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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7018196 | Skirt forming member for vacuum-forming systems A customizable skirt-forming member is disclosed, for use in high stress acrylic tub formation operations. The member generally has a rigid forming wall, at least one adjustable wing hingeably associated with the forming wall, and means for altering the pitch of the... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6848232 | Pre-cast concrete wall system A casting tool for forming precast concrete wall sections. A base is disposed generally in a horizontal plane and has an upper surface. A pair of opposing sidewalls are disposed proximate the upper surface. Each of the sidewalls has a first position in which the sid... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6769662 | Form and method for casting a monolithic precast safety end A precast safety end for use with culverts on highway, driveway, and road drainage crossings has a base having a depending flange at its outer end and an upright wall at its inner end, and opening in the wall to register with the opening in an abutting pipe culvert.... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6743008 | Set of baking moulds for food products The invention relates to a set of baking moulds for food products such as hams, including a plurality of moulds mounted on a support frame (5, 6), each mould comprising a trough (2) with a generally U-shaped transverse section in order to form a bottom... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6698710 | System for the construction of insulated concrete structures using vertical planks and tie rails An improved system and methods for forming foundations, walls, buildings and other structures having one or more walls made of concrete or other pourable, hardenable materials. The system uses substantially rigid forming panels and is "open" in that formi... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6550215 | Precast concrete wall system A casting tool for forming precast concrete wall sections. A base is disposed generally in a horizontal plane and has an upper surface. A pair of opposing sidewalls are disposed proximate the upper surface. Each of the sidewalls has a first position in wh... | 04/22/2003 |
| 5616271 | Concrete forming chamfer strip In order to form a chamfer on an outside corner of a poured concrete structure, a concrete forming system includes a first form panel having an inwardly facing surface and second form panel also having an inwardly facing surface. The first form panel is s... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5449483 | Method and apparatus for making a tire mold Making a tire mold by spraying molten atomized metal on a model to form a metal shell and then reinforcing the shell with a resin backing to form a mold segment for the tire mold. Modular shoe container assemblies have replaceable backing members for maki... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5186874 | Method for casting stairs within pools A method of constructing arcuate cement stairs in a pool includes (a) attaching a first arcuate form having a first form radius to the wall of the pool; (b) attaching a second arcuate form having a second form radius smaller than the first form radius to ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5156753 | Concrete curb form device A device for establishing the correct spacing (width and height) between a pair of sheet material elongated form members between which a slurry of concrete is to be poured and, when solidifed, will produce a rigid concrete curb. One form member is to be h... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5154837 | Flexible form A flexible form is presented. The flexible form may be shaped to produce the desired contour of concrete or other plastic material in the construction of various structures and is held in place by a plurality of positioning brackets. The flexible form is ... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5125617 | Adjustable radius walers for forming Forms for a cylindrical wall of poured concrete are made of plywood sheets nailed to horizontally-spaced beams, to which are clamped transversely arranged walers. The walers are assembled in strings and the string are in parallel spaced relationship. The ... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5110278 | Injection molding apparatus for producing a toric lens casting mold arbor Injection molding methods and apparatus for the production of casting molds for toric lenses having ballast oriented properly with respect to the cylinder axis of the toric surfaces. A calibrated rotatable ring mechanism is used within the injection moldi... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5045265 | Method of making a variable molded part A method for variably making tie bar guides usable to guide tie bars within locking system housings having different inner dimensions, which tie bar guides have a body portion including four sides substantially aligned with an opening through the body por... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5042728 | Cereal mill system A roller mill system (10) for grains such as wheat provides a frame structure (12), power apparatus (14), and first, second and third roller structures (16,18,20) collectively presenting an inverted pyramidal configuration. In this fashion three rollers (... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4978099 | Chamfer strip and adjustable corner squaring strip for a concrete column form An adjustable corner strip for joining adjacent concrete form panels into a column mold includes spaced diverging wings with slots to retain adjustment screws for adjusting the divergence of the wings, and thus the panels. The corner strip permits easy an... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4976401 | Adjustable corner squaring strip for a concrete column form An adjustable corner strip for joining adjacent concrete form panels into a column mold includes spaced diverging wings with slots to retain adjustment screws for adjusting the divergence of the wings, and thus the panels. The corner strip permits easy an... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4969626 | Adjustable form for casting concrete culverts An adjustable culvert form facilitates fabrication of rectilinear culverts and skewed culverts that is, culverts having an angular relationship between sidewalls and span. It is particularly useful for the production of three-sided culverts. The form gene... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4921204 | Adjustable median barrier mold A fixture for an adjustable mold in which concrete road barrier sections are precast. The mold can be configured to cast symmetrical or asymmetrical sections having a uniform cross section throughout or a cross section that varies uniformly along the leng... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4844402 | Form for a mortar cap The mortar cap receives cementitious materials therewithin, such as cement, mortar, and the like, to define a footing for a manhole frame, and has a base frame with a pair of concentric, spaced-apart walls, and an ancillary frame, also with a pair of conc... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4842243 | Method and apparatus for molding golf club heads Apparatus for molding hollow metalwood golf club heads of wax or other material with variations in the lie angle of the neck or hosel relative to the body of the club head, in which two molds with communicating mold cavities are supported for turning of o... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4824068 | Flexible form for street and sidewalk curbs A flexible form for making street and sidewalk curbs uses C-channels such as is utilized in straight portions of street curbs, said C-channels carrying "V" openings spaced regularly evey 6 inches or so, to facilitate gradual bending, such opening being eq... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4814126 | Method for custom fabrications of doors A method for forming a composite door to custom fit a predetermined door opening. A template is formed by spraying a quick hardening foam on a door jam of the door opening. The template is moved a base member of the tool and the base member adjusted to co... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4784365 | Apparatus for nest-casting of concrete elements Apparatus for nest-casting of generally large elements formed of multiple angular surfaces including a side forming element of concrete useful as a mold form together with a spaced repositioned element mounted also as a side forming element for forming th... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4729541 | Formwork for round or polygonal construction There is disclosed a formwork for round or polygonal constructions with a formwork face having an adjustable curvature or circumference. The formwork has a chain of booms which are spaced apart from the formwork face and are composed of individual boom po... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4714231 | Adjustable mold for the manufacture of concrete elements such as staircases The present invention has as an object an adjustable mold for the manufacture of concrete elements such as staircases of the type having a straight line extent, of which the treads are perpendicular or not perpendicular to the risers. The adjustable mold ... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4705258 | Sheathing for pouring a container fabricated from concrete An improved sheathing for use as a covering on a polygonal container having a plurality of adjustable support members for supporting the sheathing thereon. The sheathing comprises at least two adjacent pivotally connected panels having a vertical joint th... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4685650 | Apparatus for forming inverts and manhole assemblies Apparatus for forming inverts in a manhole base using a single pour or double pour technique. In the single pour technique, the invert is formed simultaneously with the formation of the manhole base using a mold member having a channel-shaped projection d... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4673159 | Molding forms for making precast portal assembly sections for culverts Molding forms for precast concrete portal assemblies are described. The molding forms include adjustable form surfaces for precasting different shaped portal assemblies from the same basic mold. The molding forms herein are particularly designed for moldi... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4637586 | Form for producing concrete rails The invention relates to a form for producing concrete rails for rubber-tired vehicles which are guided on a track. In contrast to steel rails, concrete rails no longer bend after production, so that numerous different molds are required for curves, trans... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4624440 | Adjustable formwork for concrete structures An adjustable formwork for forming the corner surfaces of concrete structural members includes a first and a second formwork unit. Each formwork unit extends transversely of the other and has a surface which forms one of the concrete surfaces of the concr... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4525133 | Apparatus for packaging articles A packaging system for encapsulating an article within a solid foam material. An article to be encapsulated is supported on a base. A wall enclosure is disposed on the base to form a mold cavity. At the top of the base and above the article to be encapsul... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4482126 | Universal multi-part form for casting concrete parapets A universal multi-part form for casting concrete parapets and the like having front and rear surfaces and opposite side and end surfaces with the dimensions between end surfaces varying between parapets. The form comprises a stationary base and support me... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4258897 | Structure for forming concrete troughs in the ground A method and structure in which a Y- or V-shaped trench is dug in the ground for spatially receiving a smaller, complentarily shaped form that is supported in the trench by re-enforcing rods or the like that remain in the set-up concrete when the form is ... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4253635 | Bulkhead brace An end bracket for a wall form system is disclosed for supporting the end of a pair of spaced wall form molds. The end bracket includes a flat bar for connecting to a waler brace on one of the wall form molds and a cross bar extending from the flat bar ac... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4177229 | Method for production of precast manhole bases A method for producing precast manhole bases utilizing an apparatus consisting of a mold jacket defining vertical walls and a mold form disposed within the jacket. The form includes a central portion spaced inwardly from the jacket and channel forming mem... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4156516 | Apparatus for shaping moldable materials A reusable mold for shaping moldable material comprising a flexible freestanding wall capable of being formed in any desired shape to form the contour of the material to be molded, and a method for assembling and using the mold. The mold may include sever... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4118004 | Concrete beam form A lightweight, take-down beam form, including a series of U-frames held together by spaced apart adjustable longitudinal braces secured along the frame uprights and bottom longitudinal braces, support strippable plywood or plastic or suitable material bea... | 10/03/1978 |