Patent ID: 6233815
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: B29C,B29L,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for molding and assembling resin-molded parts, comprising: a first molding unit includinga receiving member having a receiving location and an assembly location, said receiving member configured to hold a primary part,a first primary molding element configured to create said primary part by molding at a primary molding location, anda first secondary molding element configured to create a secondary part by molding at a secondary molding location; anda second molding unit engageable with said first molding unit, said second molding unit includinga second primary molding element engageable with said first primary molding element to create said primary part by molding at said primary molding location when said first and second molding units engage,a second secondary molding element engageable with said first secondary molding element to create said secondary part by molding at said secondary molding location when said first and second molding units engage,a primary part-transferring device connected to said second primary molding element to move said second primary molding element reciprocally between said primary molding location and said receiving location,a secondary part transferring device connected to said second secondary molding element to move said second secondary molding element reciprocally between said secondary molding location and said assembly location,a primary part releasing device configured to release said primary part from said second primary molding element to said receiving member at said receiving location when said first and second molding units engage, anda secondary part releasing device configured to release said secondary part from said second secondary molding element to said receiving member and to assemble said secondary part to said primary part at said assembly location when said first and second molding units engage.