摘要:
THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO THE ART OF PRODUCING EMBOSSING PLATENS OR PLATES FROM PARENCHYMA, A WASTE PORTION OF BAGASSE. IT CONTEMPLATES THE EXTRACTION OR REMOVAL OF PARENCHYMA FROM THE FIBROUS PORTIONS OF THE BAGASSE, THE FORMATION OF COMPOSITIONS BY ADMIXTURE OF THE PARENCHYMA WITH THERMOSETTING BINDER RESINS, AND THE USE OF THE COMPOSITIONS AS MOLDING COMPOUNDS FOR FORMATION OF EMBOSSING PLATES OR STRUCTURES BY HOT STAMPING METHODS. THESE PLATES INCLUDING, ESPECIALLY, THOSE PROVIDING ANY DESIRED PATTERN INCLUDING, ESPECIALLY, THOSE PROVIDING WOOD GRAIN EFFECTS.