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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7402268 | Method for making a composite extruded profile formed with thermoplastic organic material reinforced with reinforcing fibres A process for manufacturing a composite profile based on a thermoplastic organic material reinforced by reinforcing fibres includes making a multiplicity of continuous reinforcing yarns come into contact with a thermoplastic organic material and shaping the composit... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7384587 | Method for post mold cooling of plastic pieces Method and apparatus for cooling molded plastic pieces preferably includes a take out structure/step configured to hold the plurality of plastic parts oriented such that closed ends thereof are disposed toward an inside of the take out structure and open ends thereo... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7347959 | Information recording medium and method of manufacturing same Two substrates are simultaneously produced by an injection molding apparatus, and the injection-molded substrates are alternately arranged and cooled by a cooling apparatus. The cooling apparatus has a feed screw mechanism for feeding the alternately arranged substr... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7326046 | Multi-layer porous member for a post-molding molded article conditioning apparatus A cooling tube assembly for operating on a malleable molded plastic part. The cooling tube assembly comprising a porous tube/insert having a profiled inner conditioning surface, and a vacuum structure configured to cooperate with the porous tube. In use, the vacuum ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7285239 | Method 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 comprising the steps consisting in: making the part to be painted by a method of molding thermoplastic material in the cavity of a mold; ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285237 | Post processing three-dimensional objects formed by selective deposition modeling A method for removing supports from a three-dimensional objected formed by selective deposition modeling. The three-dimensional object is formed from a curable phase change material and the supports are formed from a non-curable phase change material. The curable ph... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7198478 | Method and apparatus of treating a disc plate A method of treating a disc plate. has the following operations of: molding a mold disc plate through an injection molding; and spinning the mold disc plate at a high spin speed. The spinning operation has at least one of the following two sub-operations of: reducin... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7150623 | Tablets containing heat sensitive materials and method for forming thereof The present invention provides a process and apparatus for preserving the potency of a tableted heat sensitive ingredient. The process includes the steps of forming the ingredient into a tablet and cooling the tablet for a sufficient time and at a sufficiently low t... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7135136 | Golf ball manufacturing method A method for reliably forming golf balls using solid cores is described. The method includes using a freezing apparatus to freeze a core. The core may be frozen at any desired temperature, for any desired duration. The time and duration may be chosen in order to ach... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7132065 | Process for manufacturing polymeric optical film A process for making an optical film includes stretching a polyolefin film in a first direction and stretching the polyolefin film in a second direction different than the first direction forming a biaxially stretched polyolefin film. At least a portion of the stret... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7056465 | Post mold cooling apparatus and method having transverse movement Post mold cooling apparatus and method having transverse movement preferably includes structure and/or steps for cooling a plurality of plastic articles molded on a row of mold cores. A post mold cooling device is provided having (i) a first row of cooling tubes con... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7037461 | Method of stretching film A method of stretching films in which all or a portion of the width of the film is cooled during or just after stretching so as to improve the uniformity of the film. The includes stretching a polymeric film in a tenter that grasps the film with a plurality of clips... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7011731 | Long nip press belt made from thermoplastic resin-impregnated fibers Provided is a method for manufacturing a papermaking belt structure using tapes made of a solid thermoplastic resin surrounding a fibrous matrix. The method calls for applying a layer of CD oriented tapes to a mandrel surface, then applying a layer of MD oriented ta... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7011783 | Cooling techniques in solid freeform fabrication A cooling system for removing heat from the layers of a three-dimensional object built in a layerwise manner from a build material in a solid freeform fabrication apparatus. The cooling system provides an air duct that delivers a uniform sheet of air flow over the l... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6969481 | Method for producing a pipe termination box from thermoplastic material A method is described for producing a pipe end socket (3) made of thermoplastic material with a sealing ring (5) which engages in a form-fitting manner on the inside of the socket in a circumferential bead (4) and which comprises a sealing part ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6957954 | Post-mold cooling apparatus The present invention relates to an improved method and apparatus for injection molding and cooling molded articles such as preforms so as to avoid crystallinity. The apparatus and method make use of a take-off plate for removing articles from a mold, which plate ma... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6953545 | Method for producing contoured vehicle floor mats having integrally formed nibs A method of producing contoured vehicle floor mats having integrally formed nibs. The sheet is formed by a nib forming roll in an extrusion roll stack having a plurality of indentions. The nibbed sheet is placed onto the thermoform mold with the nibs directed away f... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6936205 | Method of making golf balls The present invention is directed to a method of making a golf ball including the steps of cooling a golf ball subassembly such that the golf ball subassembly undergoes a volumetric reduction, and applying a cover layer over the volumetrically reduced golf ball suba... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6936206 | Synthetic resin molding mold, apparatus for and method of adjusting a temperature of the mold There is provided an arrangement of a mold including a mold base (1), a cavity block (2) provided within the mold base (1), a heat insulating layer (5) provided between the mold base (1) and the cavity block (2), and a syste... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6916441 | Post processing three-dimensional objects formed by solid freeform fabrication A method for removing supports from a three-dimensional object formed by solid freeform fabrication. The three-dimensional object and support structure both contain a phase change component in order to achieve the desired phase change characteristics needed for disp... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6881374 | Method for induction lamination of electrically conductive fiber reinforced composite materials A method and apparatus for forming laminate composite structures. At least two laminae, each containing electrically conductive reinforcing fibers, are placed upon each other in contacting relationship to form a generally layered structure. The layered structure may... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6875380 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing plastic optical element and plastic optical element A method for manufacturing an optical element, such as a plastic lens or similar, by molding. The manufacturing method includes the steps of molding the plastic lens under a prescribed molding temperature higher than a glass transition level of the plastic material ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6845623 | Cooling system for molded plastic fuel tanks In a method of cooling a tank molded from thermoplastic plastic material, a molded tank is received from a metallic die assembly at a temperature somewhat lower than a melting point of the plastic material, the molded tank is retained in a jig frame, and cooling wat... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6835340 | Process for producing multilayer molded article A method for producing a multilayer molded article in which an skin material having nap on the outer surface thereof is integrally molded with a substrate of a synthetic resin, using a mold comprising a pair of male and female mold halves. In this method, after the ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6818167 | Method of manufacturing rubber crawler In a method of manufacturing a rubber crawler through a first vulcanization step and a second vulcanization step using an upper mold, a middle mold and a lower mold, at least the middle mold is heated at each vulcanization step, and a vulcanizing circumferential len... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6811638 | Method for controlling retraction of composite materials The present invention provides a process for heat treatment of non-woven composite elastic material including a non-woven elastic layer; a non-woven gatherable layer. The process includes stretching the material, heating the material and cooling the material. The ma... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6783710 | Method for the production of expandable plastics granulate Apparatus and method for the production of expandable plastics granulate (C). A plastics melt (A′) is impregnated by a fluid blowing agent (B), which is, at an elevated pressure within a predetermined pressure range, only partly soluble in the melt. The method com... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6770239 | Method for localized preform cooling outside the mold An apparatus and method for providing targeted cooling to a pre-molded article, such as a preform. A cooling pin is inserted into the preform such that it makes contact with targeted area, such as the mold gate area. This permits conductive cooling of the targeted a... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6767493 | Rubber crawler producing method It is to provide a method of manufacturing a rubber crawler which enhances a degree of freedom in the handling in a vulcanization-shaping of a crawler part and largely improves vulcanization shapability and operability and facilitates an arrangement of an auxiliary ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6752948 | Post processing three-dimensional objects formed by selective deposition modeling A method for removing supports from a three-dimensional objected formed by selective deposition modeling. The three-dimensional object is formed from a curable phase change material and the supports are formed from a non-curable phase change material. The curable ph... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6743390 | Stress release method A method of treating a flexible multi-layer member exhibiting a glass transition temperature and including a surface layer, the method composed of: moving the member through a member path including: a contact zone defined by contact of the member with an arcuate sur... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6685857 | Method of refurbishing thermoplastic drums A method and apparatus for repairing or refurbishing thermoplastic drums, by which a damaged drum, or at least a damaged portion thereof, is heated until it reaches a softened state and is then drawn over a template, or mold, having the substantially the ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6676886 | Pipe belling process An improved pipe belling process is shown which features a mandrel having a specially designed backup or forming collar. The backup collar has an exposed lip portion which forms a complimentary angle with the outer sloped surface of the gasket which it ab... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6638619 | Method for producing a granulate from a melt A process for the production of tablet-shaped granular material from a melt, in which (i) a melt is prepared, (ii) the prepared melt is shaped to droplets, (iii) the droplets are deposited on a cooling surface, and (iv) the deposited droplets solidi... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6638455 | Internal cooling with liquid gas In a method for the internal cooling of a rotating object (4), liquid gas from at least one inlet channel (61) in a fixed object (5) is pressed into a ring-shaped groove (62) located between the fixed object (5) and the rotating object (4). From the ring-... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6627220 | Tablets containing heat sensitive materials and method for forming thereof The present invention provides a process and apparatus for preserving the potency of a tableted heat sensitive ingredient. The process includes the steps of forming the ingredient into a tablet and cooling the tablet for a sufficient time and at a suffici... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6613253 | Deformation correcting method, cutting method, deformation correcting apparatus and cutting apparatus for sheet materials A decurl apparatus includes a heating device to heat an image recording carrier web at a constant temperature, which exceeds the glass transition temperature of a support for a constant time period; and a cooling device for subsequent cooling of the image... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6585918 | Process for modifying a uniformity of a tire A process for modifying a uniformity of a tire comprising a radial carcass ply of rubberized organic fiber cords is modifications of radial force variation (RFV) and conicity force (COF), which is carried out by dividing RFV- or COF-rejected tire into two... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6565780 | Method for the continuous production of organically bonded boards of ligneous material A method is provided for making ligneous material boards into an endless board strand with a continuously operating press. The press includes two flexible endless steel belts which take the press material between them and carry it through the press. The s... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6558598 | Post-mold cooling method The present invention relates to an improved method and apparatus for injection molding and cooling molded articles such as preforms so as to avoid crystallinity. The apparatus and method make use of a take-off plate for removing articles from a mold, whi... | 05/06/2003 |