Patent ID: 8113820

Claim:
An apparatus for molding and assembling a plurality of parts, the apparatus comprising: a mold plate; a turret including a contact element, wherein the turret is rotatable to a first position and a second position; and a mold including a first mold portion supported on the mold plate and a second mold portion supported on the turret with the first and second mold portions adapted to close together and displace apart from one another; wherein material is injectable into the mold to form the plurality of parts when the first and second mold portions are closed together and the turret is in the first position, the plurality of parts including at least a first part and a second part; wherein the first and second mold portions are displaced apart from one another after forming the first and second parts and the first and second parts remain with the second mold portion supported on the turret; and wherein the turret, the second mold portion, and the first and second parts are rotatable together relative to and without interference with the first mold portion to the second position where the contact element urges the first part into assembled contact with the second part.