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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7654502 | Apparatus for simulated stone products An apparatus for manufacturing simulated stone products is provided. The apparatus includes a mold having mold cavities. The mold cavities have a first section and a second section that intersect to form a cavity angle. A hopper is configured to introduce castable m... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7213508 | Molded egg-shaped food product, and method and mold for making same A mold for making an egg-shaped food product includes top and bottom mold halves which cooperate when joined to form an egg-shaped interior mold cavity adapted for receiving a liquid foodstuff. The top and bottom mold halves define a plurality of thermal transit hol... | 05/08/2007 |
| 6761921 | Sushi mold apparatus and method of making same The present invention provides a kit (200) for producing a high quality sushi product with uniformity and at a high rate of production. The kit (200) includes a Nigiri Sushi mold (10, 110) and a California Sushi Roll apparatus (54, 154.) ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6086807 | Mold for cast piece A molding apparatus for forming a molded piece that includes a positive impression of an object, the molded piece comprising a monolithic block that is larger than the object. The apparatus comprises a container in which a negative impression of the objec... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5954261 | Welding mold and method A mold for joining conductors such as stranded cable to each other and to other elements such as a ground rod is formed of two or more parts. The mold formed by the parts includes a weld chamber. Exothermic welding material in a crucible above forms molte... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5711892 | Ice sculpture mold An ice sculpture mold having a bottom die half forming a cavity configured to produce a first half portion of a three-dimensional ice sculpture and a top die half with a cavity to produce the second half portion of the ice sculpture. In one embodiment str... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5592986 | Bullet molding apparatus The apparatus comprises first and second mold blocks, each having a pair of matching mold half cavities and being adapted to be held in assembled relationship with the half cavities in abutting register, to define, a pair of full cavities. The apparatus f... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5582228 | Exothermic welding crucible and method An exothermic welding apparatus and method uses a crucible which can be used with a variety of exothermic weld metal material volumes to produce welds of different sizes while maintaining the desired diameter to height ratio for each volume of exothermic ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5443111 | Permanent mold for casting reactive melt For a steel mold, one or more titanium melt inlet-forming members are provided for cooperating with the steel mold members to form an melt ingate that communicates to the mold cavity for supplying the melt thereto in a manner to avoid harmful iron contami... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5024560 | Method and apparatus for protection against coastal erosion The invention relates to a method and apparatus for protection against coastal erosion. The protection barrier is formed from a plurality of protection members which are secured together to form a mat of a desired configuration. Each protection member whi... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5012655 | Filling assembly for ice trays A water filling assembly for ice trays including a reservoir disposed in water delivering relation to each of a plurality of vertically stacked ice trays within a housing wherein the reservoir and trays are cooperatively structured to successively fill ea... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4963083 | Composite metal-elastomer styled wheels and method and apparatus for molding the same An improved composite metal-elastomer styled automotive-type wheel with a three-dimensionally contoured ornamental outboard face formed by a plastic overlay body permanently adhered or affixed to the outboard face, and an improved molding apparatus and me... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4917587 | Apparatus for the production of building units from afterhardening materials The invention relates to an apparatus for the production of building units from an afterhardening mixture containing cement and/or lime as binding material. The raw mixture is continuously fed and pressed by stamping into a die with CO2 gas at ... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4905957 | Ice mold apparatus An ice mold apparatus is set forth wherein a plurality of separable halves including a plurality of securement straps with ends secured to the lower mold half formed with resilient sections to enable expansion of the mold and prevent damage thereto during... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4847030 | Method and apparatus for making a composite wheel A method and apparatus for making a composite styled wheel of the type including a metallic disc and rim and an ornamental plastic overlay permanently affixed to the disc. A disc and rim subassembly is placed in a mold. A retainer is formed as a separate ... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4784366 | Pour hole lock system An improved mold assembly which has a cavity mold part and a cover which form a space into which foam precursors are poured and the cover carries a mold insert which is bonded to the foam formed in the mold space; the cover carries a pour spout and a seal... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4716003 | Apparatus and method for reducing neck waste in a cast vinyl shell Apparatus for reducing the waste neck area in a mold of vinyl cast articles such as automotive arm rests, head rests and parts of similar construction includes a powder box of gellable material having a supply spout with its exposed outer surface area cov... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4506813 | Tubular assembly, method of preparing the assembly, apparatus for uphill teeming which incorporates the assembly and method of casting metal Guide and runner assemblies for uphill teeming comprise a refractory tube in a sheath with an optional body of particulate material between the inner tube and sheath. The sheath may be combustible.... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4334664 | Apparatus for recovering tin from tin dross A method of recovering tin from tin dross consisting of positioning a barrel having an apertured bottom and charged with a supply of the tin dross upon a partitioned collecting tin mold, with the components thus arranged being placed into a furnace for su... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4261543 | Apparatus for constructing concrete structures The present invention relates to a method and equipment for forming concrete buildings. A concrete building is presented utilizing wall form sections which are coupled with a roof form section. The roof form section comprises an elongated dome shaped sect... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4189126 | Rim shield A rim shield is disclosed for use in conjunction with a porous mold in molding ceramic articles using a slip casting process. Use of the rim shield prevents the deposit of excess clay to the lip or rim of a molded article.... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4062398 | Auxiliary device for use with a permanent mold in casting operations An auxiliary device for use with a permanent mold in casting operations includes a cover plate having an upwardly and a downwardly facing surface. In place on the permanent mold, the downwardly facing surface defines the upper limit of the mold cavity. At... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4042204 | Apparatus for bonding a bronze bushing on a metallic member An annular bronze bearing is bonded to a cylindrical inner surface of a metallic member by positioning the member in a fixture to define an annular chamber therein, communicating a charge of bronze alloy particles to the chamber via an open end thereof, m... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4005511 | Method and apparatus for casting extrusion dies The specification discloses a method and related apparatus for casting aluminum extrusion die blanks, both cored and uncored, of molten steel. A disc-like carbon or other suitable material mold having spaced side walls joined by a peripheral edge wall is ... | 02/01/1977 |
| 3948311 | Apparatus for casting metal slabs A method and apparatus for the direct casting of steel slabs for subsequent processing instead of casting ingots and then reducing them to slabs, blooms or billets. A flat elongated casting cavity is formed by an assembly of mold components to define a sl... | 04/06/1976 |
