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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7284946 | Mobile skid turner A mobile skid turner for inverting skid loads of paper includes an H-shaped base frame portion with casters for facilitating movement in desired directions and opposing upright structural members at an intermediate location. A rotatable shaft facilitates the rotatio... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7196290 | Heat sealer with platen surface temperature sensor and load sensor A heat sealer having a heated platen, a cylinder for reciprocating the platen, a die positioned to be engaged by the platen and a shuttle supporting the die to move the die from a platen-engaging position to a non-engaging position, and a control for controlling the... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7185584 | Modular lateral heat press machine A lightweight, portable lateral heat press machine that allows an operator to quickly and economically transfer graphic characters or images using an ink transfer paper process or a sublimation process, or vinyl onto the surface of a garment or an object. The device... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7137335 | Plastics waste processor A plastics waste processor is provided for efficiently compacting and melting plastics waste, so as to form easily disposable compact plastic units having a volume considerably smaller than the unprocessed plastics waste. The plastics waste processor has a waste con... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6983684 | Modified high-temperature pressing apparatus A high-temperature pressing apparatus silica is provided for the manufacture of wood composite boards, in which the temperature of the platens in the pressing apparatus can be effectively regulated to improve energy efficiency, reducing press cycle length, and minim... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6913057 | IC-card manufacturing apparatus An IC-card manufacturing apparatus manufactures an IC card from a laminated substrate including an electronic component and laminate materials which sandwich the electronic component. The IC-card manufacturing apparatus includes a laminated-substrate sandwiching uni... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6655268 | Compact hot press The present invention is a portable, compact hot press. The hot press includes a frame that has a press unit attached thereto. The press unit has a crown plate, a bolster plate, and a base plate. An upper press unit is attached to the crown plate and a lo... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6607379 | Temperature control method in hot pressing In a known control method, a large deviation between the temperature of a heating plate and a temperature-setting pattern occurs, and an overshoot or undershoot occurs. Therefore, a workpiece is unstably formed, the number of defective parts is increased ... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6276419 | Sealing apparatus A sealing apparatus includes a base having a fixed jaw, a press lever having a movable jaw and pivotally supported on the base, a posture changing mechanism for pressing the press lever toward the base, and a heater for heating material to be sealed clamp... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6026738 | Self-contained crust factory A self-contained pizza crust factory for creating a docked, formed pizza crust from a raw dough ball and positioning the crust on a crust container. The pizza crust factory includes an infeed conveyor belt that transports the ball of raw dough from an inf... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5942081 | Apparatus for bonding a cover material to foam A method and apparatus for bonding a cover (22) over the undulating surface of a foam cushion (10) by placing the foam cushion (10) on a tool (18), piercing the cushion (10) with a plurality of needles (44), lifting the needles (44) to lift the cushion (1... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5907995 | Thermal treatment process and device for friction lining surfaces A continuous, multiple-stage process for thermally treating the surface of friction linings by pressing them against heated units and cooled units. The total length of the transport and pressing phases of each stage taken together corresponds to the conti... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5769999 | Cap sealing machine An improved apparatus (10) for thermally bonding indicia to caps comprises relatively movable upper and lower platens (12,14) with a heat source in one of the platens for heating it. A handle (18) pivotal in a vertical plane raises and lowers the upper pl... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5746122 | Embossing machine The embossing or blocking and punching machine with a machine control (2) has several pressure sensors (S1 to S4) for measuring compressive forces X arranged around the center Z of the blocking surface F. A positioning device (10) with a displacement driv... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5655434 | Multi-deck clamshell cook and staging grill for pathogenic risk management The present invention is directed toward an apparatus utilizing a plurality of stacked roll bonded heat transfer plates having a heat transfer fluid circulating therein for transferring heat to food articles for cooking or staging ensuring bacteriological... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5578160 | Heat transfer control system for a double backer A system for controlling the rate of heat transfer between the heating surfaces and a corrugated web in a double backer includes an air flow system operable to selectively apply a vacuum to the underside of the web via chambers formed in the spaces betwee... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5578159 | Hot press for producing multilayer circuit board In a hot press according to the present invention, a control panel detects the fact that the viscosity of bonding resin of multilayer circuit board materials is minimized by taking thereinto at least one of the values measured by a speed sensor of a lower... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5558015 | Hot press with pressure vessels to uniformly distribute pressure to the work piece A hot press used, for example, for producing a thin printed board and a multilayered board, such as liquid crystal glass board bonded by a low-viscosity adhesive, and to a hot press suitable for forming a board requiring uniform bonding pressure. A hot pr... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5555798 | Hot press for producing a multilayered substrate A hot press for producing multilayered substrate blanks wherein the substrate blanks are placed between upper and lower bolsters via heat insulating plates and heating plates. The multilayered substrate blanks are fitted into a frame which is provided on ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5534061 | Apparatus for waxing snowboards, skis and the like For efficient waxing of the running surface of a workpiece such as a snowboard, one or more skis, or a toboggan, the invention provides a single wax-heating element in the form of an elongate flexible sheet sized to fully cover the running surface when up... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5489200 | Compress/melt processor for contaminated plastic waste A compress/melt waste processor includes a frame; a chamber housing having walls which define a chamber therein; a ram movably disposed in the chamber; a sensor which senses pressure applied by the ram; an actuator operatively connected to the ram to move... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5469779 | Automatic pizza dough press device with interchangeable molds The present invention is an automatic pizza dough press device for forming uncooked pizza pie from fresh dough. It includes a main housing frame; a base tray located within the frame and mounted therein to be at least partially slidable therefrom and is a... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5468315 | Method of and apparatus for producing multilayer ceramic board An apparatus for producing a multilayer ceramic board having uniform density over the total area of the green sheets after a thermal compression bonding comprises a lower mold in which a plurality of green sheets, having conductive wiring patterns printed... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5458730 | Peel package sealing machine A machine for making bags or pouches for transporting animal organs for transplantation. The invention machine is small and light weight, and completely sterilizable for use in this environment. The invention also includes additional features of a special... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5417149 | Pizza press with interchangeable upper mold A device for forming and par baking a pizza crust from a quantity of pizza dough disposed in a pizza pan. The device comprises a frame having a base portion and an upper housing portion. Releasably attached to the upper housing portion is an upper mold, w... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5379689 | Composite repair press for manufacturing and repairing a workpiece made from a composite material A multipurpose, automatic, self-contained device for manufacturing or repairing a workpiece made from a composite material includes a frame having an upper frame member and a lower frame member. A mechanical apparatus for providing a compressive force is ... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5341727 | Positioning mechanism A gas-fired, double-sided griddle apparatus for high-volume commercial cooking comprises double-sided griddles, each having a lower platen having a horizontal lower cooking surface and an upper platen having an upper cooking surface; a positioning mechani... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5292388 | Conveyorized vacuum applicator and method therefor A method of and apparatus that is continuously automatically operative in an in-line system is described for applying under heat, vacuum and mechanical pressure a photoresist-forming layer to printed circuit boards that already have been prelaminated by t... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5266150 | Thermocontact welding method and apparatus, and welded product An improved thermocontact welding method and apparatus for producing welded seams joining superposed thermoplastic sheets, and in particular for producing solid seams in polypropylene and other polyolefin sheets. The method includes moving a lower platen ... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5247874 | High-volume cooking A gas-fired, double-sided griddle apparatus for high-volume commercial cooking comprises double-sided griddles, each having a lower platen having a horizontal lower cooking surface and an upper platen having an upper cooking surface; a positioning mechani... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5240549 | Fixture and method for attaching components A fixture (10) for bonding multiple components together includes a bottom plate (20), a middle plate (22) and a top plate (24). The plates (20), (22) and (24) are aligned by dowels (26) and clamps (30). Bottom plate (20) has a rectangular pocket (32) for ... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5141586 | Bonder for relining torque converter lock-up pistons Apparatus and a method for attaching replacement frictional lining material to a face of a lock-up piston for a torque converter of an automatic transmission. A housing encloses a pair of pressure plates which are electrically heated to automatically-cont... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5102492 | Apparatus for effecting polymerization by heating of adhesive interposed between two superimposed connected elements A method and apparatus is described for polymerization of adhesive interposed between two superimposed elements, in particular the outer and inner plastics material panels of a motor vehicle body door element; two superimposed elements are clamped, around... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5001975 | Apparatus and method for the production of dehydrated high density pelletized garbage An automated appliance for dehydrating and pelletizing household or other garbage into a sanitized free-flowing form. The apparatus and method provide for compaction and folding of garbage feed material in three directions, to produce a pellet which is he... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4855011 | Isostatic self-contained bond or mold tool An arrangement for manufacturing complex structures by transferring heat and pressure from ceramic molds to the article to be molded. The arrangement comprises a combination of ceramic molds, a flexible pressure bag means for applying pressure to at least... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4421589 | Laminator for encapsulating multilayer laminate assembly A laminator for laminating and/or encapsulating a multilayer laminate assembly is disclosed. The laminator includes a processing chamber designed to receive the laminate assembly. The processing chamber is provided with independently controllable temperat... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4311549 | Laminator with heating control system An improved laminator with a novel heating control system is disclosed for particular employment with laminating packets formed of an article to be laminated positioned between top and bottom leaves. When the packet is aligned in a ready position within t... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4140050 | Method and apparatus for controlling rate related manufacturing operations using a reaction simulation technique A method and apparatus are disclosed whereby a laminating press is controlled using the relative cure of a resinous material as the primary factor.... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4092915 | Oil heated double facer platen A double facer platen is constructed so as to utilize a liquid heating medium which flows through a chamber containing a labyrinth defining a flow passage whose cross-sectional area decreases in the direction of flow from an inlet toward an outlet. The pl... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4023481 | Double facer platen A double facer platen is constructed so as to utilize a liquid heating medium which flows through a chamber containing a labyrinth defining a flow passage whose cross-sectional area decreases in the direction of flow from an inlet toward an outlet. The pl... | 05/17/1977 |
