Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus inventions 01/07

20070020353 - Brake-shoe wear sensor: A sensor or actuator for mobile use has a housing containing means for determining or affecting an operating parameter, the housing being made of X6952 plastic.... Agent: The Firm Of Karl F Ross

20070020354 - Injection unit comprising a spindle drive and hydraulic support: What is disclosed is an injection unit for an injection molding machine, comprising a screw which may be driven by means of a spindle drive. Driving of the spindle drive is effected by means of an electric motor. In addition, through the intermediary of a hydraulic cylinder a force acting... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070014884 - 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 located within the cooling chamber. The... Agent: S Warren Hall Dennison Associates

20070014885 - Blank carrying/filling apparatus: A blank carrying/filling apparatus including: a bed member having a body section, at least one tunnel with a predetermined diameter extending through the body section from a back face to a front face thereof; at least one blank carrying section for carrying a blank; a thrust body having at least... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070014886 - Method and apparatus for forming microstructures on polymeric substrates: An apparatus for forming microstructures in the surface of polymeric web materials for use as optical memory substrates. The microstructures may be formed by laminating a hot stamper to a web of material with a selective time/temperature profile. The stamper may be heated to melt flow the surface of the... Agent: Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.

20070009623 - Annular venting of tire tread molds: The present invention differs fundamentally from prior art because it provides for machining a substantial number of relatively thin annular tooling plates (10), fitting them together side-by-side in two opposed mold sides, and engraving the tread pattern into the interior face of the assembled plates in two or more complementary... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070009625 - Core for manufacturing tire: A rigid core for manufacturing pneumatic tires includes a plurality of segments (2, 3), and a pair of retainer rings (5) engaging with a toroidal assembly (4) of the segments (2, 3) axially from both sides thereof, so as to hold the segments (2, 3) in the assembled state. The... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070009624 - Mold-attaching/detaching device in tire-vulcanizing machine: Disclosed is a mold attaching/detaching apparatus in a tire vulcanizer, having locking/unlocking means configured so as to perform an engagement and disengagement by utilizing the relative movement between a top plate and bottom plate of the tire vulcanizer in a horizontal direction, and capable of being inexpensively constructed by simplifying... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070009626 - Strain matched threads for a high pressure high temperature press apparatus: The present invention includes a hydraulic cartridge and unitary frame connection for a high pressure high temperature press apparatus. The invention includes a hydraulic cartridge and a unitary frame threaded together. The hydraulic cartridge includes a cylindrical base and a truncated hollow conical section with external threads having a taper... Agent: Tyson J. Wilde Novatek International, Inc.

20070009627 - Molding machine and molding machine management system: A molding machine includes a control part incorporating a specific server program and a memory part saving internal data of the molding machine. The specific server program transmits the internal data, which is converted into a predetermined format and stored in the memory part, to a network.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070009628 - Systems and methods for attaching and aligning a tamperhead in production machinery: The present invention generally pertains to a locking pin system for installing a tamperhead into production machinery. The system may include at least one locking pin having a retaining groove which is mounted on the tamperhead. The system allows the tamperhead to move relative to the production machinery until the... Agent: Howrey LLP

20070009629 - Injection mold for forming free-form surface optical element, free-form surface optical element and free-form surface mirror formed by employing the injection mold: The present invention provides an injection mold for forming free-form surface optical element that is possible to produce with high accuracy at low cost a free-form surface optical element that has a stable relation between the free-form surface and the mounting reference surface and is easy to adjust when mounting.... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070009630 - Electric injection molding device and molding method using the same: An object is to provide a motor-driven injection molding machine in which responsibility of a member-to-be-driven can be enhanced, as well as a molding method using the same. The motor-driven injection molding machine includes a member-to-be-driven; a motor for operating the member-to-be-driven; and a motion direction conversion portion disposed between... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070003648 - Lining ducts: Liner conversion apparatus adapted to convert a flexible liner (2), including a layer of composite material (3), into a structural member within a duct (1) comprising a front portion (6) adapted to be inserted in the liner (2), a central portion (7) having heating means (8) on one side of... Agent: Schweitzer Cornman Gross & Bondell LLP

20070003649 - Tread application device: The invention relates to a tread (1) application device for applying a tread on a building drum (20) for a tyre, comprising a tread conveying device (15) for conveying a tread to a building drum, from a feed side (12) of the tread conveying device to a discharge side (13)... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070003650 - Apparatus for fabricating fiber reinforced plastic parts: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for fabricating FRP parts. More specifically, the invention relates to a method for forming FRP parts without the use of forms or molds. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the method for fabricating an FRP part comprises the steps... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20070003651 - Mold for pressurizing foamable material: A mold device includes a mold member having a mold cavity for receiving a melted foamable material to form an object, and a pressure applying device for applying a pressure to the melted foamable material, and to limit a foaming of the melted foamable material, and for preventing orifices from... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070003652 - Apparatus and process for producing and delivering a foamable plastic: An apparatus and a process for producing and delivering a foamable plastic, especially for injecting a foamable plastic, containing a physical blowing agent, include a casing having an interior and a screw disposed in the interior for conveying a stream of a plastics melt through at least one subsection of... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070003653 - Automated manufacturing device and method for biomaterial fusion: An apparatus for making a bioprosthetic stent graft is disclosed, the stent having a stent frame and a biomaterial sheath suturelessly bonded to the stent frame. An automated energy irradiator guidance system is disclosed which reduces the potential for human error and improves the consistency and repeatability of tissue welding... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070003654 - Mixing and pulverizing device, melting method for mixing, and method of molding cellulose material impregnated with binder: A crushing and mixing device and a mixing and melting method attained by the crushing and mixing device having a mixing vessel 3 in which a plurality of blades 10a to 10f are installed on a rotary shaft 5 which is rotated by a motor 8 as a driving source... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070003655 - Plastics granulating device: A device for granulating plastic melts comprises a granulating head (2) to which a perforated plate (3) provided with melt-discharge openings (10) is attached, which openings are swept by rotating knives (4). The perforated plate (3) is enclosed by a granulating housing (1) which is provided with at least one... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070003656 - Rapid prototyping system with controlled material feedstock: A deposition modeling system incorporates a drive mechanism to feed a strand of filament to create a model. The drive mechanism comprises a pivot block that is rotatably connected to a fixed block and a motor that rotates a drive shaft. A drive roller is connected to the drive shaft... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070003657 - 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. The calibration tools are embodied as calibration strips that extend in... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070003659 - Molding apparatus: An molding apparatus includes a core having a recessed part corresponding to a protruding part of a molded article, an ejector pin movably provided in the core to eject the molded article, an ejector sleeve movably provided in the core to push the protruding part of the molded article, and... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070003658 - Unloader: An unloader that includes a pad replacing device provided adjacently to at least one of an upper carrying device and a lower carrying device. Each of the carrying devices includes an endless rotating member and plural unloader pads, the endless rotating member having a plurality of first pad attaching portions... Agent: Michael S. Leonard Everest Intellectual Property Law Group

20070003662 - Apparatus for manufacturing outer tube of injector: The present invention provides a manufacturing method for manufacturing an outer tube of an injector having a barrel portion having an excellent circularity, while preventing generation of distortion or warp. A molten resin is injected into a cavity 17 of a metal mold 11 including: a fixed mold 13 having... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070003660 - Brake for molding machine valve: Disclosed is a device configured for a valve. The valve has a valve structure that is configured to include an outlet body configured to define an outlet. The outlet body is also configured to attach to a melt processing screw of a molding machine. The valve structure is also configured... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20070003661 - Injection molding nozzle tip having finned inner insert: A series of injection molding nozzle tips having a novel inner insert. The novel inner insert in accordance with the embodiments of the present invention includes a finned profile having flow channels between the finned sections. The finned profile and its associated flow channels cause the flow of molten plastic... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP