Patent ID: 7081222

Claim:
A process for the molding and assembling of a two-part plastic object, the process comprising the steps of: providing a machine including first and second rotatable molds, each mold having at least two mold cavities formed therein, and each of said molds having and rotatable on a substantially vertically orientated axis of rotation; introducing plastic into one of said mold cavities in said first rotatable mold, to form a part, at a first forming position located at a distal facing side of said first rotatable mold; introducing plastic into one of said mold cavities in said second rotatable mold, to form a part, at a second forming position located at a distal facing side of said second rotatable mold; rotating said rotatable molds; and joining parts in opposing mold cavities at an assembly position when one of said mold cavities of said first mold and one of said mold cavities of said second mold are aligned intermediate to said axes of rotation; wherein the at least two mold cavities in each mold enables said parts to be simultaneously formed at said forming positions and assembled together at said assembly position.