Including Removable Or Movable Liner Patents (Class 249/112)
  • Patent number: 5174910
    Abstract: A plurality of pilot hole impressing molds connected to a generally flat base structure constructed of resilient materials temporarily attached to the inner face of the temporary forms for the formation of the concrete structure. As concrete sets the forms and the pilot molds are removed exposing the pilot holes. Pilot mold extensions may be modified with metal caps and temporarily attached. As concrete sets and forms and molds are removed, the metal caps remain permanently embedded in the concrete structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1992
    Inventor: Enrique A. Pita
  • Patent number: 5169585
    Abstract: A method and device for fabricating posts made of concrete having a polygonal cross-section includes the steps of providing and opening an integral liner, applying backing panels to the liner, holding the panels together with a hooping means, and pouring and hardening concrete in the integral liner. The liner is collapsible and preformed to open in the shape of a right prism with an internal section identical to that of the post to be manufactured. Backing panels made of cardboard or plastic material support the external faces of the liner and entirely cover the external faces of the liner. At least one of the backing panels is adhered to an external face of the liner. A hooping means holds the liner and the backing panels assembled in mutual contact during the use of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Inventor: Rolland Le Gourrierec
  • Patent number: 5156860
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an optical disk substrate having a foreign-substances index of not more than 1.times.10.sup.5 .mu.m.sup.2 /g, an optical information-storage medium wherein the substrate has an information-recording layer, includes a cylinder with a liner and a screw coated with TiC and TiN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Idemitsu Petrochemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kotaro Kojima, Yasumasa Shibata, Toshiki Shojima
  • Patent number: 5134002
    Abstract: A preform assembly for use with a resin transfer molding apparatus. The preform assembly comprises an upper liner formed to the shape of a first mold half, the upper liner having a peripheral portion, a dry fabric preform, and a lower liner formed to the shape of a second mold half, the lower liner having a peripheral portion. The preform is sandwiched between the upper liner and lower liner to form the preform assembly having peripheral portions which extend beyond the preform to form a sealing area. The upper liner is sealed to the lower liner at the sealing area. The preform assembly facilitates the loading of the preform into a molding apparatus as well as facilitating the handling and storage of the preform prior to and subsequent to molding. Methods of making the preform assembly, as well as a composite article, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1992
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Paul A. Vallier
  • Patent number: 5098059
    Abstract: An assembly comprising a foam piece adapted for use in concrete casting, the foam piece having a front surface, a back surface, and edges, the assembly further comprising a flexible, non-permeable plastic film surrounding the foam piece. In one aspect of the invention, the plastic film surrounding the foam piece is heat shrunk. In another aspect of the invention, the foam piece defines a block out for use in concrete casting. The assembly may include a wood beam in a groove in the foam piece, which beam can receive nails so that the assembly can be secured to a concrete casting form. The plastic film allows the foam piece to be easily removed from hardened concrete and reused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Inventor: Robert D. Sawyer
  • Patent number: 5090885
    Abstract: A plunger (10) for supporting a wall (46) of e.g. a refrigerator door against deformation from an expanding, and hardening foamed plastic (52) on the other side of the wall. An evacuated bag-formed part (18) filled with a particulate material (20), has a surface (42) showing an impression of the form of the wall (46). The plunger (10) is reshapable, so that it can serve as a plunger for walls (46) of different forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1992
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget Electrolux
    Inventor: Ann C. Stalin
  • Patent number: 5088686
    Abstract: Dimples can be produced in the surfaces of cast ceramic pieces by casting these pieces in a mold which contains as the dimple producing pattern a layer of bubble pack. In another embodiment of the invention, there is described the mold which incorporates bubble pack to produce dimpled effects in cast ceramic pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignee: Magneco/Metrel, Inc.
    Inventor: Madjid Soofi
  • Patent number: 5074517
    Abstract: A flexible reinforced concrete form line is provided which includes a plurality of elongated cuttable strips which are sized and embedded within the textured surface of the flexible form liner. The cross-sectional shape of the strips is substantially the same as the cross-sectional shape of the textured surface of the liner except smaller so that the thickness of the elastomeric material making up the liner is substantially constant throughout resulting in consistent expansion and contraction of the liner during setting of the concrete. The strips can be suspended within the liner during the elastomeric molding process or the strips can be directly attached to the plywood form backing sheet prior to the molding process. The total quantity of elastomeric material making up the liner can be greatly reduced which, in turn, reduces the weight of the overall form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Inventor: Samuel C. Scott
  • Patent number: 5061161
    Abstract: A process and device for manufacturing a composite building panel of the type comprising a facing layer made from a plurality of facing elements, such as brick slices or stone slices for example, retained in a spaced apart relationship, and a magnetically attractible particulate material disposed between the facing elements to imitate mortar. A rigid backing layer is provided, spaced from the spacing layer, the space between the facing and backing layers being filled with an insulation/bonding layer. The device for use in manufacturing the building panel comprises a facing element holder in the form of a structure with a plurality of recesses for receiving therein facing elements, also including spacers between recesses in order to maintain the facing elements in a spaced apart relationship. Ceramic magnets are provided on the spacers for retaining temporarily thereto the particulate material against gravity, until the insulation/bonding layer is built which retains all the elements of the panel together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1991
    Assignee: Panneaux Thermo-Briques, Inc.
    Inventor: Bertrand Tetu
  • Patent number: 5057258
    Abstract: Segments of tire tread are utilized as patterning elements to produce elastomeric form liners useful for creating designs on poured concrete structures. The segments of tire tread are arranged in the interior of an open-faced mold box, and liquified elastomeric material is poured into the mold box and allowed to solidify. An elastomeric form is then separated from the mold box. This form may be used itself as a form liner, but is preferably used as a mold to produce further generations of forms and form liners. The form liners are used to line the interior of a concrete form, and the tread patterns are thereby imparted to the surface of the resulting concrete structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Inventor: Vicki B. Scuri
  • Patent number: 5047198
    Abstract: A molding system utilizes a cold mold with a large thermal mass and contoured thin mold inserts with a low thermal mass. A composite sheet blank of glass fibers in a thermoplastic matrix resin is placed between the inserts, heated and then transported to the cold mold. The composite sheet is pressed in the cold mold between the mold inserts to flow form and then cool the part. The mold inserts keep the surfaces of the composite sheet hot during the forming process, thereby enabling the matrix resin to flow and form smooth surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Bang M. Kim
  • Patent number: 5028364
    Abstract: A process for forming a concrete wall having a projecting portion such as those formed at a door, windows or the like, including installing two spaced apart opposite form boards which confine a cavity for receiving concrete, one of which has a groove for forming the projecting portion, lining the wall segments with a cushion member which is made of a flexible and compressible material, pouring concrete into the cavity, and moving simultaneously the form board from the formed concrete in a direction similar to the direction of the projecting portion utilizing a hydraulic drive mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1991
    Inventor: Yuan-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 5009387
    Abstract: A retainer device for holding objects within recesses provided on form liners which are attached to the inside surface of substantially upright concrete structural forms. The retainer device is attached to the form liner to hold the object against the liner so that after the concrete has been poured and set and the forms stripped, the objects will be exposed in the finished surface of the structure. Various retaining devices such as clips having enlarged heads and elongated stems with friction enhancing devices intended to be inserted or attached to the form liner so as to hold the clip in a secure relationship with respect to the objects. Another embodiment of the retainer device is a spring-biased clamp having a body encased within the form liner so that the clamp ends grip the sides of the object. In another embodiment, an elastic band is secured to the form liner ridge provided between recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Inventors: Samuel C. Scott, William C. Scott, III
  • Patent number: 5006055
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an otoplastic. An otoplastic is manufactured directly in the ear of a hearing-impaired person in that a deformable envelope is pulled over a die or over a shell or over an overlayed over-shell. This apparatus is then supplied with flowing otoplastic material between the die and the envelope, being supplied therewith in the ear. The envelope expands and assumes the shape of the auditory canal. After hardening or curing of the otoplastic material in the ear of the hearing-impaired person, the envelope and the die are removed and a module of either an in-the-ear or of a behind-the-ear hearing aid is integrated therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Helmut Lebisch, Rainer Basel, Georg Fuchs, Hermann Dietmar, Ernst Wipfelder, Wilhelm Hekele
  • Patent number: 4999157
    Abstract: A method for molding powders comprises the steps of forming a mold support having at least an opening and a cavity, forming a film of latex on inner surfaces of the mold support by pouring the latex from the opening into the cavity of the mold support and discharging a substantial portion of the latex poured into the cavity, forming a thin-wall resilient mold inside the mold support by drying the film of latex formed, charging powders as materials for a compact from the opening into the thin-wall resilient mold, exhausting air out of the thin-wall resilient mold filled up with the powders through the opening and sealing the opening of the thin-wall resilient mold, separating the thin-wall resilient mold filled up with the powders from the mold support, and subjecting the thin-wall resilient mold to a cold isostatic press method treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Assignee: NKK Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nishio, Akira Kato, Sazo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 4974809
    Abstract: A mould assembly for moulding ice sculpture having (i) complementary mould members (1,2) of low thermal conductivity material, the complementary mould members being releasably mated together via complementary peripheral flanges (3,4) secured together by nuts (8,14) and bolts (19,11), defining an open topped mould cavity; (ii) a water impervious flexible mould liner (18) conforming to the interior of the cavity and including a split region (19) around at least part of its periphery, having mating portions, each of the mating portions having extended (20,21) lips adapted to be sealingly clamped togehter between adjacent mould members; (iii) a thermally insulating cover adapted to close the open top of the mould cavity, wherein the improvement lies in the provision of: (a) perforations (15) thorough the mould members at regions corresponding to protuberant parts and (b) providing thermal insulation (16) to the mould assembly at regions corresponding to narrow parts of the ice sculpture to decrease the rate of fr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Inventors: Cecil W. Lipke, Vivienne Lipke
  • Patent number: 4970044
    Abstract: Deformable insulating films are used as mold liners in a compression molding process. The film delays the initial cooling of the preheated thermoplastic charge. The film also serves as a plastic charge carrier and convection barrier during transport of the plastic charge from a heating unit into the compression molding press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1990
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bang M. Kim, Donald E. Woodmansee
  • Patent number: 4957270
    Abstract: A concrete column forming tube is provided for receiving poured concrete therein to produce a concrete column and which is characterized by producing surface characteristics on the concrete column including a matte finish without seam lines of the forming tube. A flexible cylindrical liner is positioned in a generally friction-fit relationship within an elongate rigid cylindrical tube constructed of partially-overlapped spirally-wound plies of paper adhered together and defining an inside wall surface having spiral seam lines thereon. The flexible liner is constructed of a paperboard layer secured at butted edges and having an inside wall surface of desired paper fiber matte texture and a thickness sufficient to bridge and cover the spiral seam lines on the inside wall surface of the rigid tube to prevent the formation of seam lines on the outside surface of the produced concrete column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1990
    Assignee: Sonoco Products Company
    Inventors: Tony F. Rummage, John T. Wise, Charles D. Foehrenbach, McCleery B. Cunningham
  • Patent number: 4902211
    Abstract: A plant for manufacturing aerated concrete products includes a casting station where a quick-stiffening mixture is prepared and poured into a mold. To form the mold, a movable wall arrangement disposed at the casting station is temporarily united with a transportable mold bottom. After the poured mixture hardens to a semiplastic body, the semiplastic body is removed along with the mold bottom and another mold bottom is assembled with the wall arrangement to receive the next pouring of mixture. As a result, the capital investment required for the plant is minimized. Wires on the wall arrangement may be used to automatically cut the semiplastic body into blocks. The stiffening time for forming the semiplastic body is kept short so that the pacing time between consecutive pourings can also be kept short. The semiplastic bodies on the mold bottoms are stacked on trucks which are guided by tracks to autoclaves at a steam curing station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1990
    Assignee: Svanholm Engineering AB
    Inventor: Gote Svanholm
  • Patent number: 4824070
    Abstract: A mold assembly for producing a skin-covered foamed plastic article is disclosed, which includes a lower mold having a cavity formed therein, the lower mold having a first flange portion which extends around a mouth of the lower mold; an upper mold which is to be put on the lower mold to close the cavity, the upper mold having a second flange portion which is mated with the first flange portion of the lower mold when the two molds are properly coupled; a recess at an inside part of the first flange portion which is defined by a horizontal wall and a vertical wall; a press plate which is pivotally connected to the horizontal wall of the recess; a spring for biasing the press plate in a direction to achieve an abutment with the horizontal wall; and a press structure provided on the second flange portion of the upper mold, the press structure abutting on the press plate to press the same toward the horizontal wall when the upper mold is properly mounted on the lower mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1989
    Assignee: Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisayoshi Mizuno, Masami Mori
  • Patent number: 4824069
    Abstract: A mold assembly for producing a skin-covered foamed plastic article is disclosed, which includes a lower mold having a cavity formed therein, the lower mold having a first skirt portion which extends around a mouth of the lower mold; an upper mold which is to be put on the lower mold to close the cavity, the upper mold having a second skirt portion which is mated with the first skirt portion of the lower mold when these two molds are properly coupled; and a pair of holding plates which are detachably connected through fasteners to spaced portions of the lower mold, each holding plate including a first portion which is detachably connected to the first skirt portion and a second portion which extends over a given wall portion of the cavity of the lower mold, whereby when a bag-shaped outer skin member is properly set in the cavity, the holding plates press given portions of the outer skin member against the inner wall of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1989
    Assignee: Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Shoji, Yoshitoshi Oshikawa
  • Patent number: 4817911
    Abstract: Apparatus for producing an ice sculpture comprising a compressible gasket arranged between a pair of mold halves which are yieldably joined by spring-loaded releasable locking toggle assemblies and spring loaded hinge assemblies respectively arranged along opposite sides of the mold halves to permit the formation of large ice sculptures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: Infanti Chair Manufacturing, Corp.
    Inventor: Vittorio Infanti
  • Patent number: 4798364
    Abstract: A flexible surface plywood concrete form liner is disclosed which includes a flat planar sheet of relatively thick plywood material which has been precisely sized and squared. The prepared plywood sheet material is coated with a layer of relatively thin, flexible elastomeric material cast as a one-piece layer over the entire surface of one side of the plywood sheet material as well as all four edges. In this way, the elastomeric material is a continuous integral coating bonded directly to the surfaces of the plywood to prevent the penetration of moisture or chemicals from the concrete into the laminations of the plywood during use. A textured negative impression can be provided on the outer surface of the elastomeric material to leave a textured surface in the finished concrete. A novel edge seal which can be slightly angled is formed along the edges of the liner so that the joint between the liners is reinforced to strengthen and prevent blow-out of the concrete at the liner joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1989
    Inventor: Samuel C. Scott
  • Patent number: 4786026
    Abstract: A collapsible concrete bulkhead is insertable into a framework. The bulkhead has a pivotable divider plate which is located juxtaposition to a bulkhead plate and moves laterally thereof to reside in an offset base portion of the framework. The bulkhead assembly forms separate concrete sections when concrete is poured into the framework and forms a gap when the bulkhead assembly is removed. Optionally, a liner can be inserted adjacent to the bulkhead assembly and the bulkhead assembly removed before full cure of the concrete so that the concrete fills the void left by the bulkhead with the liner separating the concrete sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1988
    Assignee: James W. Smith, Jr.
    Inventor: Augustus W. Bailey
  • Patent number: 4783041
    Abstract: A mold for molding an optical disc includes a first mold member having a recess, and a second mold having a body and a plate-like sintered ceramic member secured to the body and having a flat seat surface. The recess and the flat seat surface jointly provides a mold cavity when the first and second mold members are mated together. A disc-shaped thin stamper is adapted to be seated on and detachably secured to the flat seat surface. The ceramic member is made of a ceramic material having Rockwell hardness (A-Scale) of not less than 90, so that the flat seat surface is not subjected to undue damage for a prolonged period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1988
    Assignees: Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Sakaida, Yoshihiko Yuzawa, Fumio Iriko, Fumio Kagawa
  • Patent number: 4767095
    Abstract: A lightweight, concrete form having an inner elongate cylindrical member with an internal opening having a cross section to provide the desired shape for a concrete column and a layer of thin stretch film stretched about the inner member to place the inner member in compression and with the ends of the film overlapped for self-adherence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Inventors: John M. Fitzgerald, Gary L. Workman
  • Patent number: 4761264
    Abstract: A method for molding powders which comprises introducing a thin-wall resilient mold inside a ventilative mold support, reducing the outside pressure of the ventilative mold support to less than the atmospheric pressure (760 Torr), putting a thin-wall resilient mold exactly close to the inside wall of the ventilative mold support, supplying powder material into the thin-wall resilient mold, exhausting air existing in the voids formed in the powder material, and taking the ventilative mold support apart to apply cold isostatic press treatment to the thin-wall resilient mold. The shape of the thin-wall resilient mold is similar to the shape of the ventilative mold support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1988
    Assignee: Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nishio, Jun Harada
  • Patent number: 4717115
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an adjustable mold for use in fabricating bigradable polymeric bone replacements or implants. The invention consists of a box-like structure with two movable plates therein which can be locked into place permitting different size replacements to be fabricated. The interior walls are panels consisting of polytetrafluoroethylene which permit easy removal of a cured bone replacement. The construction and locking means for the movable plates permit the invention to withstand the pressures developed in replacement fabrication as well as to withstand the most commonly used types of sterilization procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: John P. Schmitz, Jeffrey O. Hollinger
  • Patent number: 4714231
    Abstract: The present invention has as an object an adjustable mold for the manufacture of concrete elements such as staircases of the type having a straight line extent, of which the treads are perpendicular or not perpendicular to the risers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1987
    Inventor: Bernard Colman
  • Patent number: 4695032
    Abstract: A convertible mould comprising a frame including bars and beams carrying movable heads supporting a lattice of slats in a desired configuration. A conforming sheet material is fixed to the slats to provide a mould surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1987
    Assignee: Engineering Management Data Processing (E.M.D.P.)
    Inventor: Lucien A. Desport
  • Patent number: 4695031
    Abstract: A gang form in which a single or a plurality of precast concrete beams will be molded at one time, the gang form comprising a first and two second vertical walls, the first wall being a straight wall, the two second walls spaced apart one from another extend transversely away from the first wall while having an end abutting the first wall, a tier or tiers of precast concrete beams being molded by placing fluid concrete into a mold compartment comprising the top surface of either a starter slab or a previously precast beam, a longitudinal segmental strip of a vertical surface of the first wall or the vertical surface of a previously constructed tier and an individual mold side member, which side member is restrained by restraint means placed exterior of said mold compartment, the restraint means allowing the individual mold side member to be adjusted vertically while also being adjusted horizontally at various distances apart from a face of the first wall, the precast concrete beams while molded in their mold
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1987
    Inventor: Edward A. Proctor
  • Patent number: 4695033
    Abstract: A modular panel which may be combined with others to constitute a mold for depositing concrete or the like is disclosed. Each modular panel is corrugated to have ridges and troughs which extend parallel to and alternating with each other. At least the troughs are provided with openings in the form of elongate slots with or without circular holes combined therewith such that the openings define nailing passages in alignment with those of another modular panel which is joined with that panel, with no regard to the relative position of the joined panels. An elastic transparent strip is adhered to the bottom of each trough to cover the openings while allowing nails to be driven therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1987
    Assignee: Shin Nihon Kohan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Imaeda, Yoshio Imaeda
  • Patent number: 4657498
    Abstract: Apparatus for making lined concrete pipe in a reduced time, and provision of such pipe with reduced tendencies to rusting and liner separation, are achieved by a cartridge assembly movable to and away from the pipe machine, a work stand assembly for positioning the cartridge to receive a liner, liner tensioning structures and liner to cartridge clamps for moving the liner to the cartridge, tightening the liner, and holding the liner during transport by the cartridge, and tension bars controlling wire tension during pipe formation. Concurrently with operation of the standard pipe machine, the work stand operates to place a liner on the cartridge. During the stripping cycle of the pipe machine, the cartridge delivers the liner to the core. During the pipe machine vibration under pressure cycle, the tension on the liner tension wires is relieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1987
    Assignee: Hawkeye Concret Products Co.
    Inventors: Jon A. Schmidgall, Hartzell H. Schmidgall
  • Patent number: 4639345
    Abstract: A dry wall interlocking building block system includes a method of manufacturing moulds for casting building blocks, in which master forms corresponding in shape and size to the required blocks are cast from a cold-pouring compound in collapsible core-boxes, and in which a mould is built up around the master forms (7) by securing the forms to a casting table (8), placing metal liner plates (9) against the sides of the forms, filling the spaces around the liner plates with a similar cold-pouring compound, allowing the compound to set, and withdrawing the forms to leave a plurality of mould cavities. The mould can then be mounted in a block making machine for large scale casting of concrete blocks in the mould cavities. One feature of the preferred mould is that the liner plates are detachable, countersunk bolts (10) having been fitted in holes in the liner plates (9) prior to filling the spaces around the plates. The invention also includes a two-recess building block cast in the above mould.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1987
    Inventor: Randolffa R. Olsen
  • Patent number: 4637789
    Abstract: Apparatus for fabricating a cushion contoured and fitted to the sitting support surfaces of a user includes a generally flat plate having a plurality of apertures in the upper surface thereof. Each aperture is coupled to and continuous with a duct within the flat plate, with all of the ducts coupled to a vacuum source by appropriate fittings and hoses. Mounted to the upper surface of the flat plate and in sealed engagement therewith are a plurality of rails arranged so as to form a generally rectangular structure, or form, open at the top and closed about its lateral periphery. A plaster positive having a generally flat lower surface and an upper surface conforming with the support surface to which the cushion is to be fitted is positioned within the rectangular form and a flexible, nonporous membrane is positioned over the open form and in contact with that portion of the flat plate therein as well as with the plaster positive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1987
    Inventor: Frederick P. Netznik
  • Patent number: 4618408
    Abstract: A casting apparatus for receiving electrophoretic gel trays is disclosed. The casting apparatus includes a pair of spaced apart seal elements which are movable with respect to one another to provide one or, more openings of varying size to receive a corresponding gel tray therein. The open ends of the gel tray are sealed by the seal elements so that hot argrose or polyacrylamide gel may be poured into the gel tray for forming a gel layer of predetermined thickness. The seal elements are maintained in sealing engagement with the open ends of the gel trays by means of a rod frictionally engaged between a portion of the housing forming the casting apparatus and one of the seal elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1986
    Assignee: Lab Stuff, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Malavarca, Thomas Livelli
  • Patent number: 4612163
    Abstract: A method of compression molding powders of metals, ceramics and the like. A thin rubber bag is adhered to the inside of a cavity formed within a permeable mold support so as to define a mold therein and the bag is packed with a raw material powder. The powder in the bag is evacuated to a degree of vacuum to compactly compress it and the rubber bag is sealed. In this condition, the compressed powder is removed from the support and compression molded to a higher degree of denseness by the CIP process. The inflation adhesion of the rubber bag to the inside of the support cavity is effected by reducing the pressure outside the permeable support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1986
    Assignee: Nippon Kokan Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroaki Nishio, Yasushi Ueno, Jun Harada
  • Patent number: 4595168
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a disposable concrete forming apparatus. The apparatus includes an elongate, tubular and rigid form having at least one inner wall surface defining an enclosure in which concrete can be poured and allowed to harden. The apparatus further includes a flexible liner of predetermined thickness which lines the inner surface to preclude formation of form lines on the hardened concrete that correspond to markings on the inner wall surface of the rigid form. The flexible liner has at least one outside wall surface for each inner wall surface and is movable between a compressed position permitting insertion of the liner into the enclosure and a normal expanded position with the outside wall surface pressing against the inner wall surface of the rigid form. As a result, no gap is present between the inner wall surface and the outer wall surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1986
    Assignee: Perma Tubes Ltd.
    Inventor: Paul Goodwin
  • Patent number: 4581187
    Abstract: A shoe-innersole material for use in providing cushioning and support in footwear, and a method of manufacturing the shoe-innersole material, the shoe innersole comprising a heel and an arch section composed of a molded, elastomeric polyurethane foam material of low compression set, the heel and arch sections directly bonded in the molding process to a full-sole material composed either of foam or a solid, flexible sheet material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1986
    Inventors: James B. Sullivan, Richard B. Box
  • Patent number: 4560139
    Abstract: A proofer container for use in the baking industry fabricated of high-density material exhibiting substantial imperviousness to environmental contaminants. A unitary structure is provided with a suitably shaped dough-receiving receptacle and is configured to receive and contain a quantity of dough to be proofed, or raised in an intermediate step in the production of baked products. The unitary structure may be provided by use of a typical rotomolding process that is further enhanced by the insertion of a pin extending through an end wall of the mold and extending into the mold cavity to an adjacent section to a location so that the interior of the pin is spaced from the adjacent section by a distance substantially equal to the thickness of the walls of the tray to be fabricated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1985
    Inventor: William R. Dahlke
  • Patent number: 4546900
    Abstract: An open container includes an outer part formed of molded polyurethane and an inner liner of preformed plastic material, the polyurethane being placed in an open mold cavity and a center core plug having a plastic liner disposed thereabout is inserted into the open mold cavity to occupy a predetermined positional relationship therewith so that when the polyurethane is allowed to foam, rise, set and cure, the liner is securely bonded thereto to form a mechanically strong heat insulated container for displaying consumer items such as soft drinks immersed in ice water disposed within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1985
    Assignee: The Mead Corporation
    Inventor: Robert W. Lackey
  • Patent number: 4540532
    Abstract: Finished and semi-finished ophthalmic lenses are made by polymerizing the monomer while it is sealed in an oxygen-impermeable envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1985
    Assignee: Coburn Optical Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald H. Petcen, Robert I. Sinclair
  • Patent number: 4538787
    Abstract: An inexpensive, cellular plastic mold and method of preparation, wherein the plastic mold comprises male and female mold elements which define a mold cavity therebetween, each of the elements comprising a rigid thermoplastic foam or cellular board material having a smooth, integral, solid layer of a plastic material forming the facing surface of the mold cavity and a relatively thick, solid, supporting layer of a plastic material forming the back surface of the mold elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1985
    Inventors: Richard B. Fox, James B. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 4492578
    Abstract: A device for construction of removable dental dies fabricated from type IV dental die stone poured into non-rigid impression materials. The device eliminates the need for a two pour system necessitated when individual pins are used, provides large surface area for positive seating of the individual dies, and in general eliminates the complicated alignment problems associated with other systems in common use. The invention comprises a polymer sheet having projections on both sides for embedment in dental store of the date of the die and base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1985
    Inventors: William Hann, Sanford D. Bosin, Cecil White
  • Patent number: 4480006
    Abstract: Proposed is a distance sheeting for construction of molds and models; the sheeting is produced by curing of 100 parts by weight of a mixture consisting of 45-60 parts by weight of an internally plasticized epoxy resin of low epoxide value, 5-10 parts by weight of an external plasticizer and 35-45 parts by weight of a globular-amorphous filler material with 9-13 parts by weight of polyamine curing agent. This distance sheeting is especially suitable as a substitute for the sheetings made of lead or wax which are being used currently for this purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1984
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Rampf, Erich Sollner
  • Patent number: 4448576
    Abstract: A pastry and dumpling maker for shaping and forming filled pastries, such as dumplings and the like, including a pair of cooperating mold sections which define therebetween a particular pastry shape to be formed. The mold sections are relatively moved into cooperative engagement with each other after the pastry is formed. A flexible strap is suspended above the mold sections and supports a dough skin with a filling placed thereon. As the mold sections are brought into cooperative engagement, a center portion of the flexible strap, together with the dough skin and filling, move downwardly between the mold sections, whereupon the dough skin is folded over the filling and sealed by the mold sections into the particular pastry shape. The shaped pastry is then removable upon separation of the mold sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1984
    Inventor: William Y. Liu
  • Patent number: 4439131
    Abstract: Concrete elements and a lifting mechanism are secured against tilting at the time of form removal, and the formwork is fixed in place. In the apparatus, a forming unit, a concreting unit and a form removal unit are provided. The forming unit has a single rigid form adapted to shape the bottom and the sides of the elements or products, is open on top and is assembled for use as required. The form removal unit has means for maintaining the product and the removal unit itself in a fixed position against tilting, as well as means for maintaining the formwork in a fixed position, and means for actuating them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1984
    Assignee: Beton- es Vasbetonipari Muvek
    Inventors: Laszlo Nagy, Laszlo Papp, Laszlo Toth, Endre Jankovics, Zoltan Varnagy
  • Patent number: 4405553
    Abstract: A coil having a slot portion intended to be arranged in slots in a stator or a rotor of an electrical machine is manufactured by forming a coil part including a bundle of electrically insulated conductors and insulation surrounding the bundle, arranging a portion of the coil part in a mould including at least two mould parts, surrounding the mould with a heat-shrinkable material which is penetrable by an impregnating resin, subjecting the thus composed product to pressing and heating in a tool which together with the mould gives the slot portion its final shape, the mould parts being spaced from each other to provide longitudinal gaps between their confronting longitudinal edges, and the heating of the product causing the heat-shrinkable material to shrink and retain the slot portion in its final shape after removal of the composite product from the tool, thereafter impregnating the insulation with an impregnating resin and transforming the insulation into a solid state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1983
    Assignee: ASEA Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Goran Lovgren, Bengt Rothman
  • Patent number: 4385655
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for producing ingot mold caps is provided in which a shaped opening in a chill element is lined with a pre-formed refractory/ceramic fiber pad and metal is cast in the lined opening around a cored lift engaging means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1983
    Inventor: Norman F. Tisdale, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4356995
    Abstract: The invention is referring to a storage carrier to be used in a fermentation interrupter for the production of rolls or similar products with a pattern. The first stage of such rolls are dough crudes in form of dough cuts whose ends are rolled or wrapped up towards the center, where they are forming a contact seam. It is necessary that during the later baking process this contact seam is ripping up or cracking and there is resulting the so called pattern (Ausbund). The possibility to produce such rolls from the dough crudes is depending on different effects during the procedure in the fermentation interrupters. For ensuring on the one side a sufficient raising effect and to prevent on the other side the access of too much air humidity, it is proposed to provide a storage carrier with a supporting framework having deepenings for taking up the dough crudes as well as a textile cover and a foam plastic layer between the supporting framework and the textile cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1982
    Inventor: Gerd Lohner