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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7993564 | Method and installation producing preforms A PET granule hopper and dryer (1) feeding an extruder (2). The extruder in turn via a rotary seal, feeds a metering wheel (3) on which there are metering devices. An injection-compression wheel (4) supporting injection-compression device... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7700029 | Device and method for conditioning plastic objects The device for conditioning preforms in plastic material comprises a rotating turret (20), having a group of conditioning cavities (22) for inserting preforms, partly through an opening on a first side (A) of the turret and partly through an opening on... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7597834 | Rotary molding machine Disclosed, amongst other things, is: (i) a rotary injection molding machine; (ii) a mold; (iii) a mass-drive; and (iv) a method of a molding, amongst other things. ... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7181311 | Identification of a modular machine component A plastics processing machine, in particular injection molding machine or extruder, includes at least one component represented by a clamping unit, feed and metering apparatus, plasticizing unit, injection unit, or separate injection apparatus, and characterized by ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7140858 | Apparatus and process for injection molding articles of plastics material It is provided an apparatus for injection molding articles of plastics material comprising: molds (2a) and countermolds (2b) forming molding units (3), molding cavities (7) being defined inside said molds and countermolds; o... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7072735 | Control system for utilizing active material elements in a molding system Method and apparatus for controlling an injection molding machine having a first surface and a second surface includes a piezo-ceramic sensor configured to be disposed between the first surface and a second surface. The piezo-ceramic sensor is configured to sense a ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7020540 | Temperature control A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling temperature of a plant comprising plural temperature control zones, wherein an effective control parameter for a first zone for which a signal representing measured temperature is available is produced according t... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6925354 | Process for the control of an injection-moulding machine Process for the control of an injection-moulding machine and optionally at least one handling apparatus allocated to same in which, in a form guiding the operator, the operating parameters required for an injection cycle to run are entered via an input unit into a d... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6872341 | Method of making a bait station of wax matrix material A system and method of mass-producing a bait station of wax matrix material for pesticide or insecticide delivery is disclosed. The apparatus and method includes a water-heated vat 110 which supplies liquid wax matrix material to molds which may be of various... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6863853 | Means and method of manufacturing a carrier of information or decoration An assembly for manufacturing carriers of information or decoration, characterised by a mould unit comprising two mould means which are joinable with each other. The mould unit comprises an injection moulding station for injection moulding of said carriers, and a pr... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6803010 | Method for forming separable segmented fastener A method of making a segmented hook and loop type fastener which accommodates molding contours. Several different methods for fabricating such a fastener are disclosed. A plurality of mold plates include a fastener forming zone, having similar arcuate edges. The fas... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6558599 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing painted or varnished parts out of molded plastics material A method of making a painted part out of molded thermoplastic material, the method including making the part to be painted by a method of molding thermoplastic material in the cavity of a mold; allowing the part made in this way to cool at least on the su... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6348169 | Method of making a dual durometer water shield A method of making a water shield for a motor vehicle. The method comprises providing a mold having a cavity with the general shape of the water shield and also having a movable core. A first plastic is injected into the cavity to form a substrate of the ... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6221189 | Method for manufacturing thermoplastic tubes A method for manufacturing thermoplastic tubes from hollow thermoplastic sleeves by a variety of different manufacturing processes. The machine used in the method is a single apparatus having an indexing device with a plurality of mandrels for holding hol... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6192568 | Method of making an intravenous catheter assembly A method is provided for making a combination hub and catheter. A material is molded in a mold into a body having at least a first hub, and at least a first nose extending from the first hub. The first nose is then elongated into a catheter by moving firs... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6143225 | Turret cooling block for an index machine The present invention relates to a device for unloading and cooling molded parts from an injection molding machine having an index turret block rotatable about a central axis. The device comprises a cooling turret block rotatable about an axis substantial... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6129883 | Vertical clamp index machine The present invention relates to an improved injection molding machine and process. The injection molding machine includes a first mold half with at least one mold cavity or mold core and a rotatable turret means rotatable on an axis for rotating a pair o... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6042754 | Continuous extrusion-compression molding process for making optical articles The present invention relates to making optical articles such as opthalmic lenses by molding and, in particular, to using a continuous extrusion-compression molding method to make plastic lenses whereby a polymer melt is fed from an extruder or melting ap... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6036908 | Injection molding method for resin-sealed component An injection molding die is provided with a cavity block including a stationary mold having first and second split molding cavity portions having different shapes, and a movable mold having first and second common split molding cavity portions, so as to f... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5968431 | Soft touch cover and method of manufacture A composite finishing cover for a component such as a vehicle instrument panel is provided by extruding a parison of inner and outer layers of different recyclable plastics having different characteristics but which are from the same family of plastics. T... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5882553 | Multi-color lens assembly injection molding process and apparatus A multi-colored lens assembly is produced in a multi-station injection molding apparatus having non-indexing ejector halves and indexing cover halves. Material is shot on an unexposed illumination side of the lens assembly from valve gated nozzle drops co... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5756013 | Method of molding a synthetic resin layered lens for a vehicle headlight A synthetic resin layered lens for a vehicle lighting device in which an upper lens layer is disposed on a lower lens layer thereby forming a layered lens of integral construction. The lower lens layer is molded in a state that the surface of the lower le... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5580514 | Composite material and method for production of improved composite material A laminated composite material with improved interlaminar strength and damage tolerance having short rods distributed evenly throughout the composite material perpendicular to the laminae. Each rod is shorter than the thickness of the finished laminate, b... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5505603 | Apparatus for manufacturing an air filter An apparatus is disclosed for adhering a synthetic resin gasket to a filtering element of an air filter. The apparatus incorporates a mold having a synthetic resin forming gasket cavity therein in which the synthetic resin gasket is formed. The cavity has... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5413743 | Method of making a lamp assembly A lamp assembly having a plastic housing and a plastic lens is molded in a rotary transfer molding machine having upper and lower mateable housing dies and upper and lower mateable lens dies in which the housing and the lens are molded simultaneously. The... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5286186 | Apparatus for injection into a self-clamping mold An apparatus for injecting molding material into a self-clamping mole. The apparatus includes a support frame with spaced plates and support bars interconnecting the plates, and a C-shaped opening formed in the plates. An injector is included for injectin... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5246651 | Method of manufacturing columnar shaped piece A method of manufacturing a columnar shaped piece formed of a thermoplastic matrix with ancillary pieces of a non-creeping hard material embedded therein and cemented by the plastic matrix. The ancillary pieces are essentially overlapping slabs which are ... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5236653 | Method for producing a columnar shaped piece A method of and device for producing a columnar shaped piece. A blend of essentially thermoplastic particles is melted into a billet, introduced into a mold, looped into layers inside the mold, and transformed into a piece, subsequent to which the piece i... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5146844 | Dual textured food piece fabrication apparatus An apparatus (10) utilizing the present methods for fabricating dual textured food pieces is disclosed. Specifically, cavities (20) are formed in and defined by the inner surfaces (26) of first and second, circular plates (22,24). The cavities (20) are mo... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5047195 | Method of making a molded article A method of molding articles including the steps of continuously moving a forming mold and a band-like molding member in a first and second endless path, respectively, engaging the respective mold and member through a region of engagement to form a contin... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4961888 | Liquid silicone molding process A process for molding thermosetting plastic parts in a more efficient manner involving less cost and a higher production output, includes sequentially filling molds with a thermosetting plastic material in a continuous and uniform manner, passing the mold... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4950145 | Apparatus for molding chocolate Chocolate mold filling apparatus having chocolate molds having different number of cavity, cavity volume, cavity fill opening height, and cavity fill opening spacing characteristics. Each mold further has a base flange which incorporates a process code ke... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4885121 | Method of making a dual durometer self-locking and sealing plug A continuous method of making a dual durometer self-locking, self-sealing plug for filling and sealing holes in panels. The plug is made from two different, chemically compatible thermoplastic materials by coinjection of the two molten components sequenti... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4873049 | Molding outer and inner soles onto shoe uppers A process for molding an outer sole of elastomer and an inner sole of a mixture of isocyanate and a polyol reacting into polyurethane to shoe uppers includes a vertically movable upper cross block supporting a pivotably mounted mold carrier with a heatabl... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4836767 | Swing plate molding machine The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing molded plastic articles which is capable of simultaneously producing and cooling the plastic articles. The apparatus has a stationary mold half having at least one cavity, at least two mating mol... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4836960 | Fabrication of thermoplastic optical components by injection/compression molding A method and apparatus for the fabrication of optical lenses by injection/compression molding of thermoplastic includes a plurality of sleeves, each having a bore therethrough, and a plurality of mold inserts dimensioned to be received in the bore with mi... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4828778 | Method for continuous injection molding A method for continuous injection molding of thermoplastic materiall into three-dimensional sheets having a projection extending from a substantially uniform backing layer. An extrusion die having a face matching the surface of a rotatable mold drum with ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4824627 | Method of making a molded plastic product The method of the present invention involves taking a comminuted mixture of waste plastic materials, feeding the mixture into a screw extruder capable of applying heat and pressure to the mixture; using the screw extruder to heat the mixture to a temperat... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4738808 | Method of forming articles from a plastic material The molding machine of the present invention comprises a screw extruder for extruding plastic material. A plurality of molds are moved one at a time to the outlet end of the extruder for receiving the plastic material therefrom, One end of the mold is ope... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4734023 | Injection molding machine An injection molding machine for use with at least two melting and injector units includes a fixed die platen, a movable die platen, and fixed spars on which said movable die platen moved. The die platens mount half-mold parts of injection molds while the... | 03/29/1988 |
