Patent ID: 6054087
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: B29C,B29L,B60R

Abstract:
A process for including a decorative sheet as a medallion in a surface of a piece of plastic material, comprising the following steps:a) providing a mold, having a mold cavity and comprising at least two parts, at least one of the at least two parts being formed of at least two elements, at least one of the at least two elements corresponding in shape to the medallion and another of the at least two other elements corresponding to a periphery of the piece of plastic material, around the medallion, and another of the at least two parts comprising at least one additional annular element that is configured to surround the at least one element corresponding in shape to the medallion and adapted to be applied against the at least one element corresponding in shape to the medallion;(b) placing a decorative sheet having a peripheral edge onto the at least one of the at least one elements corresponding to the shape of the medallion;(c) closing the mold thereby isolating, within the mold cavity, a first space, located below the decorative sheet, from a second space peripheral to the first space, by using the at least one additional annular element to clamp the peripheral edge of the decorative sheet between the at least one additional annular element and the at least one of the at least one elements corresponding to the shape of the medallion;d) injecting plastic in succession into the first space and the second space, against the decoration sheet, wherein the injected plastic in the first space and the injected plastic in the second space are isolated from each other by the decorative sheet; ande) ejecting the piece of plastic material having the medallion obtained.