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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7896635 | Method and apparatus for forming hollow moldings having thin film on inner surface A movable mold and a slide mold are employed. There is also employed a deposition apparatus which is equipped with a deposition element such as a target electrode in the inside of a depositing chamber. A body portion and a cover member are primarily molded by the mo... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7748971 | Method and device for applying fluids This invention relates to a method for use in dispensing fluids especially particulate matter on to a surface to be coated, comprising a blade traversing along said surface, whereby the fluid is dispensed in front of said blade on to said surface, whereafter said bl... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7402272 | Mold-spraying apparatus of molding system Disclosed is a method of a mold-spraying apparatus for use with a molding apparatus. The mold-spraying apparatus has: (i) a spray nozzle, (ii) a rotatable shaft being supportive of the spray nozzle, and (ii) a camming surface. The method includes: (a) engaging the r... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7364419 | Mold-spraying apparatus of molding system Disclosed is: (i) a mold-spraying apparatus of a molding system and/or (ii) a molding system having a mold-spraying apparatus, and/or (iii) a method of a mold spraying apparatus of a molding system, and/or (vi) a method of a molding system having a mold-spraying app... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7334769 | Resin molding machine and member for resin molding machine having film in passive state A member for a resin molding machine wherein it has a face contacting with a molten resin, and at least a part of the face is covered with a film of an oxide of a base material of the face or a component contained in the base material. The use of the member in the m... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7320585 | Device for the hot granulation of thermoplastic polymers Device for the hot granulation of thermoplastic polymers, optionally expandable, which comprises: a) a die (1) containing a series of small plates (6), equipped with a series of extrusion holes, and a plurality of feeding ducts (3) situated insi... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7121181 | Apparatus and process for cutting extruded material A rotating cutting apparatus comprising a cutting blade holder with at least one hole on the outside diameter of the cutting blade holder into which cutting blades are inserted and bonded to the cutting blade holder. The cutting blade holder encloses a center hole, ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7051290 | Graphical interface for receiving eyeglass prescription information A high volume lens curing system is described. The high volume lens curing system is configured to cure multiple eyeglass lenses in a continuous manner. The lens curing system includes a computer-implemented method configured to collect prescription information, sav... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6802921 | Process and system for vitrified extruded ceramic tiles and profiles A novel process for manufacturing fully vitrified flat extruded ceramic glazed, unglazed tiles and profiles includes the following steps: mixing of raw materials in predetermined ratios; wet milling in ball mills; mechanical filter pressing to get cakes; shredding o... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6729866 | Plastic lens systems An apparatus for preparing a plastic eyeglass lens includes a coating unit and a lens curing unit. The apparatus is preferably configured to allow the operation of both the coating unit and the lens curing unit. The apparatus may also include a post-cure unit and a ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6668894 | Film layer separation device for multi-layer disks A film layer separation device for multilayer disks is disclosed. With the help of a stamper made of magnetic materials, the film layer separation is achieved through the attractive force imposed on the stamper by electromagnetic tearing. The device conta... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6591636 | Material and method for coating glass forming equipment An oxidation and corrosion resistant coating is applied to glass forming equipment by physical vapor deposition. The coating material is preferably aluminum oxide.... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6482349 | Powder pressing apparatus and powder pressing method A powder pressing apparatus comprises an upper punch and a lower punch for compression of a powder in a cavity formed in a through hole of a die. A gap between a side surface of the lower punch and a side surface of the through hole of the die is sealed b... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6406284 | Food portion forming A method of forming consumer portions from a block of frozen foodstuff is described, in which similarly sized sections of the frozen block are removed by severing for shaping into the differently shaped consumer portions under pressure between tooling of ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6352668 | Method and apparatus for selective deposition modeling Rapid prototyping modeling typically operates by utilizing an ink jet to lay down a thin surface of material as a liquid on a part platform. The material solidifies into a three dimensional object. Computer programs determine the shape of the object, the ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6032490 | Mold for fabricating optical fiber guide block In a grindstone for fabricating a mold which has optical fiber engagement portions of an optical fiber guide block used for aligning optical fibers, two main grinding surfaces are provided to form the optical fiber engagement portions contacted with the s... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5993874 | Method for applying seasoning liquid to dried laver A method for applying seasoning liquid to dried laver, in which seasoning liquid containing solid matter. The seasoning liquid is applied on the surfaces (13) of hydrophobic rollers (12) having a rugged surface (11), and the dried laver (4) is brought int... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5938806 | Glass forming machine and glass forming method A spray device which is provided with a nozzle for spraying a lubricant is arranged in proximity to a bottom mold and/or a plunger, and the nozzle is operated and controlled by a control device to spray the lubricant on a mold surface of the bottom mold a... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5895622 | Method and apparatus for composite manufacture A composite manufacturing system moves a multi-fiber tow through a processing space. A resin particle source provides particles to the space. This source may include an airstream entrained with particles which is discharged into the space through an orifi... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5882573 | Adhesive dispensing nozzles for producing partial spray patterns and method therefor A system and method for applying fluids, including fiberized hot melt adhesive, onto a substrate from one or more meltblowing die assemblies mounted on a manifold that supplies fluid thereto. At least one of the die assemblies is selected from a group of ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5882690 | Resin forming nozzle device and resin forming method using same A resin forming nozzle device is disclosed. This resin forming nozzle device is one in which a surface lubricant having mold release properties is continuously introduced to a nozzle face having the discharge openings of resin extrusion orifices, and comp... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5833914 | Apparatus and method of laminate molding using releaser A laminate molding method of fabricating a desired shape consisting of laminate layers having a first type layer in a completely solidified state, the method includes a first step of forming a second type layer on the first type layer, the first type laye... | 11/10/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5762840 | Process for making microporous fibers with improved properties A distinctive technique for making porous fiber includes a stretching of a substantially continuous fiber while the fiber is in an operative association with an effective quantity of surface-active material. The fiber can be produced from a source materia... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5762968 | Method and apparatus for producing imitation grill marks on food without using heat Method and apparatus for producing imitation grill marks on food items without applying heat to the items in forming the grill marks. The apparatus has a sprayer that applies a colorized solution to the items and a press that forms indentations on the ite... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5759116 | Golf ball In a golf ball, dimples are arranged in its spherical surface such that a great circle which does not intersect with the dimples is not drawable on the ball surface, thereby preventing any drop of symmetry caused by the presence of a seam line. The dimple... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5744185 | Process and device for extruding and coating foodstuffs A process is disclosed for extruding and coating foodstuffs, in which the foodstuff is extruded by means of an extruder device and, after the extrusion, is cut off by means of a cutting device (4, 5), the material (11), after leaving the extrusion die (2)... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5728327 | Method, barrel subunits and units, service installations and assembly structures for the fabrication of moldable products, particularly based on concrete The manufacture of moldable concrete products with deferred mold release incorporates molding means bm1 into optimized rotary structures 1, 5, 7, 9, 12 in the form of modular cylinders having at least two faces, the cylinders being equipped and/or associa... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5702649 | Process and apparatus for producing contoured molded mirrors with improved optical properties Production of precision reflective mirror surfaces on low cost, lightweight molded plastic substrates (10). The process involves making a master pattern (12) having a precision machined contoured surface (13) corresponding to the precision mirror surface ... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5695709 | Method and apparatus for producing highly oriented polyester sheet A method and apparatus for producing highly-oriented polyester sheet comprises a two-stage drawing process. The first drawing stage is performed within a zero-gap milling and stretching roller assembly comprising a pair of opposed rollers defining a nip t... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5670110 | Method for making three-dimensional macroscopically-expanded webs having improved functional surfaces The present invention provides a process for forming a three-dimensional, macroscopically-expanded, fluid pervious web having an improved functional surface comprised of a sheet of polymeric material having a first surface and a second surface. A pluralit... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5670182 | Mastic applicator A mastic applicator includes a guide mechanism mounted to the applicator so that the applicator is maintained in alignment with outside corners during application of mastic. The guide mechanism includes a pair of corner guides which have guide surfaces al... | 09/23/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5424015 | Method and device for manufacturing rubber bend pipe A method for manufacturing a curved rubber pipe is provided with a guide member (3) arranged concentrically with a mandrel (2, 402). A straight rubber semi-finished product (4) of an unvulcanized or semi-vulcanized rubber is inserted into the guide member... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5403528 | Method for use in packaging and/or storing atactic polypropylene or other amorphous poly alpha olefins Packaging and/or storing atactic polypropylene or other amorphous poly alpha olefins is accomplished by first heating a mass of the olefin material to a molten state and then cooling the molten mass of olefin material to an extrusion temperature. Next, th... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5318417 | Extrusion head for forming polymeric hollow fiber A process for making a polymeric, porous hollow fibre (21) by heating a mixture of a thermoplastic polymer and a solvent to a temperature and for a time for the polymer and solvent to mutually dissolve, then introducing the molten mixture into an extrusio... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5217670 | Method of forming monomolecular film and overlaying apparatus thereof Movable barriers as well as auxiliary movable barriers are provided in a trough filled with a liquid forming a monomolecular film thereon. The barriers are driven with a constant positional relationship maintained therebetween to prevent disturbances from... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5196208 | Apparatus for removing cylindrical moldings from molds A mold removing apparatus for removing a mold from a cylindrical molding sticking to the external circumferential surface of a mold, the mold being hollow, having center bores at the center of both the top and the bottom thereof, and having a plurality of... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5151276 | Resin molding apparatus A resin molding apparatus for molding an insulating resin mold at the peripheral portion of a semiconductor wafer has an upper metallic mold, and a lower metallic mold which clamps the semiconductor wafer with the upper metallic mold. The upper and lower ... | 09/29/1992 |
