Artificial nail and method of forming same
An artificial nail is formed by injection molding a first section and a second section. The first section and second section are adjacent to one another. One of the sections defines a front distal tip of the artificial nail and is formed by injecting a quantity of heated material under pressure from a nozzle into a sprue, through a runner and through a cavity gate into a mold cavity. The other section is formed by injecting another quantity of heated material under pressure from a heated nozzle through another cavity gate into the mold cavity.
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70 : An artificial nail comprising:
a first section; and
a second section being adjacent to the first section,
wherein the first and second sections form a combined arrangement having a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end being configured to be provided at a cuticle portion of a natural nail, the distal end being configured to be provided at a front portion of the natural nail which is opposite to and away from the cuticle portion, and wherein a first thickness of the arrangement at the proximal end is smaller than a second thickness of the arrangement at the distal end.
71 : The artificial nail according to claim 70 , wherein at least one of the first section and the second section is a hot tip gate injection molded section.
72 : The artificial nail according to claim 71 , wherein at least one of the first section and the second section is provided at or in a front distal tip of the artificial nail, and wherein the at least another one of the first section and the second section is a runner system injection molded section.
73 : The artificial nail according to claim 71 , wherein the second section is a hot tip gate injection molded section including a first portion at a first location through which a hot tip gate injection mold has been provided, wherein the first section includes a second portion at a second location through which a runner system injection mold has been provided, and wherein the first location is vertically closer to a further location on a natural nail to which the artificial nail is configured to be applied than the second location.
74 : The artificial nail according to claim 73 , wherein the first location is provided on a bottom surface of the hot tip gate injection molded section away from the natural nail.
75 : The artificial nail according to claim 71 , wherein the hot tip gate injection molded section has a top surface facing away from the natural nail, and wherein the runner system injection molded section has a bottom surface which faces toward the natural nail.
76 : The artificial nail according to claim 70 , wherein the hot tip gate injection molded section is composed of a deformable material.
77 : The artificial nail according to claim 71 , wherein the hot tip gate injection molded section is composed of a deformable material, and wherein the runner system injection molded section is composed of a further material that is more rigid that the deformable material.
78 : The artificial nail according to claim 70 , wherein the first and second sections form a combined arrangement, said second section having a particular end provided opposite to a cuticle portion of a natural nail, and wherein the first section overlaps the second section at the particular end.
79 : A method for providing an artificial nail, comprising:
providing a first section; and
providing a second section adjacent to the first section,
forming a combined arrangement from the first and second sections, the combined arrangement having a distal end and a proximal end, the proximal end being configured to be provided at a cuticle portion of a natural nail, the distal end being configured to be provided at a front portion of the natural nail which is opposite to and away from the cuticle portion, and wherein a first thickness of the arrangement at the proximal end is smaller than a second thickness of the arrangement at the distal end.