Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for producing seamless or apparently seamless plastic foam cups formed from both seamless and seamed sidewall blanks formed by stretching initially cylindrical blank into frusto-conical shapes and then molding such blanks with either expandable foamed plastic beads or foam plastic discs to form an integral cup bottom with the sidewall in an apparently seamless structure. If cylindrical containers are desired, or if frusto-conical sidewall blanks are utilized no stretching is required. Presizing of sidewall thickness prior to treatment in the mold is also provided.

Abstract: Method of reinforcing the handle of hockey sticks by molding against opposite sides of the handle a layer of synthetic resin in which are embedded reinforcing fibers extending longitudinally of the handle. These layers are bevelled along their opposite edges.

Abstract: Method of making protective headgear including forming a peak or visor portion and thereafer injection molding a fiber-filled resin onto the peak portion to form a shell portion, the shell portion resin containing 10-40% by weight of fibers at least 5 mm in length.

Abstract: In making a frusto-conical container from a blank which is seamed at juxtaposed edges by injection molding, the resiliency of the material arising from compression at the concave face on bending the blank is reduced by deforming the material in that face by means of the tools between which the blank is clamped for the injection molding. Thereby the strain on the seam and tendency to go out of shape due to the resilience are reduced.

Abstract: A method of making simulated stained glass from moldable plastic material. One wall of a die is formed with a series of interconnected recesses which border isolated areas, and the isolated areas of the die are provided with random surface indentations. A sheet of plastic film having a series of dark colored interconnected strips, corresponding in configuration to the recesses in the die, and having a series of light colored zones of the same configuration as the isolated areas of the die, is disposed on the die surface with the dark colored strips in precise registry with the recesses of the die and the light colored zones in registry with the isolated areas of the die. The plastic film is held against the die surface by a vacuum, and a liquid thermoplastic resin is injected into the die cavity.

Abstract: A method for making composite plastic containers in which a preformed sleeve is caused to expand with a plastic layer in the course of an injection blow molding operation and to adhere, upon expansion, to said plastic layer due to atmospheric pressure acting on the inside of said sleeve without an opposing pressure on the outside thereof.

Abstract: A method for making a multi-conductor element includes forming a plurality of holes in an elastomeric base using a laser or mechanical technique to perforate the base and filling each of the holes with a slurry of conductive material in an uncured liquid vehicle. The filling step may be accomplished either by the force of a roller press while the slurry is applied or by stretching the base to expand the holes after which the slurry is applied to the latter followed by release of the base after the vehicle has cured, and in either case the ends of the conductive portions in the holes will bulge slightly above the surfaces of the base. An article manufactured using the method has a capacity or conductive density of at least approximately 11,500 conductive portions per square inch of base.

Abstract: A seal of the type having a metal shell with a cylindrical flange and with an elastomeric O.D. is transfer molded by positioning the cylindrical flange of the shell in a seal-forming cavity of the transfer mold such that it is directly axially in-line with the sprue holes of the mold, whereby the flow of elastomer into the cavity is split by the cylindrical flange into two streams, one adjacent the I.D. and one adjacent the O.D. of the cylindrical flange such that the fluid pressure against the cylindrical flange is equalized and distortion of the shell is substantially reduced or eliminated.

Abstract: Method of making a beaded retro-reflective material comprising embedding beads in a generally planar plastic matrix and embossing the material so that axes of exposed portions of the beads lie at varying angles to the general plane of the matrix.

Abstract: A method of making an insole having a heel positioner and an arch support, in which the positioning support for the heel is made in situ, in one discrete section of the foot support, and the arch support is then made, in situ, in a second discrete section.The first discrete section is made at the heel portion of the foot, in a manner so as to stabilize the plantar surface of the heel section of the foot under the cancaneous bone. This is for the purpose of eliminating, reducing or minimizing the rotation forces applied to the heel section of the foot by the weight of the body, which would normally tend to produce a pes valgus (outward bending) or a pes varus (inward bending) condition, as well as stabilizing the anterior - posterior position of the leg in its function of bearing body weight.

Abstract: A method of making a compressed wood product such as a building panel from raw wood. Tree length logs are cut to convenient lengths, debarked and dried, and then placed in a mold where they are immersed in suitable liquid adhesive and compressed to a dimension smaller than that finally required. The logs are then allowed to expand while still immersed in the adhesive, and are then again compressed to the final desired thickness of the panel. The logs are then subjected to elevated temperature to harden the adhesive, preferably while expansion of the logs is prevented. The invention also comprises special apparatus for carrying out the process, and particularly a mobile platform for carrying the logs and forming part of the mold, and a cover and clamp means for maintaining pressure on the wood.

Abstract: A low friction bushing is made by winding a continuous strand of bondable low friction thread impregnated with a bonding resin into the shape of a hollow cylinder having an axial length greater than the finished bushing. The cylinder is inserted into an annular cavity and with heat and pressure is axially compressed therewithin to radially expand it and compact the thread turns and fuse the resin into a solidified matrix with the thread and resin matrix completely filling the cavity and thereafter the solidified bushing is removed from the cavity. One of the cylindrical walls of the cavity is finished with a surface of bearing quality such that the surface of the bushing pressed thereagainst will be of a complementary quality.

Abstract: A method of forming a handle connection for an impact tool such as a hammer is disclosed which includes the steps of forming the metallic tool head with a handle-receiving eye in which a portion of the eye spaced from the entrance end increases in cross-section toward the exit end, inserting a non-metalic handle having an end portion within the eye dimensioned to form a tight fit with the entrance end of the eye but having a clearance between it and the portion of the eye which increases in cross-section, said end portion in addition having a peripheral indentation or recess in its outer surface, injecting a tough, hard and rigid molding thermoplastic, preferably glass-filled, into the space between the end portion of the handle and the eye, the plastic being in a heated flowable state and being injected under sufficient pressure to compress the end portion of the handle, and permitting the plastic to solidify while maintaining said pressure whereby the plastic forms a tight mechanical interlock with the hand

Abstract: A method for producing molded reinforced articles by contact molding is disclosed. The improved method involves working a resin-glass fiber composition into a reinforcing mat by rolling across the mat, along a longitudinally-extending axis spaced from the mat, laterally incremental forces to the mat. The forces are applied at different elevations laterally of the mat, depending on the configuration. As the forces are applied to the reinforcing mat, the height of resin flow laterally incrementally of the mat is also controlled.

Abstract: An improved method of transferring liners to a blow core in a method of making a composite plastic article wherein a plastic parison is formed in a parison mold around and in conformity with a blow core, the parison, sleeve and core being subsequently confined in a blow mold and expanded therein. In accordance with a method of preparing composite liners, scrap produced in the preparation thereof may readily be reclaimed.

Abstract: A tread for the recapping of tires is provided with a roughened internal surface simultaneously with the shaping of profile on its external surface in a vulcanizing form. The internal surface can be roughened by placing against the body of raw rubber in the form of a latticework, a plate with regularly or irregularly distributed projections or a composite deforming structure. The internal surface of the prefabricated tread can be sealed from the atmosphere by a foil which is applied to the internal surface directly in the form or subsequent to removal of tread from the form.