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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8105071 | Mould housing A mould housing for apparatuses for expanding plastic containers has at least two mould parts which can be assembled together and which in an assembled state have an interior space for accommodating the plastic container that is to be expanded. The housing has at le... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8075301 | Suction blowmold for producing extrusion suction-blowmolded plastic molded parts A suction blowmold (1) having a cavity (3) formed by two mold halves (9) for producing extrusion suction-blowmolded plastic molded parts (10) using the suction-blowing method, in which an extruded, plastically deformable preform (2... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8011919 | Mould base for moulds for manufacturing thermoplastic containers and moulding device equipped with at least one mould equipped with such a base The invention relates to a mold base (1) for a mold that is used for the blow molding or stretch-blow molding of thermoplastic containers (2) having a petaloid-shaped base. The mold base (1) includes several cavities (11) separated by rad... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7905719 | Blow mold Blow mold for producing plastic containers, having a base body in the interior of which a body of the container to be produced can be accommodated and the inside wall of which completely surrounds the container that is to be produced, such that the blow mold has a r... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7891968 | Mold base for mold manufacturing thermoplastic containers, and molding device equipped with at least one mold provided with such a base A mold base for a blow- or stretch-blow molding of thermoplastic containers having a petaloid base with 5 stems which are separated by radiating troughs with convex radially curvilinear base, the base being connected to a body with a diameter Φ of 85 to 95 mm; the ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7824174 | Metal mold for blow molding A metal mold for blow molding which may prevent a mold biting while maintaining a blowing performance and may mold a thermoplastic-elastomer article having a stable shape. In a blow molding metal mold provided with an annular loosely surrounding part for loosely sur... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7744365 | Apparatus for blow molding aseptic containers An apparatus and method for blow molding and sealing an aseptic container. A pair of mold halves, including inner surfaces that when closed define a mold cavity, clamp about an extruded parison. The parison is inflated by high pressure blow air into conformity with ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7708548 | Molds for fabricating stents with profiles for gripping a balloon catheter Embodiments of stents having profiles that improve gripping of the stent on a stent delivery system are provided. Additionally, embodiments of molds for fabricating the stents are provided. ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7399444 | Adjustable length mold assemblies The invention is directed to adjustable length mold assemblies for forming inflatable members and methods for using adjustable length mold assemblies for forming inflatable members, such as, for example, balloons for use with balloon catheters and stent delivery sys... | 07/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7381048 | Stents with profiles for gripping a balloon catheter and molds for fabricating stents Embodiments of stents having profiles that improve gripping of the stent on a stent delivery system are provided. Additionally, embodiments of molds for fabricating the stents are provided. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381045 | Quick change blow mold tooling Quick change blow mold tooling includes a pair of mold cavity blocks that cooperate to define a series of blow cavities. The tooling further includes a pushup plate having a series of bottom contours that plug the otherwise open bottoms of the cavities when the push... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7354538 | Container manufacturing inspection and control system A system and a method for controlling a container manufacturing machine include a thickness monitor (10) for determining an average wall thickness of containers produced by the machine. The system uses the average wall thickness to adjust machine control to c... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7338272 | Apparatus for blow molding A mold assembly for blow molding comprises first, second and third mating mold components, molding surfaces of each of the first and second mold components being open to a mating face of the mold component and defining a portion of the exterior of an article to be m... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335007 | Quick change mold A mold insert set is provided for use with a mold system having first and second mold bodies, the first and second mold bodies aligning opposite each other during a molding process. Each of the mold bodies has at least one insert receiving region for replaceably rec... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7267537 | Lock apparatus for the base portion of a blow mold Clam shell-type blow mold apparatus has a pair of opposed upper mold halves that cooperate to define a partial blow cavity. A one-piece bottom mold portion that completes the blow cavity is locked up against the top mold portion by a locking assembly to prevent sepa... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266469 | Method and article of manufacture for determining a rate of change of orientation of a plurality of fibers disposed in a fluid A method and an article of manufacture for determining a rate of change of orientation of a plurality of fibers disposed in a fluid are provided. The method includes determining a first tensor indicative of the rate of change of orientation of the plurality of fiber... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258538 | Apparatus for blow molding A mold assembly for blow molding comprises first and second mating mold components, each mating mold component comprising molding surfaces open to a mating face of the mold component and defining the exterior of an article to be molded from a tubular parison and at ... | 08/21/2007 |
| RE39769 | Blow molding device for producing thermoplastic containers The invention concerns a device for producing thermoplastic containers, in particular bottles, by the blow-molding or stretch blow-molding of a preheated preform. The device comprises at least one mould consisting of two half-molds (2) each supported by a mou... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252324 | Spoiler for vehicles and manufacturing method thereof Described herein are a spoiler for vehicles and a method of manufacturing the spoiler. The spoiler has a first surface and a second surface which define an appearance of the spoiler, and a hollow part defined in the spoiler. The spoiler includes a reinforcing member... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7198246 | Method of strengthening of moulds of aluminum or its alloy The invention relates to a method of strengthening a mould manufactured from aluminium or its alloys. One method of strengthening a mould having mould body and mould walls as an integral unit is to include at least one insert into each of the mould walls. These inse... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7150624 | Sealing blade A sealed bottle, a sealing method and an apparatus for blow molded aseptic bottles are disclosed. A sealing tool, having two integral blades, laterally displaces one side against the opposing side of an inflated parison. The sealing tools forms a seal which includes... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7143814 | Cooling of molds An arrangement to assist in heat transfer through a mold for applications such as injection molding of plastics material including at least one closed chamber within the mold, the chamber being only partially filled with liquid and a remainder of the chamber being f... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7125466 | Method of preparing a molded cross vehicle beam A method of preparing a molded cross vehicle beam which includes a hollow blow molded thermoplastic rigid member that is integrally attached to a rigid support, e.g., a U-shaped metal plate, and at least one attachment element, is described. The rigid support (12... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121181 | Apparatus and process for cutting extruded material A rotating cutting apparatus comprising a cutting blade holder with at least one hole on the outside diameter of the cutting blade holder into which cutting blades are inserted and bonded to the cutting blade holder. The cutting blade holder encloses a center hole, ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7097445 | Method and apparatus for making a blow molded fuel tank A fuel tank is formed by a blow molding apparatus and method wherein a blow pin provides pressurized gas into an interior of a parison received in a blow mold so the parison may be blown to shape within the mold cavity. When the blow pin is no longer needed, it is r... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7072735 | Control system for utilizing active material elements in a molding system Method and apparatus for controlling an injection molding machine having a first surface and a second surface includes a piezo-ceramic sensor configured to be disposed between the first surface and a second surface. The piezo-ceramic sensor is configured to sense a ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7048531 | Molding unit comprising a compensation chamber delimited by a membrane, membrane for such a unit and machine equipped with such a unit The invention concerns a molding unit comprising, between two components consisting of a mold element (22) and its support (18), a compensating chamber (56) wherein a pressurized fluid is injected to move apart the mold element (22) from ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7037099 | Device for blow-molding containers The device serves for the blow molding of containers that comprise a thermoplastic material, wherein the device has at least one blowing station with at least one blow mold. The blow mold is formed from at least two blow mold segments that are supported by supports,... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7028562 | Vacuum membrane extraction system The present invention relates to apparatus for sampling and analysis of gas phase molecules. A source of negative pressure is used to draw gas phase molecules through a gas-permeable membrane. The gas phase molecules are then directed into an analyzer, suitably a ga... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7014446 | Quick release volume control inserts for molding machines The present invention provides a molding machine and a mold assembly having a quick change volume control insert. The volume control insert can be changed without disassembly of the mold or use of special tools. The molding machine includes a mold, a mold insert, a ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7014453 | Machine having sensors for controlling molding operation A mold and molding machine having a sensor and a control circuit for monitoring operation of the molding machine during a molding operation. The molding machine may be a blow molding machine that is used in an insert molding operation wherein a preformed insert is p... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6994542 | Air flow compensation for mold carrier A mold half carrier has first and second air flow compensating surface areas. The second air flow compensating surface area encloses the first air flow compensating surface area. The first air flow compensating surface area provides pressure compensation for formati... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6994543 | Internally label-sticking mold An internally label-sticking mold includes an outer mold and an inner mold. The outer mold has an interior hollow for containing a shaped material and the inner mold, and the inner mold has an interior hollow for containing a label therein. Thus, when the outer mold... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6955658 | Mold for forming a medical balloon A mold for forming medical balloons and the balloons formed therefrom are disclosed. The mold has a generally cylindrical inner molding surface for forming a working length of the balloon, and generally cylindrical outer molding surfaces at either end of the mold fo... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6948924 | Mold assembly with modular mold shells A mold assembly for forming a container has two modular mold half shells that are adapted to be surrounded by mold half carriers. Each modular mold half shell has an upper body mold section and at least one lower body mold section. The upper body mold sections of th... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6936198 | Device and method for producing hollow plastic bodies An apparatus for producing hollow bodies, in particular bottles and similar containers provided with an evacuation opening, of thermoplastic includes a lower machine part and a beamlike upper machine part. The lower machine part is equipped with at least two blow mo... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6929463 | Rotary transfer device in blow molding machine To realize direct and intermittent rotation of a transfer member by directly coupling the rotary part of a servo motor with a rotary shaft. A supporting board is arranged side by side with working space 3 made vacant above a machine base. The center part of a... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6921256 | Replaceable insert for mold lock A mold positioning system (10) for use in guiding and aligning mold segments (11, 13) includes a male member (12) having a tongue portion (14) on one mold segment that engages a female member (20) attached to the other mold segment... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6916167 | Method and apparatus for extrusion blow molding of shapes with an even wall thickness and varying radii A method of extrusion blow molding is disclosed; the method allows the finished part to have consistent and even wall thickness within a broad range of local mold radii. This result is achieved without resorting to injection blow molding or other common techniques o... | 07/12/2005 |