Male Shaping Member Penetrating Superposed Mold Patents (Class 425/416)
  • Patent number: 10639834
    Abstract: An injection molding machine includes at least one machine platform, an injection device, at least one heating unit, at least one cooling unit, and at least one push-pull device. The injection device is configured to inject materials into at least one mold. The at least one heating unit is configured to heat the at least one mold. The at least one cooling unit is configured to cool the at least one mold. The push-pull drive member is configured to drive the at least one mold to move between a first position, in which the at least one mold corresponds to the injection device and the at least one heating unit, and a second position, in which the at least one mold corresponds to the at least one cooling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: KUO YI IRON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsiu-Feng Wen
  • Patent number: 9505149
    Abstract: A mold set according to embodiment comprising: a die including a plurality of parts and holding a molded material; and a back plate laid below the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: TOSHIBA KIKAI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao Matsuzuki, Yoshihiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8956139
    Abstract: A mold system for forming a multilevel block is disclosed which comprises a multilevel mold box insert for forming a multilevel block, a mold box frame adapted for receiving therein the multilevel mold box insert, a multilevel plunger assembly, and a press head plate adapted for receiving thereon the multilevel plunger assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Inventor: Paul Adam
  • Patent number: 8940217
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for molding breast cups in a seamless circularly-knitted brassiere having a breast-covering portion and a torso encircling band, the apparatus comprising a base, a rear wall extending upwardly from the base, an upper mold plate extending outwardly and substantially horizontally from the rear wall, the upper plate having a pair of spaced openings formed therethrough, the openings spaced and dimensioned to correspond to a pair of breast cups, and a plate intermediate to the base and the upper mold plate, and being vertically moveable between a first, upper position and a second, lower position for securing a brassiere blank in position against the upper plate for the molding of breast cups therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Lynn M. Rhodes, Richard W. Kelley, Roger D. Warren
  • Patent number: 8926302
    Abstract: An adjustable food press for making a wide variety of hot and cold sandwiches and other foods that are compressed during preparation. The food press has a dome and a handle assembly, attached to a pressing plate inside the dome, that adjusts the position of the pressing plate to the desired sandwich thickness. Once positioned, the handle assembly is locked in position, holding the pressing plate in place until the sandwich is ready. When the pressing plate is released, the dome is left in place to keep the food warm, or removed and used on the same or a different sandwich style. The food press functions with a variety of flat-surfaced cooking equipment used to prepare hot and cold food. The dome prevents spatter of grease and food particles on surrounding surfaces. The pressing plate is removable for cleaning or for interchanging with a different style of pressing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Christina Buckley
  • Patent number: 8926310
    Abstract: A cup thermoforming machine includes a frame, a movable upper platen, a clamping grid and a movable lower platen. The movable upper platen is supported for vertical reciprocation by the frame, and carries a male die. The clamping grid is carried by the frame above a sheet of thermoformable material and has a clearance aperture for the male die. The lower platen is supported for vertical reciprocation by the frame beneath the clamping grid and carries a female die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Jere F. Irwin
  • Publication number: 20140287078
    Abstract: A press for producing a pellet from powdered material, comprising a press frame with an upper and a lower retaining plate, which are connected to one another by several vertical spacers and with at least one supporting element, which is disposed between the upper and the lower retaining plate, a tool guiding unit with at least one upper punch unit with at least one upper press punch and/or at least one lower punch unit with at least one lower press punch and with a die assembly with at least one holder for powdered material, which is to be pressed by the upper and/or lower press punch, wherein the tool guiding unit is disposed at the supporting element, and at least one upper drive unit for moving the upper punch unit in the vertical direction and/or at least one lower drive unit for moving the lower punch unit and or the die assembly in the vertical direction, wherein, when the press is operating, the upper drive unit and/or the lower drive unit are supported at the supporting element in such a manner, that
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: FETTE COMPACTING GMBH
    Inventors: Holger Behns, Thomas Pannewitz
  • Patent number: 8814556
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a sheet having a shape transferred thereon, in which a sheet-like base made of a thermoplastic resin is placed between an imprint mold and an intermediate base and the sheet-like base is then pressed by a pair of pressing plates to imprint the shape of surface irregularity of the imprint mold to the sheet-like base. The sheet-like base is pressed such that, when pressing force of the pressing plates is maximum, an imprinting pressure difference is present in an imprinting surface of the imprint mold, a maximum imprinting pressure section is present in the imprinting surface, and a portion where the imprinting pressure is minimum is not present in the imprinting surface. The method achieves uniform and highly accurate shape transfer without trapping of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc
    Inventors: Yuma Hirai, Kiyoshi Minoura, Fumiyasu Nomura
  • Patent number: 8794956
    Abstract: A mold system for forming a multilevel block is disclosed which comprises a multilevel mold box insert for forming a multilevel block, a mold box frame adapted for receiving therein the multilevel mold box insert, a multilevel plunger assembly, and a press head plate adapted for receiving thereon the multilevel plunger assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Inventor: Paul Adam
  • Patent number: 8794947
    Abstract: A translating die apparatus and method for forming a piece of material into a part having complex contours. The translating die apparatus may comprise upper and lower mounts, fixed upper and lower dies fixed to the upper and lower mounts, respectively, and movable upper and lower dies translatably coupled with the mounts and configured to translate laterally toward and away from the fixed upper and lower dies. The piece of material may be placed between the upper and lower dies and one of the mounts may be actuated toward another of the mounts to sandwich the piece of material between the upper and lower dies. Simultaneously, the movable upper and lower dies may translate toward the fixed upper and lower dies, until the movable and fixed dies abut each other when the upper and lower dies are fully pressing the piece of material therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Blaise F. Bergmann, Michael C. Dowling, Mark S. Williams
  • Patent number: 8701552
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and devices for forming articles of food. The methods and devices are configured for forming exterior portions and interior portions of a food article so as to form a cavity for placement of similar or different articles of food therein. In one exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides a forming device configured for forming an exterior portion of the food article in a first step, an interior portion of the food article in a second step and an interior and exterior portion in a third step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Wesley Corporation
    Inventor: David Wesley Hanson
  • Patent number: 8652372
    Abstract: Coal compacts which are suitable for coking in coke oven chambers are prepared by pressing and compacting coal in a pressing device having a design which shapes the surface of the coal compacts to provide higher surface area. Already compacted coal blocks can be pressed to generate the surface shape. The resulting coal compacts exhibit significantly improved properties during the coking process, resulting in improved gas and heat exchange. A device for compacting coal preferably contains a plate provided with shaping elements on the pressing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH
    Inventor: Ronald Kim
  • Publication number: 20130285287
    Abstract: A mold for manufacturing hemispherical sections for a golf ball includes a mold plate and a movable insert. The mold plate includes a first surface. The movable insert includes a second surface. The movable insert is connected to the mold plate. The first surface of the mold plate and the second surface of the movable insert may move relative to one another during molding of a hemispherical section for a golf ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Shun Ko, Chien-Hsin Chou, Chen-Tai Liu
  • Patent number: 8550807
    Abstract: A mold is provided for forming a continuously-extruded parison into a corrugated pipe. The mold includes a mold housing having a plurality of bores, a mold cavity having a plurality of annular corrugations, and a plurality of punches. Each punch is disposed in one of the bores and aligned with one of the annular corrugations of the mold cavity. Each punch is also configured to form an aperture in a corrugation of a corrugated pipe in the mold. A continuous extrusion blow molding system and a method are also provided for forming a hollow plastic product and punching a continuously-extruded, blow molded product before it is released from a mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Randall A. Kolbet
  • Patent number: 8545203
    Abstract: A mould system for manufacturing a container which includes a movable mould half and a stationary mould half which are positioned opposite to each other, wherein the movable mould half includes a core plate provided with a core, a plate-like seal ring that is movable relative to the core, a seal surface which surrounds the core, and a collar ring that is movable relative to the core and the stationary mould half includes a mould plate provided with a mould cavity and a seal surface, wherein in the mould system, a plate-like insert is connected to the seal surface of the seal ring, the insert including a recess which is in contact with a front edge of the seal surface, so that it is in flow communication with molten plastic material flowing from the direction of the collar ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Stora Enso Oyj
    Inventors: Päivi Määttä, Panu Tanninen, Olavi Pirttiniemi, Noora Nylander, Jalliina Järvinen, Teemu Karhu
  • Patent number: 8545202
    Abstract: A mould system for manufacturing a container which includes a movable mould half and a stationary mould half which are positioned opposite to each other, wherein the movable mould half includes a core plate provided with a core, a plate-like seal ring that is movable relative to the core, a seal surface which surrounds the core, and a collar ring that is movable relative to the core and the stationary mould half includes a mould plate provided with a mould cavity and a seal surface, wherein in the mould system, a plate-like insert is connected to the seal surface of the seal ring, the insert including a recess which is in contact with a front edge of the seal surface, so that it is in flow communication with molten plastic material flowing from the direction of the collar ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Stora Enso Oyj
    Inventors: Päivi Määttä, Panu Tanninen, Olavi Pirttiniemi, Noora Nylander, Jalliina Järvinen, Teemu Karhu
  • Patent number: 8506282
    Abstract: A die body includes a die hole for punching a work. A core, including a discharge hole, which is in communication with the die hole, is provided in the die body. The core is provided with a plurality of fluid injection ports through which fluid is injected downward of the discharge hole. The die body is provided with inflow ports through which compressed fluid flows into the fluid injection ports. The core is made of resin. The discharge hole is tapered toward its upper side. An outer peripheral surface of the die body is provided with a peripheral groove which is in communication with the inflow ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Amada Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kinshiro Naito, Masayuki Shimizu, Shigeru Endo, Takashi Matsumoto, Hiroshi Nakai, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20130049258
    Abstract: Tooling apparatus for forming a composite charge into a contoured composite blade stringer includes an elongate punch and an elongate die flexible along their lengths. The charge is press formed by using the punch to drive the charge into the die. The punch and the die are mounted between a pair of flexible plates. A press coupled with the plates contours the charge by bending the plates into a desired contour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Daniel M. Rotter, Michael R. Chapman, Brad A. Coxon, Paul E. Nelson
  • Patent number: 8252221
    Abstract: A lightweight concrete mixture (e.g., comprising cement and polystyrene foam) is introduced into a compactable mold having a mold cavity defined by plural wall structures including at least two compacting wall structures. After introducing the lightweight concrete mixture into the compactable mold, the compacting wall structures are moved such that the lightweight concrete mixture is compacted in the mold cavity. The respective positions of the plural compacting wall structures can be maintained during curing of the lightweight concrete mixture such that the lightweight concrete mixture is held under compression during curing. A compactable mold may also include one or more tubes for forming tube-shaped cavities within a building block formed in the mold. Tubes can form intersecting cavities within the building block. Tubes can remain stationary while the compacting walls are moved, even when the tubes are attached to a compacting wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Lacuna Inc.
    Inventors: Franklin David Davies, Laurian Dobrota, Rudolf Alfred Heijden, Richard William Kay, Robert H. Nippert
  • Patent number: 8202455
    Abstract: The invention relates to a press for pressing glue-coated wood chips for forming a beam having at least one substantially U-shaped cross-sectional portion. The press comprises a master tool (6), in which an elongate groove with parallel side surfaces is provided, and an elongate forming tool (7) which is vertically displaceable in the groove of the master tool. The side surface of the forming tool (7) and the groove (9) are located at a distance from another for forming a gap (10) between them and comprise each at least one carrier surface (11, 12) which is oriented in the pressing direction of the forming tool, a forming insert (13) which during pressing of the glue-coated wood chips, will move with the carrier surface (11) of the forming tool and contribute to pressing together the wood chips. During retraction of the forming tool, the forming inserts will be obstructed by the carrier surface (12) of the master tool, thereby disengaging the beam from the forming tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Newbeam Sweden AB
    Inventor: Ulf L. E. Nyberg
  • Patent number: 8142181
    Abstract: A method for forming composite materials is presented, including providing a composite charge wider than a first surface of a mandrel, and positioning the composite charge across the first surface of the mandrel. The portion of the composite charge overhanging the first surface of the mandrel is supported and urged against the mandrel while supporting the unbent portion of the composite charge substantially parallel to the first surface of the mandrel. The invention also provides a system, using a compression mold of forming bladders and heater plates, to form a composite charge over a mandrel, while supporting the unbent portions of the composite charge during forming substantially parallel to the upper surface of the mandrel. The present invention minimizes the shear zone where plies in the composite laminate charge slide past one another during the forming process reducing or eliminating out-of-plane fiber buckling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kurtis S. Willden, Barry P. Van West, Christopher G. Harris
  • Patent number: 8123512
    Abstract: A mold assembly for molding concrete blocks including at least one mold cavity including a plurality of liner plates forming sides walls of the mold cavity, wherein at least one of the liner plates is moveable between an extended position and a retracted position relative to an interior of the mold cavity. The mold assembly further includes a linear actuator having an actuator axis, a first drive linkage coupled to the linear actuator, and a second drive linkage coupled to the first drive linkage and positioned off-axis of the actuator axis and in mechanical communication with the at least one moveable liner plate, wherein the linear actuator provides forces in opposite directions along the actuator axis to the first drive linkage to drive the second drive linkage toward and away from the interior of the mold cavity to direct movement of the at least one moveable liner plate between the extended and retracted positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Ness Inventions, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Ness, Jeffrey A. Ness
  • Patent number: 8105060
    Abstract: A target capsule includes (A) a pedestal having a central projection, (B) a pedestal aid attached to the central projection so as to define a sample-loading assembly, and (C) an impact-receiving member, wherein the components (A), (B), and (C) are detachable from each other. The impact target capsule can be readily loaded with a sample, allows the sample to be easily retrieved after application of impact pressure, and can be used repeatedly, and thereby the capsule can be preferably used as an impact compression apparatus in combination with a single-stage powder gun or a single-stage gas gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideharu Iwasaki, Takayuki Ikeda, Hideaki Fujiwara, Yoshihisa Tsuji
  • Patent number: 8029037
    Abstract: A trim panel for a vehicle is formed with a pinch-sealed edge by compression molding. The mold is designed with one or more cutting surfaces that compress or pinch the trim panel material to the point of severing the trim panel to form a tightly compressed and cut edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Ben Sapak, Todd D. Nellis
  • Patent number: 8016584
    Abstract: A mold for the production of molded concrete bricks has mold recess bodies guided in openings in side walls of a mold insert, which openings are adapted to the contours of the recess bodies, in order to produce recesses in a molded concrete brick produced using this mold. The recesses reach all the way to the underside of a brick, and are supported on one or more sections of the edging of the opening. The wall thickness of the mold insert side wall can have a greater wall thickness in the region of the recess bodies. Preferably, the mold includes multiple mold inserts, and recess bodies that are similar in terms of position and movement direction are coupled mechanically with one another in their movement, and can be displaced together via common drive devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: KOBRA Formen GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Braungardt, Holger Stichel
  • Patent number: 7997892
    Abstract: This invention is related to a moulding device (90; 92; 95; 98; 100; 110) arranged to be positioned inside a tubular member (17). The moulding device (90; 92; 95; 98; 100; 110) comprises a second closing part (1), a shaft (6) loosely connected to the second closing part (1) and able to glide snugly through an opening in a first closing part (7, 8). When inserted into the tubular member (17), the moulding device (90; 92; 95; 98; 100; 110) defines a chamber together with the inner surfaces of thereof. To form a cast, this chamber is filled with moulding material which thereafter cures. To remove the cast and the moulding device (90; 92; 95; 98; 100; 110) from the tubular member, a drawing force is applied to the first closing part (7, 8), which provides a pulling out of the rest of the moulding device (90; 92; 95; 98; 100; 110) and the cast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Force Technology
    Inventors: Peder Bent Hansen, Torben Klit Pedersen, Finn Dalhoff
  • Patent number: 7980847
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for producing a consumable shell-shaped article from a fatty material, in particular from the material containing cacao or a chocolate-type material by cold moulding with the aid of a honeycomb cell (2) and a coolable upper plunger (4) which can be lowered into the cell (2). According to said invention, the edge (2a) of the cell and/or the edge (4a) of the upper plunger is provided with a deformable sealing element (8, 10) which closes a moulding cavity (6) in a tight manner with respect to the outside when said element is pressed against the edge (4a) of the upper plunger or against the edge (2a) of the cell when the upper plunger (4) is lowered therein. When the upper plunger (4) is introduced into the fluid fatty material at an appropriate temperature in the honeycomb cell (2), a pressure fluid cushion (6a) is produced on the edge of the cell and/or on the edge of the upper plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Buhler Bindler GmbH
    Inventor: Uwe Steiner
  • Patent number: 7891965
    Abstract: A mold for molding a product in a cavity formed by closing the mold is provided. The mold includes a first half; a second half; and a plurality of aligning members which contact respective outer circumferential surfaces of a first die of the first half and a second die of the second half, at least in three directions, when the mold is closed. At least one of the aligning members is moved toward the outer circumferential surfaces of the first die and the second die, and then each of the aligning members sandwiches the first die and the second die, which enables a center axis alignment between the first die and the second die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko Eiha, Seiichi Watanabe, Yasuhito Hiraki
  • Patent number: 7845934
    Abstract: A plastic molding die provided with a cavity where a plastic material is put in, wherein a part of an inner surface of the cavity is configured with an elastic body. A molding portion corresponding to a molding surface of a molded product is disposed on the inner surface of the cavity, and the elastic body is arranged on a portion other than the molding portion of the inner surface of the cavity. The plastic molding die may be a molding die for compression molding. The elastic body is made of rubber, and has an upper temperature limit higher than a glass-transition temperature of the plastic material. The degree of rubber hardness of the elastic body is from 50 to 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Fumiyuki Suzuki, Tadashi Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20100303948
    Abstract: A molding die includes a fixed die, a movable die movable toward and away from the fixed die, a first slide core slidable in sliding engagement with the fixed die, and a second slide core having a presser for pressing the first slide core when the second slide core is held in pressing contact with the first slide core. The fixed die, the movable die, the first slide core, and the second slide core jointly define a cavity for molding a product. The presser includes a reactive force plate for producing reactive forces against the pressure of a molten material introduced into the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi KATO, Kazuhisa Fujiwara, Takuya Eto, Takashi Nagata, Tomoyuki Ishiyama
  • Publication number: 20100295329
    Abstract: A trim panel for a vehicle is formed with a pinch-sealed edge by compression molding. The mold is designed with one or more cutting surfaces that compress or pinch the trim panel material to the point of severing the trim panel to form a tightly compressed and cut edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Ben Sapak, Todd D. Nellis
  • Publication number: 20100279073
    Abstract: A housing for an electronic device is disclosed, the housing comprises a base layer and a transparent film layer overlapped in the base layer, the film layer includes an inner surface abutting the base layer and an outer surface having ridges protruding thereform. The housing is formed by injection molding a molten plastic material over the transparent film layer, the ridges are formed on the transparent film layer by the molten plastic pressing the transparent film layer in injection molding. It is also disclosed a mold for making the housing and a method to make the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: BEN-DING TSAO, WEN-LIN XIONG, QI-QUAN YAN, YUE-JUN HE, MAN-XIANG DUAN, SAN-YUAN WEN
  • Patent number: 7704435
    Abstract: An assembly, for stripping a medium from a mold cavity according to one embodiment of the present invention, may include a stripper shoe, a head structure, and a plunger component attaching the stripper shoe to the head structure. The plunger component may have an elongated body, a first portion with a first end, and a second portion with a second end. The second portion may be substantially perpendicular to the first portion and have an opening configured to facilitate fastening the stripper shoe to the second portion of the plunger component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Rampf Molds Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent Ishler
  • Patent number: 7614868
    Abstract: A first metal mold has a convex portion; a second metal mold has a concave portion; the surfaces of both metal molds facing each other have a predetermined clearance between them when the top of the convex portion is in contact with the bottom of the concave portion; the concave portion includes an opening side area defined by a wall facing the convex portion with a predetermined clearance kept when the convex portion is accommodated and a shoulder continuing from the wall, toward the rough center of the concave portion, to the side of the convex portion, and a bottom area in an area drilled down from the opening surrounded by the shoulder, defined by the wall that contacts the side of the top located within a predetermined distance from the top of the convex portion when the convex portion is accommodated, and the bottom that contacts the top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoto Maruta
  • Patent number: 7594808
    Abstract: A mold for molding a product in a cavity formed by closing the mold includes a first half; a second half; and a plurality of aligning members which come in contact with each side circumferential surface of the first half 100 and the second half at least in three directions, when the mold is closed. After the mold is closed, at least one of the aligning members is moved to contact the aligning member with the each side circumferential surface of the first half and the second half, which enables a center axis alignment between the first half and the second half.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Noriko Eiha, Seiichi Watanabe, Yasuhito Hiraki
  • Patent number: 7582319
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the production of a shell-like formed consumable item from a fatty mass, more particularly a fatty mass containing cocoa or chocolate, wherein a cell is initially filled with the fatty mass in flowable temperature state in a dosed manner in a mold, whereupon a cooling body with a temperature below melting temperature of the tempered fatty mass is dipped into the liquid fatty mass so that the flowable fatty mass can be distributed in the intermediate space defined by the cell and the cooling body. The cooling body is maintained in dipped position inside the fatty mass for a given space of time until the fatty mass located in the intermediate space hardens. According to the invention, the flowable tempered fatty mass is vibrated for a given space of time after filling the cell and before dipping the cooling body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Buehler Bindler GmbH
    Inventor: Dirk Klaes
  • Patent number: 7479004
    Abstract: A die body includes a die hole for punching a work. A core, including a discharge hole, which is in communication with the die hole, is provided in the die body. The core is provided with a plurality of fluid injection ports through which fluid is injected downward of the discharge hole. The die body is provided with inflow ports through which compressed fluid flows into the fluid injection ports. The core is made of resin. The discharge hole is tapered toward its upper side. An outer peripheral surface of the die body is provided with a peripheral groove which is in communication with the inflow ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Amada Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kinshiro Naito, Masayuki Shimizu, Shigeru Endo, Takashi Matsumoto, Hiroshi Nakai, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7232301
    Abstract: A machine for the manufacture of flexible moulds is described, in particular for the obtainment of lipsticks or the like, which comprises a female mould including at least one moulding cavity fillable with a plastic fluid, a male mould including at least a male stem and means to insert said male stem into said cavity of the female mould after the same has been filled with said plastic fluid and to extract it from the same after a prefixed cooling period suitable to transform said fluid plastic into a flexible mould.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Intercos S.p.A.
    Inventor: Nadia Avalle
  • Patent number: 7137335
    Abstract: A plastics waste processor is provided for efficiently compacting and melting plastics waste, so as to form easily disposable compact plastic units having a volume considerably smaller than the unprocessed plastics waste. The plastics waste processor has a waste containment chamber, a rotating chamber door, a jam breaker bar to facilitate opening of the door when jammed by melted plastic waste, pneumatically driven waste compaction means with plastic shedding rams, a waste containment chamber heating system, a processor temperature monitoring means, a cooling means, and a control means. Further a cable and hose management system is provided for protection of moving cables and hoses, as well as a washdown system for automatic cleaning of the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Inventors: Steven C. Walker, David J. Niedoba, Gary L. Alexander, Carlton W. Jones, Thomas V. Walters, Christian R. Adamoyurka, Paul J. Schwegler, Steven S. Marx, Whitfield T. Reddin, Joseph B. Lynch
  • Patent number: 6984117
    Abstract: An apparatus and methods of manufacturing seamless gaskets using expanded intercalated graphite worms, in which an annular die cavity has a central column with a charge inlet in a perimeter wall. Expanded intercalated graphite worms communicate from a source through the charge inlet in the annular die cavity for depositing a charge of expanded intercalated graphite worms within the die cavity. An upper pusher is movable from a first position distally spaced from an open end of the die cavity to a second position within the die cavity for compressing a first charge of expanded intercalated graphite worms. A lower pusher is movable from a first position to a second position during the compressing of the first charge of expanded intercalated graphite worms in the die. The upper pusher causes the lower pusher to move to the second position, so that a second charge of expanded intercalated graphite worms is received in substantially the same volume as the first charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Acadia Elastomers Corporation
    Inventors: Steven M. Suggs, Reid M. Meyer
  • Patent number: 6938539
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes an apparatus for making edible articles out of a chocolate or chocolate-like mass that is tempered and deposited directly on a conveyor web. The apparatus includes a holding and cooling device carrying plungers with pressing surfaces arranged above the conveyor web. The plungers with pressing surfaces are configured to be moved up and down relative to the conveyor web. The holding device carries a closure plate which is configured to move relative to the plungers. The closure plate surrounds a periphery of each plunger and is adapted to rest on the conveyor web during pressing of the chocolate or chocolate-like mass, and includes forming surfaces that are adapted to overlap at least part of a rim of the edible articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Aasted-Mikroverk APS
    Inventor: Jacob Christian Refer
  • Patent number: 6845708
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes an apparatus for pressing an edible article. The apparatus includes a holding device including a channel for circulating a cooling liquid and also including independently suspended plungers. Each independently suspended plunger includes a lower part having a non-circular cross-section and at least two upper parts each having a circular cross-section. The lower part includes a pressing surface configured to be pressed into contact with an edible mass. The at least two upper parts each include a sliding surface supported by an opposing sliding surface that defines an opening of the holding device. The lower part and the at least two upper parts are separate parts that are joined together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Aasted-Mikroverk ApS
    Inventors: Jacob Christian Refer, Per Fejer
  • Patent number: 6843168
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes an apparatus for pressing an edible article. The apparatus includes a holding device including a channel for circulating a cooling liquid and also including an independently suspended plunger. The independently suspended plunger includes a lower part with a pressing surface configured to be pressed into contact with an edible mass. The independently suspended plunger also includes an upper part with a sliding surface supported by an opposing sliding surface that defines an opening of the holding device. The upper part has a circular cross-section and the lower part has a non-circular cross-section. The upper part and the lower part are separate parts that are joined together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Aasted-Mikroverk ApS
    Inventor: Jacob Christian Refer
  • Publication number: 20040217518
    Abstract: A compression molding system and method, including a mold set and one or more hydraulic cylinders (42,44) that create a self-aligning and self-activating operating unit. The hydraulic cylinders can include a combination of activation and clamping cylinders. The mold set includes a first and second mold section (22,24) and a source of heat (87) is provided to heat the mold set. The mold sections are constructed of individual plates or bar (16), and machined to define a mold cavity (25). Reinforcement plates (38,41) can be attached to the mold sections and add structure and integrity to the system. A computer control system (56) interprets data from the activation hydraulic cylinders and monitors and controls hydraulic fluid flow into and out of each cylinder and a power unit pumps hydraulic fluid into and out of the chambers within the activation and clamping cylinders (42,44).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Craig Alan Newman, John Aubrey Neate, Thomas Ray Feguer
  • Publication number: 20040191349
    Abstract: In a rotary compressive molding machine for powder material in which powder material filled in a die hole 41 of a die 4 mounted on a rotary table 3 is compressed and molded between a lower face 5a of an upper punch 5 and an upper face 6a of a lower punch 6, a powder lubricant supplying means LS that supplies the upper face 6a of the lower punch 6, the lower face 5a of the upper punch 5 and the die hole 41 with a predetermined quantity of powder lubricant L prior to filling the powder material comprises a powder lubricant supplying portion LS1 that sends the powder lubricant L, a flow quantity detecting portion LS2 that detects a flow quantity of the powder lubricant L, a retrieved quantity detecting portion LS3 that detects a quantity of superfluous powder lubricant L that has not been used, and a control portion LS4 that controls the powder lubricant supplying portion LS1 by computing a quantity of the powder lubricant L to send out based on a quantity detected by the flow quantity detecting portion LS2 and
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventor: Keiji Shimada
  • Patent number: 6793478
    Abstract: A female mold vacuum forming apparatus and a method for using the female mold vacuum forming apparatus for providing improved draw depth capability. The female mold vacuum forming apparatus comprises a top contoured surface and a cavity having a cavity surface formed within the top contoured surface. The cavity surface defines part geometry having deep-draw sections. The top contoured surface defines open sections in the side surfaces of the mold adjacent to at least one deep-draw section to allow free formation of parts within said at least one deep-draw section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick James Homburg, Jr., Robert Kurbel
  • Patent number: 6790020
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system in which carbon dioxide is supplied to a pressure chamber of a molten resin preparing apparatus which has established a certain temperature environment to diffuse the carbon dioxide in a material synthetic resin in a molten state. After turning the material synthetic resin into a gas-dissolving-resin in the pressure chamber, the gas-dissolving-resin is supplied to a mold space of a molding apparatus for compression molding. The pressure inside the mold space is quickly lowered by raising an upper mold of the molding apparatus quickly, whereby a foamed article is produced from the gas-dissolving-resin in the mold space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takeo Kitayama, Nobuhiro Usui
  • Patent number: 6772679
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention includes an apparatus for making edible articles but of a chocolate mass that is tempered and deposited directly on a conveyor web The apparatus includes a holding a holding and cooling device carrying plungers with pressing surfaces arranged above the conveyor web. The plungers with pressing surfaces are configured to be moved up and down relative to the conveyor web. The holding device with plungers as well as an underlying part of the conveyor web is arranged in a housing connected to an air dryer adapted to supply dry air into the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Aasted Mikroverk APS
    Inventor: Jacob Christian Refer
  • Publication number: 20040131717
    Abstract: This invention provides a rotary compression molding machine suitable for manufacture of a core-incorporated molded article, wherein: at least an upper punch comprises a center punch and an outer punch, both of which are slidable and capable of pressing, the upper center punch having a head part capable of projecting from a head part of the upper outer punch, the rotary compression molding machine including: a plurality of powdery/granular material feeding and filling sections; guide means for guiding the center punch and the outer punch either separately or as one unit; an upper pre-compression roll operative to press the center punch or both the center punch and the outer punch; lower pre-compression means making a pair with the upper pre-compression roll; engagement means for causing the upper center punch to engage the upper outer punch with the head part of the upper center punch in a state projecting maximally from the head part of the upper outer punch to allow the upper center punch and the upper oute
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Keiji Shimada, Kenji Harada, Yuichi Ozeki, Yoshiya Kondo, Yukinao Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20040113319
    Abstract: The subject is to manufacture molding with core efficiently and at one time from molding material such as powder granule. To this end, a method for manufacturing molding with core was invented, which method uses compression molding means, that comprise a die, and upper and lower punches, where at least the upper punch, preferably both the upper and lower punches, have a double structure consisting of a central punch and an outer punch surrounding the outer periphery of the central punch, both the central punch and the outer punch being capable of performing sliding motions as well as compressing operations. This method includes steps of separate supplying of molding materials for core and molding material for outer layer, a compression molding step of the molding material for core and/or the molding material for outer layer, and a compression molding step of the whole molding with core. The invention also provides a rotary compression molding machine, used for execution of the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiya Kondo, Yukinao Watanabe, Yuichi Ozeki