Appeal No. 1996-2218
Application No. 08/154,422
connect the cover and the reinforcing frame and
form an encircling groove in the seal receiving frame.
6. The mold is opened and the unit is removed therefrom.
THE CLAIM
Claims 14 is illustrative of appellants’ invention and
is reproduced below.
14. Process for the manufacture of a cover unit of a
vehicle roof, which can be opened, and which has a cover
plate, a reinforcing frame arranged therebelow, and a rigid
seal-receiving frame injection molded around an outer
periphery of the cover plate and reinforcing frame, the seal-
receiving frame having an encircling groove on an outer
periphery thereof for receiving a resiliently deformable
peripheral seal, comprising the steps of:
a. placing the cover plate onto the reinforcing frame and
placing the cover plate and the reinforcing frame into the
center of a mold so that the mold peripherally surrounds the
reinforcing frame and cover plate at a distance therefrom;
b. inserting said resiliently deformable peripheral seal
into the mold so that an encircling edge gap sealing profile
of the seal extends along an inner edge of the mold while
leaving an interspace between peripheral seal and both the
cover plate and reinforcing frame;
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