Apparatus and method to manufacture shaped counter top edges for custom counter tops

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8726962
APP PUB NO 20130248115A1
SERIAL NO

13909329

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An apparatus and method to manufacture shaped counter top edges for custom counter tops. Sheet laminate is heated, clamped to a post form mold with clamping screws, and then formed around the post form mold into formed laminate. The formed laminate is then bonded to a substrate using adhesive and a bonding fixture having a plurality of bonding presses. Each bonding press has a pair of mutually opposed bonding press molds, each bonding press mold having a bonding press mold groove sized to admit a formed laminate around an edge of the substrate. Clamps hold the bonding press molds together, thereby urging the formed laminate into intimate contact with the substrate until the adhesive cures. A counter top edge is cut from the resulting substrate/laminate assembly at an edge first cut angle and an edge second cut angle to provide a neat and aesthetically pleasing installation on a counter.

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  • THE DILLER CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Pehr, John W Ormond Beach, US 2 3

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