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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7332110 | Method and device for producing optical part An annular insert (4) is arranged in the optical component molding cavity of a mold to surround an outer periphery of raw material resin in a direction in which the resin is distributed in the cavity to limit the distribution of the raw material resin and def... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7234308 | Cold mold A metallic, reusable mold with one or more wells. The mold is kept within a cryostat at low temperature. The mold is removed from the cryostat and a tissue specimen is placed into a well within the mold. An embedding medium is added to the well around the tissue spe... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7114946 | Injection mold An injection mold includes a sliding member having a partial cavity surface which forms part of a cavity surface, and an adjacent member having a partial cavity surface which forms part of the cavity surface. A sliding surface of the sliding member is guided by a sl... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7062135 | Method for fabricating curved elements The present invention provides methods for forming convex and concave elements on the ends of supporting members. A convex element may be formed by forming a droplet on the end of the supporting member, then curing the droplet. The size of the droplet may be control... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7000675 | Chill assembly A chill assembly for chilling a molten material during formation of a part is disclosed. The chill assembly includes an upper platform and a mold platform for receiving a mold package to be filled with the molten material to form the part. The upper platform has a f... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6948924 | Mold assembly with modular mold shells A mold assembly for forming a container has two modular mold half shells that are adapted to be surrounded by mold half carriers. Each modular mold half shell has an upper body mold section and at least one lower body mold section. The upper body mold sections of th... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6913455 | Hot fill mold shell assembly with reduced heat transfer A hot fill hot fill mold assembly has two mold half shells and two mold half carriers for supporting the mold half shells. The shells each have an inner wall that defines the shape of at least a portion of the container to be formed. Each shell has outer wall surfac... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6881051 | Mold for injection molding of disc substrate A conduction member having conduction path for injecting molten molding material within a mold space is fitted to one of a pair of mold bodies which form the disc-shaped mold space. A first heat suppressing member for suppressing heat within the conduction path from... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6861021 | Molding tool construction and molding method An molding apparatus useful for molding polymer compositions includes a substrate; a first insulating layer having an electrical resistivity of at least about 1010 ohm-centimeters and thermal conductivity of about 0.2 to about 5 watts/(meter-kelvin); a he... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6843950 | Device for applying a plastic sheathing to a pipeline at pipe connections The invention relates to a device for the plastic sheathing of connections, which are produced by circular weld seams, of a pipeline comprising steel pipes which are provided with a factory-fitted plastic insulation and are reinsulated in the region of the circular ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6743384 | Anisotropic heat diffuser plate A method and apparatus for ensuring uniform temperature regulation of a mold cavity (90) during a mold process is disclosed. An anisotropic diffuser member(s) (100) is/are utilized for rapid providing heat transfer in preferred directions. An anisotrop... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6726171 | Ice mold An ice mold of the type comprising a tray (10) incorporating a plurality of cavities (11) for ice formation, each two adjacent cavities (11) being separated by a corresponding tray portion (12), at least part of said tray portions (12 | 04/27/2004 |
| 6554246 | Casting of shaped soft solid articles A mould for casting shaped, solid detergent articles is provided. The mold is made of two rigid complimentary dies which upon engagement define a cavity corresponding to a desired shape of the cast article, wherein the engaged dies form a reservoir which ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6502801 | Apparatus and method for molding a core for use in casting hollow parts A mold for molding a core for use in casting hollow parts includes, a lower mold portion and an upper mold portion defining therein a cavity corresponding to the outer surface of the core. The lower mold portion includes a cutout disposed along a parting ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6464198 | Apparatus for manufacturing workpieces or blocks from meltable materials Apparatus for the producing workpieces and blocks from meltable materials in which a liquid starting material is solidified in a directional manner in a casting mold using a cooling device. For the controlled guiding of the solidification front during coo... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6442976 | Liquid cooling of glassware molds A system and method of cooling glassware molds by directing liquid coolant to the blank or blow mold halves of a glassware forming machine through an enclosed pivotal rotary union-type structure. A coolant manifold is carried by each pivotal mold arm, and... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6345801 | Mould for molten magnesium and method of producing magnesium ingots This invention relates to an improved mould for casting a standard Magnesium ingot. The mould is constructed so as to minimize the surface area of the molten Magnesium which is exposed to the surrounding air. This significantly reduces the reliance on cos... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6209847 | Mechanical locking/constrainment of an active layer on a solid support The present invention broadly relates to the mechanical locking and constrainment of an active layer on a given solid surface, wherein the active layer is formed. In addition, disclosed herein is a macrostructured mold with improved heat-absorbing ability... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6165407 | Mold assembly for molding thermoplastic resin and method of manufacturing molded article of thermoplastic resin A mold assembly for molding a thermoplastic resin, which comprises; (a) a first mold member and a second mold member for manufacturing a molded article of a thermoplastic resin, (b) an insert block provided in the first mold member, said insert block cons... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6093013 | Adiabatic mold having composite structure The present invention relates to a mold for a chemically curable composition including a first shell component, a second shell component and a honeycomb core interposed therebetween. The invention further relates to providing an essentially adiabatic envi... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6086350 | Variable wall concrete molding machine A portable concrete molding apparatus for forming concrete structures of a predetermined configuration, either on-site or at a central manufacturing facility. The apparatus includes a trailer having furnace plenum bounded by a pair of fixed walls. Each fi... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6086349 | Variable wall concrete molding machine A portable concrete molding apparatus for forming concrete structures of a predetermined configuration, either on-site or at a central manufacturing facility. The apparatus includes a trailer having furnace plenum bounded by a pair of fixed walls. Each fi... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6013684 | Method for recycling a cured phenolic resin into a molded article and a vacuum thermal insulator of the molded article There is disclosed a method for recycling a cured phenolic resin by (a) heating a cured phenolic resin to form a thermal decomposition product having a residue, (b) separating said residue from said thermal decomposition product, (c) pulverizing said sepa... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5964915 | Mold for forming glassware A mold having a pair of mold halves defining a mold cavity for forming a glass container. There is an inner shell of the mold and an outer shell and a gap therebetween through which cooling gas flows. Heat transfer elements on the inner shell extend later... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5957191 | Casting method and apparatus using a resin core A casting method and apparatus using a resin core wherein a portion of a wall of the resin core that receives a greater heat and/or load than other portions of the wall of the resin core, is increased in thickness. As a result, even if the resin core rece... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5904203 | Chill plate and stacked mold A compact stacked mold is provided by reducing the sand-metal ratio. Cavities (11, 12) are formed on upper and lower sides (13, 14) of a chill plate (10) corresponding to one half of a cam profile, and the upper and lower sides (13, 14) are aligned with p... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5902541 | Injection molding method for producing shaped, hollow resin articles, and mold for use therein Disclosed is an injection molding method for producing a shaped, hollow resin article by introducing a pressurized fluid into a molten resin mass injected into a mold cavity, wherein, during the introduction of the pressurized fluid, the temperature of at... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5893998 | Boundary apparatus for optical component molding A molding apparatus for molding an optical component comprises first and second mold sections (20-26, 34) forming opposite sides of a mold cavity (40). The mold cavity has a peripheral edge (43) contacting the optical component during the molding process ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5788995 | Apparatus for making a composite thermoplastic and silicone article After a thermoplastic synthetic resin has been injection molded onto a transfer plate in a thermoplastic injection mold, the transfer plate is shifted into a silicone injection mold maintained at a high temperature and a silicone member is injection molde... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5747830 | Semiconductor display device with a hydrogen supply and hydrogen diffusion barrier layers The invention provides a semiconductor device having a low threshold voltage and capable of operating at a high speed, and also provides an active matrix display device including such a semiconductor device. The invention also provides a method of produci... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5667192 | Concrete panel construction and mold A mold especially adapted for forming precast, waffle-shaped concrete panels employs a one-piece mold body of flexible plastic sheet material to which rigid side rails are secured by tongue and groove longitudinal joints. The mold may be rapidly stripped ... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5656051 | Cooling method and mold arrangement for the manufacture of glass articles The invention relates to a cooling method and a mold arrangement for the manufacture of glass articles or similar materials. The mold arrangement of this type includes a plurality of cooling passageways distributed independently and longitudinally around ... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5651740 | Foamed core products and method An elongated member, for example, a bowling pin, has a core of foamed plastic material, which has areas of greater density, generally toward the lower end of the bowling pin, so as to provide desired weight distribution along the member. In the bowling pi... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5632924 | Muffin tray and process for baking muffins A muffin tray made from modified crystalline polyethylene terephthalate has a plurality of baking wells with heat-transfer inhibiting bottoms, and protruding circumferential ridges to accommodate differential thermal expansion while limiting related disto... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5547357 | Apparatus for hot-briquetting iron sponge An apparatus for hot-briquetting iron sponge includes a gravity feeder which has a feed shaft and a regulating tongue which supplies material in a dosed quantity to a moulding gap of a roller press, in such a way that the apparatus can also be used for pr... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5489410 | Molding thermoplastic materials for producing textured articles A multilayered insulated mold structure for forming textured articles is disclosed. An insulation layer is deposited on the mold core and a multilayered skin layer is deposited on the insulation layer. The skin is formed of a plurality of sublayers, inclu... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5454703 | Apparatus for molding expanded polymer beads Apparatus for molding expanded polymer beads by the steam-fusion technique including mold segments having perforate walls, steam chests confronting the mold segments, and thermal insulation located at the junction between the mold segments and the steam c... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5439622 | Method and apparatus for producing molded parts A mold (100) is constructed by forming a shell (125) having a back surface (127) and a mold surface (126) which defines a mold cavity (150), by forming a shell base (124) about the back surface (127) of the shell (125) so as to define an enclosed cavity (... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5419697 | Precision injection-molding metal mold An injection-molding metal mold used for injection-molding a body having a precision portion which is formed at high precision includes a molding cavity in which a precision molding portion for molding the precision portion is set to have a heat conductiv... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5388803 | Apparatus for producing textured articles A multilayered insulated mold structure for forming textured articles is disclosed. An insulation layer is deposited on the mold core and a multilayered skin layer is deposited on the insulation layer. The skin is formed of a plurality of sublayers, inclu... | 02/14/1995 |
