APPARATUS FOR MOLDING FOAMED MOLDED ARTICLE INTEGRATED WITH SKIN, AND METHOD FOR MOLDING FOAMED MOLDED ARTICLE INTEGRATED WITH SKIN BY USING SAME

• Main Authors: YAMADA, YOSUKE, TOMINAGA, HIDEKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; Japanese
• Published: 28.08.2014
• 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; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

This apparatus comprises a first mold (23) for holding a substrate (3) and a second mold (25) for holding a skin (5). Provided on the side of the second mold (25) are: an inner block (39) for holding the bottom (5b) of the concave part (5a) of the skin (5) and pressing the skin (5) against the edge part of an opening (3a) in the substrate (3) when the molds are clamped together; a knife block (35) having a trim blade (41) that encloses the inner block (39), the outside surface (41a) of the trim blade (41) holding the lateral surface part of the concave part (5a); and a second cylinder (33) for advancing the knife block (35) toward the first mold (23) and cutting the bottom (5b) of the concave part (5a). L'invention porte sur un appareil, qui comprend un premier moule (23) destiné à tenir un substrat (3) et un second moule (25) destiné à tenir une peau (5). Sur le côté du second moule (25) sont agencés : un bloc intérieur (39) destiné à tenir la face inférieure (5b) de la partie concave (5a) de la peau (5) et à presser la peau (5) contre la partie de bord d'une ouverture (3a) dans le substrat (3) lorsque les moules sont serrés l'un contre l'autre ; un bloc de couteau (35) ayant une lame de coupe (41) qui entoure le bloc intérieur (39), la surface extérieure (41a) de la lame de coupe (41) tenant la partie de surface latérale de la partie concave (5a) ; et un second cylindre (33) destiné à faire avancer le bloc de couteau (35) vers le premier moule (23) et à couper la face inférieure (5b) de la partie concave (5a).