Workpiece molding apparatus

A workpiece molding apparatus, comprising:

• a mold member including a pair of molds configured to sandwich a workpiece in which a workpiece main body and a surface skin material are laminated together, and hold the workpiece main body and the surface skin material by suction;
• a surface skin material retaining member arranged laterally of the mold member and configured to retain the surface skin material and provide a step between a retained position where the workpiece main body is retained and a retained position where the surface skin material is retained, at a non-adhered location where the surface skin material is not adhered to the workpiece main body;
• and
• an advancing and retracting member configured to cover an upper side of the non-adhered location of the workpiece main body when arranged on the step of the non-adhered location,
• wherein
• a gap is disposed between the advancing and retracting member and the surface skin material retaining member,
• the advancing and retracting member is provided with a convex portion projecting out in a direction perpendicular to an advancing and retracting direction toward a side of the surface skin material retaining member, and
• at an advanced position of the advancing and retracting member, an end surface of the convex portion of the advancing and retracting member is formed at substantially a same position as a distal end portion of the surface skin material retaining member.