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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331776 | Food embossing stamper device An impression device for food items. More particularly, the present invention is a stamping device designed to create images upon a variety of foods for decoration and/or marketing purposes. The stamper device of the present invention has the general appearance of a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7306194 | Mold for producing a ceramic heat shield element A mold for producing a ceramic heat shield element having a mold shell is provided. The mold shell comprises a plurality of mold surfaces and a casting aperture for pouring in a ceramic material. The mold shell is embodied as a single-piece mold shell during casting... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7284741 | Candle melting system A candle melting system includes a candle shaper having a guard that operatively separates a handle from a wax cutting blade is thermally controlled by a heating assembly. The candle melting system also includes a candle mold that includes an outer kiln that is size... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7258348 | Machining fixture for centering and holding workpiece A centering and holding fixture includes a base, a piston disposed within a piston chamber at least partially located within the base, and a radially flexible ring connected to the piston by force transmission apparatus operable to contract and expand the radially f... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7240717 | Multiple ignition source exothermic reaction mold device A multiple ignition source exothermic reaction mold device. The mold device includes a crucible in a block with an open top for receiving exothermic reaction powder. A lid covering the open top has an opening therethrough. A receptacle in the lid is in communication... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7216842 | Pocket former A pocket former includes an outer barrel having a first rim, a second rim and a frustoconical body portion extending from the first rim to the second rim. A center barrel is connected to the outer barrel and has a proximal lip adjacent the first rim of the outer bar... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7150813 | Isoelectric focusing (IEF) of proteins with sequential and oppositely directed traveling waves in gel electrophoresis Various gel electrophoretic assemblies and techniques are disclosed for providing unique isoelectric focusing (IEF) strategies. Several particular systems, assemblies and methods are provided that significantly reduce processing time, enable the use of reduced opera... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7143991 | Reinforcing bar joint sleeve fixing device A reinforcing bar joint sleeve fixing device for fixing a reinforcing bar joint sleeve disposed in the interior of precast concrete to a molding form in fabricating a precast concrete structure with use of the molding form, which device permits both axial and radial... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6835343 | Method for handling concrete retaining wall blocks A method and apparatus for handling large concrete retaining wall blocks and the like. The blocks are cast in a form with the front face down, a lifting loop extending from a rear face and with grooves extending in sides from a rear face to adjacent the front face. ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6776386 | Lid for exothermic reaction welding mold A lid for an exothermic reaction mold device. The device includes an internal crucible in a block with an open top. The lid includes a lower face with an elongated opening therethrough. The lid also includes an upper face with a circular opening therethrough whereby... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6757960 | Method for manufacturing hermetically sealed pressure detecting apparatus A pressure detecting apparatus is composed of a first case insert-molded with connector pins, and a second case made of metal. The first case and the second case are assembled together to form a pressure detection chamber hermetically sealed with an O-shaped ring sa... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6755385 | Concrete void former and cooperating cover An anchor positioning assembly for use in casting a concrete panel. The anchor positioning assembly includes a void former, a cooperating cover and an anchor. The assembly may further include an adaptor insert for receiving anchors of variable shapes and sizes. The ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6655649 | Assembly for casting and use of an isoelectric focusing strip Isoelectric focusing gels are cast in a rod-shaped casting mold split longitudinally into two halves, each half having a half-circle profile so that the combined halves form a completed mold that is tubular in shape with a circular cross section. Flat gro... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6578815 | Concrete wall and rib form A wall and rib form for forming a concrete building wall having a concrete rib protruding perpendicularly from a face of the wall along one wall edge includes a substantially horizontal platform having a platform upper surface defining a perimeter form bo... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6505809 | Shaping and molding pan An apparatus and method for shaping and molding material having two sidewalls, two end walls, a bottom and at least one partition. The two sidewalls have grooves spaced at predetermined intervals on an inside surface for receiving a partition and a bottom... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6460824 | Concrete void former and cooperating cover An anchor positioning assembly for use in casting a concrete panel. The anchor positioning assembly includes a void former, a cooperating cover and an anchor. The assembly may further include an adaptor insert for receiving anchors of variable shapes and ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6394410 | Adjustable reinforcement insertion guide for a slip form concrete barrier mold An adjustable reinforcement insertion guide is installed within the slip form mold of a mobile concrete slip form machine, for guiding steel reinforcement screens into the mold interior during the casting of continuously poured concrete barrier walls (i.e... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6341452 | Transport anchor for embedding in prefabricated reinforced concrete parts A transport anchor for embedding in prefabricated reinforced concrete parts has an anchor shaft having a first shaft portion and a second shaft portion. The first shaft portion can be anchored in the concrete and has a support with at least one spacer pro... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6120723 | Foundation footing construction method, particularly as serve to efficiently precisely emplace wall anchors A concrete footing for the construction of a wall is created by the placement of a guide member with a series of very large holes, which is supported with adjustable threaded stake supports. This guide is situated along a location which will become the to... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6082700 | Anchor positioning insert A removable anchor positioning insert for forming a recess in a face of a concrete structure and for the simultaneous positioning of an anchor within the recess. The insert includes a resilient body having an upper surface connected to an arcuate lower su... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6059257 | Universal bracket for objects to be cast in poured walls A universal bracket holds an object in place on the inside surface of a mold frame while settable material in a fluid state is poured into the frame and allowed to harden so that thereafter the frame and bracket can be removed to produce a fixed structure... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5976442 | Apparatus and method to manufacture cast panels A method and assembly (20) to form a cast concrete panel (21). The assembly (20) has end beams between which tendons (23) can pass. The beams need to be able to support tensioning of the tendons. Transversely extending form members (25) cooperate with for... | 11/02/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5900180 | Disposable layout form liner for structures A disposable object form line for use in horizontal casting of building panels from settable material in which at least one side has an exposed face of embedded objects. The object form liner is comprised of a thin support sheet having an adhesive coating... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5740651 | Anchoring sleeve An anchoring sleeve for receiving a screw in a concrete building element, consists of a tubular body (1) made of synthetic material and surrounded by a metal shell (8) which only partially covers the synthetic body (1) so that at least the lower end there... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5716539 | Concrete railroad tie mold insert for rail fasteners An insert is described for attachment to a concrete railroad tie mold within an opening formed therein. The insert is adapted to releasably receive and position a railroad rail fastener with a head end positioned below the mold and an anchor part projecti... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5715886 | Single use welding mold and method The mold includes a refractory body forming a weld chamber. Exothermic welding material in a crucible above forms molten metal which drops into the weld chamber through a tap hole or open top. The mold includes sleeving passages formed by projecting metal... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5647425 | Apparatus and method for forming electrical connections A mold assembly and method for lap welding a conductor to a vertical bar or rod features two vertically split mold parts having a major parting surface in which are formed a crucible, tap hole, sleeving for the conductor and a weld chamber. An offset part... | 07/15/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5535979 | Apparatus for use in forming recesses in cast bodies The invention provides apparatus for use in connection with the casting of bodies, e.g. of concrete panels, which are to contain within them one or more anchor members which extend towards the surface of the body and are accessible within recesses formed ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5492656 | Apparatus and method for manhole collar construction Apparatus and method for constructing a manhole collar between an existing manhole cone and a precast manhole ring. The apparatus includes a circular slip form tube, tapered from a larger top diameter to a smaller bottom diameter; at least two support arm... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5482451 | Apparatus for the preparation of optical ferrules Apparatus for the preparation of optical ferrules containing cylindrical members is disclosed. The apparatus utilizes guide means receiving the cylindrical member, a sleeve receiving a piston therethrough, and a pin extending into the sleeve. The apparatu... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5451153 | Sealing arrangement for optodevice moulds A mold arrangement for moulding an optodevice onto an optical ribbon fibre. The mould includes of a plurality of plates which are intended to be inserted between the movable top plate and the stationary bottom plate, or counterpressure plate, of a transfe... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5441397 | Mold arrangement for optodevices A mold arrangement for molding an optodevice onto an optical fibre ribbon. The mould includes several plates which are intended for insertion between the movable top plate and the stationary bottom plate, or counterpressure plate, of a transfer molding pr... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5423362 | Apparatus for forming an access pocket at the terminal end of a post-tensioned tendon A pocket former having a body with a tapered exterior surface. The body has a top surface and a bottom surface and a tubular member extending therethrough. The top surface extends outwardly from the tubular member for a greater distance than the bottom su... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5372758 | Mold and method for molding ferrules The present invention relates to a mold for simultaneously molding a plurality of ferrules onto a corresponding number of optical fibers. The mold preferably includes a runner plate, a first cavity plate, a second cavity plate, and a support plate, each o... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5211900 | Method of manufacturing an eutectic beam having multi-functional support members A eutectic beam, and method of constructing same, which includes a plastic housing, a eutectic solution, and a generally U-shaped evaporator tube having first and second spaced leg portions, ends of which extend outside the housing. The leg portions of th... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5196209 | Making a prestressed concrete beam A prestressed concrete beam is made by first fitting the opposite ends of a group of reinforcing rods through respective holes in a pair of longitudinally spaced end plates having longitudinally confronting inner faces and opposite outer faces, then provi... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5169544 | Buck for use in construction A plastic buck which is used to form an opening in a wall to be constructed of concrete or other flowable building material. The buck includes flanges on each side which contain mounting holes used to mount the buck to a wall form. Additionally, the flang... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5134002 | Mold liners for resin transfer molding A preform assembly for use with a resin transfer molding apparatus. The preform assembly comprises an upper liner formed to the shape of a first mold half, the upper liner having a peripheral portion, a dry fabric preform, and a lower liner formed to the ... | 07/28/1992 |
