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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8137090 | Device for producing nuclear fuel pellets and production method applying such a device Production device including a press, a conveyor (4) intended to transport pellets from the press to a sintering area, means (26) for transferring pellets from the press to the conveyor (4), and means for inspecting at least one nuclear fuel pell... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8025496 | Storage device for mold According to an exemplary embodiment, a mold includes at least one plate and a storage device supported at the at least one plate. The storage device stores electronic information associated with the mold. ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7806676 | Automated concrete casting system A system for automating the casting of concrete panels in which a bed position indicator is fed to a program which compares the bed position to CAD drawings concerning the concrete to be cast and sends the drawing detail for the position of the bed which is then sho... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7641463 | Detecting apparatus A detecting apparatus and method for detecting deformation of a fixed mold plate of an injection molding machine. The apparatus includes a mounting member and an elastic member that is received in the through hole of the mounting member and generally positioned at t... | 01/05/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7431583 | Injection molding machine The invention provides an injection molding capable of adjusting a detection level with a simple structure and detecting a deposit level of the resin pellets near a plasticizing screw. A cooling jacket is mounted so that a resin supplying hole of the cooling jacket ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7425123 | Hydraulic mold clamping unit A hydraulic mold clamping unit, in particular for an injection molding machines or a press, includes a fixed lower platen and an upper plated which is moved by an open-close mechanism in a vertical direction. The open-close mechanism includes at least one hydraulic ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7399435 | Method and device for producing hollow bodies of plastic A process and a device for producing hollow bodies of plastic by stretch-blow molding heated parisons, in which the parisons are inspected before being heated and at least some of the defective parisons are heated and are not separated out until after being heated. ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7381044 | Molding apparatus with optical alignment mechanism A molding apparatus includes a first mold part, a second mold part, and an alignment assembly. The two mold parts have an alignment axis and are configured for mating with each other to delimit molding cavity. The two mold parts respectively have a first surface and... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7326869 | Tactile feedback plunger switch A tactile feedback switching mechanism having a plurality of switching states. The tactile feedback switching mechanism includes a plunger switch having a plunger. When the plunger is displaced a given distance the switch changes state. A covering lies at least over... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314363 | Device to visualize in-line and quantify the polymer melting in plasticating screw machines without significantly affecting its thermal regime A device to visualize in-line the polymer melting in plasticating screw machines has an external metallic cylinder to be fixed in radial position regarding the barrel of the plasticating machine, a bushing with an optical window clear to the visible light spectrum r... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7300270 | Apparatus for injection molding A cover for an opening of an ejector housing of a mold assembly comprises a cover portion and a mounting portion, the mounting portion is attached to a member defining the ejector housing at a side thereof comprising an interior wall of the ejector housing and the c... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296988 | Molding information printing system A molding information printing system, including a network; a molding machine connected to the network; a printer for printing the molding information of the molding machine; a print control section connected to the network independently of the molding machine, for ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293977 | Device for producing concrete moulded blocks The aim of the invention is to produce concrete moulded blocks, using a mould which is subjected to a vibrating process. Said mould comprises a frame (FR) and a moulding insert (FE) which is maintained therein. A device comprising receiving elements arranged in said... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287971 | Load determining device for an electrically-operated injection molding machine A load determining device for an electrically-operated injection molding machine in which a load exerted on a movable part is detected based on the motor current or by an observer, with removing the influence of motor temperature. Upon start of continuous molding, a... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275924 | Container having extruder for a modeling compound The invention is directed to a toy container having an integrated extruder for extruding a quantity of a deformable molding compound. The toy may include a container having a storage portion configured to receive and store components of a molding compound extrusion ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7250130 | Method and inspection device used for the cyclic production of injection molded parts The invention relates to a manufacturing inspection method for the cyclic production of injection-molded parts in multi-cavity casting molds involving a row-by-row monitoring of the injection-molded parts after they are removed from the casting molds, said monitorin... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247013 | Powder compacting apparatus for continuous pressing of pharmaceutical powder Improved powder compacting apparatus for feeding powder between rollers to form a compressed material with enhanced physical properties including uniformity to facilitate forming tablets and similar items therefrom. Side seals confine the powder between the rollers ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7210517 | Die casting machine A die casting machine capable of reducing the pressure in a die cavity to a lower level such as a substantially perfect vacuum, having a movable die and a fixed die, a vacuum pump for reducing pressure in a cavity formed between the dies, and an injection apparatus ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7210919 | Installation for producing reinforced concrete parts Installation to produce reinforced concrete parts, including a first conveyor (1) on which the model of the parts to be produced is carried out, a second conveyor (2) for the part drying and an outlet (3) to withdraw the formed parts, being form... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204943 | Method and apparatus for handling parts ejected from an injection molding machine This invention relates to a method and apparatus for handling parts ejected from an injection molding machine (10). More particularly, in one aspect, the invention is directed to a system (20) whereby data molded into the ejected part is used to provid... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204682 | Apparatus for making a reinforced fibrous absorbent member Apparatus for making a reinforced fibrous absorbent member includes a forming chamber adapted to receive a fluent fibrous material and a forming surface moveable within the forming chamber and adapted to collect fibrous material to form the absorbent member. A sourc... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7186106 | Molding machine and molding method In a molding machine, a fixed platen which supports a fixed die is disposed on one end of a base plate. A movable platen which supports a movable die and a supporting mount which supports each one end portion of the four tie bars are mounted on slide units. The mova... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7186107 | Film casting apparatus for use in manufacturing a protective film for a polarizing plate A pipe for supplying a dope to a co-casting die consists of a gooseneck portion connected to a feed block of the co-casting die, and a straight pipe portion connected to the gooseneck portion. The gooseneck portion has a radius of curvature of 50 mm to 400 mm, and t... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7179075 | Vertical injection molding machine A vertical injection molding machine designed to move up/down a large weight by a toggle link mechanism so as to perform mold opening/closing. In a foreign matter detection region where a mold opening/closing servo-motor is subjected to speed feedback control during... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175408 | Mold monitoring apparatus for injection molding machine A mold monitoring apparatus for an injection molding machine captures an image of a cavity portion of an opened mold, and determines the state of the cavity portion by means of image processing. The apparatus includes a light emitting unit, an image capturing unit, ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7150619 | Controller of injection molding machine A crosshead position Cf for obtaining a set mold clamping force is obtained based on a mold touch position Ct obtained in mold clamping process in immediately preceding molding cycle, and a crosshead is allowed to move to the position Cf. During that time, it is det... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7128548 | Injection mold with an electronic data storage including a counter In an injection mold comprising a stationary and a movable mold half for opening and closing the injection mold, an electronic data storage with a counter for detecting and retrievably recording the number of injection molding procedures and the number of closing mo... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7114933 | Electrically driven potter's wheel A potter's wheel for working clay and other pottery material on a turntable driven by a DC brushless motor. In order that driving speed is not affected by the load due to user's access to the work of clay, the speed of the motor detected by a speed detector is fed b... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7104774 | Mold assembly A mold assembly wherein a cavity for molding is defined by primary mold cavity and primary mold core elements and a supplemental core element, the primary mold cavity and primary mold core elements are carried by first and second mating mold components and the suppl... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097798 | Equipment and method for manufacturing honeycomb structural body An apparatus for molding a honeycomb structure provided with an extruder for the honeycomb structure capable of extruding a honeycomb structure in the gravity direction or an oblique direction at an angle of smaller than 30° with the gravity direction and at least ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094045 | Microencapsulation system and method A microencapsulation apparatus is provided which is configured to form co-axial multi-lamellar microcapsules from materials discharged from first and second microsphere dispensers of the apparatus. A method of fabricating and processing microcapsules is also provide... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7052262 | System for preparing eyeglasses lens with filling station A high volume lens curing system is described. The high volume lens curing system may be configured to cure multiple eyeglass lenses in a continuous manner. An embodiment of a system may include a mold assembly, a lens curing apparatus, a mold filling apparatus and ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040167 | Method and apparatus for detecting holes in plastic containers A method and an apparatus for monitoring the production of blow molded plastic containers (20) includes a columnator (26) and sound detector (24) responsive to a defect sound of pressure fluid escaping from a container being formed in a mold cav... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7033159 | Method for part-forming machine having an in-mold integrated vision system A part-forming machine having an in-mold integrated vision system and method therefor for verifying the presence, absence and quality of molded parts therein. The image of the mold and/or part is acquired at a substantially parallel angle relative to the image-captu... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029257 | Apparatus and method for molding simultaneously a plurality of semiconductor devices Provided is a molding apparatus for molding simultaneously a plurality of semiconductor devices. The molding apparatus includes a mold, a plurality of plungers, and a plunger block. The mold is prepared to mold a plurality of semiconductor devices. The plurality of ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7017412 | Continuous wave ultrasonic process monitor for polymer processing An injection molding apparatus is disclosed that includes an injection mold, a mold injector, and means for monitoring the injection mold process using acoustic energy. The injection mold includes a cavity for receiving an injection mold material, such as a polymer ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7010898 | Tool with a sensor chip The invention relates to a tool, especially in a packaging machine, for closing cavities in packaging and/or sealing and cutting packaging. The tool is raised and lowered by a lifting device. The invention also relates to a packaging machine comprising the tool and ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6999923 | System and method for control of lights, signals, alarms using sound detection A system and method for detecting the presence of a particular source of audible content using an automatic speech recognizer component which is trained to recognize specific non-speech sounds. Training of the automatic speech recognizer component is accomplished by... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6999823 | Power shut-off method for injection molding machine Even when a power switch is turned off, the controller of an injection molding machine does not shut off a power supply immediately. The controller determines whether the present state of the injection molding machine is a previously-set confirmation-requiring state... | 02/14/2006 |
