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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152507 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing multiplex interlayer for safety glass Provided are an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a multilayered interlayer for safety glass that allows reliable and easy formation of inserted layers having a larger coloring layer. The manufacturing apparatus 1 for manufacturing the multilayered int... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7874825 | Nozzle for forming an extruded wall with rib-like interior A nozzle for extruding a surface may include a first outlet configured to controllably extrude a first extrudate of unhardened material, a second outlet configured to controllably extrude a second extrudate of unhardened material that is separated from the first ext... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7484949 | Continuous impregnation of long fibers with resin for manufacturing elongate composite elements An apparatus for manufacturing an elongate composite element in undefined lengths, the composite element containing reinforcement fibers embedded in a matrix based on a composition containing a curable resin, including a vacuum chamber, rigid-walled inlet tubing, an... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7367373 | Multi-layer extrusion head for self-sealing cable An electrical cable and a method for manufacturing the electrical cable are provided in which a plurality of insulated conductors have an inner protective layer extruded thereabout. A plurality of longitudinally extending ribs or fins or exterior ribbed or finned su... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7332014 | Ceramic structure, method of manufacturing ceramic structure, and device for manufacturing ceramic structure A ceramic structure includes a plurality of porous ceramic members each being warped, each of the plurality of porous ceramic members having a bonding portion and end portions at both ends of each of the plurality of porous ceramic members in a longitudinal directio... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329116 | Double-webbed mandrel An mandrel for extrusion of hollow bodies, such as, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) hard, compact, and foamed pipes, includes an inner collar, an outer collar, and a middle collar, each of the collars being radially joined by webs to the particular adjoining collar. Each i... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7311276 | Shredder with proximity sensing system The present invention relates to a shredder that includes a proximity sensing system to sense the presence of a person, animal, or object near cutting elements of the shredder. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7306449 | Food shaping device for forming three-layered foods A food shaping device for forming a three-layered food comprises: at least two first guide units and a food output unit. The food output device comprises a main tube; a middle tube; an inner tube; an inner circular path; an inner material guiding nozzle; and an oute... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300535 | Magnetically readable card and a method of making a magnetically readable card The present invention includes a process for making a magnetically readable card. The process includes providing a polymeric extrudable substrate material and one or more magnetic strips. The substrate is extruded in an extruder. The magnetic strips are aligned and ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7284974 | Apparatus for compression molding articles made of plastics An apparatus for compression molding of articles made of plastics, comprising: molding means; feeding means for feeding doses of plastic material, which are provided with removal elements for removing in succession said doses from an extruder and transferring the do... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7168934 | Installation for producing cables A system for producing cables includes an extrusion apparatus with at least one extruder and a head for receiving at least one line of the cable. An induction heating apparatus is disposed downstream of the extrusion apparatus. Downstream of the head and the inducti... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168223 | Capsule-sealing machine for food or drink containers The present invention is a capsule-sealing machine that uses a heat-sealing process to apply sterile aluminum blank capsules on food or drink containers or cans, preferably cylindrical in shape but also square, rectangular or oval. The machine includes a conveyor be... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163652 | Process for producing co-extruded profiles A process for making co-extruded profiles includes forming a plurality of web-interconnected profiles, which travel together through a die. ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7163655 | Method and apparatus for extruding polymers employing microwave energy An apparatus and method for molding balloon catheters is disclosed. The balloon may be molded by providing a polymeric tube within a mold having an interior cavity in the shape of the desired balloon. Microwave energy, which may be generated by a gyrotron, may then ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7134861 | Extrusion nozzle An extrusion nozzle including an outlet port having a single opening with a first region, second region, and a pinched region between the two. The pinched region reduces the dimensions of the extrudate in relation to the dimensions associated with the first and seco... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7056110 | Apparatus for making reinforcement ply material An apparatus for making reinforcement ply material wherein reinforcement elements are grouped in untwisted sets and adjacent reinforcement elements in the same set are spaced apart a distance less than the distance between adjacent sets. The apparatus includes an ex... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048431 | Plastic processing machine for producing fiber-containing thermoplastics A plastics processing machine for producing fiber-containing thermoplastics includes an extruder, and a scale assembly having a weighing plate for determining an amount of fiber to be supplied to the extruder. A fiber feeding device supplies fibers from a take-off u... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7001168 | Plant for forming predetermined quantities of synthetic material Plant for forming predetermined quantities of synthetic material comprising a rotary turntable carrying on its periphery a plurality of dispensing devices, and means for feeding the material in the molten state to said dispensing devices; the plant also comprises a ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6994752 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing decorative moldings The present invention consists of a method and apparatus to efficiently coat architectonic moldings made of diverse materials, providing a versatile, and continuous production, where polystyrene stands out from different types of coating materials. The apparatus con... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6966763 | Arrangement for making a belt made of plasticatable material The two belt parts (2a, 2b) of a belt (2) made of plasticatable material are produced with the aid of a first station (6) and a second station (8). The first station (6) includes a rotatable mold drum (14 | 11/22/2005 |
| 6942828 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a toothed belt The toothed belt is produced in a moulding cavity, which is defined by a rotating moulding wheel and an endless moulding belt, which is also rotating. For this purpose, the moulding wheel has a channel defined by lateral cheeks, in the base of which are provided rec... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6929841 | Plastic-based composite product and method and apparatus for manufacturing same The invention relates to a plastic-based composite product which consists at least partially of a plastic in which a material consisting substantially of particles is homogeneously embedded, which particles have tensile strength in at least one principal direction. ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6878315 | Method and apparatus for casting a concrete product A method and apparatus are for fabricating a concrete product in a slip-form casting process, in which method concrete mix is fed into a slip-form mold of a defined cross section moving progressively in the casting process so as to obtain a concrete product of a des... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6841100 | Method for casting a concrete product A method is disclosed for casting a concrete product, in which method the concrete product is cast in an essentially horizontal slipform casting process during which the top surface height and profile of the concrete product being cast is measured continually. Based... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6841110 | Method and plant for manufacturing prestressed concrete products A method for the production of prestressed concrete products and a plant for implementing the method. Moulds provided with pretensioned wires are moved through fixed casting machines into a hardening space. In the hardening space, the combination of mould and produc... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6817851 | Method and apparatus for the manufacture of fiber-reinforced plastic compositions An apparatus for the manufacture of fiber-reinforced plastic compositions. The apparatus addresses the disadvantages of previous methods and apparatuses for the manufacture of fiber-reinforced plastic compositions using a plasticizing extruder. Some embodiments of t... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6797065 | High speed yarn finish application Methods and devices are provided to actively apply finish to one or more yarns in motion at speeds greater than about 3000 m/min, to achieve a finish application of 0.2 wt. % or more, and with a coefficient of variation of finish concentration of 10% or less. The de... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6676881 | Apparatus for producing multiple channel duct assembly and method thereof The present invention resides in that a plurality of pre-molded inner ducts are fed to a cross-head die, and a melted outer duct is extruded around the inner ducts from the cross-head die, and then the pre-molded inner ducts and a melted outer duct are su... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6669986 | Process for manufacturing multilayer pellets and use of the multilayer pellets A process for manufacturing multilayer pellets having a core-sheath structure with a molding material forming a sheath which covers the outer circumference of another molding material forming a core, which includes (a) supplying the core material and the ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6655943 | Artificial firelog and firestarter chip producing apparatus An artificial firelog and firestarter chip producing apparatus comprising a cutting assembly, a compression conveyor auger assembly and a die. The apparatus converts standard waxed corrugated cardboard boxes into artificial firelogs by first slicing cardb... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6645410 | Manufacturing apparatus and method for multiple containment tubing A manufacturing apparatus and method for multiple containment tubing produces continuous, nested tubing, or one tube within another tube, without having to fix the space between the tubes or position them concentrically. Consequently the tubing is very fl... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6604927 | Apparatus for forming thermoplastic composite materials A composite with a thermoplastic matrix and fiber reinforcement is made by rotation of an exit die about a roving of continuous fiber in the presence of a thermoplastic melt. The rotation causes opposing inner and outer helical flow conditions which reduc... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6585923 | Extrusion method and extruder An extrusion method and an extruder, the material to be extruded being fed with a material feeding device (1) into a radial pump unit included in the equipment. The radial pump unit comprises conical gearwheels (2) which are adjacently positioned and rota... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6558146 | Extrusion deposition molding with in-line compounding of reinforcing fibers According to the present invention, an in-line compounding and extrusion deposition compression molding apparatus and method for producing a fiber-reinforced molded structural component is provided. The apparatus comprises an extruder device having an int... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6500365 | Process for the manufacture of an optical core for a telecommunications cable Optical core for a telecommunications cable comprising at least one support consisting of a central reinforcing member and a first coating layer of a thermoplastic polymer applied around the central member, a plurality of optical fibres arranged around th... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6481994 | Apparatus for making a magnetically readable card The present invention includes an apparatus for making a magnetically readable card. The apparatus includes a mechanism for providing a polymeric extrudable substrate material and one or more magnetic strips. The substrate is extruded in an extruder. The ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6428728 | Fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin structure, process for production of same, and extruder for production of same A fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin structure comprising a thermoplastic resin and reinforcing fibers, having a ratio (Lw/Ln) of the number average fiber length (Ln) to the weight average fiber length (Lw) of the uniformly dispersed reinforcing fibers ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6333071 | Method and apparatus for producing optical fiber ribbons An apparatus for producing optical fiber ribbons which has a optical fiber gathering device, one or more coating applicators and a turn roller arranged in a straight line, with one or more alignment guide in plate form being provided on a travelling line ... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6309567 | Collectively coating die device for manufacturing separable optical fiber ribbon and manufacturing method thereof A collectively coating die device (2) is provided for applying coating resin in a lump to coated optical fibers (1) arranged in parallel on one and the same plane so as to form a plurality of optical fiber ribbons (16) at the same time. The collectively c... | 10/30/2001 |
