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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7905718 | Sheeting head Sheeting head apparatus for rolling and flattening a quantity of dough, includes a sheeting head, an infeed conveyor, and an outfeed conveyor. The sheeting head defines a dough path therethrough and includes a plurality of opposed roller pairs. The first roller of e... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7824163 | Injection molding system having a bus An injection molding system includes a mold having a hot half and a cold half, the hot half including a hot runner. A bus transceiver is located in the mold. At least one electrical device associated with the operation of the mold is located in the mold and electric... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7621733 | Rapid prototyping and manufacturing system and method A stereolithography apparatus having a resin vat with resupply containers in one-way flow communication and a leveling container in two-way flow communication, an automatic offload cart to remove and replace build support platforms, an elevator assembly for supporti... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7575426 | Clamping device and injection molding machine provided with clamping device A stationary platen unit and a movable platen unit each include a platen body, a load transmission portion, a die fixing plate, and a backup member. The backup member is located between the platen body and the die fixing plate. The backup member is movable between a... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7481642 | Method and apparatus for controlling a vent gap with active material elements Method and apparatus for controlling a vent gap in a mold for an injection molding machine are provided, and include an active material insert configured to be regulate the degree of opening of the vent gap. The active material insert is configured to be actuated in... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7473087 | Device for exchanging an extrusion cylinder of an extruder Device for exchanging an extrusion cylinder of an extruder, the extrusion cylinder consisting of several cylinder sections and at least one screw element, which is in the interior of the cylinder and is coupled with the driving unit of the extruder for the purpose o... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7438546 | Extruded ceramic log transfer system An apparatus for orienting section of a plasticized ceramic extrudate includes a marking assembly for applying an orientation reference mark to a plasticized ceramic extrudate exiting an extrusion die onto an extrudate support, and at least one extrudate-contacting ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431578 | Vertical injection molding machine The invention provides a vertical injection molding machine capable of periodically feeding lubricant to sliding portions of the turntable to maintain a substantially constant turntable slide resistance and also capable of determining the position of the repeatedly ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429168 | Oven protection system for a thermo-forming machine An oven protection system for a thermo-forming machine having a source of heat for heating a workpiece. The oven protection system includes a barrier that is movable from a stored position to a deployed position between the source of heat and the workpiece in respon... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7399436 | Die opening and closing system and die opening and closing method A die opening and closing system includes a fixed die plate holding a fixed die, a moveable die plate holding a moveable die able to move in a horizontal die opening and closing direction with respect to said fixed die plate, only one ball-screw feed mechanism movin... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7393196 | Vertical injection molding machine The invention provides a vertical injection molding machine capable of stopping the repeatedly revolved turntable at predetermined positions. During operation of a vertical injection molding machine 1 having one or more lower molds 15 mounted on a turn... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7381356 | Rotary powder compression molding machine An apparatus is provided for effectively preventing the scattering and the like of powder material, by maintaining a completely sealed condition, from the supply of the powdery material and the discharge of the molded articles to the cleaning of the interior. A hous... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7371064 | Hydraulic device for back and forth movement of a machine part, and a clamping unit of an injection molding machine fitted with such a hydraulic device The invention relates to a hydraulic device for the back and forth movement and locking of a machine part, in particular for the opening, closing and locking of an injection molding tool. The hydraulic device comprises a cylinder (1), in which a first pressur... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7361401 | Surface coverings containing fused recycled material and processes of making the same A backing or an intermediate layer for a surface covering is described which comprises a fused recycled material, wherein the material comprises a thermoplastic material, for instance, a vinyl material from a vinyl backed carpet or vinyl backed carpet manufacturing ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349747 | Monitoring device and monitoring method for injection molding machine A monitoring device and a monitoring method for an injection molding machine, in which a trend chart is displayed on a common axis so that changes of set values of molding conditions and changes of measured values of monitoring items can be grasped correspondingly. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341695 | Anti-fouling apparatus and method An anti-fouling apparatus and method includes a configurable cleaner connected to an object for physically removing foulants on the object. A UV light device is connected to the object for preventing the growth of foulants on the object and a camera is connected to ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331482 | Dispense pump with heated pump housing and heated material reservoir A heated dispense pump overcomes the limitations of conventional systems providing for reliable and efficient heating of the dispensed material in a system that is compact, lightweight, and accurate. A pump housing and cartridge body are formed of a thermally conduc... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329113 | Adjustable extrusion die An extrusion die assembly configured to process a flow of extrusion material traveling in a downstream direction includes a first die component, a second die component and a third die component. The first die component includes a first channel that is substantially ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327518 | Attenuator for high-power unpolarized laser beams A method for attenuating an unpolarized laser beam includes separating the laser beam into two plane-polarized beams. The plane-polarized beams are polarization rotated. Each of the polarization-rotated beams is separated into two plane-polarized portions. One of th... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322811 | Apparatus for spinning and winding multifilament yarns An apparatus for spinning and winding a plurality of synthetic filament yarns, and which includes a spinning device, a withdrawal godet downstream of the spinning device, and a takeup device which has a plurality of winding positions that are distributed along a lon... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318715 | Press for producing shaped parts from powder material A press for producing shaped parts of powder material has lifting rods and a transverse part mounted on the lifting rods. A top punch holder is connected to the transverse part. A top punch is mounted in the top punch holder. An eccentric drive acting on the top pun... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311136 | Injection mold with electronic counter In an injection mold including at least two mold sections which are movable relative to one another for opening and closing the injection mold and an electronic counter with an actuator and a sensor element supplying, influenced by the actuator, a signal indicative ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311506 | Actuator base nubbin alignment In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a mold comprises a nubbin positioned within the mold, and an actuator positioned within the mold to align the nubbin. The actuator may be implemented with a piezoelectric material, a magnetorestrictive mater... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309223 | Extrusion head device An extrusion head device in which fixed and movable head parts as a plurality of separate parts can be easily combined using compact fastening means. Fastening cylinder rods provided for the fixed head part of the extrusion head device including the fixed and movabl... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303709 | Compression molding process A molded article is produced by a method of compression molding employing a specially shaped billet of thermoplastic material which is positioned at a predetermined location in a predetermined orientation with respect to the mold cavity surfaces of a mold part. In a... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303703 | Nano-imprint system with mold deformation detector and method of monitoring the same A system for nano-imprint with mold deformation detector is disclosed for real-time monitoring of the deformation of the mold. An electrostatic plate capacitor is embedded in the mold, serving as the deformation detector. The capacitor includes two opposite metal fi... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290997 | Plant for manufacturing of tablets A plant for the manufacture of tablets, comprising a rotary tabletting machine, a control cabinet which houses a machine computer, a control desk which preferably is mobile and houses a service computer to operate functions of the tabletting machine and store data i... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284778 | Device for carrying preforms comprising improved gripping means A device for carrying a preform in a temperature condition oven, including a gripping device provided with gripping claws, which enclose an outer surface of the neck of the preform. An inner core is provided that penetrates axially inside the neck over a distance su... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7270051 | Apparatus and method for supplying food dough Apparatus for supplying food dough including a hopper to which a large block of food dough is supplied, a cutting apparatus located at a lower opening port of the hopper to cut the block into small blocks that have substantially the same volume, a dough feeder havin... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7262244 | Polymer composites comprising low molecular weight nitrile rubber The present invention relates to polymer composites comprising at least one, optionally hydrogenated, nitrile rubber polymer having a Mooney viscosity (ML 1+4 @ 100° C.) below 30 at least one filler and optionally at least one cross-linking agent, a process for pre... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259914 | Attenuator for high-power unpolarized laser beams A method for attenuating an unpolarized laser beam includes separating the laser beam into two plane-polarized beams. The plane-polarized beams are polarization rotated. Each of the polarization-rotated beams is separated into two plane-polarized portions. One of th... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255525 | Online, safe service technique for automated libraries A safety system for online servicing of a media library is provided, wherein the library comprises a plurality of media storage cells and at least one media picker robot that moves along the media storage cells, and wherein the library is contained within an enclosu... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249941 | Device for manufacturing plastic lens A rotation table transfers a casting mold M injected with a plastic composition in a circular manner. An active-energy-ray irradiating area is provided to irradiate active energy rays onto the casting mold M in a predetermined angular range when the casting mold M i... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7198653 | Calcium carbonate granulation Highly compactable granulations and methods for preparing highly compactable granulations are disclosed. More particularly, highly compactable calcium carbonate granulations are disclosed. The granulations comprise powdered materials such as calcium carbonate that h... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198478 | Method and apparatus of treating a disc plate A method of treating a disc plate. has the following operations of: molding a mold disc plate through an injection molding; and spinning the mold disc plate at a high spin speed. The spinning operation has at least one of the following two sub-operations of: reducin... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7186429 | Food product marking apparatuses and methods A method and apparatus for marking, imprinting or applying a pattern, design or mark to a plurality of individual pieces of food product to be divided from a sheet of food product is described. In one aspect of the invention, a method may include the steps of supply... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7186108 | Curing unit for dental materials A curing apparatus wherein rapid curing is provided by using light, pressure, pressure and light, or purge, pressure and light to cure resinous materials by application of energy from an external source to excite polymerization in a polymerizable system. An air-tigh... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182892 | Gas assisted injection molding with fixed volume gas reservoir and temperature control A method and system for forming an injection molded plastic part. After the injection of plastic material has started, a volume of gas from a fixed volume reservoir is introduced into the plastic material at a low pressure forming a hollow cavity. The introduction o... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175411 | Process for the production of a cable and device for performing this process The present invention concerns a process for producting cables, in particular cables for the distribution of electrical energy or cables for telecommunications, more particularly, cables having at least one covering layer comprising a composition of high viscosity. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173075 | Gas releasing sealing and filling compositions Sealing and filling compositions for use in filling and/or sealing a root canal. The sealer and filler compositions include a polymerizable material that shrinks when polymerized. The composition also includes a gas releasing component that at least partially offset... | 02/06/2007 |
