Patent ID: 8168100

Claim:
A molten resin compression molding method, comprising: extruding a resin in a molten state from an extrusion port of an extruder downwardly along a vertical direction, cutting the molten resin which has been extruded from the extrusion port alternately in a predetermined length by a plurality of supply means which are provided around the extrusion port and reciprocally move between a lower position of the extrusion port and a supply position provided at each of the supply means, supplying the molten resin to each of a plurality of compression molding apparatuses provided in a pair with the supply means at the supply position, compressing molding the cut molten resin by the compression molding apparatus in a predetermined shape, and transporting the cut molten resin from the lower position of the extrusion port to the supply position consecutively by said plurality of supply means to thereby provide the cut molten resin to the respective compression molding apparatuses, wherein the plurality of supply means includes a first supply means and a second supply means, and the cutting of the molten resin with the first supply means occurs followed by the cutting of the molten resin with the second supply means, and the plurality of compression molding apparatus is radially arranged such that the extrusion port of the extruder is a radial center of the plurality of compression molding apparatus.