29C48/00; B29C48/03; B29C48/07; B29C48/08; B29C48/12; B29C48/15; B29C48/154; B29C48/155; B29C48/16; B29C48/18; B29C48/19; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/4998; Y10T29/49982; Y10T29/49986
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
338 words
A process for making a decorative and protective painted insulated metal edge guard of generally U-shaped cross section which fits onto the trailing edge of a swinging closure wherein at least a portion of the exterior surface of the U-shaped cross section which is visible when the edge guard is installed on the trailing edge of the swinging closure is covered by material which is color coordinated with the color of the swinging closure, said process comprising extruding by means of an extruder a layer of a non-metallic insulating material onto a metal strip which is pulled through the extruder along a straight line, painting the strip selectively one color after another, then after the strip has been pulled through the extruder and painted, forming the now-painted and now-insulated strip into a succession of individual coils, each of which has been painted with a paritcular color, by coiling the strip after it has been pulled through the extruder and painted, and severing the strip between different paint colors, then taking one of said coils containing painted insualted strip of desired paint color for color-coordination with a particular colored swinging closure, uncoiling the strip from said one coil and passing the uncoiled strip through a roll-forming apparatus to form the painted insulated strip into a U-shaped cross section for fitting onto the trailing edge of the swinging closure and wherein the exutrder so extrudes the layer of insulating material onto the metal strip and the roll-forming apparatus so forms the strip into the U-shaped cross section that at least some of said insulating material is disposed on the interior of the strip so as to protectively insulate the metal of the strip from the the trailing edge of the swinging closure when the edge guard is installed on the trailing edge of the swinging closure, and that at least some of the paint is disposed on the exterior of the strip so as to be visible when the guard is installed on the trailing edge of the swinging closure.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
338 words
A process for making a decorative and protective painted insulated metal edge guard of generally U-shaped cross section which fits onto the trailing edge of a swinging closure wherein at least a portion of the exterior surface of the U-shaped cross section which is visible when the edge guard is installed on the trailing edge of the swinging closure is covered by material which is color coordinated with the color of the swinging closure, said process comprising extruding by means of an extruder a layer of a non-metallic insulating material onto a metal strip which is pulled through the extruder along a straight line, painting the strip selectively one color after another, then after the strip has been pulled through the extruder and painted, forming the now-painted and now-insulated strip into a succession of individual coils, each of which has been painted with a paritcular color, by coiling the strip after it has been pulled through the extruder and painted, and severing the strip between different paint colors, then taking one of said coils containing painted insualted strip of desired paint color for color-coordination with a particular colored swinging closure, uncoiling the strip from said one coil and passing the uncoiled strip through a roll-forming apparatus to form the painted insulated strip into a U-shaped cross section for fitting onto the trailing edge of the swinging closure and wherein the exutrder so extrudes the layer of insulating material onto the metal strip and the roll-forming apparatus so forms the strip into the U-shaped cross section that at least some of said insulating material is disposed on the interior of the strip so as to protectively insulate the metal of the strip from the the trailing edge of the swinging closure when the edge guard is installed on the trailing edge of the swinging closure, and that at least some of the paint is disposed on the exterior of the strip so as to be visible when the guard is installed on the trailing edge of the swinging closure.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
66 words
A process as set forth in claim 1 in which the layer of non-metallic insulating material is extruded by the extruder onto the entire exterior surface of the metal strip as viewed in transverse cross section through the strip, and the painting of the strip is conducted after the extrusion step with the paint being selectively applied to a selected portion of the non-metallic insulating material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
46 words
A process as set forth in claim 2 in which the paint is applied to fully cover one major surface of the insulated strip, and the painted insulated strip is so formed that said one major surface forms most of the exterior of the edge guard.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
A painted insulated edge guard made by the method of claim 3.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
92 words
A process as set forth in claim 2 in which the paint is applied to fully cover one major surface of the insulated strip, to fully cover the side edge surfaces of the insulated strip and immediately adjacent margins of the other major surface of the insulated strip, thereby leaving a zone of unpainted insulating material between the painted margins of said other major surface of the insulated strip and wherein the painted insulated strip is processed by the roll-forming apparatus so that the exterior of the edge guard comprises only paint.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
72 words
A process as set forth in claim 5 including the step of forming beads at the distal ends of legs of the edge guard by outwardly reverse turning the margins of the strip such that the paint which is applied to said margins of said other major surface of the insulated strip are disposed on the exterior of the edge guard while the unpainted portion forms the interior of the edge guard.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
12 words
A painted insulated edge guard made by the method of claim 6.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
12 words
A painted insulated edge guard made by the method of claim 5.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
12 words
A painted insulated edge guard made by the method of claim 2.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
58 words
A process as set forth in claim 1 in which the non-metallic insulating material is applied to a limited portion of the exterior surface of the metal strip as viewed in transverse cross section through the strip and paint is applied to at least a portion of the metal strip which is free of said non-metallic insulating material.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
57 words
A process as set forth in claim 10 in which said non-metallic insulating material is applied to one major surface of the metal strip and both side edge surfaces leaving the other major surface of the metal strip bare after the extrusion step and wherein paint is applied to the full extent of said other major surface.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
12 words
A painted insulated edge guard made by the method of claim 11.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
12 words
A painted insulated edge guard made by the method of claim 10.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
12 words
A painted insulated edge guard made by the method of claim 1.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
301 words
A process for making a decorative and protective painted insulated metal molding of generally channel-shaped cross section which fits onto an object wherein at least a portion of the exterior surface of the channel-shaped cross section which is visible when the molding is installed on the object is covered by material which is color-coordinated with the color of the object, said process comprising extruding by means of an extruder a layer of a non-metallic insulating material onto a metal strip which is pulled through the extruder along a straight line, painting the strip selectively one color after another, then after the strip has been pulled through the extruder and painted, forming the now-painted and now-insulated strip into a succession of individual coils, each of which has been painted with a particular color, by coiling the strip after it has been pulled through the extruder and painted, and severing the strip between different paint colors, then taking one of said coils containing painted insulated strip of a desired paint color for color-coordination with a particular colored object, uncoiling the strip form said one coil and passing the uncoiled strip through a roll-forming apparatus to form the painted insulated strip into a channel-shaped cross section for fitting onto the object wherein the extruder so extrudes the layer of insulating material onto the metal strip and the roll-forming apparatus so forms the strip into the U-shaped cross section that at least some of said insulating material is disposed on the interior of the strip so as to protectively insulate the metal of the strip from the object when the molding is installed on the object, and that at least some of the paint is disposed on the exterior of the strip so as to be visible when the molding is installed on the object.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
301 words
A process for making a decorative and protective painted insulated metal molding of generally channel-shaped cross section which fits onto an object wherein at least a portion of the exterior surface of the channel-shaped cross section which is visible when the molding is installed on the object is covered by material which is color-coordinated with the color of the object, said process comprising extruding by means of an extruder a layer of a non-metallic insulating material onto a metal strip which is pulled through the extruder along a straight line, painting the strip selectively one color after another, then after the strip has been pulled through the extruder and painted, forming the now-painted and now-insulated strip into a succession of individual coils, each of which has been painted with a particular color, by coiling the strip after it has been pulled through the extruder and painted, and severing the strip between different paint colors, then taking one of said coils containing painted insulated strip of a desired paint color for color-coordination with a particular colored object, uncoiling the strip form said one coil and passing the uncoiled strip through a roll-forming apparatus to form the painted insulated strip into a channel-shaped cross section for fitting onto the object wherein the extruder so extrudes the layer of insulating material onto the metal strip and the roll-forming apparatus so forms the strip into the U-shaped cross section that at least some of said insulating material is disposed on the interior of the strip so as to protectively insulate the metal of the strip from the object when the molding is installed on the object, and that at least some of the paint is disposed on the exterior of the strip so as to be visible when the molding is installed on the object.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
61 words
A process set forth in claim 15 in which the layer of non-metallic insulating material is extruded by the extruder onto the entire exterior surface of the metal strip as viewed in transverse cross section through the strip, and the step of painting the strip is conducted after the extrusion step with the paint being selectively applied to the non-metallic insulating.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
11 words
A painted insulated molding made by the method of claim 16.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
63 words
A process as set forth in claim 15 in which the non-metallic insulating material is extruded by the extruder onto a limited portion of the exterior surface of the metal strip as viewed in transverse cross section through the strip and paint is applied to at least a portion of the portion of the metal strip which is free of said insulating material.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
11 words
A painted insulatd molding made by the method of claim 18.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
11 words
A painted insulated molding made by the method of claim 15.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1990-10-05 | 1991-04-06 | 1991-10-06 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1994-10-05 | 1995-04-06 | 1995-10-06 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1998-10-05 | 1999-04-06 | 1999-10-06 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |