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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7891965 | Mold A mold for molding a product in a cavity formed by closing the mold is provided. The mold includes a first half; a second half; and a plurality of aligning members which contact respective outer circumferential surfaces of a first die of the first half and a second ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7717696 | Apparatus for double-sided imprint lithography Apparatus for double-sided imprint lithography of an apertured substrate comprises a pair of correspondingly apertured molds, a support for an assembly of the substrate and molds, and an alignment mechanism with radially movable elements for aligning the apertures o... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7337943 | Disposable servingware containers with flange tabs Disposable containers include peripheral tabs which are useful for positioning and processing the containers and operate as separators. In a preferred embodiment, the tabs correspond to tabs on a paperboard blank where the tabs are useful for controlling the orienta... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7169346 | Rotating inertial pin blank stops for pressware die sets In an apparatus for manufacturing pressware containers from container blanks there is provided a plurality of inertial blank stop pins disposed so as to position a container blank prior to press forming. The stop pins are rotatable in order to absorb the kinetic ene... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7150615 | Molding machine for injection foaming A process for injection-foaming a thermoplastic resin by using an injection molding machine with a two-stage-compression screw, injecting a physical foaming agent into the cylinder of the machine at a pressure lower than the storage pressure of the physical foaming ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150622 | Systems for magnification and distortion correction for imprint lithography processes The present invention is directed toward a system to vary dimensions of a template in order to attenuate if not prevent distortions in an underlying pattern formed by the template. To that end, the system features a compression device that includes a pair of spaced-... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7121119 | Press molding apparatus for an optical element and method of manufacturing the optical element A transfer arm holds a plurality of preforms arranged in a single line and simultaneously drops and supplies the preforms downward. A positioning arm has a pair of arm split members split in its widthwise direction. The arm split members have positioning surfaces fo... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114938 | Lithographic apparatus for molding ultrafine features An apparatus for performing imprint lithography especially useful in creating patterns with ultrafine features on a substrate. The apparatus comprises a substrate having moldable surface carried on a first block, a mold having a molding surface carried on a second b... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7090485 | Method and apparatus for forming large articles Method and apparatus of forming articles includes a press having a pair of opposite platens. An articulated clamping frame is mounted between the platens, each of which are moveable toward and away from the clamping frame. Material to be formed is clamped into the c... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083403 | Apparatus for supplying a resin material to an injection molding machine An apparatus for supplying a resin material to an injection molder comprises a vessel for storing a resin material, gas supplying means for supplying an inert gas to the vessel which is not a super-critical state, and material supplying means for supplying the resin... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6945659 | Apparatus for constructing a thin film mirror Apparatus (2) for constructing a thin film mirror, which apparatus (2) comprises a suction chamber (4), first attachment means (6) positioned at a first side (8) of the suction chamber (4) and for attaching the thin film ( | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942481 | Disk production apparatus and disk produced by disk production apparatus A disk production apparatus has a movable-side metal mold and a fixed-side metal mold provided as facing the movable-side metal mold, the fixed-side metal mold having a center hole. Inserted into the center hole is a retainer to attach a stamper on the fixed-side me... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6893247 | Device for making a part made of a reinforced material by overmolding The invention relates to a picking-up device and assembly for making a part made of a reinforced plastics material in a mold. The picking-up device includes at least one presser having a shaped front face and first needles mounted to have end portions that project b... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6733270 | Device for shape-forming recesses in film-type material A device for shape-forming at least one recess in a film-type material features a die with at least one opening, at least one shaping stem that can be introduced into the opening to create the recess by shape-forming, and a clamping facility for holding the film-typ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6592357 | Rotating inertial pin blank stops for pressware die sets In an apparatus for manufacturing pressware containers from container blanks there is provided a plurality of inertial blank stop pins disposed so as to position a container blank prior to press forming. The stop pins are rotatable in order to absorb the ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6568932 | Device and method for forming vegetable fiber material A device and method for forming tableware from biodegradable vegetable fibers includes a device for punching a sheet of vegetable fibers into a preset shape and forming final products from the vegetable fibers. The device and method include a humidifier f... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6527537 | Tablet rotary compressing press for the manufacture of multi-layered tablets A tablet rotary compression press for the manufacture of multi-layered tablets, comprising a rotationally driven rotor which has a die-plate with die-plate bores and top and bottom rams aligned towards the die-plate bores which are guided in ram guides of... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6524510 | Method and apparatus for producing a precise joint between two cover materials for a trim component A trim component (1) includes a substrate (2) and two different cover materials (3, 4), which are not spliced together but are independently adhesively bonded onto the substrate (2) by a hot-melt contact adhesion. The junction (7) is received in a valley ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6513360 | Resinous die A resinous die for press-shaping a blank material into a desired configuration, which comprises a die member and a mating punch, both having respective shaping portions. Each shaping portion is formed of an epoxy resin layer provided at portions thereof w... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6508289 | Apparatus for molding a laminated assembly A surface skin holding means in a lower mold for holding a folded part of a surface skin member includes a planar support frame and a support post for supporting it and prevents the folded part from a load by elevation of the support post with the elevati... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6454557 | Thermoforming machine with linear recirculation of sheet holding frames A thermoforming machine utilizes two clamping frames to advance cut sheets through heating and forming stations, with the clamping frames returned via an overhead path above the oven in the heating station. Pneumatic cylinders arranged about the inner per... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6309204 | Apparatus for manufacturing disc substrate A disc of synthetic resin used for signal recording/reproduction by a head having floating slider, in which the disc substrate is deburred to removed defects in appearance and is improved in strength and quality, and the manufacturing apparatus for the di... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6250909 | Web clamp for thermoforming processes In a preferred embodiment, a web clamp arrangement for thermoforming processes, the web clamp arrangement including: first and second web clamp assemblies to be disposed, respectively, at front and rear ends of a mold base to clamp a web of thermoforming ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6071445 | Process for forming plastics A method of forming plastics which comprises the sequential steps of cutting a plastic piece from a sheet of plastic, heating both sides of the plastic piece by contact heating, molding the heated plastic piece into its end-shape by press-molding, and coo... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6007754 | Method for making a set of embossing dies A method by which to easily and inexpensively make a matched set of male and female embossing dies so that articles can be embossed in an arts and crafts environment. Upper and lower sheets of adhesive are applied to opposite faces of a substrate, and eac... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6004125 | Apparatus for the production of pile-up lids An apparatus for the production of pile-up lids, each of which comprises an upper wall (1) and an element (2) arranged around the perimeter of said upper wall (1) and which forms a lip (3) protruding above said upper wall (1), and skirt (4) extending belo... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5980231 | Thermoforming machine with linear recirculation of sheet holding frames A thermoforming machine utilizes two clamping frames to advance cut sheets through heating and forming stations, with the clamping frames returned via an overhead path above the oven in the heating station. Pneumatic cylinders arranged about the inner per... | 11/09/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5863568 | Method and apparatus for thermoforming thermoplastic sheets A thermoforming machine for thermoforming thermoplastic sheets wherein molding dies are used to apply pressure to a sheet to be thermoformed. A rectangular carriage carries a frame adapted to clamp the peripheral edge of a thermoforming thermoplastic shee... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5853769 | Center mechanism of a tire vulcanizer A center mechanism of a tire vulcanizer in accordance with the present invention has an upper clamp ring for holding the upper opening end of a bladder, a lower clamp ring for holding the lower opening end of the bladder, a lower ring on the lower mold si... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5843492 | Apparatus for multiple sheet line molding Apparatus for compression molding thermoplastic backed carpeting in deep draft molds wherein carpeting is precut into sheets, heated, positioned between the mold parts, clamped at selected locations around its periphery, differentially prestretched by ten... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5783132 | Process for producing a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin molded article A process for producing a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin molded article including: (a) projecting a sheet-holding member from a cavity face of a lower mold towards a cavity face of an upper mold, (b) placing a heated fiber-reinforced thermoplastic r... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5762854 | Compression molding process A compression molding process for forming an article, preferably a preform or closure, is provided. The process includes the steps of forming thermoplastic resin into a precursor, wherein the precursor fits in a compression mold and has a shape for allowi... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5683648 | Thermoforming and heat shrinking for forming containers A method and apparatus for producing a thermoplastic container-shaped intermediate or article having biaxially oriented side walls and a bottom having an unoriented portion surrounded by a biaxially oriented transparent portion. In the method, a sheet of ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5573789 | Apparatus having blades and plates for forming sheet material into a flower pot cover having outward fins An apparatus with pivoting blades and closable surfaces for forming a sheet of material into a flower pot or flower pot cover having fins. In an embodiment for forming outwardly extending fins, the apparatus includes a male mold and a plurality of plates ... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5529479 | Thermoformable mat mold with hot gas supply and recirculation The molding apparatus includes a press (10) with a top mold (12) and a bottom mold (14). The top mold (12) has a die (32) with a contoured die surface (34) and gas passages (36). The bottom mold (14) has a die 44 with a contoured die surface (46). The die... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5431871 | Method for manufacturing three-dimensional parts from a fiber-reinforced resin composite A method of manufacturing three-dimensional parts using sheets of a thermoplastic resin high-performance fiber-reinforced composite material includes the steps of supplying the sheet of the high-performance resin-reinforced composite material which uses a... | 07/11/1995 |
