Abstract: Apparatus for preparing bread dough comprises a hopper for bulk dough, a rotary pump communicating with the hopper, a die through which dough is extruded by the pump in a continuous ribbon, conveyor means for receiving and conducting the ribbon of dough in succession through proofing means, guide rolls, means for cutting the ribbon of dough into individual pieces, means to roll the individual pieces into cylindrical shapes, and means to divide the cylindrical shapes into at least two further pieces. High production is achieved with a minimum of labor, and excessive working and kneading of the dough are avoided.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for molding plastic containers and the like and for removing unwanted flash material therefrom. In the molding step, an unwanted tail flash portion is molded to have a weakened area along the line of attachment to the bottom of the container. After ejection from the mold, the container is conveyed to a tail removal device that grips and tears the tail free from the container along the weakened line area by a downward and rearward force.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing a plurality of trapezoidal dough pieces of the same orientation from a web of moving dough sheet includes a first rotatable cylindrical cutter producing two kinds of series of trapezoidal dough pieces arranged in opposite orientations, one kind of series of continuous, the other separated into pieces. The series which is continuous is sidetracked upwardly, cut into pieces by a second rotatable cylindrical cutter and then reversed by passing around a curved surface and following onto the moving surface on which the dough pieces of the other series are being conveyed. The fall causes all dough pieces to have the same orientation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for fabricating sheets of thermoplastic or thermosetting material whereby said material in a non-hardened condition is fed into the space between the vertical parts of two endless belts which material according to the invention is supplied onto the returning parts of the belts in the form of webs or by spraying while preferably material is supplied as well from above within the gap between the layers facing each other.

Abstract: A conventional underwater plastic pelletizer of the type using a rotatable knife hub is improved by securing to the knife hub a diverter plate for confining the flow of inlet water to the region adjacent the face of the die plate. The cutting knives are mounted on the rotating hub at a rake angle with respect to the hub center and tilted at an angle with respect to the surface of the die plate so as to effectively pull a cut pellet away from an extruded plastic strand, and the die plate is heated by an organic heat exchange fluid. The result is a substantial reduction in orifices frozen off by cooled polymer.

Abstract: An earth and sand conveyor system comprising a hopper adapted to receive dumped earth and sand, a trough connected to the hopper, a screw conveyor rotatably mounted within the hopper and the trough, a consolidating pipe connected to the trough, a molding pipe connected to the consolidating pipe, a conveyor pipe connected to the molding pipe, a first nozzle formed in the wall of the molding pipe, a second nozzle formed in the wall of the conveyor pipe, an air compressor connected to the first and second nozzles, and a directional control valve disposed between the air compressor and the first and second nozzles for alternately supplying the compressed air to the first and second nozzles.

Abstract: A process and tooling to carry on said process for producing direct from extrusion an open groove plastic cylindrical section which consists in extruding the material around cylindrical pins arranged along a circle and protruding downstream with respect with the die opening and drawing the deformable structure along inner cutters located in the ducts formed by the pins to cut the material between the duct and the outside and further drawing said still deformable structure around flexible wires free to fill said slitted ducts.

Abstract: An improvement in plastic film formation devices which utilizes a unique cutting and take-off assembly. Flattening, cutting, and paired turning rod assembly move about the axis of the extruded tubular section of plastic in such a manner so as to continuously slice a helical section from the tubular extrusion. The mechanical arrangement of the flattening, cutting, and paired turning rod assembly provides for changing the pitch of the helix cut by changing the position of said assembly relative to the draw rollers.This arrangement results in a simplified overall mechanical device which can randomize thickness variations across the width of sheets formed and also determine the width of said sheets. It also provides for more control of cooling air required to cool the extruded tube.

Abstract: In transporting brick elements cut from a continuous ribbon of brick-forming material to a transfer station for transfer onto pallets or the like, the ribbon is advanced towards the transfer station as the brick elements are cut from the leading end portion of the advancing ribbon. The cut brick elements are cut on an advancing cutting carriage and transferred therefrom onto a first conveyor means and from there to a second conveyor means, the first and second conveyor means advancing at a faster speed than the advancement of the ribbon. During the return of the cutting carriage, the first conveyor means moves at the same speed as the advancing ribbon while second conveyor means remains stationary to facilitate transfer of the cut brick elements onto pallets or the like.

Abstract: A cover member for a safety air-cushion device is made up of a bag-shaped outer laminate of high density polyurethane foam, and a bag-shaped inner laminate of low density polyurethane foam which is integral with the outer laminate, the inner laminate being made by pouring the fluidized foamable material into a mold after solidification of the other fluidized foamable material having been poured into the mold for the formation of the outer laminate.

Abstract: Disclosed is web handling apparatus for forming a sleeve of a shrinkable, cellular polymeric material from a predecorated web. The web is processed to provide (1) a partial-depth slit along the longitudinal dimension, and (2) cross-dimension pleats. Predecorated shrunken neck labels are formed from the web for overlying the neck and closure of the bottle and including a pilferproof feature. Such a label is formed from the processed web by cutting a blank having the cross pleats therein and winding the blank on a mandrel to overlap the ends and seam the overlap to make a sleeve. The sleeve is stripped onto the top neck end and over the closure of a bottle of room temperature to a label position and shrunken to a snug fit, the pleats absorbing wrinkles that occur in shrinking the material onto a "cold" bottle.The disclosure includes a novel machine for making the sleeve from a plastic web and placing it on the bottle.

Abstract: An extrusion line for producing rubber tire tread. Method and apparatus for continuously controlling extrusion line operation to maintain a predetermined length and weight for the finished product. Sensors for unit weight, extruder speed and swell, extruder load, extrudate temperature at the extruder and at the skiver, and conveyor speeds, signal conditioning circuits, and controls for take away conveyor speed, extruder speed, unit weight and skiver length.

Abstract: In manufacturing pressed boards, a flowable mixture of thermosetting resinous material and filler is blown through one or more nozzles into a converging throat formed by a pair of relatively inclined perforated conveyor bands in which the mixture is compacted into a continuous, coherent and self-supporting web by the application of heat to preset the resinous material thereof. The web is transversely cut into individually manipulable sections which are fed by a stack conveyor to a platen press, operating in step with the feeding and cutting mechanisms, for final setting of the resin.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing thermoplastic duplication plates having a relief image transcribed thereto from a matrix which has a relief pattern in complemental relation to the transcribed relief image. To this end, the apparatus includes a hollow cylinder heated to a predetermined temperature and by which a thermoplastic resin sheet is, while clinging thereto, transported towards a transcription clearance. A movable platen supported for movement between standby and operated positions cooperates with the hollow cylinder to define the transcription clearance. During the transportation of the thermoplastic resin sheet towards the transcription clearance, it becomes substantially semi-fluidized so that, during passage of the thermoplastic resin sheet together with the matrix carried by the platen being moved towards the operated position, the thermoplastic resin sheet penetrates deep into indentations in the matrix which define the relief pattern, thereby completing a thermoplastic duplication plate.

Abstract: In record producing apparatus a biscuit mold is formed in upper and lower complemental cup parts with fragmental rims which, on lowering the upper cup part onto the lower cup part for closing the mold cavity to form a biscuit therein, complement each other peripherally to form an uninterrupted annular rim, so that on raising the upper cup part from the lower cup part in opening the mold, the mold cavity is opened not only at the bottom but also at the top for direct exposure of a good part of a formed biscuit to the cooling effect of external air.

Abstract: Apparatus for forming concrete articles in which augers convey "no-slump" concrete mix to a molding station with sufficient force to consolidate the mix. Friction is reduced at form surfaces of the molding station by high frequency vibration, greater than 22,000 vibrations per minute. Core-forming mandrels are disposed axially lateral of the line of flight of the augers. The concrete can be prestressed utilizing pre-tensioning or post-tensioning mechanisms and provision is made for transverse reinforcement of the concrete.