Manufacturing method of cover material fastening member and manufacturing apparatus of cover material fastening member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12103207-B2
Application number	US-202117323735-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 18, 2021
Priority date	May 20, 2020
Publication date	Oct 1, 2024
Grant date	Oct 1, 2024

Abstract

There is provided a manufacturing method of a cover material fastening member including a clip locking member. The clip locking member is integrally provided at an end edge portion of a strip shaped member. The manufacturing method of the cover material fastening member includes: a molding step of filling a resin for forming the clip locking member in a cavity formed on a surface of each of a pair of rolls in rotation; and a press-bonding step of passing the strip shaped member between the pair of rolls in accordance with rotation of the pair of rolls, pressing the resin by the pair of rolls, and continuously press-bonding the clip locking member to two surfaces of the strip shaped member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A manufacturing method of a cover material fastening member including a clip locking member that is attached to an end edge of a cover material and to which a fastening clip is locked, the fastening clip being used for attaching and fixing the cover material so as to cover a surface of a seat,
wherein the clip locking member is integrally provided along a long side direction at an end edge portion of a strip shaped member fixed to the end edge of the cover material,
the manufacturing method comprising:
a molding step of filling, with a resin for forming the clip locking member, a cavity formed on a surface of each of a pair of rolls in rotation; and
a press-bonding step of
passing the strip shaped member between the pair of rolls in accordance with rotation of the pair of rolls, passing the strip shaped member comprising holding the strip shaped member with holding side surfaces formed by side portions of circumferential surfaces of the pair of rolls, each of the holding side surfaces extending outwardly with respect to a center of a corresponding roll of the pair of rolls from an outer side end edge of the cavity, each of the holding side surfaces being formed to have a small step with respect to the outer side end edge, passing the strip shaped member further comprising holding the strip shaped member in the small step defined in each of the holding side surfaces,
pressing the resin by the pair of rolls, and,
after the molding step, continuously press-bonding the clip locking member to two surfaces of a first end edge portion of the strip shaped member, a second end edge portion at a side of the strip shaped member opposite to the first end edge portion being configured to be fixed to the cover material.

2. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the clip locking member comprises:
a central plate shaped portion formed at the end edge portion of the strip shaped member along the long side direction,
a plurality of rib portions, each of the plurality of rib portions defining a surface intersecting the central plate shaped portion, adjacent rib portions of the plurality of rib portions formed at a predetermined interval along the long side direction, and
a plurality of locking recessed portions, each of the plurality of locking recessed portions defined between adjacent rib portions of the plurality of rib portions, and

wherein, in the press-bonding step, the central plate shaped portion is formed at two sides of the strip shaped member, and the rib portions and the locking recessed portions are formed on at least one surface of the strip shaped member, by rotating each roll of the pair of rolls.

3. The manufacturing method according to claim 2 ,
wherein, in the press-bonding step, the central plate shaped portion, the rib portions, and the locking recessed portions are formed at symmetrical positions and/or into symmetrical shapes at the two sides of the strip shaped member, by rotating each roll of the pair of rolls.

4. The manufacturing method according to claim 3 ,
wherein, in the press-bonding step, the resin:
is partially or entirely melted at a press-bonding surface side before the resin is press-bonded to the strip shaped member, and
is solidified after the resin is press-bonded to the strip shaped member.

5. The manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein entire side portions of the circumferential surfaces of the pair of rolls on which the cavities are formed are holding side surfaces that hold the strip shaped member.

Assignees

• Ykk Corp

Inventors

• Zhang Wanli
• OKUYAMA Hikaru
• Nakaya Atsushi
• Yonezawa Seiichiro

Classifications

• B29C43/46

  Rollers · CPC title

• B29L2031/771

  Seats · CPC title

• B29C2043/465

  having one or more cavities, e.g. for forming distinct products · CPC title

• B29K2101/12

  Thermoplastic materials · CPC title

• B29C43/24

  Calendering · CPC title