Patent ID: 7080443
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: B60P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A solid surface material fabrication station for fabricating a solid surface material, the fabrication station comprising: a support wall; a plurality of spaced-apart supports that extend from the support wall and define a solid surface support for supporting the solid surface material to be fabricated such that the solid surface material to be fabricated extends at least across two of the supports so as to define a region beneath the solid surface to be fabricated extending from the floor to the solid surface material to be fabricated and a region above the solid surface material to be fabricated corresponding to a region where a worker's face will ordinarily be while working on the solid surface material to be fabricated; a plurality of spaced heat supply units located below the solid surface support, each of the heat supply units being positioned so as to heat a portion of the surface of the solid surface material to be fabricated, and the heat supply units being switchable on and off; an air exhaust chamber connected to a source of air suction and a plurality of air exhaust vents spaced along the length of the fabrication station for drawing air from the vicinity of the solid surface material being fabricated into the air exhaust chamber, the air exhaust vents being located above, but near the surface of the solid surface material to be fabricated; and a ventilation air intake chamber and a plurality air intake vents located above the air exhaust vents for discharging ventilationair from the ventilation air intake chamber; wherein the air intake vents are located relative to the exhaust vents so as to create a circulating air barrier between the face of a fabricator working on the solid surface material to be fabricated and the surface of the solid surface material to be fabricated.