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 |
| 7967589 | Mold for making ceramics A forming mold for making ceramics having a pattern includes a first mold made of a water-permeable material and including a first press face, a second mold made of a water-permeable material and including a second press face, and a third mold made of a water non-pe... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7794221 | Embedment device for fiber reinforced structural cementitious panel production An embedment device for use in a cementitious panel production line such as a structural cementitious panel (SCP) production line wherein hydraulic cement slurry is transported on a moving web on a support frame, and chopped fibers are deposited upon the slurry. The... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7323082 | Method and apparatus for forming substantially plate-like ceramic articles A method for forming plate-like ceramic articles, comprising at least one step for deposition by pouring of at least one layer of a ceramic mixture that comprises an aqueous vehicle on a substantially absorbent transfer surface adapted to draw the aqueous vehicle, a... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7290338 | Method and apparatus of manufacturing electric pole Disclosed are an electric pole manufacturing apparatus having an improved distal end, capable of reducing the cost, arranging tensile cores corresponding to a design load, and providing a high quality electric pole, and a method of manufacturing the electric pole. T... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7244115 | Extruder for producing bodies of consolidated particulate material Shaped bodies of particulate material are produced by introducing an easily flowable slurry of water and particulate material into a mold with perforated walls and applying a sufficiently high pressure to the slurry in the mold so as to express a sufficient proporti... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7225699 | Gear drive mechanism with anti-rattle device A gear drive mechanism with two rotary gears meshing with each other has a first friction rim surface rotationally coupled to one of the two gears and a second friction rim surface rotationally coupled to the other of the two gears. The friction rim surfaces are in ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7217376 | Separation wall transfer mold, separation wall forming method, and plasma display panel formed by using the same A separation wall transfer mold adaptive to form separation walls on a substrate, includes a main body. A separation wall concave section has concaves for separation walls and is formed in a surface of the main body for a material of the separation walls to be spewe... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7186365 | Methods for forming an imprinting tool Numerous embodiments of a method and apparatus for forming an imprinting tool are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of forming an imprinting tool comprises forming a first mold by use of one or more printing processes, forming a second mold from the first mold,... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7071247 | Reinforced filter material The invention relates to a porous mold for use in a pressure casting process, which mold is manufactured of a polymeric material forming a matrix into which a clay and a block copolymer or a graft copolymer have been incorporated, wherein the block copolymer or graf... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7059845 | Moulding element for forming articles by slip casting with clay or the like and a method for its manufacture The element has at least one porous permeable impression surface, on which the clay slip is deposited. A drainage system for the slip fluid is provided having a relatively thin, empty or porous chamber in the form of a slab which is incorporated into the body of the... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6997330 | Apparatus and method for storing or shipping elongated members An assembly for storing elongated members, the assembly comprising an elongated support element and a pair of segments. The segments are disposed on opposite sides of the elongated support element from each other, and each of the segments defines a cradle for suppor... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994815 | Method and apparatus for moulding pastes and slurries A high strength lightweight product formed from particulate inorganic materials such as a masonry building block is formed in a mould (1) from a flowable slurry of inorganic particularly materials and water. The interior of the mould is lined with perforate w... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6924972 | Monolithic ceramic electronic component and method for manufacturing monolithic ceramic electronic component A monolithic ceramic component includes a coil-including region formed by stacking ceramic green sheets for defining inner layers having a porosity of about 30% to about 80%, and outer layer regions formed by stacking ceramic green sheets for defining outer layers h... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6905105 | Apparatus for preparing a biocompatible matrix An apparatus and method of using the apparatus to prepare a biocompatible biodegradable matrix capable of supporting cells to form an implantable or engraftable surgical device. A matrix-forming fluid is contained within a chamber defined by top and bottom surfaces ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6899794 | Speaker device, and method and device for producing the same A liquefied paper material is used as raw materials. A paper frame member 1 supporting a vibrating plate is paper-skimmed and formed. On paper-skimming and forming, a central hole for use in voice coils, air-release hole 1a releasing air pressur... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6779996 | Apparatus for casting a plumbing fixture An apparatus is disclosed for automatically casting separately molded bowl and rim members and then connecting them together while both are in an upside down position. During the connection of the rim to the bowl, the bowl is preferably supported on two opposing sid... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6655942 | Pressure casting apparatus utilizing with two-part moulds A apparatus for pressure casting sanitary appliances including an outer framework, at least one block slidable within the outer framework arid having a male mould part and a female mould part, a fixed endpiece for said framework being provided with the ma... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6626655 | Casting mould for forming sanitary appliances A casting mould made of porous material for forming sanitary appliances, including a plurality of profiled parts which are coupled together to define a casting cavity mould said parts being separable from each other for removing a formed appliance from th... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6596224 | Jetting layers of powder and the formation of fine powder beds thereby A powder bed (32) is built up by repeated deposition of a slurry that contains powder. Layers are made by depositing a liquid dispersion of the desired powdered material, which then slip-casts into the forming powder bed to make a new layer (34). The slur... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6451235 | Forming a three dimensional fiber truss from a fiber slurry A method is disclosed for forming from a fiber slurry a three-dimensional fiber truss. The forming method involves compressing a fiber slurry or a fiber pulp between a pair of rigid foraminous dies to rapidly drive out most of the carrier fluid. The fiber... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6409885 | Pulp forming machines A pulp forming machine includes a forming head including a platen and plurality of mould carriers. The mould carriers are connected to the platen by mould carrier support means which allow the mould carrier and the platen to transmit forces perpendicular ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6398998 | Method for producing bodies of consolidated particulate material A method for producing shaped bodies of particulate material by introducing an easily flowable slurry of water and particulate material into a mold with perforated walls and by applying a sufficiently high pressure to the slurry in the mold so as to expre... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6341952 | Fabrication of tissue products with additives by casting or molding using a mold formed by solid free-form methods A system for molding a tissue or substitute tissue product in a mold having an exterior surface, and an interior surface, wherein at least one portion of the interior surface is porous and whose pores are in continuous communication with the exterior surf... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6302671 | Porous mold for a roll support and spacing structure An improved porous mold for fabricating a formed mold pulp structure to protectively support at least one roll of web material. The mold has a forming surface that contains a first molding cavity surrounded by a periphery. The molding container has sidewa... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6284172 | Rapid moulding of long concrete poles The present invention discloses apparatus for molding an elongate annular product such as a pole, the apparatus including two outer mold sections (1) relatively movable to form in a first position a substantially enclosed upright molding cavity and in a s... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6261493 | Fabrication of tissue products with additives by casting or molding using a mold formed by solid free-form methods A method and system for molding a tissue or substitute tissue product in a mold having an exterior surface, and an interior surface, wherein at least one portion of the interior surface is porous and whose pores are in continuous communication with the ex... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6250369 | Plant for pressure casting sanitary articles A pressure casting apparatus for molding sanitary articles which comprises a frame member, a lifting mechanism mounted in said frame member for up and down movement relative to said frame member, a plurality of molds positioned adjacent to each other and ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6196820 | Device for filtering plastics in injection molding machines A process and a corresponding device for filtering plastics in an injection molding machine having a plasticizing unit and a mold cavity. A slide having a receptacle for a filter element is arranged between the plasticizing unit and the mold cavity. A pis... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6165398 | Method of slip casting powdery material, using a water resistant mold with self-water absorbent ability A method of slip casting using a casting mold provided with a water-absorbent layer that has a self-water-absorbent ability, substantially has a water resistance, and is controlled in the saturated water content thereof, the slip casting being conducted b... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6113780 | Mechanism for removing resinous sludge from a liquid resin vat Sludge accumulations can be quickly removed from a vat containing liquid resin, by a manual mechanism that includes a porous platform adapted to rest on the vat bottom wall. Lifter arms extend upwardly from the platform to mount lifter handles at the vat ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6086720 | Slurry preform system An efficient, low cost method and apparatus for controlling fiber deposition in a fiber reinforced preform is provided. In the method, a main screen is placed in a tank filled with liquid. The main screen has a major surface, upright side walls and a plur... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5972169 | Slurry preform system An efficient, low cost method and apparatus for controlling fiber deposition in a fiber reinforced preform is provided. In the method, a main screen is placed in a tank filled with liquid. The main screen has a major surface, upright side walls and a plur... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5925398 | Processed mozzarella cheese A method of making processed mozzarella cheese that does not require any aging or refrigeration during storage is disclosed herein. This is accomplished by dicing cheese curd, adding emulsifier, and thermomechanically treating in an extruder to stretch an... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5922258 | Method and device for forming complex sanitary fittings A method for forming complex-shaped sanitary fittings with a mold (10) that includes four parts (11, 12, 13, 14) made of porous resin capable of mutually self-centering by means of complementarily shaped locators (15), in which the method includes the fol... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5876835 | Molded stressed-skin panels Stressed-skin panels are provided having internal open-cell grids molded from material such as fibers, and methods and apparatus for the production thereof are disclosed. The invention utilizes a porous screen having a plurality of elastomeric pads spaced... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5824347 | Concrete form liner A concrete form liner includes a microporous membrane having pores that transmit water, but prevent the passage of particles with a diameter of 2 microns or greater, and a porous sheet having pores in the range of 0.2 microns to 60 microns on one side of ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5820801 | Reinforced thermoplastic molding technique method A method and apparatus for binding the fibers of, and forming a fiber reinforced plastic structure. A fiber reinforced plastic preform is created by depositing a mixture of reinforcing fibers, binding fibers and resin matrix fibers on a screen having a pr... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5766647 | Molding tool formed by laminating molding A molding tool used for molding products of fibrous material is manufactured efficiently by employing a lamination molding method. A molding tool having a porous structure used for molding products of fibrous material such as pulp molding is manufactured ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5741388 | Process and apparatus for slip casting of ceramic parts The apparatus according to the invention for the slip casting of ceramic parts has essentially a bell which is arranged on a holding device and is vertically displaceable and a plurality of mold parts. The latter together with a base part form a mold whic... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5673866 | Coil form with porous coil support and method of making the same A coil form with a coil support and with a winding applied thereto, whose turns are provided with a coil bond material. The bond material contains a volatile solvent and mutually fixes the turns when dried (in a dry state). To guarantee an essentially uni... | 10/07/1997 |
