Abstract: To place material accumulations, which is unavoidable upon blow-molding a bottle, in a separable two-part blow mold form away from a bottom fold line (2) of the bottle, in which the bottom portion of the bottle is formed with a generally inverted V-shaped depression (3) and the apex of the V defines the bottom fold line, the separating seam (9) in the bottom portion is placed at an angle (.alpha.) with respect to the bottom fold line (2), a central region of the bottom separating seam intersecting, at least approximately, the bottle axis (17). The mold form has a body separating plane (12) and an end portion separating plane (16, 23, 25) in which the end portion separating plane is angled by the angle (.alpha.) with respect to the body separating plane.

Abstract: A mould bar frame for making composite blocks has mould bars for supporting a plurality of individual moulds side by side. Each individual mould has end core liners at each end and divider plates both liners and plates cooperating with the mould bars. The end core liner may be made of two separable elements one of which is reversible to reduce wear. A plurality of lugs on each end of a divider wall ride in corresponding grooves in the mould bars to reduce wear.

Abstract: An ice cube dispenser tray capable of dispensing only a desired number of ice cubes into a glass or container without dropping of additional unwanted cubes from the tray, includes an elongate tray body having separate ice cube compartments aligned in succession along the length of the tray body, and a pair of compartment cover panels. Guide channels formed in the tray body enable the pair of cover panels to slide just above the ice cube compartments so that ice cubes can be dispensed out of the tray body only from those compartments that are exposed by movement of the cover panels. Ice cubes in compartments beneath the cover panels are blocked by the panels from falling free of the tray body.

Abstract: One or multiple piece golf balls are manufactured by a hot gate injection molding process in which a polymer is injected into a precise cavity defined by mating mold halves. Each individual set of mold halves is selfalignable by means of engageable inclined surfaces on the respective mold halves, which urge the halves into alignment around an axis through the poles, with one of the halves being movable around the axis to enable precise alignment around the parting line. The polymer is injected at a location spaced from the parting line to prevent the formation of a seam or irregular surface at the parting line equator of the ball.

Abstract: The bottle is made of thin-walled plastic produced by a blow-molding process; a bottom part (3) is pre-formed with an inwardly extending, in cross section essentially V-shaped folded part (13) which defines an elongated inner bottom fold line (8). The inner fold line (8) merges smoothly with body fold lines (15, 15a, 15b) extending longitudinally of the bottle. The inner bottom fold line (8) and the longitudinal fold line are in a single plane; the plane is transverse to the seam or junction lines (9) formed by molding the bottle in a two-part mold. The cross section of the bottle may be circular, rectangular, or hexagonal, and it is unitary with a pouring spout which extends, preferably with a reduced diameter, from the top portion of the bottle, so that, upon folding the bottle along the seam lines and expelling all air from the inside, the bottle can be compressed and reduced to small size upon air-tightly closing the spout.

Abstract: The invention includes block molds and manufacturing processes as well as a composite masonry block comprising a block body having an irregular trapezoidal shape and comprising a front surface and a back surface, an upper surface and a lower surface, and first and second sidewalls. Both the first and second sidewalls have a first and second part, the sidewall first part extends from the block front surface towards the block back surface at an angle of no greater than ninety degrees in relationship to the block front surface, the sidewall second part surfaces adjoins and lies between the sidewall first parts and the block back surface. The block also has a flange extending from the block back surface past the height of the block. Also disclosed are landscaping structures such as a retaining wall comprising a plurality of the composite masonry blocks of the present invention.

Abstract: A baking-tin to cook and distribute cakes and food-stuffs in general comprises a laminar support (2) made of paper material provided with a plurality of through holes (3) each of them housing a small pleated-paper cup (4). The support (2) is provided with a number of fracture lines (5) defining a plurality of support portions (6) thereon each circumscribed to at least a small cup 4), as well as a series of shaped holes (7) which are cut each at the crossing of two fracture lines (5). On the outer edges of the baking-tin (1) where the edge itself intersects the fracture lines, provision is made for a plurality of engagement seats (8) enabling the baking-tin to be engaged by grasping elements carried by the automated transport means.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a three-sided culvert includes prestressing tendons in the culvert form. A series of prestressing tendons are secured within a form adapted for casting a concrete culvert having three orthogonal sides. The prestressing tendons are utilized in the top slab of the three-sided culvert and are positioned within the form prior to the pouring of concrete therein. Reinforcing steel can be eliminated along with the costs associated therewith and a culvert configuration can be provided with enhanced strength and improved material properties. Such culverts may thus be provided in modular form for placement upon foundations at remote locations for the creation of bridges, drainage areas and the like.

Abstract: An arrangement for casting in a mould of so-called battery design longitudinal concrete bodies with a high degree of linearity. The moulds consist of pipes of substantially circular cross-section, these being placed on top of beams which, within a frame, extend parallel to the longitudinal sides of the frame. The beams constitute lower casting boundaries in the process of casting and each two adjacent pipes constitute two lateral boundary sides in the process of casting. The underside of each mould pipe is levelled and provided with a longitudinal rail of upside-down T-shape, which is cut out at several points and at mutually identical distances. A plurality of plates each with a Y-shaped recess are placed between the top edges of the beams and at the same distances as the cut out rails. The recess matches the leg of the T-rail, and pipes are rigidly secured atop the beams by joined T-rails and plates.

Abstract: An improved ice cube-forming machine and system comprising a plurality of hollow fluid-conducting conduits in which the outer surface thereof is provided with pocket members extending into the conduit for engagement by any fluid being conducted therethrough to selectively freeze and thaw the contents of the pocket members. A discrete water source feeds each ice cube-forming pocket for freezing while refrigerant is passed through the hollow conduits. When the water is frozen within the pockets, a control system reacts thereto to stop the flow of refrigerant and initiate the flow of heated fluid through the hollow conduit to thaw at least the surface of the ice cube and release the ice cube therefrom whence, as by gravity, it drops into a collection receptacle. The pocket members can be either a plurality of integral depressions formed therein or independent members secured thereto.

Abstract: In a method and an apparatus for producing filler sticks for cosmetic sticks, in particular those having a swiveling mechanism for extending the filler sticks from a protective sheath, including a mold for casting the filler sticks, it is provided, in order to attain filler sticks that are optimally suitable for such swiveling mechanism and to attain a filler stick structure that assures favorable properties for use, that the filler stick is cast in a horizontally disposed mold recess open along at least a portion of its jacket face. For performing a method of this kind, an apparatus is used that is distinguished in that the mold has a plurality of horizontally disposed mold recesses, which are open along at least a portion of the jacket face, and that an expulsion device for the hardened, cast filler sticks is provided, acting in the axial direction of the mold recesses.

Abstract: A manufacturing framework is used to manufacture a cosmetic puff for a liquid foundation. The cosmetic puff is manufactured by forming a latex film coating on one side of a crimp pattern plate by applying latex film compound thereon. The latex film coated plates are set in the manufacturing framework, and a foamed latex foam compound is injected into the manufacturing framework while coagulant and activator are added therein to thereby produce a gelled latex foam covered with latex films on both sides. The latex foam and the latex films are simultaneously vulcanized to thereby bond the latex films onto the latex foam.

Abstract: An apparatus for encapsulating selected portions of the printed circuit board in a pin grid array using transfer molding techniques. In one embodiment for encapsulating only the top surface and side edges of the board, a vacuum is provided in the lower cavity to hold the edges of the bottom surface of the board flush against the mold plate. In a second embodiment for encapsulating all exposed surfaces of the board, the array pins are inserted in holes in the bottom of the cavity and supported by an adjustable block which positions the board in the cavity.

Abstract: A metal mold for plastic molding a semiconductor device by a transfer-molding method with the use of thermo-hardening plastics. The mold includes a pot section into which plastic is injected; a cavity section where a product is formed; a runner section constituting a path for the plastic from the pot section to the cavity section; a gate section provided between the runner section and the cavity section so as to reduce the cross-sectional area for the flow of the plastic which flows therethrough from the runner section to the cavity section; and a flow restrictor section provided in the path of the runner section so as to reduce the cross-sectional area of the flow of plastic.

Abstract: A container in which fresh water can be packed and from which if desired it can be poured or if frozen from which ice cubes of any particular shape can be removed. If the container is filled with uncontaminated water, uncontaminated ice cubes can be removed therefrom.

Abstract: An improved apparatus and method for making a fast thermal response mold is disclosed. The apparatus has a plurality of rows with each row having a plurality of cavities. Each cavity in each particular row is interconnected by bores to allow a thermal medium to pass therebetween in a serpentine manner. Each cavity has a sleeve fixed therein and adapted to fit a mold. The sleeve eliminates the need for O-ring sealing means utilized in prior fast thermal response molds.

Abstract: In a bank of sleeper moulds wherein the moulds lie side by side and contain shoulder receiving apertures which locate shoulders during pouring, the improvements including a rocker shaft journalled for rotation with respect to the moulds and having retaining members thereon which retain the shoulders and urge them into engagement with locating means.

Abstract: Plural mold cavity defining mold block with particular arrangement of bored and plugged conduits for heat transfer fluid. The molds being particularly useful in blow-molding.

Abstract: An injection mold is described for producing the housings of integrated circuits. The injection mold icludes a first mold half (30) in which are disposed a number of mold recesses (46) corresponding to the number of housings to be made simultaneously, having a depth corresponding to a portion of the height of the housings, and supply passages (48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58) leading to the mold recesses (46). In a second mold half (32) which is adapted to be brought in the closure direction into engagement with the first mold half (30) a number of mold recesses (76) equal to the number in the first mold half (30) are disposed in corresponding arrangement, the depth thereof being equal to the remaining portion of the height of the housings to be made. The mold recesses (46) in one of the mold halves (32) are disposed groupwise in mold portions (64) which are held in the one mold half (32) displaceably in the closure and opening direction.

Abstract: Making a gas pressurizable closure for a splice region of a telecommunications cable in which plastic ends of the closure are molded in position by locating molds for the ends in axially spaced-apart positions one at each side of the splice region. While the cable is allowed to follow its natural path through and between the molds, the molds are held fixed relative to one another and aligned with one another and the plastic ends are molded. A shroud means of the closure is then located between and sealed to the plastic ends with the cable still following its natural path.

Abstract: Apparatus for molding stick cosmetics, which comprises:closely fitting a molding block into a vertically extending annular member formed around a container charged with a liquid feed composition for solid cosmetics, said molding block having therethrough a plurality of longitudinal slots which are open at both ends;filling said liquid feed composition into said longitudinal slots; and, thereafter,solidifying and drying the thus filled liquid feed composition.

Abstract: A mold for forming an elliptical elastic ring is provided and consists of a pair of plates, each having a mating cavity to form an elastic ring with same circumferential length as a circle of given diameter whereby the mold can be reduced in size in one direction for economic advantages.

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.

Abstract: An apparatus for making ice cubes includes an ice cube tray and an inner grid core. An outer grid core for the apparatus includes sloped sides and a threaded opening at a top of the outer grid core. The outer grid core is wider than the bottom of the core. Dividers are positioned in the ice cube tray and are upright with respect to the ice cube tray. The dividers are inserted into the inner and outer grid cores. A threaded stud is engageable with the threaded opening in the outer grid core.

Abstract: A sample mounting system includes a coupon holder having a plurality of apertures defining in part mold cavities for supporting a plurality of printed circuit board coupons on the holder. A removable mold is also provided and engages the coupon holder to define mold cavities into which molding resin is poured. The mold is then removed from the coupon holder which is secured in an annular stop ring and mounted to a polishing machine for polishing coupons molded in place with respect to the holder.

Abstract: A rectifier designed for leadless surface mounting on a P.C. board has a cylindrical body situated between two disk-like end parts. The end parts extend radially beyond the surface of the body defining a recess adapted to receive epoxy compound. A plurality of rectifiers are situated end-to-end within elongated cylindrical cavities in a mold. The end parts cooperate with the cavity walls to seal each individual recess when the mold halves are closed. Openings in the cavity wall aligned with each recess permit epoxy compound to enter each recess and be cured. Leads may be attached to the end parts after the molding operation to convert the rectifier into an axial lead device, if required.

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.

Abstract: A shoe mold device having a base mold portion containing a cavity and a top mold portion with two or more mold surfaces and rotatably associated with the base mold portion. A shoe sole comprised of a plurality of different colored or shaped layers is manufactured using the mold by successively utilizing different mold surfaces of the top mold portion to contact and close the cavity in the base mold portion.

Abstract: Apparatus for high volume preparation of cross-sectional specimens of printed circuit boards for microscopic examination, including a method and apparatus for precision mounting of a large number of such cross sections in a single molding sequence for simultaneous polishing of such cross sections in a single polishing operation.

Abstract: In a mould assembly for multiple castings each mould is fed from a source of molten metal through a thin slit the width of which lies in the range 1.25 mm to 0.25 mm. The cast articles can be easily removed from the runner and riser system after casting without a machining operation so that the casting moulds can be packed closer together and more castings can be produced from each mould assembly. The thin slit also acts as a filter. A particular mould assembly seen in FIG. 2 is cylindrical and comprises a plurality of wedge-shaped mould segments 2 having mould cavities 4 in abutting faces. A central runner passage 6 is formed when the mould segments are assembled and the metal flows into the mould cavities through narrow slits 10 in one edge of each mould. After casting and removal of the mould the narrow flashing formed in the slits can be easily broken to remove the cast articles from the metal formed in the central runner passage.

Abstract: An improved mold plate for the compression molding of rubber objects and in particular golf balls and parts thereof is disclosed wherein the mold plate is comprised of replaceable half molds, a mold frame, and has a method of controlling the flow of a thermal medium. The flow of the thermal medium is annular to the half molds and in direct contact with the half molds.

Abstract: A bag (1) for use in the shaping of liquid food products or stimulants consists of two plastics foils (2, 3), which are welded together in such an area of the two foils as will provide a plurality of interconnected mould cavities (4) with a common inlet (5). In the mould cavities (4) there are placed sticks (6) which are held in position by the positioning in a channel (8) having a length and cross-section corresponding to the holding part (7) of the stick (6). When the bag is filled with liquid ice cream or a similar material, the mould cavities (4) are distended three-dimensionally, and when the length of the sticks (6) is suitably dimensioned with respect to the length of the mould cavities (4), the sticks will be firmly "fixed" within the mould cavities (4). The sticks (6) are therefore placed in the middle of the ice lollies formed after freezing.

Abstract: A cake pan with a horizontal bottom and peripheral upstanding side walls temporarily receives one or more cake-shaping modular inserts while a cake is being baked, or otherwise fixed in shape. A matrix, or gridwork, delineated on the bottom of the receptacle is matched to the size and shape of the modular inserts and provides a guide for the proper positioning of the modular inserts in order to form the cake into selected alphanumeric configurations.

Abstract: A book mold for producing a plurality of flat footwear soles simultaneously includes opposed top and bottom molds, each of which includes a pair of mold cavities; and an intermediate mold defined by a plate connected to one end of the bottom mold by a piano hinge. The intermediate mold is closed on the bottom mold, and the top mold is clamped on the intermediate mold using a clamping cylinder. Thermoplastic material is injected into the mold cavities through a port defined by a square slot in the intermediate mold, resulting in a large sprue in the intermediate mold. The soles remained attached to the intermediate mold, and when the mold is opened all soles are removed rapidly.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mould for packaging desserts, particularly for ice-cream cake with coating syrup containing fruit or pieces of fruit. The mould is in the form of a cup comprising an opening through which the dessert is introduced into and removed from the mould and is characterized in that it comprises a first compartment near the opening which defines a first space and which is intended to receive a product solid at the storage temperature and a second compartment which defines a space below the first space and which is intended to receive a syrup liquid at the storage temperature, the second compartment comprising a central part situated at the bottom of the cup and communicating with the first compartment through an opening and a peripheral part which consists of circumferentially spaced grooves or depressions arranged in a star around the central part and which forms a flow channel for the syrup and also acts as a stiffener for the mould.

Abstract: An improved apparatus for making dough envelopes containing filling. The apparatus is molded from plastic and includes a frame structure having a plurality of interconnected hexagonal molds so as to form a honeycomb type structure. Each hexagonal mold includes six inclined cutting edges which are connected around a central inverted conical chamber. The inverted conical chamber partially supports the dough envelope during formation to produce uniformly shaped and aesthetically pleasing envelopes. Further, horizontal pasting faces are provided in the corners of each mold between the conical chamber base and cutting edges lower edges. These horizontal pasting faces in combination with the cutting edges provide a strong and uniform seal around the dough envelope edges.

Abstract: A mold unit and method for casting ceramic material in slip form is described. Each mold unit comprises a plurality of parts which when assembled for a casting operation define between them, two casting cavities, the casting cavities are positioned one above the other, into which slip can be introduced to form discrete articles and when removed from the mold while in the green condition are assembled to form a composite article.

Abstract: An improved ice cube making and storing system including an ice cube tray, a container for storing and/or serving ice cubes, and a lid for the container. The ice cube tray includes a plurality of separate freezing compartments for forming ice cubes, and incorporates a liquid drain arrangement so that excess water may be removed from the freezing compartments before the tray is transferred to the freezer. The lid may be used as a support for the liquid-filled ice cube tray, to catch any liquid overflow or spillage during filling or transfer to the freezer. The ice cube tray fits directly onto the open end of the ice cube container, so that ice cubes are ejected directly into the container from the tray.

Abstract: Apparatus for producing pastry comprises a plate having a plurality of mold cavities arranged in a regular pattern. Each of the cavities has at its upper rim an upwardly projecting cutting edge. A sheet of dough is laid over the plate and pressed toward it by a flat plate or rolling pin so that the cutting edges cut out individual dough pieces, one in each mold cavity. The dough pieces are pressed into the cavities by cup-shaped elements carried by a rigid support and arranged in the same pattern as the mold cavities so that a cup-shaped element enters each cavity. The distance the cup-shaped elements enter the mold cavities is limited by adjustable screws on the support. The cup-shaped elements are of material having good heat conductivity and thermal capacity and are left in the mold cavities during baking to assure uniform baking of the pastry.

Abstract: Method for molding articles from agglomerated particles utilizes a press and a plurality of molds mounted to circulate in a closed path. After the pressing step a mold is aligned at one end of a row of molds, the row is placed under pressure and the articles therewithin caused to set. Simultaneously a mold is withdrawn from the other end of the row. The latter mold is then emptied, and the emptied mold returned to the press. The aligned molds are fastened together during the setting step. The invention includes apparatus for carrying out this process.

Abstract: Metal or plastic ice cube trays have flat lids hinged along one edge to facilitate emptying ice cubes in an orderly manner when the tray is inverted and held under running water. The trays are stackable and have support legs of sufficient length to hold the ice cube compartments of each tray spaced from the lid of the next underlying tray to avoid a freezing bond between trays. The tray lids have corner notches which receive and help to position said legs when the trays are stacked.

Abstract: Food products are processed prior to consumption in a press form having multiple, separate, pre-selected planar food product molds, each having tapered walls, providing easy food product removal. The food products can have pastry dough exteriors and can be filled with selected food fillings held in position and shaped by dough crust exteriors. Multiple press form food product molds have regular planar shapes disposed multiple in a tray. One face of each product mold has a cutting-edge knife disposed thereon, conforming to the mold interior shape. The cutting-edge knife can be disposed at either mold wall taper terminus. A cooperatively shaped, one-piece negative pusher plug mold, sized to intercept each one of the multiple food product molds disposed in the tray, is used to cooperatively push each food product out of the molds in the tray simultaneously.

Abstract: This relates to a manifold construction for multi-cavity molds. The manifold is joined to a primary sprue by a transverse supply tube which is transversely telescoped relative to an associated manifold so as to permit relative transverse movement between the supply tube and the manifold. The manifold also carries longitudinally extending delivery tubes each of which is mounted for relative longitudinal movement between the manifold and an associated cavity. The manifold is generally positioned between the supply tube and the delivery tube which permits floating of the manifold relative to the various cavities of the mold and the primary sprue.

Abstract: A composite mold construction for casting on the connector straps, posts, and terminals for lead acid electrical storage batteries wherein the mold cavity areas are alternately heated by direct flame on one face and then chilled by a coolant on their opposite face to freeze metal in the cavities without freezing molten metal flowing in adjacent flow channels. A plurality of mold cavity partition inserts are arranged to be interchangeable in the main mold assembly to enable a single mold assembly to be utilized for several arrangements of battery cells, strappings, and terminals. Thermal distortion of the mating parts is minimized to maintain the junctions between the insert and frame free of leaks by surface geometries which provide broad surfaces of contact drawn together by bolts securing the relatively thin inserts by tapped bores in the more massive primary portions of the mold assembly.

Abstract: An apparatus for casting toilet tanks from ceramic material in slip form is disclosed. A plurality of mold parts which include two side mold parts which when assembled define a casting cavity and a core part which is positioned in the mold cavity and is spaced from the mold surfaces of the two side parts to define the front back and side walls of the toilet tank. One of the side mold parts includes an integral base for forming the bottom wall of the tank. Each side mold part arranged in a general horizontal line and are shiftable longitudinally to open and close the mold unit.

Abstract: A concrete post molding device is disclosed for simultaneously forming a plurality of uniform, reinforced concrete posts. The device includes a housing containing an annular chamber defined by a fixed horizontal first plate having a central cylindrical pipe and a spaced concentrically arranged sleeve vertically supported thereon. A plurality of circumferentially spaced radial fin members are connected with the pipe for dividing the chamber into a plurality of circumferentially arranged vertical compartments, and the first plate contains a plurality of openings arranged opposite the compartments. The concrete post molding device is characterized by novel reinforcing rod suspension and tensioning apparatus. An annular ring is connected with the upper portion of the pipe and includes a plurality of first chucks for gripping the upper portions of the reinforcing rods. The lower portions of the rods are suspended in spaced relation in the compartments and extend vertically through the first plate openings.

Abstract: A device for finishing a wet plaster surface is disclosed. The device of the present invention comprises a finishing tool holder which includes a handle engaging lower end. An upper end of the holder broadens to a planar fan shape, and the upper end is notched to create a step. A filler piece complementary to and substantially filling the notch is inserted therein. A threaded fastener proximate a lower end of the notch secures a lower end of the filler piece to the handle. A pair of spaced apertures near the upper end of the holder are aligned with a pair of spaced apertures in the filler piece, and a pair of threaded fasteners engage the aligned apertures to secure a variety of surface finishing tools to the holder. The surface finishing tools which are directly attachable to the handle include an elongated brush, a variety of trowels with various widths and edge forms, and a circular or star-shaped cup.

Abstract: An evaporator unit for an ice making machine is formed of two vertical series of semi-cylindrical ice-forming molds joined tangentially back-to-back creating a cascade of fluid conduits between them through which refrigerant is passed. Water flows from a weir down over the exposed surfaces of the ice-forming molds until they become filled with ice whereupon hot gas is momentarily passed through the fluid conduits to release an assembly of ice pieces from the evaporator unit. Thereafter, the ice making cycle is repeated by continuing the water and refrigerant flow to produce another assembly of ice pieces.

Abstract: Freezing mould bags are disclosed, having a plurality of mould compartments, which communicate with each other and, in turn, with a liquid inlet. The liquid inlet and the mould compartments are defined by a pattern of joints or sealings between two opposed bag sheets constituting the bag walls. The mould bags are well-suited for preparing ice pieces of the ice "cube"-type, but may also be used for other purposes.The questions raised in reexamination request No. 90/000,090, filed October 15, 1981, has been considered and the results thereof are reflected in this reissue patent which constitutes the reexamination certificate required by 35 U.S.C. 307 as provided in 37 CFR 1.570(e).

Abstract: A rectifier designed for leadless surface mounting on a P.C. board has a cylindrical body situated between two disk-like end parts. The end parts extend radially beyond the surface of the body defining a recess adapted to receive epoxy compound. A plurality of rectifiers are situated end-to-end within elongated cylindrical cavities in a mold. The end parts cooperate with the cavity walls to seal each individual recess when the mold halves are closed. Openings in the cavity wall aligned with each recess permit epoxy compound to enter each recess and be cured. Leads may be attached to the end parts after the molding operation to convert the rectifier into an axial lead device, if required.