Patent ID: 6524519
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: A63H,B29C,B29K,B29L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for molding an elastic head for a doll, characterized in that the method comprises the steps of:providing a split mold having an inner surface formed to have a configuration conforming to a shape of the head of the doll, said split mold having a parting line formed on a hairline of the hair of the head or in proximity thereto; heating a parison constituted by a molding material which mainly consists of one of a thermoplastic synthetic resin elastomer and silicone resin and which has a plasticizer and a coloring agent added thereto, dropping in the parison between mold members of said split mold kept spaced from each other, then joining said mold members of said split mold together, and blowing air into said split mold thus joined; removing air from a cavity defined in said split mold through at least one of projections formed on said inner surface of said split mold when air is blown into said split mold; and separating said mold members of said split mold from each other to remove a molded article therefrom.