Manufacturing method of resin frame

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11472128-B2
Application number	US-201916445989-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 19, 2019
Priority date	Jun 19, 2018
Publication date	Oct 18, 2022
Grant date	Oct 18, 2022

Abstract

A manufacturing method of a resin frame includes preparing a plurality of frame members, installing a pair of the frame members in the corner portion in a pair of molds, melting end surfaces of the pair of the frame members as welding margins, and welding the welding margins. The molds respectively includes a reference surface holding the frame members and a blade portion protruding to an inner side with respect to the reference surface. In the welding, in the corner portion, the pair of the frame members are pressed by the blade portions, so that the welding margin protrudes from between the blade portions, the outer peripheral surfaces of the pair of the frame members are bent inward, and the corner portion is made concave with respect to the portions adjacent to the corner portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A manufacturing method of a resin frame, the method comprising:
a step of preparing, in which a plurality of frame members to be combined into a frame shape including a corner portion when viewed from a front-rear direction to form a resin frame, are prepared;
a step of installing, in which a pair of the frame members to be adjacent to each other in the corner portion are respectively installed in a pair of molds, the molds respectively including: a reference surface that holds one of the frame members from an outer peripheral surface of the respective frame members which is defined by viewing the frame members combined into the frame shape in the front-rear direction so that an end surface of the respective frame member protrudes beyond an inclined surface of the mold; and a blade portion that protrudes to an inner side with respect to the reference surface when viewed from the front-rear direction and contacts a portion of an end portion of the one of the frame members from the outer peripheral surface, wherein the blade portion is provided with a surface that intersects with the reference surface at an obtuse angle, and a gap is formed between the blade portion, the reference surface, and the outer peripheral surface of the frame member, wherein each of the molds is provided with a step portion which is recessed in a stepped shape with respect to the reference surface on a side of the inclined surface on the reference surface, and a blade block including the blade portion is fixed to the step portion;
a step of melting, in which end surfaces of the pair of the frame members, which are adjacent to each other in the corner portion, are heated and melted as welding margins; and
a step of welding, in which the welding margins of the pair of the frame members are abutted against each other and welded, wherein
in the step of installing, each of the molds includes a front mold and a rear mold that abut against each other in the front-rear direction such that the front mold and the rear mold cooperate with each other to sandwich the respective frame member from front and rear sides and to hold the respective frame member from outer sides when viewed in the front-rear direction, and the front mold and the rear mold have a symmetrical structure in the front-rear direction, and
in the welding step,
in portions adjacent to the corner portion, the pair of the frame members are pressed by an adjacent pair of the reference surfaces of the pair of the molds, so that the end surfaces of the pair of the frame members are welded to each other, and
in the corner portion, the pair of the frame members are pressed by a pair of the blade portions of the pair of the molds, so that the welding margin protrudes from between the pair of the blade portions, the outer peripheral surfaces of both of the pair of the frame members are bent inward when viewed in the front-rear direction, and the corner portion is made concave with respect to the portions adjacent to the corner portion.

2. The resin frame manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the frame members includes an inner layer and an outer layer.

Assignees

• Ykk Corp
• Ykk Architectural

Inventors

• Matsuda Koji
• Yamaji Masuo

Classifications

• B29C66/326

  Shaping the burr, e.g. by the joining tool · CPC title

• B29C66/1162

  Single bevel to bevel joints, e.g. mitre joints · CPC title

• B29C66/73921

  characterised by the materials of both parts being thermoplastics · CPC title

• E06B3/9604

  Welded or soldered joints (E06B3/988, E06B3/99 take precedence; welding of plastics B29C65/00, soldering or welding of metals B23K) · CPC title

• B29C65/745

  using a single unit having both a severing tool and a welding tool · CPC title