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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6767401 | Crystal forming apparatus and method for using same A crystal forming apparatus and method for using the apparatus, the apparatus including a plate and a film. The plate has a site adapted to hold a screening solution. The film is adjacent to the plate. The film seals the site and is adapted to contain a precipitant ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 5345397 | Optimal composite curing system and method An intelligent control system for directing a process for curing parts made of fiber-reinforced composite material in an autoclave. The system uses data gathered during the curing processing to calculate repetitively the temperature of the autoclave requi... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5019318 | Tire mold with bladder pressurization system A system for curing a green tire made from elastomeric material includes a tire mold with a surface defining a cavity for shaping the tire. A plurality of vent passages communicate the cavity with the exterior of the tire mold. An inflatable bladder press... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4674965 | Control apparatus for a vulcanizing machine A control apparatus for a vulcanizing machine in which vulcanizing is effected by introducing a vulcanizing medium into a rubber made product placed in a molding die and then discharging the same therefrom is disclosed, wherein said control apparatus incl... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4608218 | Method for the vulcanization of pneumatic tires A vulcanization method and press in which at time-spaced intervals of 1 to 40 seconds, temperature measurements representing increments of heat supplied to the vulcanizable body are taken of a medium used for vulcanization. A summation of the measurements... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4589072 | Apparatus for automatically measuring and controlling chemical reaction amount This invention is directed to a reaction amount measurement apparatus capable of measuring the reaction amount and also to a reaction amount measurement and controlling apparatus capable of measuring and controlling the reaction amount with high accuracy.... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4551807 | Cure-control method for thermosetting polymeric material Curing of rubber in a mold is disclosed wherein a desired modulus or viscosity for the cured rubber product is obtained on the basis of an equation developed from a relaxation phenomenon. The cure process may be isothermal and non-isothermal and is contro... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4542466 | Method for controlling the state of vulcanization of wheel tires and apparatus therefor A method for controlling the state of vulcanization of a wheel tire which comprises controlling the process steps of a vulcanizing process preceeding the heating step according to a time mode, controlling the heating step according to an equivalent cure u... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4490325 | Process for multi-stage dead-end-water tire curing A simple economical multistage vulcanization process is disclosed for producing premium anomaly-free tires wherein the inner liner or curing bladder is supplied with dead end water and steam sequentially in several stages at high pressures which assure th... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4371483 | Apparatus and process for vulcanizing, adjusted for variable location of point of least cure An apparatus and process are provided for delivering the precise optimum number of cure equivalents to the exact point of least cure for each tire, though the location of the point varies from one tire to another tire of different geometry, and may vary i... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4344142 | Direct digital control of rubber molding presses Rubber-molding presses, which are closed manually upon installation of pieces of rubber compound, are opened automatically by a system which continuously calculates and recalculates the correct cure time and is actuated when the calculated cure time equal... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4222721 | Apparatus for curing tires and the like Apparatus for curing tires or similar vulcanized products in a press or autoclave equipped with separable molds with inserted bladders, tubes, bags or bladderless center mechanisms, wherein means are provided to purge the high temperature hot water curing... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4097565 | Tire press and mold leakage control Method and apparatus for curing a tire having an internal cavity using as heat and fluid pressure media first steam and then cooler inert gas. The time rate of pressure loss in the cavity is determined in each tire curing cycle by closing the cavity so as... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4022555 | Tire cure programmer and function generator An apparatus for controlling sequence and duration of the operational steps in processes such as vulcanization of a pneumatic tire is capable of operating under two basic modes or parameters. In one mode the operational steps are dictated by elapsed real ... | 05/10/1977 |
| 3942922 | Tire press and mold leakage control Apparatus for curing a tire having an internal cavity using as heat and fluid pressure media first steam and then cooler inert gas. The time rate of pressure loss in the cavity is determined in each tire curing cycle by closing the cavity so as to form a ... | 03/09/1976 |