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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Giancarlo Buzzoni, Barasso, IT;
Paolo Cittadini, Varese, IT;
Assignee:
Industrie Ilpea S.P.A. - Malgesso, Varese, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277 34 ; 277166 ; 277181 ; 2772 / ; 425130 ; 425435 ; 264245 ;
Abstract
An apparatus including of a mold for slush molding articles of a least two colors; a tank; a separation wall disposed in the tank and dividing the tank into two spaces; a gasket mounted on a free edge of the separation wall which faces the mold, the gasket having a plurality of rigid inserts disposed therein in a predetermined distribution; and an actuator device which expands and retracts the rigid inserts thereby correspondingly expanding and retracting the gasket. A method for slush molding utilizes the apparatus.