Patent ID: 9050746
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: B29C

Abstract:
1. An in-mold decoration (IMD) mold for producing a film-decorated plastic part, the IMD mold comprising: a first half mold facing a film and having a mold parting surface; a second half mold facing away from the film and having a mold parting surface, said first and second half molds can be placed on each other along said mold parting surfaces and form between them a cavity being substantially closed off from an outside, said mold parting surface of said first half mold facing the film is formed by an inner region, surrounding said cavity, and an outer region, in turn surrounding said inner region, said outer region lying in a mold parting plane selected from the group consisting of an at least substantially flat mold parting plane and an one-dimensionally curved mold parting plane, said inner region being set back or can be set back from said mold parting plane; said mold parting surface of at least said first half mold facing the film forms, in said inner region, a collar which in cross section is set at a slope in relation to said mold parting plane; and said collar having a setting angle with respect to said mold parting plane of between 10° and 40°, and an amount of the setting angle varies around a circumference of said collar.