Abstract: A method for manufacturing a foam product in which a skin material and a core material having at least one opening are set on upper molding die and lower molding die, respectively, and a foaming resin material is then poured between the skin material and the core material to integrally mold them. A recess is formed on the portion of the upper molding die that corresponds to the opening of the core material. The opening of the core material is covered by an air permeable seal member adhered to the core material. The foaming resin material is then poured in a cavity defined between the molding dies.

Abstract: A window molding having an external portion which covers a gap formed in a connecting portion between a vehicle body panel and a window glass of a vehicle to which the window molding is to be mounted, a securing leg portion which is integral with the external portion to be inserted in the gap, and a plate portion which extends between the leg portion and the vehicle body panel and which has a bent end to be engaged by the vehicle body panel to define a trough.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an interior member for vehicles comprises the steps of laying a surface layer in a cavity of a mold, placing a reinforcing fiber mat onto the surface layer, compressing the surface layer and the reinforcing fiber mat in the mold, injecting raw material for obtaining a polyisocyanurate and demolding an integrally-molded interior member from the mold after the completion of a reaction of the raw material. The raw material comprises a trimerization catalyst, a polyol and a polyisocyanate. The amount of raw material is determined so that the density of the obtained polyisocyanurate is 1.2 to 1.9 times as much as the density of the same polyisocyanurate in its free foaming state.

Abstract: A plastic molding comprising a plastic substrate and a decorative film or sheet which has an outermost layer of fluororesins coated at its one surface with a vaporized metal layer, an intermediate layer of ethylene-acrylic acid copolymeric resins laminated on the metal layer, and an innermost layer of backing resins which is adhered to the intermediate layer by an adhesive layer. The decorative film or sheet is molten to be adhered onto the plastic substrate, so that the backing resin layer comes into contact with the plastic base.

Abstract: A window molding which is made of nonrigid plastics and which is attached to a vehicle body and a window glass, wherein the molding has contacting portions which come into contact with the vehicle body and the window glass and which are made of softer nonrigid plastics.

Abstract: An improved interior member for vehicles which includes a substrate containing a reinforcing fiber mat with a polyisocyanurate permeated therethrough and a surface layer integrally formed on the substrate. The amount of the polyisocyanurate is so determined that the density of the polyisocyanurate in said substrate is 1.2 to 1.9 times as much as the density of the same polyisocyanurate in its free foaming state. The surface layer may include a fabric, a resilient foam and a thermoplastic resin sheet in layers, or alternatively may include non-foamed plastic as an outer layer and foamed plastic as an inner layer. A method for manufacturing the above interior member for vehicles is neither complicated nor costly.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plastic foam, wherein a plastic compound with chemical foaming agent is charged in molding cavity which is defined by a pair of upper and lower die cavities and wherein the plastic compound is subject to a dielectric heating, so that the chemical foaming agent decomposes. One of the cavity surfaces is movable to vary the volume of the molding cavity in accordance with the expansion of the plastic compound, so that the movable cavity surface is kept in contact with the plastic compound which expands during heating.

Abstract: Disclosed are a porous molded product comprising a foam having a three-dimensional cell-membrane-free network skeletal structure, which has been extended to make long the shape of the mesh pores thereof in a given direction, and having deposited onto the skeleton thereof a cured resin without clogging the mesh pores and a process for preparing said porous molded product. The porous molded product according to this invention can be used as a filter material or used when a porous ceramic structural body is sinter molded.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a plastic molding of a foamable thermoplastic raw material blank or preform which contains a foaming agent by high frequency voltage heating in a molding die assembly defining a molding cavity, wherein gas discharging openings which extend through the thickness of the blank or preform are preformed in the raw material blank or preform.

Abstract: An apparatus which allows automatic winding of a sheet-formed article such as, for example, of foamed rubber without being influenced by the material or dimensions of the article. In the apparatus, an end of a sheet-formed article which is continuously transported by a conveyor is turned over to partially surround and press against the periphery of a tubular takeup member by means of an attaching roller assembly. Then, the turned over end of the sheet-formed article is pushed to a position below the tubular takeup member by means of a presser so that the end of the article is wrapped between the tubular takeup member and the sheet-formed article being fed by the conveyor and is thus fixedly attached to the tubular takeup member, thereby allowing subsequent automatic winding of the sheet-formed article onto the tubular takeup member to be effected by rotation of the tubular takeup member.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a predetermined shape of molded plastics, comprising the steps of introducing a foamable shell forming material in molding dies, introducing a hard core forming material having a foaming agent on the shell forming material, clamping the molding dies together, and heating both the material located in the molding dies by an induction heating.

Abstract: A plastic trim strip comprising an outer surface layer which is made of cellulose acetate butyrate having a thickness of from 0.3 to 0.8 millimeters, an inner surface reinforcing layer which is made of stainless steel or stainless bimetal having a thickness of from 0.1 to 0.5 millimeters and an intermediate layer which is located between the outer surface layer and the inner surface reinforcing layer to connect them and which is made of a thermoplastic material selected from the group consisting of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, acrylonitrile-ethylene-propylenediene rubber-styrene, acrylonitrile-acryl rubber-styrene, acrylonitrile-chlorinated polyethylene-styrene, polycarbonate, polyphenyleneoxide, polyphenylenesulfide, and polyamide.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a protective and decorative molding for an automobile, comprising the steps of: adding a foaming agent to a starting resinous material comprising a vinyl chloride polymer or copolymer or a blend thereof; kneading the foaming agent and the starting resinous material; successively forming the kneaded mixture into an elongated rod or sheet blank by means of extruder or calender rolls; shearing the rod or blank into pieces having a predetermined shape; and molding the piece in a mold having high-frequency heating electrodes to apply a high-frequency voltage to the piece so that the foaming agent contained in the piece decomposes and foams to provide a product having a predetermined shape.

Abstract: A flexible molded foam comprises a surface layer of elastic thin film, an intermediate reinforcing layer of elastic film and a core layer. The surface layer comprises a linear polymer, the intermediate reinforcing layer comprises a three-dimensionally crosslinked polyurethane and the core layer is composed of a semi-rigid polyurethane foam. These elements are integrally molded in a desirable shape.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for bending an elongated piece, wherein the piece is fed to and held by feeding rolls and bending rolls which are spaced from each other, the piece is bent by displacing the bending rolls in directions perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the piece and is twisted by rotating the bending rolls about the longitudinal axis of the piece.