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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7437991 | System for pressing and vacuum treatment of cheese solids A system for pressing and vacuum treatment of cheese solids is disclosed. The system includes a device for continuously treating loaded cheese solids containers with mechanical pressure and vacuum during movement of the containers in a circular path. Preferably, mec... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7284974 | Apparatus for compression molding articles made of plastics An apparatus for compression molding of articles made of plastics, comprising: molding means; feeding means for feeding doses of plastic material, which are provided with removal elements for removing in succession said doses from an extruder and transferring the do... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7264763 | Method and apparatus for the manufacture of compacts A method for the manufacture of compacts from comminuted material (12) such as lignocellulose material and/or other combustible material for burning in hearths, wherein the material (12) is placed into openings (11) of a mold (4) and then... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261533 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing dental aligners Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for manufacturing dental aligners. The system includes a workpiece introduction system having at least one workpiece preparation chamber. The system further has a mold manipulation system, having a mold int... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7081179 | Method and system for high volume, in-machine assembly An in-machine assembly technique uses revolving mold sections that rotate perpendicularly to the clamping axis of the injection-molding machine to increase usable mold area and to provide improved access to molded parts before and after assembly. ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7018579 | Manufacturing system and process A manufacturing system and method for use in the production of high strength plastic materials which can be used in the construction arts. The system and method includes a central rotary mold element which has vacuum means and cooling means placed inside thereof. He... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6976835 | Manufacturing system and process A manufacturing system and method for use in the production of high strength plastic materials which can be used in the construction arts. The system and method includes a central rotary mold element which has vacuum means and cooling means placed inside thereof. He... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6881048 | Apparatus for automatically loading powder material into a mold The present invention is a method of loading a desired amount of powder material into a mold which comprises a tubular body having a bore extending therethrough to define a mold cavity. The method comprises the steps of: providing the mold with a lower press core fi... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6592923 | System and method for molding a snack chip The system and method for molding a shaped snack chip use various components to form chips having depth such as a bowl-shaped tortilla chip. Essentially flat chip preforms are fed to a series of molds disposed about a mold conveyor. The preforms are then ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6398538 | Template conveyor for use in a thermoforming press A plane-template conveyor for a thermoforming plant for obtaining a plurality or moulding of thermoformed hollow objects including at least one thermoforming press having at least one male die or mould, at least one female die and at least one picking up ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6244851 | Device for producing chocolate shells A device for producing a chocolate article, in particular a shell for hollow chocolate bodies, comprises a conveyor device having a first collecting line, from which chocolate molds can be discharged, and a second collecting line, which is parallel to the... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6227103 | Machine for forming cones A machine for making cones from baked wafers utilizes roll-up mechanism in the form of a roll-up mandrel and a roll-up form. A multiplicity of such mechanisms is carried by a chain along an endless path. Each roll-up mechanism can have a frame on which th... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6227836 | Apparatus for manufacturing tablets A method and an apparatus for manufacturing tablets of moist powder which is produced by adding an additive agent such as an excipient or a binder to medical ingredients, further adding a solvent such as water, ethanol or the like, and kneading the mixtur... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6039899 | Consolidated contact lens molding An automated method and apparatus is provided to mold and cure soft contact lenses. A molding station injection molds first and second mold parts for the production of the lenses and these mold parts are transferred to an inert gas or low oxygen environme... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6015512 | Extrusion-compression molding of optical articles An extrusion-compression molding process is provided for making optical articles wherein a melt shot of optical polymer extrudate is fed to sequentially moving lower dies of a die set including a lower die and an upper die and then the upper die positione... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5807592 | Apparatus for pressure-molding items made of plastics, such as caps for closing containers The apparatus comprises a rotating carousel provided with pressure-molding units for items made of plastics. Each unit comprises a mold having a molding cavity into which a dose of plastics is brought by means of a feeding head which is rotatable outside ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5804107 | Consolidated contact lens molding An automated method and apparatus is provided to mold and cure soft contact lenses. At a first station, front curve mold halves are partially filled with a polymerizable monomer. At a second station, a surfactant coating may be applied to a flange on the ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5744357 | Contact lens production line pallet system A contact lens production line pallet system transports contact lens mold materials throughout a facility for producing ophthalmic lenses. Specifically, the contact lens production line pallet system includes a pallet for carrying one or more contact lens... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5662849 | Method and apparatus for forming compression dosage units within the product package The present invention provides a method and apparatus for forming a compression dosage unit such as a tablet. The method of the present invention includes dispensing a premeasured volume of tableting feedstock into a product tray. The feedstock is compact... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5656208 | Method and apparatus for contact lens mold filling and assembly An apparatus for filling and assembling mold parts for a contact lens includes a first automated station for receiving a plurality of front curve contact lens mold parts and depositing in each front curve mold a predetermined amount of a polymerizable mon... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5650110 | Method for thermoforming and stacking hollow objects A method for the thermoforming of hollow objects having a base from a sheet of thermoplastics material, which effects in one single predetermined operating cycle, the production of a pressed object by hot forming and cutting out of the object or objects b... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5453237 | Method for thermoforming and stacking hollow objects A method for the thermoforming of hollow objects having a base from a sheet of thermoplastics material, which effects in one single predetermined operating cycle, the production of a pressed object by hot forming and cutting out of the object or objects b... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5127980 | Apparatus for continuously forming composite material into a rigid structural member The present invention contemplates a method of continuously forming a layered composite material into a rigid structure as the material is moved from an upstream location to a downstream location. The uncured layered composite material is pulled from a su... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5061171 | Apparatus for performing friction material Apparatus for performing a friction material includes a friction material-charging device for charging an appropriate amount of a friction material into a cavity in an intermediate die member receiving a lower die member therein; a leveling device includi... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4975039 | Food molding and portioning apparatus A molding and portioning apparatus is intended primarily for processing formable food products into individual portions of uniform shape, size and weight, while doubling output. The apparatus includes first and second spaced hoppers which receive a supply... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4902214 | Automatic multicolor rubber molding machine A new automatic multicolor rubber molding machine includes a feed unit having a plurality of tanks for rubber material of different colors. A heating and pressing unit have upper and lower electric heaters, and a mold unit consisting of one or more distri... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4867670 | Apparatus for producing press shaped bodies In an apparatus for producing shaped bodies of non-swelling mixture, of fiber materials with a heat hardenable binding medium, the shaped body of a complex shape can be formed so that at its visible side seams are not formed during pressing, by means of a... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4721453 | Apparatus for encapsulating semiconductors A semiconductor encapsulating apparatus including a positioning apparatus positioning an encapsulant premold (preformed piece or pellet) in contact with the semiconductor and the curing apparatus through which the semiconductor and encapsulant are passed ... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4710122 | Machine for manufacturing flat bodies in a continuous line The invention relates to a machine for manufacturing flat bodies in a continuous linear process. This is attained by the intermittent forward movement of the moulds on a closed circuit static runway, passing through the various operative steps for forming... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4698010 | Process for the formation of blocks of any material by means of the contemporaneous action of vibrations, compression and vacuum intended for cutting into slabs and apparatus adapted to carry out the said process The process, conducted completely under vacuum, provides that a material of any kind (marble, stone or material of other nature) of variable particle size is introduced, together with a binder (organic or inorganic) into a mixer (2) and then, after having... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4608220 | Method of forming composite material articles Improvements in manufacturing composite material articles. The use of male molds in forming such articles has the problem of requiring large tolerances for the outer dimensions of the articles. The use of female molds has the problem of inaccurate forming... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4608006 | Tunnel cheese press with removable external press cylinders A cheese press, for pressing cheese in a plurality of cheese moulds having covers through which pressure is applied to the cheese, has a tunnel with walls defining roof, floor and sides and along which the spaced-apart cheese moulds are moved by conveyor ... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4532093 | Method and apparatus for the manufacture of molded packings A method and system are described for manufacturing molded packings used in the shipment of articles such as computers, typewriters and the like. The system employs a plurality of mold plugs positioned on a rotating platform whereby the mold plugs are alt... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4439123 | Injection molding machine An injection molding machine having in spaced positions at least a first injecting station for injecting a plasticized resin material into a die cavity and a second station for further treating the injected resin material concurrently and in relation with... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4374635 | Casting installations A mold unit and method for casting ceramic material in slip form is described. Each mold unit comprises a plurality of parts which when assembled for a casting operation define between them, two casting cavities, the casting cavities are positioned one ab... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4354815 | Apparatus for the preparation of a food product An apparatus and method for the automatic, rapid and continuous preparation of generally friable or fragile ready-to-eat food product bacon analog strips of predetermined configuration, simulating natural, cooked bacon, wherein a slab or bulk material of ... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4254078 | Revolving hydraulic press with heated platen New type of hydraulic presses with heating plates are described. The press ensemble has a compact structure which allows the symmetric absorption of expansions due to heating and is equipped with ways allowing to bring the heating plates to a same level in com... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4105382 | Apparatus for the production of finished prestressed concrete members An apparatus for continuously producing finished prestressed concrete wires along a prestressing bed with a plurality of prestressing members which extend along the prestressing bed and which are arranged to pass through the concrete members when formed. ... | 08/08/1978 |
