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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7476094 | Plastic material metering system for plastic articles manufacturing device The invention relates to a plastic metering system in a device for producing plastic articles, comprising a metering unit (1) forming a block (2) comprising a material feed duct (10), a metering cavity (4) which may communicate with the s... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7374416 | Apparatus and method for controlled width extrusion of filamentary curtain The invention provides a method for controlling the width of a plurality of extruded filaments comprising providing a polymer supply and an extrusion die comprising a plurality of extrusion capillaries and a plurality of counterbores allowing fluid communication bet... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7341684 | Composite synthetic resin material forming method and apparatus A composite synthetic resin material forming apparatus comprises an outer channel having an outer outlet, an inner channel having an inner outlet opening into the outer channel, outer synthetic resin supply means for flowing an outer synthetic resin through the oute... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337708 | Filled edible product, and system and method for production of a filled edible product An edible product includes an edible outer cover component in which is located an inner edible component. A system for producing the edible product includes an arrangement for delivering the edible product in the form of an elongated rope-type product to a crimping ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7281917 | Extrusion/reaction injection molding system A method of manufacturing an extruded part having an exterior shell and a core foam material. The method includes extruding the exterior shell from an extrusion die, and reaction injection molding the core foam material within an interior of the exterior shell using... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7204944 | Process and apparatus for creating color effects in extrudable material A process for creating color effects in extrudable material, such as plastic. The process includes the steps of providing a first flow of viscous material of a first color and a second flow of viscous material of a second color, the second color being different from... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7172403 | Apparatus for preparing a gypsum wallboard core A gypsum wallboard core, and methods and apparatus for making the same are disclosed. Methods of making a gypsum wallboard core include extruding a gypsum slurry containing water, gypsum, slip agents, water-reducing agents, surfactants and, optional additives, throu... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7165878 | Ice cream and topping mixing attachment An ice cream and topping mixing attachment for being detachably connected to an ice cream dispenser for the mixing in of a topping ingredient with ice cream. The mixing attachment includes a mixing machine housing having a connector assembly, a topping chamber havin... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163388 | Method and apparatus for incorporating lumens into the wall of a tubular extrusion A polymer extrusion head for forming continuous shapes having one or more lumens therein. The head includes an extrusion mandrel and die. At least one lumen pipe is disposed radially through a port in the die to intersect the polymer flow in the annular region betwe... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7140292 | Device, system and method for fluid additive injection into a viscous fluid food stream An apparatus, system and method is provided for injecting a fluid additive into a viscous fluid food flow stream. A fluid additive injector device is utilized to inject the fluid additive which has structure to prevent or minimize the amount of fluid additive that c... | 11/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7097443 | Extruder transition section A method and system are provided that efficiently compound high levels of inorganic filler, processing fluid and silicone polymer at a commercial rate into homogeneous filled and devolatilized silicone compositions. In the method, filled silicone compositions are co... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090797 | Extrusion method and extrusion device An extrusion method and an extrusion device, whereby at least two different flows of material are supplied from the extrusion device to a nozzle. The nozzle comprises at least two nozzle chambers such that the material flowing through the first nozzle chamber forms ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7001547 | Method and apparatus for joining sheet- or ribbon formed flows in a coextrusion process A method and apparatus are described for coextruding two materials A and B, in which B is extruded on A through a port (3), in which the separating wall between the flows of A and B is formed as a flap closure (4) adapted to act as a non-return valve f... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6964562 | Extruder die and cutter assembly for extruding filled food pieces A die and cutter assembly for an extruder includes an elongated extrusion member having a first, open end and a second, closed end. The first, open end is attachable in fluid communication with a first manifold of the extruder, and the second, closed end is formed b... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6934600 | Nanotube fiber reinforced composite materials and method of producing fiber reinforced composites A composite composition and a method of making such a composite that is composed of a matrix material and dispersed reinforcement nanotubes that are substantially aligned along at least one specified direction or axis. Also a method for making a continuous fiber-rei... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6927315 | Adhesive composite having distinct phases A conformable adhesive article for use as a sterile medical dressing is described. The article includes a breathable polymeric matrix, a plurality of phases, and an adhesive composition positioned on the polymeric matrix. The plurality of phases preferably provide r... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6913166 | Apparatus for dispensing liquids and solids A system for metering and dispensing single and plural component liquids and solids as described herein. The dispensing system has a microprocessor-based control system and progressive cavity pumps which provide a very accurate control of component ratios, shot size... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6773255 | Plastic composites made from incompatible plastics Multilayer plastic composites containing at least two incompatible plastics, A and B, in which the layering sequence alternates between A and B, the layers of plastic B are discontinued at regular intervals, and the resulting gaps in the layers are filled in with pl... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6743006 | Die for extruding flowable materials and having a static mixer therein An extrusion/coating die. The die has an internal cavity and one or more static mixers in the die cavity. The static mixer fills the die cavity at its respective cross section. The die may also have one or more auxiliary inlets for separately admitting material/ener... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6729867 | Device for manufacturing a flexible strip of at least two different masses flowable with the addition of heat A strip casting device (2) has a casting container (14) from which through a casting gap (15) two different masses (12, 13) of a material flowable with the addition of heat are poured out as a strip (3) onto a cooling device (4 | 05/04/2004 |
| 6634878 | Crosshead A ground color main extruder 9 which supplies a ground color resin that is to cover a strand conductor 3 is disposed. Plural stripe sub extruders 21 and 31 which supply a colored resin in a strip-like manner in a longitudinal direction of the strand condu... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6604336 | Roof tiles, roof tile layout, and method of manufacture Complementary roof tiles for a staggered roof tile layout are provided by: (i) extruding and conveying a composite ribbon; (ii) demarcating the composite ribbon into an alternating succession of a first roof tile type and a second roof tile type by engagi... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6561783 | Extruding machine for making multi-color mesh belts An extruding machine for making multi-color mesh belts includes an injection block which has a single material feeding inlet and a material feeding tube which has a plurality of equally spaced material feeding passages. Each feeding passage has a color in... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6477944 | Molding device for pastry products A molding device for pastry products includes an upper rotary disc, a set of cutting tools and a central through hole formed at the front aspect of a cutting edge portions of a plurality of cutting tools; wherein the intermittently obverse and reverse rot... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6408217 | Computer aided design system and three-dimensional design method using the same and storing medium An injection mold design system for correcting a profile of a product to be fabricated into a releasable profile from a mold to design an injection mold based on a corrected product shape, comprising storing information of product shape and mold profile, ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6261076 | Apparatus for manufacturing marble candy Candy mass including sugar and starch syrup is passed through a nozzle to which twisted-blades are mounted by a pair of a piston and a deposit cylinder for deposit, the candy mass being poured into a die. Consequently, candies having a beautiful marble pa... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6234779 | Method of shaping a spherical body and apparatus therefor An apparatus for shaping a spherical body composed of an outer covering layer and an inner filling, comprising a holder frame, a rotary wheel rotated forwards and backwards alternatively in the holder frame, and triangular cutter members coupled to the ro... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6174154 | Apparatus for cutting and shaping food products An apparatus for cutting and shaping food products consisting of a filling and a crust from bar-shaped food material. The apparatus comprises shutter members, each having a convex cutting surface and a sliding surface, a holding member that bridges and ho... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6129872 | Process and apparatus for creating a colorful three-dimensional object A process and apparatus for fabricating a colorful three-dimensional object in accordance with a computer aided design (CAD) image of the object. The apparatus includes (a) a supply of one body-building material in filament form; (b) a filament feeding de... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6030199 | Apparatus for freeform fabrication of a three-dimensional object An improved apparatus and method for forming a three-dimensional object by planar deposition of forming materials includes containers for holding molten forming materials, mechanical piston or screw members in the containers for pressurizing the molten fo... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5989003 | Apparatus for consecutively molding differently colored parts Apparatus for molding consecutive streams of differently and homogeneously colored resin in a single mold. The apparatus is used to practice a method including supplying molten resin to a selected one of a plurality of resin passages, injecting colorant s... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5967025 | Apparatus for cutting and shaping a spherical body An apparatus for cutting and shaping spherical products, such as filled dumplings, including a plurality of shutter members, each shutter member having first and second adjacent sliding surfaces and an elongated hole, a connecting member for slidably conn... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5916601 | Apparatus for manufacturing raised-brim products A simple method and apparatus is provided for manufacturing raised-brim products in which the end of a continuous bar-shaped dough body is fed into an opening surrounded by a plurality of movable cutting members. The bar-shaped dough body includes a filli... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5851566 | Applicator die An improved applicator die for alternately depositing different liquid coating materials on a moving web comprises a die body having switch bars for opening and closing respective flow passageways for supplying the different liquid coating materials to an... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5812402 | Injection mold design system and injection mold design method An injection mold design system for correcting a profile of a product to be fabricated into a releasable profile from a mold to design an injection mold based on a corrected product shape, comprising storing means for storing information of product shape ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5785920 | Extrusion molding apparatus and method of forming a parison A rod 3 is driven forward to open an annular slit 5 between a die 2 and a mandrel 4 and the molten resin in a resin accumulation chamber 10 is expelled from annular slit 5 to form a parison. In this operation, the die 2 is displaced from an original posit... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5773037 | Extrusion head with color-changing device The device (2) for changing the outside coating color of the extruded product is seated directly in the extrusion head (1), thus minimizing the length of the duct (25) in which the colored extrudates would be liable to mix; on the other hand, since no col... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5718927 | Apparatus for multilayer blow molding An apparatus for manufacturing multilayer hollow articles having sections different from one another in respect to the kinds of resins, number of layers, and thickness of layers along the circumference in the horizontal section of an article with the narr... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5697402 | Apparatus for melt mixing synthetic polymers A system for mixing first and second polymer melt flows and directing a mixed polymer melt flow to one and another downstream locations includes a control valve having an inlet port for receiving the first polymer melt flow, and a pair of outlet ports, an... | 12/16/1997 |
