Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus inventions 12/06

20060292256 - Hot runner nozzle with removable sleeve: An injection molding hot runner nozzle includes a nozzle body comprising a nozzle core, a nozzle tip, and a melt passage extending through the nozzle body for conveying melt from a manifold through the nozzle tip and to a gate of a mold cavity. A cylindrical sleeve is disposed around... Agent: Mold-masters Limited

20060292257 - Injection unit of injection molding machine: The invention provides an injection molding machine injection unit that eliminates adverse effects on the load cell of belt tension due to belt drive. A load cell that detects resin pressure is mounted on a pusher plate and a rotation-transmitting member, on which an injection screw is fixedly mounted, is... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060292258 - Shape retaining member and shape retaining structure: A shape retaining member attached to a wooden piece, which has a predetermined three-dimensional shape and a closed loop end face, includes a main frame that has a contact face having substantially the same shape as the end face; a strip that protrudes from an edge of an inner periphery... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20060292259 - Device for preparation of plastic materials for recycling purposes: A device for the preparation of plastics material for recycling purposes has a container (1) with an upper inlet opening (10) for the material. In the container (1), at least one tool (14) rotates about the vertical container axis. This tool feeds the treated material through an outlet opening (17)... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20060292260 - Gating structure for mold: A gating structure (13) for molding connects with a mold cavity (300). The gating structure includes a first gate (100), a second gate (200), an ejector sleeve (400) and an ejector pin (500). The second gate connects with the first gate at an angle. The ejector pin extends through the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20060292261 - Injection-molding apparatus cleaning system, and injection molding apparatus: To keep the shutoff needles (20) of an injection molding apparatus (1) clean during operation, a cleansing unit (10) is used within said apparatus. The injection molding apparatus (1) comprises at least one needle shutoff nozzle feeding a flowable material to a detachable mold insert, the shutoff needle (20) being... Agent: Clark & Brody

20060286189 - Method and apparatus for sealing flex circuits having heat sensitive circuit elements: A method and apparatus is disclosed for affixing a cover layer formed of liquid crystal polymer to a flex circuit consisting of circuit elements mounted to a liquid crystal polymer substrate in order to encapsulate the circuit elements between the cover layer and substrate to protect them from exposure to... Agent: Gray Robinson, P.A.

20060286191 - Compression molding machine: A machine for compression molding plastic articles includes an array of compression molds mounted on a support for movement through a defined mold path. A cam is disposed adjacent to the support to engage the molds in sequence and move at least one segment of each mold between open and... Agent: Owens-illinois, Inc.

20060286192 - Compression molding machine: A compression molding machine includes a support mounted for rotation around an axis and a plurality of angularly spaced molds disposed around the support. Each of the molds includes a first mold segment and a second mold segment. At least one of the mold segments is movable with respect to... Agent: Owens-illinois, Inc.

20060286190 - Molding machine: A mold core includes a forming pin having a hollow interior and an end wall. A passage, preferably in the form of a hollow tube, extends into the hollow interior of the forming pin and has an end sealingly secured at a position spaced from the end wall of the... Agent: Owens-illinois, Inc.

20060286193 - Imprint device and microstructure transfer method: In an imprint device and a microstructure transfer method, a fluid is ejected at the back of at least either a stamper or a transfer target body during pressurization of the stamper and the transfer target body. The fluid is ejected through plural holes formed in a stage disposed at... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20060286194 - Powder press: A powder press for compacting a compressible mass into a rigid and dimensionally accurate body has a base, a first sleeve part in the base and having an inner surface, and a second sleeve part movable in a predetermined direction on the base adjacent the first die part between an... Agent: The Firm Of Karl F Ross

20060286195 - Tamperhead for use in production of molded products: The present invention relates to a tamperhead structure including metal and/or non-metal components. The structure may include a top plate and a bottom plate separated by a plurality of spacers. The head structure may also include a plurality of plungers attached to the bottom plate and a stripper shoe attached... Agent: Howrey LLP

20060286196 - Mold apparatus: A mold apparatus includes an upper mold having an upper molding plate and an upper molding core, and a bottom mold having a bottom molding plate for matching with the upper molding plate and a bottom molding core. One of the upper molding plate and the bottom molding plate defines... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20060286197 - Method and apparatus for coupling melt conduits in a molding system and/or a runner system: An expansion bushing of a molding runner system includes a body having a portion configured to cooperate with a melt conduit, the body sealing against the melt conduit responsive to a thermal expansion of the body relative to the melt conduit. Preferably, an annular expansion bushing has a cylindrical outer... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20060286198 - Mold clamping apparatus of injection molding machine and method of adjusting effective length of tie bar: A mold clamping apparatus of an injection molding machine, which includes a fixed platen to which a fixed-side mold is attached, a mold clamping housing, a plurality of tie bars provided between the fixed platen and the mold clamping housing and a movable platen to which a moving-side mold is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060280823 - Particle formation: Method for preparing a target substance in particulate form, comprising introducing into a particle formation vessel, through separate first and second fluid inlets respectively, (a) a “target solution/suspension” of the substance in a fluid vehicle and (b) a compressed fluid anti-solvent, and allowing the anti-solvent to extract the vehicle so... Agent: Nektar Therapeutics

20060280824 - Glass repairer: A glass repairer for summary repair of crack developed on the surface of a piece of glass is comprised of a positioning fixture adapted with a sucker each on both sides, a center hole to lock up an injection pipe containing repair liquid with its root to directly contact the... Agent: Leong C Lei

20060280825 - Method and system for wavelength specific thermal irradiation and treatment: A system for direct injection of selected thermal-infrared (IR) wavelength radiation or energy into articles for a wide range of processing purposes is provided. These purposes may include heating, raising or maintaining the temperature of articles, or stimulating a target item in a range of different industrial, medical, consumer, or... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20060280826 - Pin-less socket for frozen confections: A pin-less socket apparatus and manufacturing system for assembling a frozen confection using such socket apparatus including a socket for accepting a conical food product therein, the socket having a hook with one or more teeth located at an outer periphery of the socket, a hinge located on an outside... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

20060280827 - Apparatus for calibrating an extruded plastic profile piece that forms at least one longitudinal groove: An apparatus is described for calibrating an extruded plastic profile forming at least one longitudinal groove (5), comprising a calibrating body (1) receiving the profile strand (2) emerging from a shaping extrusion die for profiles, the body comprising a form nose (6) with a cooling channel (9) engaging in the... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20060280828 - Induction coupling for braking roller drive on the flat-folding device:

20060280829 - Imprint lithography: A lithographic apparatus is disclosed that has an imprint template or a template holder configured to hold an imprint template, and a substrate table arranged to receive a substrate, the apparatus further comprising walls which together with the substrate table and the imprint template or the template holder, are configured... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20060280830 - Mold tool for paper relief engaraving: A mold tool for paper relief engraving provides a mold cavity, a mold plunger and a folder for being detachably fixed with the mold cavity and the mold plunger at the inner sides thereof. The mold cavity and the mold plunger are doubly etched to create pattern nests and pattern... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd

20060280831 - Press-molding mold: A press-molding mold includes a first mold part (10), a second mold part (20), a bushing (40), a first latching pin (50) and a second latching pin (70). The second mold part (20) defines a longitudinal central axis (21) and includes a first positioning portion (211) having an annular groove... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20060280832 - Drive unit: What is disclosed is a drive unit, in particular for a closing unit, an injection unit, or an ejector of an injection molding machine, wherein a high axial force may be applied through a hydraulic power converter. A cylinder of the power converter may be fixed relative to a frame... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060280833 - Injection-molding machine: An injection-molding machine has a fixed mold clamping plate and a mold backing plate that can be moved relative to the fixed plate. The movable backing plate can be moved relative to the fixed backing plate, guided along columns or plungers, by means of a process drive. Mold halves held... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20060275522 - Gas cycle device for tire-vulcanizer machine: Disclosed is a gas cycle apparatus for a tire vulcanizer, configured to increase the circulating flow rate of a heating gas by preventing a gas feeder of the gas cycle apparatus from being subjected to an excessive load caused by a drain, and thereby capable of shortening the tire vulcanizing... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20060275523 - Distribution block for blown-film extrusion die: A melt distribution block for a co-extrusion die has a generally annular body, for example in the shape of a conical frustum. The annular body has opposed front and rear faces and opposed inner and outer faces. Inlets at the outer face have channel ports for accepting flow of melted... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20060275524 - Imprint lithography: An imprint lithography apparatus is disclosed that has a template holder configured to hold an imprint template, a substrate table, and an optical encoder, the optical encoder having a radiation output, a first diffraction grating, and a detector, the radiation output arranged to illuminate a second diffraction grating and the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20060275525 - Moulding device for the production of containers in thermoplastic material: A moulding device for the production of containers in thermoplastic material by blowing or blow-drawing, including a mould with two mould halves mutually mobile and provided with a locking device with first and second lock elements, in the form of catches, extending over the whole height of the respective mould... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060275526 - Method for producing molding shells: A method of forming a flexible elastomer polymer fluid jacket for a plastic processing mold, and a novel elastomer polymer fluid jacket. The method comprises attaching channel formers to the rear surface of the metal shells of the mold sections to define a desired flow configuration, securing a support casting... Agent: Arne I. Fors C/o Gowling Lafleur Henderson

20060275527 - Nozzle for injection moulding of plastic materials: Nozzle for injection moulding of plastic materials, comprising a generally cylindrical body with spiral-shaped groove on the external surface, in which a first and a second heating resistor which are independent from each other and which are equipped with respective autonomous controlling thermocouples, are wound.... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC