Abstract: A glass container includes legible indicia having an indicia outer surface coextensive with an outer surface of an adjacent portion of the container and with no V-shaped depressions, and having an indicia inner surface that protrudes radially inwardly with respect to an inner surface of the container adjacent to the indicia inner surface.

Abstract: An injection molded component includes a wall that has an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface. A sensor is molded into one of the inner wall surface and the outer wall surface. A channel is at least partially surrounding the sensor.

Abstract: Tool for plastic injection molding consisting of at least one metallic mold and at least one plastic carrier, wherein the metallic mold and the plastic carrier are connected to one another by an adhesive layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wearable article may include providing a modular mold assembly that defines a mold cavity. The modular mold assembly may include a base and a first removable mold tool that interfits with the base. The base may have a mold surface partially defining the mold cavity and the first removable mold tool may have a mold surface disposed at and further defining the mold cavity of the modular mold assembly. A topography of the mold surface of the first removable mold tool may be nonuniform and different than a topography of the mold surface of the base. The method may include disposing polymeric material at the mold cavity, and then thermoforming a bladder in the mold cavity from the polymeric material. The bladder may have an outer surface with a nonuniform topography imparted by the topography of the mold surface of the first removable mold tool.

Abstract: A process for producing molded products having portions formed with two separate materials is provided. The process involves forming a first component over a structural core in a first step, and forming a second component that is secured to the first component and the core in a second step. The second component can be formed directly over the first component or can be secured thereto after formation. The first and second components can additionally be formed with indicia thereon, or with recesses within which inserts containing the desired indicia can be positioned. Additionally, the first component can be formed with a ridge disposed on a projection formed on the first component that effectively seals off a portion of the first component when the second component is formed around the core and the first component to ensure the portion of the first component surrounded by the ridge remains visible after formation of the second component.

Abstract: A method of making a semiconductor device can include providing a wafer comprising a plurality of semiconductor die, wherein each semiconductor die comprises an active surface and a backside opposite the active surface. A photosensitive layer can be formed over the wafer and on a backside of each of the plurality of semiconductor die within the wafer with a coating machine. An identifying mark can be formed within the photosensitive layer for each of the plurality of semiconductor die with a digital exposure machine and a developer, wherein a thickness of the identifying mark is less than or equal to 50 percent of a thickness of the photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer can be cured. The wafer can be singulated into a plurality of semiconductor devices.

Abstract: A system and method for production of a customizable food and beverage cooler are disclosed. In one embodiment of the system, a mold includes two primary halves configured to produce an injection molded part that is a component of the food and beverage cooler. An aperture intersects one of the primary halves of the mold to accommodate an insertion block that includes a reverse image thereon such that molten plastic flow around the reverse image produces an integrally molded image on the component of the food and beverage cooler. Further, the aperture accommodates a combination insertion block and insertion plate having the reverse image thereon. One of the insertion block or combination insertion block and insertion plate is selected for disposing in the aperture based on the desired production run of the injection molded part.

Abstract: A blow mould for producing plastic containers comprises at least two blow mould parts and a hollow space formed from the at least two blow mould parts at which plastic parisons are transformed by an application of a flowable medium to the plastic containers. The hollow space includes an interior wall that has a contour which produces a predetermined configuration of the plastic containers. A first portion of at least two blow mould parts produces a bottom of the plastic containers. A second portion of the at least two blow mould parts has an opening region for discharging a gaseous medium during an expansion process of the plastic containers. The opening region extends along a first line and a second line, wherein the first and second lines run at least in some sections of the blow mould at an angle different from 0° relative to one another.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor package module and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor package are provided. The apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor package module includes a lower mold installed thereon with a board with at least one element mounted thereon, an upper mold, in a state of accommodating the board, provided above the board, a filler supplier disposed in at least one of the upper mold and the lower mold, and supplying a filler to a molding space between the board and the upper mold, and a pattern forming member provided in an inner surface of the upper mold that provides an uneven pattern on a molded part.

Abstract: A method of making a semiconductor device can include providing a wafer comprising a plurality of semiconductor die, wherein each semiconductor die comprises an active surface and a backside opposite the active surface. A photosensitive layer can be formed over the wafer and on a backside of each of the plurality of semiconductor die within the wafer with a coating machine. An identifying mark can be formed within the photosensitive layer for each of the plurality of semiconductor die with a digital exposure machine and a developer, wherein a thickness of the identifying mark is less than or equal to 50 percent of a thickness of the photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer can be cured. The wafer can be singulated into a plurality of semiconductor devices.

Abstract: The present invention provides an in-mold detachable marking device which does not lock rotation of an index body even when the index body is repeatedly rotated to switch marking indications.

Abstract: A blow-molding mold provides a mobile nest in which an insert member is set. The back side of the divisional mold is provided with a locking device. The locking device includes an air cylinder unit and a guide block, the axial direction of the air cylinder unit is at right angles to the forward and back direction of the nest, a rod of the air cylinder unit penetrates through the guide block, and the air cylinder unit and the guide block are provided in both sides of plate.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a method of manufacturing a high-frequency acceleration cavity component, the method including covering a mold with a conducting material, enclosing, in an outer shell, the mold covered with the conducting material, vacuum-airtight-welding the outer shell enclosing the mold, conducing hot isostatic pressing of the vacuum-airtight-welded outer shell, and taking the conducting material formed in the mold out of the outer shell which has undergone the hot isostatic pressing.

Abstract: A molding apparatus for an electronic device comprises a first mold chase, a second mold chase and a middle plate which is configured to be clamped together with the electronic device between the first mold chase and second mold chase during molding. A molding cavity formed in the middle plate is configured for receiving molding compound. A package pin is mounted on the middle plate to be movable with the middle plate, and a portion of the package pin is positioned to protrude into the molding cavity to form a mark in the molding compound when molding compound is molded around the said portion of the package pin.

Abstract: Heat press platens for a shoe customization/decoration system and a method of using the same are disclosed. The platens may be quickly interchanged to allow the same equipment to be used to dye shoes of different sizes. The platens individually accommodate a pair of assembled shoes and are shaped to: reduce print sizes, maintain symmetry and flatness of the shoe, and accommodate a range of shoe sizes. The size and shape of the platens enable one shoe to be fitted on one side of a platen and another shoe to be fitted on the opposite side. The platens position the shoes so that they are mirror images of each other. This positioning allows a single print, including mirror images of the same design, to be applied to two shoes at the same time.

Abstract: The invention provides a golf ball manufactured using a mold having a top half and a bottom half, which ball has formed on a surface thereof, near a seam line corresponding to a parting line between the top and bottom halves of the mold, a recessed and/or raised mark serving as an indicator for detecting the direction or position of the seam line. The invention also provides a golf ball mold composed of a top half and a bottom half that detachably join together so as to form therein a spherical cavity into which a material is injected to mold a golf ball, which mold bears, near a parting line between the top and bottom halves on a wall of the cavity, a raised or recessed feature for forming a mark as an indicator for detecting the direction or position of the parting line.

Abstract: A stamping mold includes a base, a mold holder and a stripper. The base defines a first through hole and includes a protruding block. The mold holder defines a second through hole and a plurality of receiving holes, and each receiving hole receives a mold insert and selectively corresponds to the protruding block. The mold holder is located on a top of the base and touches the protruding block. The stripper includes a cover defining a plurality of holes and a positioning shaft. The stripper is located on the mold holder via the positioning shaft passing through the second and the first through hole, and a free end of the positioning shaft is blocked under the base. The mold holder can rotate about the positioning shaft. When the stripper moves to a lowest location, the mold insert on the protruding block protrudes from the corresponding hole of the cover.

Abstract: A marking device comprises an outer shell in a cylindrical shape with a bottom surface attached to a molding device, a rotatable tube provided inside of the outer shell, an indicator connecting to the bottom of the outer shell and a support mechanism pushing up the rotatable tube from the internal space of the outer shell while the indicator and the outer shell are engaged with each other. The head of the indicator is formed in a frusto-conical shape tapered into the inside of the outer shell. The rotatable tube comprises an inner surface contacting to the outer surface of the head of the indicator, and an outer surface forming a frusto-conical head tapered into the inside of the outer shell from a second carved marks. The outer shell comprises an inner surface contacting to the outer surface of the head of the rotatable tube.

Abstract: An apparatus selectively forms indicia of a tire sidewall. The apparatus includes a tire mold member for vulcaninzing an uncured tire. The tire mold member includes a surface engageable with a portion of the uncured tire, a detachable indicia forming member engageable with a portion of the uncured tire to form indicia on a surface of the tire sidewall, and a housing for releasably retaining the indicia forming member on the tire mold member. The housing is fixed to the tire mold member and releasably secures the indicia to the tire mold member. The indicia forming member is secured to the housing by an impact device applied in a first direction and released from the housing by mechanical pressure to one end portion of the indicia forming member applied in the first direction.

Abstract: A stamping mold includes a base, a mold holder and a stripper. The base defines a first through hole and includes a protruding block. The mold holder defines a second through hole and a plurality of receiving holes, and each receiving hole receives a mold insert and selectively corresponds to the protruding block. The mold holder is located on a top of the base and touches the protruding block. The stripper includes a cover defining a plurality of holes and a positioning shaft. The stripper is located on the mold holder via the positioning shaft passing through the second and the first through hole, and a free end of the positioning shaft is blocked under the base. The mold holder can rotate about the positioning shaft. When the stripper moves to a lowest location, the mold insert on the protruding block protrudes from the corresponding hole of the cover.

Abstract: A method of forming an identifying imprint on a resin-molded product, includes the step of dividing a material into a first portion and a second portion, to form an identifying surface on at least one of the first portion and the second portion. The method also includes the steps of molding a resin material into the resin-molded product, and transferring an imprint of the identifying surface onto the resin-molded product.

Abstract: A mold coding device and method for providing identifying information on a molded part. The surface of the molded part having at least one multiple identifying information element formed in the molded part and a pointing means on the molded part for selecting the identifying information elements.

Abstract: Disclosed is an insert apparatus for a mold for manufacturing structural units. The insert apparatus includes a carrier for operatively engaging a portion of the mold, and is in communication with a face or an object having an engagement design portion thereon. The face is in operative communication with the carrier, and the engagement design portion extends into or out of the cavity of the mold. Methods of manufacturing such a structural unit, methods of retrofitting an existing mold for manufacturing such a unit and novel and improved structural units are also disclosed.

Abstract: A modular form has stackable upper and lower forms for casting concrete highway barriers. The lower form has opposing lower faces spaced apart to define a lower mold cavity, ties removably extending through the lower faces and lower mold cavity, and attachment angles extending along the top edges of the lower faces. The upper form has opposing upper faces spaced apart to define an upper mold cavity, ties removably extending through the upper faces and upper mold cavity, and attachment angles extending along the bottom edges of the upper faces. After the upper form has been stacked atop the lower form, fasteners are employed to removably secure the attachment angles of the lower form to those of the upper form. Thus, the upper and lower mold cavities are vertically aligned to create a combined cavity for forming a concrete highway barrier.

Abstract: A gas-exhausting marking device that is easily attached to the molding device in an appropriate position where the marking device exhibit sufficient gas-exhausting effect. The upper surface and the bottom surface of the marking device according to the present invention are configured to be breathable to allow gas to flow therethrough.

Abstract: A mold coding device and method for providing identifying information on a molded part. The surface of the molded part having at least one multiple identifying information element formed in the molded part and a pointing means on the molded part for selecting the identifying information elements.

Abstract: A numbering device is disclosed for marking molded cast parts, the device including a plurality of concentric cylinders having indicia disposed on an end thereof, the cylinders being rotatingly indexable to cause the indicia to move as desired to form the desired mark, the mark is then impressed into a sand mold and subsequently reproduced on the cast part.

Abstract: A food patty-forming apparatus for forming food patties from pressurized food product includes a mold plate that is guided to reciprocate longitudinally between a fill position and a discharge position. The mold plate has a cavity that is open to the source of pressurized food product when in the fill position. The cavity is exposed when in the discharge position. A mold pattern having open areas and solid areas is arranged adjacent a first face of the cavity, and indented from a second face. A knockout plunger has open areas corresponding to the solid areas of the pattern and solid areas corresponding to the open areas of the mold pattern. The knockout plunger is shaped to allow the solid areas of the plunger to penetrate into the cavity past the first face of the cavity around the solid areas to displace a patty formed in the cavity.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a removable marking device for a mold that enables to leave two marks of different meanings accurately with simple operation. A removable marking device for a mold has a control mechanism that allows said indicator axle to rotate with said rotatable tube when said indicator axle rotates in the other direction.

Abstract: An insert for a mold comprising a plug, having an insert face, and a receiver defined by a sidewall with one of the plug and the receiver having a groove that receives a guide that extends from the other of the plug and the receiver so as to facilitate rotation of the plug while opposing withdrawal of the plug. In one preferred embodiment, the groove has an inclined entranceway, that facilitates plug insertion and removal, and a transverse portion and extends circumferentially no more than about one and one-quarter rotation about the plug. In another embodiment, the guide is resiliently urged outwardly from the plug to ride in a groove in the sidewall and the sidewall has an access port for prying free the plug from the receiver. A detent assembly comprised of notches on the plug and a detent carried by the receiver permit the plug to be selectively indexed. The insert can be mounted to or carried by an ejector pin having a head constructed and arranged to prevent rotation of the pin during mold operation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a molding machine and a mold assembly having a quick change volume control insert. The volume control insert can be changed without disassembly of the mold or use of special tools. The molding machine includes a mold, a mold insert, a locking member, and a release member. The mold insert is received in one of the mold halves and further includes a mold detail defining a portion of the mold cavity, and a retention member. A locking member engages the retention member when the mold detail is received within the mold half. The release member, accessible from the exterior of the mold half, and is adapted to disengage the locking member from the retention member, allowing the mold detail to be removed.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a mold having a wall with a recess defined therein and magnetic means, wherein an associated insert is adapted to be selectively held within the recess via the magnetic means, such that the insert is substantially flush with the wall. Using the magnetic inserts in both the upper and lower mold halves results in a tire identification number being imprinted on both sides of a tire during a curing cycle. The inserts are easily and quickly changed so that down time during production is minimized, tire appearance is improved, and eliminates tire scrap.

Abstract: Having a body that forms the marking insert body. This body has a central opening into which the marking case will be inserted and a ring being set out externally on the side to be inserted into the mould, on which different motifs to be transferred to the moulded body, will be engraved. Internally it has a nut secured by means of a spring to the closing end-cap, the shaft of the marking unit screwing into said nut, the spring staying in tension while in use, and retaining the marking insert from a possible withdrawal.

Abstract: Having a body that forms the marking insert body. This body has a central opening into which the marking case will be inserted and a ring being set out externally on the side to be inserted into the mould, on which different motifs to be transferred to the moulded body, will be engraved.

Abstract: A marker having three parts: an annular, enveloping body that is fixed in the location of the mold; and an equally annular intermediate body that is rotatably mounted inside intermediate body and which can rotate relative to the body. Each of these three parts is provided with a signal. Two narrow annular locations are disposed in the area of the marker opposite the operative front, where a helical spring ending in a lug is placed in each of the locations. The lug of the outer spring is the single actuation control of the marker while the lug of the inner spring exhibits play in a small location of the intermediate body. Both springs are oppositely coiled in such a way that strangling of one of the springs takes place simultaneously while the other spring is being released.

Abstract: A high volume lens curing system is described. The high volume lens curing system may be configured to cure multiple eyeglass lenses in a continuous manner. An embodiment of the lens curing system includes an apparatus for preparing an eyeglass lens. The apparatus may include ones or more lens curing units, a mold assembly, and/or a mold holder.

Abstract: A bar code identification stencil for uniquely identifying a plurality of articles. The stencil includes a carrier strip which carries an identification code. The identification code is formed of a plurality of spaced a part markers which are used to form a machine readable bar code. The bar code is unique for each of the plurality of articles to be identified.

Abstract: An assembly held down with suction cups repairs damage to an automobile windshield and the like. The rod of an extrusion assembly pushes liquefied resin through the interior of a tube and out the end thereof into the damaged area. The tube, jacketed by a vacuum container supplied by a vacuum pump, may be advanced to tightly contact a compression grommet shaped to seal off part of the vacuum created therein. Once that is done, partial withdrawal of the extrusion rod strengthens the vacuum. Certain obstructions, or stops, are situated to prevent damage to the windshield which might otherwise occur if the assembly were advanced too tightly against the windshield.

Abstract: The invention discloses a marking device for a mould having a housing in a wall. The device includes a threaded cylindrical body and a circular head of a diameter about equal to the diameter of the housing. A face of the head opposite to the body includes structure that turns the head and a marking distinct from the structure and independent from the position of the structure. A length of the body and head are less than the length of the housing in the mould in order that the face with the marking lies flush with the internal face of the wall of the mould when the device is in the housing.

Abstract: A bar code identification stencil for uniquely identifying a plurality of articles. The stencil includes a carrier strip which carries an identification code. The identification code is formed of a plurality of spaced a part markers which are used to form a machine readable bar code. The bar code is unique for each of the plurality of articles to be identified.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for applying an identifying mark to a mold used for making an ophthalmic device whereby the mold may be identified at various points along a production line in a fast, reliable and automatic manner. The mark is applied to a non-optical surface of the mold and is read using a reading device and a light source positioned on either side of the mold whereby the light rays enhance the contrast between the identifying mark and the mold. In a preferred embodiment, the identifying mark is a 2D matrix which is formed on the non-optical mold tool used in the injection mold machine which makes the mold. The 2D matrix on the non-optical mold tool is then replicated on the non-optical surface of the mold.

Abstract: Said marker consists of three parts: an annular, enveloping body that is fixed in the location of the mold; an equally annular intermediate body that is rotatably mounted inside the first body and a central axle that is mounted inside the intermediate body and which can rotate relative to said body. Each of the three above-mentioned parts is provided with signaling means. Two narrow annular locations are disposed in the area of the marker opposite the operative front, wherein a helicoidal spring ending in a lug is placed in each of said locations. The lug of the outer spring is the single actuation control of the marker while the lug of the inner spring exhibits play in a small location of the intermediate body. Both spring are oppositely coiled in such a way that strangling of one of the springs takes place simultaneously while the other spring is being released.

Abstract: The invention relates to repair devices for repairing impact resistant glass such as windshields and vertical glass. The repair device can be used to repair many types of damage to glass including cracks, bulls-eye breaks, star breaks, and angle wing breaks. For repairing breaks, the repair device removes air from the break before the resin is applied to the air-evacuated break. For repairing cracks, the repair device pushes resin into the crack while the device is slid along the crack. The repair device has a piston assembly including a piston, a piston casing, and a piston casing receiver; a mounting bracket; and a suction unit, including a manual vacuum pump. A resin is loaded into the piston assembly and delivered to the break or crack by hydraulic pressure, pneumatic pressure, and/or vacuum mode.

Abstract: A tire mold comprises a molding face for shaping the outside of a tire and a vent structure, wherein the vent structure comprises a hole having an opening in the molding face, an inserted piece disposed in the hole so that the surface of the inserted piece defines a part of a molding face, and a micro-gap of not more than 100 micrometers formed between the inserted piece and the hole for the purpose of vent.

Abstract: A lipstick making mold includes a base having one or more cavities for receiving one or more elastic mold pieces and for receiving the lipstick material. The elastic mold pieces have an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the cavities of the base, for forming a peripheral gap between each elastic mold piece and the base. A vacuuming device may be used to vacuum the peripheral gap and to draw the elastic mold piece to engage with the base, for allowing the lipstick material to be easily and quickly removed from the elastic mold pieces.

Abstract: An insert for a mold comprising a plug, having an insert face, and a receiver defined by a sidewall with one of the plug and the receiver having a groove that receives a guide that extends from the other of the plug and the receiver so as to facilitate rotation of the plug while opposing withdrawal of the plug. In one preferred embodiment, the groove has an inclined entranceway, that facilitates plug insertion and removal, and a transverse portion and extends circumferentially no more than about one and one-quarter rotation about the plug. In another embodiment, the guide is resiliently urged outwardly from the plug to ride in a groove in the sidewall and the sidewall has an access port for prying free the plug from the receiver. A detent assembly comprised of notches on the plug and a detent carried by the receiver permit the plug to be selectively indexed. The insert can be mounted to or carried by an ejector pin having a head constructed and arranged to prevent rotation of the pin during mold operation.

Abstract: A marking device is provided that can confirm a mark imprinted on a molded piece from outside a molding tool and can inscribe a plurality of marks with a sole marker. The marking device consists of a reference sleeve, a top imprint portion, a sleeve, a top imprint portion, and a pin. The reference sleeve is fixedly assembled and has the top reference imprint surface confronting a molding area, a reference imprint mark being formed on the stamp surface. The top imprint portion is rotatably journaled within the reference sleeve and has the top display imprint surface being flush with the top reference imprint surface, on which data imprint marks to be pointed by a reference imprint mark are formed. The sleeve has a base end actuator, on which data display are indicated, formed at a protrusion protruded from a molding area outward.

Abstract: The invention discloses a marking device comprising: a head (8) to flush with the internal surface of a mold (6), the side (14) of the head facing inside the mold having a mark and means (16) for driving the head in rotation; a threaded cylindrical body (10) forming a single piece with the head (8) of the device; optionally a threaded socket (2) with an external diameter corresponding to the external diameter of the head (8) of the device and its internal screw thread corresponding to the threading of its body, such that when the body is screwed in the socket, the resulting assembly has a cylindrical circular shape.

Abstract: A mold for a tire includes a device for easily releasing a pocket plate from a recess in a side wall ring. The device includes a rod movably disposed in a hole in the mold part that extends from an outer surface to adjacent the recess. The distal end of the rod includes a cam surface wherein movement of the rod causes the cam to press on the pocket plate to urge it from the recess.

Abstract: An insert for a mold comprising a plug, having an insert face, and a receiver defined by a sidewall with one of the plug and the receiver having a groove that receives a guide that extends from the other of the plug and the receiver so as to facilitate rotation of the plug while opposing withdrawal of the plug. In one preferred embodiment, the groove has an inclined entranceway, that facilitates plug insertion and removal, and a transverse portion and extends circumferentially no more than about one and one-quarter rotation about the plug. In another embodiment, the guide is resiliently urged outwardly from the plug to ride in a groove in the sidewall and the sidewall has an access port for prying free the plug from the receiver. A detent assembly comprised of notches on the plug and a detent carried by the receiver permit the plug to be selectively indexed. The insert can be mounted to or carried by an ejector pin having a head constructed and arranged to prevent rotation of the pin during mold operation.