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AssigneeReckitt Benckiser N.V.
InventorsRalf Wiedemann, Natascha Daschner, Axel Halbherr, Jacobus Simon Petrus Van Diepen, Ludwig Hertling
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A mold for producing a plurality of moldings has at least on introduction point for the molding material and a plurality of cavities with a shape corresponding to that of the moldings. The cavities are arranged so that each cavity, except cavities in an end or peripheral position, is connected to at least two directly adjacent cavities. A fluid casting compound of a material having a solidified hardness of not more than about 200N, defined as the force at which an 11 mm sphere of the material will shatter, is introduced into the mold, so that it essentially fills all of the cavities, and the casting compound is then solidified and removed from the mold.
A method of producing a plurality of moldings in one mold, comprising providing a mold which has a plurality of cavities having a shape corresponding to the moldings, the cavities being arranged in the mold in such a way that, except for cavities in an end or peripheral position of the mold, each of the cavities is linked to at least two closely adjacent cavities, providing a fluid casting compound of a material which has a solidified hardness of at most about 200 N, the hardness being defined as the force at which an 11 mm sphere of the material will shatter, introducing the fluid casting compound into the mold at at least one point such that all of the cavities become essentially completely filled with the casting compound, solidifying the casting compound to produce moldings, and removing the moldings from the mold.
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