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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7361296 | Motor vehicle wheel frame A motor vehicle wheel frame is integrally molded in a split mold including a lower mold portion (12) and a complemental mold portion. Channel-like spoke forming formations (12.1) receive layers (24.1) of molding material wrapped around heat expa... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7243898 | Moulding accessory and method of using same A moulding accessory to form a void around a recessed lifting loop in a moulded concrete product such as a concrete cladding panel. The moulding accessory is formed from a body which is sized and shaped to fit with said lifting loop. The body is hollow, but sufficie... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7014445 | Injection-molding tool for a golf club grip An injection-molding tool for a golf club grip includes a base member and a detachable molding member attached thereto. The base member is provided with a screw rod extended therefrom for screw connection. The detachable molding member includes a screw hole for rece... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6978976 | Magnetized core with pneumatic release system for creating a wax mold for a golf club head An improved core for creating wax patterns of golf club heads is disclosed herein. The core includes a center core piece and several outer core pieces removably coupled to the center core piece by magnets embedded in each of the core pieces. The core further include... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6911165 | Method for fabricating concrete slabs using a horizontal slip casting process A method is provided for fabricating a concrete slab in a substantially horizontal slip casting process method, concrete mix is fed into a mold through a delimited cross section moving progressively in the casting process so as to form a concrete product of a desire... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6854702 | Form for manufacturing concrete blocks for freestanding walls A form for manufacturing concrete blocks for constructing freestanding walls. The form includes a base and four side panels which are mounted on the base to pivot between a first position for casting a block and a second position for removing a cast block from the f... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6843461 | Mold for producing depressions in the sides of a molded block The side walls of a mold have recesses in each of which is mounted a mold core for forming depressions on the outer side of a concrete block which is to be produced in this mold. The mold cores are pivotally supported around a horizontal axis which is parallel to th... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6740281 | Three-dimensional articles of indeterminate axial length An integral three-dimensional article having interstitials therethrough, the three-dimensional article comprises an unconstrained number of axially successive stages. An apparatus and process for molding such a three-dimensional article are also disclosed. The appar... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6719927 | Optical connector ferrule, mold therefor, method of manufacturing optical connector ferrule, and method of inspecting optical connector ferrule An optical connector ferrule 1A is mounted on the distal end of a fiber optic ribbon cable 2 to form an optical connector Ca. A mating surface 11 of the optical connector Ca opposes an optical connector Cb to be mated. Fiber accommodating holes ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6715247 | Modular bracket for supporting passage cores for concrete structures A support module for interconnecting to like support modules serves to support a number of core elements for encapsulation within a concrete structure. The module has a planar frame defining a first cutout and a second cutout. Each cutout has an arc shape, such that... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6698156 | Method and apparatus for hollow metal fabrication A method and apparatus for constructing hollow metal frames having a grout filled interior is disclosed. An apparatus includes a substantially planar body having an upper and lower surface. The upper surface includes at least one grip. The lower surface i... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6649110 | Method for manufacturing molded panels A mold apparatus and method for manufacturing panels having, as desired, one or more areas of reduced material comprising a facing sheet and integrally attached cell forming walls extending in roughly perpendicular fashion from the facing sheet. Additiona... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6557818 | Form for manufacturing concrete retaining wall blocks A form for manufacturing concrete retaining wall blocks. The blocks are cast in the form with a front face of the block down. A resilient face insert at the bottom of the form imparts an ornamental appearance to the front face of the block. The form has f... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6485623 | Method and device for forming angled wells in an electrophoresis gel slab A device for forming angled wells in an electrophoresis gel slab includes a device having a plurality of projections oriented at an angle with respect to a longitudinal dimension of the device. A method for forming angled wells in a gel places the device ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6299432 | Mold for forming a housing of a card edge connector with reinforced core pins A mold for forming a dielectric housing for a card edge connector, wherein the housing has an elongated body defining a central slot for receiving a lower edge of a memory module. The elongated body has two lateral ends each formed with a tower for pivota... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6247222 | Process for casting a plastic die A method for casting a plastic die including constructing an open ended container having a floor configured to the desired contour shape of the die. A plurality of elongated cores having tapered and arcuate peripheral edges are spaced within the container... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6176465 | Apparatus for baking letters and numerals This invention relates to an apparatus for baking letters of the alphabet and/or numerals. The apparatus includes a cake pan blank foldable into a cake pan, a grid insert template and one or more space-occupying insert blanks foldable into space-occupying... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6149851 | Tooling apparatus and method for producing grid stiffened fiber reinforced structures A method and apparatus for the manufacture of fiber reinforced structures. The tooling and its use for the manufacture of reinforced structures is described and illustrated.... | 11/21/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5882699 | Vehicular lighting unit apparatus A resin-made vehicular lighting unit having protruding portions is formed in a mold apparatus. The mold apparatus includes first and second molds which are used to form a cavity for resin-molding the vehicular lighting unit. Recessed portions are formed i... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5858262 | Mold for forming multi-sided, fully contoured, three-dimensional toy figures A fully contoured three dimensional toy figure made of at least two figure parts, and a toy apparatus and a method for molding the toy figure are disclosed. The figure parts are molded in respective mold cavities with receptacles, e.g., holes, in a side t... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5802696 | Process for casting a plastic die A method for casting a plastic die including constructing an open ended container having a floor configured to the desired contour shape of the die. The open ended container is segmented by longitudinal members and traversing members. A plurality of box-s... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5792552 | Reusable concrete form panel sheeting The invention relates to concrete form panel sheeting comprising a resinous polymer core defining a concrete-form face and an opposite face, and a concrete-facing surface layer attached to the concrete-form face, the concrete-facing surface layer being ad... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5705204 | Model for a casting mold A model for a casting mold, particularly for the casting of blade wheels for turbo-engines, includes multiple cores which can be fitted into one another. The cores have exterior rings, portions of blade duct cores and connector plates. The portions of the... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5531949 | Methods and molds for making a roller skating wheel having curvilinear paths through the hub A method and mold for making a wheel of a roller skate including a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart generally axially extending curvilinear paths. A speed skater, traveling a predominately circular course with such wheels properly aligned on su... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5474119 | Method of and mold for casting a combined engine block and cylinder head for a twin piston engine The mold comprises an outer mold part (10) which defines a mold cavity (11). Walls of the outer mold part form the outer surface of the combined engine block and cylinder head. There also are first and second inner mold parts (12, 13) which extend into th... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5437431 | Mold for forming pilot anchor holes in concrete A plurality of pilot hole impressing molds connected to a generally flat base structure constructed of resilient materials temporarily attached to the inner face of the temporary forms for the formation of the concrete structure. As concrete sets the form... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5413307 | Precast manhole invert forming A mold for casting an inverted base section of a manhole includes a core for forming an inner surface of the base section, and a jacket surrounding the core for forming an outer surface of the base section. A domed plate atop the core but below an upper e... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5397096 | Forming apparatus for concrete floors, ceilings and walls A reusable low maintenance forming system for forming concrete floors, ceilings and walls with joists thereunder utilizes concrete displacement form pans supported by a temporary framework and floor. A plurality of alignment channels are arranged in paral... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5358214 | Mold for concrete modular precastings The mold is comprised of a bottom (4) wherein there are provided grooves (8) extending transversely between containment sidewalls (6); said sidewalls (6) have windows (14) which are aligned with the grooves (8) which preferably are delimited by the faces ... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5354530 | Pressure fluid stabilized regulator with leakage orifice and method of forming precise molded orifice units A fluid pressure regulator includes a diaphragm operated leakport controlling low liquid or fluid flow rates. A precisely formed leakage unit spaced from the leakport establishes continuous flow from the input to the output. The leakage unit includes a se... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5251866 | Flexible coverstock semi-rigid foam void test mold A test mold assembly for evaluating the surface deformation tendency of a coverstock bonded to a reactive plastic formulation to voids in the formulation including a base adapted to support a coverstock and spaced side walls extending upwardly from the ba... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5183616 | Method for making antiqued concrete cored bricks and capping bricks A method for making concrete cored bricks and capping bricks includes providing a mold having a row of mold cavities separated by cross members having core-bar holes formed therein, inserting a core bar through each cavity and into and filling a core-bar ... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5174910 | Mold for forming pilot anchor holes in concrete A plurality of pilot hole impressing molds connected to a generally flat base structure constructed of resilient materials temporarily attached to the inner face of the temporary forms for the formation of the concrete structure. As concrete sets the form... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5139721 | Method and apparatus for forming a precast curb system A method and apparatus for forming a curb section of a predetermined length sub-divided into modules by transverse grooves which give the appearance of shorter blocks and provide for fracturing the curb section at those locations. Each module of the curb ... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5122052 | Mold for producing a neon tube support having a molded spring A unitary helical coil spring assembly is inserted in a tubular body to form a neon tube support. The assembly is molded of plastic using a mold comprised of two planar blocks in each of which there are a series of axially spaced apart recesses configured... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5114657 | Integrally molded cross-flow fan and method of making the same by radially withdrawing gap-forming molds An integrally molded cross-flow fan has a circular array of angularly spaced, radial vanes. The cross-flow fan is molded with a molding assembly having a plurality of gap-forming molds jointly defining mold cavities for forming the vanes. A molten resin m... | 05/19/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5108282 | Biaxial concrete masonry casting apparatus A CM block machine for casting masonry blocks includes a mold cavity formed between a mold box and a mold core containing one or more plungers selectively extending laterally into the cavity along a second axis which is normal to the axis of casting so as... | 04/28/1992 |
