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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431577 | Die and method for manufacturing core An object of the present invention is to provide a die and a method for manufacturing a core, wherein the core includes a ring-shaped supporting member 16 that is formed by a plate-like member, that is disposed inside a pneumatic tire, and that supports a pne... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7404707 | Sample mounting press A hydraulic sample mounting press utilizes a face seal against the top face of a molding cylinder. The face seal employs a hydraulic cylinder to press a disk-shaped surface of a cap piece against the top annular face of the mold cylinder for a metallographic mountin... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7309507 | Device and method for manufacturing and packaging lollipops Device for manufacturing lollipops, comprising a stationary supply (4, 5a, 5b) for a strand (5) of lollipop material in flat cross-section condition, a series of flat lollipop moulds (3a, 3b) movable pas... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7261533 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing dental aligners Embodiments of the invention provide a method and apparatus for manufacturing dental aligners. The system includes a workpiece introduction system having at least one workpiece preparation chamber. The system further has a mold manipulation system, having a mold int... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7217376 | Separation wall transfer mold, separation wall forming method, and plasma display panel formed by using the same A separation wall transfer mold adaptive to form separation walls on a substrate, includes a main body. A separation wall concave section has concaves for separation walls and is formed in a surface of the main body for a material of the separation walls to be spewe... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7175406 | Active mold apparatus Apparatus for forming a plastic attachment on an article includes clamping mechanisms which position the article and form a mold surrounding the appropriate section of the article. During the process of molding the plastic attachment, the article may be moved throug... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171882 | Knife-like cutting die A knife-like die for cutting a thermoformed plastic article from a sheet of thermoformable plastic. The die includes a die build up plate that is mounted to a first platen and a striker plate that is mounted to a second platen. The die further includes a die board h... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7156631 | Apparatus for manufacturing a molded product, and molded product that can be manufactured with the apparatus The present invention provides a rotary press that allows mass production of a molded product. The rotary press has upper and lower punches that may be split in to a plurality of split punches, a means for moving the split punches, and a means for manipulating the p... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156638 | Mold, molding system and molding machine for making ophthalmic devices This invention provides a mold comprising a first mold half which works in conjunction with a second mold half for forming ophthalmic devices wherein said first mold half comprises at least one changeable cassette comprising inserts for forming said ophthalmic devic... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6981863 | System for molding thermoplastic sandwich material and deep-drawn article produced thereby A method and system for molding thermoplastic sandwich material to form a deep-drawn article utilizing a unique clamping technique and mechanism are described. The method includes the steps of positioning a blank of thermoplastic sandwich material having a cellular ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6877973 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a lens sheet An apparatus for manufacturing a lens sheet comprises an application device, a substrate supply device, a pressing device and an irradiation device. The application device applies ionizing radiation curing type resin in the form of liquid on the upper surface of a f... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6790026 | System for co-molding a thermoplastic material with a thermoplastic sandwich material and article produced thereby A method and system for co-molding a thermoplastic material with a thermoplastic sandwich material to form a thermoplastic sandwich article having a thermoplastic inner portion are provided. In one embodiment, the thermoplastic material may be a composite material a... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6783347 | Machine for molding a peripherally encapsulated product A peripherally encapsulated product is molded by placing a piece of glass between mold clamping portions of movable closed bodies when the latter are in an open position. The bodies are heated and thermosetting polymeric material is placed upon one of the mold bodie... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6638450 | Method for manufacturing an injection molded thermoplastic ophthalmic lens having an encapsulated light polarizing element A method for manufacturing a synthetic resin thermoplastic ophthalmic lens by injecting a thermoplastic material immediately adjacent to each side of a light polarizing wafer situated within a mold cavity. The light polarizing wafer includes tab appendage... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6582213 | Tool for producing a filter cartridge The bellows (6) of a filter cartridge is inserted into an injection-molding die (3) and provided with the plastic frame (24) by an injection-molding process. The surfaces of the die (3) that lie opposite one another are provided, at least at their edge su... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6563207 | Split-mold and method for manufacturing semiconductor device by using the same A split-mold, which is used for manufacturing semiconductor devices by resin-encapsulating a substrate on which a plurality of semiconductor chips are formed, includes a first mold and a second mold. The second mold has a pressing surface that is provided... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6428300 | Ultra mold for encapsulating very thin packages A method of encapsulating a workpiece, particularly a microelectronic device, to achieve a very thin encapsulating layer and reduce the finished device size. The method includes positioning the workpiece in the mold cavity of a mold capable of reducing it... | 08/06/2002 |
| 5914083 | Process of and apparatus for making an assembly of a windshield glass and a weather strip having a partly modified cross-section An assembly of a windshield glass and a weather strip having a partly modified cross section is provided. As the weather strip is extruded along the peripheral edge of the windshield glass and fixedly adhered thereto, a movable die 132 of a die assembly i... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5599563 | Tool for molding a surround onto a loudspeaker cone A loudspeaker cone assembly having a generally conical cone body and an annular flexible suspension rim. In making the cone assembly, a cone body having an outer free edge is placed within a female mold having an annular channel configured to form the sus... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5551855 | Apparatus for assembly of a windshield glass and a weather strip having a partly modified cross section In the assembly of a windshield glass and a weather strip having a partly modified cross section the weather strip is extruded along the peripheral edge of the windshield glass and fixedly adhered thereto, a movable die 132 of a die assembly is properly m... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5512232 | Device for moulding articles of composite material and process using such a device A device for moulding articles of composite material includes a pressurizable gasket and an injection head the end of which is flush with the impression of the mould. After low-pressure filling the mould impression with jets of resin and catalyst so orien... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5364253 | Magnetic circuit component molding device A magnetic circuit component molding device for integrally molding a compound a center yoke with a ring-shaped magnet includes top and bottom press vertically arranged at opposed positions. A ring-shaped magnet is place on a bottom die between top and bot... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5332381 | Two piece crown liner punch An apparatus for forming liners of thermoplastic material within closure shells contains a movable die having an inner punch member and an annular outer mold member both of which are movable up and down in relatively slidable relation with each other and ... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5326243 | Compression-cavity mold for plastic encapsulation of thin-package integrated circuit device A molding apparatus having variable-volume cavities is provided. The apparatus consists of a lower and an upper mold defining a cavity for the lead frame, and having a conduit for forcing fluid plastic from a reservoir to the cavity for encapsulating an i... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5277865 | Gas-assisted injection molding process for producing hollow molded article A hollow molded article is produced by supplying a molten resin between a pair of a fixed mold and a movable mold before the fixed mold and the movable mold are closed, inserting at least one gas-supplying pin which is provided on a surface of the fixed m... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5256046 | Press for producing coated-core tablets The invention relates to a press for producing coated-core tablets, and includes a rotor 1 with a die table 4 provided with dies 14, and upper and lower sections 3, 4 for guiding the upper or lower stamps, 9, 11, resp., in the dies 14, radial arms 25 with... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5238640 | Method of manufacturing a laminated body A method of manufacturing a laminated body consisting of a synthetic resin member provided with a layer member thereon, in which the member is bent to cover the edges of the resin member. The method includes the compression, resulting from a male mold and... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5223201 | Method of manufacturing a laminated body A process for the formation of a laminated body consisting of an upper layer member which covers a hardened synthetic resin is disclosed. The process includes the compression, resulting from a female mold and a male mold approaching each other, of the lay... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5215761 | Apparatus for production of longitudinal multi-component frame element An apparatus for producing a longitudinal multi-component frame element includes a longitudinal mold within which is positioning at least one longitudinal member to form a first component of the frame element. A second component of the frame element is fo... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5139405 | Composite with integrally molded rib and manufacture thereof A technique is provided for both forming frame portions from thermoplastic resin prepregs containing randomly arranged reinforcing fibers directly at predetermined location(s) upon a preformed wall portion and simultaneously bonding such as formed frame p... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5087187 | Apparatus for molding hollow composite articles having internal reinforcement structures An apparatus for molding hollow composite articles having a plurality of internal webs. A mandrel assembly apparatus includes slidable sidewall members, an inflatable pressure membrane surrounding the length of the slidable sidewall members and actuator m... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5087188 | Dies for forming soap with attached member A die apparatus for molding and forming a cake of soap with an adapter. Peripheral obturation cleanly and securely attaches the generally horizontal adapter to the upper surface of a body of soap of a size to be manipulated by a hand. The die also include... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5030075 | Apparatus for making friction elements such as brakeshoes and clutch plates An apparatus for charging a press for making brakeshoes and the like utilizes an intermediate mold carrying precompacted powder positioned on the press mold. The powder is engaged by the raised press ram and a lowered ejection ram such that the powder tra... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5023037 | Method of and arrangement for manufacturing enclosed blocks Blocks with a casing composed of upper and lower parts are produced by inserting the upper and lower parts in an inserting device above and below pushing elements between upper and lower pressing dies of a press, displacing by the pushing elements the low... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4979282 | Apparatus for the application of a gasket inside closures comprising a cup, such as screw-on and crown caps The invention refers to an apparatus which allows the application of a round gasket or liner inside closures. The apparatus consists of a plastic material batching carousel carrying, on a horizontal plate a plurality of shuttles or molds peripherically di... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4968468 | Method for making friction elements such as brakeshoes and clutch plates A method for charging a press for making brakeshoes and the like utilizes an intermediate mold to carry the precompacted powder. The intermediate mold is positioned on the press mold and the powder engaged by the raised press ram and a lowered ejection ra... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4966538 | Mounting press Molding apparatus, particularly for mounting specimens for microstructural analysis. A ramhead pressurizes a molding chamber, with the pressure, temperature and time of the cycle being set into the system from a control panel and proceeding automatically.... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4786027 | Apparatus for molding composite metal-elastomer wheels Apparatus for molding a composite metal-elastomer styled wheel in which a middle mold part consists of a metal wheel disc and rim subassembly. A base mold part seats against the outboard face of the metal wheel in the closed condition of the mold and has ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4601866 | Process for tablet production This invention relates to a process and an apparatus for producing tablets of good quality with minimal waste by compressing granulated matter at a regulated temperature. An important advantage of the invention is that it permits direct tabletting of acti... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4600372 | Positioning system for molding plastic drive gear A system for mounting a gear member having gear teeth tilted in one direction onto a core pin of a mold. The gear member is a part of a drive gear member that rotates a pick-up spindle of a used ribbon in a cassette. The gear forms a center hole having a ... | 07/15/1986 |
