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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5738816 | Method of making a component carrier tape A method for making a flexible carrier tape for storage and delivery of electronic components by an advancement mechanism is disclosed. The tape includes a strip portion having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a device for eng... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5732858 | Auto mold machine for hats A hat molding machine using advanced features will produce a completed hat form from an unshaped felt or wool configuration. The machine employs male and female hat molds. The female hat mold has embedded electric heating elements which are temperature co... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5686117 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing disc brakes An apparatus for making carbon discs for brake disc assemblies by feeding continuous strands of fibrous carbon material from spools into a die, the volume of the carbon material so dispensed being continuously monitored. A cutter terminates the dispensing... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5683648 | Thermoforming and heat shrinking for forming containers A method and apparatus for producing a thermoplastic container-shaped intermediate or article having biaxially oriented side walls and a bottom having an unoriented portion surrounded by a biaxially oriented transparent portion. In the method, a sheet of ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5662948 | Adjustable and removable trimline inserts for a molding tool A molding tool is provided that has a cavity half and a core half for molding a workpiece. The molding tool has a male trimpiece that is attached to the cavity half of the molding tool via a plurality of securing devices for removal of the male trimpiece ... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5637332 | Apparatus for forming a fill line in a paper cup A simple apparatus for forming a fill line in a paper beverage container such as a paper cup is disclosed. The apparatus includes no moving parts. A fill line is formed by forcing a punch of a mating ring into a finished cup positioned in a die which incl... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5591463 | Apparatus for the thermoforming and stacking of hollow objects incorporating a base formed from thermoplastics sheet material Apparatus for the thermoforming of hollow objects at a base comprises thermoforming of the objects from a sheet of thermoplastics material in a half of a double female mould that can be moved between a forming area against a male die and a discharge area ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590820 | Auto mold machine for hats A hat molding machine using advanced features will produce a completed hat form from an unshaped felt or wool configuration. The machine employs male and female hat molds. The female hat mold has embedded electric heating elements which are temperature co... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5573789 | Apparatus having blades and plates for forming sheet material into a flower pot cover having outward fins An apparatus with pivoting blades and closable surfaces for forming a sheet of material into a flower pot or flower pot cover having fins. In an embodiment for forming outwardly extending fins, the apparatus includes a male mold and a plurality of plates ... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5529480 | Honeycomb core forming restricter A portable version of a honeycomb core forming restricter (20) for forming and shaping a workpiece made of stiff honeycomb core material, the apparatus (20) to be used in combination with a press including a male die (70) and a female die (72), the appara... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5511966 | Biaxially stretch blow-molded article and bottom mold therefor A bottom mold for molding a biaxially stretch blow-molded article. The bottom mold has a grounding bottom portion and a central inwardly concave dome inside of the grounding bottom portion. The central inwardly concave dome has annular flat walls at diffe... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5480605 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing coin pouch An apparatus and method for manufacturing leather coin pouches. The method provides for wetting a leather assembly comprising a substantially flat, flexible leather cover laminated to a substantially flat, more rigid centerpiece, to soften the leather whi... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5470596 | Food product forming apparatus and method A method and apparatus for forming a food product and ejecting the food product onto an appropriate discharge area. One embodiment includes a mold with a three-dimensional mold face. A membrane is mounted on the mold and extends over the mold face such th... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5407343 | Sheet fed article forming system An article forming system for forming at least one sheet of material into an article, such as a decorative flower pot cover for example. The article forming system includes a male die and a female die. A sheet of material is automatically moved to a loade... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5397228 | Method and device for the fabrication of perforated blocks Device for the fabrication of concrete blocks having thin through holes for the drainage of water (perforated blocks), the fabrication taking place in at least one mold filled with concrete, which mold is supported on a mold table, and at least one male d... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5385465 | Verticle thermoforming apparatus An apparatus for thermoforming plastic sheet material which has a frame and complementary mold halves mounted on the frame for movement toward and away from one another. The apparatus has an indexing means which moves along a vertical path to pull the pla... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5382155 | Molds for forming cardboard boxes The mold that belongs to a cardboard box forming machine is comprised of four forming corners, equal to each other, assembled in such a way that they can be moved longitudinally and transversally in order to carry out the adjustment of length as well as w... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5307610 | Apparatus for the manufacture of a package In order to be able to produce packages economically and when the package design results in undercuts being provided in a deep-drawing tool for its manufacture, a simple and practical solution for the movement of the lower parts in each of the required wo... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5295804 | Female mold including decorating insert for differential pressure forming Apparatus for differential pressure forming an article in a thermoplastic sheet including a female mold cavity mounting a one piece, ring-shaped detachable mold insert for forming at least a portion of the article. The insert is formed by rolling a cresce... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5290167 | Method of manufacturing three-dimensional parts using sheets of thermoplastic resin high-performance fiber-reinforced composite material and apparatus therefor An apparatus for manufacturing three-dimensional parts using sheets of a thermoplastic resin high-performance fiber-reinforced composite material. The apparatus includes a sheet clamping device for clamping an end portion of the sheet and conveying the sh... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5262181 | Apparatus for forming hollow articles in thermoplastic material Forming apparatus for forming hollow articles from a thermoplastic web wherein a mold block and a counter-mold block are respectively provided with the same number of forming chambers and cylindrical cavities. Each cylindrical cavity contains a forming pu... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5250314 | Three dimensional food product forming apparatus and method An apparatus and method for forming a three-dimensional food product. In one embodiment, a piston is reciprocally positioned within a forming cavity and includes a face which has a three-dimensional contour. An elastic membrane is positioned over the face... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5238382 | Sheet fed article forming system An article forming system for forming at least one sheet of material into an article, such as a decorative flower pot cover for example. The article forming system includes a male die and a female die. A sheet of material is automatically moved to a loade... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5230910 | Apparatus for the cold deep drawing of films An apparatus for forming depressions in thermoplastic film. The apparatus uses rotating dies to first frictionally heat and soften the film, and to then urge the film into bores in a mold, thereby forming the depressions. The plastic films thus produced a... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5225213 | Apparatus for differential pressure forming and trimming Apparatus for differential pressure forming an article in a sheet of thermoplastic material having a pair of opposed differential pressure molds at a forming and trimming station moveable between open positions and closed positions engaging opposite sides... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5225132 | Process and apparatus for producing a molded body of plastic material A continuous, non-hesitant apparatus and process for producing a molded body of plastics material and for simultaneously securing the molded body to a tubular body by means of a plurality of heading units mounted in series on a continuous conveyor, each h... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5192560 | Variable mold apparatus This invention relates to an article supplying tape formed with recess for containing articles therein in a tape-like or plate-like member, and supplying the articles to an automatic assembling machine or a working machine by the tape member, and the spec... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5188787 | Process for the injection moulding of multi-layered articles This invention relates to an injection moulding process for the manufacture of multi-layered articles, especially articles having barrier properties. The process includes clamping a thermoplastic film over the cavity of a mould of an injection moulding pr... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5176922 | Press for making pizza beds A press for making pizza beds includes a mold plug having a plurality of pressure rings fitting telescopically and being guided within one another. Double-acting cylinders sequentially actuate the rings from the innermost one to the outermost one to act o... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5164140 | Process for lines panels A process for the manufacture of panels, wherein a superficial covering including at least one fabric portion is surrounded by an adjacent portion of plastic material, wherein the covering is coupled by molding to a plate of heated thermoplastic material,... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5135383 | Equipment for thermoforming polypropylene bands An apparatus for thermoforming a polypropylene band by heating plates located upstream of a pressing station where transverse rows of blisters are made on a band by a die. A striker device is located at the outlet of the pressing station and is operated i... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5134002 | Mold liners for resin transfer molding A preform assembly for use with a resin transfer molding apparatus. The preform assembly comprises an upper liner formed to the shape of a first mold half, the upper liner having a peripheral portion, a dry fabric preform, and a lower liner formed to the ... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5127815 | Apparatus for forming finished cups of expanded resin A method and apparatus for forming finished cups of expanded resin comprising a transfer mold capable of transferring a preformed article obtained through a preforming process to a finish-forming mold, and simultaneously collecting from the finish-forming... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5098363 | Precise positioning of blank in die A paper tray forming machine with an improved blank centering device which consists of at least one finger which is moved upward and toward two passive stops. The finger may be shaped similarly to the blank's edge so that precise positioning occurs during... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5087424 | Apparatus for mechanical processing of a sample and a member of such an apparatus An apparatus for facilitating the release of an ingredient of a plastic or elastic sample of a pharmaceutical or confectionery material while the sample is in contact with a liquid medium which includes a base, a fixed lower jaw, a movable upper jaw and a... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5085570 | Press for forming bodies A press for making rigid bodies out of fluent particles has, a cylinder block formed with a plurality of parallel cylinder bores opening into the chamber, respective pistons axially displaceable in the bores of the block, and respective little piston plun... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5080853 | Process for deep drawing plastic foils The deep-drawing of plastic foils for producing receptacles uses a drawing punch intermittently movable into a drawing mold and several expansion elements (jaws) radially movable on the drawing punch. The movement of the jaws and the punch is mutually eff... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5074778 | Pizza crust dough forming die assembly A dough forming die assembly for the manufacture of machine-made pizza crusts in cooperation with a pizza pan having a generally circular central portion surrounded by upwardly sloping walls joining a horizontal rim. The dough forming die is mounted to a ... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5071333 | Apparatus for forming a powder metal mirror A mirror having optical quality reflective faces is prepared by pressing of metallurgical powders. An optical quality surface, free of scratches and irregularities, is formed by pressing the faces with an optical quality tool face, applied to the face at ... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5067888 | Apparatus for shaping a tubular preform into a hollow body Apparatus for shaping a tubular preform into a hollow body in which an axially directed wall of the preform primarily comprises oriented and/or crystallized plastic material. The tubular preform (10d) is fixed in a circumferential region (13d) in the vici... | 11/26/1991 |
