Abstract:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATED AND LAMINATED CELLULAR MATERIALS WHEREIN TOW SHEETS OF HEAT SEALABLE PLASTIC MATERIAL ARE FED DOWNWARDLY BETWEEN RADIANT HEATING DEVICES TO GRADUALLY RAISE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE SHEETS TO SEALING TEMPERATURES, THE SHEETS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY UNSUPPORTED DURING THEIR DOWNWARD TRAVEL WITH THE FINAL TEMPERATURE ATTAINED JUST PRIOR TO THE APPLICATION OF THE SHEETS TO AN EMBOSSING AND/OR LAMINATING ROLLER FOR SEALING THE SHEETS ONE TO THE OTHER AND IN THE CASE WHEREIN ONE SHEET IS EMBOSSED TO FORM A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE HERMETICALLY SEALED CELLS.