Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus inventions 07/08

20080181977 - Brush assembly for removal of excess uncured build material: A solid imaging apparatus is provided that includes a replaceable cartridge containing a source of build material and an extendable and retractable flexible transport film for transporting the build material layer-by-layer from the cartridge to the surface of a build in an image plane. An operator using the device needs... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon

20080181978 - Mold structure with an ejecting tube for ejecting a molded product and permitting airflow: A mold structure includes an ejecting tube disposed movably within a guide hole in a lower mold unit and having an ejecting end. The ejecting tube is communicated with an air chamber in the lower mold unit and a mold cavity. A pneumatic device is operable to draw air from... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080181979 - Hot press for coating work pieces, in particular furniture parts, as well as work table therefor: A hot press for coating work pieces on their upper surfaces and lateral surfaces with a film as well as a work table therefor. The hot press includes a press table with a heating plate in the lower frame, displaceable in reference to the press table, having an upper frame,... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080181980 - Tool for aiding resin distribution during the curing of composite material parts: The invention relates to a curing tool (11) for curing a composite material part formed by bundles of fibers embedded in a resin matrix in an installation, such as an autoclave, allowing the curing of the part by means of applying high pressures and/or temperatures, comprising at least one mechanical... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080181981 - Rotational molding system for medical articles: A system and method for molding the shell of a medical device or other molded article is disclosed. The system includes a multi-axis rotational molding machine in which a mold is mounted. The mold has a cavity in the shape of the article to be molded. The mold seals to... Agent: Allergan, Inc.

20080181982 - Blow mold design: A blow mold shell assembly includes a mold cavity insert defining a mold profile on an inner surface. A manifold insert is separately formed from the mold cavity insert and disposed outboard of the mold cavity insert. The manifold insert includes at least one coolant channel formed therein. The mold... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080181983 - Injection molding nozzle: A nozzle comprises a nozzle housing having a preload engagement surface, a nozzle tip, a tip retainer having a preload engagement surface that retains the nozzle tip against the nozzle housing, and a preload limiter gap between the tip retainer and the nozzle housing comprising a spaced distance between the... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20080175942 - Shoe mold with blowing arrangement for injection foam molding: A mold for making a shoe body in a process of injection foam molding is disclosed and includes a base; a lower mold body on the base; an upper die together with the mold body to form a mold cavity; an opening mechanism; a cover on the die and secured... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.a.

20080175936 - Nano-precision sintering system: The present invention provides a nano-precision sintering system 1 for sintering a nano-sized powder of a material in the pulse energization and pressure sintering process to obtain a highly purified sintered compact having a nano-sized grain structure, said nano-precision sintering system 1 comprising: at least one pre-process chamber 20 defined... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080175937 - Molding-system platen having anti-tilt structure: Disclosed are: (i) a platen of a molding-system having anti-tilt structure, (ii) a molding system having a platen including an anti-tilt structure, (iii) a component of a platen of a molding system having a frame, the component including an anti-tilt structure, (iv) a clamp of a molding system, the clamp... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20080175938 - Molding-system platen having tie-bar accommodation corners that resist coplanar disorientation: Disclosed are: (i) a platen of a molding system, (ii) a molding system having a platen, (iii) a clamp of a molding system having platens, and (iv) a molded article.... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20080175939 - Techniques for forming interconnects: A method for forming interconnects onto attachment points of a wafer includes the steps of providing a mold with a plurality of cavities having a predetermined shape, depositing a release agent on surfaces of the cavities, filling the cavities with an interconnect material to form the interconnects, removing the release... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080175940 - Device for reworking of thermoplastic material: A device for reworking thermoplastic material has a milling unit for milling the plastic material and an extruder (5). The milling unit has a cylinder (1) with a supply opening and with a knife shaft and the extruder has an extruder screw (7) in a screw tube (6). The cylinder... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080175941 - Platter for thermoplastic billet: A thermoforming apparatus including a pallet for use with a thermoforming machine that thermoforms a plastic billet into a usable form, the pallet including a billet support surface for supporting thereon a billet, and a gripper mounted on the pallet and arranged for movement between a first position, wherein the... Agent: David Klein Dekel Patent Ltd.

20080175943 - Molding-system platen having anti-tilt structure: Disclosed are: (i) a platen of a molding system, (ii) a molding system having a platen, (iii) a component of a platen of a molding system, (iv) a clamp of a molding system, the clamp having platens, and (v) a molded article.... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20080175944 - Molding-system platen having anti-tilt structure: Disclosed are: (i) a platen of a molding system, (ii) a molding system having a platen, (iii) a clamp of a molding system having platens, and (iv) a molded article.... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20080175945 - Molding apparatus for wet friction material: A molding apparatus of a wet friction material has a pair of guide posts vertically extending on a molding apparatus main body. The pair of the guide posts passes through fifteen stages (sixteen pieces) of molding dies. A pair of pantograph-type open-close mechanisms is attached to opposite side surfaces of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080175946 - Injection molding apparatus: An injection molding apparatus capable of minimizing cracks at the corners of a mold is provided. The injection molding apparatus includes first and second molds that mate with each other to define a molding cavity, a stationary member that supports the first mold, a movable member that supports the second... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080175947 - Cut structure for mold: A cut structure for a mold apparatus (100), which the cut structure is configured for being connected to a mold cavity (210), includes a first hole (42), a cut punch (48) and a draw pin (49). The first hole is configured to communicate with the mold cavity. The cut punch... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080175948 - Sprue-cutting accessory for injection molds: Inside a base element (3) that is designed to be attached to one of the two parts of the mold, specifically to the part in which the material inlet to the corresponding cavity (7) is situated, a cylindrical insert (1) is in turn situated, mounted with the freedom to rotate... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20080171098 - Locking system for a cotton candy machine: A locking system for a cotton candy machine includes a pair of rotatable cam members that are selectively engagable and disengagable from a motor mount of the machine to alternatively lock and unlock the machine. A rotatable handle or a pair of rotatable levers are operatively connected to the cam... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080171099 - Device for the production of confectionery: A device for the production of confectionery, in particular, pralines, in moulds, with at least one upper die which may be lowered relative thereto, mounted on a die plate whereby the die plate has a flexible mounting.... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20080171100 - Constant-force belleville spring and an injection molding melt-conveyance system incorporating such a spring as a seal spring: An injection molding melt-conveyance system for conveying a molten molding material from an injection machine to an injection mold. The injection molding melt-conveyance system includes a first component having a first melt-channel and further includes a second component having a second melt-channel. A constant-force seal spring urges the first and... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20080171101 - Manufacturing conduits for use in placing a target vessel in fluid communication with a source of blood: Methods and devices for manufacturing a conduit for placing a target vessel in fluid communication with a source of blood, such as a heart chamber containing blood. The conduit includes first and second portion adapted to be placed in fluid communication with a heart chamber and a target vessel. The... Agent: James R. Keogh Medtronic, Inc.

20080166440 - Device for gripping the neck of hollow bodies and hollow body transport installation which is equipped with such devices: A gripper device for gripping the neck of a hollow body from the outside, which gripper device includes an annular body supporting at least two gripper parts each having its own bearing face, said gripper parts being movable substantially radially and constrained by an elastic device in such a way... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080166441 - Molded article picker: Disclosed are a molded article picker for a post-mold device and a related method for the use of the molded article picker for handling a molded article. The molded article picker includes a floating element being configured to be movable between an extended position and a retracted position and biased... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20080166442 - Apparatuses for compression moulding, thermal conditioning, transporting and inspecting objects: An apparatus comprises an extruding device arranged for supplying doses of pasty plastics, a moulding carousel provided with a mould device arranged for compression-moulding said doses to obtain objects and a thermal-conditioning carousel to thermally condition said objects; an apparatus comprises carousel arrangement, a conveying unit arrangement supported by said... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080166443 - Peripheral die assembly: A peripheral die assembly for use in an extrusion process is disclosed. The peripheral die assembly includes a cylindrical-shaped hollow die sleeve defining an interior area in communication with a proximal opening and a distal opening as well as a plurality of outlets for permitting egress of extrusion from the... Agent: Solae, LLC

20080166444 - One-piece blow mold halves for molding a container: A blow mold is disclosed. The mold comprises a pair of mold halves having an operative configuration wherein said mold halves together define a cavity for a container. The container has a main body and a characteristic selected from the group of characteristics consisting of: a push-up base; an integral... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20080166445 - Method and device for the blow-molding of containers: The method and the device serve for the blow moulding of containers (2). Preforms (1) of a thermoplastic material are heated in the region of a heating path (24) and then transferred to a blowing device (25). The blowing device (25) is provided with at least one blowing station (3)... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20080166446 - Motor-driven injection molding machine 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.

20080160122 - Continuous debulking systems: Continuous debulking systems including in combination a spool for providing a fabric, a heating apparatus for heating the fabric as the fabric is unrolled from the spool to produce a heated fabric, a composite structure forming tool for wrapping the heated fabric thereabout, a resin applicator for applying resin to... Agent: General Electric Company

20080160123 - Tube rolling device: Method and apparatus for forming filter tubes comprises delivering a filter element to a flute on a first drum having vacuum for securing the filter element thereto. First and second tube forming rollers axially engage opposite ends of the filter element. A second drum accepts and cuts a continuous paper... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080160124 - Extrusion molding die and extrusion molding method for medical tube: The mold for extrusion molding the medical application tube made of the soft thermoplastic resin provided with flow paths sandwiching the axial portion therein comprises the mold body and the pin including the land portion. The cylindrical rear side mold space for passing the molding material between the inner peripheral... Agent: Tyco Healthcare - Edward S. Jarmolowicz

20080160125 - Edge gated injection molding apparatus: An injection molding apparatus includes an injection manifold having a melt channel. A hot runner injection nozzle includes an axial melt channel extending along a central axis and communicating with the manifold melt channel. The nozzle further includes at least two angled melt channels disposed at an angle to the... Agent: Mold-masters (2007) Limited

20080160126 - Compactable mold for forming building blocks: A compactable mold comprises a main mold frame structure and plural wall structures including two end wall structures and two side wall structures. The plural wall structures define a mold cavity for forming a block from a mixture introduced into the mold cavity. At least two of the plural wall... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080160127 - Dough divider: A dough divider comprises a dough receiving hopper, a pressurizing chamber positioned beneath the hopper, a manifold positioned beneath the pressurizing chamber, a plurality of cut off heads positioned beneath the manifold, and a cut off knife assembly positioned beneath the cut off heads. At least one auger is positioned... Agent: Michael A. O'neil Michael A. O'neil, P.c.

20080160128 - Food processor implement: A food processor implement for converting food articles into a stringy nature, includes: a base; a die member mounted on the base and formed with a plurality of die openings; a pusher member mounted on the base in spaced relation to the die member to define a space between the... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20080160129 - Template having a varying thickness to facilitate expelling a gas positioned between a substrate and the template: A nanoimprint lithography template including, inter alia, a body having first and second opposed sides with a first surface disposed on the first side, the second side having a recess disposed therein, the body having first and second regions with the second region surrounding the first region and the recess... Agent: Molecular Imprints

20080160130 - Expansion tool device for pliers or machine for producing sockets at the ends of pipes made out of plastic or composite material: The present invention is an expansion tool device for pliers or machine for producing sockets at the ends of pipes made out of plastic or composite material, used in the field of plumbing. The device includes a cylindrically-shaped ferrule formed by the tightening of several sector-shaped chucks. The chucks are... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20080160131 - Clamping device and injection molding machine provided with clamping device: A stationary platen unit and a movable platen unit each include a platen body, a load transmission portion, a die fixing plate, and a backup member. The backup member is located between the platen body and the die fixing plate. The backup member is movable between a first position in... Agent: Dla Piper Us LLP