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Process for producing a multilayer molded article

  • US 5,509,990 A
  • Filed: 12/29/1993
  • Issued: 04/23/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A process for producing a multilayer molded article comprising a resin body and at least two sheets of skin materials which are 1a laminated adjacently on one surface of the resin body, which process comprises the steps of:

  • mating an edge part of one of the skin materials with an adjacent edge part of another of the skin materials;

    clamping the mated edge parts of said skin materials with clamping means, said clamping means having a receiving opening for receiving and securing the edge parts of the skin materials therein, wherein the receiving opening includes pins disposed across said opening and through the edge parts of the skin materials so as to secure said edge parts in said clamping means;

    inserting said clamping means into an engaging groove provide in a first mold which opposes a second mold;

    spreading the skin materials between said first and second molds;

    supplying a mass of resin melt between the skin materials and the first mold; and

    closing the first and second molds to form the multilayer molded article, wherein said mated edge parts of said skin materials are formed so as to be within the interior of said multilayer molded article;

    wherein said receiving opening is a groove having alternating wide and narrow portions, said wide portions being conduits for allowing resin melt to pass therethrough.

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