Patent ID: 9050745
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: B29C

Abstract:
1. An in-mold decoration molding method in which a part of a long decorated sheet is disposed in a molding space formed in dies, and then a pattern held on the decorated sheet is transferred to a surface of a molded article while molten resin is injected into the molding space so as to be injection-molded into the molded article, the method comprising the steps of: disposing the part of the decorated sheet in a range of the molding space with surfaces of the long decorated sheet tilted with respect to a parting face of the opened dies while applying tension to the decorated sheet in a feeding direction of the decorated sheet; and moving a clamping member to the parting face so as to press the decorated sheet under tension to the parting face by the clamping member such that a part of the clamping member first comes into contact with the decorated sheet at a position determined by inclination of the surfaces of the decorated sheet and then another portion of the clamping member comes into contact with the decorated sheet.