Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes – Mechanical shaping or molding to form or reform shaped article – To produce composite – plural part or multilayered article
Patent
1994-08-02
1998-06-09
Silbaugh, Jan H.
Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
Mechanical shaping or molding to form or reform shaped article
To produce composite, plural part or multilayered article
264266, 264275, B29C 4504, B29C 4514, B29C 4516
Patent
active
057628521
ABSTRACT:
A process for making a hinged plastic article wherein a hinge formed from a deformable lamina is integrated with first and second thermoplastic members during injection of the plastic material. The deformable lamina is placed between the first mold section and the second mold section of an injection mold unit before the first mold section and the second mold section are clamped together to form injection mold cavities for the first and second thermoplastic members. A mold cavity dividing member separates the mold cavities for the first and second thermoplastic members. The deformable lamina at least partially extends into the mold cavity for the first thermoplastic member and the mold cavity for the second thermoplastic member as well as therebetween to form a hinge. The first mold section and the second mold section are then clamped together and a plastic material is injected into the mold cavities and in bonding securement of the deformable lamina. The mold cavity dividing member prevents the plastic material from passing between the mold cavities and from contacting the hinge portion of the deformable lamina. The resultant article is then removed from the mold unit with the deformable lamina hinge integrated with the first and second thermoplastic members. The deformable lamina may extend over the entire exterior or interior surfaces of the first and second thermoplastic members to form a combined hinge and exterior covering or interior lining respectively.
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Herink Kent A.
Laurenzo Brian J.
Ortiz Angela
Silbaugh Jan H.
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