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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7516937 | Deformable molds and methods for their use in the manufacture of ophthalmic lenses The present provides deformable molds and methods for manufacturing ophthalmic lenses using deformable molds. The molds of the invention may be used in the custom manufacture of ophthalmic lenses. ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7467776 | Pre-fabricated warped pavement slab, forming and pavement systems, and methods for installing and making same A pre-fabricated warped pavement slab and a forming system for making the slabs. The forming system includes a plurality of forming sections which can be adjusted so as to form a warped-plane pavement slab. Also disclosed are methods for making the pavement slab and... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7355671 | Fabrication method for liquid crystal cell A liquid crystal cell fabrication method is presented that utilizes a deposited metal gasket moisture barrier bonding two opposing plates of glass each having a spacer layer to accurately control cell gap thickness along with an optional integrated thermal sensor an... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355667 | Liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof A liquid crystal display device include a pair of substrates with liquid crystal material therebetween, a plurality of first spacers formed on one of the pair of substrates, and a second spacer formed on the one of the pair of substrates and arranged to surround the... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7342636 | Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same A liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a black matrix layer on the substrate and having a first plurality of openings, a color filter layer on the black matrix layer and having a second plurality of openings, and a plurality of column spacers each con... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7290752 | Mold for the production of molded parts on a jolting table The invention relates to a mold for the production of molded parts on a jolting table, the mold having a mold frame which carries a mold insert in which recesses defining the molded parts are formed, the mold insert being surrounded by a clearance space toward the m... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7204471 | Method and arrangement for forming construction panels and structures A form-work support arrangement for building form-work for moulding a concrete construction panel on top of a previously poured concrete panel (58). Generally the upper panel to be moulded has the same horizontal dimensions as the previously poured panel (... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7202931 | Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the same comprising a plurality of seal patterns between a plurality of supporting patterns and a plurality of compensating patterns disposed below and aligned with the plurality of supporting patterns A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate having a first region and a second region, wherein the second region surrounds the first region, a plurality of patterned spacers over the first substrate in the first region, a plurality of supporting patte... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195473 | Railroad tie and method for making same Thermoplastic polymers, rubbery polymeric components and reinforcing fillers are mixed and heated to a range of 380° F. to 440° F. The resulting mixture is then fed into a BANBURY mixer, with the resulting mixture fed into a diverter feeding two molds. The velocit... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191999 | Variable height sideforms An improvement to concrete casting machines of the casting bed type in which the side forms are constructed and arranged to stay in an upright position at all times but may be raised and lowered. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7159836 | Flow through molding apparatus and method A mold for molding fibrous molding media includes upper and lower mold bodies defining a mold cavity, the upper and lower mold bodies being movable relative to each other to close the mold. The upper and lower mold bodies have respective upper and lower mold surface... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7152975 | Junctionless ophthalmic lenses and methods for making same Methods for producing a junctionless ophthalmic lens are provided. Additionally, ophthalmic lenses having junctionless, three dimensional surfaces, for example, asymmetrical anterior and/or posterior surfaces, as well as molding tools used in the production of such ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150622 | Systems for magnification and distortion correction for imprint lithography processes The present invention is directed toward a system to vary dimensions of a template in order to attenuate if not prevent distortions in an underlying pattern formed by the template. To that end, the system features a compression device that includes a pair of spaced-... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7146773 | Concrete accepting wall structure with adjustable curvature A structure for forming a vertically orientated wall comprises a flexible front panel having a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis and substantially continuous front surface; a flexible rear panel positioned rearwardly and parallel to the front panel; and a plurali... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134248 | Pre-cast panel form insert The present invention is directed to a pre-cast panel form insert used in precast construction. The insert comprises a substantially planar portion defining dimensions suitable to complement dimensions of a pre-cast panel form and a fluid diverting portion. The flui... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133109 | Liquid crystal display comprising the spacers disposed near the liquid crystal inlet, wherein the spacers have prism shapes or elliptical column shapes A liquid crystal display apparatus includes first and second substrates, a liquid crystal layer, a sealing member, and first and second spacers. The first substrate includes a first display part having a pixel electrode formed thereon. The second substrate includes ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7118368 | Mold table for food products and method of making said table The present invention concerns a mold table for food products comprising at least one longitudinal conduit that can be closed by a cover. Each conduit has a variable cross section that defines at least one cavity that forms a mold for the food products. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117711 | Adjustable mould The present invention relates to a mould (42) for bending material parts, the mould (42) comprising opposite first and second longitudinally extending mould halves (1, 21) enclosing a longitudinal mould cavity (59). The first mould halve ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7061569 | Upper substrate, liquid crystal display apparatus having the same and method of fabricating the same An upper substrate, LCD apparatus and method of fabricating the same capable of reducing misoperations are provided. The LCD apparatus includes an upper substrate having a cell gap maintaining member, a lower substrate having a display are and a driving area adjacen... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7048529 | Mould for curved panels The invention relates to a mold for the manufacture of curved insulating panels, which comprises an upper half-mold (2) and a lower half-mold (3) opposite each other. The structure of both said half-molds is formed by a respective chain of modul... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7042545 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device including opposite first and second substrates, and column spacers between the first and second substrates, the column spacers formed such that the column spacers differ in size as positions of the column spacers differ, thereby accom... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7011782 | Lid support and forming system for pool cover box A system includes a support for a pool cover box lid comprising an elongated mounting element extending along at least one wall of the pool cover box, and a plurality of bracket assemblies, each connecting to the mounting element at multiple positions along the moun... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004442 | Mold frame for a mold A mold frame for an apparatus for producing shaped concrete articles has two longitudinal and two transverse frame members which are detachably screwed to one another with form-fit on the four corners of the rectangular mold frame. The transverse frame members on th... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000887 | Snow mold A snow mold is disclosed for making a snowman and similar snow structures. A flexible sheet of material has tabs formed at one end, and slots cut into the sheet at spaced intervals along the length of the sheet in horizontal alignment with the tabs. The slots are al... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6940576 | Display device Sealing materials are formed in a reliable manner without the occurrence of peeling-off thereof. Between respective substrates which are arranged to face each other with liquid crystal inserted therebetween, the sealing materials which fix another substrate to one s... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6939118 | Molding apparatus for toric contact lenses A molding apparatus for generating toric contact lenses, comprises a convex inserter, a front convex inserter carrier, a rear convex inserter carrier, and a first and a second fasteners. The convex inserter, used to form a convex outer surface of toric contact lens,... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6835059 | Adjustable length mold assemblies The invention is directed to adjustable length mold assemblies for forming inflatable members and methods for using adjustable length mold assemblies for forming inflatable members, such as, for example, balloons for use with balloon catheters and stent delivery sys... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6793193 | Adjustable mold for forming shaped food A food mold including one or more molding pockets, at least one of which includes a primary molding chamber and a secondary molding chamber pivotally or flexibly joined to the primary chamber for selective positioning of the secondary chamber in communication and al... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6786463 | Telescoping form A telescoping form for forming a void in poured concrete is disclosed. The form has an upper section defined by a plurality of sides, the upper section of plastic composition, and a lower section capable of telescoping into the upper section, the lower section of pl... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6761785 | Method for constructing a composite structure Amethod for constructing a composite structure is disclosed. The method comprises four steps. Step one calls for coupling a flexible layer to a base, where the flexible layer has a working surface and an underside surface. Step two requires coupling at least one sup... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6705584 | Liquid crystal display device In a liquid crystal display device comprising a first substrate having switching elements formed for respective pixel electrodes thereon and a second substrate having color filters and a common electrode formed on a main surface thereof, the present invention provid... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6676102 | Adjustable modular form system and method for rectilinear concrete column form A modular form panel and a method of employing the same are provided for use when forming a rectilinear concrete column form. The form panel comprises a first side edge and a second side edge, with the first side edge having a plurality of attachment hole... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6669460 | Lens mold carrier A carrier is provided for holding a lens mold that includes a first mold half defining a first optical surface and a second mold half defining a second optical surface. A first frame defines a front surface. A holder assembly is in operative communication... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6572355 | Window sash construction and method and apparatus for manufacture thereof A homogeneous sash or fenestration unit is shown which may be made of a wide variety of materials, and holds a first and a second pane of glazing material in a parallel, spaced apart, relationship without the use of spacers or a preassembled glazing unit.... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6558147 | Molding device for molding rotator A molding device is provided for molding a blower fan that has a center member embedded in a center portion of the fan. The molding device comprises a pair of molding dies which define therebetween a shaped cavity when properly coupled; and an insert die ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6530552 | Curved formwork system with varying curvature The formwork system is based on the use of modules that can be coupled to each other, both laterally and vertically, with each one comprised of a pair of metal sheets (2) that determine the inner and outer faces of the formwork, with threaded transverse r... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6503025 | Precast concrete beam element and methods of making and installing same A precast concrete beam element, used as a continuous bearing structural foundation member supporting wall and floor slab loads in soil, includes a bearing surface for spreading vertical loads into the soil and a wall section having a height sufficient to... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6428302 | Universal blow mold assembly A mold assembly has two mold half shells, corresponding mold half carriers, and a novel intermediate interconnecting member comprising a pair of ring shaped locating members. The locating members have an inner locating wall, preferably a stepped shoulder,... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6386504 | Variable size food molding tray A variable size food molding tray apparatus is disclosed, having at least two flat base portions of uniform thickness, with selected sizes in length and width. Multiple frame portions each having a groove along the inner and outer side receive the outer p... | 05/14/2002 |
