Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus inventions 05/07

20070122510 - Components: Components useful for the provision of structural reinforcement of hollow profiles and/or sealants and/or acoustic baffles are provided. The components comprise a carrier in which is formed a plurality of cavities for receipt of foamable material, the foam may then be foamed to bridge the gap between the carrier and... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20070122511 - Formed mechanical planarization pads made with supercritical fluid: Foamed thermoplastic polymeric mechanical planarization polishing pads (“MP pads”) made with supercritical fluids are presented. A supercritical fluid foaming agent is dissolved in a thermoplastic polymer. A rapid change in the solubility and volume of the supercritical fluid foaming agent in the thermoplastic polymer results in foaming of the thermoplastic... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070122512 - 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 with the hydraulic cartridge having a cylindrical base and truncated hollow conical section The truncated section has an external threadform with a taper between about 2.650 and 5.650 inches per foot.... Agent: Tyson J. Wilde Novatek International, Inc.

20070122513 - Abnormality detecting apparatus for mold clamping device: An abnormality detection apparatus for a mold clamping device, having a simple configuration that can be constructed inexpensively. A dog is mounted on the crosshead of a toggle mechanism of the mold clamping device and a proximity switch is mounted on a rear platen. The shape of the dog and... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070122514 - Mold assembly: A mold assembly (200) is described that includes an upper mold (4), a lower mold (5) and a plurality of adjusting members (7). The upper mold includes an upper mold core (42). The lower mold includes a lower mold carrier (51) and a lower mold core (52). The lower mold... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070122516 - Apparatus for preparing fresh ravioli, dumpling and pastries with filling in kitchen: An apparatus to mix, extrude, shape, and cut an outer layer of viscous material about the core of another material, especially for preparing fresh ravioli, dumpling and similar pastry in kitchen. The apparatus includes two co-centric containers for holding materials, a mixing assembly for preparing the materials, an extrusion system... Agent: Tiangang Qian

20070122515 - Extrusion molding machine: The said invention relates to an extrusion molding machine (11), which is composed of a storage bin (30) supplying foam material (1), a cylinder (50) and a screw (70) for mixing and transporting foam material (1) from storage bin (30), a tank (40) provided with piping connecting storage bin (30)... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070122517 - Saddle and sheeting head using the same: A saddle for a sheeting head includes a pair of semi-circular concave edges configured to seal a pair of rollers. The oppositely facing concave edges each include a tongue that fits in a corresponding groove in the roller and a retracted concave edge adapted to wrap around half the roller... Agent: Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20070122518 - Compression head stabilizer: A stabilizer kit for a compression head of a concrete block machine is provided, the kit including a stabilizer plate, a fiber disc, a stud, a pair of spacer plates and a set of bolts for attaching the stabilizer plate and a pair of spacer plates to and between an... Agent: Sirote & Permutt, P.C.

20070122519 - Apparatus for controlling resin amount in cylinders of injection molding machines: A method and apparatus for controlling the amount of resin in cylinders of injection molding machines is disclosed. In the control method, a control shaft is rotated, so that a worm gear of the control shaft is rotated to rotate a stroke control gear, thus rotating a rotative shaft, and... Agent: Park Law Firm

20070122520 - Clamping device: A clamping device for clamping a lens preform includes a base, at least two clamping portions, and a driving device. Each of the clamping portions defines a recess at a top thereof. Each pair of adjacent recesses cooperatively form a space when the two adjacent clamping portions are in contact... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070116790 - Soft capsule manufacturing apparatus: In a sheet forming part 2 of a soft capsule manufacturing apparatus 1, a drum drive system 27 which forms a gelatin sheet 13, and a pickup roller drive system 28 which peels off the gelatin sheet 13 are constructed to drive separately from each other. In the drum drive... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20070116791 - Machining apparatus for making a plasticizing barrel: A machining apparatus for making a plasticizing barrel includes a clamping device for securing the plasticizing barrel, with the clamping device constructed for rotation about a rotation axis and for off-center acceptance of the plasticizing barrel to thereby cause the plasticizing barrel to wobble about its symmetry axis, when the... Agent: Henry M. Feiereisen Henry M. Feiereisen, LLC

20070116792 - Tablet cassette: A tablet cassette in which the tablet is not discharged during an operation to mount and dismount the tablet cassette is provided. In a tablet cassette 1 for containing a number of tablets T, the tablet cassette 1 incorporates a rotor 6 having pocket portions 7 for holding the tablets... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070116793 - Processes and apparatus for making transversely drawn films with substantially uniaxial character: An apparatus for processing a film includes a conveyor and an isolated takeaway device. The conveyor includes gripping members that hold opposing edge portions of the film and convey, under influence of a drive member, the film along a machine direction within a stretching region of the apparatus. The conveyor,... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070116794 - Resin application method on panel, manufacturing method of panel for display and resin applying apparatus thereof: On an application stage of resin are provided two (2) sets of dispensers 20 and 40. The one dispenser 20 supplies the resin directing to an upper side corner on a liquid crystal cell 1, while the other dispenser 40 directing to a lower side corner thereon. The dispenser 40... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070116795 - Apparatus and method for molding onto a stretched blank: An apparatus and method for molding a component onto a stretched blank. The apparatus includes a stretching assembly mounted adjacent to a first mold part. The stretching assembly includes a plurality of clamp assemblies that grasp the peripheral edge of the blank and a plurality of slide assemblies that move... Agent: Paul F Donovan Illinois Tool Works Inc

20070116796 - Mold for molding lenses: An exemplary mold for molding lenses includes an upper mold core, a lower mold core, and a shell. The upper mold core has a first convex molding surface. The lower mold core has a second convex molding surface opposite to the first convex molding surface. The shell has an upper... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070116797 - Ejector pin and injection mold with the ejector pin: An ejector pin includes a pin shaft and a pinhead locating on one end of the pin shaft. The pin shaft and the pinhead are eccentric and have different axle centers. The caliber of the pinhead is bigger than that of the pin shaft. An injection mold with the ejector... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070110836 - Extrusion/dispensing systems and methods: A device for extruding/dispensing materials on a substrate includes a housing with at least two channels formed to facilitate flow. The housing includes entrance ports for each of the channels for receiving different materials. The housing further includes an exit port for co-extruding the materials on the substrate to generate... Agent: Mark S. Svat Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070110837 - Polymer treating method and apparatus: A polymer treating method has the steps of: reacting a polymer compound with a reaction agent in a reaction vessel to generate a polymer treatment product; discharging the polymer treatment product containing the reaction agent from the reaction vessel; depressurizing the polymer treatment product; introducing the polymer treatment product into... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070110838 - Embedment roll device: An embedment device includes a first integrally formed elongate shaft rotatably secured to the support frame and having a first plurality of axially spaced disks axially fixed to the first shaft, a second integrally formed elongate shaft rotatably secured to the support frame and having a second plurality of axially... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070110839 - Resin-sealing and molding apparatus of optical device: There is provided a method of sealing and molding an optical device with resin by employing a die including a top piece, a bottom piece, an intermediate piece, and a mold release film pinched between the bottom and intermediate pieces and thus tensioned as prescribed to cover the bottom piece's... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070110840 - Aqueous release agent and its use in the production of polyurethane moldings: The invention relates to aqueous dispersions containing agents having release activity, emulsifiers and customary auxiliaries and additives, wherein a combination of A) at least one agent having a release activity, selected from the group consisting of soaps, oils, waxes and silicones, and B) polyisobutylene is used as agents having release... Agent: Leopold Presser Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070110841 - Molding machine and molding method: The object is to provide a molding machine and a molding method which can decrease the load applied to a hydraulic pressure source and decrease energy consumption. It includes an actuator which is driven by supplied oil, an accumulator which is disposed along an oil passage for supplying oil to... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070110842 - System for molding and assembly of sterilized articles: Disclosed is a system. The system includes a molding machine configured to cooperate with a mold to mold a first part and a second part. The molding machine is also includes an assembly mechanism configured to interlock the first part with the second part. Other aspects contemplate combinations and permutations... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20070110843 - Nozzle and apparatus for injection molding: An expansion nozzle for conducting melt from a floating manifold to a mold assembly comprises a bushing having a bushing flange and spigot having a passage therethrough joining a nozzle inlet and an outlet, a head having a seating surface and a bore through the head slidably receiving the spigot... Agent: Milacron Inc.

20070104812 - Melt-blow head with variable spinning width: Melt-blow head with a rectilinear row of nozzle bores arranged in a nozzle bar of a nozzle assembly, said nozzle bores serving to produce endless filaments formed from a melt, said nozzle bores being associated with blowing slots, in the form of longitudinal slots, of two slot-plates for feeding blowing... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070104813 - Imprint lithography: A lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes an imprint template and a radiation source configured to cure photosensitive material, the radiation source including a laser or a light emitting diode. An imprint template is also disclosed.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070104814 - Material processing plant: A material processing plant comprises two screw-type extruding machines (1,2) which are interconnected by means of a link (29). The link (29) is movable from a position of connection into an open position of release of the casing bores (12). Provision is further made for a mover (38) which acts... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20070104815 - Conveyor device: The invention relates to a conveying apparatus with an extruder and a gear pump connected thereto. The extruder has an extruder housing in which an extruder cylinder is rotatably mounted. A plurality of pins extend radially outwardly from the extruder cylinder, whereby the extruder housing has helical conveyor paths as... Agent: Robert W. Becker & Associates

20070104816 - System and method for firing bricks: A method for firing bricks provides a kiln car including furniture with silicon carbide vertical supports. In one embodiment, horizontal support beams are mounted to the vertical supports to define multiple vertical levels and support crossbeams. Low sets of bricks are positioned on a first carriage having a conveyor, near... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20070104817 - Device and method for shaping a foil strip: Apparatus for the forming of a strip, formable at increased temperature, in particular of a strip consisting of thermoplastic, in a continuous run on the 5 surface of a rotating drum which is to be heated and/or to be cooled in predetermined stationary regions. In order to reduce the energy... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20070104818 - Machine for molding articles made of loose material, for manufacturing loading pallet stringers: A machine for molding articles made of loose material, particularly for manufacturing stringers for loading pallets, comprising an upper mold part and a lower mold part, which can be moved mutually closer and can be mutually superimposed with the interposition of at least one layer of loose material in order... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20070104819 - Linear actuator: A dual-acting linear actuator including a hollow body and a stationary hollow rod. The stationary hollow rod includes a first rod segment separated from a second rod segment by a separator plate, the stationary hollow rod extending through the hollow body such that the separator plate forms a first chamber... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, P.l.l.c.

20070104820 - Mold for an i.s. machine: A mold is disclosed which has a vertical front face having a glass object surface defined therein and a stepped vertical rear surface. The upper portion of the rear surface projects outwardly from the lower portion of the rear surface. The lower rear surface includes the top surface of two... Agent: Spencer T. Smith Emhart Glass Research, Inc.

20070104821 - Machine and method for molding articles made of loose material, for manufacturing loading pallet stringers: A machine for molding articles made of loose material, particularly for manufacturing stringers for loading pallets, comprising an upper mold part and a lower mold part, which can be moved with respect to each other along a substantially vertical direction and can be mutually superimposed, with the interposition of a... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20070104822 - Plasticizing apparatus for resin material: To provide a plasticizing apparatus for resin material allowing downsizing of an injection molding apparatus while stabilizing a plastication state of a resin material without raising a heating temperature for a plasticizing barrel. On the inner surface of a plasticizing barrel 2 for plasticizing the resin material, one or more... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070104823 - Valve gated nozzle having a valve pin with a sensor: An injection molding apparatus includes a manifold for delivering a melt stream of moldable material to a nozzle melt channel of a nozzle. A valve pin extends through the nozzle melt channel and is axially movable to selectively open a gate to allow communication with a mold cavity. A sensor... Agent: Mold-masters Limited

20070104825 - Injection molding device: An injection molding device (100) includes an upper mold (30), a core insert (50), and a lower mold (70). The upper mold defines a main flow passage (311) and a cylindrical receiving cavity (331) communicating with the main flow passage. The core insert is rotatably received in the cylindrical receiving... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070104824 - Laminant hot runner manifold: A two-piece hot runner manifold with plastic flow channels formed as recesses in the two mating surfaces. One or more mating structures, such as posts and sockets, ridge and groove configurations, or the like, are provided along the mating surfaces of the two mating manifold members. A bonding material, such... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070104826 - Dual injection manifold: A co injection manifold assembly for injecting two different materials into a common mold cavity includes a housing that defines a first passage, a second passage and an outlet. The first and second passages communicate with a bore having a valve member for controlling flow of the material through the... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070104827 - Mold assembly: The mold assembly (100) is provided including a mold plate (20), a mold core (30), an elastic member (40) and an adjusting member (50). The mold plate has a receiving cavity (25) and a receiving aperture (27) defined therein. The mold core is received in the receiving cavity. The elastic... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070098829 - Methods and devices for processing polymer films: Stretched polymeric films can be used in a variety of applications, including optical applications. The stretching conditions and shape of the stretching tracks in a stretching apparatus can determine or influence film properties. Take-away systems can be used to receive the film after stretching. The configuration of the take-away system... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070098830 - Pneumatic mud stamp: There is a pneumatic mud stamp including an applicator, a tube-like member, a stopper, a retraction mechanism, ad a pneumatic control. The applicator is configured to apply mud in a pattern and includes a boot and a faceplate with a slot. The tube-like member is coupled to the applicator and... Agent: Advantia Law Group

20070098831 - Mold for injection molding: According to the present invention, there is provided with a mold for injection molding comprising a first mold having a concave first molding surface; and a second mold having a convex second molding surface, the second mold being arranged to be spaced from the first mold for a cavity to... Agent: Sherr & Nourse, PLLC

20070098832 - Molding tool: A die comprises metal-rich sections which form an inner wall and an outer wall of the die, respectively. Gradient sections are disposed adjacent to the metal-rich sections, respectively. Further, a ceramics-rich section is disposed between the gradient sections. A punch comprises an inner ceramics-rich section, a gradient section, and an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070098833 - Machine for compression molding closure shells: A machine for compression molding plastic closures includes a support mounted for rotation around an axis, and a plurality of compression molds on the support at angularly spaced positions around the axis. Each of the molds includes a male mold section and a female mold section, at least one of... Agent: Owens-illinois, Inc.

20070098834 - Air ring with circumferentially adjustable air flow: An air ring for supplying cooling air to a hot extruded plastic film after the film has been extruded from an annular extrusion die at an elevated temperature, has an annular body which in use surrounds the hot tubular plastic film after the film has left the extrusion die, said... Agent: Gowling, Lafleur Henderson LLP

20070098835 - Device for sheet material corrugation: The device contains the transformable mandrel (12) made of plane elements (14) pivotedly connected in-between with the use of gas-proof fabric (15,16), the means for preliminary and final mandrel transformation including the flexible vacuum chamber and traverse-pusher (11) with the drive (10), and the mechanism for putting the transformable mandrel... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070098836 - Method and machine for compression molding closure shells: A compression molding machine, for compression molding a closure shell having a base wall with an opening and in accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, includes a male mold section and a female mold section having associated surfaces that oppose each other to form a cavity for compression molding... Agent: Owens-illinois, Inc.

20070098837 - Device for transferring preforms comprising cast plates: A transfer device (10), particularly for transferring preforms for the manufacture of receptacles by blow-moulding, includes a series of plates (12A, 12B) to which are attached elements (14) of supporting preforms, the plates (12A, 12B) being coupled one after the other in an endless movable curvilinear chain by articulations (16)... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070098838 - Injection molding machine for producing shaped plastic parts, preferably plastic cups: An injection molding machine for producing shaped plastic parts has at least one injection mold and at least one removal unit with which shaped plastic parts are removed from the at least one injection mold. The shaped plastic parts are put down in a controlled way while the at least... Agent: Gudrun E. Huckett Draudt

20070098839 - Mold clamping unit: A mold clamping unit includes a mold height adjustment system having a length-adjustable threaded connection, comprised of a threaded spindle and a spindle nut which supports a platen of a molding tool, for stroke transmission and transmitting a locking force in clamping position. A clamping mechanism, which locks the spindle... Agent: Henry M. Feiereisen Henry M. Feiereisen, LLC