Patent ID: 6043962
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: B29C,G11B

Abstract:
A metal mold for molding a cassette half comprised of a frame unit of synthetic resin and a metallic plate insertion-molded on said frame unit, said frame unit constituting a main cassette body portion within which are rotatably accommodated a pair of tape reels on which a tape-shaped recording medium is wound, comprising:a first mold half having a first cavity for molding said cassette half, said metallic plate being loaded in position in said first cavity;said metal mold having essentially two states, open and closed; anda second mold half arranged facing said first mold half so as to be brought into and out of contact with said first mold half by a driving means, said second mold half having a second cavity for defining a cavity space while said metal mold is in closed state in cooperation with said first cavity and an ejection pin for ejecting the cassette half out of said second mold half in said cavity space during a transition of said metal mold from closed to open:said ejection pin abutting against both the frame unit and the metallic plate for ejecting the cassette half in said cavity space out of said second mold half.