Process for producing a cushioning article
AssigneeAsahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTetsuo Masubuchi
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Abstract
A process for producing a cushioning article, which comprises: providing an injection molding apparatus having plural injection orifices, said orifices each having a discharge angle from 5° to 45° inclining from the vertical direction; injecting a thermoplastic polymer material in the form of strand from said plural orifices into a mold; and cooling said mold followed by demolding. The discharge angles of said orifices as projected into a horizontal plane each preferably has a phase difference of from 5° to 120° relative to those of adjacent orifices. Also disclosed is a cushioning article molded by the production process.
Claims18
A process for producing a cushioning article, which comprises:
- providing an injection molding apparatus having plural injection orifices, said orifices each having a discharge angle from 5° to 45° inclining from the vertical direction;
- injecting a thermoplastic polymer material in the form of strand from said plural orifices into a mold;
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- cooling said mold followed by demolding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.