| US 7,611,655 B2 | ||
| Molding metal mold and method for producing a molded item | ||
| Seiichi Watanabe, Kanagawa (Japan); Keiji Shigesada, Kanagawa (Japan); Tatsuhiko Saeki, Kanagawa (Japan); and Kazutoshi Misonoo, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on May 26, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/441,090. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-153374 (JP), filed on May 26, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0269647 A1, Nov. 30, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B29C 45/26 (2006.01); B29C 43/36 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 264—337 [425/451.9; 425/595] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A molding metal mold for forming a cavity between a first metal mold and a second metal mold and for molding a molded item
in the cavity, wherein:
the first metal mold comprises a first convex taper tapering toward the second metal mold;
the second metal mold comprises a first concave taper fittable to the first convex taper; and
the first convex taper and the first concave taper are formed so that, when fitted to each other, respective taper surfaces
abut to each other first, and then a clamping force of the first and second metal molds causes an elastic deformation of at
least one of the first metal mold and the second metal mold so as to cause an abutting between respective parting surfaces
of the first and second metal molds around the cavity.
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