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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7407376 | Compression molding apparatus Apparatus for compression molding plastic articles includes a plurality of molds mounted for travel around a first axis. Each mold includes an upper mold section and a lower mold section, with at least one of the upper and lower mold sections being moveable in a non... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7279438 | Coated insulation board or batt An insulation composite for attenuating energy or sound transmission has a body layer of insulating material with a roughly textured face and a uniform thickness solid cover layer permanently embedded in the body layer to a partial depth so that material of the body... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275857 | Apparatus for treating plastics material A device for treating plastics material, in particular thermoplastic plastics material, has a receiving container (1) which has a base (15) and lateral walls (14). In the receiving container at least [one] disc (17) is arranged close to t... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7247014 | Compression molding machine A compression molding machine includes a support mounted for rotation around an axis and a plurality of angularly spaced molds disposed around the support. Each of the molds includes a first mold segment and a second mold segment. At least one of the mold segments i... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7207152 | Method for handling, labeling and filling syringes An inventive method, system and apparatus are provided for syringe handling, and more particularly, for syringe labeling, filling and capping operations. To facilitate syringe handling, an inventive apparatus includes a plurality of syringe bodies interconnected in ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7156642 | Dough rolling apparatus and method An improved dough-rolling apparatus and method for rolling sheeted dough. The proposed invention comprises a dough-rolling apparatus having a dough sheeter, a sheeting conveyor having a ramped section, a roll-initiating curtain positioned above the ramped section, a... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7128853 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a rubber sheet containing short fibers A method and apparatus for manufacturing a rubber sheet containing short fibers. The method includes the steps of: mixing short fibers in a flowable rubber matrix; forming the flowable rubber matrix with the fibers therein into a cylindrical shape with a circumferen... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124673 | Horizontal cutter of double-bodied bottles attached to each other at the neck A horizontal cutter of double-bodied bottles attached to each other at a neck which comprises means (2) for advancing the bottles (3) and a cutting device (1) of the neck of the bottles. The cutting device (1) comprises a pair of blades (... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7060314 | Method of and apparatus for producing endless rolls of a resilient foodstuff A method of and an apparatus for producing endless rolls of a resilient foodstuff, as well as a product in the form of a roll of hard cheese is provided. The method comprises supplying a layer (7) of the resilient foodstuff in a supply plane and against a fir... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6952988 | Method and apparatus for trimming containers Method and apparatus for trimming a container having an open end wherein the container is held during the trimming operation, including a multi-station assembly for holding the container to be trimmed stationary during trimming, ejecting the trimmed portion and ejec... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6928913 | Method and apparatus for trimming containers Method and apparatus for trimming a container having an open end wherein the container is held during the trimming operation, including a multi-station assembly for holding the container to be trimmed stationary during trimming, ejecting the trimmed portion and ejec... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6838040 | Method for weakening a portion of a web A method for weakening a portion of a web includes moving a web in a machine direction between at least a first location and a second location, wherein the second location is positioned downstream of the first location, forming a line of weakness in the web at the f... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6780000 | Apparatus for making meatballs and the like Apparatus is provided herein for making a plurality of spherical products, e.g., meat balls. The apparatus includes a base. A tray support platform is mounted on the base for tethered buffetted motion with respect to the base. A tray having an upper non-stick surfac... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6619946 | Apparatus for trimming and performing a second operation on plastic containers An apparatus and method for trimming and performing a second operation on containers, such as plastic containers. The apparatus comprises modular container processing stations. One modular station is a pretrim station including a starwheel, blade, and rol... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6568932 | Device and method for forming vegetable fiber material A device and method for forming tableware from biodegradable vegetable fibers includes a device for punching a sheet of vegetable fibers into a preset shape and forming final products from the vegetable fibers. The device and method include a humidifier f... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6478568 | Method and apparatus for compression molding plastic articles A method and apparatus for compression molding plastic articles such as closures include a plurality of tools mounted in opposed pairs with the tools of each pair including opposed male and female mold sections. The tool pairs are mounted for motion in an... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6406284 | Food portion forming A method of forming consumer portions from a block of frozen foodstuff is described, in which similarly sized sections of the frozen block are removed by severing for shaping into the differently shaped consumer portions under pressure between tooling of ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6398993 | Method and apparatus for producing synthetic resin films A film production process having a film tentering step and a recovering step, characterized by detecting the side edge positions of the film running toward the recovering step, transferring the film running direction based on the detected information, and... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6270334 | Device for automatic insertion of a strip of synthetic film into a transverse drawing machine This device ensures insertion of a film into the entrance of a transverse drawing machine, leaving a longitudinal drawing machine. This device includes a fixed cylinder with an axis perpendicular to the travel axis of the film, located upstream of the ent... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6179602 | Apparatus and method for delivering an adhesive sheet into a mold A support assembly, a knife support assembly operatively linked with the support assembly, and a control system assembly operatively linked with the support assembly and with the knife support assembly deliver an adhesive sheet into a mold. The support as... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6168817 | Method for the continuous production of three-dimensional snacks and apparatus for performing the method A method for the continuous production of semifinished parts for three-dimensional snacks made from potatoes, cereals or the like, comprising, after preparing two layers of a gelled semifinished compound of the components and/or other starchy ingredients,... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6136360 | Twist-shaped products and method and apparatus for manufacturing the same A method and apparatus for readily mass-producing twist-shaped food products. The method is characterized in that cut V-shaped food materials are formed into twist-shaped products by being passed through a cut-spreading/transport apparatus, a twist-provid... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5989480 | Apparatus for molding patterned product and method of molding patterned product An apparatus for manufacturing a decorated molded product includes a first clamping device for pressing an insert film to a parting face of a fixed mold to enclose a cavity and an injection gate. The fixed mold has a vacuum suction port and the injection ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5914080 | Method and apparatus for the in-line production and conversion of composite strand material into a composite product A method and apparatus is provided for the in-line production of composite strand material and the conversion of at least a portion of the strand material into a composite product. The apparatus (10) includes a combining station (48) where glass fibers (1... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5707581 | Apparatus and method for producing patterned molded articles An apparatus for producing patterned molded articles includes an injection mold composed of a first mold and a second mold, an unwind roll for unwinding a continuity of pattern film, a film introducing device for introducing the pattern film unwound from ... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5693276 | Method for extruding synthetic welding material, as well as a welding device for welding synthetic material for carrying out this method A method for extruding synthetic welding material using a welding device for synthetic welding material for the purpose of producing welding seams is characterized by the following features: a) A plastic wire is drawn by a feed device into the welding device (... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5569424 | Method and apparatus for recycling waste composite material A method and apparatus for recycling waste composite materials. The method includes prechopping cured waste composite materials into manageably sized strips, conditioning the prechopped strips into resin particulate and loose fibers having a length of app... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5565164 | Method and apparatus for densifying a thermoplastic polymer A method and apparatus for densifying a thermoplastic polymer are disclosed. Particles of a thermoplastic polymer are introduced into a chamber, suspended with a fluid flow in the chamber, and while suspended, the particles are heated and softened to form... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5562927 | Soap forming toy There is disclosed a soap forming toy including a shaving mechanism for removing thin leafs or small pieces from an existing piece of solid soap. The thin leafs of solid soap are then mixed with water to produce a paste-like soap material. The paste-like ... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5536154 | Apparatus for treating thermoplastic synthetic plastics material An apparatus for pre-treatment of thermoplastic synthetic plastics material, for example polyester waste, comprises at least two receptacles (1,13) disposed in series following each other, in each one of which receptacles a comminuting or mixing tool (5) ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5507634 | Molding machine A molding machine has a mold material supply device, a die setting device, a separating device and a deburring device. The supply device includes a mold material feeding device, an extruding device for receiving a mold material from the mold material feed... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5505815 | Apparatus for molding nonwoven web into molded form A molded cushioning article is made by stuffing a bulky, tape-form nonwoven web such as sliver in a mold cavity and thereafter heat-treating the thus-formed molded form to fusion-bond intersecting points of fibers. Stuffing of the tape-form nonwoven web i... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5474436 | Apparatus for shaping the center space of toilet rolls A method and apparatus for shaping the center space of toilet rolls by inserting a shaping core into each end of the center space, and then withdrawing the cores. The diameter of each shaping core decreases toward the front end of the core.... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5409367 | Apparatus for cutting and positioning dough in a pan An apparatus and method for cutting a sheet of dough and delivering a cut dough portion to a surface of a pan. A cutting ring having a cutting edge is positioned on an upper surface of a pan. A sheet of dough above at least a surface of the pan is pressed... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5401457 | Process for forming a color coated article A color coated article is formed by applying a color coated material to an injection mold having mold halves, a mold cavity edge and a mold cavity therein for the formation of an injection molded article, and injecting molten plastic into the mold cavity ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5368464 | Ultrasonic apparatus for cutting and placing individual chips of light lock material The present invention relates to a novel method and apparatus for cutting small pieces of fabric by means of an ultrasonic horn and a hollow open centered cutting anvil. The cutting operation includes a pick mechanism incorporating two tapered pins and a ... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5308236 | Apparatus for forming noodle bundles An apparatus for forming noodle bundles by folding strands of noodles, suspending the folded noodle strands from the apparatus at an intermediate position of the folded noodle strands and folding them again. The twice-folded noodles are then rotated by th... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5273418 | Molding machine A molding machine has a mold material supply, a die setting assembly, separating and de-burring assemblies. The supply includes a mold material feed, an extruder for receiving a mold material from the mold material feed and extruding the mold material so ... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5267848 | Apparatus for manufacturing sheets For the purpose of mass-producing sheet pallets made of a synthetic resin with a high productivity and without difficulty, an apparatus for manufacturing sheets is provided, which apparatus includes a process (1001) to feed sheet materials in a predetermi... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5259750 | Apparatus for cutting and positioning dough in a pan An apparatus for cutting a sheet of dough and delivering a cut dough portion to a surface of a pan. A cutting ring having a cutting edge is positioned on an upper surface of a pan. A sheet of dough above at least a surface of the pan is pressed against th... | 11/09/1993 |
