Abstract: A mold in which a fine uneven structure is formed on the surface by anodizing a surface of an aluminum base material having a purity of equal to or more than 99.5% by mass, wherein a 60-degree gloss of the surface on the side where a fine uneven structure is formed is equal to or more than 750%.

Abstract: A device for making a seamless, anatomically contoured, prosthetic device for supporting or maintaining the position of mammalian tissue, organ or structure or a replacement thereof, such as a breast implant, includes a support plate, an ironing plate or a clamping plate and a core plate, each of which is made from a thermally conductive material. The support plate and the ironing or clamping plates have openings formed through the thickness thereof. The core plate has a core extending outwardly from a lower surface thereof which is received through the openings in the ironing or clamping plate and the support plate.

Abstract: The present invention is a thermoforming device that includes a separate forming mold that can be positioned within a pair of primary mold sections to define a separate mold cavity therein. The separate mold cavity can be used to form details on various sections of a formed part that are not present on the remainder of the formed part due to the separation of the sections of the formed part from the remainder of the part due to the sealed engagement of the separate forming mold with the primary mold sections.

Abstract: A mold for cementitious blocks comprises a main body having at least one pair of spaced apart lateral walls with at least one pair of spaced apart divider walls extending therebetween. The lateral walls and divider walls define a cavity therebetween for receiving cementious material to be compacted into a block. The cavity includes open top and bottom faces. At least one of the spaced apart lateral walls is movable inwardly into the cavity. A vertically movable actuator element acts on this movable lateral wall. This actuator extends outwardly of the main body such that when it is moved inwardly it so acts on the movable wall as to move it inwardly into the cavity thereby providing a cementitious block with a sloped lateral side.

Abstract: A stereolithography apparatus that forms a three-dimensional model by sequentially laminating cured resin layers through repetition of a cycle of selectively applying light to liquid photocurable resin to form a cured resin layer, further applying liquid photocurable resin on the cured resin layer, and applying light to form a cured resin layer. The apparatus includes a table, a dispenser to supply the liquid photocurable resin onto the table, a recoater to apply the photocurable resin, and a controller to slow down a moving speed of the recoater based on a moving distance of the recoater during application operation of the recoater.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for separating a stamper from a patterned substrate. The method includes providing a substrate having a top and a bottom with an opening therein, providing a support mechanism configured to retain the substrate, providing a stamper having a formed pattern and configured to come in contact with the top of the substrate, wherein a chamber is formed within the opening of the substrate when the stamper is in contact with the substrate, providing a channel directed toward the chamber to introduce pressurized air into the chamber, and directing pressured air through the channel to the chamber to initiate separation of the stamper from the substrate. In certain embodiments, the pressurized air may be directed toward an opening in the substrate, such as a central ID hole in a disk. The disk may be incorporated within a storage device as pattered magnetic media.

Abstract: A high-pressure tank including: a cap; a liner; and a reinforced layer that is provided on the liner. The liner includes a gas barrier layer.

Abstract: Molds and methods for rotational molding are disclosed. The molds for rotationally molding may include an interior surface, an exterior surface, an opening, and a post. The interior surface may define a molding cavity. The interior surface may include a first portion and a second portion disposed opposite the first portion. The opening may extend from the first portion of the interior surface to the exterior surface. The post may extend from the second portion of the interior surface, through the molding cavity, through the opening, and to a distal region.

Abstract: An imprint apparatus and method employ an effective pressure in imprint lithography. The imprint apparatus includes a compressible chamber that encloses an imprint mold having a mold pattern and a sample to be imprinted. The chamber is compressed to imprint the mold pattern on the sample. The mold is pressed against the sample with the effective pressure. The effective pressure is controlled by a selected ratio of a cavity area of the chamber to a contact area between the mold and the sample.

Abstract: A method and apparatus providing a lens master device and use of the same to form a lens template and/or a lens structure. The method includes obtaining a plurality of individual lens masters, each of which has a shaped portion defining at least a portion of a lens structure to be formed. The lens masters are affixed onto a supporting structure to form a lens master device.

Abstract: A mold assembly and a method for injection molding of an impeller, and an impeller formed by the method are provided. The mold assembly comprises a first mold, a central mold, and a second mold. The central mold encircles the first mold, and the second mold matches with the first mold and the central mold to form a mold cavity, complementary in shape to the impeller. The melted plastic material is injected into the aforementioned mold cavity. After the plastic material is cured, the central mold is adapted to enclose the cured plastic material. The cured plastic material is removed from the first mold, and then is removed from the central mold and the second mold to form the impeller. The blade portion of the impeller is radially connected to an edge of a central portion of the impeller. The blade portion has a plurality of blades, equally spaced apart with one another in sequence along the edge. Each of the blades comprises a smooth surface without an ejector pin mark.

Abstract: A resin coated piston manufacturing apparatus for a shock absorber is provided with a means for pressing a piston raw material to a resin sheet until the resin sheet is locked to a resin sheet locking annular groove of the piston raw material in such a manner as to be capable of reciprocating on a center axis of a set mold. The apparatus having an aligning guide mateable with an inner diameter of the piston raw material set to a piston set hole of the set mold. The aligning guide presses the piston raw material to the resin sheet so as to lock the resin sheet to the resin sheet locking annular groove of the piston raw material, and can press the piston raw material to which the resin sheet is locked, to a heating and cooling cylinder apparatus.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing a fiber-molded hollow article by using a papermaking mold (2) composed of splits (21, 22) which are joined to form a cavity (20) having two openings (20a, 20b) connecting with the outside and an expandable pressing member (3) adapted to be placed in the cavity (20). The method comprises the steps of immersing each of the splits (21, 22) before being joined in a fiber slurry to form a fiber preform (10a, 10b), joining the splits (21, 22) each having the fiber preform (10a, 10b) formed thereon while placing the pressing member (3) in the cavity (20), and molding and dewatering a molded article (1) in the papermaking mold (2).

Abstract: A papermaking mold for producing a pulp molded article comprising a core of prescribed shape which has a plurality of holes for fluid passage interconnecting the outside and the inside and is made of an elastically deformable material and a fluid-permeable material which covers the outer surface of the core, the fluid-permeable material being capable of forming passages for a fluid in its thickness direction even when pressed and deformed.

Abstract: A papermaking mold for producing a pulp molded article comprising a core of prescribed shape which has a plurality of holes for fluid passage interconnecting the outside and the inside and is made of an elastically deformable material and a fluid-permeable material which covers the outer surface of the core, the fluid-permeable material being capable of forming passages for a fluid in its thickness direction even when pressed and deformed.

Abstract: Ligands which bind to the eck receptor are disclosed. More particularly, polypeptides which bind specifically to the eck receptor (eck receptor binding proteins or EBPs) and DNA sequences encoding said polypeptides are disclosed. Methods of treatment using eck receptor ligands and soluble eck receptor and disclosed, as are pharmaceutical compositions containing same. A rapid and sensitive method for the detection of receptor binding activity in crude samples is provided.

Abstract: A press for manufacturing stones provided with a mould including several moulding rooms and taking a fixed position, a stamp arranged above the mould and being movable up and down, a table arranged under the mould and being movable up and down, a supply converyor for supplying empty product plates and with a discharge conveyor for discharging the product plates carrying stones shaped in the mould, whereby the moulding mass is compressed in the mould while under the mould a moulding plate supported by the table is located, which is provided with upright ribs for shaping bevelled edges on the stones, whereby during compression the stamp is moved downward until the stamp is located at a certain distance from the table, determined by cooperating stops provided on the table and on the stamp, after which the moulding plate is removed from between the table and the mould, while simultaneously a product plate is moved between the table and the mould and next the stones shaped in the mould are pressed out of the mould

Abstract: A solid waste compactor having multiple waste receptacles for separately receiving, temporarily holding and compacting separate classes of solid waste, for example paper, glass, aluminum cans and steel cans. A single screw-driven compaction ram compacts solid waste in the several receptacles. The compaction ram extends from a trolley which is movable in two orthogonal directions on orthogonal tracks positioned above the receptacles. A reversible compaction motor mounted on the trolley drives the compaction ram up and down. The receptacles are mounted on a slidable carriage for removal from the compactor.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing stones in a press provided with a mould including several moulding rooms and taking a fixed position, a stamp arranged above the mould and being movable up and down, a table arranged under the mould and being movable up and down, a supply conveyor for supplying empty product plates and with a discharge conveyor for discharging the product plates carrying stones shaped in the mould. The moulding mass is compressed in the mould while under the mould a moulding plate supported by the table is located, which is provided with upright ribs for shaping bevelled edges on the stones. During compression the stamp is moved downward until the stamp is located at a certain distance from the table, determined by cooperating stops provided on the table and on the stamp, after which the moulding plate is removed from between the table and the mould, while simultaneously a product plate is moved between the table and the mould.

Abstract: A mold for producing a padding member having side by side portions of different hardnesses integral with each other, and a method of producing the padding member using such mold. The mold has a lower half with partition walls movably extending upwardly through the bottom of the lower mold half into the interior of the lower mold half to define a plurality of cavities into which moldable materials of which the padding member is to be formed and having different hardnesses from each other can be contained. The upper mold half is placed over the lower mold half, and has pressing members extending downwardly which engage the edges of the partition walls and force the partition walls downwardly. The pressing members are spaced from each other along the partition walls, so that the materials on the opposite sides of the partition walls can contact each other and, while molding is being carried out, become integrally joined to each other.

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

Abstract: A fish-canning method using a machine having two adjacent parallel rotary turrets each having a fish-receiving pocket in the periphery thereof. The turrets are positioned to align the pockets with each other to form a single combined pocket which is then filled with fish from a correspondingly large size feed chute of increasing cross-sectional area. The fish in the pockets is severed between the turrets and the turrets are rotated by different amounts to move the filled pockets laterally out of alignment with each other. The fish in both filled pockets is formed into the shape of a can and ejected endwise from the pockets into two separate cans.

Abstract: A fish-canning machine having two adjacent parallel rotary turrets each having a fish-receiving pocket in the periphery thereof. The turrets are positioned to align the pockets with each other to form a single combined pocket which is then filled with fish from a corresponding large size feed chute of increasing cross-sectional area. The fish in the pockets is severed between the turrets and the turrets are rotated by different amounts to move the filled pockets laterally out of alignment with each other. The fish in both filled pockets is formed into the shape of a can and ejected endwise from the pockets into two separate cans.

Abstract: Articles are moulded from paraffin wax by melting the wax and then allowing the wax to solidify in a mould, the mould being refrigerated. The invention includes a machine for moulding the articles, and wax treated by the method.

Abstract: A tray of molded pulp or the like for packaging meat, poultry or fish in conjunction with an overwrap transparent film and the method and apparatus for making the tray. The tray bottom is formed of a plurality of generally vertical ribs joining or intersecting in two directions and defining open windows therebetween, the height of each rib being on the order of several times the thickness of the remainder of the tray, the side and end walls having double sloped portions, and the total volume of the ribs being approximately equal to the volume of a bottom of an imperforate bottom tray of the same size.