Patent ID: 8747094

Claim:
A multilayer molding apparatus, comprising: a fixed platen; a movable platen positioned so as to face the fixed platen and to be movable in a direction to come close to or be opened from the fixed platen; an intermediate platen positioned between the fixed platen and the movable platen to be movable in the direction to come close or be opened, and having a surface facing the fixed platen, a surface facing the movable platen, and a housing space that goes therethrough from the surface facing the fixed platen to the surface facing the movable platen; and a rotary platen rotatably supported by the intermediate platen inside the housing space of the intermediate platen, and having at least one pair of parallel surfaces facing the fixed platen and the movable platen, wherein at least one of the surfaces of the intermediate platen facing the fixed platen and the movable platen is a mold mounting surface on which a mold can be mounted directly or indirectly, wherein the intermediate platen and the rotary platen have different thicknesses in the direction to come close and be opened, the multilayer molding apparatus further comprises a mold mounting plate for filling a thickness gap in the direction to come close and be opened between the intermediate platen and the rotary platen, the mold mounting plate includes a portion located between the rotary platen and the mold and a portion located between the intermediate platen and the mold, and the multilayer molding apparatus is capable of having the mold mounted on the mold mounting surface of the intermediate platen indirectly through the mold mounting plate.