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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2009
Richard F. Seman, Sr., Middlefield, OH (US);
William Shane Hochstetler, Warren, OH (US);
Richard F. Seman, Sr., Middlefield, OH (US);
William Shane Hochstetler, Warren, OH (US);
Mercury Plastics, Inc., Middlefield, OH (US);
Masco Corporation, Taylor, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention pertains to an overmolding process and apparatus for overmolding nonlinear profiles from rigid or semi-rigid polymeric material. Rigid polymeric materials are melted and overmolded onto an extruded profile, which is received by a mold having a mold cavity and core pin. The mold cavity and core pin have a radial angle of curvature (R). In the overmolding process, rigid polymeric material is injected around the core pin and cavity, and the overmolded article is removed from the mold. The core pin is removed from the overmolded article to form a non-linear overmolded article according to the present process and arrangement of parts.