METHOD OF MOLDING INTERIOR TRIM

• Main Authors: AKUTSU HIDEKAZU, SHIBANO MINEO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.10.1987
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULARARTICLES; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

PURPOSE:To reduce the fixing man-hours of a soft material by a method wherein the soft material is pressed into shape after being bonded with an iron foil and the resultant press-molded soft material is fitted to a resin injection mold so as to mold integrally with resin material. CONSTITUTION:The skin material 2 of an interior trim 1 consists of an iron foil 4 and a soft material (tricot fabric, polyvinyl chloride leather, polyvinyl chloride sheet or the like) 3, which is shaped after being bonded with the iron foil 4. After that, the skin material 2 is pressed into a desired shape and trimmed by cutting off its unnecessary portions. Next, the skin material 2 is fitted to a resin injection mold 7 so as to inject resin material 9, which forms the main body of the interior trim. Because the iron foil has higher rigidity and better formability than aluminum foil, the skin material consisting of the soft material and the iron foil is formed easily. In addition, because the resin material to form the main body of the interior trim is injected to said skin material, the whole man-hours for the interior trim is remarkably reduced.