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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7931463 | Apparatus for potting membranes An apparatus for potting membranes. The apparatus may include a mould for receiving ends of the membranes, means for forming a first layer of a curable resin material around the ends in the mould, and means for applying a second layer of a flexible resin material to... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7390186 | Structural building panels, apparatus and method for fabricating structural building panels The present invention provides an apparatus and method for fabricating structural building panels. The apparatus may be used for fabricating panels directly on the foundation for a building. The apparatus may include a support frame, a flattening frame, a press fram... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7341444 | Garment hanger and molding apparatus An injection molding apparatus 80 has a cavity 64 and core 65 co-operatively defining a void of inverted J-shape transverse cross-section for molding a garment hanger 10. A first leg 115, 127 of the J-shape cross-section forms a fr... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7081222 | Procedure and machinery for the molding and assembling of an assembled object The invention concerns a procedure and a machinery for molding and assembling of at least two part objects (4) and (8) of plastics, e.g. two ball shells, which can be assembled to a hollow ball (4+8), as molding and assembly can take place in sa... | 07/25/2006 |
| 6969246 | Forming station and process for twin sheet thermoforming A forming station for a thermoformer in which the lower platen is lowered and moved laterally on linear bearings on the machine frame after two sheets are formed in side by side mold-plug assist tool sets so as to align the respective molds and formed sheets. The fo... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6907906 | Cuffed hose and method of manufacture The present invention is directed towards an improved flexible hose (10). The hose (10) is comprised of at least a flexible material (28) and a reinforcing rod (12) positioned externally of the flexible material (28). Terminal ends... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6808673 | Multi-layer hollow body, method for manufacturing such a hollow body, and compression-blow-molding mould A hollow body is formed from several multi-layer plastic elements which are welded together and comprise a barrier layer that is a barrier to liquids and to gases. The elements form an appendage which extends from an outer surface of the hollow body, wherein the app... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6793479 | Remotely actuated localized pressure and heat apparatus and method of use Apparatus and method for the use of a remotely actuated localized pressure and heat apparatus for the consolidation and curing of fiber elements in, structures. The apparatus includes members for clamping the desired portion of the fiber elements to be joined, press... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6776603 | Bead curing finger mold A tire bundle is molded in a mold cavity formed by closing a mold having upper and lower mold halves with intermeshing fingers (20, 24) for enclosing bead wires and providing a molded bead ring for placing in a bead apex mold. ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6679695 | Pultrusion apparatus for continuous fabrication of fiber-reinforced plastic articles having a non-linear shape, methods of fabricating such articles and compositions used therein A pultrusion apparatus for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced plastic article having a non-linear shape includes a mold configured to receive a partially cured fiber-reinforced plastic article and to form the partially cured fiber-reinforced plastic article... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6440501 | Apparatus and method for curing silicone rubber An apparatus for curing silicone rubber is constructed so as to perform a heating process and a curing process in a very short time without degradation of characteristics in piezoelectric elements so as to improve productivity. A piezoelectric component h... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6386856 | Mold assembly A mold assembly has an upper positioning seat, an upper panel disposed in the upper positioning seat, a lower positioning seat, a lower panel disposed in the lower positioning seat, a first air cylinder disposed on a side of the lower positioning seat, a ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 5820804 | Apparatus and method for shaping an elongated member A method and apparatus for shaping an elongated member so that it has a smoothly varying shape along its length utilizes first and second elements which define an aperture therebetween. The elements are advantageously roller elements having grooves around... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5487853 | Energetic stitching for complex preforms A three-dimensional complex preform is made formed of various types of reinforcement fiberglass fibers with a binder at the interstices which rigidize the preform to the shape and form approximating the molded article, which can be handled and stored unti... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5474645 | Apparatus for applying premolded tire sidewall appliques A product and process for imparting decorative appliques to the sidewalls of tires during the curing operation are presented. A spool of applique composite material is maintained for feeding into a tire mold or onto a transfer device, thereby defining a r... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5413652 | Process for manufacturing tires with white sidewall appliques A product and process for imparting decorative appliques to the sidewalls of tires during the curing operation are presented. In one embodiment, a spool of applique composite material is maintained for feeding into a tire mold or onto a transfer device, t... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5374174 | Apparatus for/installing a liner within a service pipe or the like An improved apparatus particularly well adapted for installing a liner within a service pipe having an access end and a terminal end, the liner having a part which is everted and then inflated by the insertion of a fluid thereinto, the fluid being thus in... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5364258 | Apparatus for making structural reinforcement preforms including energetic basting of reinforcement members A rigid three-dimensional preform is made by moving a plurality of webs of fibrous reinforcement material superposed and coplanar to a cutter, the webs being coated with an electromagnetic energy-curable binder and pressed together. Prior to cutting a bla... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5302338 | Method for hooping and maintaining in compression a core by a sheath made of a composite material A method for hooping and maintaining in compression a core by a sheath, with the sheath being made of a composite material and having an internal cross section which is less than an external cross section of the core. The core and the sheath are aligned b... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5091036 | Apparatus for pultruding thermoplastic structures at below melt temperatures Apparatus for pultruding thermoplastic, resin-impregnated, fibrous substructures heats the substructures to a temperature just below the melting temperature of the resin. The heated substructures are then simultaneously pulled through a passage to conform... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5057178 | Method of making a coupling component by expanding and vulcanizing a tube directly onto friction shoe assemblies An improved coupling component includes an annular tube which is inflatable to move friction shoe assemblies into engagement with another component of a coupling. Elastomeric mounting material is connected with the tube and is molded in place against the ... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5023042 | Flexible mold for making seamless sailboards Sailboards having a tucked rail are made from a flexible, resilient mold so that the seam of the board is along its bottom edge instead of at its point of greatest breadth. A flexible mold part having the contour of the sailboard to be produced has an ope... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4671761 | Apparatus for producing reinforced elongate bodies A shear head in which an extruded vulcanizable composition meets preheated reinforcing strands has a compartment adjacent a mouth of the head which is evacuated to reduce the danger of gases affecting adhesion of the strands to the composition.... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4653992 | Cure press for retreading tires A segmented matrix cure press retreads pneumatic tires by vulcanizing a tread strip onto a tire casing. The press centers the tire and provides a tailored support to the entire casing periphery of the tire. A bottom mold cavity forming member having a rin... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4529568 | System for coating welded pipe joints with weighting material A system for coating a welded joint in butt-welded pipes, comprising the following stages: feeding a first component constituted by a mixture of modified polyurethane resins premixed with a high-density inert material of well defined particle size to the ... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4519759 | Apparatus for making shrinkable tubing Long lengths of a heat-shrinkable sleeve for use in splicing electrical cables and the like are made in a continuous process. The sleeve is formed around a permeable core, and the core and sleeve are advanced together in an axial direction, the leading en... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4477302 | Method of making shock cells A method of making an energy-absorbing shock cell for mounting bumper devices on legs of offshore oil rig structures having inner and outer metal tubes connected by an intervening vulcanized rubber sleeve maintained under compression adhesively bonded to ... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4462850 | Process of and apparatus for manufacturing bladders used for tire building machine A process of manufacturing a bladder which is to be disposed on each of axially opposite end portions of a tire building machine having a tire building drum, respectively, and is employed for turning back a ply cord bound on the tire building drum of the ... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4408980 | Device for manufacturing closed hollow bodies in elastomeric material A process and a device for forming a tennis ball by the formation of two semispherical bowls in crude elastomeric material each having on its border a structural shape that is deformed by compression when the two semispherical bowls are pressed one agains... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4260576 | Thermal expansion compensation apparatus and method for making composite skis A composite ski is made by bonding a metal ski top to a molded ski body during the molding and curing of the body. The ski body is placed in the mold cavity of a two-part mold, and the metal top is movably supported on the other mold part. One end of the ... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4174945 | Corrugated panel and apparatus for manufacturing the same A solar panel comprising first and second generally parallel, spaced sheets of plastic material and a corrugated sheet of plastic material sandwiched between and bonded to the first and second sheets, the spacing between adjacent corrugations in the corru... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4121402 | Methods and means for manufacturing foam plastic containers and sidewall blanks for same Preprinted rectangular blanks of longitudinally stretch-oriented foam sheet material are formed into cylinders by a continuous folder and seamer and transferred onto mandrels on which they are shrunken by heat to assume the shape of the mandrel. In formin... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4072461 | Apparatus for the production of laminated bodies particularly, multilayered shoe soles A vulcanization mold for producing laminated bodies, particularly shoe soles of different and/or differently colored rubbers or plastics, the interfacial boundary between adjacent plies of the laminate forming non-planar surfaces, is provided. The mold in... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4055388 | Apparatus for molding a protective pad An apparatus for molding a protective pad or the like, and which includes a convex mold surface having a plurality of perforations therethrough, and a cooperating concave mold surface also having a plurality of perforations therethrough. The two mold surf... | 10/25/1977 |
| 4021177 | Apparatus for forming raised marks on plastic cable jackets The apparatus consists of a drum whose circumferential surface coming in contact with the cable surface is provided with grooves corresponding to the marks to be formed. With each turn of the drum, the grooves are filled with colored plastic powder which,... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4018641 | Belting and similar articles In the heating or cooling of conveyor or power transmission belts or similar articles during manufacture, successive regions of the article are presented to a zone wherein they are subjected to pressure accompanied by simultaneous heat transfer, the displ... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4005975 | Apparatus for connecting together parts of foam plastics Two parts of foam plastics are connected together by heating a portion of the first part so that it will melt, while the corresponding portion of the second part is kept at a considerably lower temperature, preferably room or ambient temperature. After th... | 02/01/1977 |
| 3989580 | Assembly for making a power transmission belt A method and assembly for making a power transmission belt having driving teeth on opposite surfaces thereof and a tensile member embedded therein. The disclosure also relates to a belt made by the method and apparatus. The method includes providing separ... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3982876 | Apparatus for making plate elements A conveyor belt is formed with depressions which are bounded by sealing edges, and tiles corresponding to the outline of the respective depressions are continuously admitted from above onto the belt and inserted into the depressions so as to be in sealing... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3938929 | Flexible plastics hose making apparatus A method of, and apparatus for manufacturing a flexible plastics hose the method comprising extruding a strip of a first plastics material and a reinforcing element of a second plastics material, winding said strip into a helix around a driven mandrel and... | 02/17/1976 |
