Patent ID: 8652374

Claim:
A process for producing an in-mold decorated molded article, comprising: locating a decorative film between a first mold and a second mold, the decorative film having a carrier layer and a transfer layer; moving a nest of the second mold to the first mold in a state in which the decorative film is held between the first mold and the second mold by clamping the first mold and the second mold to cut the transfer layer of the decorative film and leave the carrier layer intact; injecting resin into a cavity formed by clamping the first mold and the second mold, cooling the resin, and then opening the first mold and the second mold to peel the transfer layer from the carrier layer of the decorative film; and removing the in-mold decorated molded article having the transfer layer on a surface of the resin, wherein a relationship between an edge of the nest on a contact surface of the decorative film and an inner edge of the first mold on the contact surface of the decorative film is expressed as R>r where R is a radius for chamfering on the edge of the nest and r is a radius for chamfering on the inner edge of the first mold, and at least one of the edge of the nest and the inner edge of the first mold is chamfered.