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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1994
Seiichi Yamazaki, Kyoto, JP;
Naoto Toyooka, Kyoto, JP;
Nissha Printing Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An in-mold molded product includes a molded plastic member having projections and recesses on a surface thereof and a transfer layer provided on such surface. The outer surface of the transfer layer has a contour corresponding to the projections and recesses of the plastic member and additionally has projections and recesses that are finer than those on the surface of the plastic molded member. Thus, the finished product has a matte surface with good wear characteristics. The product is molded by arranging a mat transfer member at a predetermined region of a cavity of a mold unit, the mat transfer member having the fine projections and recesses on one surface thereof, and a portion of the mold unit defining the cavity having, at the predetermined region, projections and recesses which are larger in size than those of the mat transfer member. Plastic is injected into the cavity in a direction to urge the mat transfer member against the portion of the mold unit having the larger projections and recesses thus molding the molded product.