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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7758331 | Pipe support system Supporting device for a plastic profile (2), in particular for a plastic pipe, in a calibration device which has a supporting region (1), in which it supports the plastic profile (2), wherein the contour (3) in the supporting region (1... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7740470 | Processes and apparatus for making transversely drawn films with substantially uniaxial character A stretcher for substantially uniaxially orienting a film includes a plurality of gripping members to hold opposing edge portions of the film, paths along which the gripping members travel to stretch the film in a stretching region, and a drive mechanism to convey t... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7426843 | Roll assembly for a pipe extrusion plant A roll assembly and a pipe extrusion plant for producing pipes with a variable diameter, includes an extruder, an adjustable calibration device, and a cooling device, whereby a pipe to be produced is guided at least in part during the production process. In order to... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7357630 | Calibration device A calibration device for calibrating extruded continuous profiles, in particular tubes, includes a housing and a plurality of segment bodies which are received in the housing in a substantially in circular manner, with axially neighboring segment bodies partially ov... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7316558 | Devices for stretching polymer films Stretched polymeric films can be used in a variety of applications, including optical applications. The stretching conditions and shape of the stretching tracks in a stretching apparatus can determine or influence film properties. Methods and stretching apparatuses ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7290998 | Quick set-up system for calibration devices The invention relates to a quick set-up system for calibration devices located downstream from an extruder, in particular one for synthetic profiles. With this quick set-up system, a dry gauge and the vacuum tank(s) are mounted on two horizontally positioned tubes t... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7270532 | Skimmer tab former Systems for leaching liquid waste, particularly waste water. More particularly, a cylindrical conduit or pipe for use in leaching systems. Even more particularly, a cylindrical conduit which has apertures/skimmer tabs created either during the manufacture/forming/ex... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7229271 | Apparatus for making transversely drawn films with substantially uniaxial character A process for stretching films is described. The process preferably stretches films in a uniaxial fashion. Preferably, optical films are stretched including multilayer optical films. Other aspects of the invention include a roll of stretched film and an apparatus fo... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7211039 | Strand with end plug A treatment strand for insertion into a patient using a needle. The strand includes an elongated member having first and second longitudinal ends, and a plurality of treatments seeds spaced apart from one another within the elongated member between the longitudinal ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7201571 | Method for extrusion and extrusion plant, in particular for production of bent extruded products The invention relates to a method for extrusion, in particular for the production of bent extruded products, in which the extruded product (8) is formed in a die mounted before a support yoke (2) of an extrusion machine and then bent or curved by means... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198476 | Apparatus and method for continuously and endlessly vulcanizing rubber hose An apparatus and process for continuously and endlessly vulcanizing a hose is disclosed and claimed. Pressurized air or other gas is intermittently supplied through a woven jacket, a mandrel, a check valve and into the interior of an extruded rubber hose. The hose i... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7175415 | Moulding system, in particular a calibration die The invention relates to a moulding system (3), in particular a calibration die (17), for an extrusion plant, with preferably parallel inlet and outlet faces (28, 29) spaced at a distance apart and with side faces (30, 31, 32, 33) extendi... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172402 | Mold jaw halves for an apparatus for producing transversely ribbed tubes Described is a mold jaw half for an apparatus for the production of transversely ribbed tubes, wherein the mold jaw half (16) has end faces and a base face and in its interior a cooling passage with a coolant feed and a coolant discharge, which open at a spac... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7153122 | Apparatus for making transversely drawn films with substantially uniaxial character A process for stretching films is described. The process preferably stretches films in a uniaxial fashion. Preferably, optical films are stretched including multilayer optical films. Other aspects of the invention include a roll of stretched film and an apparatus fo... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7153123 | Devices for conveying, stretching, and taking-away polymer films Stretched polymeric films can be used in a variety of applications, including optical applications. The stretching conditions and shape of the stretching tracks in a stretching apparatus can determine or influence film properties. Take-away systems can be used to re... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150614 | Horizontal vacuum chamber seal control device Disclosed is an apparatus and a corresponding method for producing a continuous foamed extrudate product in which the extrusion and initial expansion of the foamed extrudate is conducted within a chamber under a partial vacuum. The foamed extrudate is then removed f... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140865 | Apparatus for making a corrugation-free foam A method and apparatus for extruding a corrugation-free polystyrene foam with 100% carbon dioxide as the blowing agent by extruding the extrudate through an annular die opening so that it contacts a choke ring inner surface. A foam made with the apparatus according ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7118369 | Corrugated pipe plant The present invention relates to an apparatus for the manufacture of corrugated pipes from thermoplastic in which mould segment halves, which complement one another in pairs, are guided together in a circuit along a mould path adjacent to an injection head, are move... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7104776 | Methods and devices for stretching polymer films Stretched polymeric films can be used in a variety of applications, including optical applications. The stretching conditions and shape of the stretching tracks in a stretching apparatus can determine or influence film properties. Methods and stretching apparatuses ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104777 | Pipe mold with compensation for pipe shrinkage Pipe molding apparatus having a moving mold tunnel includes an upstream and at least one downstream mold block. Each mold block comprises mold block sections which close with one another to form the pipe and which open relative to one another to release the pipe. Th... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7074291 | Delivery system and method for interstitial radiation therapy using strands constructed with extruded strand housings A delivery system and method for interstitial radiation therapy comprising substantially axially stiff and longitudinally flexible elongated members made of material which is bioabsorbable in living tissue and a plurality of radioactive seeds dispersed in a predeter... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7060020 | Delivery system and method for interstitial radiation therapy A delivery system and method for interstitial radiation therapy comprising a substantially axially stiff and longitudinally flexible elongated member made of material, which is bio-absorbable in living tissue and a plurality of radioactive seeds dispersed in a prede... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7014448 | Compacting facility for bulk goods A compacting facility for bulk goods is disclosed. In order to generate flakes of homogeneous quality, the bulk good is conveyed to a roller press (4) via a screw conveyor (5). The roller press (4) is supplied with bulk goods of differing qualit... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6979189 | Apparatus and method for adjusting component features An apparatus and method to adjust the dimensions of thermoplastic components following passage of the component through final processing in a fixture. The invention particularly relates to an apparatus for maintaining product tolerances on thermoplastic components t... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6952942 | Discharge device of an extruding installation The invention relates to a discharge device of an extruding installation (1), particularly provided for producing curved extruded products, that comprises, on a table-like support (8), a channel (7) which accommodates the extruded product. Said ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6946094 | Adjustable sizing tube There is provided a plastic extrusion sizing tube having a cylinder with a split along its length to allow for radial expansion and reduction of the sizing tube. The cylinder has holes to allow an extrusion within the cylinder to be drawn to the cylinder by a vacuum... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6905325 | Pipe mold with compensation for pipe shrinkage Pipe molding apparatus having a molding mold tunnel includes an upstream (3) and at least one downstream mold block (7). Each mold block (3, 5, 7) comprises mold block sections which close with one another to form the pipe and which open relativ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6877976 | Molding die for ribbed pipe A ribbed pipe molding apparatus has a die with a plastic flow passage which carries molten plastic from an extruder to a mold for making the ribbed pipe. The plastic flow passage has a downstream flow region which exits at an acute angle through the external surface... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6840748 | Apparatus for cooling and calibrating an extruded plastic profile The invention describes an apparatus for cooling and calibrating an extruded plastic profile (2) with a cooling tank (4) receiving a cooling liquid, with calibrating elements (5) disposed within the cooling tank (4) for the plastic profil... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6838256 | Coding sequences of the human BRCA1 gene isolated coding sequences and to the protein sequences they code for. This invention is directed to three coding sequence of the BRCA1 gene. The three coding sequences, BRCA1(omi1), BRCA1(omi2), and BRCA1(omi3) and their frequencies ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6793854 | Method and apparatus for making plastic film, and plastic film A method and an apparatus for making a plastic film, and to a plastic film wherein the method includes extruding a film from plastic material by an extruder and orientating the film after extrusion. Material is mixed into the plastic so that when the plastic film is... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6767501 | Method and apparatus for making plastic film, and plastic film A film is extruded from plastic material by an extruder. The film is orientated after extrusion. Material is mixed into the plastic so that when the plastic film is stretched, cavitation bubbles are formed in the material particles mixed into the plastic. During the... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6736409 | Drinking straw prepared from flattened polymeric tubular conduit, method of making same and dispenser therefor A drinking straw for consuming a beverage is prepared by: a) melt-extruding a polymeric material in the shape of a continuous tubular conduit suitable for preparing a plurality of drinking straws; b) cooling said continuous tubular conduit to a temperature below the... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6732868 | Production method and apparatus for filter, forming die for filter, forming assembly for forming filter, and filter A filter production method produces a filter having a shape substantially identical to the shape of a forming surface by extruding semi-molten fibers to the forming surface. When the semi-molten fibers are extruded to the forming surface, the semi-molten fibers are ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6622617 | Apparatus for the folding of croissants An apparatus for the folding of croissants comprising, in series, downstream of at least one preparation station of rolls of pastry, obtained from triangles of pastry rolled up with one pointed central external end, and fed one after another, a positionin... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6623266 | Apparatus for making a center-filled gum lollipop with hard candy shell A three-phase center-filled gum or bubble gum candy lollipop product. An extruded gum or bubble gum material has a semi-liquid center-fill material added to it in a batch forming mechanism simultaneously with the formation of an exterior candy shell. The ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6592351 | Turret loading device for extrusion line The present invention includes an extrusion line system capable of simultaneous running and retooling. The invention utilizes a turret device having an upper surface adapted to rotate about a central point. The turret device has on its upper surface a fir... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6592793 | Apparatus and method for extruding pencils An apparatus for extruding pencils and a method of using the apparatus. A core material (6) is extruded from an extruder (1) and forms a catenary loop in a cooling zone (4). The core material is carefully cooled at ambient temperature before being cooled ... | 07/15/2003 |
