Appeal No. 1996-2638
Application No. 08/173,930
bar (17) and the protrusion (11) are used to hold one of the
edges of a surface material (3), i.e., a skin material, at a
position within the interior surfaces of the upper and lower
molds to prevent the displacement of the skin material on the
thermoplastic resin. See Masui ‘860, the abstract, and Masui
‘179, Figure 13 and column 4, lines 50-55. The protrusion
(11) is also used to form a groove on the surface of the
resin. See the drawings of Masui '860 and '179. The
hydraulic cylinder (14) allows the bar (17) to be movable in a
direction in which the upper and lower molds are closed. See
Masui ‘860, the abstract, and Masui ‘179, column 4. After
fixing the skin material (3), a resin melt (4) is supplied
between the skin material and the interior surface of the
lower mold. See Masui ‘860, the abstract, and Masui ‘179,
column 4, lines 55-60. The upper and lower molds are closed
to produce a multi-layer molded product, which according to
appellants as indicated supra, has an edge of the skin
material placed within a groove on the surface of the
thermoplastic resin. See Masui ‘860, the abstract, the
drawing in the front page and page 13, and Masui ‘179, column
4, lines 50-68 and column 6, lines 1-20. As is also apparent
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