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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8105068 | Reusable infusion bag A reusable apparatus and method for forming a composite part through vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM). The reusable apparatus may be configured to vacuum seal a curable material, such as composite material, against a tool and disperse a permeating subs... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8038432 | Method of manufacturing thermoformed plastic articles and drink cup lid made by such method A method and apparatus for vacuum thermoforming disposable drink cups lids including the step of imparting printing to the lids in two or more colors while they are in contact with the vacuum thermoforming platen. ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7997891 | Molding processes and tool therefor A molding process and apparatus suitable for use in molding processes, including rapid prototyping processes and short run production processes. The molding process and apparatus entail the use of a reconfigurable screen tool having a housing defining a manifold cav... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7988442 | Vacuum mold and device for drilling extraction holes therein A vacuum mold includes a mold body with a molding surface. The mold body defines a plurality of extraction holes. Each extraction hole includes a first hole portion, a second hole portion, and a connecting portion connecting the first hole portion and second hole po... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7972129 | Compound tooling system for molding applications A compound mold or tooling system is designed to provide an alternative to conventional, expensive, metal molds for various plastics molding applications. The compound mold comprises a replaceable thin-walled liner, or skin-mold, defining the mold surface, temporari... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967596 | Method, system and equipment for making parts made of composite material, in particular reinforced parts for aircraft fuselages The present invention relates to a system to manufacture composite material parts comprising a supporting mandrel having at least one compacting zone configured to contain at least one composite material element to be compacted by applying a certain degree of vacuum... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7762803 | Container, thermo-molding apparatus and method for thermo-molding the same The present invention provides a bottomed cylindrical container, comprising a body wall, a bottom wall, and a ring-shaped foot downwardly extending from the bottom wall, said container being produced by thermo-molding a resin sheet, characterized in that said foot i... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7628603 | Making pastry shells Apparatus for making variously shaped pastry shells includes an annular baking ring supported on a horizontal lower plate to define an upward-facing female die. A gasket is disposed between the baking ring and the plate. An upper plate is positioned above and parall... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7442028 | Molding apparatus and molding method A molding apparatus for patterning a workpiece includes a first support member for supporting the mold, a second support member arranged opposite to the first support member, and a pressing mechanism for pressing the mold and the work together using the support memb... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7429171 | Device for sheet material corrugation The device contains the transformable mandrel (12) made of plane elements (14) pivotedly connected in-between with the use of gas-proof fabric (15,16), the means for preliminary and final mandrel transformation including the flexible vacuum cham... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425369 | High-impact, transparent, distortion-free polymeric sheet and windshield A base sheet of transparent polycarbonate material has a formed shape including a center portion and a peripheral portion. The center portion is formed by a non-contact forming operation occurring at a temperature above the glass transition temperature and below the... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7402035 | Apparatus for deep drawing a thermoplastic foil An apparatus for thermoshaping a thermoplastic foil has a lower tool carried on the frame and having an upper face formed with an array of upwardly open mold cavities, and an upper beam vertically displaceable above the lower tool. A punch plate fixed on the upper b... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7396224 | Calibrating basket for a calibrating station A calibration basket is configured for a calibration station disposed in an apparatus for producing plastic tubes. The calibration basket contains calibration tools that are successively disposed at a distance from each other across the circumference of the tube. Th... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393202 | Platter for thermoplastic billet A thermoforming apparatus including a pallet for use with a thermoforming machine that thermoforms a plastic billet into a usable form, the pallet including a billet support surface for supporting thereon a billet, and a gripper mounted on the pallet and arranged fo... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7377765 | System, method, and apparatus for non-contact and diffuse curing exposure for making photopolymer nanoimprinting stamper A nanoimprinting configuration includes a UV light diffuser that randomizes a collimated UV light beam so as to diffuse the shadowing effect from any defect object that resides in the UV optical path. In addition, a combination center circular pad and outer ring-sha... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7371062 | Device for calibrating an extruded plastic profile A device for calibrating an extruder plastic profile having a calibration unit for the profiled strand coming-out of a molding profile nozzle is described, the calibration unit having a molding body (1) enclosing the profiled strand, having calibration surfac... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364782 | Flocked transfer and article of manufacture including the application of the transfer by thermoplastic polymer film A flocked transfer is produced by applying a release agent to a release sheet, and then applying the flocking to a release agent. Unlike the traditional method, a binder and thermoplastic hot melt film is applied to the back of the flock. The transfer, which is esse... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361008 | Thermoforming system In the case of a thermoforming system, it is provided, for the purpose of changing over the moulds (11, 12) in a station (1) of this system, that one (4) of the two transporting devices (3, 4), for transporting the sheet (7) from o... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357630 | Calibration device A calibration device for calibrating extruded continuous profiles, in particular tubes, includes a housing and a plurality of segment bodies which are received in the housing in a substantially in circular manner, with axially neighboring segment bodies partially ov... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351368 | Flocked articles and methods of making same A method of manufacturing a molded article using lamination of a flocked surface onto a backing film is provided. Also provided is a flocked article comprising an antimicrobial agent. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7338697 | Co-molded direct flock and flock transfer and methods of making same A method of decorating a molded article is provided that includes the steps of: (a) providing a mold insert comprising a plurality of flock fibers and a permanent adhesive layer; (b) positioning the mold insert in ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335012 | Apparatus for fabricating reinforced composite materials A mold tool for forming a reinforced matrix composite part for a gas turbine engine, comprising a body. The body comprises a body surface capable of receiving a first portion of a composite preform. A first endplate and second endplate are attached to the body and i... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329114 | Isothermal imprint embossing system Isothermal imprint embossing system. In one embodiment, the system includes a heater to pre-heat a disk substrate to an embossing temperature, a die assembly with an embossing foil to imprint the embossable film disposed on the disk substrate, and a heat tunnel disp... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326044 | Rapid thermoform pressure forming process and apparatus This invention relates to a novel apparatus and process for producing thermoplastic articles. In one aspect, the invention pertains to a process for manufacturing fiberglass products using a fiberglass material consisting of fiberglass strands commingled with heat-f... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320772 | System for embossing carrier tape and method for producing carrier tape An apparatus for embossing a carrier tape by heating the tape at a heating portion and embossing the tape by heat molding at a molding portion while a long sheet of the tape made of a thermoplastic resin is intermittently transferred by pitch transfer, the apparatus... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7311509 | Externally cooled moving mold A molding apparatus includes a moving mold for shaping molten plastic into product made within the moving mold. The moving mold is surrounded by an air block housing to define a cooling chamber exteriorly around the moving mold. At least one heat exchanger is locate... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303386 | Method and apparatus for squaring and flattening sheets Preheated plastic sheets are squared and flattened to be engageable by clamping fingers of clamps on a clamping frame by an array of paddles having vertical and horizontal portions moved to engage any upturned or skewed sheet edges to flatten and square the same as ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299609 | Piston-cylinder actuator and mounting support for the lower tool of an indexing packaging machine A piston-cylinder arrangement is provided for mounting and actuating the lower tool of an indexing packaging machine, which has an annular piston head that has a ratio of outer diameter to inner diameter that is less than two, and which drives a relatively oversized... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296989 | Continuous production of plastic siding panels with separate shingle appearance A method and an apparatus for continuously producing elongated siding panels is disclosed. The apparatus includes a conveyor, a plurality of mold plates, and a die for extruding a sheet of material onto the mold plates. The mold plates are formed of a rigid material... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7290998 | Quick set-up system for calibration devices The invention relates to a quick set-up system for calibration devices located downstream from an extruder, in particular one for synthetic profiles. With this quick set-up system, a dry gauge and the vacuum tank(s) are mounted on two horizontally positioned tubes t... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7270522 | Continuous press for manufacturing biodegradable plates Provided is a continuously operating pressing machine for the manufacture of biodegradable plates made from plant parts. The machine particularly relates to the continuous preparation of articles such as cups as cups, saucers, plates etc. from plant parts such as le... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264755 | Lens molding apparatus and related methods An adjustable mold includes a distortable boundary, a flexible membrane, and a pressurizer, and method of use thereof. Pressure is applied to the flexible membrane, which causes the membrane to distort over the boundary. The shape of the boundary and the distortion ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258537 | Fast firing flattening apparatus for sintered multilayer ceramic electronic substrates An apparatus for flattening sintered ceramic electronic packaging substrates having opposing faces with undesired camber interleaves the substrates with spacers. At least one heating zone includes a heat transfer medium movable toward and away from the stack of inte... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258540 | Apparatus for calibrating an extruded plastic profile piece that forms at least one longitudinal groove An apparatus for calibrating an extruded plastic profile forming at least one longitudinal groove (5), comprises a calibrating body (1) receiving the profile (2). Body (2) comprises a form nose (6) with a cooling channel (9)... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255552 | Method and device for thermoforming of containers Blanks (12) of thermoplastic material are heated, and a thermoforming step is performed in which the heated blanks are deformed plastically by stretching. Before the thermoforming step, a die-punching step is performed in which the peripheral regions of the b... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7232541 | Method of vacuum thermoforming a container A method of thermoforming shells so that their cut lips face inward toward the shells permits the production of a number of novel thermoformed products having superior nesting and de-nesting qualities and having the ability to fit together to produce a variety of cl... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225853 | Thermoforming method and apparatus A thermoforming apparatus having a mold with an internal vacuum chamber and a quench for cooling a thermoplastic sheet while it remains on the mold. Because the quench cools the sheet, conventional cooling lines are eliminated from the mold. A preferred process of u... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7207791 | Device for the production of transversely ribbed pipes Described is an apparatus for the production of transversely ribbed tubes comprising mold jaw halves which are movable in a condition of bearing against each other along two guide. The guide paths have a common mold section, a respective return section and two respe... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204681 | Thermoforming method and apparatus A thermoforming apparatus having a mold with an internal vacuum chamber and a quench for cooling a thermoplastic sheet while it remains on the mold. Because the quench cools the sheet, conventional cooling lines are eliminated from the mold. One method of using the ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7199334 | Apparatus and method for heating and transferring a workpiece prior to forming An apparatus and method for heating and transferring a workpiece to a forming press for superplastic forming. The apparatus includes a heater assembly, having upper and lower heated platens, mounted to a frame. The heater assembly heats the workpiece to a predetermi... | 04/03/2007 |
