Abstract: A method and device for manufacturing tire forming bladders (2), whereby a curing mold (3) defines, via first and second half molds (4, 5) and an inner core (6), an inner molding chamber (7) inside which a precured reinforcing ply (72) is optionally inserted; the mold (3) having an outer injection chamber (34) communicating with the inner chamber (7) and consisting of a variable-volume chamber of an injection cylinder (65); the outer chamber (34) being provided with a mass (35) of heated uncured rubber, which is injected into the inner chamber (7) with the mold (3) closed and, when cured, is extracted from the mold (3) by opening the inner chamber (7) and extracting the inner core (6).

Abstract: A moulding process and system for producing small wooden objects such as, for example, pipe heads or furniture handles from a moulding material formed of an aqueous suspension of wood dust. The moulding material is injection moulded into injection mould parts in which electrodes are placed for subjecting moulding cavities to a HF-heating field such that both a rapid curing of a heat setting glue agent in the aqueous wood dust mass and a rapid driving out of a major part of the water is realized. The moulding cavities include exhaust or release channels for steam resulting from the evaporation of the water of the moulding material and an arrangement is provided for maintaining the mould parts together in spite of the high steam pressure developed in the mould cavities.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a reuseable mold for casting a hollow form made of an aggregate filled thermosetting resin. The reuseable mold includes an outer mold, made from sheets of thermoplastic resin, and an inner mold, also made from sheets of thermoplastic resin, having a base with plugable opening(s) for connecting an air supply for popping the inner mold from the cast hollow form fabricated in the reuseable mold. The sheets are preferably 1" sheets of polyethylene.

Abstract: An ejection and conveying device mounted in a rotary pressing tabletting machine having matrices supported by a rotating table, whereinto upper punches and lower punches enter and come out, while tablets come out at an ejection station; the device includes a plate fastened to the machine and positioned under the table. Part of the plate is located under the machine's ejection station, while a rotating disk is placed inside a raised border of the plate and has a plurality of hollows whereinto the ejected tablets fall so that the tablets are drawn by the disk up to be positioned above one or more holes made in the bottom of the plate and from which holes discharge channels depart. The tablets pass through the holes and are brought away by the channels.

Abstract: An elastic mould of this invention includes a pattern and a fixing sheet which is integrally mounted at an open edge of the pattern. The elastic mould is manufactured by dipping a pattern mounted on a plate into an elastic body-producing solution to form a gel-like elastic film, withdrawing, drying and vulcanizing the object thus formed, and peeling the elastic film off the pattern to obtain a mould having a fixing member as an integral part of the mould.

Abstract: An article forming system for forming at least one sheet of material into an article, such as a decorative flower pot cover for example, and a novel article formed utilizing such a system. The article forming system includes a male die, a female die and a platform having a support surface and an opening extending through the support surface. The female die is disposed generally within the opening in the platform with the upper end of the female die being disposed near the support surface. The article forming system includes means for slidingly holding portions of the sheet of material generally against portions of the support surface while permitting such held portions to slide on the support surface during the forming of the article for cooperating in forming a decorative border on the decorative flower pot cover type of article which flares generally away from the flower pot object when the decorative flower pot cover article is applied to the flower pot.

Abstract: A dough-based product is formed by a machine which has a reciprocable punch die and cutter fitted to the die positioned above an upper run of a conveyor, the die having a centrally disposed die surface which extends to a peripheral die surface channel positioned adjacent the cutter. The machine also has at least one set of a plurality of rollers, which are positioned beneath the conveyor upper run and arranged on a rotatable disc so that the at least one set forms a spiral configuration so that when the punch die reciprocates towards a dough product transported by the upper run, the dough product is pressed, formed and cut by the punch die and cutter, in cooperation with the rollers, into pieces having a thickened rim.

Abstract: A mold removing apparatus for removing a mold from a cylindrical molding sticking to the external circumferential surface of a mold, the mold being hollow, having center bores at the center of both the top and the bottom thereof, and having a plurality of small through holes in the circumferential wall thereof.

Abstract: Improvement in a method for molding a plastic substrate for an optical disk having a concave-convex pattern on a side surface thereof including a step of feeding liquid resin into a molding cavity defined by a pair of mold halves, characterized in that, when the molded plastic substrate is released from the mold halves, the molded plastic substrate is released at least simultaneously in time from both of the mold halves in a mold-opening stage.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for injection molding thin-walled plastic articles having comparatively thick lip portion. The apparatus has a mold cavity and a mold core defining a cavity space in the shape of the article and at least one injection gate adjacent a portion of the cavity space defining the lip portion through which molded plastic is injected into the cavity space. The direct lip gating approaches employed in the apparatus do not sacrifice core/cavity alignment and conventional mold motions along the machine axis and form plastic articles having substantially no gate vestiges on the lip sealing surface or on the outer perimeter of the lip.

Abstract: An injection molding apparatus creates a micro-cleanroom environment inside a mold cavity which can stay closed to airborne contaminants while ejecting and transferring the molded part out. The molded part is formed and solidified at a parting-line plane within the mold cavity, then is carried rearward on the movable mold insert to a second plane where it is stripped off and transferred out through a discharge aperture which is open when the mold cavity is in the second plane but closed off when in the first plane. The aperture faces substantially downward to prevent entry by upwelling thermal air currents. External supplied filtered gas can provide positive pressure through vents within the moldset's internal space. This maximizes mold and part cleanliness while speeding up mold-open cycle and may eliminate HEPA filters/enclosures and robots. Optical disks, lenses, food packaging and medical parts are suggested uses.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a mold ejecting apparatus for ejecting an inner mold from a cylindrical molding, e.g. a cylindrical rubber molding, sticking to the outer circumference of the inner mold, or for ejecting the cylindrical rubber molding from the inner mold. A plurality of small holes are formed through the circumferential wall of the inner mold, and a pressurized fluid feed line is connected to an opening in one end face of the inner mold to introduce a pressurized fluid into the hollow interior of the inner mold. A plurality of matching members are movable to contact or come close to the outer circumference of the inner mold and match with an end face of the molding, the matching members being movable towards and away from the outer circumference of the inner mold. A pressing apparatus is provided for moving the molding relative to the matching members and the inner mold and separating them.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing an article, by covering at least a portion of a microwave heatable former with a liquid-containing material, applying microwave radiation to heat the former so as to leave a dry solid coating on the former, and effecting relative separation between the former and the dry solid coating so as to produce the article.

Abstract: A die apparatus for molding and forming a cake of soap with an adapter. Peripheral obturation cleanly and securely attaches the generally horizontal adapter to the upper surface of a body of soap of a size to be manipulated by a hand. The die also includes an ejector for separating the soap adapter combination from the die. Attachment of the adapter to the soap can be accomplished with several types of soap dies such as matrix dies, pin dies, box dies and variations thereof.

Abstract: A compression molding apparatus includes a rotatable supporting member and circumferentially spaced molds mounted on the rotatable supporting member. The molds are conveyed successively through a plastic material feed zone, a compression molding zone and a discharge zone by the rotation of the rotatable supporting member. A plastic material in a heat softened state is fed into the molds which are disposed within the plastic material feed zone. Each of the molds include a first mold portion and a second mold portion which defines a mold cavity. The mold is opened and closed by moving the mold portions relative to each other in a predetermined direction. A conduit hole extending from the mold cavity is formed in the second mold portion. Each mold includes a compression rod which slides in the conduit hole. The conduit hole has a plastic receiving portion opened frontwardly in the rotating direction of the rotatable supporting member.

Abstract: A mold, used in pressure casting ceramic articles, includes a plurality of mold parts set and clamped in combination. Each of the mold parts includes: a porous body forming a filter layer with a generally even thickness and a plurality of channels formed in the inside or outside surface thereof and most running in parallel with the molding surface of the mold for allowing water and air to flow therethrough; a reinforcing iron frame for fitting the porous body therein; and a filler filling up the space between the porous body and the iron frame.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing a test sample of concrete from a large poured area of concrete includes a mold suitable for placement within the concrete form, said mold including a continuous sidewall and a bottom wall connected to the sidewall. An insert within said mold is spaced from the bottom wall so that a pressurization chamber is formed between the insert and the bottom wall of the mold. A fluid inlet is formed in the mold in fluid communication with the pressurization chamber and a fluid inlet tube is connected at a first end thereof to the fluid inlet. Preferably, the fluid tube is of a length sufficient to reach the surface of the concrete poured within the form. In one embodiment, a plurality of legs are formed on the insert to maintain the spacing of the insert from the bottom wall of the mold, the legs being separated sufficiently to allow fluid flow between them. In another embodiment, the space between the insert and the bottom of the mold is filled with a noncompressible fluid.

Abstract: A pellet production apparatus to be incorporated with an extruder for mass-producing pellets of plastics or the like. The apparatus includes a multi-perforated hollow cylindrical sheath acting as nozzles and a cylindrical rotor provided on its cylindrical surface with some lengthwise tapered-grooves and corresponding lengthwise ridge portions. The ridge portions act as cutters with the rotor rotatably inserted in the sheath. The rotor is further provided with an air blower for blowing compressed air radially and rotated by a driver exclusive to the rotor. A pellet material extruded from the extruder into the present apparatus is made to proceed along the grooves of the rotor, pushed out from the perforations of the sheath and then cut out into pellets by the ridge portions of the rotor as it rotates further. The thus produced pellets, which are apt to stick to the perforations, are blown off by the compressed air.

Abstract: A compression molding apparatus for forming a plastic grip ring and simultaneously linking it integrally to a linking protruding piece of a container closure body. The apparatus includes a mold composed of a first mold portion and a second mold portion adapted to be opened or closed by being moved relative to each other in a predetermined direction. The first mold portion has an accommodating space for receiving the closure body and a first mold cavity extending in a ring-like shape. At least the free end portion of the linking protruding piece of the closure body to be received in the accommodating space is projected into the first mold cavity. The second mold portion has a main part consisting of a second mold cavity extending in a ring-like shape and a conduit hole extending in said predetermining direction from the second mold cavity and a compression rod to be slidably inserted into the conduit hole.

Abstract: A device for cleaning a molding tool in a plastics processing machine, for example the molding tool of hydraulic presses for pressing molded components from fiber reinforced plastics. The device including a cleaning tool which can be brought to at least one of the surfaces to be cleaned in at least one of a male mold and female mold of the molding tool. In order to be able to perform automatic cleaning of the molding tool in a minimum amount of time and simultaneously avoid the danger of damage to the tool and the machine, the cleaning tool is provided with a holder which is disposed at a carrier of the molding tool, with the movement of the holder being synchronized with the operating stroke of the machine.

Abstract: The invention describes a method of conveying a sleeve (1) which is closed at one end and which consists of paper from a machining station (3) into a transporter. In order to be able to convey such sleeves into the transporter in a short time, even when the sleeves (1) are closed at one end by the integral moulding of a lid (2), it is according to the invention provided that the sleeve (1) be gripped at its edges (5) which are at the rear in the direction of movement (7) so that the sleeve is pushed in the direction of its longitudinal axis and on a straight path into the transporter, air being blown into the interior (16) of the sleeve (1). To this end, a scraper (4) is used which is adapted for translatory movement.

Abstract: An apparatus for injection molding a substrate of an information recording disk in which melted molding material is injected into a mold space after a pair of mold bodies are clamped together. An uneven surface area is provided between a cutting device for cutting the cured molding material at the molding surface and an aperture for supplying the pressurized gas for causing the cured molding material to be released. The flow of pressurized gas through the cut portion of the cured molding material is prevented and force is generated by the pressurized gas causing the cured molding material and a stamper forming the molding surface to release uniformly from the mold.

Abstract: A gas accumulation space, in which a predetermined amount of a gas is to accumulate and which communicates with said gas passageway, is located in a mold. After a cavity of the mold has been filled with a synthetic resin but before the mold is opened, the gas is fed into the gas passageway and the gas accumulation space until the pressure of the gas in the gas passageway and the gas accumulation space reaches a predetermined value. After the pressure of the gas in the gas passageway and the gas accumulation space has reached the predetermined value, the gas passageway is closed at a position upstream from where the gas passageway communicates with the gas accumulation space.

Abstract: A process for producing an optical element wherein an optical molding is formed by using a mold and thereafter released from the mold by supplying a gas to the boundary between the mold surface and the optical molding. In the process, no localized external force is applied to the optical molding during the release thereof, and therefore undesirable deformation or flaws of the optical molding are not caused.

Abstract: A mold for forming an optical disk base provided with a movable specular plate, a stationary specular plate, and an annular stamper having inner and outer peripheral edges. The reverse surface of the stamper is in contact with one of the specular plates, and the stamper is supported at its inner end portion by an inner stamper retainer and at its outer end portion by an outer stamper retainer. A cavity is formed between the stamper and the other one of the specular plates when the mold is closed.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for injecting a steam into a mold in an injection molding machine by injecting a desired stream toward the opening of the metal mold including a gate and cavities in connection with the opening and closing operation of the metal mold thereby intending the cooling solidification of the molten resin on th gate portion and simultaneously intending removal of dewing and an oily matter on the surface of the metal mold.

Abstract: The device for positioning products extracted from a mold onto a conveyor belt comprises a main body which supports suckers which are engageable with products extracted from a mold and a first actuation device acts on the suckers to move them from a first product receiving position to a second position in which they are arranged facing a conveyor belt having product containment pockets which are spaced with a different pitch with respect to the distance of the products inside the mold. The suckers are individually movable relatively to the main body and second actuation means act thereon to vary their mutual distance in relation to the distance of the products in the mold and to the pitch of the containment pockets of the conveyor belt.

Abstract: Detaching a cured tire from mold sections of a tire mold during opening of the mold by communicating air under pressure into the space between the mold sections and confining the air in this space with a sleeve member supported on the upper mold section and slidably urged into sealing engagement with the lower mold section. Air under pressure is then communicated from the space between the mold sections to the spaces between the cured tire surface and the molding surfaces of the upper and lower mold sections to detach the tire. Sealing rings on the sleeve and on the upper mold section prevent leakage of the air under pressure from the space between the mold section. Spring means between the upper mold section and the sleeve member provide extension of the sleeve member into sealing engagement with the lower mold section.

Abstract: An improved machine for producing a configurated and specified weight product in die cavities of a rotary die roll, each of the die cavities being defined by a configurated sidewall and a porous bottom wall. During each revolution of the die roll, a batch of the product is forced into each cavity if the cavities pass a feed hopper. Upon continued rotation of the die roll, the bottom walls of the cavities are moved outwardly to force the configurated products from the die cavities, while simutaneously, air at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure is directed through the porous bottom walls so that the configurated product is forced off of the bottom wall and onto a conveyor located beneath the die roll.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing compression molded articles from a thermoplastic material blank comprising heating the material, and compression molding the blank by means of a die. The material forming the blank is deposited on the surface of an intermediate support which forms a part of the compression molding mold and extends under and is separated from the die. The blank is separated from the die, which may be accomplished using a heated stream of gas surrounding the die and directed at the point of separation. The blank is introduced into the mold which is closed as the intermediate support is lowered, followed by compression molding the blank by the application of compression molding pressure, and cooling the molded article at least partly under pressure.

Abstract: A male mold member includes a base or body having a central projecting core with an intermediate peripheral tapered seat between the core and body. The body, seat and core are intercepted by a plurality of cylindrical bores spaced uniformly about the male mold member and inclined toward the core axis. The bores receive core blades having cylindrical bodies. The core blades are exteriorly shaped in the area of the core to form sections which continue the contour of the core and seat. The blades may each have a thread matrix in the core area. After molding, a stripper bushing, engaging the molded product, pushes the product along with the core blades to a position at which the core blades are collapsed so that the product may be stripped. In the molding position the stripper bushing has a tapered bore opening which fits snugly against the tapered seat portions on the blades to orient the blades to proper position and immobilize them.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for forming a thermoplastic structure on the exterior surface of the heated mold form. A mold is heated to approximately two times the melting temperature of a thermoplastic material and particulate thermoplastic material then sprinkled onto the exterior surface of the heated mold. An adhesively bondable material may then be added to the semi-molten thermoplastic material structure. The mold is then cooled and the resulting thermoplastic structure removed.An apparatus for practicing the above process comprising a mold form, heating system, and particulate thermoplastic material dispensing system is also disclosed.

Abstract: An injection molding method for controlling the dimensions of a hollow plastic product by using a mold having a first and second mold parts; wherein one of the mold parts includes a retractable portion adjacent a gate. The retractable portion is movable between a protracted position and a retracted position while the mold is closed; and the mold parts define primary flow channels extending from the gate, which, when the retractable portion of the one mold part is protracted, direct initially injected molten plastic from the gate to create stabilizing regions of stiffened plastic. The method includes the steps of (a) protracting the retractable mold part; (b) injecting molten plastic from the gate and through the primary flow channels to create the stabilizing regions; (c) retracting the retractable mold part; (d) subsequently injecting additional molten plastic from the gate between the stabilizing regions into the side wall defining region of the mold cavity.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of injection molded articles out of material that is capable of being processed in an injection molding process comprising injection fluid material into a hollow space of a mold of a desired form, hardening or reacting the injected material at raised temperatures and subsequently separating the molded article from the mold at the same high tempeature by the aid of inert gas and/or air, pressed between the molded article and the mold, which is regulated by a self readjusting conical valve.

Abstract: A compact apparatus for curing an uncured resin impregnated in a filter element (12) having a uniform cross-section in the longitudinal direction, and for reinforcing the filter element (12). The apparatus includes a curing pot (38) formed of outer and inner tubes (40, 42) secured integrally and coaxially with each other to form an annular space (44) therebetween, having a cross-section similar to that of the filter element (12) to be treated, for accommodating the filter element (12) therein during the curing process. A hot air circulation mechanism for forcibly supplying hot air through the filter element (12) in the annular space (44) is provided so that the temperature of the filter element (12) is effectively elevated to a value at which the curing of the resin is completed.

Abstract: A pellet injector for injecting pellets of condensed gas, such as hydrogen, tritium or deuterium, into a reactor comprises an arrangement of pipe guns in a cylindrical arrangement. Each pipe gun which may be made from stainless steel, has a freezing section and three axially spaced metal rings of a heat conductive metal arranged in good thermal contact with the outer surface of the pipe gun at the freezing section thereof. Each of the rings is thermally connected to a cryostat, for example by means of a copper wire. The center ring is cooled to a temperature below the condensing temperature of the gas so as to condense the gas in the freezing section of the pipe gun to form a pellet therein, and the temperature of the adjacent outer rings are maintained at temperatures exceeding the temperature of the center ring so as to obtain a pellet of a desired size. The pellets formed in the pipe guns may be expelled therefrom by a pressurized gas force pulse and injected into a reactor.

Abstract: Tire mold vents (34) in communication with a sealed cavity (35) are pressurized for limiting the quantity of rubber entering the vents (34) and for assisting the stripping of the vulcanized tire (28) from the mold. Passages (40) in the mold communicate fluid pressure to the vents (34) and pressure regulators (58,60) control the fluid pressure communicated to the vents (34) during vulcanization and during ejection of the tire (28) from the mold (10).

Abstract: In a molding machine for soap and similar materials, the control systems applied to the feed, molding, processing and discharge members totally or partially consist of pneumatic and/or oleodynamic pistons. The control systems are preferably applied to the grippers of the pieces to be molded, to the mobile upper mold, to the centering device and to the device controlling the rotation of the lower die and to the device for controlling the sucker type extraction of the pieces already molded. The control systems of this invention can totally or partially replace the present control systems of mechanical type. The combination of conventional mechanical systems with those of this invention may vary according to individual requirements.

Abstract: A method for drain-casting a slip to obtain a substantially hollow molded article 42 is provided, by the use of an apparatus including a divisible mold 21 including an upper mold portion 22, a lower mold portion 23, and at least two side mold portions 24, 25 to form a mold cavity 38, each mold portion containing a filter member and a water-drainage means, and the lower portion having a slip supply duct 40.

Abstract: A porous mold for pressure slip casting, which includes: a surface porous layer having an average pore diameter of at most 20 microns and a thickness of 5 to 40 mm; an adhesive applied in a pattern to the rear surface of the surface porous layer to leave an unapplied portion on the rear surface; a coarse porous layer covering the adhesive applied and unapplied portions of the rear surface of the surface porous layer and made of a mixture of a liquid resin and a filler of a particle diameter of 0.1 to 5.0 mm at a volume ratio of 15 to 50:100, the coarse porous layer having a thickness of 5 to 30 mm; a sealing adhesive covering substantially the outer surface of the coarse porous layer; and a passage for water from and air into the coarse porous layer.

Abstract: An apparatus for obtaining a negative pressure in chambers formed by a flat extractor plate supporting frustoconical or truncated pyramidal objects thermoformed from a sheet of synthetic material, embodying a flat extractor plate for hollow frustoconical or trucated pyramidal objects which when resting their rims on the flat surface of the extractor plate form chambers, wherein a suction unit is connected with said chambers by means of a pipe and a connecting cavity and wherein are provided a shut-off valve and an air intake(20) adjustment valve between the unit and the said valve, wherein each chamber is provided with at least one intake for atmospheric air into the chambers (17), wherein the cross-section of the intakes (20) is variable.

Abstract: A mould unloader is disclosed for hams and the like which performs in a fully automatic way the operation of removing the lid (4), overturning the open mould (5) containing the product (6), removing the mould, conveying and evacuating the unloaded product and the empty containers the mould unloader includes, in a sequence along a horizontal working line, a first station (1) that carries out the operations of unhooking and removing the lid from the above, an overturnable flap (2) for overturning the container with the product in it, and a second station (3) for removing the mould from the above, said unloader also including means for collecting and evacuating the empty containers, said means being arranged laterally with respect to said horizontal working line.

Abstract: A mold (1) for cast-molding a slip is provided, which comprises a divsible casting mold including a plurality of mold portions to form a mold cavity (4) when mated together; each mold portion including an air-tight housing (2), an intermediate layer (5) of coarsely porous structure adjacent to the air-tight housing (2), and a solid synthetic resin filter layer (3) of fine open-cell structure; a slip supply duct (8) being connected with said mold cavity (4) and communicated with the outside of the air-tight housing (2); a fluid-flowing duct (9) being connected with said coarse intermediate layer (5) and communicated with the outside of the air-tight housing (2); said filter layer (3) being permeably joined to the coarse intermediate layer (5), and having substantially precise shape and dimension of substantially uniform fine open-cell structure.

Abstract: Apparatus for producing cast products which include a filling unit wherein elastic moulds of open-bag shape are filled with non-solid materials, a solidifying unit wherein the materials are allowed to solidify in the elastic moulds, and a withdrawal unit wherein the solidified materials are withdrawn from the inside of the elastic moulds in the filling unit, the elastic mould is positioned under a vacuum when filling starts. The apparatus provides cast products without mould joint marks, low mould production costs and prevention of mould breakage as well as a great degree of production simplification.

Abstract: A device for extruding cheese pieces; warm plastic cheese is extruded into a bore; a piston seals one end of the bore and a cheese working plate seals the other end; a mold is positioned below the bore, the mold top in sliding engagement with the cheese working plate, the mold bottom in sliding engagement with a mold support plate; holes in the cheese working plate, in the mold and in the support plate, align with the bore; the piston is forced through the bore, forcing the cheese in the bore, at high pressure, through the holes in the working plate, filling the mold holes with cheese; when the mold holes have filled, continued pressure by the piston forces a small amount of cheese out of the mold holes into small weeper holes; the piston is withdrawn to the top of the bore and the bore refilled with cheese; the filled mold is reciprocated under an ejector which forces the formed pieces out of the mold, into moving brine; in the best method, two molds are reciprocated between two bores and a single centrally

Abstract: Concrete elements, such as blocks or bricks, are molded or cast by forming in a primary mold cavity a secondary mold made of a portion of a thermoplastic film which has been contacted with a flat heater surface to assure a uniformly heated film portion which is then sucked into the primary mold cavity without wrinkles and filled with concrete mix. The secondary mold with the concrete mix in it is withdrawn, for example, sucked out of the primary mold cavity well before any effective hardening of the concrete mix, so that curing and hardening takes place in the secondary mold outside the primary mold cavity. This early withdrawing is important because it avoids expansion of the curing mix in the primary mold, whereby removal from the primary mold is facilitated. Additionally, the early removal with the aid of the secondary mold assures a more efficient use of the primary molds which are used again while the hardening is still going on in the secondary mold.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for quantitatively providing food material, in particular, a low fluid food material is provided. In the apparatus, the material is propelled by propelling means into a space at the bottom of the hopper. In this space, the density of the material is made uniform. The material is then introduced into a chamber. A piston with a receding underside reciprocates in the chamber, and presses the material in the passage of the chamber into a mold opening, and shapes it into a desired form. By ejecting the material from the opening, the same amount of the shaped material is provided.

Abstract: A device for closing a lid of a cap while the cap is still in the mold where it was formed. The device includes a plate forming the moveable side of a parallelogram that rocks between the mold plates during mold opening to press the lid closed and then rocks back out of the way to allow part ejection. The motion is activated by mold opening so the molding cycle is not lengthened by its action.

Abstract: Tire mold vents (34) in communication with a sealed cavity (35) are pressurized for limiting the quantity of rubber entering the vents (34) and for assisting the stripping of the vulcanized tire (28) from the mold. Passages (40) in the mold communicate fluid pressure to the vents (34) and pressure regulators (58,60) control the fluid pressure communicated to the vents (34) during vulcanization and during ejection of the tire (28) from the mold (10).

Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatus form making a vial and cap. A mold for forming the vial and cap and means for seating the cap on the vial prior to ejecting the vial from the mold is provided and includes a frame for the mold, a first mold half arranged on the frame, and a second mold half movably arranged relative to the first mold half so as to form a mold cavity therebetween. The mold produces a vial and cap including smooth radii provided at several locations to facilitate the seating of the cap on the vial.