Including Auxiliary Port For Transmission Of Fluid, I.e., Vent Or Drain Patents (Class 249/141)
  • Patent number: 11796244
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a door for a refrigerator, a refrigerator and a method of manufacturing the door. The door comprises a door frame enclosed at a periphery, and a first side plate and a second side plate located on two opposed sides of the door frame, the door frame, the first side plate and the second side plate forming a receiving space for receiving a foaming material, wherein the door frame is provided with at least one material overflow preventing assembly which comprises an air discharge hole disposed on the door frame, a receiving cavity communicated with the air discharge hole, and a material discharging passage communicated with the receiving cavity, the air discharge hole is communicated with the external, and the material discharging passage is communicated with the receiving space. The present invention makes the manufacturing cost lower and the quality of products of the door higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xianbing Lv, Ning Wang, Zhijun Liu, Lei Liu, Xiaobin Hu
  • Patent number: 11583847
    Abstract: Measuring pipettes including integral or encapsulated filters, as well as methods and apparatuses for forming the same, are provided. A filter material (e.g., a discrete element in solid form) or a filter material precursor (e.g., a foamable thermoplastic composition and a blowing agent) to be introduced into a hollow interior of a softened thermoplastic material present within a mold during pipette fabrication. A pipette includes a filter element comprising foamed polymeric material within a mouthpiece region, wherein an outer portion of the filter element is bound to or encapsulated in an inner wall of the mouthpiece region. A filter material precursor may be supplied coaxially with a tubular flow of thermoplastic material into the mold, may be supplied laterally through a mold wall, or may be injected into a molten thermoplastic pipette forming material upstream of an extruder outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: John Claude Cadotte, Jr., Venu Krishna Pillai, Michael Kurt Schaefer, James Mark Seymour
  • Patent number: 11228848
    Abstract: A hearing device with an adjustable vent is disclosed. The device includes at least one microphone configured to provide an input signal representing sound, a processor configured to process the input signal and provide a processed signal, at least one loudspeaker configured to receive the processed signal from the processor and to provide an acoustic signal based on the processed signal to the ear of a user, an earpiece comprising a vent, and an electrically controllable valve configured to control the vent, and a valve control unit configured to receive one or more control signals in dependence of a current hearing situation of the hearing device, wherein the valve control unit is configured to adjust the electrically controllable valve in dependence of the one or more control signals to provide the vent to be in a state between an acoustically more open and an acoustically less open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Anders Højsgaard Thomsen, Karsten Bo Rasmussen, Svend Oscar Petersen, Edvinas Bureika, Christian Asp Mogensen, Troels Holm Pedersen, Gorm Dannesboe, Jacob Anders Roug, Mathias Bruun Larsen, Mikkel Nielsen
  • Patent number: 11213884
    Abstract: A vacuum valve includes first and second blocks. The first block includes a base portion and a frustoconical guiding portion connected to the base portion and tapering away from the base portion to form a shoulder, and defines a discharging channel extending in the base portion and through the guiding portion, in spatial communication with ambient surroundings, and adapted to permit air to flow therethrough and into the ambient surroundings. The second block has an end surface cooperating with the shoulder to define an opening communicated spatially with the ambient surroundings, and an inner surface connected to the end surface and cooperating with the frustoconical guiding portion to define a spiral fluid channel therebetween. The spiral fluid channel is in spatial communication with the discharging channel and the opening, and is for introducing air into the discharging channel via the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
    Inventors: Nai-Kuang Tang, Chih-Wei Lu, Wan-Yun Huang, Chien-Li Lai
  • Patent number: 11059247
    Abstract: A vent plug is mounted in a vent hole open in a molding face of a tire cure mold. The vent plug has a cylindrical housing having a vent path in itself, a stem that is inserted into the housing and serves as a valve element for opening and closing the vent path, and a coil-shaped spring that biases the stem toward a cavity so as to open the vent path. The stem includes a columnar trunk portion and a head portion that comes in contact with a valve seat at an opening portion of the housing to thereby close the vent path. The stem turns as the stem moves along an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: 11014317
    Abstract: A vent plug is mounted in a vent hole open in a molding face of a tire cure mold. The vent plug has a cylindrical housing having a vent path in itself, a stem that is inserted into the housing and serves as a valve element for opening and closing the vent path, and a coil-shaped spring that biases the stem toward a cavity so as to open the vent path. The stem includes a columnar trunk portion and a head portion that comes in contact with a valve seat at an opening portion of the housing to thereby close the vent path. The stem turns as the stem moves along an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshikazu Yasunaga
  • Patent number: 11007735
    Abstract: An advanced tire mold has been developed which offers the advantages of reducing the level of whiskers on the surface of the tire, reduces sticking to the mold, and which facilitates enhanced gas removal. This tire mold includes a mold segment having an inner side for contacting the uncured tire, an outer side opposite to the inner side, and a plurality of vent passages which allow gas to pass from the inner side of the mold segment to the outer side of the mold segment, the vent passages comprising vent slots, wherein each vent slots have an inlet at the inner side of the mold segment, and wherein the vent slots taper from the inlets to the outer side of the mold segment. This tire mold can be comprised of multiple mold segments which can be utilized in a tire curing press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventors: David Charles Jacques Robert Laurent, Thomas Minisini, Babak Rabbanipour Esfahani, Gauthier Freddy E C V C Piret, Béni Rukundo, Guilherme Pacheco
  • Patent number: 10870246
    Abstract: To reliably and efficiently make foreign matters adhered onto a green tire formed by a strip winding method. It comprises a raw data acquiring step Sa in which raw three-dimensional data D0 about an examination surface 3 are created through rotation of a green tire T and through irradiation with sensor light 2L in an X direction by a two-dimensional displacement sensor 2; an averaging processing step Sb in which processed three-dimensional data D1 are obtained by averaging processing the raw three-dimensional data D0; and an imaging step Sc in which the distance data z in the processed three-dimensional data D1 are each binarized, and an image is created from the binarized processed three-dimensional data D2. The widths Wx and Wy of a range K of the averaging process are set to be greater than a spiral pitch P of a rubber strip G and less than a width Gw of the rubber strip G.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onimatsu, Kenichi Nagai
  • Patent number: 10836670
    Abstract: For the monitoring of the application of a vacuum to the finished moulds (1, 2) of a glass moulding machine, in particular of an I. S. machine, an arrangement is proposed which is composed of a vacuum sensor (13, 14), which vacuum sensor is arranged in a vacuum line (5, 6) which charges the finished mould (1, 2) and which vacuum sensor is designed for pressure measurement and detects a pressure value, which pressure value is transmitted by way of a microcontroller (15, 16) of an I. S. machine controller (22) by way of which, in a manner dependent on the measured value, a hollow glass article can be identified as being defective and rejected. The arrangement permits automated monitoring of the vacuum operation and a lessening of the burden on operating personnel, and serves for the automated assurance of product quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Heye International GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Winkelhake, Thomas Hartmann, Ralf Schöttelndreier
  • Patent number: 10703021
    Abstract: An injection station of an injection blow molding machine. The injection station comprises a lower die plate and an upper die plate, with lower and upper die plates being shiftable relative to one another between an open position and a closed position. The injection station additionally includes one or more lower mold halves rigidly secured to the lower die plate. The injection station additionally includes one or more upper mold halves floatingly secured to the upper die plate such that positions of the upper mold halves are configured to be adjusted with respect to the upper die plate. Each of the lower mold halves corresponds with an upper mold half to present one or more mold cavities when the lower and upper die plates are in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: R&D Tool & Engineering Co.
    Inventors: Brian R. Lefebure, Jincheng Chen, Jeffry B. Hauptmann
  • Patent number: 10618237
    Abstract: The liming element for a tire mould comprises a body 12 delimiting a moulding surface 14 intended to at least partially mould a rolling surface of the tire, at least one injection nozzle 26 arranged on the body and provided with at least one outlet orifice 26a, at least one supply duct extending inside the body and the injection nozzle while being in communication with the said outlet orifice, and at least one shut-off member 30 mobile with respect to the injection nozzle between an outlet orifice closed position and an outlet orifice open position. The body 12, the injection nozzle 26 and the shut-off member 30 are manufactured by the deposition and selective melting of stacked layers of powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Romain Calvel, Thibault Boncompagne
  • Patent number: 10549457
    Abstract: A fixing hole of a mold for rubber article is easily inspected and the vent piece is securely fixed in the fixing hole. A vent piece having a vent hole is fixed in a fixing hole of a mold, so as to manufacture the mold having the vent hole. The vent piece has a first inspection part to be inserted into the fixing hole, a caulking part thicker than the first inspection part and is to be fixed in the fixing hole by caulking, and a second inspection part positioned between the first inspection part and the caulking part and is thicker than the first inspection part and thinner than the caulking part. When the first inspection part is inserted into the fixing hole but the second inspection part is not inserted into the fixing hole, the caulking part is fixed in the fixing hole by caulking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomo Koyanagi
  • Patent number: 10525636
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a composite structure includes: providing first mandrels, each first mandrel including a base and a plurality of projections arranged longitudinally along and projecting vertically out from the base; providing second mandrels; providing first ribbon plies, each first ribbon ply including a sheet of fibrous material; arranging each first ribbon ply with a respective first mandrel, the arranging of each first ribbon ply including substantially covering each surface of each of the projections of one of the first mandrels with a respective first ribbon ply; mating each second mandrel with a respective first mandrel such that each first ribbon ply is sandwiched between a respective first mandrel and a respective second mandrel; and curing resin disposed with the first ribbon plies to consolidate the first ribbon plies together and form a fiber-reinforced composite core structure of an acoustic panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Rohr, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Adams, Jeffrey Woods, Luby Weaver, Randy A. Monton, Charles M. Biset
  • Patent number: 10414075
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing inner trim elements which are formed by a rigid carrier and a cover layer, between which elements a polymer foam layer is arranged. The carrier is fixable on a first molding tool element, and the cover layer is fixable between the outer edge of the first molding tool element and the outer edge of a second molding tool element. In the molding tool, a cavity is formed between the carrier and the cover layer, wherein a foamable polymer is introducible into the cavity via at least one through-hole which is formed in the carrier and the first molding tool element. The distance between the first and the second molding tool element is enlargeable during the foaming process. At least one through-hole for an escape of air and reactively formed gases out of the cavity is formed in the carrier and in the first molding tool element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: FAURECIA INNENRAUM SYSTEME GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Baumann, Hugo Bonvalet, Othmane Faik, Lionel Hafer, Alain Julien, Jean Ruiz, Michael Walter
  • Patent number: 10159263
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for making frozen food products from a fruit puree, i.e. a flowable banana meat or a flowable blend of fruit meat and other edible ingredients. A composition that includes peeled bananas and at least one antioxidant may be mixed in a mixing device at ambient temperature and under less than one atmosphere of pressure, forming the puree. The temperature of the puree is reduced to a semi-frozen state by passing the puree through a heat exchanger. The semi-frozen puree is then formed into food products with a pre-determined volume, shape, and weight by a molding or extrusion process. Sticks, if desired, may be inserted, and the shaped puree is then frozen to solidified cores. The solidified cores may be coated with chocolate and treated with other edible toppings and then packaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Totally Bananas, LLC
    Inventor: Charles J. Pheterson
  • Patent number: 10086547
    Abstract: A molding system for directly gas-cooling a molding object includes a cold air provider, two molding parts, a plurality of outlets, at least one air-providing molding part, at least one air passage, and a controller. The two molding parts are closed detachably to co-define a forming cavity therebetween. The outlets are arranged on the air-providing molding part. The air passage is connected to the cold air provider and the outlets. The controller drives the cold air provider to provide cold air to a molding object in the forming cavity directly when the two molding parts are separating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Shu-Chen Lin
  • Patent number: 10046531
    Abstract: Mold (22) for vulcanizing a tire comprises a lining (2) for molding the tread of this tire and a mobile valve (1) intended to vent the mold (22). The valve is of a single piece and is guided in a guide part (200) belonging to the lining and in abutment on each side of this guide part to limit the movement of the valve in the lining. This valve and this guide part are made from the same material. The mobile valve thus produced is of one piece and non-removable from the guide part, and is therefore quicker and more accurate. It is held in the guide part by two abutments and, because it is made from the same material as the guide part, these can be produced at the same time. The mold in general comprises several valves to remove the air trapped during the molding of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Romain Calvel, Anthony Gueugneau
  • Patent number: 10006554
    Abstract: A spring vent for a tire vulcanizing mold comprises: a sleeve having a flow path vertically passing therethrough; a head opening/closing an inlet at an upper end of the flow path; a rod comprising a bar-type body formed below the head and disposed along the flow path and a stopper formed below the body to be hung to an outside of an outlet at a lower end of the flow path; and a spring inserted into the body. The stopper of the rod is formed to have a spherical shape. An elastic hole having an open bottom is formed in the stopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: MEGA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seok Jun Seo
  • Patent number: 9993340
    Abstract: A mold (1) and accessories thereof for the forming of an orthopedic spacer made of medical cement, defining a molding cavity (2) delimited by a molding surface (3) configured to impart a pre-established shape to the medical cement and to create the orthopedic spacer, wherein at least one sector (6) of the forming mold (1) defining at least one portion of the molding surface (3) is made with a thermoplastic copolymer based material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: G21 S.R.L.
    Inventors: Filippo Foroni, Riccardo Ferrotto, Michele Ferrotto
  • Patent number: 9944004
    Abstract: A tool for producing fiber-reinforced plastics components in the injection process has a receptacle for a plastics component, which receptacle is surrounded by a circumferential seal which is inserted into a groove formed in the tool. It order to devise such a tool with which a higher service life for the seal can be achieved, the invention provides a receptacle chamber as volume compensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernhard Heim, Stefan Huber
  • Patent number: 9873213
    Abstract: This is a mold repairing method for removing a resin material deposited on a mold, of which the surface is a porous film with a plurality of recesses that have been created through anodization. The mold repairing method includes the steps of: (I) removing the resin material that is exposed on the surface of the mold over the plurality of recesses without performing atmospheric pressure plasma processing; and (II) removing at least partially the resin material that is still left inside the plurality of recesses by the atmospheric pressure plasma processing, after the step (I) has been performed, thereby recovering the original function of the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hidekazu Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9873234
    Abstract: A tire curing mold has a vent plug installed to an exhaust hole open to a molding surface. The vent plug has a tubular housing having an exhaust passage, a stem inserted to the housing, and an urging member which urges the steal toward the cavity so as to open the exhaust passage. The stem has a head portion which closes the exhaust passage by contacting with an inner surface of an opening portion in the housing. A top surface of the opening portion in the housing and a top surface of the head portion are formed by a flat surface. The top surface of the opening portion in the housing and the top surface of the head portion in a state in which the exhaust passage is closed are both arranged closer to an opposite side to the cavity than the molding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaaki Ohara
  • Patent number: 9868261
    Abstract: A vent piece for a vent channel of a tire vulcanization mold includes a cylindrical tube formed to be installed in a cavity end portion of a vent channel of a tire vulcanization mold and having a through hole extending in axial direction of the channel, and a plug positioned in the through hole and moves between closed and open positions. The plug has a second bearing surface facing a first surface of the tube such that the second surface of the plug makes contact with the first surface to close the channel in the closed position and the second surface is separated from the first surface to open the channel in the open position, and the first and/or second surfaces has a film formed at least on a portion of the first and/or second surfaces such that the film reduces friction between the first and second surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9840033
    Abstract: A mold for resin injection molding 1 having a shaping region formed by a low-density shaped portion 22 and a high-density shaped portion 21 in which each ventilation channel 32 for gas existing between an external region and a molding portion region forms a hollow state surrounded by a peripheral wall having any one or both of the high-density shaped portion 21 and the low-density shaped portion 22, and the secondary vent 33 connecting communicatively with a region molding portion is formed only by a low-density shaped portion 22 with thickness thinner than that of the shaping region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Matsuura Machinery Corporation
    Inventors: Kouichi Amaya, Yukinori Urushizaki, Ryuzo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9566755
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a foamed synthetic resin molded body. In this method, in the case where a hole-like portion is a through hole, when foam molding is performed, the occurrence of molding defects such as voids at the periphery of the hole-like portion can be sufficiently prevented or suppressed without forming a burr portion that closes the hole-like portion. Also in this method, in the case where the hole-like portion is a non-through hole, the occurrence of molding defects such as voids at a bottom portion of the hole-like portion can be sufficiently prevented or suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masato Ota
  • Patent number: 9463604
    Abstract: A tire mold part having a body with a first surface intended to mold all or part of a tread surface, a second surface opposite the first and intended to contact another part of the mold, and a lateral face connecting the first surface and the second surface. The body includes a sintered part of a metallic powder fused together layer by layer, and a non-sintered part attached to the sintered part and in contact therewith in a contact zone, the sintered part forming the first surface and the non-sintered part forming the second surface. The sintered part has a thickness (E) of between 1 and 6 millimeters. The mold part further includes a cavity extending from the first surface into the part beyond the contact zone, without opening onto the second surface. The part comprises an insert placed in the cavity, at the same level as the first surface, and including a canal extending from the first surface and opening onto the contact zone the contact zone opening onto the lateral face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUES S.A.
    Inventor: Anthony Gueugneau
  • Patent number: 9429202
    Abstract: The present application discloses a ceramic preform, a method of making a ceramic preform and a metal matrix composite comprising a ceramic preform. In one exemplary embodiment, the ceramic preform comprises a ceramic compound compressed into the shape of a cylinder by rotational compression molding. The cylinder has an inner surface and an outer surface. A first liner may be attached to the inner surface of the cylinder and a second liner may attached to the outer surface of the cylinder. The metal matrix composite of the present application may be formed as a brake drum or a brake disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Intellectuall Property Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Dan T. Moore, Brian Backus, Evelyn M. DeLiso, Joseph B. Richey, III
  • Patent number: 9395283
    Abstract: An in vitro method of making a homogenous cell block for use as a positive control for biomarkers in immunohistochemistry experiments, such slide scanning and image analysis. The homogenous cell block is produced using a three layered vertical apparatus to create an evenly distributed suspension of FFPE cells, wherein the cells are mixed with 3% agarose while still rotating within the apparatus's middle layer. The injection of the cell mixture into a mold creates a homogeneous cell block where each cell, or ratio of different types of cells, is evenly distributed. The cell mixture within the cell block may comprise: a mixture of the same type of cell with different genetic modifications; a mixture of the same type of cell with different protein or nucleic acids expression; and a mixture of different types of cells with different genetic backgrounds, and/or different expression level of genes and/or proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Alamak Biosciences Incorporation Company Limited
    Inventors: Pokman Chan, James Wang, Hok-Yu Chan
  • Patent number: 9346230
    Abstract: A molding element for a tire mold manufactured from a metallic powder fused together layer by layer. The molding element contains a first surface intended to mold all or part of a tread surface of the tire and a second surface opposite to the first surface and intended to be in contact with another part of the mold. The thickness (E) of the molding element is between 1 and 6 millimeters. The molding element overall has a density greater than or equal to 98%. The molding element also contains at least one first porous area extending into the thickness of this molding element, this first porous area having a plurality of pores allowing air to pass between the first surface of the molding element and the second surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignees: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, MICHELIN RECHERCHE ET TECHNIQUE S.A.
    Inventors: Romain Calvel, Etienne Blanchet
  • Patent number: 9149957
    Abstract: A vent apparatus for use in a mold defining an opening that includes a vent tube portion configured to extend through the opening of the mold and a secondary tube portion configured to mate with the first end portion of the vent tube portion. For example, the secondary tube portion may be used to seal the passageway at the first end portion and may define one or more membrane regions configured to melt during a mold process to unseal the passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Willmar Fabrication, LLC
    Inventors: Steven W. Claussen, Kurtis Lee McCuen
  • Publication number: 20150147768
    Abstract: The invention provides a culture plate made from a polymer incorporating a culture component releasable into culture media in the well, methods of culturing a microorganisms in the culture plate, and a methods of making the culture plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Danisco US Inc
    Inventors: Jimmy Chan, Rachel E. Muir, William Throndset
  • Publication number: 20140370239
    Abstract: An element molded from a particle foam, including for example expanded polypropylene foam, includes at least one visible exterior surface defined by the particle foam. The visible exterior surface is textured having a roughness depth of less than or equal to 1.00 mm and a plurality of vent interfaces each having a maximum width of less than or equal to 0.4 mm. Methods of molding the element, together with a mold and a method of making the mold, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: HERMAN MILLER, INC.
    Inventors: JANJA MAIDL, CLAUDIA PLIKAT, JOHANN BURKHARD SCHMITZ, ROLAND ROLF OTTO ZWICK, CAROLA EVA MARIANNE ZWICK
  • Patent number: 8820391
    Abstract: The patent relates to the field of metallurgical products and comprises a cylindrical body (15) provided with a plurality of slots (16), with a taper “A” designed such that the larger opening (18) is at the outer surface of the breather (15) and the smaller opening (19) is located internally with respect to the breather (15), so that the aluminum component (5), when removed from the mold (6), brings with it the burr (17), leaving the slots (16) of the breather (15) always free, and also a breather (20) comprising a cylindrical body constituted from a plurality of holes (21), with a conicity “A” designed such that the larger opening (22) is at the outer surface of the breather (20) and the smaller opening (23) is located internally with respect to the breather (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Inventor: Jeanlis Brito Zanatta
  • Patent number: 8550146
    Abstract: A valve device has a main body in which an exhaust hole configuring a part of the gas drainage path is formed; a valve element capable of opening and closing the exhaust hole; a cylinder housing a piston coupled to the valve element; and an electromagnetic selector valve for selectively switching a supply route of a driving fluid supplied from a fluid supply source of a die-casting machine to the cylinder either to a front chamber of the cylinder or to a rear chamber of the cylinder. The main body includes a front face configuring a part of a parting face and a fitting portion that tightly adheres to a wall face of a housing hole. The electromagnetic selector valve is positioned on a rear side of the main body, and positioned inwardly of a contour line of the man body formed by the fitting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Ryobi Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Mizukusa, Mitsuaki Kitamura
  • Patent number: 8506283
    Abstract: A device, such as a tamale maker, for inserting edible filling into dough, generally includes a lower assembly and an upper assembly. The lower assembly includes an elongate cylindrical mold sleeve comprised of a plurality of separable longitudinal segments around a central cavity and a base for receiving the mold sleeve so as to define a container for receiving dough. The upper assembly comes in two forms, one having a plunger for use with masa dough having a firm consistency so it can be formed into a self-supporting shape, and one having tines for inserting a solid or frozen filling into flowable or soft masa dough. The tamale is removed from the container by separating one or more sleeve segments of the container to expose the tamale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Inventor: Edward Ray Gonzales
  • Patent number: 8398392
    Abstract: There is provided a neck ring for defining at least a portion of a neck portion of a preform. The neck ring comprises a body having: mounting flange and a molding face, the molding face including a venting structure, the venting structure having: (i) a plurality of air vent grooves for collecting and venting, in use, excess air from a molding cavity as it is being filled with the molding material, and (ii) an air collector groove in fluid communication with the plurality of air vent grooves for providing an evacuation path for the air to be vented from the plurality of air vent grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Yankov, Scott Michael Stedman, Domenico Favata
  • Patent number: 8308127
    Abstract: A faux ice tray system featuring a plurality of faux ice trays that interlock via interlock bars. The system can be placed in a refrigerated display in lieu of traditional ice or in a display cooled with another type of mechanism or with traditional ice. The trays are reversible wherein the top surface and the bottom surface can be used for containing faux ice. Some systems may feature an indentation for a bowl. Removable lids may provide an air-tight seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Inventor: Ryan M. Harris
  • Patent number: 8287265
    Abstract: A low cost vented hand operable food embosser/debosser for food items is used to emboss messages and/or decorative patterns on a variety of food items such as pizza dough or even ice cream. It can also be used on non-food items such as soap or wax. The message image member of the stamper is vented, with a hollow venting chimney above each image for venting excess food product away from the food product bearing the image. In addition the images are surrounded by a suppressing wall suppressing food product from being inadvertently squashed too much The venting chimneys above each letter are preferably curved, and the images are sharp at the edges with pointy tipped letters/images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Inventor: Richard Ben Errera
  • Publication number: 20120146261
    Abstract: Disclosed is a casting mold comprising at least two adjoining molds that enclose a hollow space, the cavity, which is accessible from the outside via at least one inlet duct and into which liquid casting material can be injected or pressed, and at least one vent opening that extends from the cavity to the outer surface of a mold, points approximately in the direction in which the hardened cast part is removed from the mold, and is closed by a pin-type breather. The face of the breather facing the cavity is perforated by small air holes which are permeable to air while retaining the liquid casting material and which are connected to the outer surface of the breather.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventor: Werner Beuerlein
  • Patent number: 8123508
    Abstract: Vent valve for venting bores of vulcanization moulds, especially for the tread profile area, consisting of a valve sleeve, in which a valve insert and a wound spring are movably located, wherein the valve insert consists of a valve shank, which is at one end equipped with a disk and at the other end with a conical surface changing into backwards oriented conical end, and the movement of the valve insert is controlled by a delimiter of opening the valve. Inner surface of the valve sleeve is in its part located further away from disk provided with conical surface, oriented away from the disk, and the delimiter of opening the valve is formed by two mutually cooperating conical surfaces or parts of conical surfaces, wherein the conical surface formed at the end of the valve shank of the valve insert is oriented against the conical surface or part of conical surface of the valve sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Glebus Alloys Europe, s.r.o.
    Inventor: Jaroslav Hajduch
  • Publication number: 20110278431
    Abstract: Disclosed are apparatus and corresponding methodologies for providing a base support, such as including concrete, and used such as for a wind-driven generator. Precast concrete cylinders are stacked in place upon a platform that may be partially precast and partially cast in place during assembly and supported, in certain embodiments, by plural concrete legs, the other ends of which are supported on a unitary or subdivided concrete foundation. In other embodiments, the platform may be supported by ribbed concrete panels. The concrete cylinders are glued together using an epoxy and then secured by an internal vertical post tension system extending from the platform to the upper most cylinder. Methodologies and apparatus for fabrication of concrete structure used in constructing the base support are also disclosed, with a focus on staves and various ring piece constructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: TINDALL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roger C. Knox, Bryant A. Zavitz, Kevin L. Kirkley
  • Patent number: 7950917
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a process for molding an optical element such as a lens (2). According to the invention, the element is obtained by a reaction injection molding process comprising the steps of mixing at least two polymerizing reactants and forcing the obtained reacting mixture by an injection duct (5) for filling under pressure a scaled mold cavity (4) having an entry side (43) provided with a casting opening (42) and an evacuation side (44) and providing a laminated flow of mixture in a spout (6) having a progressive enlarging transversal section between the outlet opening (52) of the injection duct (5) and the casting opening (42) of the mold cavity (4), for avoiding any turbulent area in said laminated flow, said evacuation side (44) being provided with means (45) for evacuating air contained in the mixture during mold filling. The invention also covers the molding installation adapted for using such a process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Institut National Des Sciences Appliquees (Insa)
    Inventors: Noémie Lesartre, Jérôme Dupuy, Abderrahim Maazouz, Jean-Pierre Pascault
  • Patent number: 7896643
    Abstract: A mold and mold blocking member is provided for use in a vent bore of a mold for the manufacture of rubber products. The mold blocking member has a tubular hollow body having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end has a cap having an outer dimension greater than the diameter of the tubular body, wherein the cap has at least one undercut forming an opening, wherein the opening is positioned to be adjacent the mold surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Tayfun Serener-Thielmann
  • Patent number: 7867426
    Abstract: A mold assembly and method of forming a surgical implant from bone cement. The method has the steps of connecting a plurality of mold segments to approximate the size of a patient implant. Each mold segment has an open channel. The method may further include aligning the channels of connected mold segments, positioning a centralizing holder on a reinforcement member, mixing bone cement, pouring at least some bone cement through the channels and into connected mold segments, fitting the reinforcement member into the mold segments, curing the bone cement; and removing the cured surgical implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Inventors: Bruce H. Ziran, Joseph W. Whiteside
  • Patent number: 7867418
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a tool and apparatus for forming a moldable material into a formed product having a desired shape, and optionally having a pouch for inserting pills, vitamins, and the like. The tool comprises a sleeve with a concentric insert, with a gap between the two for directing compressed air to eject the formed product from the tool. Exemplary apparatus using the tool and an associated method are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Mars, Incorporated
    Inventors: Douglas Shouse, James M. Suttle, Ryan Brown, Mark Harshman
  • Patent number: 7842220
    Abstract: There are provided a golf ball molding die in which a mold deposit produced when a gas is discharged can be removed easily, and the area of a venting opening per unit area of the tip end of a pin can be increased tremendously, and a golf ball manufactured by using the golf ball molding die. A golf ball molding die in accordance with the present invention includes at least two die bodies which are configured so that a cavity for forming a golf ball is formed by joining the die bodies to each other; a venting hole which is provided in at least one of the die bodies to discharge a gas in the cavity; and a pin which is present in the venting hole, the pin being configured so that a plurality of layers are lapped on each other from the center thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Hinomoto, Makoto Aoki
  • Patent number: 7811078
    Abstract: A mold blocking member for use in a vent bore of a mold for the manufacture of rubber products is provided. The mold blocking member has a tubular hollow body having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end has a cap with an inner portion surrounded by a recessed annular portion, wherein the inner portion is connected to the recessed annular portion by a sidewall, wherein the sidewall has one or more slots therein. The slots opening has a width dimension in the range of about 0.1 mm to about 0.6 mm and a thickness in the range of about 0.03 mm to about 0.15 mm. It is preferred that the inner portion is flat and recessed with respect to the outer rim of the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Tayfun Serener-Thielmann, Boris Klaus Peter Nitsch
  • Publication number: 20100252222
    Abstract: The casting device (1) comprises a die (3) consisting of two die halves (3a, 3b) forming in their interior a die cavity (4). In addition, the casting device (1) comprises connected to the die cavity (4) a casting chamber (6), the outlet (9) of which can be closed off at least partially by means of a closure member (18,26). At least the one die half (3a) is provided with a vent passage (13) for evacuating the die cavity (4) and/or the casting chamber (6). The vent passage (13) ports into the die parting (12) of the one die half (3a) such that it can be closed off by the other die half (3b) when locking the die (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: FONDAREX S.A.
    Inventor: Konrad Baumgartner
  • Publication number: 20100252713
    Abstract: Provided are an in-mold degassing structure, which acts by using no external control means, and a mold having that structure. The degassing structure comprises a sliding member (10) for receiving the pushing force of an elastic member from the bottom side, and a sliding member acceptor (20) for accepting the sliding member (10) slidably in the vertical direction. The sliding member (10) includes a vertical bottomed hole (12) communicating with a mold cavity and at least one side opening (13) communicating with the vertical bottom hole and opened to the side face. The sliding member acceptor (20) includes degassing ports (21) communicating in an initial state with the side opening (13) of the sliding member and closed when the sliding member is slid in a direction against the elastic member by the flow tip portion of the molten material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA SAITO KANAGATA SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: Teruhiko Saito
  • Patent number: 7802976
    Abstract: The mold for molding a tire has the contact part 42 that contacts with the end surface in the circumferential direction of the adjacent pieces and the non-contact part 44 that does not contact with the end surface in the circumferential direction of the adjacent pieces at the end surface 40 in the circumferential direction of the piece 30 in the segments right after the mold of the cycle of the tire molding process in which the opening and closure of the mold are repeated is closed, and the non-contact part 44 is present in the inner side of the tire radial direction, the contact part 42 is present outside of the tire radial direction than the non-contact part, and right before the mold in the cycle of the tire molding process is opened, the end surface 40 in the circumferential direction of the piece 30 in the segments contacts with the end surface 40 in the circumferential direction of the adjacent pieces in the non-contact part 44.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaaki Ohara