Patent ID: 7484287

Claim:
An apparatus for assembling a flexible molding main body part and a cover part as a molding, comprising: a molding receiving fixture having a molding accommodating channel, an inner cross-section contour of the molding accommodating channel having a shape substantially identical to an outer cross-section contour of the cover part, the molding accommodating channel being formed in a channel configuration and having a substantially C-shaped cross-section; and a pushing force exerting unit opposing the molding receiving fixture, at least one of the molding receiving fixture and the pushing force exerting unit being movable toward the other, wherein, the cover part and the flexible molding main body part are mounted in the molding receiving fixture, a pushing force is exerted against a pre-assembled molding when at least one of the molding receiving fixture and the pushing force exerting unit is moved toward the other, and the molding accommodating channel does not allow the cover part to bend or excessively deform while the flexible main body part is forced to at least one of flex and compress under a pressure of the pushing force such that the cover part and the flexible molding main body part are assembled as the molding.