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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8038424 | System and method for manufacturing sold ink sticks with an injection molding process A method manufactures solid ink sticks by forming a solid ink paste and injecting the paste into a mold having internal cavities. The method includes generating a solid ink paste, injecting a portion of the paste under pressure into a cooled mold having at least two... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7993123 | Method and apparatus for fabricating three dimensional models An apparatus and method for fabricating a three dimensional model from a composite model formed or a plurality of successive layers of model material and sacrificial mold material. Each successive layer is constructed by depositing, drop-by-drop, at least one line o... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7914271 | Gate insert heating and cooling Disclosed, amongst other things, is a gate insert of an injection mold that includes a base member. The base member defines a nozzle interface for receiving, in use, a nozzle of a melt distribution system that is heated, in use, by a heater, and a gate, the gate con... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7874826 | Solid ink stick fabrication by extrusion, roll forming and swaging A method of manufacturing an ink stick for use in a phase change ink jet imaging device comprises heating phase change ink material to an extrusion temperature at which the phase change ink material is in a malleable state. The ink material is then extruded through ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7604471 | Injection molding machine An injection molding machine configured so that items of molding conditions of which values are not changed can be set selectively when a set of molding conditions is read from a storage device so that values for the read molding condition items are set as the set v... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7578666 | Molding machine system Provided is a molding machine system enabling a free setting of execution timings of respective steps in a molding cycle of heating of a mold, injection and pressure holding of a molding material, cooling of the mold, etc. The molding machine system repeating a seri... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7462026 | Mold core having a temperature control apparatus An temperature control apparatus includes a temperature detecting element (50), a control circuit (60), and a thermoelectric unit (70). The temperature detecting element contacts to a first surface (82) of a predetermined target (800 | 12/09/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7331778 | Process and arrangement for the production of blow-molded hollow bodies The present invention refers to an arrangement for the production of blow-molded hollow bodies from plastic with a blow molding machine, wherein a cooling medium can be blown via a conduit into a blow mold respectively into the hollow body for blowing up and cooling... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326377 | Solid-free-form fabrication process and apparatus including in-process workpiece cooling A solid free form fabrication system for manufacturing a component by successively building feedstock layers representing successive cross-sectional component slices includes a platform for receiving and supporting the feedstock layers, a feedstock supplying apparat... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323127 | Mold temperature adjusting method A mold temperature adjusting apparatus is provided in which change-over timing of high temperature medium and low temperature medium is adjusted by a heat transmission delay in heating and cooling of a mold being taken into consideration, so that a cycle time of mol... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316559 | Continuous forming apparatus for three-dimensional foam products A continuous forming apparatus for molding foam material into foam products that includes a first endless belt and a second endless belt that cooperates with the first endless belt to mold the foam material. The continuous forming apparatus may also include a first ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313895 | Molding unit for forming direct injection molded closures A form, fill and seal packaging machine is configured to mold a closure directly onto a carton. The machine includes a carton erection station to receive and erect a carton and a direct injection molding station. The molding station has an internal mold tool for rec... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311507 | Power control system for equipment for injection moulding of plastic materials The identification and location of possible faults of operation and/or installation of a hot runner are obtained through the measurement of the absorption of power by the heating resistors applied to the arms and to the injectors of the hot runner. The qualitative a... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7291304 | Coinjection molding cooled shooting pot cylinder Coinjection molding shooting pot cooling apparatus and method are configured to cool a shooting pot cylinder which, in combination with a shooting pot piston, injects a melt through a coinjection nozzle having at least two melt channels ending at the same gate. Pref... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7273364 | Drop box with thermal isolation A drop box for a rotational molding system includes a substantially rigid outer shell, a substantially rigid inner shell, configured to contain unmelted polymer material, and thermal insulating material, disposed between the inner and outer shells. Substantially rig... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270537 | Non-coaxial injection molding valve flow control In an injection molding machine having upstream and downstream channels communicating with each other for delivering fluid material to one or more mold cavities, apparatus for controlling delivery of the melt material from the channels to the one or more mold caviti... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272452 | Controller with configurable connections between data processing components A controller with configurable connections between data processing components that is optimized to provide a particular function such as temperature control is provided. In one embodiment, the controller includes a number of configurable inputs and outputs that may ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267320 | Mold apparatus A mold apparatus having at least a pair of molds formed with a cavity, at least one pipe accommodator formed in the molds, at least one heat pipe mounted in the pipe accommodator, a heat-cool source part connected to the heat pipe the heat and cool the heat pipe, an... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261539 | Injection molding machine Injection molding machine with a mold that can be opened and closed, into the mold cavity of which a fluid molding compound, preferably plastic, can be injected, and with at least one reading device (12) for at least one transponder (13) arranged in th... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261538 | Monitoring device for an injection molding machine A monitoring device for an injection molding machine whereby the state of resin sheared by a rotating screw can be easily monitored. During the period from the start to end of metering process, the rate of heat generated by a heater for heating an injection cylinder... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258536 | Mold and hot runner controller located on the machine platen A control module is attached to a machine platen of an injection molding machine. The control module is coupled to at least one sensor that reports a value of a processing condition associated with an injection mold and is disposed within the injection mold. The con... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252493 | Temperature control system to independently maintain separate molten polymer streams at selected temperatures during fiber extrusion A temperature control system for use in a fiber extrusion process includes a number of metering pump assemblies including inlets to receive at least two molten polymer streams from a supply source that is connectable to the system. A pump block disposed proximate th... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249940 | Temperature regulator of temperature regulating part under hopper of injection molding machine A temperature regulator main body is connected to a cooling hole formed in a temperature regulating part under a hopper through a tube and comprises a tank for a cooling medium, a pump, a radiator, and a fan facing the radiator to send cold air and driven by a motor... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248790 | Heating device for vehicle A heating device for a vehicle is provided with a radiation-heat generating unit for generating radiation heat, a first light-distributing unit for converting irradiation directions of the radiation heat into a substantial single irradiation direction, and a second ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246023 | Flexible process optimizer A flexible process optimizer for recording and analyzing various parameters to improve the efficiency of a production process. The flexible process optimizer acquires and conditions signals from a variety of transducers mounted on a production machine. Through quali... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241131 | Thick film heater apparatus A thick-film electric heater having thick-film layers applied directly on a thermally conductive non-flat substrate. Preferably, the substrate is cylindrically shaped. A dielectric layer is silk-screened on the substrate surface. A resistive layer is silk-screened o... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238015 | Control system for continuous rubber molding apparatus A control system for continuous rubber molding apparatus comprising; a feed portion for feeding a rubber material previously removed of foreign substances or particles in the previous step; an extruder for kneading the fed rubber material and feeding forward the kne... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238018 | Method and apparatus for heating plastic extruding die A coil surrounding only the tip of nozzles of a plastic extruding die is provided. By passing a high frequency current through the coil to selectively heat only the tip of the nozzles. Further, in a plastic extruding die in which a high frequency current is passed t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234929 | Injection molding flow control apparatus and method In an injection molding machine having upstream and downstream channels communicating with each other for delivering fluid material to one or more mold cavities, apparatus for controlling delivery of the melt material from the channels to the one or more mold caviti... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7217384 | Device and method for runner-less molding of thermosetting resin and rubber A runner-less molding device for thermosetting resins and rubbers, characterized by a movable runner bush (15), through which an uncured or unvulcanized fluid material kept at a low temperature supplied from a pouring nozzle (31) can flow, is slidably ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216005 | Control apparatus for injection molding machine Test molding and mass-production molding are performed by an injection molding machine that includes a control apparatus in which neural networks are used. A quality prediction function determined based on the test molding is revised as necessary during mass-product... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204684 | Interchangeable container The invention relates to an interchangeable container (1) for a device used to construct models. Said container forms a substantially delimiting frame, into which a workpiece platform (2) that acts as a base can be inserted. The interchangeable contain... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204149 | Apparatus for indicating pressure A pressure indicating fitting for injection molding equipment comprises a fitting body with a fitting bore therethrough, the fitting body being installed in the equipment with the fitting bore open to the interior of a passage for conveying melt, an indicating membe... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201861 | Method for injecting resin in a mould containing a fibrous preform To produce a large-size item using the RTM technique, only two reservoirs (16a, 16b) are used which are alternately connected to the mould (10). When one of the reservoirs is empty, it is replaced by another reservoir full of resin... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195724 | Method of controlling a compounder-type injection molding machine, and compounder-type injection molding machine In a method of controlling the feed amount of compounding materials for a compounder-type injection molding machine with a plasticizing unit, an injection unit, receiving plasticized material from the plasticizing unit, and a metering unit for supply of starting mat... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182902 | Crayon marker A method for making crayons is provided. The method employs an apparatus which includes a base that houses a heating component, a melt pan disposed to absorb heat from the heating component, a mold, and a cover. The melt pan receives crayon material and contains it ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182893 | Valve gated nozzle having a valve pin with a sensor An injection molding apparatus for delivering a melt stream of moldable material to a mold cavity. A valve pin extends through a melt channel of the apparatus that is axially movable to control the melt stream within the melt channel and/or to selectively open a gat... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182887 | Conductive composite material and fuel cell electrode using same A conducting composite material is composed of a kneaded and compressed mix. The mix includes (a) from 40 to 90% by volume of a flake graphite powder comprising a flake graphite type formed from graphite particle agglomerates bonded to each other and superposed such... | 02/27/2007 |
