Method for manufacturing seat pad
A pad main body is bonded integrally with an inner pad while covering the front side of the inner pad. A back-side reinforced fabric located on the back side of the pad main body and the inner pad is integrally bonded on the back side of the inner pad and the pad main body by impregnation of foamed synthetic resin materials constituting the inner pad and the pad main body. This allows impregnation of the foamed synthetic resin materials in the back-side reinforced fabric located on the back side of the inner pad and the pad main body. This consequently allows providing a high hardness on the back side of the inner pad while ensuring hardness on the back side of the pad main body.
1. A method for manufacturing a seat pad, the seat pad including: an inner pad made of foamed synthetic resin; a pad main body made of foamed synthetic resin, the pad main body being set to have a characteristic different from a characteristic of the inner pad, the pad main body being bonded integrally with the inner pad while covering a front side of the inner pad; and a back-side reinforced fabric arranged on a back side of the pad main body and the inner pad, the method comprising:
a reinforced-fabric mounting step of mounting the back-side reinforced fabric within a molding die where the inner pad is to be foam molded;
an inner-pad molding step of foam molding the inner pad integrally with the back-side reinforced fabric mounted by the reinforced-fabric mounting step;
an inner-pad mounting step of mounting the inner pad and the back-side reinforced fabric within a molding die where the pad main body is to be foam molded, the inner pad and the back-side reinforced fabric being integrally foam molded by the inner-pad molding step; and
a pad-main-body molding step of foam molding the pad main body integrally with the inner pad and the back-side reinforced fabric, the inner pad and the back-side reinforced fabric being mounted by the inner-pad mounting step;
wherein the molding die where the inner pad is to be foam molded includes: a lower die where a molding surface for molding the front side of the inner pad is formed; and an upper die where a molding surface for molding the back side of the inner pad is formed, the upper die being configured to seal the lower die,
the reinforced-fabric mounting step mounts the back-side reinforced fabric in the folded state on the molding surface of the upper die on an inside of parting surfaces of the upper die and the lower die, and
the inner-pad mounting step mounts the back-side reinforced fabric and the inner pad in a state where the fold is opened within the molding die where the pad main body is to be foam molded.
2. The method for manufacturing the seat pad according to claim 1 ,
wherein the molding die where the inner pad is to be foam molded includes a reinforced-fabric housing portion recessed on the molding surface of the upper die, and
the reinforced-fabric housing portion houses the back-side reinforced fabric in a folded state.