Compression moulded part
OwnerJens Storkel, Harald De Buhr +2inventors
InventorsJens Storkel, Harald De Buhr, Lutz Voigtmann, Roland Heckenthaler
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Abstract
The invention relates to an injection molded part with a basic body injection-molded from plastic, on the surface of which a decoration is two-dimensionally applied and is covered by an encapsulation of plastic by a second injection-molding operation. The basic body consists of a transparent plastic and the decoration is applied with its visible side to the surface of the basic body.
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An injection molded part, with a body injection-molded from a first plastic, on a surface of which a decoration having a decorative first side and a back side is two-dimensionally applied and is covered by an encapsulation of a second plastic by a second injection-molding operation, characterized in that wherein the body of comprises a transparent and/or opaque and/or translucent plastic and the decoration is applied with its decorative side to the surface of the body.
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A method of injection molding a part, the method comprising:
- injection molding a body from a first plastic;
- applying at least a two-dimensional decoration to a surface of the body, the decoration having a decorative front side and a back side;
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- covering the applied decoration with an encapsulating layer of a second plastic, the second plastic injection molded over the decoration;
- wherein the body comprises a transparent or translucent plastic, and the decoration is applied with its decorative front side facing the body, such that the decorative front side is visible through the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.