Abstract: A method and apparatus for the production of molded meat or meat-like products, for example sausages. The surface of the product is treated with a fluid, which could be for coloring or flavoring purposes, but is advantageously e.g. an edible acid adapted to react with protein in the product to form a cohesive surface and enable the use of a separate skin to be avoided. The mold includes a permeable wall, for example of sintered stainless steel, through which the fluid can be introduced. In a preferred embodiment the wall is defined by a hollow cylinder disposed in a non permeable housing containing the fluid. An end cap closes one end of the cylinder and a plunger compresses the material to form the product. At the same time additional fluid is injected through a nozzle into the housing, to cause a corresponding quantity of fluid to pass through the cylinder wall and treat the surface of the product.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a device for the discontinuous production of block foam comprising a mixing unit, a means for moving the unit approximately vertically into and/or out of a mold with the unit having reaction component feed lines, a stirring means, and a mixing container having a plate with feed openings for the reaction components characterized in that(A) a distributing device is arranged below the feed opening for one of the components and(B) the mixing container comprises a bottomless cylindrical shell, the lower rim of which can be placed on the bottom of the mold.

Abstract: An arrangement for filling an upwardly open cavity of a mold with bulk material includes a feeding receptacle which has an open bottom and is mounted for relative movement along the mold from a receiving position in which bulk material is introduced thereinto, towards a discharging position in which the bulk material is discharged from the feeding receptacle through its open bottom.

Abstract: An injector mounted on a carriage having an elevator is movable along a row of conventional mold press units each having an article mold, and is movable vertically to register with a selected mold. The press units and the molds therein are separate and independent of one another. Injection parameters are preset and activated upon registry of the injector with a selected mold, independently of the mold-to-mold sequence selected. Conventional mold press units (clamps) are simply modified to cooperate with the injector. The foregoing abstract is not to be taken as limiting the invention of this application, and in order to understand the full nature and extent of the technical disclosure of this application, reference must be made to the accompanying drawing and the following detailed description.

Abstract: A system for filling containers such as for example, bottle molds intended for slush molding, with liquid such as slip. The containers are arranged along a line which is parallel with a track that guides the movement of a carriage. The carriage carries an arm that swings between two positions, one of which is raised above the line of the containers to permit movement of the carriage without interfering with the containers when desired, and the other of which is below the carriage and bringing the arm to a filling position relative to a container. The arm carries a filling nozzle which is intended to enter the mouth of the container, the nozzle having a probe which dips down into the container. Electrical circuitry is provided which for the most part is carried in the carriage, such circuitry cooperating with the probe of the nozzle and sensing elements on the track and carriage.

Abstract: Apparatus for horizontally casting a panel, preferably a non-composite insulated panel of reinforced concrete of substantial area and thickness in a heated mold. The mold is part of a rotating mechanism and lift frame for rotating and vertically stacking the panel when the panel is partially cured.Reinforcing steel is put into a heated mold. A layer of concrete is poured into the mold, forced into close and intimate contact with the mold and through the reinforcing steel by means of a traveling auger, striker plate and vibrating screed; insulation board and shear connectors are placed in the mold, further reinforcing steel is then placed in the mold, and a second layer of concrete is poured into the mold and forced through the reinforcing steel, by means of the traveling auger, striking plate and vibrating screed, which at the same time as they force the concrete through the steel, produce a smooth finish on the non-mold contacting surface of the concrete panel.

Abstract: Powdered metal is continuously introduced into a horizontally disposed die cavity in discrete quantities and compacted into bar segments to form a bar. The cavity has a fixed cross-sectional area and is open at both ends, except during the initial compaction when one end is closed. After formation of an initial length of the bar, the frictional resistance between the length of bar remaining in the cavity and the cavity wall is relied on so that the length of bar remaining in the cavity serves as a stopper for subsequent compactions of the discrete quantities of powdered metal. The bar is forced out of the cavity upon the formation of subsequent segments and is passed through an induction furnace for sintering, and may be further processed through a swager, all preferably in a continuous operation.

Abstract: Plasticizable material is pressure molded into articles free from flash in mold cavities of specialized molds defined by separate mold sections with removable cores. Prior to and during molding, the sections are held clamped together to fully confine the material which is pressurized by reducing the volumetric capacity of each cavity. This pressurization is maintained until the material is set or cured, and may be increased before final set to forge or densify the material further. The method employs a conventional press and two gangs of specialized two-piece, multi-cavity molds. The molds of each gang are supported in a horizontal row, with their juxtaposed flat faces and parting planes disposed vertically, for movement of each mold section flatwise endwise of the row to open and closed positions. The mold sections are clamped closed by power means which apply extraneous clamping pressure independently of the press operation.

Abstract: A machine and method are disclosed whereby multiple casting units simultaneously produce foamed-plastic tubular articles which may be of different shapes and sizes. All units are served from a single supply of foamable material, and in each unit rotation of an annular mold develops a homogenous longitudinal and radial distribution of foaming plastic. The foaming plastic is introduced into each mold rotation, the cavity being closed to permit foamed filling of the mold, and a polymerizing cure is effected prior to mold opening and product removal. The particular machine herein described includes provision for coordinated shot size for foamable material into each of the plural mold cavities, whereby regardless of the mold-cavity size at particular casting units, the shot size (of foamable plastic material) is automatically determined, for uniform or predetermined density in the ultimate products regardless of size variation produced at the respective casting units.

Abstract: Anti-inflammatory agents of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, benzyl, alkyl or halo-substituted benzyl or cycloalkylalkyl, X is CH or N, R' is hydrogen, halo, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy when X is CH and hydrogen and alkyl when X is N, and R" is hydrogen or lower alkyl.

Abstract: A molding apparatus for forming articles and especially edible patties from such moldable materials as ground meat, fish and the like in which the apparatus includes a movable mold having a shaping portion therein, pressure means including a pressure chamber for applying pressure to the material therein for forcing the compressed material into the mold and pressure operated seal means communicating with the pressurized material for providing pressure operated seals that substantially prevent escape of the pressurized material from the pressure cavities of the apparatus.

Abstract: Apparatus for converting particulate metallic matter into a billet or a forged article in which the material is fed in measured quantity from a hopper to a furnace for outgassing and other heat treatment and thence to a press in which the particulate material is compacted into a container or mold to form either a billet or forged article. When the billet is formed, the press also applies a cover to the container to keep the material free of contamination until a later heat treatment or forging operation. Mechanism is provided for removing the completed billet or mold from the press and insertion of a new container.

Abstract: In a compacting press, the container in which the material is compacted is sealed by a cover which is positioned in the open end of the filled container before the container is removed from the press. The cover positioning device is movable into and out of operative position to permit operation of the press and the apparatus is remotely controlled externally of the vacuum chamber in which the press is located.

Abstract: A semi-dry material metering unit for tile presses comprises means for separating a material charge from a bulk of the semi-dry material in a manner such as to permit the volume and shape of the charge to be readily changed. The metering unit further comprises an air-permeable mesh which is impermeable to the semi-dry material and against which the separated charge can be held by suction during transfer to a mold. While held against the air-permeable surface, the charge maintains its shape, and thus the distribution of material when discharged into the mold can be controlled.

Abstract: A pipe of concrete, cement mortar or other cementitious material is formed by an integrally cast cementitious mass which is reinforced with a glass fibre strand or roving forming a substantially helical winding extending around the pipe and incorporated in the cement matrix of the cementitious mass. Preferably there are two windings, one incorporated in the outer periphery of the mass and the other incorporated in the inner periphery of the mass. The pipe is preferably made by a centrifugal casting operation in which a centrifugal casting mould is rotated and the glass fibre strand or roving is fed from a feeding device within the mould and is caused to adhere to the internal peripheral face of the mould and then the feeding device is moved axially along the mould as the mould rotates so that the winding is formed from the roving around the internal peripheral face of the mould.