DEVICE FOR APPLYING SKIN MATERIAL ONTO MOLDING BASE MATERIAL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for applying a skin material onto a molding base material which can easily and precisely apply a skin material even onto a molding base material having irregularities on its surface. SOLUTION: In the device for applying a skin material onto a molding base material, a die 1, which holds the molding base material and can be moved back and forth, and a die 11 whose die surface is oppositely oriented to that of the die 1 are oppositely disposed to one another and a skin material is bonded under pressure to a surface of the base material between both the dies 1, 11. The die 11 is of the split type and comprises a fixed main die 12 and a movable outer die 13 which surrounds the die 12 and is movable back and forth, and skin set pins 14 are provided on a die surface of the die 13. Both the dies 1, 11 are moved from a die open state to a die clamping state, wherein the die 13 is retracted by the die 1 to bond the skin material to the surface of the molding base material, through an intermediate skin clamped state, wherein the outer periphery of the skin material set on the pins 14 is pressed against the die surface of the die 1.