Patent ID: 9731319
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: B05D,B29C,B33Y,D06N,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for producing a unified flocked sheet or product having at least two different adjacent stacked zones with blended connection lines, each stacked zone having a different structure, said method comprising: providing a wall of a conveyor; providing one or more controlled spraying units and one or more flocking machines, wherein the spraying units comprise nozzles, the nozzles arranged side by side in a cross direction of the conveyor and configured to apply a liquid polymer or a wetting agent, and wherein the flocking machines are configured to apply loose fibers; applying at least an initial or bottom layer of at least two different materials selected from a liquid polymer or loose fibers at the same time onto different regions of a surface of the wall of the conveyor to produce the initial or bottom layer having at least two different adjacent zones using the one or more spraying units and the one or more flocking machines; applying at least a second or top layer of at least two different materials selected from a liquid polymer or loose fibers at the same time onto said at least two different adjacent zones of said initial or bottom layer using the one or more spraying units and the one or more flocking machines so as to produce a seamless, unified sheet or product having at least two different adjacent stacked zones, each stacked zone having a different structure, wherein each structure comprises a stack of applied layers, wherein the at least two different adjacent stacked zones have connection lines that are blended, wherein each stacked zone has a top layer and a bottom layer; and allowing the sheet or product to dry prior to removal from the wall, wherein the at least two different adjacent stacked zones created at the same time differ in: