Patent ID: 6884056

Claim:
A molding apparatus for injection molding an article and in-mold coating the molded article, comprising: a mold defining a mold cavity; a first composition injector for injecting a first composition into the mold cavity to form a molded article therein; a mold runner passageway having a containment shroud spaced from ends of said mold runner passageway and fluidly connecting said first composition injector and said mold cavity, said containment shroud having a base portion and a terminal portion opposite said base portion, said terminal portion has a terminal portion axial width less than said base portion axial width; and a second composition injector fluidly connected to the mold cavity for injecting a second composition into the mold cavity to in-mold coat the molded article, said containment shroud for preventing said second composition from passing through said mold runner passageway to said first composition injector.