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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8007268 | Clamp assembly for clamping injection molding component A clamp assembly includes a base, a clamp, a cutting blade, and a connecting shaft. The clamp includes a first claw pivotably connected to the base via a first rotating shaft, and a second claw movable relative to the first claw and pivotably connected to the base v... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7393201 | System and apparatus for manufacturing thermoplastic micropellets A highly efficient pelletizing system for making thermoplastic micropellets includes and extruder for extruding molten thermoplastic into thermoplastic strands. A rotor cuts the strands into micropellets. The rotor has more than four teeth per inch and operates at a... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7364437 | Electronic device housing The invention includes techniques for mounting a printed circuit board (PCB) on a housing for an electronic device. The housing includes a top cover that combines with a base to form an internal space within the housing. The PCB has at least one tab that extends fro... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7293971 | Apparatus for making loose fill elements and element made thereby A packaging element is formed with a cross-section including a central portion, a first leg extending from one end of the central portion and a second leg extending from the opposite end of the central portion that is directed toward the first leg to at least partia... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7220113 | Gauge distribution apparatus for plastic film Gauge distribution apparatus for plastic film has a frame, a rotor mounted on the frame for sequential reversed rotation about a substantially vertical axis, and at least one slot in the rotor through which two lengths of plastic film can pass upwardly with spaced a... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7156650 | Device for removing an injection molded substrate from an injection mold A device for removing an injection-molded substrate with attached sprue from an injection mold having half-molds, in particular a substrate for optical data carriers, includes a lever that can swing in and out of a position between the half-molds of the injection mo... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152514 | Fiber chopper apparatus and method A chopper for chopping fibers or fiber strands having a back up roll and a blade roll containing blades that work against a peripheral surface of the back up roll and a method of using is disclosed. The chopper has a number of improved features for reducing the freq... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7101506 | Takeout and transfer apparatus and method for a wheel blow molding machine Apparatus and method for transferring hollow blow molded articles from a vertically disposed wheel blow molding machine to a horizontally-disposed takeaway conveyor. Each mold on the wheel releases multiple blown articles at the six o'clock position on the wheel suc... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097798 | Equipment and method for manufacturing honeycomb structural body An apparatus for molding a honeycomb structure provided with an extruder for the honeycomb structure capable of extruding a honeycomb structure in the gravity direction or an oblique direction at an angle of smaller than 30° with the gravity direction and at least ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6994816 | Equipment and method for manufacturing honeycomb structural body An apparatus for producing a honeycomb structure having an extruder, at least one cradle and a cutting device comprising a small-gage wire for cutting the honeycomb structure and a notching member; said cradle is provided with a means capable of moving the honeycomb... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6979418 | Method to create irregular edge decorative blocks A method to create blocks having a weathered and aged look by modifying the blocks before they are cured. Green blocks exiting a block forming machine are conveyed along a path past brush elements which scrub block mix from the upper longitudinal corners of the form... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6905703 | Filled edible product, and system and method for production of a filled edible product An edible product in accordance with the present invention involves an edible inner component made from a first material and an edible outer cover component substantially completely encapsulating the edible inner component. In one form of the invention, the inner co... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6808378 | Device for the production of moldings of plastic reinforced with long fibers Plastic moldings reinforced with long fibers are made without the risk of forming loops in a continuous thread or roving fed to a cutting unit at the end of a mold filling operation or tearing thereof during renewed start-up for the next molding filling operation, e... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6773250 | Method and apparatus for degating molded parts from a runner A system for removing from a molding tool a runner assembly having a plurality of molded parts that are connected to a runner via gates and subsequently degating the plurality of molded parts from the runner is provided. The system includes a source of ultrasonic en... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6761550 | System for processing an aerated confectionery foam rope A system for processing at least one rope of aerated confectionery foam. The system includes extruding at least one rope of aerated confectionery foam from an extruder. The rope is conveyed from the extruder to a rotary cutter. An anti-sticking agent, such as powder... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6663374 | Apparatus for forming an extruded ice cream dessert with inclusions An apparatus for forming an extruded ice cream bar with variegated inclusions. The apparatus includes a main die having a section with sidewalls extending between upper and lower end portions and defining a cavity. In the preferred embodiment, a plurality... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6565349 | Apparatus for producing outsert molded parts in production line A production line including a molding press for molding a resin on a strand of material and a cutting press for cutting parts from the strand. The production line feeds the strand at a uniform rate without slack. The cutting press includes a die that move... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6551087 | Flow guide for underwater pelletizer A water flow guide stationarily mounted in the water box of an underwater pelletizer to selectively direct the pressurized water flowing through the water box in order to more efficiently cool and rigidify the extruded polymer strands and enable the rotar... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6537055 | Removing apparatus for molded products The invention provides a removing apparatus for molded products and a method for cutting off gates of molded products, by which various types of molded products having different gate positions from each other are cut off to separate the product parts from... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6458302 | System and method for forming plastic articles A method and apparatus for forming plastic articles is provided. A rotating cutter, having a cutting blade mounted thereto, is disposed adjacent to a continuous extrudate. Upon rotation of the cutter, non-linear cutting edges formed on the cutting blade s... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6454555 | Apparatus for making an annular friction liner An annular friction liner, especially for use in a friction device of a motor vehicle, is made by an apparatus including a pair of adjacent conical rolls, a helical guide and a device for trimming a length of the continuous ring whereby a straight strip o... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6428298 | Apparatus for pelletizing strands of polymer An apparatus for pelletizing strands of polymer emerging in molten form from dies with a pelletizer, in which apparatus a cooling section carrying a coolant flow and a dewatering section are provided between the dies and the pelletizer, a running-in rest ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6379137 | Device for feeding strands of molten synthetic material that are issued from nozzles to a discharge chute The invention relates to a device for feeding molten plastic extrudates which emerge from dies to a discharge channel having a cooling water inlet which follows the dies, in which device the dies are arranged in at least two rows, in such a manner that in... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6375452 | Sheet processing system A sheet processing system for continuously producing plastic sheet which is continuously supplied to an intermittent take-up device, utilizing a sheet forming apparatus, a conveyor, an accumulator and take-up apparatus, the sheet being fed along the conve... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6347932 | Apparatus for extruding and cutting resin strands A resin extruding and cutting apparatus including a cooling unit adapted to cool extruded strands emerging from a resin extruding nozzle using cold water and having a bottom wall for feeding the strands to a downstream end of the cooling unit therealong, ... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6322731 | Continuous extrusion process using organic waste materials A substantially continuous method for forming a structural panel of indefinite length is disclosed. The method includes the steps of preparing a settable mixture, conveying the mixture in a flowable state to a load chamber, progressively forcing the mixtu... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6257862 | Sheet processing system A sheet processing system for continuously producing plastic sheet which is continuously supplied to an intermittent take-up device, utilizing a sheet forming apparatus, a conveyor, an accumulator and take-up apparatus, the sheet being fed along the conve... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6200611 | Coated popcorn bars and methods for forming An apparatus (10) for forming popcorn bars utilizing methods according to the preferred teachings of the present invention is disclosed where popcorn popped in an air popper (12) and coated with a molten binder in the form of a caramel syrup in an auger m... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6197355 | Method and apparatus for processing an aerated confectionery foam rope A method for processing at least one rope of aerated confectionery foam. The method includes extruding at least one rope of aerated confectionery foam from an extruder. The rope is conveyed from the extruder to a rotary cutter. An anti-sticking agent, suc... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5776395 | Method and apparatus for making a blade for electrophotographic devices This details a production method for a blade for electrophotographic devices, made of thermosetting type polyurethane, including the steps of mixing and stirring the liquid polyurethane prepolymer which is a raw material component for a thermosetting type... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5750170 | Process for providing filled, extruded dough products A process for the production of filled dough products in which dough and a filling are co-extruding to provide a filled tube of the dough surrounding the filling. The filled tube is then transported on a movable support. While being transported, the fille... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5676982 | Lozenge cutter apparatus A lozenge candy cutting machine includes a drum with an array of cutter elements thereon that engage on dough web conveyed to the drum. A row of cutters cuts lozenges from the dough web. Each cutter element has an ejector that discharges the lozenge after... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5670187 | Apparatus for in situ green sheet slitting The present invention relates generally to a new apparatus and method for in-situ green sheet slitting. More particularly, the invention encompasses an apparatus and method that uses a modified green sheet slitting machine so that it can provide an in-sit... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5658601 | Machine for cutting strand A strand cutting machine at least includes a rotary blade assembly (A) having a plurality of rotary blades, a stationary blade unit (B) having a guide portion (7) for guiding strands toward the rotary blade in an axial direction of a rotary shaft of the r... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5599412 | Method and apparatus for producing aligned cholesteric liquid crystal inks In color printing, and in the fine arts, cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) color inks are known to possess much higher color saturation and brightness than conventional pigment and dyed based inks. However, prior art CLC ink formulations are inconvenient b... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5549467 | Apparatus for cutting ellipses from dough An apparatus for processing a batch of dough includes a housing that supports a conveyor, a press, and a cutter. The apparatus further includes a drive motor for the conveyor and press. Upon the placement of a batch of dough on the conveyor, the conveyor ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5545025 | Cooled pellet making machine A cooled pellet making machine includes a rotary cutter and a fixed blade mounted on a fixed support table in opposition to the rotary cutter for cutting a strand into pellets. Each of the fixed support table and the fixed blade are provided with a commun... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5533889 | Apparatus for in-situ green sheet slitting The present invention relates generally to a new apparatus and method for in-situ green sheet slitting. More particularly, the invention encompasses an apparatus and method that uses a modified green sheet slitting machine so that it can provide an in-sit... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5496578 | Stress free dough sheeting process for batch systems A method of producing a stress free sheet of dough having uniform height and width can be economically and conveniently used with a batch dough system. Individual dough batches are deposited into a retention hopper from which equal volumetric dough portio... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5470518 | Process and apparatus for controlling the gap width of a reclosable closure profile for a thermoplastic container A process and apparatus for forming a reclosable closure profile, wherein the configuration of the closure profile is mechanically altered for controlling the width of the gap in a groove member by passing the closure profile, while still hot enough to be... | 11/28/1995 |
