Patent ID: 7976757
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: B29C

Abstract:
1. An in mold decoration process comprising: inserting a film having decorations formed thereon into a first mold tool cavity side; engaging the first mold tool cavity side with the inserted film with a first mold tool core side with the inserted film undergoing a high-pressure heat forming procedure and formed with a cavity thereafter; engaging another first mold cavity side with a second mold tool core side simultaneously as the first mold cavity tool cavity side engages with the first mold tool core side; disengaging the first mold tool cavity side from the first mold tool core side while the film is retained in the first mold tool cavity side and disengaging the other first mold cavity side from the second mold tool core side simultaneously as the first mold tool cavity side disengages from the first mold tool core side; after disengaging, engaging the first mold tool cavity side with the retained film with the second mold tool core side, with the retained film undergoing an injection molding procedure when the second mold tool core side is engaged to inject the cavity of the film with a molten resin, and with the molten resin becoming a plastic component bound to the film to form a semi-finished product and engaging the other first mold tool cavity side with the first mold core side simultaneously as the first mold tool cavity side engages with the second mold tool core side; ejecting the semi-finished product out of the first mold tool cavity side; and trimming the semi-finished product to form a finished product.