Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus inventions 06/08

20080152740 - Flexible molding device for manufacturing a sunken groove or surface tie bar in a tire tread: A tire mold and a molding device for forming a sunken groove in a tire are provided. The molding device includes one or more rigid elements joined to a flexible member. The flexible member is formed from a flexible material, preferably a superalloy, or hyperelastic material. The molding device may... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20080152741 - Flexible molding device for manufacturing a sunken groove in a tire tread: A tire mold and a molding device for forming a sunken groove in a tire are provided. The molding device includes one or more rigid elements joined to a flexible member along an attachment point or line on the connecting surface of the rigid element. The flexible member is formed... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20080152743 - Flexible enrobed molding device for manufacturing a sunken groove in a tire tread: A mold and molding device for forming a sunken groove in a tire is provided. The molding device includes a thin flexible wire having one or more molded elastomer elements thereon. The flexible wire is preferably hyperelastic and the molded elastomer is preferably silicone rubber.... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20080152744 - Flexible molding device for manufacturing a sunken groove in a tire tread: A mold and molding device for forming a sunken groove in a tire is provided. The molding device includes a thin flexible wire having a desired cross-sectional shape. The wire thickness can range from about 0.5 mm to about 5 mm. The flexible wire is preferably hyperelastic. An optional molding... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20080152745 - Flexible molding device for molding a sunk groove, a sunk blade, and a large keyhole sipe in tire tread: A tire mold and a molding device for forming a sunken groove, sipe in a tire is provided. The molding device molding device comprises a flexible member and a blade element, the flexible member having a distal end for mounting to a tire mold, a radiused midsection and a second... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20080152742 - Three piece tire mold: The invention provides a tire mold having a first mold half, a second mold half, and a center ring portion formed of a plurality of tread segments. Each mold half has an inner surface machined with a sidewall molding portion and each of said tread segments having an inner surface... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20080152746 - Machine for moulding plastic containers using means for moving the mould-support unit comprising two in-line connecting rods: A machine for moulding containers, comprising a unit for extruding plastic tubes, a blow-moulding unit, a mould for containing containers which is formed by two half-moulds movable, upon operation of associated first actuator, in a longitudinal direction (X-X) and symmetrically with respect to a fixed axis (Z-Z) perpendicular to said... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 30623

20080152747 - Injection molding system having a bus: An injection molding system includes a mold having a hot half and a cold half, the hot half including a hot runner. A bus transceiver is located in the mold. At least one electrical device associated with the operation of the mold is located in the mold and electrically coupled... Agent: Mold-masters (2007) Limited

20080152748 - Injection molding machine: If a screw is moved forward after a metering step is completed, the screw moves in a state where a check ring on a tip end of the screw is in open state. Resin flows in a direction opposite to the injection direction. A rotational force is applied to the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080152749 - Apparatus and method for demounting mold block: According to one aspect, an apparatus for demounting a mold block includes a main body, a pivot, and an engaging member. The main body includes a hold portion and a load portion. The pivot is connected to the main body for providing a fulcrum for the main body. The hold... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080152750 - Molding apparatus for optical element: An apparatus for molding optical element, which comprises a pressurizing apparatus 4 for pressurizing a mold constituted by a top mold 33, a bottom mold 33 and a body mold 32, in which a molding material 5 is disposed, in a vertical direction to form an optical element, the apparatus... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080152752 - Edge gated injection molding apparatus: An injection molding apparatus includes an injection manifold having an inlet and a melt channel. The manifold melt channel branches to a plurality of melt channel outlets. A hot runner injection nozzle includes an axial melt channel extending along a central axis and communicating with one of the manifold melt... Agent: Mold-masters (2007) Limited

20080152751 - Valve for co-injection molding apparatus: A coinjection molding apparatus includes at least one manifold having a first manifold melt channel and a second manifold melt channel. A hot runner nozzle is located between the manifold and a mold gate. The nozzle has melt channels communicating with the first manifold melt channel and the second manifold... Agent: Mold-masters (2007) Limited

20080152753 - Ejector blade: An ejector blade comprises a pin shaft and a safeguard. The pin shaft includes an enlarged circular head. The head is an integrally molded portion of the pin shaft. Furthermore, the pin shaft has a pillar part connected to the head and a blade part extending from the pillar part.... Agent: Wpat, Pc Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080145467 - Cooling tube mechanism for an i.s. machine: An I.S. machine has a blow station where a parison is blown into a bottle. The parison is blown with a blow head at the “on” position on the blow mold and following the blowing of the parison, the blow head is lifted away from the blow mold. The spacing... Agent: Spencer T. Smith Emhart Glass Research, Inc.

20080145466 - Method, system, and computer program for controlling a hydraulic press: A method, control system, computer program, and article of manufacture for controlling hydraulic press systems, and a new press system that utilizes a number of improvements over the assignee's original system. The control system is designed to control a hydraulic press having a die, at least two separate sets of... Agent: Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.a.

20080145468 - Die table for rotary tablet presses and rotary tablet press: The invention relates to a die table (10), for a rotary tablet press, comprising a rotating rotor (1) formed from the die table (10), a punch guide (5) for the upper punch (7) and a punch guide (3) for the lower punch (4). The die table (10) comprises several exchangeable... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080145469 - Extrusion apparatus for making multilayer articles: In certain aspects of the invention, an extrusion apparatus for making a multilayer article includes multiple discs, each of which has at least one passageway configured to permit fluid flow therethrough in a flow direction. At least one of the discs includes a cone shaped portion extending substantially parallel to... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080145470 - Ribbon wound roll: There is provided a tool roll with a cylindrical base and a first ribbon having an inner face, an outer face, and first and second major sides located therebetween. The outer face of the first ribbon includes a plurality of depressions or holes formed therein and the first ribbon is... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080145471 - Arrangement for receiving a casting mold: The invention relates to an arrangement for receiving a mould comprising at least two die platens (14, 16) arranged on a base frame (12), at least one of said die platens (14, 16) being displaceably arranged on the base frame (12), and the front sides (15, 17) of the die... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20080145472 - Injection mold assembly: A cavity is formed between stationary and movable mold members, and a runner is connected to a gate to the mold cavity to supply a molten resin material thereto. The stationary and movable mold members have bodies of an aluminum alloy of high heat conductivity and light weight. Iron base... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080145473 - Apparatus for injection molding: An apparatus for conducting melt in stack mold arrangements comprises at least one tubular body having a passage there through for conveying melt, an interface member mounted to at least one tubular body at a terminus of the passage for conducting melt between the tubular body and a mating mold... Agent: Patent Department Milacron Inc.

20080145474 - Foaming die device for forming armrest: A foaming die device is provided, in which can be directly placed a basic armrest unit having a shaft element and a connecting bracket rotatably secured to the shaft element. The foaming die device comprises a lower die, an upper die, and an auxiliary die element of split type to... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080138458 - Method and mold for manufacturing biodegradable molded articles: Using a metal mold (20a) consisting of a convex mold part (21a) and a concave mold part (22a), a molding material (14) is placed between a pair of coating films (12), and after claming, the molding material (14) and the coating film (12) are heated and molded to make a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080138454 - Device for a layer-wise manufacturing of a three-dimensional object: A device (1) for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by a layer-wise solidification of a building material at positions in the respective layers that correspond to the object is provided. The device has a machine frame (2, 3, 4, 5) and support legs (51) that are mounted at the machine frame... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080138455 - Methods and systems for controlling mold temperatures: Disclosed is a preferred mold design for producing plastic, molded preforms, which may be blow-molded into a container of a final, desired shape. A preferred mold includes a temperature control system for maintaining the preform mold at a desired temperature. The temperature control system can pass fluid through channels within... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080138456 - Solar cell fabrication using extruded dopant-bearing materials: Wafer-based solar cells are efficiently produced by extruding a dopant bearing material (dopant ink) onto one or more predetermined surface areas of a semiconductor wafer, and then thermally treating the wafer to cause diffusion of dopant from the dopant ink into the wafer to form corresponding doped regions. A multi-plenum... Agent: Bever, Hoffman & Harms, LLP

20080138457 - Molding machine: A hydraulic power unit 15 of a match-plate molding machine comprises a hydraulic pump 20 for supplying oil, a piping system 21, 25, and 26 that fluidly communicates with first and second hydraulic cylinder systems 7 and 10 for supplying the oil from the hydraulic pump 20 to them to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080138459 - Resealable closures, polymeric packages and systems and methods relating thereto: Resealable closures for use in sealing polymeric packages are provided. The resealable closures include a sealant material that restricts fluid flow into and out of the resealable closure.... Agent: Intellectual Property

20080138460 - Multilayer nano imprint lithography: An improved method for nanoimprint lithography and more specifically for providing a nano-scale pattern on a substrate is disclosed. According to the improvement, a mould (100) and a substrate (115) are provided wherein the substrate (115) is provided with a plurality of coating layers (120, 125, 130) before pressing the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080131539 - Application device for applying a layer of a building material in powder form in a device for a layerwise manufacturing of a three-dimensional object: An application device (27) for applying a layer of a building material in powder form in a device (1) for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by a layer-wise solidification of a building material at positions in the respective layers that correspond to the object is provided. An application element (61) that... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080131540 - Device for a layerwise manufacturing of a three-dimensional object: A device (1) for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by a layerwise solidification of a building material at positions in the respective layers that correspond to the object is provided. The device comprises a machine frame (2, 3, 4, 5) and a building space (10) that is arranged in the machine... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080131541 - Device for a layerwise manufacturing of a three-dimensional object and method for inserting and removing, respectively, a container: A device (1) for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by a layer wise solidification of a building material at positions in the respective layers that correspond to the object is provided. The device comprises a machine frame (2, 3, 4, 5); a door (73) that is mounted at the machine frame... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080131542 - Device for extruding hollow strands: Device for extruding hollow strands from thermoplastic material, with an extruder head, having a mandrel, and a calibrating device, for making a dimensional change while production is in progress, and with a radially adjustable inlet, at least one Ranque vortex chamber being formed in the mandrel, the cooling air outlet... Agent: Shlesinger, Arkwright & Garvey LLP

20080131543 - Apparatus for compacting powder: An apparatus for compacting a powder comprises: i) a die (2) including a piston chamber (4) having an entrance for receiving a piston; ii) dosing means (20) adapted to dispense a free flowing powder through said entrance and into said piston chamber; and iii) a piston (9) having a cross-sectional... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080131544 - Tissue repair device and apparatus and method for fabricating same: A mold for fabricating a device for repairing torn tissue or muscle such as the meniscus of the knee is provided. The mold includes a mold cavity adapted to receive molten material. The mold cavity has an inlet channel, a first portion, a second portion, and a first channel extending... Agent: Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20080131545 - Electronic article surveillance marker: A multi-stage fabrication process produces markers for a magnetomechanical electronic article surveillance system. The marker includes a magnetomechanical element comprising one or more resonator strips of magnetostrictive amorphous metal alloy housing a cavity sized and shaped to accommodate the resonator strips for free mechanical vibration therewithin; and a bias magnet... Agent: Ernest D. Buff Ernest D. Buff And Associates, Llc.

20080131546 - Device for a layerwise manufacturing of a three-dimensional object: A device (1) for manufacturing a three-dimensional object by a layerwise solidification of a building material at positions in the respective layers corresponding to the object is provided. The device comprises a machine frame (2, 3, 4, 5) and a building space (10) located in said machine frame, wherein in... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080131547 - External sprue bar position alignment apparatus: An external sprue bar position alignment device is comprised of a mounting bracket and a sprue bar alignment frame that is attached to the mounting bracket. The sprue bar alignment frame and mounting bracket define a channel configured to receive a sprue bar upon a mold closing. The sprue bar... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20080131548 - Thermal expansion compensated stampers/imprinters for fabricating patterned recording media: A method of manufacturing a stamper/imprinter for patterning a recording medium via thermally assisted nano-imprint lithography, comprising steps of: selecting a recording medium for patterning, comprising a substrate with a first coefficient of thermal expasnsion (CTE); providing a first stamper/imprinter comprising a topographically patterned surface having a correspondence to a... Agent: Seagate Technology Llc C/o Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080131549 - Mold for injection molding of optical elements: An exemplary optical mold includes a first plate and a second plate. The first plate includes a plurality of locating blocks. Each of the locating blocks includes a first inclined side surface. The second plate includes a frustum. The frustum includes at least one second inclined side surface (e.g., a... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080131550 - Mold and molding apparatus using the same: A molding apparatus for patterning a workpiece includes a mold having a pattern to be transferred to the workpiece, with the pattern including recesses, a first support member for supporting the mold, and a second support member, arranged opposite to the first support member, for supporting the workpiece. A pressing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080131551 - Injection stretch blow molding apparatus: An injection stretch blow molding apparatus includes a lower base which is secured on a stage, an upper base which is disposed above the lower base and supports a turntable, and vertical clamping device that raises and lowers the upper base with respect to the lower base. The vertical clamping... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080131553 - Injection molding apparatus having a nozzle sleeve: An injection molding apparatus that includes a hot runner and a mold. The hot runner includes at least one nozzle that engages a nozzle-receiving cavity of the mold. The molding apparatus further includes a nozzle sleeve surrounding a portion of the nozzle and having a nozzle-sealing opening that receives the... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20080131552 - Nozzle sleeve for an injection molding apparatus: An injection molding apparatus that includes a hot runner and a mold. The hot runner includes at least one nozzle that engages a nozzle-receiving cavity of the mold. The molding apparatus further includes a nozzle sleeve surrounding a portion of the nozzle and having a nozzle-sealing opening that receives the... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20080131554 - Mold having plural cavities for manufacturing different-sized plastic frames: An exemplary mold for manufacturing different-sized plastic frames simultaneously includes a first mold half and a second mold half. The first and second mold halves cooperatively define a first molding chamber and a second molding chamber, and the first molding chamber surrounds the second molding chamber.... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.