Patent ID: 8454875

Claim:
A method for production of a molded part having several adjoining different decorating regions comprising the following steps: a) disposing one or more decorating films at a gripper comprising a gripper plate and a movable gripper frame; b) placing, by means of the gripper, the decorating film into the cavity of the open mold tool; c) inserting an edge of the decorating film into grooves disposed in the mold tool core with the gripper frame; d) fixing the decorating film in the grooves by means of sliders integrated into the mold tool core and moving the sliders against the gripper frame engaged in the grooves, thus pressing the gripper frame out of the grooves, while at the same time, the gripper is pressing the decorating film against the mold tool core such that the sliders are clamping and fixing the decorating film; e) removing the gripper from the cavity of the mold tool; f) closing the mold tool with a matrix having corresponding webs extending into the grooves of the sliders of the mold tool core, and g) subsequently, back molding the decorating film at the core with a thermoplastic material while at the same time, withdrawing the sliders, wherein the decorating film is pressed against the surface of the matrix by the thermoplastic material and the different decorating regions are separated by the webs.