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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7258150 | Machine for continuously producing plastic laminates in a cold press Continuous installation (10) for the production of plastic laminates including multi-layer laminates (110, 120, 130), comprising a cold press (11) having a lower fixed plate (12) on which is laid a band of aluminium for carrying and drawi... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7247219 | Rotary impulse sealer The invention is a rotatable cylindrical roll for heat sealing heat sealable materials that includes a heating zone for sealing the material and a cooling zone for supporting the newly formed seal. The device comprises a conductive zone and a resistive zone that are... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7204520 | Device for joining components made of fusible plastic A device for connecting components (1, 2, 3) made of fusible plastic, especially pipes (12, 60) of a fuel pipeline or a fuel line to a fuel tank (8) of a vehicle. The device includes a heating element (4) having ends (44, 46) which... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205516 | Bonding of materials with induction heating An apparatus and process are provided for bonding of materials by induction heating of an electrically conductive material upon which a second material is bonded. The electrically conductive material is induction heated between a first induction heating plate, and t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7202450 | Induction coil design for portable induction heating tool A portable induction tool is provided for soldering or brazing sections of metal pipe together. A work coil head (with induction coil) is U-shaped, allowing placement of the head around lengths of pipe, heating a susceptor (e.g., the pipe) to form a joint, and then ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7153382 | Pressure element for an edge gluing machine and gluing method The pressure element (7) is designed for gluing a bandlike covering (4) by means of an adhesive onto a narrow face (3) (edge) of straight or curved (profiled) cross section of a board element (2) or for gluing a film onto a profile bar ha... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7129450 | Method and device for manufacturing packages A method and a device for manufacturing packages are provided. The method comprises providing a tubular first package part of a sheet of thermoplastic coated packaging material including at least one layer of an induction heatable material. The first package part ha... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6984276 | Method for preparing high bulk composite sheets This invention relates to a method for preparing nonwoven fabrics having an improved balance of properties in the machine and cross-directions. More specifically, the invention utilizes nonwoven webs that include relatively low levels of multiple-component fibers ha... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6793831 | Microlamination method for making devices A method for fabricating devices in a pre-assembled state comprising forming plural laminae, registering the laminae, and bonding the laminae one to another is described. The plural laminae contain the substructures and structures of the device. The substructures ar... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6786989 | Sealing A method for sealing a surface (13) of a body (11), wherein a thin material (21) is applied to the surface (13), and the material is connected to the surface by melting due to mechanical stimulation. ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6713735 | Induction foil cap sealer An induction foil cap sealer includes a sealing head module and power supply module that can be separately mounted and replaced. Both modules are convection air-cooled without a requirement for forced air-cooling or water cooling. ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6649022 | Ventilated sealing head for induction sealer An inductive cap sealer for sealing an inner seal over an opening in a container includes a vented sealing head. The sealing head contains an induction coil for producing an electromagnetic field when energized by a power supply. Field focusing elements c... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6559432 | Apparatus and methods for welding flexible material A fixture for use with a radio-frequency welding press includes an independent electrode that is not attached to a platen of the press and which is used to register directly on flexible material workpieces to locate and hold workpieces during a welding op... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6395215 | Method of producing a plastic component and fuel tank for a motor vehicle In a method of producing a fuel tank from plastic, a heating element is located between two shell parts to be welded to one another. When the shell parts are pressed together, the heating element melts into the plastic and produces a weld that provides a ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6359273 | Method and apparatus for producing a unified laminated body by dielectric heating and method for dielectrically preheating a laminate structure for the unified laminated body A method of preheating a polymer plate by dielectric heating by applying a radio frequency voltage to a laminate in the direction of its lamination through electrodes; a method of producing a laminate, comprising dielectric heating a polymer plate by appl... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6288375 | Conformable loop induction heating apparatus and method for accelerated curing of bonded members An induction heating apparatus and method for heating a substantially continuous first bondline defined by a length of thermally responsive bonding material positioned between a first member and a second member. The first member or second member is made o... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6153864 | Spray washable air cooled cap sealer A cap sealing unit for securing foil-polymer laminate innerseals to containers has an air cooled electronics cabinet that may be sealed in accordance with NEMA 4 standards. Heat sinks in the bottom of the electronics cabinet and the top of the sealing hea... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6007677 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing continuous laminated wood stock Apparatus for continuously processing wood product formed from random lengths of wood strips assembled in face-to-face relationship with heat curable adhesive applied to adjacent contacting faces of the strips includes a pair of opposed, parallel, linear ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5919387 | Inductive systems for bonding and joining pipes A method for bonding or joining plastic or metallic pipe using induced energy is provided. A susceptor is placed between the two pipes to be joined and a magnetic flux is induced onto the susceptor. The second pipe may be a coupling device. The magnetic f... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5906766 | Method for dielectrically heating an adhesive A method of heating an adhesive including the steps of placing a dielectrically heatable adhesive between first and second members. A high frequency electric field is applied between the first and second members sufficient to dielectrically heat the adhes... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5840151 | Apparatus and dies for forming peelable tube assemblies An apparatus for forming coiled tubular assemblies is provided. The apparatus includes a pair of dies formed from a radio frequency (RF) conducting material. The dies each have contoured leading surfaces with these surfaces having grooves with lands betwe... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5767491 | Heating apparatus for making a continuous longitudinal seam weld on a laminated packaging material web The disclosure relates to an apparatus for making a continuous welding joint. A material web (20) formed into a tube (8) is sealed along the longitudinal joint seam in that a joint heater (1), preferably an induction heater, is disposed in parallel along ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5756973 | Barbed susceptor for improviing pulloff strength in welded thermoplastic composite structures Thermoplastic welding is an emerging technology targeted at significantly reducing the manufacture of aerospace structure by eliminating fasteners and the touch labor associated with fasteners to prepare, install, and inspect the assemblies. Thermoplastic... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5750970 | Method for dielectrically heating an adhesive A method of heating an adhesive including the steps of placing a dielectrically heatable adhesive between first and second members. A high frequency electric field is applied between the first and second members sufficient to dielectrically heat the adhes... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5746872 | Method and unit for end sealing elongated wrappings Elongated wrappings made of sheet material comprising a first metal component and a second heat-sealable component are end sealed by successively feeding the wrappings, by means of a conveyor, in a first given direction and along a given path through a se... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5720842 | Panel construction Panel construction for forming upholstery panels for use in automotive vehicles and the like, where a plastic substrate which has been formed to a desired configuration, is placed over a grounded metal horn, a layer of adhesive fabric is placed over the s... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5712469 | Method of curing inaccessible thermoset adhesive joints using radio frequency dielectric heating Method of curing inaccessible thermoset adhesive joints, comprising: forming structures to be bonded at mating surfaces when assembled, the shortest distance from the mating surfaces to the exterior of the assembly inhibiting the application of radio freq... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5705795 | Gap filling for thermoplastic welds Thermoplastic welding is an emerging technology targeted at significantly reducing the cast of manufacture of aerospace structure by eliminating fasteners and the touch labor associated with fasteners to prepare, install, and inspect the assemblies. Therm... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5647940 | Process for automatically connecting a source of electric current and a pile of packages to make plastic laminates with endothermic heating Process for automatic connection, at the moment of pressing, between a source (26) of electric current and the metal parts (35), connected in series, of the piles (30) of packages (31) for making plastic laminates to permit electric endothermic heating, t... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5508496 | Selvaged susceptor for thermoplastic welding by induction heating Susceptors for induction heating for use in thermoplastic welding are tailored to provide precise control of the heat applied to the weld and especially to control overheating at the edges of susceptor. The preferred susceptor has a central portion having... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5500511 | Tailored susceptors for induction welding of thermoplastic To obtain more uniform heating across the susceptor when welding composite parts using induction heating, we create edge regions of lower absolute impedance or a lower longitudinal impedance than the transverse impedance to counterbalance the higher curre... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5488221 | Slot interlock connectors for RF welding electrodes Slot interlock connectors for RF welding electrodes include an electrode having a working edge, at least two ends and an integral mounting block which has ends which overshadow the ends of the electrode and provide substantially flat alignment surfaces ad... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5486684 | Multipass induction heating for thermoplastic welding An induction coil is passed over an interface between two resinous parts to be welded and an alternating magnetic field generated by the coil induces eddy currents in a foraminous susceptor positioned in the interface between the two parts. Pressure is ap... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5444220 | Asymmetric induction work coil for thermoplastic welding An asymmetric coil which has an "A" winding on one pole of the "C" core and a "B" winding of opposite helical twist, on the other pole, we can achieve relatively uniform, intense heating between the poles with relatively insignificant heating outside the ... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5399221 | Continuous process for forming fiber-reinforced high temperature thermoplastic resin honeycomb structures A continuous process for producing honeycomb support structures by bonding a plurality of thermoplastic sheets together. The process comprises feeding, aligning, supporting and bonding thermoplastic corrugated sheets in sequence to build a honeycomb-struc... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5365041 | Induction heating coil for bonding metal sheets An induction coil for joining structural members by heating a bonding material disposed between the structural members. The induction coil includes first and second elements disposed in a non-parallel arrangement adjacent one surface and along one side ed... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5352871 | System and method for joining plastic materials The invention provides a system and method for joining plastic members including induction heaters fabricated from a conductive wire coated with a ferromagnetic material and providing ratios of at least 4 to 1 between the areas over the spaces between wir... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5350902 | Induction heating coupler An induction heating device includes a handle having a hollow interior and two opposite ends, a wrist connected to one end of the handle, a U-shaped pole piece having two spaced apart ends, a tank circuit including an induction coil wrapped around the pol... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5260535 | Apparatus for induction welding An apparatus for induction sealing plastic-coated thermoplastic packaging material that includes a metal layer, comprises an inductor and a counter block between which the packaging material is to be positioned. The inductor includes a carrier portion tha... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5256845 | Apparatus for sealing medical plastic tubing with high frequency dielectric heating Spurious emission from an apparatus for sealing medical tubing is prevented by providing a tuned circuit of capacitors and inductors between amplifier stages, by providing a low-pass filter of such resonant networks at the input and the output of the gene... | 10/26/1993 |
