Method for producing a clamping member of a hair clip, the clamping member, and a hair clip including two clamping members

A method for producing a clamping member of a hair clip, comprising:

• a first step including preparing a fixed mold and a movable mold, with the fixed mold and the movable mold configured to be assembled to define a cavity for a clamping member of a hair clip, with the movable mold including a first mold and a second mold, with the first mold located on an inner side of the second mold and facing the fixed mold, with the first mold including an inner surface and an outer surface, with the outer surface of the first mold fixed to an inner surface of the second mold, with the first mold including a plurality of substantially rectilinear passage extending from the inner surface through the outer surface of the first mold and intercommunicated with the cavity, with the second mold including a plurality of grooves defined in the inner surface of the second mold and aligned with the plurality of substantially rectilinear passages, with each of the plurality of grooves having a diameter larger than a diameter of an outer end of each of the plurality of substantially rectilinear passages at the outer surface of the first mold;
• a second step including assembling the fixed mold and the movable mold and injecting a plastic material to fill the cavity, the rectilinear passage, and the groove, forming the clamping member including a pressing portion, a clamping portion, and a pivotal portion, with the pressing portion, the clamping portion, and the pivotal portion formed by the plastic material in the cavity, with the clamping portion including a plurality of teeth, with each of the plurality of teeth formed by the plastic material in one of the plurality of substantially rectilinear passages and an associated one of the plurality of grooves, wherein the plastic material in the cavity, the plurality of substantially rectilinear passages, and the plurality of grooves is not cured;
• a third step including disengaging the movable mold from the fixed mold with the clamping member remaining on the movable mold;
• a fourth step including moving the clamping member away from the movable mold by a distance, with the plastic material in each of the plurality of grooves being thinned and becoming elongated due to ductility of the plastic material and, thus, having an elongated section, wherein the plastic material in the cavity, the plurality of substantially rectilinear passages, and the plurality of grooves is almost cured but not completely cured;
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• a fifth step including completely disengaging the clamping member from the movable mold after the fourth step has been conducted for a period of time, wherein the elongated section of each of the plurality of teeth bending downwards due to gravitational force and then completely cured to form a hooked section, wherein a remaining portion of each of the plurality of teeth forms a substantially rectilinear section interconnected between the hooked section and the clamping portion.