US Patent Class 425
PLASTIC ARTICLE OR EARTHENWARE SHAPING OR TREATING: APPARATUS



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1  DF  MEANS UTILIZING FORCE FROM EXPLOSIVE OR THERMIC COMPOSITION
2  DF  SHAPING MEANS EMPLOYING ANATOMICAL BODY OR PORTION THEREOF (I.E., ANIMAL OR PLANT)
3  DF  WITH DIRECT APPLICATION OF MAGNETIC FORCE TO MANIPULATE SHAPING MEANS OR WORK
4 R  DF  WITH MECHANICAL MEANS FORMING OR EXPANDING PORES (E.G., FOAMING, ETC.)
4 C  DF  .~ Continuously
5  DF  MEANS ENCAPSULATING NORMALLY LIQUID MATERIAL
6  DF  MEANS MAKING PARTICULATE MATERIAL DIRECTLY FROM LIQUID OR MOLTEN MATERIAL
7  DF  .~ By means applying fluid jet or blast to unconfined liquid material
8  DF  .~ By slinger or rotating liquid comminutor
9  DF  .~.~ Cotton candy maker
10  DF  .~ And distinct means applying congealing fluid to formed particles
11  DF  PRODUCT OR PREFORM REPAIR OR RESTORING MEANS
12  DF  .~ Hand manipulable tool
13  DF  .~ Means feeding fluent stock under pressure
14  DF  .~ Shape conforming sleeve or deformable pressure wrap means
15  DF  .~ Tire segment engaging channel box coacting with pressure surface or rim
16  DF  .~.~ Adjustable sidewall channel box
17  DF  .~ Tire recapping, rebeading or sidewall replacing means
18  DF  .~.~ Simultaneously on plural tires
19  DF  .~.~ Including carcass or tread mold aligning means
20  DF  .~.~ Band or channel type recapping mold
21  DF  .~.~.~ Including axially supported bead spreading means
22  DF  .~.~.~ Including sidewall pressure platens
23  DF  .~.~.~ Means applying pressure to carcass interior
24  DF  .~.~.~.~ Means applying fluid pressure directly
25  DF  .~.~.~ Diametrically separable mold sections coacting with tire carcass
26  DF  .~ Means for supporting only a portion of a tire
27  DF  .~.~ Expansible internal support
28.1  DF  RESHAPING, RESIZING OR VULCANIZING MEANS FOR TIRE, TIRE TUBE, OR DRIVE BELT
29  DF  .~ Control means responsive to condition sensing means
30  DF  .~ Control means responsive to independently operated timer
31  DF  .~ Means shaping drum shaped preform to tire casing shape
32  DF  .~.~ Mold or housing encasing preform
33  DF  .~.~.~ And means inserting pressurizing diaphragm into mold or housing
34.1  DF  .~ Plural female molds for plural preforms
34.2  DF  .~.~ Forming belts (e,g., drive, transmission, endless)
34.3  DF  .~.~ Within separate vulcanizing chamber
35  DF  .~ Toroidal or annular female shaping means and coacting means holding preform thereagainst
36  DF  .~.~ Including distinct means to engage tire-type bead
37  DF  .~.~ Including core pins forming transverse voids in solid tire portion
38  DF  .~.~ Including means placing preform in mold or removing product from mold
39  DF  .~.~ Female mold surface is expansible
40  DF  .~.~ Including heating or cooling means
41  DF  .~.~.~ Electrical
42  DF  .~.~.~ Within cavity of hollow preform
43  DF  .~.~ Coating holding means is expansible structure
44  DF  .~.~ Means to directly apply fluid pressure to preform
45  DF  .~.~.~ Inner tube type including valve stem feature
46  DF  .~.~ Including removable tire tread shaping portion
47  DF  .~ Sectional female mold including locking or clamping assembly means
48  DF  .~ Interior holding means or curing bag inserter, releaser, or remover
49  DF  .~ Internal mold, form or support for toroid
50  DF  .~.~ Including heating or cooling means
51  DF  .~.~ Expansible surface
52  DF  .~.~.~ Fluid pressure actuated diaphragm type
53  DF  .~.~.~.~ Including valve stem
54  DF  .~.~ Sectional
55  DF  .~.~.~ Removable portion
56  DF  .~.~.~.~ Annular assembly clamping ring
57  DF  .~.~.~.~ Internal support held in assembly by cam or wedge means
58  DF  .~.~ Bead clamping means, air bag support means or means sealing tire opening
58.1  DF  .~ Post cure inflator
59  DF  UTILIZING SUBTERRANEAN FEATURE AS SHAPING MEANS
60  DF  BOOM MOUNTED DEPOSITING AND FORMING MEANS OF THE CARROUSEL TYPE
61  DF  WITH SHIP OR BOAT LAUNCHING MEANS OR DRYDOCK
62  DF  WITH TRANSPORTATION DEVICE FOR RELOCATING MOLDING APPARATUS TO DIFFERENT SITE (E.G., LAND VEHICLE, ETC.)
63  DF  BUILDING FORMS OR CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING TYPE MOLD WITH REPOSITIONING MEANS FOR PROGRESSIVE MOLDING
64  DF  .~ Including mold charging means
65  DF  .~ Means penetrating or embedded in previously formed section to support mold
66  DF  CONTINUOUS FILAMENT FORMING OR FILM CASTING MEANS WITH STRETCHING MEANS COMPRISING PRODUCT ADVANCING MEANS
67  DF  IMMERSED SHAPING ORIFICE DISCHARGING DIRECTLY INTO LIQUID BATH OR SHOWER MEANS
68  DF  .~ Additional downstream means for treating product by fluid
69  DF  .~ Shaping orifice and bath or shower means mounted for relative movement
70  DF  .~ Means directing product through tubular conduit within bath or shower means
71  DF  INCLUDING MEANS ADVANCING CONTINUOUS LENGTH WORK THROUGH DOWNSTREAM LIQUID BATH OR SHOWER MEANS
72.1  DF  SHAPING ORIFICE AND DOWNSTREAM WORK CONTACTING GASEOUS TREATING MEANS
72.2  DF  .~ Orifice for filaments or fibers (e.g., spinneret)
73  DF  INCLUDING VENTILATING TYPE HOOD OR CHAMBER ENCASING A MATERIAL HANDLER
74  DF  .~ Recovering or recycling gas or vapor
75  DF  .~ Material handler is endless casting surface
76  DF  MEANS IMPARTING IRREGULAR DENIER TO FILAMENTS
77  DF  ULTRA HIGH PRESSURE GENERATING DEVICE
78  DF  MEANS FOR MOLDING POWDERED METAL
79  DF  .~ Continuous length product formation
80.1  DF  AIR FELTING TYPE SHAPING MEANS
81.1  DF  .~ Means forming stratified products
82.1  DF  .~ With particle liberating means (e.g., cutting, carding, etc.)
83.1  DF  .~ Means forming running length product
84  DF  WITH FORAMINOUS OR ABSORBENT MEANS FOR REMOVAL OF VEHICLE OR COMPONENT IN LIQUID FORM DURING OR AFTER SHAPING
85  DF  .~ Vacuum means
86  DF  INCLUDING HANDLING MEANS OR FEATURE FOR TREATING LIQUID OR VEHICLE LIQUID, OR CONDENSATE
87  DF  HAND MOVABLE, SUBSTRATE TRAVERSING, PLURAL DIMENSION SHAPING MEANS INCLUDING MOLDING MATERIAL SUPPLY
88  DF  WITH FACTORY STRUCTURE FEATURE
89  DF  WITH INTERPOSED NON-ADHERING WEB OR SHEET TYPE PARTING MEANS
90  DF  WITH MEANS APPLYING COATING (E.G., PARTING, ETC.) MATERIAL TO WORK OR WORK CONTACT MEANS
91  DF  .~ Plural diverse type applicators
92  DF  .~ Plural spaced applying means applying material to work and work contact means
93  DF  .~ Immersion type
94  DF  .~ Means contacting work downstream of shaping member
95  DF  .~ By means attached to or within male shaping member
96  DF  .~ Separate means applying material directly to shaping means, dough divider trap chamber, or between work and shaping means
97  DF  .~.~ By means injecting material into extrusion head or nozzle
98  DF  .~.~ To female mold or dough divider trap chamber
99  DF  .~.~.~ Orbital or conveyor mounted mold
100  DF  .~.~.~.~ By spray means or pneumatic conveyor type applicator
101  DF  .~.~ To endless surface type shaping means
102  DF  .~ To work contact means upstream of shaping means
103  DF  .~.~ By spray means or pneumatic conveyor type applicator
104  DF  .~ To work downstream of shaping means
105  DF  .~.~ By means striping or applying a definite pattern
106  DF  .~.~ With reshaping or cutting means downstream of coating means
107  DF  WITH MEANS LUBRICATING COOPERATING APPARATUS PARTS
108  DF  ROD END TO ROD END SPLICING OR JOINING TYPE
500  DF  PREFORM ASSEMBLY MEANS AND MEANS FOR BONDING OF PLURAL PREFORMS INVOLVING PREFORM RESHAPING OR VULCANIZING
501  DF  .~ Vulcanizing or curing means including a conforming preform support
502  DF  .~.~ With means to release or remove product from support
503  DF  .~ Reshaping means utilizing fluid pressure directly contacting work
504  DF  .~.~ Vacuum or suction
505  DF  .~ Means forming indefinite length product
506  DF  .~ With treatment means other than assembling, bonding, shaping or reshaping means
507  DF  .~.~ Means to modify temperature of work or product
508  DF  .~.~.~ Heating
509  DF  .~.~.~.~ And cooling
510  DF  .~.~ Severing means
511  DF  .~.~.~ And means for forming preform from bulk material
512  DF  .~.~.~ Plural distinct severing means
513  DF  .~.~.~.~ Diverse
514  DF  .~.~.~ Downstream of bonding means
515  DF  .~ With additional shaping means to form or reshape preform upstream of bonding means
516  DF  .~.~ Extrusion
517  DF  .~ Means press fitting or forcibly embedding one preform into another preform
518  DF  .~ Plural reshaping means
519  DF  .~.~ Opposed, registering, coacting mold cavities
520  DF  .~ Opposed coacting press members
521  DF  .~.~ Male shaping member and female mold
110  DF  DISTINCT MEANS TO FEED, SUPPORT OR MANIPULATE PREFORM STOCK AND MEANS FOR SHAPING FLUENT OR BULK STOCK TO FORM UNITED PRODUCT
111  DF  .~ And means to apply stress to preform and uniting in stressed condition
112  DF  .~ And means to form or reshape preform
113  DF  .~ Extrusion shaping means
114  DF  .~.~ Means to feed or support plural preforms to or at extrusion means
115  DF  .~ Endless surface means to shape fluent material
116  DF  .~ Opposed registering coacting female molds
117  DF  .~ Female mold type means
118  DF  .~.~ Including hand manipulatable support for edible receiver (e.g., ice cream cone, etc.)
119  DF  .~.~ Shoe last type support for preform
120  DF  .~.~ Plural sources feeding the fluent material
121  DF  .~.~ Means to feed or support common preform to or at spaced female molds
122  DF  .~.~ Means to continuously feed indefinite length preform
123  DF  .~.~ Means to support plural preforms in spaced relation in or at common female mold
124  DF  .~.~.~ Washer type preform
125  DF  .~.~ Female mold or preform support vertically movable
126.1  DF  .~.~ Means to convey preform to female mold
126.2  DF  .~.~.~ Stick inserter
127  DF  .~.~ Preform stock acting as reaction shaping surface cooperating with recessed fluent stock shaping means
128  DF  .~.~ Coacting pressure means
129.1  DF  .~.~ Means to charge fuent stock under pressure
129.2  DF  .~.~.~ Shoe or boot
130  DF  MEANS FEEDING FLUENT STOCK FROM PLURAL SOURCES TO COMMON SHAPING MEANS TO FORM COMPOSITE PRODUCT
131.1  DF  .~ Extrusion shaping means
131.5  DF  .~.~ Comprising spinnerette
132  DF  .~.~ Intermittent feed
133.1  DF  .~.~ Concentric
133.5  DF  .~.~ For extruding film
134  DF  .~ Traveling female mold type shaping means
135  DF  CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO OR ACTUATED BY MEANS SENSING OR DETECTING A CONDITION OR MATERIAL TRIGGERED
136  DF  .~ Means responsive to abnormal condition completely stop operation of machine
137  DF  .~.~ Means responsive to material remaining in mold from previous molding operation
138  DF  .~.~ Means responsive to improper mold position
139  DF  .~ Article ejector or stripper control
140  DF  .~ Control means responsive to product weight or dimension
141  DF  .~.~ Thickness
142  DF  .~ Cutter control
143  DF  .~ Temperature control
144  DF  .~.~ Of mold cavity or fluent material to shaping or discharging orifice
145  DF  .~ Feed control of material en route to shaping area
146  DF  .~.~ By pressure actuated valve
147  DF  .~.~ By stopping or adjusting flow responsive to material level in collector or mold
148  DF  .~.~ By means responsive to weight of feed material
149  DF  .~ Molding pressure control means responsive to pressure at shaping area (e.g., injection or press mold, etc.)
150  DF  .~ Mold motion or position control
151  DF  WITH SAFETY FEATURE
152  DF  .~ Plural starting buttons or mold operating means dependent upon position of a machine element
153  DF  .~ Secondary means to prevent accidental motion, (e.g., mold closing, etc.) or means to relieve gaseous pressure
154  DF  .~ Means to alter operation due to presence of foreign matter or overload
155  DF  WITH CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO INDEPENDENTLY OPERATED TIMER
156  DF  .~ For timing period mold is closed or period molding pressure is maintained
157  DF  .~.~ In press mold cycle
158  DF  .~.~.~ With timer for molding material preheat period
159  DF  .~ For timing mold filling means
160  DF  .~ For timing heating or cooling means
161  DF  INTERLOCKED DIVERSE FUNCTION ELEMENTS
162  DF  WITH ELECTRICAL CONTROL SYSTEM
163  DF  .~ Of diverse shaping means or sequential contact of work with different shaping elements
164  DF  .~ For severing product from shaped mass
165  DF  .~ Of product removal from molding surface
166  DF  .~ Of intermittent delivery of fluent charges to shaping surface
167  DF  .~ Of ram or platen reciprocation in press molding cycle
168  DF  WITH MEANS ADJUSTING SYNCHRONIZATION OR COMPENSATING FOR WEAR
169  DF  WITH INDICATOR, SIGNAL, RECORDER, ILLUMINATOR, OR INSPECTION MEANS
170  DF  .~ For molding temperature or pressure
171  DF  .~ For determining, observing, or recording position of adjustable element
172  DF  .~.~ Element is means determining product size
173  DF  .~ Means permitting visual inspection by operator
174  DF  MEANS APPLYING ELECTRICAL OR WAVE ENERGY DIRECTLY TO WORK
174.2  DF  .~ Sonic or supersonic wave energy
174.4  DF  .~ Radiated energy
174.6  DF  .~ Electrical energy conducted through work
174.8 R  DF  .~ Electro-static or inductive field
174.8 E  DF  .~.~ Electro-static
175  DF  MEANS FORMING A MOLD; OR FLASK, PER SE
176  DF  .~ Including means to separate subsequently molded product from formed mold (e.g., destructible starch type, etc.)
177  DF  .~ Press means to form mold
178  DF  .~ Including ram type feed of molding material or means to break bond between flask and contents
179  DF  .~ Including, structurally integral fastening means
180  DF  .~ Three part flask
181  DF  CONVERTIBLE
182  DF  WITH APPARATUS ASSEMBLY OR DISMANTLING MEANS OR WITH IDLE PART
183  DF  .~ Plural wear or shaping surfaces mounted for alternative use
184  DF  .~ Shaping and severing means mounted for alternative use
185  DF  .~ Means permitting removal or substitution of elements during apparatus operation
186  DF  .~ Including support or guide means for disassembled element
187  DF  .~ Means excavating from bulk with simultaneous shaping (e.g., ice cream scoop or plugger, etc.)
188  DF  .~ Pivotally joined housings or housing sections enclosing removable element
189  DF  .~ By handle or handwheel means
190  DF  .~ For extrusion or injection type shaping means
191  DF  .~.~ Threaded die or die housing
192 R  DF  .~.~ Including securing means retaining separable elements
192 S  DF  .~.~.~ Spinnerets
193  DF  .~ For press shaping surface
194  DF  .~.~ Calender roll or roll face
195  DF  .~.~ Female mold
196  DF  .~ Blade type harvesting means or severing means
197  DF  WITH UPSTREAM SCREEN OR PERFORATED PLATE FOR STRAINING, HOMOGENIZING, OR MIXING MATERIAL TO BE SHAPED
198  DF  .~ Upstream of multi-orifice shaping die
199  DF  .~ Plural screens or plates
200  DF  WITH SEPARATE AND DISTINCT UPSTREAM AGITATING OR KNEADING MEANS
201  DF  .~ Mixing roll type (e.g., rubber mills, etc.)
202  DF  .~ With cutting, severing or comminuting means
203  DF  .~ With separate and distinct gas withdrawal chamber
204  DF  .~ Plural means being diverse, or parallel and intermeshing or concentric
205  DF  .~ Serially arranged chambers each housing a kneading or mixing means
206  DF  .~ Within or at forming means
207  DF  .~ Within pressurizing chamber
208  DF  .~.~ By modified screw helix
209  DF  .~ Agitator or kneader comprises means rotating about a horizontal axis
210  DF  WITH MEANS CLEANING AND PURIFYING ATMOSPHERE SURROUNDING MOLDING DEVICE
211  DF  WITH SOUND MUFFLING OR DAMPENING MEANS
212  DF  WITH MEANS TO RESET OPERATION CYCLE
213  DF  WITH PERSONNEL SUPPORT MEANS
214  DF  WITH MEANS TO RETARD OR STOP MOVING ELEMENT (E.G., BRAKE, ETC.)
215  DF  WITH MEANS TO GATHER EXCESS OR REJECTED STOCK MATERIAL
216  DF  .~ Dynamic gatherer
217  DF  .~.~ Recycling type
218  DF  FEMALE MOLD AND COOPERATING STOCK SMOOTHING MEANS OR EXCESS STOCK REMOVING MEANS
219  DF  .~ Means carried by or attached to feeder
220  DF  .~ Conveyor or roll mounted mold with stationary smoothing or removing means
221  DF  .~ For means excavating from bulk source with simultaneous shaping (e.g., ice cream scoop or plugger, etc.)
222  DF  TUMBLING TYPE AGGLOMERATING MEANS FOR PARTICULATE MATERIAL
223  DF  ENDLESS CASTING SURFACE AND COOPERATING HARVESTING MEANS
224  DF  MEANS CASTING FLUENT STOCK OPERABLY ASSOCIATED WITH SHAPING SURFACE TO FORM INDEFINITE LENGTH PRODUCT
225  DF  WITH SEPARATE APPARATUS CLEANING MEANS
226  DF  .~ Coacting with diverse apparatus elements
227  DF  .~ Coacting with forming means or dough divider type trap chamber
228  DF  .~.~ Reciprocating cleaner moving across a plunger face
229  DF  .~.~ Cleaner moving into working engagement
230  DF  .~.~ Cleaner coacting with endless surface press forming means or film forming casting surface
231  DF  .~.~ Cleaner coacting with traveling former
232  DF  .~ Coacting with work contact means (e.g., conveyor or cutter, etc.) downstream of former
233  DF  SETS OF PRESS COUPLES COMPRISING REGISTERING FEMALE MOLD CAVITIES
234  DF  .~ Stacked
235  DF  .~ Coacting cutting; edges on female mold sections
236  DF  .~ Including positive means to eject product
237  DF  .~ Mounted on rolls
238  DF  DOUGH DIVIDER TYPE INCLUDING TRAP CHAMBER
239  DF  .~ Including positive discharge assistant in supply hopper
240  DF  .~ Reciprocating ram feeding to rotating trap chamber
241  DF  .~ Rotating trap chamber pickup
522  DF  FEMALE MOLD AND MEANS TO SHAPE PARISON DIRECTLY BY INTERNAL FLUID PRESSURE, (E.G., BLOW MOLD, ETC.)
523  DF  .~ Utilizing laminated parison
524  DF  .~ With filling means
525  DF  .~ Forming baffle, bottleneck, or handle
526  DF  .~ With heating or cooling means
527  DF  .~ With means to sever product
528  DF  .~ Including means to prepare parison
529  DF  .~.~ Parison stretching means
530  DF  .~.~.~ Comprising staged inflation means
531  DF  .~.~ Parison severing means
532  DF  .~.~ Parison forming extruder
533  DF  .~.~ Parison forming injection mold
534  DF  .~.~ Parison transfer means
535  DF  .~ Including blowing medium supply means
536  DF  .~.~ Needle
537  DF  .~ Including product ejector
538  DF  .~ Plural female molds and means to shape parison at each directly by internal fluid pressure
539  DF  .~.~ With means to support molds for movement with continuously moving work
540  DF  .~.~ With rotary support for molds
541  DF  .~ Including means to close or lock blow mold
542  DF  FEMALE MOLD AND CHARGER TO SUPPLY FLUENT STOCK UNDER PRESSURE THERETO IN FLUID-TIGHT RELATIONSHIP (E.G., INJECTION MOLD, ETC.)
543  DF  .~ Molding of thermosetting or cross-linking stock
544  DF  .~.~ Means for transfer molding
545  DF  .~ To make slide fastener element
546  DF  .~ With means to evacuate mold or provide controlled environment
547  DF  .~ With means to heat or cool
548  DF  .~.~ Plural distinct means
549  DF  .~.~ Including heated or cooled nozzle
550  DF  .~.~ Including heated or cooled plasticizer
551  DF  .~.~ Including heated or cooled material supply hopper
552  DF  .~.~ Cooling means for female mold
553  DF  .~ With preform severing means movable relative to mold
554  DF  .~.~ And product ejector
555  DF  .~ With shrinkage compensation means
556  DF  .~ With product ejector
557  DF  .~ With accumulator, trap chamber, or serially arranged valves between charger and mold
558  DF  .~.~ Changeable volume accumulator
559  DF  .~.~ Accumulator with check valve supplying fluent thereto
560  DF  .~.~ Including valve to alternatively direct fluent stock to accumulator or mold
561  DF  .~.~ Accumulator with plunger of charger acting as valve
562  DF  .~ With means between charger and mold to cut off flow of fluent stock (e.g., needle valve, baffle, etc.)
563  DF  .~.~ Biased, pressure responsive means
564  DF  .~.~ Nozzle valve
565  DF  .~.~.~ Mold actuated
566  DF  .~.~.~ Flush with or entering mold cavity
567  DF  .~ With coupling between charger and mold
568  DF  .~.~ Including sepcific nozzle
569  DF  .~.~.~ And means to connect nozzle to mold
570  DF  .~.~.~ Plural nozzles
571  DF  .~.~.~ Flush with or entering into mold cavity
572  DF  .~.~ Supplying fluent stock to plural mold cavities
573  DF  .~.~ Including plural passages to single mold cavity
574  DF  .~ With means to cause relative movement between mold and charger
575  DF  .~.~ Means to move mold
576  DF  .~.~.~ Rotary mold support
577  DF  .~ Mold having movable core or movable pin
578  DF  .~ With normally open stock chamber (e.g., hopper, etc.)
579  DF  .~.~ Charger including a shaping surface (e.g., Briquetting means, etc.)
580  DF  .~.~ And feeder to supply granular fluent stock to charger
581  DF  .~.~.~ Including plural molds
582  DF  .~.~.~ Rotary feeder
583  DF  .~.~.~ Reciprocating feeder
584  DF  .~.~.~ Air or vacuum utilized to feed stock
585  DF  .~ Including feeder to supply stock to charger
586  DF  .~.~ Means to feed measured charge
587  DF  .~.~ Screw feeder
588  DF  .~ Plural mold cavities
589  DF  .~ With means to close mold
590  DF  .~.~ Varying pressure and/or speed closing
591  DF  .~.~ Common fluid pressure closes mold and performs injection
592  DF  .~.~ Including articulated link
593  DF  .~.~.~ Toggle
594  DF  .~.~ Charger and closing means on same side of mold
595  DF  .~ With means to lock mold in closed position
253  DF  FEMALE MOLD, PALLET HANDLING MEANS AND MEANS TO CHARGE FEMALE MOLD
254  DF  .~ Including magazine type pallet supply means
255  DF  .~ Pallet supported within mold sidewalls by vertically movable stripper
256  DF  FEMALE MOLD AND MEANS TO FEED MEASURED CHARGE OF FLUENT MATERIAL THERETO
257  DF  .~ Plural separate and distinct feeders
258  DF  .~ Means to move feed means to female mold
259  DF  .~.~ Traveling female mold
260  DF  .~.~ Drawer type feed coacting with mold having movable bottom
261  DF  .~ Means to sequentially move female mold
262  DF  MEANS WITHDRAWING TROWEL TYPE SHAPING MEMBER FROM WITHIN OPEN ENDED MOLD TO SHAPE MATERIAL THEREIN
263  DF  POTTERY WHEEL TYPE SUPPORT AND PROFILE
264  DF  .~ Including separate and distinct male plunger
265  DF  .~ Plural profile tools of diverse configuration
266  DF  .~ Plural female molds or preform supports
267  DF  .~ Rotatable profile tool
268  DF  .~ Externally engaging profile tool
269  DF  DIPPING TYPE SHAPING MEANS
270  DF  .~ Mounted on moving support
271  DF  .~.~ Including means to infect or withdraw gas from internal portion of shaping means
272  DF  .~.~ Means causing diverse motion of shaping means (e.g., rotating during dipping, etc.)
273  DF  .~.~ Means moving immersion bath
274  DF  .~.~ Including stripper means
275  DF  .~ Dipping form per se
276  DF  MEANS EXCAVATING FROM A BULK SOURCE WITH SIMULTANEOUS SHAPING (E.G., ICE CREAM SCOOP OR PLUGGER, ETC.)
277  DF  .~ Means includes enclosure for fluids of high specific heat
278  DF  .~ Including means to arrange shaping surface during penetration of bulk
279  DF  .~ Including means to aid separation of shape product from bulk
280  DF  .~ Rotating or oscillating means to aid penetration of bulk
281  DF  .~ Shaping surface having serrated or cutting edge
282  DF  .~ Including product release means
283  DF  .~.~ Segmented or expansible shaping surface
284  DF  .~.~ Movable blade
285  DF  .~.~.~ Pivoted to rim
286  DF  .~.~ Ejector
287  DF  FORMER OF THE DIE EXPRESSING TYPE MAKING DOUGHNUT SHAPES
288  DF  .~ Relatively movable concentric internal and external members coacting with orifice means
289  DF  PREFORM SEVERING MEANS
290  DF  .~ Severing means is perforator
291  DF  .~.~ With scoring or diverse severing means
292  DF  .~ Cutter guided by or cooperating with peripheral edge of female mold
293  DF  .~.~ And crimper
294  DF  .~ Rotating means comprising circumferentially extending cutting and shaping channels coacting with a roll or platen having complementary channels
295  DF  .~ Cutter guided by a template or a pattern
296  DF  .~ Means for forming from bulk material, means for severing and means for reshaping
297  DF  .~.~ Severing means preceding reshaping means
298  DF  .~ Configuration of cutting implement providing shaping cavity
299  DF  .~.~ Including surface deformation means
300  DF  .~.~ Honeycomb type cutters coacting internally of female mold or mold sidewalls
301  DF  .~ Diverse severing means
302.1  DF  .~ Serially arranged with preform reshaping means
303  DF  .~.~ Corrugating reshaper
304  DF  .~.~ Separate and distinct surface deformation means
305.1  DF  .~.~ Severing means preceding shaping means
306  DF  .~ Plural distinct cutters
307  DF  .~.~ Cutters downstream of former
308  DF  .~ Means forming from bulk and downstream severing means
309  DF  .~.~ Cutter operated by means extending from within shaping orifice
310  DF  .~.~ Utilizing former as cutter reaction surface
311  DF  .~.~.~ Moving cutter, stationary former
312  DF  .~.~.~.~ Cutter mounted on flexible endless conveyor
313  DF  .~.~.~.~ Single assembly plural cutting elements
314  DF  .~.~.~ Stationary cutter, plural forming
315  DF  .~.~ Utilizing product handler downstream of former as cutter aid
316  DF  .~.~.~ Single assembly plural cutting elements
317  DF  COMBINED
318  DF  HAND MANIPULABLE SHAPING COUPLE
319  DF  MEANS TO FORM PREFORM FROM BULK AND MEANS TO CONVOLUTE OR TWIST THE PREFORM
320  DF  .~ Convoluting means includes an endless surface
321  DF  .~.~ Convoluting means includes two or more endless surfaces
322  DF  .~.~ Convoluting means includes a roll
323  DF  PRETZEL BENDING TYPE
324.1  DF  DIVERSE DISTINCT TYPE SHAPING MEANS
325  DF  .~ Shaping orifice and either a downstream preform reshaping means or vulcanizing means including conforming preform support
326.1  DF  .~.~ Utilizing a fluid pressure differential as a reshaping means
327  DF  .~.~ Reshaping or vulcanizing means is a press
328  DF  .~ Roll means and diverse press means
329  DF  THREE OR MORE ENDLESS SURFACES COOPERATING TO DEFINE A SHAPING APERTURE
330  DF  THREE OR MORE PLATENS MOVABLE ON INTERSECTING PATHS TO DEFINE A SHAPING CAVITY
331  DF  TRAVERSING ROLL PRESSURIZING MEANS OPERABLY ASSOCIATED WITH DOWNSTREAM PERFORATED PLATE
332  DF  MEANS IMPARTING ROLLING ACTION TO DISCRETE CHARGE OF STOCK TO FORM A BALL
333  DF  .~ Molding means having material shaping guideway providing arcuate path
334  DF  SETS OF CONVOLUTING OR TWISTING MEANS
335  DF  SETS OF SHAPING COUPLES COMPRISING AN ENDLESS SURFACE FOR PRESS FORMING, RESHAPING (PLURAL STAGE OR PASS) OR VULCANIZING
336  DF  .~ Corrugating means for running length work
337  DF  .~ Including intermediate chute, conveyor or guide means
338  DF  GANG-PRESS, PLURAL PARALLEL LEAVES OR PLATENS
339  DF  .~ Reshaping or vulcanizing means including conforming preform support
340  DF  PLURAL RESHAPING MEANS OR PLURAL VULCANIZING MEANS INCLUDING CONFORMING PREFORM SUPPORT
341  DF  .~ Including plural feeding means for preforms
342.1  DF  .~ Including means for contacting work by fluid pressure
343  DF  .~ Spaced reshaping or vulcanizing means acting on a single preform
344  DF  PLURAL SETS EACH COMPRISING A FEMALE MOLD AND OPPOSED COAXIAL DYNAMIC PRESS MEMBERS
345  DF  .~ Molds or press members traveling transversely to molding motion
346  DF  SETS OF MALE-FEMALE PRESS MOLDS
347  DF  .~ Traveling female mold
348 R  DF  .~.~ Orbiting
349  DF  .~.~.~ Reciprocable mold, non-reciprocable plunger
350  DF  .~.~.~ Including positive downstream ejection means
348 S  DF  .~.~.~ Split female mold
351  DF  .~ Including positive means to eject product
352  DF  FEMALE MOLD AND OPPOSED COAXIAL DYNAMIC PRESS MEMBERS
353  DF  .~ Mold or press member traveling transversely to molding motion
354  DF  .~ Opposed press members simultaneously moving in the same direction
355  DF  .~ Opposed press members each moving one at a time toward the other
356  DF  PLURAL SHAPING PLUNGERS OR ROLLS COACTING WITH A SINGLE FEMALE MOLD
357  DF  PLURAL FEMALE MOLD CAVITIES COOPERATING WITH SINGLE PRESS MEMBER
358  DF  .~ Male-type press member
359  DF  .~.~ Transversely traveling female mold cavities
360  DF  .~.~.~ Orbiting about horizontal axis
361  DF  .~.~.~ Orbiting about vertical axis
362  DF  .~ Roll press member coacting with endless surface having product forming shape imparting cavities
363  DF  PRESS FORMING MEANS, PRESS RESHAPING MEANS, OR VULCANIZING MEANS IS ENDLESS SURFACE TYPE
364 R  DF  .~ Endless belt coacting with stationary platen or with reciprocating shaping means
364 B  DF  .~.~ Bagel
365  DF  .~ Roll mounted within cooperating drum
366  DF  .~ Cooperating rolls having nonparallel axes
367  DF  .~ Including means to adjust relative position of a roll
368  DF  .~ Expansible roll type
369  DF  .~ Means corrugating a preform
370  DF  .~.~ Endless belt
371  DF  .~ Cooperating endless belts
372  DF  .~.~ Including speed differential means
373  DF  .~ Roll and coacting endless belt press member
374  DF  .~ Roll and coacting stationary shaping surface
375  DF  PATTERN CONTROL OF TRAVEL FOR A FORMING MEANS (E.G., DEPOSITING, ETC.)
376.1  DF  STOCK PRESSURIZING MEANS OPERABLY ASSOCIATED WITH DOWNSTREAM SHAPING ORIFICE
377  DF  .~ Including product handling means
378.1  DF  .~ Including heating or cooling means
378.2  DF  .~.~ Spinneret
379.1  DF  .~.~ Plural spaced
380  DF  .~ Including auxiliary shaping means (e.g., mandrel, etc.) associated with molding orifice
381  DF  .~.~ Movable orifice or movable mounted inner mandrel within orifice
381.2  DF  .~ Centripetal elastic melt extruder type
382 R  DF  .~ Plural orifices
382.2  DF  .~.~ Spinneret type
382 N  DF  .~.~ Netting
382.3  DF  .~ Including additional rotating means downstream of the primary pressurizing means
382.4  DF  .~ Including restriction upstream of shaping orifice and downstream of primary pressurizing means
383  DF  PREFORM RESHAPING OR RESIZING MEANS: OR VULCANIZING MEANS INCLUDING A CONFORMING PREFORM SUPPORT
384  DF  .~ Including both heating and cooling means
385  DF  .~ Surface deformation means only
386  DF  .~.~ Sealing wax type
387.1  DF  .~ Including shaping means comprising fluid pressure contacting work directly
388  DF  .~.~ Vacuum or suction means
389  DF  .~ By fluid pressure actuated flexible diaphragm
390  DF  .~.~ Opposed, registering, coacting mold cavities
391  DF  .~ Convoluting or twisting means
392  DF  .~ Rod or tubular preform
393  DF  .~.~ Mandrel to interiorly support work and means urging work against mandrel
394  DF  .~ Coacting shaping surfaces (e.g., pressure surfaces, etc.)
395  DF  .~.~ Opposed, registering, coacting mold cavities
396  DF  .~.~ Corrugating platens or dies
397  DF  .~.~ Including particular handling means for preform
398  DF  .~.~ Relatively reciprocating plunger and female mold
399  DF  .~.~.~ Stationary plunger and reciprocating female mold
400  DF  .~.~.~ Including means positioning or centering work
401  DF  .~.~.~ Including sprue or vent
402  DF  .~ Utilizing rotary motion of work
403  DF  .~ Shaping surfaces per se (e.g., mandrel, etc.)
403.1  DF  .~ Including product handling means
404  DF  SHAPING MEANS AND SUBSEQUENT PRODUCT TREATMENT MEANS
405.1  DF  MEANS TO CREATE A VACUUM OR APPLY FLUID PRESSURE WITHIN A PRESS FORMING MOLD
405.2  DF  .~ Isostatic type
406  DF  PRESS FORMING APPARATUS HAVING OPPOSED PRESS MEMBERS
407  DF  .~ Including both heating and cooling means
408  DF  .~ Opposed, registering, coacting mold cavities
409  DF  .~ Pressure applying member mounted for arcuate motion
410  DF  .~ Periphery of female mold limiting the movement of a dynamic press member
411  DF  .~ Opposed press shaping members insertable between opposed pressure applying means
412  DF  .~ Male shaping member and female mold
413  DF  .~.~ Including pallet handling means
414  DF  .~.~ Including means to insert or remove core
415  DF  .~.~ Female mold movably associated with opposed press surfaces position therein
416  DF  .~.~ Male shaping member penetrating superposed mold
417  DF  .~.~ Expansible male shaping member
418  DF  .~.~ Means rotating male shaping members
419  DF  .~.~ Including means varying pressure of male shaping member during pressing
420  DF  .~.~ Including provision to remove entrained gas
421  DF  .~.~ Including vibrator or tamper
422  DF  .~.~ With positive means to remove or eject product
423  DF  .~.~ Female mold moving into a mating relationship with a male shaping member
424  DF  FEMALE MOLD VIBRATOR OR TAMPER, AND PRODUCT RELEASE MEANS
425  DF  FEMALE MOLD INCLUDING TAMPING MEANS OR MEANS UTILIZING MOLD MOTION TO DISTRIBUTE OR COMPACT STOCK THEREIN
426  DF  .~ Relatively moving female type shaping member and internal (e.g., trowel, etc.)shaping member
427  DF  .~.~ Moving internal shaping member, stationary female-type member
428  DF  .~.~ Including tamper
429  DF  .~ Including means imparting diverse motion
430  DF  .~.~ Plural female molds
431  DF  .~ Including tamper
432  DF  .~ Means to vibrate shaping surface
433  DF  .~ Peripherally supported for rotation on endless belt
434  DF  .~ Plural female molds
435  DF  .~ Means to rotate female mold about horizontal axis
436 R  DF  SHAPING SURFACE INCLUDING MEANS TO RELEASE OR REMOVE PRODUCT FROM SHAPING SURFACE
437  DF  .~ By differential gas pressure ejecting means
438  DF  .~ By means releasing article from interiorly placed shaping surface
439  DF  .~ By means inverting mold
440  DF  .~ By means flexing or deforming the mold
441  DF  .~ By movable mold sections
442  DF  .~.~ Hinged mold sections
443  DF  .~.~ Sections relatively movable vertically
444  DF  .~ By movable ejector means entering mold cavity
436 RM  DF  .~ Removal-Miscellaneous
445  DF  MEANS TREATING SHAPED WORK
446  DF  .~ In or on work confining surface
447  DF  FORMING SURFACE AND MEANS FEEDING FLUENT STOCK THERETO
448  DF  .~ Trap measuring compartment (e.g., feed drawer, etc.)
449  DF  .~ Utilizing positive charging means
450.1  DF  MOLD OPENING AND CLOSING MEANS AND SEGMENTED FEMALE MOLD
451  DF  .~ Including traveling mold carrier or support
451.2  DF  .~ Varying pressure and/or speed closing
451.3  DF  .~ Rack and pinion
451.4  DF  .~ Rotary cam
451.5  DF  .~ Articulated link
451.6  DF  .~.~ Toggle
451.7  DF  .~ Wedge or screw
451.9  DF  SEGMENTED FEMALE MOLD AND MOLD CLAMPING MEANS
452  DF  FEMALE MOLD AND PALLET HANDLING MEANS
453  DF  DYNAMIC SUPPORT OR DYNAMIC CARRIER AND FEMALE MOLD
454  DF  .~ Means to raise or lower mold
456  DF  VIBRATING MEANS (E.G., TAMPING ROD OR JARRING MEANS, ETC.) INCLUDING MECHANICAL MOVEMENT OR POWER MEANS
457  DF  DYNAMIC MALE SHAPING MEANS INCLUDING MECHANICAL MOVEMENT OR POWER MEANS
458  DF  HAND MOVABLE, SUBSTRATE TRAVERSING, PLURAL DIMENSION SHAPING MEANS
459  DF  PROFILE, JIGGER TOOL OR POTTER'S WHEEL PER SE
460  DF  SHAPING MEMBER FOR TRAVERSING THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF HOLLOW WORK
461  DF  MEANS PROVIDING A SHAPING ORIFICE
462  DF  .~ Plural distinct feed inlets
463  DF  .~.~ Plural distinct shaping orifices
464  DF  .~ Single inlet, plural shaping orifices
465  DF  .~ Including means forming products with distinct portions of varying cross section
466  DF  .~ Adjustable shaping orifice or shape imparting insert member (e.g., core, etc.)
467  DF  .~ Core, pin or insert member
468  DF  CORE AND POSITIONING MEANS THEREFOR
469  DF  TAMP ROD, PLUNGER OR MALE SHAPING MEMBER
470  DF  SHAPING OR CASTING SURFACE (E.G., PLASTERING OR GUNITE TYPE, ETC.)
471  DF  .~ Endless shaping surface
472  DF  MISCELLANEOUS
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CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
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801  DF  BUTTON
802  DF  CABLE TUBE OR ROD SPLICING
803  DF  CANDLE OR CRAYON
804  DF  CAPSULE MAKING
805  DF  COMB OR BRUSH
806  DF  FLASH REMOVAL
807  DF  LACE TIPPING
808  DF  LENS MOLD
809  DF  SEAL (BOTTLE CAPS ONLY)
810  DF  SOUND RECORD
811  DF  STENCIL
812  DF  VENTING
813  DF  WATER BOTTLE
814  DF  ZIPPER
815  DF  CHEMICALLY INERT OR REACTIVE ATMOSPHERE
816  DF  GAS MASK
817 R  DF  MEANS MOLDING PORE FORMABLE MATERIAL
817 C  DF  .~ Continuous
818  DF  BELT
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DIGESTS
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DIG 1  DD  Accumulator
DIG 2  DD  Air support
DIG 3  DD  Appendage
DIG 4  DD  Back pressure
DIG 5  DD  Cammed
DIG 7  DD  Coil
DIG 9  DD  Cooling and color
DIG 10  DD  Core positioning
DIG 11  DD  Dental injection
DIG 12  DD  Destructible mold and core
DIG 13  DD  Electric heat
DIG 14  DD  Expansible and collapsible
DIG 15  DD  Explosive
DIG 16  DD  Extrude and mold
DIG 17  DD  Filament stretching apparatus
DIG 19  DD  Flexible fluid pressure
DIG 20  DD  Fluidized bed
DIG 21  DD  Frictional drive
DIG 22  DD  Friction heat
DIG 23  DD  Glazing
DIG 24  DD  Gora
DIG 25  DD  Gutter
DIG 26  DD  High pressure
DIG 27  DD  Hot water bottle
DIG 28  DD  Impact
DIG 29  DD  Jigs and dies
DIG 30  DD  Laminated mold
DIG 32  DD  Lipstick
DIG 33  DD  Magnet
DIG 34  DD  Morin
DIG 35  DD  Opposed plunger
DIG 36  DD  Patching
DIG 37  DD  Perforate
DIG 38  DD  Pre-form
DIG 39  DD  Pre-heat
DIG 40  DD  Pulling wheel
DIG 41  DD  Reshape
DIG 42  DD  Ring
DIG 43  DD  Rocket fuel core
DIG 44  DD  Rubber mold
DIG 45  DD  Safety
DIG 46  DD  Scrap
DIG 47  DD  Seal ring
DIG 48  DD  Sheet clamping
DIG 49  DD  Spinnerette mixer
DIG 50  DD  Spray
DIG 51  DD  Sprue removal
DIG 53  DD  Stretch
DIG 54  DD  Through travel mold
DIG 55  DD  Teflon
DIG 56  DD  Telephone
DIG 57  DD  Toy molding
DIG 58  DD  Undercut
DIG 59  DD  United parts
DIG 60  DD  Vacuum
DIG 61  DD  Venetian blind
DIG 101  DD  Aggregate and pellet
DIG 102  DD  Air ejection
DIG 105  DD  Brace
DIG 106  DD  Chamber
DIG 107  DD  Connection
DIG 108  DD  Conveyor
DIG 109  DD  Frangible connections
DIG 110  DD  Heated mold
DIG 111  DD  Hollow block
DIG 112  DD  Inflatable form
DIG 113  DD  Inner roll
DIG 115  DD  Lubricator
DIG 116  DD  Mold cleaning
DIG 117  DD  Pallet
DIG 118  DD  Pallet feeder
DIG 119  DD  Perforated or porous
DIG 120  DD  Pottery appendage
DIG 121  DD  Projection
DIG 122  DD  Reinforcing and aggregate
DIG 123  DD  Repress
DIG 124  DD  Rubber matrix
DIG 125  DD  Sand mold
DIG 126  DD  Silo mold
DIG 127  DD  Spring
DIG 128  DD  Swinging top press
DIG 129  DD  Wedge
DIG 130  DD  Wire reinforce
DIG 131  DD  Yielding plunger
DIG 132  DD  Portable
DIG 200  DD  Molding plant(s)
DIG 201  DD  .~ Diverse stations
DIG 202  DD  .~ Earthenwave type
DIG 231  DD  .~ Control for blow molding apparatus
DIG 217  DD  Spinnerette forming conjugate, composite or hollow filaments
DIG 218  DD  Pipe machine: socket forming apparatus
DIG 219  DD  With stick inserting means for edible product (e.g., popsicles)
DIG 221  DD  Injection mold closing and locking clamp, wedge or retention means
DIG 223  DD  Injection mold closing means utilizing variable closing pressure
DIG 224  DD  Injection mold nozzle valve
DIG 225  DD  .~ Automatic control
DIG 226  DD  .~ Actuated by contact with mold
DIG 227  DD  Injection nozzle; positioned flush with mold or cavity
DIG 228  DD  Injection plunger or ram: transfer molding type
DIG 229  DD  Injection mold runner valve
DIG 230  DD  Hay wafering or pelletizing means
DIG 235  DD  Calendar
DIG 236  DD  Attenuating
DIG 237  DD  Varying density foam
DIG 238  DD  Boat hull mold
DIG 239  DD  Modular mold
DIG 240  DD  Pre-fab mold
DIG 241  DD  Wall panel mold
DIG 242  DD  Pipe joint seal mold
DIG 243  DD  Extrusion or injection molding
DIG 244  DD  Die and matrix
DIG 245  DD  Heat
DIG 246  DD  Mold heating
DIG 247  DD  Multipart injection molds
DIG 248  DD  Uniting
DIG 249  DD  Character