Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus inventions 04/06

20060088618 - Tire tread and molding element for a mould for such a tread: a plurality of the incisions (71′, 72′, 73′, 81′, 82′, 83′) extending by hollowed zones (71″, 72″, 73″, 81″, 82″, 83″) such that after homogenous wear of the tread the volume V1 of the hollowed zones (71″, 72″, 73″, 81″, 82″, 83″) opening on to the new running surface is...

20060088620 - Apparatus for producing a tubular body: In an apparatus for producing a tubular body with a membrane forming a separating wall extending across the interior of the tubular body, an injection mold is provided including a cylindrical hollow space corresponding to the outer wall of the tubular body and a pin is disposed in the cylindrical...

20060088619 - Injection molding nozzle: In a hot channel injection molding nozzle comprising a nozzle body including a mass flow channel for a melt to be injected into a mold, wherein the nozzle body has a nozzle outlet opening at one end and an inlet opening disposed at one side of the other end of...

20060088621 - Die for extrusion forming of ceramics: A die for extrusion-forming of ceramic formed bodies having a part coming in contact with extruded ceramic clay with a surface roughness (Ra) of 0.1 μm or more is disclosed. The die has excellent wear resistance and can remarkably reduce a defective body ratio....

20060088622 - Device and mold for rotational molding of plastic materials: A rotational molding device comprises rotation means for a mold and means of feeding hot or cold fluids for heating or cooling the mold. The mold has ducts incorporated directly in its walls mold for the fluids....

20060088623 - Resin roller and device and method for manufacturing the resin roller: A resin roller (10) is produced by disposing a core body (21) in a forming metal mold (1) having a cylindrical metal mold (13) and core supporting members (14) furnished at both edge parts of the cylindrical metal mold (13) as well as causing the core supporting members (14) to...

20060088624 - Poppet valve assembly: A check valve assembly for use in a plastic injection molding machine injection unit is disclosed. The check valve utilizes a free-floating poppet member which has tapered angularly spaced-apart tapered flutes on the outer surface thereof and a self-aligning spherical valve seating surface at one end thereof. When a predetermined...

20060088625 - Vacuum gripper for handling small components: The present invention is a method and apparatus for use within a die feeder associated with a circuit board assembly machines and includes, among other aspects and features, a cavity to capture and maintain the position of the die within a vacuum gripper. The invention also includes the interaction of...

20060088626 - Rotary device for a horizontal injection molding machine: A rotary device for a horizontal injection molding machine includes a base and a rotary table supported on the base for rotation about a vertical rotation axis upon operation of a drive. The drive includes a shaft extending downwards from the rotary table and projecting through the base....

20060083802 - Mold for molding the shape of the cane of a growing bamboo: A mold formed of a first mold plate and a second mold plate for wrapping about the cane of a growing bamboo between two nodes to limit the growing direction of the cane of the growing bamboo and to control the shape of the contour of the cane of the...

20060083803 - System for guiding a moldset into a molding machine: A guiding system for guiding a moldset onto a molding machine. The guiding system includes guide grooves on each side of a core plate of the moldset and guide slots on a face of the machine. A slightly raised surface is provided in a top portion of the guide slots...

20060083804 - Rotary press: Rotary press comprising a rotor rotatably driven about a vertical axis, said rotor exhibiting a die plate and upper and lower punches which are vertically guided in guides of the rotor working together with die holes in a die plate, at least one press station which exhibits an upper an...

20060083805 - Corrugating machine: A corrugating machine comprises a guide path along which a sheet of flexible material can be fed, a pair of rotatable members between which the guide path extends, and a plurality of elongate corrugating formers which can be engaged with and disengaged from the rotatable members. The rotatable members are...

20060083806 - Method and apparatus for continuous molding of fiber reinforced plastic member with curvature: In a continuous molding apparatus equipped with a long core 10 having a curvature disposed on a plane, a release film supplied from a lower release film feeder 20 is sent onto the core 10, and prepreg sheets supplied from a prepreg sheet feeder 30 are laminated thereon and preformed....

20060083807 - Three-dimensional structure, and method and device for producing the same: A three-dimensional structure, and a method and device for producing the structure, where the structure has pressure resistant characteristics despite its voluminous and elastic nature and has higher resistance to surface wear and mechanical dimensional stability than a foamed polyethylene sheet. The three-dimensional structure is characterized in that a resin...

20060083808 - Injection molding coupling apparatus and method of coupling: Injection molding coupling apparatus and method is configured to be installed between a relatively movable injection unit and a relatively stationary unit base. A subplate is configured to be relatively movable with respect to the unit base, and preferably includes linear bearings for rolling on a pair of linear rails....

20060083809 - Automatic air and water docking system for a molding machine: An automatic docking system for an injection molding machine having a mold. The docking system includes a moldset with a core plate, a guide on each side of the core plate and moldset guides on a face of the mold. The moldset guides cooperate with the core plate guides to...

20060083810 - Hydraulic system for a slide: The invention relates to a form tool for injection-molding molded articles (6), especially PET parisons. The form tool comprises a base plate (2) and a stripper plate (3) having a slide (4). A plurality of separable male mold cones (5, 5′) is provided on the slide (4). For removing the...

20060083813 - Injection molding nozzle with rounded tip: An injection molding apparatus that includes a manifold having at least one manifold melt channel therethrough, a mold plate defining a gate for transmitting melt flow to a mold cavity, and at least one nozzle comprising a nozzle body and nozzle tip defining a nozzle melt channel in communication with...

20060083811 - Manifold plug for an injection molding apparatus: An injection molding apparatus includes a manifold having a manifold channel for receiving a melt stream of moldable material under pressure and delivering the melt stream to a nozzle channel of a nozzle. The manifold includes a manifold plug fit within a bore thereof and having a plug melt channel...

20060083812 - Snap on flange for injection molding nozzle: A nozzle for an injection molding apparatus, including a nozzle body having a nozzle melt channel for receiving a melt stream from a manifold melt channel, and a collar mounted on the nozzle body. One of the nozzle body and the collar has a shoulder formed therein and the other...

20060083814 - Self aligning articulated joint for use in a hot runner system: An injection molding self aligning articulated joint configured to be disposed between an injection unit and a hot runner. A joint is provided having first and second spherical surfaces and a melt channel therein. The joint is coupled to one of the injection unit and the hot runner. First and...

20060083815 - Linkage assembly for a multiple level stack mold molding machine: A linkage assembly for a multiple level stack mold molding machine having a fixed platen, a movable platen, a plurality of carriage assemblies. The linkage assembly includes an arm on each carriage assembly pivotally connected to a central pivot point on one of the carriage assemblies. An arm also extends...

20060083816 - Three level stack mold machine: A three level stack mold machine comprising a machine frame, a fixed platen mounted on the frame, guide rails mounted on the frame, a movable platen mounted on the guide rails and two carriages mounted on the guide rails between the fixed platen and the movable platen. A hot runner...

20060083817 - Toggle joint of an injection molding machine: A toggle joint of an injection molding machine includes several spaced stationary arm members, a movable arm member, a pivotal rod, and bushings fitted in the movable arm member; the pivotal rod has oil passages therein, and it is connected to the stationary arm members and passed through the bushings...

20060078634 - Flow molding apparatus with multiple layers of molds and electrodes: A flow molding apparatus with multiple layers of molds and electrodes is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus includes top and bottom electrodes with an intermediate electrode positioned therebetween. A first mold is disposed between the top electrode and the intermediate electrode, and a second mold is disposed between...

20060078635 - Welding shoe, plastic welding shoe extruder, method for producing a plastic welded seam: A welding shoe, a plastic welding extruder, which has a conveying device, a housing for the conveying device, a melting chamber, a welding shoe and/or a nozzle device, and a method for producing a plastic welded seam by means of a plastic welding extruder wherein a ceramic is used at...

20060078636 - Single motor blower: An apparatus for installation of a material having discrete elements. The apparatus includes: (a) a supply material having discrete elements; and (b) a transporter system downstream of the supply material having discrete elements. In the preferred embodiment, the transporter system includes (i) a vertical feed, inline blower and (ii) a...

20060078637 - Solid immersion lens lithography: Lithography using solid immersion lenses is disclosed. In one aspect, an apparatus is provided that includes a resist film that has a first side and a second and opposite side. One or more solid immersion lenses are positioned over the first side of the resist film. In another aspect, a...

20060078638 - Stereolithographic apparatus: An improved stereolithography apparatus for forming three-dimensional objects using multiple chambered resin vats and a quick disconnect mounting system to permit concurrent use of multiple photopolymer build materials and easy change over of resin vats is disclosed. The apparatus permits easy change over from multiple chambered vat use to single...

20060078639 - Actuator base nubbin alignment: In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a mold comprises a nubbin positioned within the mold, and an actuator positioned within the mold to align the nubbin. The actuator may be implemented with a piezoelectric material, a magnetorestrictive material, an electrorestrictive material, etc. In one embodiment, the actuator...

20060078640 - Belt type continuous plate manufacturing apparatus and method of manufacturing sheet polymer: Disclosed are a belt type continuous plate manufacturing apparatus including two endless belts 11, 11′ with their facing belt surfaces running toward the same direction at the same speed, and a gasket 7 sandwiched by belt surfaces at their both side edge portions, in which a polymerizable raw material is...

20060078641 - Roll assembly for a pipe extrusion plant: A roll assembly and a pipe extrusion plant for producing pipes with a variable diameter, includes an extruder, an adjustable calibration device, and a cooling device, whereby a pipe to be produced is guided at least in part during the production process. In order to be able to provide a...

20060078642 - Apparatus for making patties: A patty forming apparatus (10) includes a housing (48) that defines a chamber (90). The housing (48) has an open condition for receiving a food product (14) and a closed condition for forming a patty (16) with the food product. The apparatus (10) includes an element (100) for adjusting the...

20060078643 - 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 separation of the bottom mold...

20060078644 - Injection molding apparatus with a melt channel in valve pin: An injection molding apparatus includes a manifold with a manifold melt channel, a nozzle with a nozzle channel and a valve pin with an outer surface in proximal to an inner surface of the nozzle channel. A valve pin melt channel is defined by and substantially coaxial to the valve...

20060078645 - Retrofit module for adding a plasticizing and injection unit to an injection molding machine, and injection molding machine with added retrofit module: A retrofit module for attachment to an injection molding machine having a plasticizing and injection unit includes a module plasticizing and injection unit, and a support assembly to secure the module plasticizing and injection unit on the injection molding machine independently from the plasticizing and injection unit of the injection...

20060078646 - Nozzle pressing mechanism: A mechanism for pressing a nozzle 26 of an injection device 10 against a die 33, comprises a hooking device 12 which moves so that a hooking body 23 hooks or does not hook on a to-be-hooked portion 24; and a traction device 11 having, on its one end, the...

20060073226 - Method and device for injection molding: An injection-molding method including preparing a first die, a second die and a third die, sandwiching a separator proper with the first die and the second die, molding a front side molded layer by injecting silicone rubber into the front side cavity through a gate, a step of replacing the...

20060073227 - Molding system for molding micro pattern structure having micro heating heating element and method for fabricating mold insert for molding micro pattern structure used therein: A molding system for molding a micro pattern structure includes a mold; a mold insert 6 having a micro pattern, the mold insert 6 being fixed to the mold; and a micro heating element 30 having a micro heater 32 between the mold and the mold insert 6, the micro...

20060073228 - Injection device for injection molding machine: A driven pulley is attached via a bearing to a first housing that can move in the axial direction of injection. This driven pulley is connected to a rotation transmitting member by a spline coupling. An injection screw is fastened to this rotation transmitting member. Furthermore, this rotation transmitting member...

20060073229 - Process and plan for continuous manufacture of a foam layer: Plant for manufacturing latex foam layer of unlimited length and having lower and upper recesses. A plurality of laying planes provided with lower protuberances proceeds between an injection station and a layer removing station. Foam provided with lower recesses is directed towards a vulcanizer between the injecting station and the...

20060073230 - Sheet material pressing machines: A sheet material pressing machine for pressing a sheet material into a formed article may include a first die unit that can be opened and closed and a second die unit that can be opened and closed. The first and second die units are arranged and constructed such that closing...

20060073232 - Optical lens molding apparatus and precision molding apparatus: An optical lens molding apparatus includes a cylindrical mold, a first mold core, a second mold core and a correctional ring. The first and the second mold core have a columnar shape and are disposed inside the cylindrical mold to form a cavity. Furthermore, the first and the second mold...

20060073231 - Single focus compound lens and mold: Disclosed is a single focus compound lens and a mold for manufacturing the single focus compound lens, where the single focus compound lens has a reading far point diopter lens and a reading near point diopter having different diopters that are integrally molded to have the same optical central point...

20060073233 - Method and apparatus for blow molding hollow plastic containers: A mold system for blow molding hollow plastic containers includes an extruder for providing a hollow tube of plastic material having a longitudinal axis. Three mold segments include at least two mold segments that are movable against the third mold segment, in directions perpendicular to the tube axis, between a...

20060073234 - Concrete stamp and method of manufacture: A method of forming a concrete stamp. The method includes forming a positive mold representative of a natural surface and providing a mold base having a first portion and a second portion. The method further includes attaching the positive mold to the first portion and positioning the second portion in...

20060073235 - Convertible injection molding system, apparatus, and method: A convertible injection molding system uses a standardized, reusable mold frame (base) and modular molds formed from various combinations of standardized stack components. The mold base can support one or more stacks. Blank stack components include a cavity block, a core block, a primary support insert, a secondary support insert,...