"I hate what they've done to my child...I would never let my own children watch it. "
Vladimir Zworykin, television pioneer ; Talking about an invention in which he played a critical role.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7575217 | Insert apparatus for a mold, method of manufacturing a structural unit, method of retrofitting an existing mold and a structural unit Disclosed is an insert apparatus for a mold for manufacturing structural units. The insert apparatus includes a carrier for operatively engaging a portion of the mold, and is in communication with a face or an object having an engagement design portion thereon. The ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7267321 | Wall block mold A system and method of forming differently sized and/or textured construction blocks from a single mold. The system includes a mold having a base and movable side walls that cooperate with the base to form a mold cavity, and one or more inserts that are configured t... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7163639 | Metallic building element for optoelectronics The present invention relates to a method of patterning metallic building elements, and also to a metallic building element, where the measuring accuracy achieved can lie in the sub-micrometer range. Starting from a silicon master or original that can be etched to s... | 01/16/2007 |
| 6803002 | Method for making and treating wall blocks A method for treating the surfaces and edges of a block to mimic the appearance of natural stone. The apparatus and method can treat up to four sides of a block, can be adjusted to provide varying degrees of surface and edge treatment, and useful in high volume bloc... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6609695 | Mold for producing masonry block with roughened surface A mold box for producing a plurality of masonry units with a roughened texture side face, the mold box including a plurality of side walls defining a mold cavity open at its top and bottom, adapted to receive masonry fill material by way of its open top, ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6352421 | Mold for producing partially expanded bodies with a PVC-based embryo cellular structure The present invention relates to a method for producing partially expanded bodies with a PVC-based embryo cellular structure comprising the steps of filling a plurality of molds (1) with a paste containing PVC, loading these molds (1) onto a press provide... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6286807 | Mold for expanding moldings A mold for expanded moldings capable of efficiently forming small-sized products in high-yield includes a vessel-shaped lower mold and an upper mold covering the lower mold. A partition wall is disposed protrusively from the bottom surface of the upper mo... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6209848 | Mold for producing masonry block with roughened surface A mold for producing a masonry unit with a roughened texture side surface having a plurality of side walls defining a mold cavity open at its top and bottom, adapted to receive masonry fill material by way of its open top, and to discharge molded fill mat... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6113379 | Process for producing masonry block with roughened surface A mold box for producing a plurality of masonry units with a roughened texture side face, the mold box including a plurality of side walls defining a mold cavity open at its top and bottom, adapted to receive masonry fill material by way of its open top, ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6090426 | Method for making frozen concentrate in a package A novel food service package for containing a frozen concentrate for use in quick blending a drink of individual proportion is disclosed. The food service package of the present invention has a number of equally sized compartments with formed channels sep... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5976588 | Food package with filling nozzle A novel food service package for containing a frozen concentrate for use in quick blending a drink of individual proportion is disclosed. The food service package of the present invention has a number of equally sized compartments with formed channels sep... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5830379 | Stackable ice tray and bin assembly A stackable ice tray and bin assembly includes an ice cube forming tray having an annular outer rim with an associated upper ledge, as well as a matrix of ice cube defining cavities arranged within the confines of the annular outer rim. Each of the caviti... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5660281 | Device for candle storage Wax candles are stored and transported in containers shaped similarly to the candles. The ambient temperature may cause the candles to partially or completely melt and hence lose their shape. When the ambient temperature eventually lowers, the candles wil... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5647571 | Mold device for forming concrete border stones A mold apparatus for forming concrete border stones has a unitary generally rectangular body with contiguous opposed longitudinal side walls, opposed outwardly curved end walls at each end thereof, an open bottom end, an apertured top wall, and an interio... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5543104 | Method for molding a multi-pack container assembly A method is provided of forming a multi-pack container assembly having at least four containers joined together by a cross or plus shaped frangible web. The method includes the steps of providing at least one male mold member and at least one female mold ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5510135 | Apparatus and method for connected forming and controlled stacking of material An apparatus and method for connected forming and controlled stacking of material having a form (12). The form (12) includes at least two molds (14) connected to each other by a web (16). The introduction of material into the form (12) results in the mate... | 04/23/1996 |
| 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 |
| 4944483 | Apparatus for forming fiber reinforced slab gel for use in electrophoresis An apparatus for forming a fiber reinforced slab gel for use in electrophoresis including a box shaped casing having a first groove at the center of an inner lower end surface, and a cover having a second groove for hermetically closing an open area of th... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4883251 | Container for making ice cubes A container for making ice cubes having a generally prismatic hollow configuration, a front side of which includes rows of truncated pyramidal cavities, the back wall having mutually perpendicular stacking ribs for mating with the cavities of a juxtaposed... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4829406 | Square body leadless electrical device An electrical device designed for leadless surface mounting on a PC board has molding compound which surrounds the electrical component and is so shaped as to have an outer surface which defines a flat, so that when the device is placed on the board it wi... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4813646 | Disposable plastic container for ices A disposable plastic container for ices comprising a pair of substantially equally shaped films of a thermoplastic synthetic resin laid one upon the other and welded or adhered to each other. They are joined only partly to define therebetween a liquid inl... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4762654 | Method for making foamed articles having a laminated structure A method for making a foamed article having a laminated structure comprises providing a mold having a cavity therein and a rib vertically mounted from a bottom of the cavity and having a predetermined height to establish at least two blocks on the bottom,... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4587810 | Thermoelectric ice maker with plastic bag mold An ice maker with a flexible wall bag supported on a planar cooling surface and having a plurality of water compartments for molding ice cubes. The planar cooling surface is in direct thermal communication with a thermoelectric refrigeration unit for free... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4440377 | Mold for footwear sole A book mold for producing a plurality of flat footwear soles simultaneously includes opposed top and bottom molds, each of which includes a pair of mold cavities; and an intermediate mold defined by a plate connected to one end of the bottom mold by a pia... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4372526 | Ice cube making apparatus and serving system An improved ice cube making and storing system including an ice cube tray, a container for storing and/or serving ice cubes, and a lid for the container. The ice cube tray includes a plurality of separate freezing compartments for forming ice cubes, and i... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4289293 | Combination bed concrete casting apparatus PCT No. PCT/US79/00707 Sec. 371 Date Sept. 7, 1979 Sec. 102(e) Date Sept. 7, 1979 PCT Filed Sept. 7, 1979 PCT Pub. No. WO80/00673 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 17, 1980 A combination bed concrete casting apparatus (20, 122 or 200) which allows either a single relati... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4268002 | Mould for packaging desserts The invention relates to a mould of the type shown in FIG. 3. The mould for packaging desserts, particularly ice-cream cake with coating syrup, is in the form of a cup comprising an opening through which the dessert is introduced into and removed from the... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4223043 | Detachable cell frozen confection forming and holding apparatus A flexible tube container has a plurality of cells linearly disposed along the length of the tube. The cells are defined by a plurality of segmented weld lines, each segmented weld line extending the width of the tube. Each segmented weld line permits flu... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4148457 | Ice cube tray An ice cube tray comprising a body of plastic or pressure die cast material or sheet metal having generally relatively thin uniform thickness throughout, and a top wall with at least the central portion thereof having a flat top surface. The flap top surf... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4119136 | Method of 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... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4078294 | Method of making fluid treatment modules This invention relates to the making of negatives intended for the production of bodies which contain cavities of predetermined shapes. The term "negative" signifies a disposable core member, for example as used in some molding techniques such as the lost wax ... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4066797 | Method of using a home donut maker A donut maker for home use is disclosed which provides perfectly cooked and formed donuts having excellent taste and appearance characteristics notwithstanding the complete elimination of conventional deep fat frying of the donuts. The preferred device in... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4052034 | Baking device A baking pan insert that is especially adapted for the baking of cupcake and the like and is adapted to allow the baker to fill each cupcake with a differing filling while the same are already in the pan.... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4014451 | Bread pan for baking miniature loaves A bread pan for baking a plurality of joined miniature loaves of bread, each pan having spaced upwardly extending dividers therein to divide the pan into sections, each divider having a recess formed along the upper edge thereof. A lid is provided which c... | 03/29/1977 |