Patent ID: 9573300
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: B29C,B29K

Claim:
1. A method for manufacturing a sheet having at least first and second shapes of texture having convex shapes or concave shapes thereon, comprising: placing a sheet material comprising a thermoplastic resin between an imprint mold having an imprinting surface provided with the first shapes of texture and an intermediate base; and pressing the imprint mold and the intermediate base in a direction toward the sheet material by a pair of pressing plates so that the first shapes of texture are imprinted on the sheet material, wherein the sheet material is pressed such that, when a pressing force of the pressing plates is maximum, an imprinting pressure difference is present along an imprinting surface of the imprint mold, a maximum imprinting pressure section of the pressing plates, where the imprinting pressure has a maximum value, is present at a location on the imprinting surface, and wherein the imprinting pressure on the imprinting surface is monotonically decreasing without a relative minimum value that is less than any value of the imprinting pressure on the imprinting surface immediately preceding or following the relative minimum value, wherein the intermediate base has an imprinting surface having the second shapes of texture thereon such that the second shapes of texture are imprinted on a surface of the sheet material that is opposed to the intermediate base, and wherein the pressing is carried out such that when the pressing force of the pressing plates is maximum, the imprinting pressure difference is present along the imprinting surface of the intermediate base, the maximum imprinting pressure section of the pressing plates, where the imprinting pressure has the maximum value, is present at the location on the imprinting surface, and wherein the imprinting pressure on the imprinting surface is monotonically decreasing without the relative minimum value that is less than any value of the imprinting pressure on the imprinting surface immediately preceding or following the relative minimum value, wherein the intermediate base has a cushioning property and comprising a cushion material that exhibits substantial volume change upon receiving a stress thereon comprises a polymer material having pores inside, a composite material having a rubber and a volume-changing layer laminated therein, wherein the volume-changing layer is impregnated with the rubber, wherein the volume-changing layer comprises a knitted material, a textile of fibers, a non-woven cloth, or a laminated material, wherein the intermediate base comprises a laminate comprising a transfer sheet having the at least first and second shapes of texture laminated onto the cushion material.