Appeal No. 2006-1484
Application No. 09/828,480
APPEALED SUBJECT MATTER
Claims 1 and 18 are representative of the subject matter on
appeal and read as follows:
1. A process for producing a component with an
inner fabric, comprising:
providing a plurality of fabric layers, one layer
on top of another layer, wherein the plurality of
fabric layers comprise a polymer fabric;
arranging a plastic layer between at least one
pair of the plurality of fabric layers, wherein the
plastic layer has a melting point of at most a melting
point or a decomposing temperature of the plurality of
fabric layers;
pressing the plurality of fabric layers and the
plastic layer under a pressure greater than atmospheric
pressure;
at least partially melting the plastic layer;
melting a maximum of approximately 10 vol. % of
fibers of the plurality of fabric layers;
after reaching a desired final form, cooling the
melted plastic;
monolithically bonding the plurality of fabric
layers to one another by the partially-melted fibers,
wherein the layer of plastic is in at least one of a
powder form or a sheet form.
18. A component, comprising:
a plurality of fabric layers, each fabric layer
comprising fibers of which a maximum of approximately
10 vol. % have been melted; and
one or more plastic layers arranged between the
plurality of fabric layers,
wherein a melting point of the one or more plastic
layers corresponds at most to at least one of a melting
point or a decomposing temperature of the fibers.
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