Patent ID: 8162654

Claim:
An apparatus for feeding molten resin comprising: a holding unit that moves on a track, at least a pair of holders capable of holding and releasing the molten resin accompanying the opening and closing of said holding unit, and a base portion for supporting said holders so as to be opened and closed and for holding the molten resin together with said holders; wherein the molten resin discharged from an extrusion-forming machine and cut by a cutter is held by said holding unit, and is fed from said holding unit to a female mold of a compression-molding machine; wherein at the time of cutting said molten resin, a cutter mark is formed by said cutter on a cut surface of the molten resin; wherein a protruded portion is formed on an inner circumferential surface of at least one holder of said pair of holders to deform the end portions of said cutter mark toward the inside of the cutter mark at the time when said molten resin is held by said holding unit; wherein at the time of holding said molten resin by said holding unit, a distance between said protruded portion and another protruded portion or the inner circumferential surface of the holder holding said molten resin, is set to be narrower than a diameter of a distal end portion of a male mold of said compression-molding machine, wherein a protruding length of said protruded portion is formed to be larger than the difference between the radius of the inner hole of said female mold and the radius of the distal end portion of the male mold of said compression-molding machine, and the cutter mark of said molten resin is deformed toward the inside of said cutter mark.