Abstract: An ice cream scoop includes a handle, a bowl formed on an end of the handle, the bowl including a cutout, and a resilient rejecting member extending from the handle into the cutout and spaced from a perimeter delimiting the cutout. The handle may include two substantially parallel slits communicated with the cutout, leaving a resilient section forming a part of the resilient rejecting member. The resilient section may include a pressing portion on a rear side thereof. When rejecting of ice cream is required, the user may press the pressing portion to reject the ice cream in the bowl.

Abstract: An improved screen tooling for a fiber preforming process, and a durable coating system for such tooling. The coating system comprises a surface layer of a porcelain enamel composition that is generally a borosilicate glass, and preferable contains quartz, borax, boric oxide, potassium nitrate, sodium silicofluoride, and manganese dioxide, and optionally contains titanium dioxide, antimony oxide, cobalt oxide and/or barium oxide. Preferred compositions are dependent in part on the screen tooling material. The invention also encompasses a fiber preforming process that utilizes screen tooling with the coating system.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for mounting an in-line robot includes structure and/or steps for mounting a beam having an axis of travel. The in-line robot is preferably mounted on an injection molding machine. At least two mountings are provided, with a first mounting provided on a stationary platen of said injection molding machine, and a second flexible mounting provided on a portion of a clamping assembly. Preferably, the second flexible mounting is provided on a clamp block. The flexible mounting includes a first structure for fastening to a portion of the clamping assembly, and a second structure for fastening to the beam. The flexible mounting also includes a spacer extending between the first and second structures for fastening, and the spacer is attached to the first and second structures for fastening by first and second connectors, respectively.

Abstract: A thermoforming machine for manufacturing triple sheet thermoplastic articles is disclosed. The thermoforming machine comprises three controllable ovens for heating three sheets to a heat deformable temperature, three shape giving molds for separately thermoforming each sheet in succession, and forging-like means to compress the three thermoformed sheets into a unitary article. The three sheets are thermoformed and compressed together in a form station comprising upper and lower platens. Acting with the upper platen is a mold shuttle system for moving two of three molds into position relative the thermoforming and forging-like operations of the apparatus.