Patent ID: 6220849
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: B29C

Abstract:
A sheet-decorating injection molding machine comprising:a female mold having a hollow and a parting surface surrounding the hollow;a male mold opposite the female mold to hold a decorative sheet between the female mold and the male mold and provided with a gating system through which a molten resin is injected into a cavity defined by the female mold and the male mold;sheet feed means for feeding a decorative sheet onto the parting surface of the female mold so as to cover the hollow of the female mold, wherein the sheet feed means comprises (1) a pair of sheet conveying endless annular members extended on opposite sides of a sheet feed passage, respectively, (2) a driving-and-guiding means driving and guiding the sheet conveying members so that at least the sheet gripping members of the sheet grippers travel along the parting surface of the female mold, the means having a plurality of rotating members around which the endless annular members are wound, and (3) sheet grippers attached to the sheet conveying members to grip the opposite side edge parts of a decorative sheet; andsheet holding means for holding a decorative sheet on the parting surface of the female mold,wherein the parting surface of the female mold include a substantially convex, curved section, and the sheet feed means moves a decorative sheet so that the decorative sheet extends along the parting surface of the female mold.