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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7909597 | Cure growth control apparatus In one embodiment, an apparatus for curing a composite assembly may include a base tool, a growth control apparatus, and at least one engagement filling. The base tool may have a different thermal expansion growth rate than a composite assembly to be cured using the... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7789650 | Fresnel lens angular segment manufacturing apparatus and method A roller extruder for manufacturing Fresnel lens angular segments from raw sheet plastic, the roller extruder having a blank roller and a die roller positioned a desired roller clearance from the blank roller, the die roller having two peripheral lens dies with an a... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7789652 | Fresnel lens angular segment manufacturing apparatus and method A roller extruder for manufacturing Fresnel lens angular segments from raw plastic, the roller extruder having a blank roller and a die roller positioned a desired roller clearance from the blank roller, the die roller having two peripheral lens dies with an angular... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7789651 | Presnel lens angular segment manufacturing apparatus and method A roller extruder for manufacturing Fresnel lens angular segments from raw plastic, the roller extruder having a blank roller and a die roller positioned a desired roller clearance from the blank roller, the die roller having two peripheral lens dies with an angular... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7695267 | Rib forming apparatus and method A rib forming apparatus has an elongated support table, a supply of thermoplastic sheet material over the table, a transporting means having at least two transverse carriages mounted on the table to slide along longitudinal edges thereof, a thermal means mounted on ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7651328 | Process and apparatus for artificially ageing blocks An apparatus for the artificial ageing of blocks, in particular concrete blocks, clinker bricks and natural stone blocks, has a base on which the blocks can be placed in such a way that their surfaces to be treated and the adjoining edges are exposed. Essentially fr... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7270619 | Linear belt actuator a linear actuator capable of transmitting tractive forces as well as thrust forces and operating then as a rigid single-piece rod. The linear actuator has two identical actuating belts (1, 1′) with notches on each of their sides (10, 10′; 11, 11′... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7258141 | Pipe liner apparatus and method A thermoplastic pipe liner assembly and method for installation in a pipeline by pulling the pipe liner assembly through the pipeline in a temporarily folded condition wherein the thermoplastic pipe liner assembly has a core inner liner, an outer liner with optional... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7147451 | Apparatus for restoring the necked-down end of a tubular core An apparatus for restoring a necked-down end of a plastic core includes molding and curing stations and a core handling system having a carriage for sequentially positioning the core adjacent the stations. The molding and curing stations are heated and cooled, respe... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7132120 | Method and apparatus for producing a continuous food shaped as a bar and a belt conveyor used for its production A method for producing a food shaped as a continuous bar by placing a continuous inner material on a continuous strip of an outer layer material that is transferred on a former belt, comprising the steps of placing food material that includes the inner material plac... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7108495 | Apparatus for continuous forming shaped polymeric articles This invention relates to methods and apparatus for manufacturing shaped polymeric articles by substantially continuous vacuum forming. The method includes providing a sheet of hot polymeric material which is disposed onto a rotating belt having a mold impression. V... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7063284 | Apparatus for roughing edges of concrete casted blocks An apparatus for roughing edges of solid concrete casted blocks that includes a block support conveyor for supporting and conveying a series of blocks and at least one roughing device disposed at a given distance from a block to be roughened; the device includes at ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7044928 | Tampon applicator assembly having an improved plunger and methods of making A plunger having a first end, a second end, and a main body is provided. The first end of the plunger is about 10% to about 15% larger than the main body and the second end is more than about 50% larger than the main body. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037458 | Progressive stamping apparatus and method In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a first stamp to apply pressure to a mold at a first portion of the mold, and a second stamp to apply pressure to the mold at a second portion of the mold that is adjacent to the first portion of the mold. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7029266 | Methods and apparatuses for shaping a printed circuit board Methods and apparatuses for shaping a corner of a printed circuit board are disclosed. An apparatus in accordance with one embodiment includes a carrier configured to releasably contact a printed circuit board, a curved contact surface positioned to roll against a c... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6994081 | Apparatus for roughing the surfaces of casted concrete block A casted concrete block surface-roughing machine having an in-line conveyor displaceable over a stationary horizontal support surface for slidingly supporting a lower surface of concrete blocks displaced thereon by the conveyor. At least two pairs of spaced-apart ve... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6843947 | Method for roughing surfaces of concrete casted blocks A method for roughing surfaces and edges of concrete casted blocks, comprising a block support surface having a plurality of surface sections. A first of the surface sections has a rear end thereof above an adjacent front end of a second of the surface sections to c... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6803002 | Method for making and treating wall blocks A method for treating the surfaces and edges of a block to mimic the appearance of natural stone. The apparatus and method can treat up to four sides of a block, can be adjusted to provide varying degrees of surface and edge treatment, and useful in high volume bloc... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6685459 | Apparatus for treating blocks The invention relates to an apparatus for treating blocks, having a conveying arrangement for transporting the blocks one after the other along a treatment station in which there is arranged at least one tool holder which can be driven in circulation by m... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6575727 | Apparatus for roughing surfaces of concrete casted blocks An apparatus and method for roughing surfaces and edges of concrete casted blocks, comprising a block support surface having a plurality of surface sections. A first of the surface sections has a rear end thereof above an adjacent front end of a second of... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6561786 | Apparatus for roughing surfaces of concrete casted blocks An apparatus and method for roughing surfaces of concrete casted blocks are provided. A horizontally disposed surface roughing device, having impacting elements secured thereto, is driven to impact on blocks supported thereunder on a support table. The su... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6423258 | Machine and method for providing folded pipe liners A machine and method for providing a folded liner for insertion into a pipe, comprises an upper section and a lower section. A flattened heated thermoplastic liner is fed downwardly through the upper section to the lower section, where it is redirected an... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6372076 | Convoluted multi-layer pad and process The present invention relates to a process of forming a multi-layer pad of a non-woven fiber batt and a foam layer having conforming convoluted surfaces and to a multi-layer pad incorporating a non-woven fiber batt and foam layer. The process of forming a... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6284180 | Method to cure endless track belts and apparatus therefor A method of curing large endless track rubber belts uses a multi-platen mold assembly with a pair of fully supporting indexing wheels, non-preformed lug preparation and a post-forming cavity pressure reduction to provide cured tracks with non-deformed rei... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6270334 | Device for automatic insertion of a strip of synthetic film into a transverse drawing machine This device ensures insertion of a film into the entrance of a transverse drawing machine, leaving a longitudinal drawing machine. This device includes a fixed cylinder with an axis perpendicular to the travel axis of the film, located upstream of the ent... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6135755 | Device for manufacturing shaped forms of packaging Apparatus for manufacturing cold formed shaped forms of packaging having at least one recess from a metal-plastic laminate. Examples of such shaped forms of packaging are the base parts of push-through packs or blister packs. The apparatus is such that th... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6109906 | Apparatus for treating concrete blocks An apparatus for treating selected at least partial surfaces of a masonry block, including at least a flail having a shaft with an axis of rotation in a vertical plane, at least a moving mechanism for moving one of the masonry blocks parallel to the verti... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5919496 | Flanging apparatus particularly for hollow articles obtained by thermoforming sheet material Flanging or curling apparatus particularly for hollow articles obtained by thermoforming from thermoformable sheet material for use in a thermoforming plant equipped with template or mask conveyor for transfer of the thermoformed objects. The apparatus co... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5770122 | Roll former for an extruded fresnel lens Roll-forming apparatus and method for more precisely shaping an extruded-plastic Fresnel lens. A drive/support roller is rotatably mounted to the support frame and the surface of which engages and rotates to support the smooth outer surface of an extruded... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5614225 | Molding apparatus for making toroidal manufactured articles from closed-cell, low-density, expanded elastomeric material A toroidal semifinished product (5) made of raw elastomeric material is semivulcanized in a semivulcanization chamber (4) defined between two half-molds (2, 3) disposed close to each other. A pressure, preferably equal to the pressure exerted by the gases... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5589127 | Method and apparatus for forming ribs with sideward projections in a plastic pipe, and a plastic pipe The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for forming ribs with sideward projections in a plastic pipe. The projections are formed by means of elongated rolls (10) each moving around the pipe and rotating about its central axis, the rolls being i... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5571540 | Apparatus for crimping, pleating and forming a tip on a hollow tube An apparatus and method are disclosed for crimping, pleating and forming a tip on a hollow tube. The apparatus includes a first punch having a tubular section sized to receive the tube and having a configured tip with a plurality of elongated grooves form... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5536464 | Apparatus and method for curing endless rubber track The present invention provides novel apparatus and a novel method for manufacturing an endless rubber track for large vehicles such as tractors or earth-moving machines. A plurality of sprocket-engaging core bar inserts are disposed in the inner portion o... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5484276 | Curing apparatus for molding compound An apparatus for curing a sheet molding compound which comprises at least one pair of molds disposed along a path of transport of the sheet molding compound. The molds defines a cavity therebetween for passage of the sheet molding compound, which has been... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5427518 | Installation for the production by draping of multilayer structures formed from composite materials In order to produce multilayer structures of composite materials by draping recut elementary layers on a shaping mold, an installation is proposed which comprises, apart from the mold, a gripping tool which can e.g. be fitted on the articulated arm of a ro... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5425627 | Apparatus for forming the neck region on a plastics half shell A description is given of an apparatus for forming and deep-drawing the neck region at the edge of a plastics half shell, having a deep-drawing tool (3) and a counter-pressure plate (2) which are movable in two directions relative to each other, wherein t... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5417996 | Method and apparatus for folding wing portions of flat dough members In the production of various kinds of pastry it is actual to effect a folding-over of wing portions of flat dough members, such that these portions are folded down over some stuffing deposited e.g. on a middle area of the dough member. While this is easil... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5405256 | Apparatus for folding a dough leaf about a filling Apparatus for folding a dough leaf 30 about a filling 32 comprises a series of folding pans 26.1 to 26.6. Each folding pan is foldable with respect to the next pan in the series about a folding axis 28.1 to 28.5, and is provided with a weighted plunger 34... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5348459 | Portable device for straightening out tubes A portable device for straightening out pipes including a hollow beam provided at its two ends with first and second movable bearing members, respectively, one of which or first movable bearing member is actuated by a jack housed within the hollow beam wh... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5316465 | Apparatus for providing random rake finish in a cast concrete surface Apparatus for mechanically forming a random rake finish on the surface of a cast panel utilizes counter rotating sets of tines which are projected into the material as a form is linearly moved. The apparatus thus is used to implement a unique method of pr... | 05/31/1994 |
