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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360483 | Device for the guidance of lower rams A device for the guidance of lower rams across the lower-ram head in a rotor-type rotary press in the area of a filling device wherein a charging cam is disposed between an ejector cam which precedes as viewed in the direction of production and a proportioning cam a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7320774 | Method for providing multiple tile shapes or appearances of the same According to various embodiments, methods, apparatuses, and products are provided that use an S-shaped die mold and a scoring/knifing process to produce two types of dies (S-shaped tiles and C-shaped tiles) from the S-shaped tile mold. The scoring/knifing process fo... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7267543 | Gated feed shoe A feed shoe having at least one feed chamber with an open bottom portion and an open front portion whereat a gate is provided. The gate can be vertically adjustable and can have a lower edge defining a leading edge of the feed chamber, wherein the leading edge can h... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7252120 | Powder feed apparatus, system and method A powder feed apparatus and method for increasing the rate of flow of powder fed through a powder feed system to a powder press. The apparatus includes a housing having a powder feed chamber, with a powder ingress opening and a powder egress opening, and at least on... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7198429 | Segmented concrete screed A segmented concrete screed for screeding concrete on a concrete casting bed includes a plurality of individual screed units each of which may be raised and lowered independently of the others such that screeding operations may selectively bypass obstructions in the... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191999 | Variable height sideforms An improvement to concrete casting machines of the casting bed type in which the side forms are constructed and arranged to stay in an upright position at all times but may be raised and lowered. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7025582 | Apparatus for pressure molding articles made of plastics, such as caps for closing a container and the like An apparatus for compression molding plastic articles, comprising at least one molding unit composed of an upper punch and a lower mold provided with a cavity for molding the articles, the punch and mold being aligned with each other and movable between a spaced pos... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018194 | Powder supplying apparatus and powder molding apparatus A powder molding apparatus comprises a mold comprising a die having a powder molding space and upper and lower punch units, and a compression driving mechanism for performing compression molding by driving the upper and lower punch units independently, wherein molde... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6974317 | Lightweight concrete composite blocks An apparatus for manufacturing lightweight concrete composite blocks includes a form, a station conveyor, a form-loading station, a form assembly station, a curing oven, and a block removal station. The station conveyor conveys the form or a multitude of forms aroun... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6955014 | Insulated concrete cast panels with voids in billits A method for casting hollow core concrete panels includes the use of raft connectors to hold a plurality of spaced foam billets in place during the manufacture to create panel or plank with spaced foam-filled cores. The panels include billets that form longitudinal ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6827570 | Method and apparatus for manufacture of unitary lightweight concrete composite blocks A method and apparatus for manufacturing unitary concrete blocks includes a form that defines the desired shape of the unitary concrete block. A form loading station delivers a lightweight concrete composite into the form. A station conveyor conveys the form from th... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6736626 | Pressed earth block machine A machine makes blocks from pressed earth. A feed drawer having an open lower end and filled with loose earth is moved laterally across a planar surface into registration over a breech. A press foot is lowered to a level in the breech to receive loose earth from the... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6684913 | Method for loading ceramic tile forming moulds, plant for its implementation, and tiles obtained thereby Method for loading ceramic moulds presenting a die plate having at least one forming cavity in which a die is slidingly received, comprising the following operative steps for each complete loading cycle: preparing a powder layer at least the upper part of... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6623264 | Unit for making pre-shaped absorbent pads for sanitary items A unit for making pre-shaped absorbent pads for sanitary items is equipped with a continuous conveyor belt with an operating branch which defines a line for pad forming and feed; the branch extends along a straight path, along which there are three succes... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6619945 | Apparatus for forming structural blocks from compactible materials A machine for making building blocks from compactible materials such as earth, in a rapid and facile manner. A mold is provided in which the blocks of desired configuration, typically rectangular, are formed. A hydraulic ram, assisted by a pressure intens... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6302675 | Pressed earth block machine A makes blocks from pressed earth. A press foot is raised to a first level even with an open upper end of a breech. A feed drawer having an open lower end and filled with loose earth is moved laterally across a planar surface into registration over the br... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6213754 | Apparatus for manufacturing concrete masonry units A cementitious composition for the molding of ultra-lightweight, durable, large structural units comprising Portland cement, coal combustion byproducts, expanded or extruded polystyrene and water, and a modified block machine used in the manufacture of su... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6177039 | Method for forming concrete products A mold box is flexibly mounted to a product forming machine having upper and lower vertically displaceable beams. A feed drawer dispenses concrete material into the mold box while a vibration system vertically vibrates the mold box while dampening horizon... | 01/23/2001 |
| 5820802 | Tile making machine and method A roof tile making machine and its method of operation. The reinforcement ribs on the underside of a concrete roofing tile are formed during their manufacture by directing mortar into recesses in a pallet on which the tile is made, with a compactor means ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5779953 | Method and a device for making concrete products A method and a slide casting apparatus for casting concrete products. Concrete is fed into a mold through a feeding hopper (9) fitted above the mould. The feeding hopper (9) is moved so that the vertical component of the path of motion of the hopper's bot... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5578327 | Plastering machine A plastering machine is formed to apply and compact cement-sand mortar plaster onto a vertical wall surface. A container (30) for holding and applying mortar is attached to a frame assembly moveable along both a vertical axis and horizontal axis. The cont... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5576031 | Molding apparatus for patterned shaped article A molding apparatus for patterned shaped articles includes a form constituted of at least one partition member defining the boundary of the pattern to be produced, a peripheral frame surrounding the partition member at a prescribed spacing therefrom and a... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5509759 | Prestressed concrete piling A round , prestressed concrete pile having front and back flat portions and a method and apparatus for manufacturing the piles. The apparatus comprises essentially a plurality of horizontally placed piling molds and a concrete feeder and spreader. The con... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5213816 | Polymer coated powder heating and feeding system for a compacting press A system for heating and feeding polymer coated powder to a heated die cavity of a compacting press. The system includes at least one heated vertical pipe for heating the polymer coated powder and for delivering the polymer coated powder by gravity from s... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5076985 | Method for forming ceiling tile A process for consistently making ceiling tiles having uniform density and surface texture includes using a conveyor along which trays are moved in a generally horizontal direction. A feeder box is used to deposit pulp in the trays, the pulp being compris... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5074774 | Weight scaling material supplying apparatus for a powder molding machine A material supplying apparatus for a powder molding machine including a press table, a charger frame movable to reciprocate on the press table, a device for reciprocating the charger frame, a material inputting device provided on the charger frame into wh... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5035592 | Apparatus for concrete supply and form vibration A method and an apparatus for setting up a concrete form for the subsequent forming of a concrete member therein and for continuously supplying a concrete form with concrete. The apparatus for setting up the concrete form includes a deck brush for cleanin... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5013230 | Apparatus for making a shrimp-shaped food product Apparatus for producing shrimp-shaped food products and a food product produced by the apparatus. The apparatus includes a split mold having a cavity shaped as a shelled-shrimp-shaped product. The mold has an injection opening for injecting a minced fish ... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4872823 | Apparatus for forming a columnar reinforcement in a concrete wall panel Apparatus for forming a concrete panel for constructing a wall of a building in which a reinforcing column of concrete is integrally formed therewith. The apparatus has a hopper in which cement is poured. Depending from the hopper is an inverted U-shaped ... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4832587 | Device for manufacturing bricks A device for manufacturing bricks with smooth side surfaces includes a conveyor carrying a plurality of mould containers past a releasing material applying mechanism, a container filling and trimming member, and a brick ejection station. Each mould contai... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4824358 | Resin molding die A rotary block having a gate is rotatably mounted within either one of stationary or movable die plates so that the gate forms a resin passage interconnected to a molding cavity in the stationary die plate in the mold closing state. A gate slug which is i... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4799873 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing truck bodies A machine for manufacturing a unitary glass fibre reinforced body shell includes a carriage which is movable along the mold and a turntable which is mounted on a carriage for rotation about a first axis extending in the direction of longitudinal movement ... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4773841 | Plate thickness adjusting apparatus in photosensitive resin plate making machine An apparatus for adjusting the thickness of a resin plate formed in a resin plate making machine comprising stacked, wedge-shaped members, each wedge-shaped member having an inclined surface slidably contacting the other inclined surface, the top most mem... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4758148 | Manufacture of concrete tiles In manufacturing concrete tiles a stiff concrete mass is molded and heavily compacted by means of a rapidly rotating pressing roller on sheet metal molding trays, which during the molding operation are supported by carriers having relief-like supporting s... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4725216 | Masonry manufacture A machine for making bricks and paving blocks, including a turntable having four moulds; a drive unit for rotating the turntable between work stations; a mixing chamber for raw materials; a hopper to receive mixed raw materials and to deliver them to each... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4467969 | On-line reclaim system An improved method and machine for reclaiming in an on-line configuration both oriented and unoriented film produced on an extrusion line, in general, and an improved means within an on-line reclaim system for transferring both virgin resin and chopped re... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4457682 | Machine for casting concrete members A machine for casting concrete panels. The machine disclosed casts hollow core concrete panels in a single casting operation utilizing a slipform technique to fill cores with core material which can be dumped from the core after curing of the concrete has... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4369153 | Machine for casting concrete members A machine for casting concrete panels. The machine disclosed casts hollow core concrete panels in a single casting operation utilizing a slipform technique to fill cores with core material which can be dumped from the core after curing of the concrete has... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4314773 | High density concrete placer A high density concrete placer is longitudinally translatable along a pair of parallel oriented support rails positioned adjacent to an area in which wet concrete has been poured. The concrete placer includes a bridge having first and second ends and firs... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4298326 | Molding apparatus Improvements in molding apparatus and method for forming a plurality of patties from a mass of agglomerable edible material such as, chopped meat, fish, poultry, vegetables, or the like. The molding apparatus includes a rotatable turret having a plurality... | 11/03/1981 |
