Patent ID: 6932937
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: B29C,B29L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a molded article that comprises a substrate material and a skin material, comprising: press molding the substrate material and the skin material by closing a first die that receives the substrate material and a second die that receives the skin material; and cutting a peripheral portion of the substrate material at or before completion of the molding step in order to remove an unnecessary or waste portion from the substrate material, but without cutting the skin material such that a cutter blade moves laterally from a retracted position to a projected position prior to the closing of the first and second dies, and moves vertically along a direction of the closing of the first and second dies when the first and second dies close, so as to cooperate with a cutting edge formed on the first die, to thereby cut the substrate material.