TOOL SET FOR MAKING COLORED PLASTIC PAINTINGS AND PLASTIC ART ARTICLES AND METHOD OF MAKING COLORED PLASTIC PAINTINGS AND PLASTIC ART ARTICLE USING THE SAME

Abstract: This invention relates to a tool set for making novel, soft sheet-like colored plastic paintings and plastic art articles that can be appreciated as interior decorations stuck fast to window glasses, tiles, walls, etc. or can be used as coasters or pendants. The tool set consists of a metal plate (1), a colored vinyl chloride resin sol (4) filled in a tube and a hot plate (3). After a picture is drawn (c, d) by coloring sketch (2) drawn on the metal sheet (1) of the tool set with the vinyl chloride resin sol squeezed out of the tube (4), the metal sheet is placed on the hot plate (3) and heated to cure the resin. After cool­ ing, the cured resin is peeled off from the metal sheet and a colored plastic painting or plastic article can thus be made. Abstract A set of devices for fabricating a novel, soft, sheet-like colored plastic picture or a product which adheres on a window glass, a tile, or a wall and may be enjoyed as an indoor decoration, or may be utilized as a coaster or a pendant, and a method of fabricating a colored plastic picture or a product with use thereof. The set of devices includes a metal plate (1), colore vinyl chloride resin material (4) in sol state contained in a squeeze tube, and a hot plate (3). After the sol state colored vinyl chloride resin material is extruded from a tube (4) onto a rough sketch (2) drawn on the metal plate (1) of the set of devices, so as to paint the picture (c) (d), the metal plate is put on a hot plate (3) to be heated, so as to gel the colored vinyl chloride resin, and the gelled colored chloride resin is removed from the metal plate after cooling, thereby fabricating the colored plastic picture or product.

Description: This invention relates to a method of fabricating a pattern of colored plastics and material and a kit of parts for use in the method. Line drawings are well known as playthings or teaching materials for young children. The drawing generally comprises a paper sheet bearing only an outline sketch. The outline is filled with a coloring material such as paint or crayon. A purpose is to generate interest in painting and to give pleasure. Colored plastics products are also known both hard and soft for example toys, dolls, artificial flowers and fruit. The colored plastics products are made by applying heat and/or pressure by injection molding, compression molding or extrusion molding. As a consequence of the method of manufacture these plastics products are of unitary form and of mono-tone. US-A 4 302 260 discloses a method of joining together pieces of textured plastic sheet using a water-based plastic adhesive to form a simulation of leaded stained glass. The present invention was developed in view of this situation and seeks to provide a set of devices for making colored pictures of plastics material and for their use in a method of making a pattern. According to the invention there is provided a method of producing a colored plastics pattern comprising the steps of i forming a rough sketch on a metal plate or a vinyl chloride resin sheet, ii. extruding one or more colored sol state vinyl chloride resins from one or more tubes onto said rough sketch drawn on the metal plate or onto a sheet of vinyl chloride resin carried on the metal plate so as to form the pattern iii. locating the metal plate on a hot plate, iv. heating the metal plate to gel the sol, and v. removing the gelled vinyl chloride from the plate after cooling. For the reasons explained hereinafter in more detail steps ii, iii and iv can be performed twice prior to step v. According to the invention there is also provided a kit of parts for use in the method comprising: i. a metal plate ii. one or more or tubes of colored sol state vinyl chloride resins. iii. a hot plate for heating the metal plate. Thus even a person who is poor at drawings is easily able to draw a picture since the rough sketch of desired pattern of design can be made on the sheet of vinyl chloride resin or the metal plate. The colored plastic product fabricated in this way comprises a soft sheet of vinyl chloride resin, on a front face of which is formed a pattern of colored vinyl chloride resin. The back face of the sheet is flat, and can be tightly attached to a flat portion of a window glass, a door, a tile or a wall, as indoor decorations. If the surface on which the back face is to be attached is rough, bonding agent or pressure sensitive adhesive may be used as required. Furthermore, a metallic ring or a clip may be provided at the top part of the picture so that the fabricated article may be used as a pendant. Embodiments of the invention will now be illustrated by reference to the accompanying figures of which: Figs. 1(a)-(f) are a series of process diagrams showing an example of the method of making a colored plastic picture or a product according to the present invention. Figs. 2(a)-(f) are a series of process diagrams showing another example of the present invention. A set of devices for making a colored plastic picture or a product according to the present invention can easily make a picture or an article by drawing a picture on a metal plate by squeezing sol (liquid) colored vinyl chloride resin from a squeeze tube, and heating the picture on a hot plate, thereby gelling the resin. According to the present invention, the colored vinyl chloride resin material in a sol state is contained in a squeeze tube, and may be colored with opaque primary color such as red, blue, green, white or black, or translucent color such as pink, blue, yellow or green or may be transparent. The translucent colored vinyl chloride rein sol material may comprise 100 parts by weight of transparent vinyl chloride resin and 0.05 - 3 parts by weight, preferably 0.1 - 1 parts by weight, of colored vinyl chloride resin sol. The color of the colored vinyl chloride resin material is not limited to those described just above, and any color may be employed. The metal plate is utilized for a rough sketch, in painting with sol colored vinyl chloride resin material and in heating on the hot plate. Any metal is satisfactory as long as it resists rust. For example, aluminum sheet or stainless steel sheet is preferable. The hot plate is employed for gellation of a picture drawn with sol colored vinyl chloride resin from the squeeze tube, so as to make a picture or an article. The heating means therefor is preferably an electrical one. A method of making a colored plastic picture or an article according to the present invention will not be explained. First, a rough sketch is drawn on the metal plate in quick drying ink, and the metal plate is put on the hot plate of approximately 150 o C for one to two minutes for heating. Any kind of rough sketch can be drawn. It is also feasible to trace the original picture onto the metallic plate by interposing carbon paper between the sheet of original picture and the metallic plate. Then, the sol state colored vinyl chloride resin is applied along the picture or a pattern of the rough sketch, thereby bordering the picture or the pattern, with the metal plate being left as it is. After that, the metal plate is removed from the hot plate and cooled. The bordering may be carried out by attaching a flexible rod or a string on the metal plate along the line of the rough sketch or the pattern as a guide. Another way of bordering is as follows; the metal plate is put on the hot plate, a large square border is made thereon, transparent or colored vinyl chloride resin in a so] state is applied thinly inside the border after cooling, the metal plate is heated again by the hot plate so as to gel the resin, and then cooled to obtain a sheet of vinyl chloride resin. After a rough sketch is drawn on said sheet by a ball-point pen or the like, the metal plate is heated on the hot plate, and the outlining of the rough sketch is carried out with the sol colored vinyl chloride resin from the tube. Then, the picture is painted, i.e., the sol colored vinyl chloride resin of desired color is applied to the sections surrounded by the borders of the rough sketch which is made in the above-described process. The metal plate on which the picture has been painted is set on the hot plate and heated at a temperature between about 140 o C and 180 o C for five to twenty minutes to gel the resin. After cooling with water or the like, the gelled soft sheet-like colored vinyl chloride resin is removed from the metal plate, whereby a colored product is obtained. The colored product fabricated in the above-described method is a soft sheet of vinyl chloride resin, on a front face of which sheet a protruded pattern of colored vinyl chloride resin is formed, and the sections surrounded by said protruded pattern are painted with transparent and/or colored vinyl chloride resin while the back face thereof is flat, so that the back face may be tightly attached to a flat portion of a window glass, a door, a tile or a wall, to be utilized as an indoor decoration. Further, a metallic ring or a clip may be provided to an upper part of the picture so that the fabricated product may be utilized as a pendant. Examples Hereunder, the present invention will be described in more concrete manner with reference to the examples thereof. Example 1 Figs. 1(a)-(f) are a series of process diagrams showing one example of a method of making a colored plastics picture or object according to the present invention. This example will be explained with reference tot he accompanying drawings. A rough sketch 2, in this case of a person, is drawn on an aluminum plate 1 with quick drying ink (see Fig. 1(a)). Next, the aluminum plate 1 is put on a hot plate 3 which has been heated to 170 o C and heated for one minute (see Fig.1 (b)). After one minute has elapsed, colored vinyl chloride sol is extruded from a squeeze tube 4 along the lines of the rough sketch 2, thereby bordering the rough sketch (see Fig. 1 (c)). After the aluminum plate is removed from the hot plate and cooled for about three minutes, the picture is completed by applying from squeeze tubes of various colored vinyl chloride sols (see Fig. 1(d)). The picture so painted and the aluminum plate 1 are placed together on the hot plate 3 of 170 o C covered with a lid and heated for about ten minutes (see Fig. 1 (e)). Then, the aluminum plate 1 is removed from the hot plate 3 and water-cooled, and the gelled resin is gently removed, whereby a colored plastics picture or object is obtained (see Fig. 1(f)). The product so obtained is a soft, thin sheet-like product and can be attached to a window so that it is very suitable for use as an ornament. Example 2 Figs. 2(a)-(g) are a series of process diagrams showing another example of the method of making a colored plastic picture or object according to the present invention. The illustrated example will be explained with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, a clear sheet is formed. The aluminum plate 1 is put on the hot plate 3 of about 170 o C and a large square border is drawn on the aluminum plate by a tube of so] state, white vinyl chloride resin (see Fig. 2(a)). Next, the aluminum plate 1 is taken from the hot plate 3 and cooled for about three minutes. A tube of sol state transparent vinyl chloride resin is squeezed to apply thinly the transparent resin inside the border with a brush or a spatula, and the aluminum plate 1 is returned onto the hot plate 3 of approximately 170 o C and heated for about five minutes. Finally, the aluminum plate is cooled with water and the clear sheet 5 is gently removed therefrom (see Fig.2(b)). The clear sheet 5 is placed to cover the character which is drawn by the fabricator, and the rough sketch 2 is transcribed by a ball-point pen or the like. After that, the clear sheet is put on the hot plate of about 170 o C for one minute heating (see Fig. 2 (c)). After one minute has elapsed, bordering along the line of the rough sketch 2 is carried out by a tube of sol, white vinyl chloride resin with the clear sheet being kept as it is, and the sheet is heated for five minutes (see Fig.2(d)). After setting the hot plate 3 to approximately 100 o C various colored vinyl chloride resins in sol state are applied from the squeeze tubes onto the draft (see Fig. 2 (e)). Then, the lid is put on, and the hot plate 3 is heated to 170 o C and kept as it is for about fifteen minutes (see Fig. 2(f)). The aluminum plate 1 is taken out from the hot plate 3. The gelled resin is gently removed from the plate after water-cooling, and the outer portion is cut off with, for example, scissors, whereby, a colored plastics picture or a product is obtained (see Fig.2 (g)). According to this particular example, even a person who is not good at drawing can draw a picture by copying the picture on the clear sheet. Also, it is easy to depict a relief figure. Example 3. First, a white sheet is formed. The aluminum plate is put on the hot plate which has been heated to about 170 o C, and a large square border is drawn thereon by a tube of sol state white vinyl chloride resin. Then, the aluminum plate is taken out from the hot plate and cooled for about three minutes. The sol state, white vinyl chloride resin is squeezed out of the tube to thinly apply inside the border with a brush or a spatula and the aluminum plate is returned onto the hot plate of approximately 170 o C and heated for about five minutes. Finally, the aluminum plate is cooled with water and the white sheet is gently removed therefrom. The rough sketch is drawn on the white sheet with a ball-point pen or the like, and the sheet is put on the hot plate of about 170 o C for a one minute heating. After one minute has passed, bordering along the line of the rough sketch is carried out by a tube of sol, white vinyl chloride resin with the white sheet being kept as it is, and the sheet is heated for five minutes. After removing the aluminum plate from the hot plate and cooling the same for about five minutes, the translucent colored vinyl chloride resin in sol state is thinly applied with a brush or a spatula. Then the temperature of the hot plate is raised to 170 o C and the aluminum plate is heated for about fifteen minutes. The aluminum plate is taken out from the hot plate and cooled with water. The gelled resin is gently removed from the plate, and the outer portion is cut off with scissors or the like, whereby an translucent colored, soft plastic picture or a product is fabricated.

Claims: A method of producing a colored plastics pattern comprising the steps of i. forming a rough sketch (2) on a metal plate (1) or a vinyl chloride resin sheet (5), ii. extruding one or more colored sol state vinyl chloride resins from one or more tubes onto said rough sketch drawn on the metal plate (1) or onto a sheet (5) of vinyl chloride resin carried on the metal plate so as to form the pattern, iii. locating the metal plate (1) on a hot plate (3), iv. heating the metal plate to gel the sol, and v. removing the gelled vinyl chloride from the plate after cooling. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein steps ii, iii and iv are each performed twice prior to step v. A method according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the sheet of vinyl chloride resin carried on the metal sheet is transparent, coloured or white. A method according to claim 3 wherein the sheet of vinyl chloride resin is white and a sol state translucent coloured vinyl chloride resin is further applied to the sheet. A kit of parts for use in a method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3 comprising: i. a metal plate (1) ii. one or more or tubes (4) of colored sol state vinyl chloride resins, and iii. a hot plate (3) for heating the metal plate.

Inventors: KURANAGA IKUO, KURANAGA, IKUO
Applicants: IKO CO LTD, AIKO CO., LTD.
Application year: 1988
Main classification: B44C3
IPC codes: B44C1, B44D3, B44C3, A63H33, B44D2