Patents Assigned to Plastibec Inc.
-
Publication number: 20230211621Abstract: Described is a process and system for direct printing of a decorative pattern onto an extruded PVC slat. The process includes providing a hot extruded PVC slat; directly contacting a surface of the hot extruded PVC slat with a direct printing cylinder as the slat is moved in a downstream direction, where the cylinder has a pattern with a cell structure that receives ink and rotates to directly apply the ink in the form of the pattern onto the surface of the hot extruded PVC slat. The process also includes controlling a temperature of the direct printing cylinder to inhibit drying of the ink while present on the direct printing cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: PLASTIBEC INCInventor: Angelo SUDANO
-
Patent number: 11607899Abstract: Described is a process and system for direct printing of a decorative pattern onto an extruded PVC slat. The process includes providing a hot extruded PVC slat; directly contacting a surface of the hot extruded PVC slat with a direct printing cylinder as the slat is moved in a downstream direction, where the cylinder has a pattern with a cell structure that receives ink and rotates to directly apply the ink in the form of the pattern onto the surface of the hot extruded PVC slat. The process also includes controlling a temperature of the direct printing cylinder to inhibit drying of the ink while present on the direct printing cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: PLASTIBEC INC.Inventor: Angelo Sudano
-
Publication number: 20210114391Abstract: Described is a process and system for direct printing of a decorative pattern onto an extruded PVC slat. The process includes providing a hot extruded PVC slat; directly contacting a surface of the hot extruded PVC slat with a direct printing cylinder as the slat is moved in a downstream direction, where the cylinder has a pattern with a cell structure that receives ink and rotates to directly apply the ink in the form of the pattern onto the surface of the hot extruded PVC slat. The process also includes controlling a temperature of the direct printing cylinder to inhibit drying of the ink while present on the direct printing cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: PLASTIBEC INC.Inventor: Angelo SUDANO
-
Patent number: 8323545Abstract: A co-extrusion process for making decorative moldings having a simulated wood appearance and a given profile includes mixing a base material and color particles to form a mixture, the base material having a rigid polymer and the color particles having a different color from the base material and a higher melt temperature than the base material. The mixture is heated and displaced using a feed screw such that the color particles move helically along the trajectory of the feed screw while avoiding backflow and melting to create corresponding helical vein segments within the base material. The mixture is forced through a tubular channel while controlling heat and shear conditions such that the helical vein segments remain substantially intact.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2010Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Plastibec Inc.Inventors: Angelo Sudano, Benoit Meloche
-
Patent number: 8197733Abstract: The invention is the provision of an elongated imitation wood product or component which has a plastic core and a plastic coating on at least one surface with the coating, which is of two different colours and which has a randomly swirled pattern, giving a realistic appearance of the wood grain of natural wood to the product. The invention further is in the method and equipment for producing such a realistic imitation wood product or component made of plastic.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2007Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Plastibec Inc.Inventor: Angelo Sudano
-
Publication number: 20110177291Abstract: A co-extrusion process for making decorative moldings having a simulated wood appearance and a given profile includes mixing a base material and color particles to form a mixture, the base material having a rigid polymer and the color particles having a different color from the base material and a higher melt temperature than the base material. The mixture is heated and displaced using a feed screw such that the color particles move helically along the trajectory of the feed screw while avoiding backflow and melting to create corresponding helical vein segments within the base material. The mixture is forced through a tubular channel while controlling heat and shear conditions such that the helical vein segments remain substantially intact.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2010Publication date: July 21, 2011Applicant: Plastibec Inc.Inventors: Angelo Sudano, Benoit Meloche
-
Publication number: 20100139874Abstract: A louver includes an integral core having first and second opposed surfaces. There is a layer provided on at least a portion of at least the first surface of the core. The layer has a design pattern with a plurality of projections extending away from the core. The louver is also provided with an array of light-traversable perforations extending through the core and the layer. An assembly that has a support mountable to a frame of an opening and a plurality of louvers. The louvers are mountable relative to the support so that the louvers cover the opening. The assembly also has rotation members for rotating the louvers between a closed position and a partially open position and a fully open position. The projections combined with the perforations allow the louvers to present improved light transmission-reflection effects particularly when rotated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2009Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: Plastibec Inc.Inventors: Angelo Sudano, Benoit Meloche
-
Patent number: D600058Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2008Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Plastibec Inc.Inventor: Angelo Sudano
-
Patent number: D607256Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2005Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignee: Plastibec Inc.Inventor: Angelo Sudano
-
Patent number: D872311Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: PLASTIBEC INC.Inventor: Angelo Sudano
-
Patent number: D899134Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: PLASTIBEC INC.Inventor: Benoit Meloche