Abstract: A building product includes a pultruded composite profile having an inner wall and an outer wall, wherein the inner wall includes a level of porosity such that water vapor is able to diffuse through the inner wall, but liquid water cannot substantially penetrate the inner wall.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 17, 2005
Date of Patent:
April 21, 2009
Assignee:
Tecton Products
Inventors:
Todd Pringle, John Jambois, Brian Tande
Abstract: A plastic component includes a fiber-reinforced pultruded profile having an outer surface and a phosphorescent coating located on at least a portion of the surface.
Abstract: A method of forming a plastic component. The method includes a first step of forming a profile by pulling fibrous material, having been wetted out by a resin, through a first die and curing the composite formed so that it maintains its ultimate shape. The surfaces to be coated are treated to create free radicals (bonding sites) which are then available for bonding of an acrylic compound coating. Thereafter, the acrylic compound is applied to the profile to form a coating directly thereon. Application is effected by passing the cured and treated profile through a crosshead extrusion die. The acrylic compound coating is bonded directly to the profile. The invention also includes a fiber reinforced plastic component manufactured in accordance with the method.