1. A method of uniformly coating strands comprising fibres, with a reactive plastics coating composition, comprising the step of applying individual coating constituents directly onto the fibers using a fluidized bed, wherein:
(a) said reactive plastics coating composition is a thermosetting molding composition in the form of a resincuring agentaccelerator system, wherein said resin, said curing agent and said accelerator components are included as individual coating constituents; and
(b) said individual coating constituents are mixed within said fluidized bed during coating with a mixing means selected from the group consisting of mechanical means, ultrasound and electromagnetic waves.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said strands comprise a material selected from the group consisting of synthetic inorganic fibres, plastic fibres and natural fibres.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein said strands comprise a member selected from the group consisting of glass fibres, carbon fibres, aramide fibres, and cellulose fibres.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said fibres comprise filaments having a thickness from about 5 \u03bcm to about 20 \u03bcm and a weight of about 100 tex to about 4800 tex.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein a particle size distribution of said coating constituents comprises a range of about 30 \u03bcm to about 250 \u03bcm.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein a particle size distribution of said coating constituents comprises a range of about 50 \u03bcm to about 250 \u03bcm.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein said individual coating constituents are charged electrostatically in said fluidized bed.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of adding at least one additional coating of said plastics coating composition to said fibre strands by (a) conducting an aftercoating operation using said fluidized bed and (b) drying said fibre strands in a continuous infrared oven.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein (i) said coating step is carried out in a sintering bath comprising a trough, an inlet for said coating constituents, a fluid bottom, deflection bars for fanning out and tauteing said fibres, and a mixing device for thorough mixing of said coating constituents, wherein (ii) after leaving said sintering bath, said coating is fixed by heating in an infrared heater; and optionally (iii) applying a second coating to said fibres using a second fluidized bed (iv) leading said fibres through a continuous infrared oven or a conditioning section consisting of a cooling device and optionally a heating device, and (v) cooling said fibres, which are optionally wound up or granulated.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein said mixing means is a mechanical means comprising one or more rotors or one or more stirrers, said one or more rotors or said one or more stirrers being supported vertically at a center of each of said rotors or said stirrers and rotating horizontally about said center.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein said one or more rotors is a perforated disk rotating horizontally about a center of said rotor.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein said thermosetting molding composition further comprises an inorganic filler material, and optionally comprises further additives.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein said inorganic filler material is present in a concentration of at least 14.5% by weight of said thermosetting coating composition.
14. The method of claim 12, wherein said individual coating constituents comprise an additive selected from the group consisting of lubricants, fillers, pigments, primers, stabilizers and inhibitors.
15. The method of claim 12, wherein said filler material comprises a member selected from the group consisting of silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, titanium oxide and dolomite.
16. The method of claim 12, wherein said filler material comprises aluminum hydroxide.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A decorative lighting device, comprising:
a front panel having a specific design and provided at a predetermined position with a window;
a windmill mounted behind said front panel to align with said window; and
a plurality of light-emitting elements mounted on said front panel to produce light.
2. The decorative lighting device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a supporting pike connected to a lower rear part of said front panel for supporting and fixing said decorative lighting device.
3. The decorative lighting device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a rear plate, said rear plate being located in alignment with said window on said front panel.
4. The decorative lighting device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said windmill is fixed to a front side of said rear plate at a position corresponding to said window on said front panel.