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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideo Akimoto, Sodegaura, JP;
Mitsuru Watari, Sodegaura, JP;
Takashi Miyazaki, Sodegaura, JP;
Tatsuji Kawamura, Sodegaura, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 4/402 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 4/402 ;
Abstract
A process is provided for producing a foamed article of a thermoplastic resin composition having a relatively thicker solid skin layer exhibiting better appearance without occurrence of a swirl mark and having a foam structure of relatively uniform foam cell size with better foam cell configuration, which is light-weighing and superior in stiffness, in an easy and efficient manner, by causing the resin composition to foam up in a cavity of a mold.