Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7284973 | Moulding The invention provides methods and moulding devices for moulding three-dimensional products from a mass of foodstuff which is suitable for human consumption, in particular from a mass of meat, in particular chicken. The method comprises filling a mould cavity with a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7232303 | Wear plate locking system for casting and molding processes A locking system (12) for a mold (14) includes a first mold half (20), a second mold half (22), and a lock assembly that is coupled to one of the mold halves (20, 22). The lock assembly includes a wear plate (80), that is di... | 06/19/2007 |
| 6305194 | Mold and compression molding method for microlens arrays A method and apparatus is disclosed for compression molding arrays optical elements which may be later singulated. The apparatus includes first and second mold halves with the second mold half having a central nest and a plurality of predetermined negativ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6210146 | Friction component manufacturing apparatus and method To provide a friction component of a multilayer structure in which each layer can be formed so as to have a specified thickness, as well as its manufacturing apparatus and method. A side plate 3 having a void 3a of a specified depth formed therein is prov... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6093011 | Apparatus for manufacturing green bricks for the brick manufacturing industry Disclosed is an apparatus for manufacturing green bricks from clay for the brick manufacturing industry. The apparatus includes a circulating conveyor carrying mould containers combined to mould container parts, a reservoir for clay arranged above the mou... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5417903 | Manually operated, controlled dose pill press A pill press (2), allowing the user to personally press pills (78) of a desired dose, includes a housing (4) having an interior (14) within which a supply of powdered pharmaceutical (36) is contained and a pill cavity form (22) mounted to the housing. Pow... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5053173 | Process and apparatus for manufacturing plastic mouldings A process for manufacturing moldings of plastic material includes successive cycles of conveying a succession of mobile molding tool parts independently of each other along lateral and vertical guideways of a conveyor to a work station holding a basic mol... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4784821 | Method for manufacturing a building block imitating a pile of dry stones A method of manufacturing a building block which imitates a pile of dry stones. According to the method, the stones (10) are placed side-by-side on the bottom of a mold whose inside shape corresponds to the desired block shape, said bottom being constitut... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4732600 | Apparatus for filling notches provided in a workpiece with a soft filler material An apparatus is described for filling notches in a notched workpiece with a soft filler material having a viscosity similar to glasses. The apparatus has a bottom portion which receives the notched workpiece and a top portion. The top portion has a lower ... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4377376 | Indexing mechanism for the anvil assembly of a powder-compacting press In an anvil powder compacting press, wherein the anvil, mounted on a work station positioner arcuately or longitudinally movable over a die plate in which is disposed a die cavity in which powder material is compacted between the face of a punch reciproca... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4368020 | Mold box wedging assembly In presses such as hydraulic presses used for forming tiles or bricks from ceramic or other materials, a mold box is mounted in alignment with the upper and lower dies. To hold the mold box without keying it to the mold case, a wedging assembly comprises ... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4314799 | Compression molding machine for organic thermoplastic materials This invention provides a high output machine for effecting the production of organic thermoplastic articles by the compression molding technique. A plurality of molding members having open top molding cavities are movable around a horizontal closed loop ... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4235578 | Provolone cheese molding apparatus and mold assembly therefor A provolone cheese molding apparatus constituted by a fixed, horizontal table having a single circular hole within the table, a chute depending from the table and aligned with the circular hole, and means for pressing warm cheese upwardly within the chute... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4053273 | Apparatus for the manufacture of pressed bodies of depolarizing material for galvanic cells Apparatus for the manufacture of pressed bodies of depolarizing material for galvanic cells, comprising an elongated mold of uniform cross section having an open end, a pre-mold having an internal volume which is a multiple of the internal volume of said ... | 10/11/1977 |
| 3982869 | Injection molding apparatus with alternatively shuttled mold sections A multiple mold assembly is disclosed for molding articles in an injection molding apparatus. The assembly includes two molding sections that are alternatively shuttled from positions wherein one of the molding sections is in position for a molding operat... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3975127 | Apparatus for making shaped articles A mixture of fibrous material and a thermosetting binder is pressed in unheated state at a working station to convert it into a semi-finished body having approximately the shape and size of the desired shaped article, and thereupon the semi-finished body ... | 08/17/1976 |
