Abstract: A mould for cast moulding a contact lens includes a first cup member having a male mould surface and a second cup member with a female mould surface. The two cup members form a piston and cylinder and are used in a pressure vessel so as to apply loading pressure to deflect the mould surfaces to maintain the surfaces in contact with a lens being cast. The mould is opened with the mould surface facing upwardly. Hydrating fluid is added to the first cup member and a cover sealed to the top of the first cup member.

Abstract: A food loaf shaping and texturizing rack is provided which transforms a generally cylindrical large food loaf, stick or chub into a shape which approximates that of a natural food product, such as whole muscle meat when sliced. The rack also includes a lattice network which forms irregularities in the surface of the finished product.

Abstract: The closure lid is designed as mold on the container body. The volume enclosed by the closure lid and the container body equals at least approximately the volume of the product filled into the container. The edible good is placed in a flowable state into the container body. Thereafter the closure lid which is recessed relative to the upper edge of the container is placed onto the container body and molds the surface of the filled in edible good to attain a predetermined structure. Upon a cooling the edible good attains a solid state in such a manner, that its surface keeps permanently the shape produced by the closure lid.

Abstract: An ice cube tray comprising a tray having an upper horizontal peripheral ledge and an upwardly extending vertical periphery terminating in an upper edge, a plurality of planar connectors in a grid pattern located in the plane of the upper ledge and a plurality of compartments extending downwardly from the connectors, each of the compartments having a lower horizontal surface parallel with, but spaced beneath the upper horizontal plane with the connectors at a depth essentially equal to the distance of the depth of the water placed in the tray and the resulting ice cubes, each of the compartments also including a plurality of generally vertically extending side walls in a rectangular configuration extending between the connectors and the lower horizontal surface.

Abstract: There is provided an ice tray that includes a body and a laminated cover that has a plastic coat for securing together the body and the cover. The body includes a plurality of individual cavities for receiving liquid therein. Each wall of each cavity has an upper edge that forms a lip. The cover is sealed along each lip of each cavity to provide a liquid tight seal for each cavity. The body and cover are each, preferably, formed of a single sheet of material. The body is made of pure polyvinyl chloride plastic, and the cover is made of a laminate of polyester and polyamide with adhesive therebetween and the plastic coat on the side of the polyester opposite the adhesive.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for the commercial sterilization of thin-walled, high-profile plastic containers, which are hermetically sealed with an easy-peel aluminum foil/plastic-coated lid stock material. The apparatus is a rack of molds, each mold having a recessed groove to support the lip of the plastic container and a mold lid having a rigid portion covering the lid and a resilient portion inside the rigid portion to permit the lid of the plastic container to expand in a controlled manner during sterilization. The rigid portion of the mold lid can be angled to fit the contour of the expanded container lid.

Abstract: A test mold assembly for evaluating the surface deformation tendency of a coverstock bonded to a reactive plastic formulation to voids in the formulation including a base adapted to support a coverstock and spaced side walls extending upwardly from the base to define a mold cavity for receiving foam precursors. The assembly further includes a lid adapted to form the top of the mold cavity and having a cover portion disposed spaced from the base. The lid includes a plurality of integral projections extending downwardly from the cover portion into the mold cavity a predetermined distance to create voids in the foam. A method of making a foam void model for evaluating the surface deformation tendency of a coverstock bonded to a reactive plastic formulation to voids in the formulation is also disclosed.

Abstract: A contact lens casting mould includes two casting mould halves. A concave shaping surface (11) is constructed on a female part (1) and a convex shaping surface (21) on a male part (2). When joined together, the two casting mould halves (1 and 2) adhere by frictional connection.

Abstract: A stackable, covered ice cube tray apparatus including a base member having four side walls, each side wall having a lower end and a top end, wherein said side walls and bottom wall form a basin for storage of a liquid. The apparatus further includes a cover having a substantially rigid member having a front end, two edges and a rear end, the front end having a handle contiguous thereto. A vertically disposed sealing and prevention channel is positioned contiguous to the top end of the side walls of the basin. The channel compresses an upper channel having means therein to slidably receive the cover and a lower channel having means for the prevention of spilling of liquid when the basin is jostled or tilted. This dual channel system provides both a splash guard and sealing means to substantially eliminate spillage of liquid when the apparatus is moved.

Abstract: An ice cube dispenser tray capable of dispensing only a desired number of ice cubes into a glass or container without dropping of additional unwanted cubes from the tray, includes an elongate tray body having separate ice cube compartments aligned in succession along the length of the tray body, and a pair of compartment cover panels. Guide channels formed in the tray body enable the pair of cover panels to slide just above the ice cube compartments so that ice cubes can be dispensed out of the tray body only from those compartments that are exposed by movement of the cover panels. Ice cubes in compartments beneath the cover panels are blocked by the panels from falling free of the tray body.

Abstract: A multiple cavity mold for lipstick products includes a plurality of receptacles. Each receptacle has an inner cavity and an outer surface that is exposed such that a coolant, which is circulated about the receptacle, causes a cosmetic melt contained therein to solidify.

Abstract: An improved mold for forming foam products is provided with replaceable mold inserts which can be inserted into a mold block. The mold inserts have a cavity in which the product is foamed. The mold inserts are formed from a stick resistant material. Cap members having vent channels provided therein are adapted to fit into the mold insert. The number and size of vent channels is determined by the desired size and density of the molded foam product.

Abstract: A device is provided to facilitate the dispensing of ice cubes from a flexible plastic ice cube tray having long edge lips. The device, of monolithic construction, has a small chamber for receiving and dispensing ice cubes from separate rows of the ice cube tray, and an adjacent large chamber for receiving and dispensing ice cubes from the entire ice cube tray. The device is provided with engagement rails that slideably engage the large edge lips of the ice cube tray.

Abstract: A compact oven for preparing freshly baked cakes, muffins, and breads from a pourable batter or vertically oriented disk-shaped molds. A hinged cover completes the enclosure. Heat is applied to each vertical side of the molds.

Abstract: A cover for an ice cube tray includes a top portion for covering the top of an ice cube tray and sidewalls joined to the top portion which permits the top portion to be raised to a position at which the top position is spaced above the tray top. The cover also includes flanges joined to the sidewalls for limiting the distance that the top portion can be raised above the tray top. Once the cover raised to its spaced, or elevated, position and the tray and cover are inverted and canted to an inclined condition, the top portion and sidewalls provide a chute for accepting ice cubes dropped from the tray and for directing the dropped ice cubes off the lower end of the cover.

Abstract: An apparatus for forming a fiber reinforced slab gel for use in electrophoresis including a box shaped casing having a first groove at the center of an inner lower end surface, and a cover having a second groove for hermetically closing an open area of the casing. A plurality of slab gel forming plates are laminated in the casing with fiber reinforced cores interposed between adjacent slab gel forming plates. An aqueous solution of an organic monomer is poured into the casing through a pouring pipe in the cover and the monomer is polymerized to form the gel slabs. Air in the casing is vented to the outside when the monomer is introduced into the casing.

Abstract: A ski comprising a ski body component (1) and a trough (2). The ski body component is a prefabricated component which is formed from a core (3), steel edges (6 and 6', respectively), a running surface coating (7) and possible intermediate layers. To produce the ski, the prefabricated ski body component (1) is introduced into a trough-shaped mould (9), a space being left free for the production of the trough, whereupon the free space is filled with plastics material, preferably by a RTM method.

Abstract: There is provided an ice tray and ice cubes formed therein in which the ice cubes contain embossments. The ice cube tray includes a base having a plurality of cavities. Each cavity has a bottom and a plurality of said walls and preferably the bottom has a surface in the cavity which surface has a protuberance. The ice tray also includes a cover secured to the base. Once a formed ice cube is removed from a cavity, the cavity can not be used to form a new ice cube.

Abstract: Mechanisms and methods are provided in conjunction with the molding of stuffable food products into a shaped loaf that is suitable for automatic slicing into substantially uniform slices. Included is an expansion and contraction compensation mechanism that includes a ratcheting assembly and a biasing assembly that cooperate to permit adequate expansion of the food product during cooking thereof while still retaining enough biasing force to continually compress the product being molded during contraction which occurs upon chilling the food product.

Abstract: A combination medication mold and dispenser. The medication is poured into a multicompartment tray and solidifies into troches. The tray is made of a flexible plastic which can be bent to release the troches individually. The tray has a cover attached with a flexible hinge to protect the troches after preparation. The medication can be prepared and dispensed to the patient in the same container. The covered tray can be held in a sleeve to further protect the medication and hold the cover in place.

Abstract: This ice cube maker is an ice cube molding cup or container with closed sides and bottom, and open top closed by a hinged cover on which is a flat, flexible handle. The cover is secured in place by quickly engageable and disengageable catch members. Lateral quick attachment and detachment members permit a multiplicity of cups to be arranged in a planar array. Cups of different sizes and shapes may be laterally attached in the planar array. The cups may have internal partitions defining chambers to make more than one ice cube in each cup.

Abstract: A container for making ice cubes having a generally prismatic hollow configuration, a front side of which includes rows of truncated pyramidal cavities, the back wall having mutually perpendicular stacking ribs for mating with the cavities of a juxtaposed container, and the top wall having a fill and emptying aperture closed by a screw cap or stopper. The container also has a fill marking on one of the sides and flow channels between the cavities.

Abstract: A ice maker employing a relatively thin ice tray with sealed ice cube receptacles and having a freezing chamber of relatively small volume cooled by a high capacity cooling plate. The ice cube receptacles are sealed by a frangible cover to keep liquid water therein and to maintain frozen water in a sanitary state until the frangible cover is ruptured for the ice cubes to be used. The ice make housing also may include other chambers for holding containers of food and drink. The cooling surface of the freezing chamber may be sloped for drainage and the ice maker provided with a spring loaded device for ejecting the ice tray when a housing door is opened. Detection switches and indicator lights may be actuated by insertion and removal of the tray. Multiple freezing chambers may be jointly cooled by a single cooling plate.

Abstract: A container in which fresh water can be packed and from which if desired it can be poured or if frozen from which ice cubes of any particular shape can be removed. If the container is filled with uncontaminated water, uncontaminated ice cubes can be removed therefrom.

Abstract: The invention relates to a moulding device for the manufacture of semi-hard pressed cheeses from a liquid pre-cheese, such a device is made in two superposable parts, adapted to be removably assembled together in water-tight manner by a spigot-like interlocking joint, at least one of these parts comprising moulding cavities. The upper part may be constituted by interchangeable individual moulds or by an assembly of moulds connected to one another, and the lower part is a plate provided with grooves for interlocking whose configuration matches that of the base of the moulds or mould assembly. The lower part may be constituted by a multi-mould plate comprising upwardly open half-cavities for moulding and grooves for interlocking and the upper part is constituted by a counter-mould plate comprising downwardly open half-cavities for moulding, complementary of the half-cavities of the multi-mould plate, and ribs for interlocking.

Abstract: An apparatus for making ice cubes includes an ice cube tray and an inner grid core. An outer grid core for the apparatus includes sloped sides and a threaded opening at a top of the outer grid core. The outer grid core is wider than the bottom of the core. Dividers are positioned in the ice cube tray and are upright with respect to the ice cube tray. The dividers are inserted into the inner and outer grid cores. A threaded stud is engageable with the threaded opening in the outer grid core.

Abstract: A portable ice maker and container capable of utilizing available freezer space to provide additional ice-making capacity is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device includes a bucket-shaped vessel having a plurality of coiled strips arranged in a vertical stack with adjacent strips separated by a partition member, each coiled strip being in a horizontal position with the curvature of the coils arranged so as to be generally concentric with the central vertical axis of the vessel. A plurality of transverse ribs are attached at intervals along the length of each strip for use in defining the shape of the individual ice cubes.

Abstract: An improved capsule and clamping apparatus and a method of using the same are disclosed. The capsule has a filling end and specimen end with a preformed opening at its filling end. The capsule has portions on the filling end for holding the capsule in a perpendicular position on a slide or the like so that the capsule may be clamped perpendicular in sealed relationship with the slide. Embedding material can then be poured into the filling end of the capsule for quickly preparing an accurate, embedded specimen block for later use, such as preparing sections, and particularly thick sections (1 to 6 microns) on a microtome machine, for microscopic examination.

Abstract: A shoe-innersole material for use in providing cushioning and support in footwear, and a method of manufacturing the shoe-innersole material, the shoe innersole comprising a heel and an arch section composed of a molded, elastomeric polyurethane foam material of low compression set, the heel and arch sections directly bonded in the molding process to a full-sole material composed either of foam or a solid, flexible sheet material.

Abstract: A device for producing multiple food turnovers, such as ravioli, pirozhki, and similar food products made from dough with filling, comprises a female die (10) with a plurality of cavities (14) for forming individual products, and a male die (24) with a plurality of protrusions (26) mating with said cavities (14) of the female die (10). The device is provided also with a shield (40) having openings (42) which are smaller in dimensions than the cavities (14). In operation, female die (10) is covered with a first sheet of dough, and then the dough is pressed into cavities (14) by means of protrusions (26) on the male die (24). The male die (24) is removed, the female die (10) is covered with the shield (40), and the filling is poured into the dough pockets of the female die (10) using the guide openings (42) of the shield. The female die with dough and filling is covered with the second sheet of dough, and the latter is covered with a baking tray (46).

Abstract: Apparatus for high volume preparation of cross-sectional specimens of printed circuit boards for microscopic examination, including a method and apparatus for precision mounting of a large number of such cross sections in a single molding sequence for simultaneous polishing of such cross sections in a single polishing operation.

Abstract: After arranging on dual pans two thick strips of a deformable fiber-reinforced spongeous material and covering them with a liner made of an elastic cloth, a fluid polymer is poured into said pans which reacts to set and foam in a conveniently short time. During the setting time, the user keeps his/her feet fixedly inside the pans, to thus leave an impression which accurately reproduces the shape thereof. After setting, the deformable strips is bonded to the liner and retains the exact impression left by the foot.Successive trimming operations provide an insole taylored to fit the user's feet.

Abstract: A book mold for producing a plurality of flat footwear soles simultaneously includes opposed top and bottom molds, each of which includes a pair of mold cavities; and an intermediate mold defined by a plate connected to one end of the bottom mold by a piano hinge. The intermediate mold is closed on the bottom mold, and the top mold is clamped on the intermediate mold using a clamping cylinder. Thermoplastic material is injected into the mold cavities through a port defined by a square slot in the intermediate mold, resulting in a large sprue in the intermediate mold. The soles remained attached to the intermediate mold, and when the mold is opened all soles are removed rapidly.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a device for shaping and forming a rice body for a rolled sushi dish. The device comprises a base member provided with a plurality of semi-cylindrical notches in a parallel arrangement, a push cover member constructed in a similar but symmetrical form to the base member, a cylindrical frame member of the size into which the above two members can be horizontally inserted, and a ram member of the size engageable with inside of the frame and provided on the lower side thereof with plural projections in a parallel arrangement. The device is used by inserting the base member having plural semi-cylindrical notches from below into the frame for engagement, placing a suitable amount of vinegared rice (sushi-meshi) into the cylindrical frame, fitting the ram member from above into the frame to make a dent upon the surface of the vinegared rice, placing such suitable ingredients as pieces of tuna, ham, cucumber, etc.

Abstract: An ice cube tray having a removable cover for sealing the tray when filled with water. The cover has a fill spout and a cover for the fill spout that cooperate with similar trays for stacking purposes.

Abstract: An ice tray including an upper and lower section locked together so to form completely enclosed chambers therebetween in which enclosed water freezes into a fully desired shape of ice cube.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mould for packaging desserts, particularly for ice-cream cake with coating syrup containing fruit or pieces of fruit. The mould is in the form of a cup comprising an opening through which the dessert is introduced into and removed from the mould and is characterized in that it comprises a first compartment near the opening which defines a first space and which is intended to receive a product solid at the storage temperature and a second compartment which defines a space below the first space and which is intended to receive a syrup liquid at the storage temperature, the second compartment comprising a central part situated at the bottom of the cup and communicating with the first compartment through an opening and a peripheral part which consists of circumferentially spaced grooves or depressions arranged in a star around the central part and which forms a flow channel for the syrup and also acts as a stiffener for the mould.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for opening molds by automatically unlocking a pair of locking mechanisms which cooperate to lock a pair of mold sections together. There are also disclosed herein a method and apparatus for handling a removed mold section and an article ejected from another mold section.

Abstract: Portable ice making container apparatus is provided for making blocks of ice. An inner container is used to receive water which is to be frozen to form a block of ice. A larger outer container is provided to receive and support the inner container therein. Support posts are provided at the bottom of the outer container to position the bottom of the inner container a short space above the bottom of the outer container. Flanges are disposed at the tops of both containers to interconnect the containers for the purpose of maintaining them in a nested, spaced-apart relationship. A cover member has walls constructed to fit snugly against the walls of the inner container to enclose the top of the inner container. The walls extend downward to a common bottom to form a recess for containing fluid to warm the bottom of the cover member. The outer container includes receptacles at the corners for receiving fluid to be dispersed throughout the space between the inner and outer containers.

Abstract: Metal or plastic ice cube trays have flat lids hinged along one edge to facilitate emptying ice cubes in an orderly manner when the tray is inverted and held under running water. The trays are stackable and have support legs of sufficient length to hold the ice cube compartments of each tray spaced from the lid of the next underlying tray to avoid a freezing bond between trays. The tray lids have corner notches which receive and help to position said legs when the trays are stacked.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the meat-packing industry. The production line of the present invention comprises, mounted in a closed loop in the direction of production flow, a sausage meat feeder, filling and batching means, block molds, heat and cold treatment chambers, means for discharging the finished product and means for washing the block molds. In accordance with the present invention, the closed loop is formed by step-type conveyors arranged in two parallel rows located in a single plane, the pitch of each one of said conveyors being limited by the dimensions of one block mold, said conveyers serving to move the block molds from the sausage meat filling and batching means via the heat and cold treatment chambers, means for discharging the finished product and means for washing the emptied block molds to the filling and batching means.

Abstract: An apparatus for casting toilet tanks from ceramic material in slip form is disclosed. A plurality of mold parts which include two side mold parts which when assembled define a casting cavity and a core part which is positioned in the mold cavity and is spaced from the mold surfaces of the two side parts to define the front back and side walls of the toilet tank. One of the side mold parts includes an integral base for forming the bottom wall of the tank. Each side mold part arranged in a general horizontal line and are shiftable longitudinally to open and close the mold unit.

Abstract: Method for slip casting toilet bowls and as mould for casting ceramic material in slip form, including a compartment having an air impermeable wall and arranged, in the casting position of the mould, so that when the mould is filled with slip air is trapped in the compartment. The compartment is located at a region where casting is not to occur and the trapped air not only achieves this but also prevents the surface of the compartment from becoming wetted, thereby making subsequent cleaning easier. The compartment may be formed either in a plaster mould part and its surface rendered air impermeable, or in a separate part made of air impermeable material, and assembled with the plaster mould parts. The mould is particularly suitable for casting a water-closet bowl, the compartment being located at the region where the open top of the bowl is formed.

Abstract: A freezable, edible substance is placed in a forming cup mounted by the base upon a lid. A serving cup is invertedly mounted over the first cup and closed by the lid after which the substance is solidified. When final preparation of the beverage is desired, the two cups are inverted and the first cup and lid are removed, leaving a frozen mound in said serving cup into which a drinkable liquid is poured around the solid substance.

Abstract: A mold for preparing frozen food products from a flavored liquid includes cap members adapted to fit over respective cup members retaining the liquid. The cap members have anchoring portions for extending centrally within the cup members whereby the liquid may be made to freeze thereabout. The cap members further include domed shaped central portions to serve as drip trays and a straw member leading from the interior of the central portion to enable liquid caught therein to be drawn off.

Abstract: A method for the production of a new and novel English muffin on a mass production basis is provided wherein the English muffin is produced by the use of a conventional bun oven and an insulated baking pan which prevents an overbaking of the bottom of the English muffin and a perforated cover plate which permits an even baking of the top surface and imparts a pattern effect on the top surface of the English muffin corresponding to the perforations in the cover plate. The resulting English muffin is new and novel, and in addition to the pattern effect on the top surface thereof, will possess a uniform color on the top and bottom surfaces thereof.

Abstract: A mold for forming shotgun targets out of ice has a plurality of concave depressions in an upper section in the mold and mating frustrum shaped depressions in a lower section of the mold. The mold sections are hinged together along a center line of the mold and the mold sections can be held in a closed position using barbed studs engaging stud holding apertures in the opposite sides of the mold. The molds can be stacked together using female ferrules attached to one external side of the mold and engaging male ferrules to opposite sides of the adjacent mold.

Abstract: A mould assembly for producing multiple castings in which a plurality of mould components are closely arranged together in an array and define a plurality of mould cavities. At the base of the array there is provided a regularly shaped space which communicates with each of the individual mould cavities via a runner passage and thus molten metal admitted to the space fills each of the mould cavities simultaneously leading to uniform properties in all the castings. The individual mould components are preferably injected moulded in a ceramic material.

Abstract: A form for molding building wall panels of a concrete material, wherein the form has a rectangular shallow box shape for receiving and enclosing the material while it hardens, the form having a plurality of elongated inserts extending broadwise therethrough in parallelism and on a horizontal plane to form a break line in the panel, and prestressed tension rods or post tensioned cable means extending through the form to be embedded in the material at at least one side of the break line to cause the panel to split along the break line when the rods are removed after the material has hardened.

Abstract: When producing insulating units, in particular building units, plaster of Paris was previously poured into the mold, bloated polystyrene pearls being prekneaded into said plaster. Plaster of Paris has also been poured into molds, wherein a lining of an aggregate of fused, bloated polystyrene pearls were prearranged. The bloated polystyrene pearls according to the invention are first densely packed in the mold, whereupon plaster of Paris, cement or another hydraulic binding material is filled into the mold through a net or a perforated plate, said net or perforated plate keeping the pearls densely packed during the casting so as to ensure that they do not reposition as a consequence of their buoyancy in the cast, liquid binding material.