Having Means Enabling Rotation Of Molding Device, E.g., Rocker, Pivot, Etc. Patents (Class 249/137)
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Patent number: 10760289Abstract: The present invention relates to a formwork device for a battery formwork for the production of structural elements, in particular prefabricated concrete elements, which comprises at least two partition walls and the formwork device comprises two formwork panels that are connected to one another, preferably in an articulated manner, in order to be transferred from an unfolded state to a folded state, where each formwork panel comprises a formwork front side for attaching formwork elements and a formwork rear side, and the formwork rear sides of the two formwork panels face each other in the folded state and the formwork device is intended to be positioned in the folded state between the partition wall. The present invention further relates to an arrangement consisting of a battery formwork and at least one formwork device according to the invention, where the formwork device is arranged suspended in the battery formwork.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: DOKA NEWCON GMBHInventor: Bernd Schreyer
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Patent number: 10251338Abstract: An apparatus for forming a first component making up at least a part of a housing on a trimmer head and a method of using the apparatus. The housing has a rotary axis and is configured to support at least one radially projecting cutting component. The first component has a central axis. A forming unit defines at least one cavity within which a moldable material is confined to produce at least a part of a wall on the first component that extends around the rotary axis. The forming unit is configured to allow selective controlling of a quantity of a moldable material introduced into a first discrete subvolume at a first location in the one cavity to thereby allow selective controlling of a mass of a portion of the at least part of the wall formed by the moldable material in the one cavity at the first location to facilitate dynamic balancing of the housing, within which the first component is incorporated, with respect to the rotary axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Echo IncorporatedInventors: Joseph John Zenkus, Stephen J. Towner, Ryan Garrett
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Patent number: 10131475Abstract: A child-proof and tamper-evident medication dispenser mold assembly includes first and second mold halves configured to be reversibly mated to form a product mold having an interior chamber for receiving an edible compound and a channel extending from the interior chamber to an outside surface of the assembly. The assembly further includes a male hinge component disposed on the first mold half and a female hinge component disposed on the second mold half, wherein each of the male and female hinge components are operable to cooperatively form a hinge assembly for mating the first and said second mold halves in an operable configuration. The male hinge component includes an aperture. The aperture, channel and interior chamber are substantially coaxially aligned.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2016Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Inventor: Thomas Babineau
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Patent number: 9993943Abstract: This document describes systems and processes for forming improved synthetic molded slabs suitable for use in living or working spaces (e.g., along a countertop, table, floor, or the like).Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Cambria Company LLCInventors: Jon Louis Grzeskowiak, II, Martin E. Davis
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Patent number: 9757779Abstract: A centrifugally cast composite roll for hot rolling comprising an outer layer having a composition comprising by mass 0.8-3.5% of C, 0.1-2.5% of Si, 0.1-2.5% of Mn, 1.2-15% of Cr, 1-5% of Ni, and 1-10% of Mo+0.5×W, the balance being substantially Fe and inevitable impurities, and an inner layer made of an iron-based alloy and integrally fused to the outer layer; the outer layer having Shore hardness of 67-82 at the initial diameter of the composite roll; and the maximum Shore hardness of the outer layer in a range 30 mm or more deep from the initial diameter being higher by 1 or more than the Shore hardness of the outer layer at the initial diameter.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2012Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Nozomu Oda, Yasunori Nozaki, Ryouta Honda, Takumi Ohata
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Patent number: 9169831Abstract: The present invention can be included in the technical field of moulds for precast concrete element production and relates to a mould for precast concrete element production wherein the relative position of the side walls that define the upper and lower flanks of the precast concrete element is defined by elements that are independent from the rest of the mould, as well as to the manufacturing process that uses the aforementioned mould for precast concrete element production, the precast concrete element thus obtained and a wind turbine comprising, in turn, at least one precast concrete element produced using said mould.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2013Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Acciona Windpower, S.A.Inventors: Teresa Arlaban Gabeiras, Jose Miguel Garcia Sayes, Miguel Nunez Polo, Alfonso Ruiz Aldama, Jose Luis Aristegui Lantero, Ivan Garcia Maestre
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Patent number: 9022765Abstract: A vibrating machine for producing a molded body by compacting a granular raw mixture includes an oscillatable vibrating table configured to receive a molding box. A clamping device is produced by at least two clamping closures, each including: a pivot bracket having a lower end being pivotally mounted on the vibrating table and an upper end including a cranking which is directed outward; a double-acting hydraulic pivot cylinder pivotally mounted on the vibrating table; a two-armed rocker arm pivotally connected to the pivot bracket and including an inner part that cooperates with the molding box and an outer part that cooperates with the hydraulic pivot cylinder; and a compression spring disposed between the cranking and the outer part of the rocker arm such that the rocker arm releases from a position closing the respective clamping closure upon a pressure in the hydraulic pivot cylinder being relieved.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2011Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Outotec OyjInventors: Hardy Nagel, Wilfried Schumacher, Monique Schmitt
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Patent number: 8790109Abstract: A pre-cast concrete wall system for crawlspace applications is herein disclosed. The system includes a plurality of interconnected pre-cast concrete wall panels having a recessed area along one side to reduce concrete usage and weight, while maintaining load bearing properties. The wall panels are securely fastened to a substructure, such as footers, using anchors and to each other by opposingly aligned keyways and connecting fasteners. Each wall panel includes at least one (1) pair of leveling bolts which provides for the leveling of the wall panels and correct for any unevenness in the footer. The wall panels are fabricated using a rotating casting table which allows an operator to pour concrete at ergonomic heights and rotate the casting table and cured wall panel member to a vertical position for convenient unloading and transportation of the wall panel to a job site.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Inventor: Thad J. Brownson
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Process and installation for making protected catalyst bodies by means of a molten organic substance
Patent number: 8759244Abstract: A process for handling an active catalyst includes introducing a mixture of active catalyst particles and a molten organic substance, which is at a temperature Ti, and which sets at a lower temperature T2 so that T2<T1, into a mould. The mould is submerged in a cooling liquid, so as to cool the organic substance down to a temperature T3, where T3?T2. In this fashion, a casting comprising an organic substance matrix in which the active catalyst particles are dispersed, is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2010Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignees: Sasol Technology (Proprietary) Limited, BASF Nederland B.V.Inventor: Zofia Anna Brodziak -
Patent number: 8702416Abstract: Making candles, vases or ornamental articles, by rotating a mold in elevation and azimuth, pouring wax into the mold, allowing the wax to partially or completely harden, and repeating these steps to build up layers of wax in different inclined planes. Apparatus is described for carrying out this method, having a support rotatable in elevation and a mold holder rotatable in azimuth on the support. An alternative apparatus is described having a vessel that may be optionally temperature controlled and containing flowable material supporting a mold. Further apparatus is described having means to support a mold at variable angles of elevation and azimuth. The apparatus and materials for carrying out the method may be supplied as a kit, with the apparatus either fully assembled or supplied as separate parts to be assembled by the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Inventor: J. Vance Israel
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Patent number: 8182260Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for forming molded tapered products, such as masonry blocks, whereby high quality finished products are removed from their mold without the need for complex machinery for demolding. The mold may include one or more mold cavities having one or more movable cavity walls. The movable cavity walls may include an end liner having a planar product forming surface capable of moving from a vertical position to an angled position. Tapered products may be formed by moving the mold towards a pallet so that the pallet engages with the end liner and causes the end liner to move from the vertical position to the angled position. Moldable material may then be introduced into the mold cavity and may be allowed to remain in the mold cavity until it is self-sustaining. The mold may then be moved away from the pallet such that a molded product remains on the pallet, thereby allowing the end liner to move from the angled position to the vertical position.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2007Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: Rampf Molds Industries, Inc.Inventor: Josef Ott
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Patent number: 8100379Abstract: There is provided a mold for use in the production of a silica crucible by heat-fusing silica or quartz powder attached onto an inner wall of a rotating mold, wherein an inner side of an upper opening portion of the mold corresponding to an upper part of the silica crucible is ground to obtain a step portion and a ring-shaped heat insulating barrier member having an inner diameter smaller than that of the mold is disposed on the step portion through a hollow disk-shaped support member having an inner diameter equal to or somewhat larger than that of the heat insulating barrier member.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2010Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Japan Super Quartz CorporationInventors: Takuma Yoshioka, Masaki Morikawa
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Patent number: 8066254Abstract: In a mold for use in the production of a silica crucible, a cylindrical rim member is engagedly supported through hooks to an inner side of an upper opening portion of the mold corresponding to an upper part of a silica crucible and an outer diameter of the rim member is smaller than an inner diameter of the mold but larger than an inner diameter of the silica crucible.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2010Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Japan Super Quartz CorporationInventors: Takuma Yoshioka, Masaki Morikawa
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Patent number: 8029266Abstract: A mould member for moulding three-dimensional products from a mass of one or more food starting materials, which are suitable for consumption, in particular human consumption, comprises a body having a porous structure and a plurality of mould cavities, which mould cavities each have a mould cavity wall defined by the body and an opening in a surface of the body, wherein the body comprises at least one essentially fluid tight barrier.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2008Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Stork Titan B.V.Inventors: Hendricus Franciscus Jacobus Maria Van Der Eerden, Wilhelmus Gerardus Maria Boom
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Patent number: 7918105Abstract: An ice making device that is capable of more easily and conveniently separating ice from ice trays through a simple manipulation and a refrigerator having the same are disclosed. The ice making device includes a support frame for rotatably supporting at least one ice tray, at least one manipulation button mounted to the support frame such that the manipulation button can be moved forward and backward, and an interlocking unit for rotating the ice tray with respect to the support frame according to the movement of the manipulation button.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2007Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Moon-Won Kim
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Patent number: 7887317Abstract: A system and method of separating a cast concrete product from a mold is provided. The system includes a rotating drum arrangement, a catch arm attached to rotate with the drum arrangement, and a mold having at least one cavity to form the concrete product. The mold includes a lead end opposite a trail end relative to a sequence of engagement by the rotating drum arrangement. The mold further includes a grab bar inserted through the mold. The rotating catch arm is configured capture the grab bar in a manner so as to cause the mold to wrap around the drum arrangement and separate the concrete product from the mold.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2006Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Inventor: David J. Barrett, Jr.
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Patent number: 7841203Abstract: An ice tray assembly and refrigerator having the same are disclosed, by which pieces of ice stored in a plurality of ice trays can be simultaneously discharged by a single motion without interfering with each other. The present invention includes a plurality of ice trays vertically provided within a case, a plurality of the ice trays connected to one another by an interoperating means to be simultaneously rotated and a driving means for rotating a plurality of the ice trays by being connected thereto.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2007Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jong Seok Yoon, Byeong Gyu Kang, Jae Youl Lee
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Patent number: 7832228Abstract: An ice making device that is capable of more easily and conveniently separating ice from ice trays through a simple manipulation and a refrigerator having the same are disclosed. The ice making device includes a support frame for rotatably supporting at least one ice tray, at least one manipulation button mounted to the support frame such that the manipulation button can be moved forward and backward, and an interlocking unit for rotating the ice tray with respect to the support frame according to the movement of the manipulation button.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2007Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Moon-Won Kim
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Patent number: 7700024Abstract: The present disclosure provides a corrugated concrete wall panel form and a method of constructing a prefabricated concrete wall panel thereof. The method comprises the steps of placing a layer of insulation boards horizontally on a flat surface on site or in pre-cast plant; laying and attaching one layer of corrugated metal thin sheets, as the bottom concrete form, on top of the horizontally placed insulation boards; closing the sides of the corrugated metal sheets by peripheral angles as side forms; and then pouring concrete on top of the metal sheets. After concrete hardens the wall structure is ready for erection. This low cost lightweight wall panel system is self-containing and requires only one pour of concrete. It requires no complicated form structure and less labor work for form installation.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2007Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Inventor: Jiangming Teng
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Publication number: 20090134308Abstract: A mould member for moulding three-dimensional products from a mass of one or more food starting materials, which are suitable for consumption, in particular human consumption, comprises a body having a porous structure and a plurality of mould cavities, which mould cavities each have a mould cavity wall defined by the body and an opening in a surface of the body, wherein the body comprises at least one essentially fluid tight barrier.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2007Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: Stork Titan B.V.Inventors: Hendricus Franciscus van der Eerden, Wilhelmus Gerardus Maria Boom
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Publication number: 20080149808Abstract: A building structure formed of concrete and including dams to form raised structures on the roof and a method of overturning the concrete mold.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2006Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: CANADIAN ROCKPORT HOMES LTD.Inventors: William Raymond MALONE, Chris Michael KINCH, Kenneth Oscar OLSEN, Herman Pablo ROSEN SAGREDO
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Patent number: 7386993Abstract: An ice-cube making device for use in a refrigerated cabinet is provided. The ice-cube making device is attachable to a freezer liner and thus makes efficient use of the space in the freezer cavity. The ice-cube making device includes a mechanism for extracting ice by applying a twisting torque to one or more ice-cube trays therein. The ice-cube making device may also include mechanisms for refilling the ice trays with water and for providing a user-friendly installation. Aspects of the present invention may be performed either manually or may be automated.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2007Date of Patent: June 17, 2008Assignee: MABE Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V.Inventors: Martha Alejandra Azcárate Castrellón, José Carlos Trejo Olvera, Jorge Alberto Alfaro Jima, Claudia Evelia Moysen Romero
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Publication number: 20070295887Abstract: A lipstick making device includes an elastic mold device having a mold cavity for filling and molding a lipstick element, three or more curved mold pieces movably disposed above the elastic mold device for forming a hole in the mold pieces when the curved mold pieces are moved radially inward and toward each other, and for receiving the lipstick material to form a root portion of the lipstick element. The root portion of the lipstick element may be exposed when the curved mold pieces are moved away from each other for allowing the slide of the lipstick housing to be easily and readily engaged onto the exposed root portion of the lipstick element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2006Publication date: December 27, 2007Inventor: Fu Chin Kuo
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Patent number: 7204092Abstract: An ice-cube making device for use in a refrigerated cabinet is provided. The ice-cube making device is attachable to a freezer liner and thus makes efficient use of the space in the freezer cavity. The ice-cube making device includes a mechanism for extracting ice by applying a twisting torque to one or more ice-cube trays therein. The ice-cube making device may also include mechanisms for refilling the ice trays with water and for providing a user-friendly installation. Aspects of the present invention may be performed either manually or may be automated.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2005Date of Patent: April 17, 2007Assignee: Mabe Mexico S.de R.L de C.V.Inventors: Martha Alejandra Azcárate Castrellón, José Carlos Trejo Olvera, Jorge Alberto Alfaro Luna, Claudia Evelia Moysen Romero
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Patent number: 6767000Abstract: A manufacturing platform has one or more tables for producing construction components such as walls, floors, decks and roofs. The tables are pivotally mounted on second and/or third axes at the outboard edges or rear end of a pair of rectangular horizontal frames which are pivotally mounted on first axes on either side of a trailer. Actuating means tilts each table outward about the second axis or rearward about the third axis to an upright position for removal of the finished construction components, and tilts each table and corresponding frame together inward about the first axis to an upright storage position for trailer transport. Locking means secures and releases the tables to the frames. A first axis support is either the trailer or a foundation affixed to a floor. A second support at the outboard edge of the frame is selectively variable in height to level the table.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2002Date of Patent: July 27, 2004Inventor: Poul Heide
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Patent number: 6712598Abstract: A mold battery with provisions for separating one mold member from another by both rotating away and also translating away. A mold member comprises two wheels resting on two rails and a lower roller. While the mold member is rotated to an open angle stopped by the lower roller contacting a stop surface, yet the mold member can also be translated away by rolling along the rails. When joining mold members, a freedom of movement is provided which improves the seal. One embodiment comprises parallel guidance by wheels fixed on a common axle and turning in unison. One embodiment substitutes a fixed pin for the lower roller.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2001Date of Patent: March 30, 2004Assignee: Superior Concrete Fence of Texas, Inc.Inventor: Lars D. Jensen
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Publication number: 20030234339Abstract: A manufacturing platform has one or more tables for producing construction components such as walls, floors, decks and roofs. The tables are pivotally mounted on second and/or third axes at the outboard edges or rear end of a pair of rectangular horizontal frames which are pivotally mounted on first axes on either side of a trailer. Actuating means tilts each table outward about the second axis or rearward about the third axis to an upright position for removal of the finished construction components, and tilts each table and corresponding frame together inward about the first axis to an upright storage position for trailer transport. Locking means secures and releases the tables to the frames. A first axis support is either the trailer or a foundation affixed to a floor. A second support at the outboard edge of the frame is selectively variable in height to level the table.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2002Publication date: December 25, 2003Inventor: Poul Heide
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Patent number: 6578815Abstract: A wall and rib form for forming a concrete building wall having a concrete rib protruding perpendicularly from a face of the wall along one wall edge includes a substantially horizontal platform having a platform upper surface defining a perimeter form bottom wall; a form perimeter wall on the platform surface defining a closed loop and having a rib forming segment along which the rib is to be formed which rises above the height of the remainder of the perimeter form side wall to the desired height of the concrete rib, and defines one wall of an overpour trough structure provided along the rib forming linear segment of the perimeter wall.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2001Date of Patent: June 17, 2003Inventor: Wallace D. Sanger
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Patent number: 6494705Abstract: An apparatus for rotational molding provides a mold having first and second mold components defining therebetween a mold cavity. The first mold component includes a mold insert adapted to translate toward the second mold component. A spring-biased latch mechanism restrains the mold insert in the outward disposition, and a touch pad is struck to trigger the latch mechanism and urge the mold insert inwardly while the mold is rotating. With the mold insert latched in the outward disposition, the rotational mold charged with thermoplastic material rotated biaxially and heated. After heating, while the mold assembly continues to rotate, the touch pad is struck to release the latch and cause the mold insert to move inwardly. The mold insert includes structural features that are moved more proximate to opposed mold portions.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2000Date of Patent: December 17, 2002Assignee: Stephen FeilingerInventor: Craig Wallin
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Patent number: 6405565Abstract: An apparatus and process for fabricating tubing used in the making of chalcogenide fibers. The apparatus features a three-sectioned melt/spin ampoule that allows for fabricating the chalcogenide tubing without introducing impurities and contaminants, in a self-contained apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2000Date of Patent: June 18, 2002Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Bruce G. Aitken, David H. Crooker, Mark L. Powley
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Patent number: 6395319Abstract: A padded handle (1) comprising preferably one piece of flexible filling material, which is arranged to be guided through two or more handle grips and where two opposing edges of the padded handle (1) have assembled corresponding locking mechanisms (2, 5) arranged to lock the two opposing edges loosely together, with an inner surface (3) surrounding the handles. That which is new and distinguishing is, among other characteristics, the fact that the padded handle in its unbent, mainly flat form, has an elliptical horizontal projection which comprises a minimal area in relation to the length and breadth of material which is necessary in order to fulfill the function of compression distribution, while at the same time covering the handles; and where the padded handles' edible material after use may be opened up and consumed.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2000Date of Patent: May 28, 2002Inventor: Jan Harry Öien
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Publication number: 20020061342Abstract: A mold battery with provisions for separating one mold member from another by both rotating away and also translating away. A mold member comprises two wheels resting on two rails and a lower roller. While the mold member is rotated to an open angle stopped by the lower roller contacting a stop surface, yet the mold member can also be translated away by rolling along the rails. When joining mold members, a freedom of movement is provided which improves the seal. One embodiment comprises parallel guidance by wheels fixed on a common axle and turning in unison. One embodiment substitutes a fixed pin for the lower roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2001Publication date: May 23, 2002Inventor: Lars D. Jensen
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Patent number: 6301919Abstract: A machine for making ice cream bars is provided with a receptacle for holding a refrigerant, preferably an ice and brine bath, a lower lid movably mountable over the receptacle, and an upper lid mountable over the lower lid, the lower and upper lids rotatable together about a vertical axis. The machine further includes four containers for receiving and holding an ice cream bar mix, the containers configured to be coupled to the upper lid and the lower lid with a portion of the container immerged in the bath. A user can turn a handle on the receptacle to rotate the lids, and thus the containers relative to the bath in order to promote freezing of the ice cream mix into an ice cream bar.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2000Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Wham-O, Inc.Inventors: Lawrence A. Blaustein, Douglas A. Gall, Patrick W Brown
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Patent number: 5932254Abstract: A fixture for encapsulating microelectronic devices includes a structure defining a device-receiving pocket and a well communicating with the pocket so that the passage and well define an interior space whereby the pocket is disposed above the well when the structure is in a first orientation and the well is disposed above the pocket when the structure is in a second orientation. The fixture also includes an element for sealing the interior space and a port for connecting the sealed interior space to an evacuation device.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 1998Date of Patent: August 3, 1999Assignee: Tessera, Inc.Inventors: Craig Mitchell, Thomas H. Distefano
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Patent number: 5575937Abstract: A molded proofer tray (10) for use in commercial bakeries, includes threaded inserts (28) molded directly into the outer end (14) walls for removably receiving mounting pins (30) to facilitate repair if damaged. A female embodiment (40) is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 1995Date of Patent: November 19, 1996Assignee: Bakery Solutions, Inc.Inventor: Stuart L. Haase
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Patent number: 5409656Abstract: A molding die having, an outer eccentric ring slidably fitted in an axle hole of a boss molding die assembly of a molding die unit, outer eccentric ring being formed with an eccentric hole the center of which is deviated from the center of the outer eccentric ring, an inner eccentric ring slidably fitted in this eccentric hole of the outer eccentric ring, and a holding pin for holding an insert and slidably fitted in the inner eccentric ring at a point which is deviated from the center of the inner eccentric ring. In adjusting the balance, the position of the holding pin is adjusted such that the center of rotation coincides with the center of gravity of the molded articles. In forming the die, the insert held by the holding pin of which position was adjusted is embedded in the molded article.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1994Date of Patent: April 25, 1995Assignee: Nippondenso Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Naruse, Kazuo Nishizawa, Akio Ueda, Akio Shimizu, Hiroshi Uchida
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Patent number: 5397229Abstract: A mold assembly for molding thermoplastic material into a solid thin shell includes a metal mold with an outer surface exposed to a heat source and an inner surface on which thermoplastic material is cast and fused to form a thin layer thermoplastic shell. A plurality of elongated generally planar fins are connected to the outer surface at predetermined spaced areas for transferring heat from the heat source to predetermined spaced areas of the inner surface. The fins are metal sheets, preferably copper, each having a discontinuous flange at one end secured to the outer surface at spaced points along the discontinuous flange. The discontinuous flange is formed by slitting or cutting one end to form spaced projections and then bending adjacent projections in opposite directions generally transversely from the elongated metal sheet. The projections arc secured to the outer surface by TIG welding.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1994Date of Patent: March 14, 1995Assignee: FET Engineering, Inc.Inventor: Minoru Kitano
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Patent number: 5338498Abstract: A method for assembly and disassembly of formwork for walls (1) of poured material raised above a reference surface (2) using boards (3) each including a shuttering face (4) and equipped with wheels (31, 32) at their base. Assembly includes from an unshuttered position, rocking toward the wall (1) to be shuttered of at least the base (29) of the shuttering face (4) of the board (3) by rotating about an axis defined substantially by the support points (10) of the wheels (31) on the reference surface until the lower edge (35) of the shuttering face (4) is made to rest on the reference surface (2). The rocking is continued toward the wall (1) to be shuttered of at least the base (29) of the shuttering face of the board (3) by rotating about an axis substantially defined by the lower edge (35) of the shuttering face of the board (3) until the wheels (31) are raised from the reference surface. For disassembly, the rocking about the two axes is performed in reverse.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 1992Date of Patent: August 16, 1994Inventor: Louis Lefebvre
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Patent number: 5322656Abstract: An apparatus for coating the outer surface of an elongated body (10), such as a rod or tube, with a layer of concrete (30) includes a frame structure (21). Pipe or tube sections (10) may be supplied to a tilting device (27) in a horizontal position on a carriage (12) and tilted to a vertical position within the tower-like frame structure (21). The apparatus comprises means (24, 27) for retaining the elongated body (10) in the upright position within the frame structure and an annular mould (26) for surrounding the upright elongated body so as to define an annular space between the elongated body and the annular mould, and concrete may be fed to the annular mould space by feeding means (28, 29). The mould may include an upper funnel-like part, which is rotatable about the axis of the annular mould relative to the remaining part of the mould so as to distribute the concrete mixture peripherally in the annular mould space.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 1992Date of Patent: June 21, 1994Assignee: Vibrodens A/SInventor: Jes Pallesen
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Patent number: 5202132Abstract: Overall production line equipment is utilized in producing many large concrete panels, in an initial horizontal position, during each day of many operational days, with these panels preferably being later installed vertically with other like panels to form a sound barrier alongside a vehicle way. Each concrete panel has its own integral pilasters at respective edges, in turn having respective tongue and groove edges; respective patterns and color accents on each side, with the pattern on the then top side being formed by using a rockable stamp subassembly, mounted on a cart; reinforcing throughout the panels, inclusive of the integral pilasters; lifting subassemblies; and anchoring subassemblies, adapted to be later mated with a receiving subassembly anchored in a concrete footing, located where the panel with other panels forms a sound barrier alongside vehicle ways.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1991Date of Patent: April 13, 1993Assignee: Concrete Products IncorporatedInventors: Douglas W. Myers, R. Gary Fjelland
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Patent number: 5156855Abstract: A shaped article such as a sanitary pottery product is formed through a pressure slip casting process. A mold having a molding cavity defined therein and a slip inlet/outlet hole communicating with the molding cavity is positioned on the support surface of a mold table while the mold table is being maintained horizontally. Then, the mold table is tilted through a first angle with respect to a horizontal plane so that an inner end of the slip inlet/outlet hole is positioned near a lowermost end of the molding cavity in the mold. Thereafter, a slip is introduced under pressure into the molding cavity through the slip inlet/outlet hole. After the clay of the introduced slip is deposited to a desired thickness, the excess slip is discharged from the molding cavity through the slip inlet/outlet hole.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1990Date of Patent: October 20, 1992Assignee: Toto Ltd.Inventors: Katsuki Hisatomi, Yoshiyuki Hurushawa, Masaharu Yasui, Setuzi Sato
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Patent number: 5141429Abstract: An endless conveyor having a plurality of molding tray supports is mounted on an intermittently indexing turntable. A press of the type adapted to form the clay into lumps deposits these lumps into molding trays on the conveyor, and thereafter the trays pass successively through a series of stations where the loaded trays are trimmed, where the loaded trays are tilted, and where the moldings are dropped onto carrying pallets and stations for washing, drying, and sanding of the empty trays and a station for tilting the molding trays back to the filling position. The tray supports are tiltably mounted about radial axes to enable tilting of the trays and a device for supplying the pallets for the empty trays and for the discharge of the pallets loaded with moldings extends diametrically underneath the turntable adjacent the unloading station.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 1990Date of Patent: August 25, 1992Assignee: Beheermaatschappij De Boer Nijmegen B.V.Inventor: H. Menninga
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Patent number: 5135384Abstract: A molding machine preferably for molding blocks from a premixed concrete, has a rotating mold table and a receiving conveyor that raises and lowers for ultimate transfer of the molded block to a conveyor and finally to a curing area.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1990Date of Patent: August 4, 1992Assignee: Seagren Industries, Inc.Inventor: Tom W. Redwine
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Patent number: 5127818Abstract: An apparatus (10) for molding a thin-wall plastic shell includes a powder box (12) and a mold box (14). The powder box 12) is positioned to an operative position wherein an opening (18) in the powder box (12) is brought in proximity to the mold surface (20) of the mold. A bellows member (34) having a gasket (42) about the end thereof is extended from the opening (18) to perfect a sealed passageway between the opening (18) and the periphery (22) of the mold surface (20).Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 1990Date of Patent: July 7, 1992Assignee: Davidson Textron Inc.Inventors: Robert Tibbetts, Stuart Kaiser
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Patent number: 5090884Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming hollow concrete structures or shells in which the top, bottom and sides are formed into an integral unitary structure by rotating an assembly of reinforcing members to enable the concrete forming the top, bottom and side to each be finished in a substantially horizontal position with a minimum of forms. Openings for doors and windows may be formed by using suitable blanks that are prepositioned prior to pouring the concrete. Also, suitable end closure members can also be formed in a flat or horizontal position inside the unitary structure for subsequent erection in a vertical position.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 1990Date of Patent: February 25, 1992Inventor: Samuel W. Beaman
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Patent number: 4946638Abstract: A slush molding method including the steps of preparing a mold with a groove provided on the entire periphery of the opening portion thereof, engaging a heating medium guard frame with the groove, charging a resin material into the mold, heating the mold into the heating medium which is contained in a fluidized-bed oven and fluidized by air so as to melt the resin and cause it to adhere to the molding surface and removing the heating medium guard frame to discharge the surplus resin. An apparatus used for the slush molding method is also included.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1988Date of Patent: August 7, 1990Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Shigeki Takamatsu
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Patent number: 4894004Abstract: An apparatus for forming a multi-colored integral vinyl skin shell including a heated mold and dual powder box arrangement wherein the mold is formed to include alternately positioned tear surfaces and recessed surfaces. The powder box has a plurality of spaced dams or dividers formed therein such that the dams cooperate with the respective recessed surfaces of the mold to provide clearance therewith that permit different colored powders in the compartments between the dams to cover the previously cleared tear surfaces and to flow past the selectively formed free ends of the dams to become integrally secured to the adjacent edge portions of the shell segments remaining in the areas of the recessed surfaces of the mold, forming the multi-colored, integral plastic shell.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 1988Date of Patent: January 16, 1990Assignee: Davidson Textron Inc.Inventor: Alfred F. Brault
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Patent number: 4890999Abstract: A molding machine for casting a concrete product includes a stationary support system, a rotatable apparatus and a pair of bearings supporting the rotatable apparatus on the stationary support system. The rotatable apparatus rotates 180 degrees between an upward position and a downward position. The rotatable apparatus includes a mold having a configuration form, exterior wall-forming panel, interior wall-forming panels, and interior corner-forming panels, all of which hang from corresponding trolleys which ride on corresponding rails to form the walls of the concrete product when all of the panels are against the product's configuration form. Further included is a floor panel which cooperates with the interior wall-forming panels and the interior corner-forming panels and is supported thereon by an internal structure. The floor panel, the interior wall-forming panels, and interior corner-forming panels are positioned below the exterior wall-forming panels and spaced therefrom to contain the concrete therein.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 1988Date of Patent: January 2, 1990Inventor: Ernest J. Del Monte
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Patent number: 4878827Abstract: For automotive interior trim molding assemblies having a vinyl skin shell, a reinforcement insert, and an intermediate reaction type polyurethane foam composition, a vinyl skin shell which has a gasket-type peripheral edge formed thereon for abutting cooperation with the reinforcement insert to prevent leakage of the foam therepast during the foam reaction period in a reaction mold. The gasket-type peripheral edge is formed on the otherwise thin shell by a tear edge, against which plastisol builds up in a substantially triangular cross section during the shell molding period in a heated slush mold.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 1988Date of Patent: November 7, 1989Assignee: Davidson Textron Inc.Inventor: John Muller
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Patent number: 4869620Abstract: A method and apparatus for making a dock or sea wall whereby the wall comprises at least one sectional dock member, the dock member comprising a concrete base section and a concrete wall section perpendicular to and attached thereto. A forming float device is used to make each sectional dock member while the forming float device floats in a body of water (e.g. sea). Both the base and wall sections of the dock member are formed horizontally on the water, thereby simplifying the means of constructing and positioning the dock members. The forming float device provides a base section forming surface and a wall section forming surface perpendicular thereto. Rotation means are used to rotate the forming float device from a first position in which the base section is horizontally formed to a second position in which the wall section is also horizontally formed. Then the forming float device is rotated a third time to properly orient the dock member prior to positioning the dock member on the sea floor.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 1988Date of Patent: September 26, 1989Inventor: John M. Dow