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AssigneesYYK Corporation, Nissha Printing Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasaatsu Oofusa, Shigeru Imai, Toshiaki Higuchi, Yutaka Hagiwara, Kunio Miyazaki, Naoto Toyooka, Tadahiro Itoh
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Provided is a transferring and molding method capable of forming a molded article on which a pattern is transferred in a prescribed position by automatically correcting a shift when there is produced a molded article on which the pattern is transferred with a shift. When the pattern of a molded article has a shift, the shift dimension and the shift direction of the pattern of the molded article are detected as digital values, and positional correction is carried out by automatically moving the transfer film by the detected shift dimension toward the side opposite from the detected shift direction. Thereafter, the pattern is transferred in the prescribed position of the molded article that has undergone the transferring, and molding is carried out.
A transferring and molding method comprising:
A transferring and molding apparatus comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Measuring, controlling or regulating: the ejected articles, e.g. weight control
Incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles: positioning or centering articles in the…
Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations: measuring, controlling or regulating
Inserting articles into the mould: intermittently feeding endless articles, e.g. transfer films, to the mould
Term ended 13 Feb 2026 (estimated)
The present invention relates to a transferring and molding method and transferring and molding apparatus, which places a transfer film between dies and transfers a pattern provided on the transfer film onto a molded article concurrently with molding.
The transferring and molding apparatus disclosed in Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 01-59095 is known.
This transferring and molding apparatus includes a movable die mounted on a movable platen, a stationary die mounted on a stationary platen, an injection nozzle, a transfer film, a film feeding unit mounted above the movable platen so as to move in a widthwise direction of the transfer film, a film winding unit mounted below the movable platen so as to move in a widthwise direction of the transfer film, and a position detecting unit for the transfer film.
These and other aspects and features of the present invention will become clear from the following description taken in conjunction with the preferred embodiments thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a side view of a transferring and molding apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line A-A of FIG. 1;
Before proceeding with the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that the same components are given identical reference numerals throughout the accompanying drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an injection molding section 100 includes a stationary die 2 mounted on a stationary platen 1, a movable die 4 mounted on a movable platen 3, and an injection nozzle 5 for injecting a molten resin into a cavity defined by the dies.
In this embodiment, the stationary platen 1 is fixed to a base plate 6, and the movable platen 3 is guided so as to contact or separate from the stationary platen 1, by four tie bars 7 fixed to the stationary platen 1.