METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECORATING CONCURRENTLY WITH INJECTION MOLDING

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To save the quantity of use of a sheet per one shot by minimizing the residual part at cutting a decorating sheet. SOLUTION: A sheet receiving groove 36 is formed at the upper part of a cavity 13 in a female mold 12 and secured on a heating platen 9 is a sheet cutter having a heating wire 62 for melt cutting a patterning sheet S in the width direction on a place relative to the sheet receiving groove 36 and cutting off the tip end side for one shot from the supply side. Preferably, the sheet receiving groove is formed along the immediately upper part of the upper periphery of a clamper. Also, an intersection of the lower end periphery of the sheet receiving groove and parting surface is formed into a gentle radius.