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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7651327 | Production line for producing sheets based on hydraulic binder and method of manufacturing the same A production line for producing sheets based on hydraulic binder, the production line including in an upstream zone of the production line, marking device for marking a facing material of the preform with a mark; in a downstream zone of the production line, detectin... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7422424 | Device and method for shaping a foil strip Apparatus for the forming of a strip, formable at increased temperature, in particular of a strip consisting of thermoplastic, in a continuous run on the surface of a rotating drum which is to be heated and/or to be cooled in predetermined stationary regions. In ord... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7384256 | Screw feeder for roller compactor machine A screw feeder is provided for a powder roller compactor machine. The machine includes a hopper for holding powder and a pair of rollers for compacting the powder. A screw feeder transfers powder from the hopper to the rollers. The screw feeder includes an upper tap... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7367794 | Heating and cooling roller In a cooling roller which cools a molten resin strip discharged from a die, a temperature of a place where a resin comes into contact with the cooling roller, and that of a place where the resin is detached from the cooling roller are individually controlled. The co... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364676 | Slurry spreader for cementitious board production The invention provides a board forming system comprising a forming table comprising a belt with a surface for conveying a backing layer; a mixer fitted with a mechanism capable of depositing cementitious slurry material over a top surface of the backing layer; and a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361401 | Surface coverings containing fused recycled material and processes of making the same A backing or an intermediate layer for a surface covering is described which comprises a fused recycled material, wherein the material comprises a thermoplastic material, for instance, a vinyl material from a vinyl backed carpet or vinyl backed carpet manufacturing ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7322814 | Film or sheet forming apparatus To form a film or sheet relatively thin and needing a high degree of precision in thickness, such as for an optical use, while suppressing temperature fluctuations at one side opposite to the other side in contact with an outer peripheral surface of a roll (11 | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314141 | Folding belt filter A belt filter for effecting separation of liquid from solids where, at the collection zone, a filter belt or belts is changed shape so as to provide a supporting shape to bold liquid, which is then fed into a nipping zone. In an embodiment there is a single belt use... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7293594 | Process for the production of sandwich elements from reactive plastics material The invention relates to a process for the production of sandwich elements (so-called panels), in which the rising reactive mixture is guided, when it rises, through guide elements arranged between the upper and lower outer layers. This process produces void-free pa... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7278842 | Apparatus for the production of polyurethane sandwich elements The present invention relates to a process for the continuous production of polyurethane sandwich elements comprising an upper outer layer and a lower outer layer and a layer of cellular polyurethane lying in between, which is firmly bonded to the outer layers. This... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275290 | Touch fasteners Molded male touch fastener components, and methods of making such components are disclosed. Components include multiple, discrete features that extend laterally from a common side of an upper end of a formation, for engagement of loops. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7241341 | Method and apparatus for two dimensional assembly of particles A method and an apparatus (10) for making thin layers from particles, wherein the particles are deposited on a carrier fluid flowing by gravity along a ramp (12) leading to a dam (18). The particles are held back at the bottom of the ramp (12... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7225818 | Water spraying device and system for dishwashers Water spraying systems for a dishwasher including water spraying devices for mounting on the ceiling, dish rack and a rotating spray arm of a dishwasher for effectively spraying water throughout the dishwasher cabinet. The device includes a housing on which a spinne... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7217119 | Fastener molding The invention relates to fastener molding. In one aspect, a molding apparatus for forming a sheet-form fastener product includes a first ring defining a plurality of voids extending inwardly from a circumferential surface of the ring. The voids are circumferentially... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7204882 | Polyurethane resin coating device A polyurethane resin coating device includes a material mixing unit for mixing materials to have them reacted to form polyurethane resin liquid mixture. Subsequently, the polyurethane resin liquid mixture flows downward to a pressuring and sending unit to be mixed a... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7186107 | Film casting apparatus for use in manufacturing a protective film for a polarizing plate A pipe for supplying a dope to a co-casting die consists of a gooseneck portion connected to a feed block of the co-casting die, and a straight pipe portion connected to the gooseneck portion. The gooseneck portion has a radius of curvature of 50 mm to 400 mm, and t... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7179410 | Foam plastics manufacturing method and machine Production of foamed materials in a horizontal machine, and said machine itself, reactants being fed to a conveyor at one end of the machine and foam produced being removed at the other end, wherein the foam is generated in an expansion chamber defined at its inlet ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7160093 | Apparatus for continuously producing artificial marble Disclosed is an apparatus for continuously producing an artificial marble plate capable of simultaneously and uniformly hardening a raw material compound for an artificial marble plate, preventing the warpage of the artificial marble plate, and improving heat transm... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156644 | Saddle and sheeting head using the same A saddle for a sheeting head includes a pair of semi-circular concave edges configured to seal a pair of rollers. The oppositely facing concave edges each include a tongue that fits in a corresponding groove in the roller and a retracted concave edge adapted to wrap... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7138077 | Process and installation for the production of foam in a continuous slabstock foam process The invention relates to an installation and a process for the production of foam in a continuous block foam process in which the height of a foam-forming mixture along a conveyor is measured and a correcting variable as a function of deviation of the actual height ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128802 | Manufacturing method of compressible printing layer and manufacturing method of blanket for printing The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a compressible printing layer, comprising a vulcanizing step comprising a first heating process in which one surface of a compressible printing layer including an unvulcanized compressible layer containing mic... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7118362 | Pellet-type foams of non-crosslinked polypropylene resin having lower melting point and process and device for producing the same and molded foams therefrom The present invention relates to a pellet-type non-crosslinked polypropylene foam having a melting point of 125 to 140° C., and a process and device for producing said foam. Since the pellet-type foams of non-crosslinked polypropylene of the present invention has a... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7101163 | Process and apparatus for the continuous production of slabstock foam Slabstock foam free of cavities can be produced without any restriction, i.e. also from rapidly reacting chemical systems, by introducing the liquid reaction mixture from underneath, in front of, and/or through an optionally swivellable floor plate, wherein the floo... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7052638 | Hook and loop fastener Forming a fastener component having heads constructed to engage loops formed e.g. of fibers of a mating component, comprises forming, from a thermoformable material, a preform product having a sheet-form base and an array of preform stems integrally molded with and ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7033632 | Casting food products to controlled dimensions A device and process for adjustably controlling the dimensions of an extruded food product cast into a sheet using, for example, a pressure manifold mounted on a casting belt, or a chill roll/gauge roller combination. ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029265 | Apparatus for producing plastic panels with undercut An apparatus for the continuous and nondestructive production of plastic panels which are provided with undercut anchoring studs, web profiles or other forms of attachment (28) on one or both surfaces comprises a temperature-controlled chill roll (11),... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6994533 | Extruder with condenser A method and apparatus for producing microporous films. The method utilizes a casting surface and a condensing surface. The condensing surface is spaced from the casting surface to form a gap. The distance between the surfaces forming the gap is relatively small and... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6990791 | Encapsulation machine with valved injection wedge This invention relates to a method and apparatus for forming soft capsules and provides novel processing flexibility. The apparatus comprises a three-way valve injector wedge. This injector wedge allows for set-up of the encapsulation machine with a placebo fill and... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6936201 | Surface coverings containing fused recycled material and processes of making the same A backing or an intermediate layer for a surface covering is described which comprises a fused recycled material, wherein the material comprises a thermoplastic material, for instance, a vinyl material from a vinyl backed carpet or vinyl backed carpet manufacturing ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6908578 | Foam application by an apparatus for two-dimensional travel The invention relates to the production of foamed sandwich elements including skins joined by a frame. In applying the foam in a cassette formed by the frame and one of the skins the invention provides for use of an applicator having a two-dimensional movable discha... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908580 | Method and device for producing synthetic panels with undercut, one-piece extensions and a synthetic panel of this type An apparatus for the continuous and nondestructive production of plastic panels which are provided with undercut anchoring studs, web profiles or other forms of attachments (28) on one or both surfaces comprises a temperature-controlled chill roll (11)... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6884060 | Apparatus for manufacturing encapsulated products This invention relates to a method and apparatus for forming soft capsules and provides novel processing flexibility. The apparatus includes extrusion dies as an alternative to spreader boxes and the use of melt-on-demand technology to enhance the long term stabilit... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6866492 | Gypsum board forming device A gypsum board forming device having a gypsum forming station including two laterally disposed edger shoes, and at least one laterally disposed edger bar clamping element on the edger bar. In one embodiment a laterally extending forming plate extends over the top su... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6848897 | Device and method for forming anisotropic films This invention pertains to technology of fabricating thin films featuring anisotropic properties such as: optical, magnetic, electric conductivity and others. In particular, this invention is related to devices for obtaining polarizing films from liquid-crystalline ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6846552 | Highly flexible thin agglomerate sheets or panels and process and plant for production of the same A plant (10) for the production of highly flexible and relatively thin sheets or panels (38) of agglomerate material comprising: a mixer crusher (12), a hopper (15) designed to accept the crushed and rolled material (24) and to tra... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6821106 | Roller die preformer for wide extrusions A roller die preformer for use in an extrusion system to form wide extruded components, such as a rubber tire tread, on a surface of a roller. The roller die preformer includes a flow inlet, a flow outlet and a laterally expanding flow channel extending from the flo... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6780354 | Method for casting using a casting head having a variably displaceable cavity surface A method employing a casting head having a variably displaceable cavity surface. The casting head comprises a cavity, at least partially formed by plurality of surfaces, including a carrier surface adjacent the cavity, and a variably displaceable drive surface for c... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6767500 | Film formation method capable of preventing fluctuation of ribbon A film is formed by casting a ribbon on a support from a flow cast die while pulling said ribbon toward said support by providing a decompression area. The decompression area is divided into a middle portion, a left portion and a right portion. Degrees of decompress... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6749417 | Method and apparatus for producing ceramic green sheet A method for producing ceramic green sheets allows the foreign substances on the surface of a carrier film to be reliably removed, prevents fluctuation of the path line when a carrier film is transferred by a foreign substance removal device, and enables a ceramic g... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6740282 | Method and device for magnetic alignment of fibres Magnetizable fibers dispersed in a viscous body, particularly reinforcing metal fibers dispersed in a wet cementitious material, is carried out by providing a fiber aligning member (15) having a nonmagnetic wall (17) including a first wall portion (... | 05/25/2004 |
