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The following patents were prepared by Joe Mariconda, P. Eng., Registered Patent Agent

Some were granted as originally filed (with no changes to the claims).

As well, they also provide for broad coverage (as indicated in the claims section - that is, few words are used in claim 1 of the granted patents).

US 8100689

Granted as filed with no changes to the claims.

Claim 1. A hot runner of a molding system, the hot runner comprising:
    a valve stem;
    an actuation plate; and
    a safety connector, including:
    a latch releasably interlocking the valve stem with the actuation plate, once the latch has interlocked the valve stem with the actuation plate, the valve stem becomes movable in response to movement of the actuation plate.

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US 7604476

Granted as filed with no changes to the claims.

Claim 1. A hot-runner nozzle system, comprising:
    a nozzle housing being configured to convey a molten molding material;
    a sieve being coupled with the nozzle housing;
    a separate nozzle tip being securely coupled relative to the sieve; and
    a retainer securely extending through the sieve, the retainer connecting the nozzle tip to the sieve.

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US 7600995

Granted as filed with no changes to the claims.

Claim 1. A valve-gated hot-runner system, comprising:
    a back-up sealing arrangement, including:
    a plurality of radial gaps associated with a valve stem of a valve actuator; and
    a cooling system being positioned relative to the plurality of radial gaps, the cooling system being configured to freeze a drool being made to enter, under pressure, into the plurality of radial gaps, so that the drool that becomes frozen substantially reduces a flow of the drool along the valve stem and toward the valve actuator.

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US 7402272

Granted as filed with no changes to the claims.

Claim 1. A method of operating a mold-spraying apparatus for use with a molding apparatus, the mold-spraying apparatus having: (i) a spray nozzle, (ii) a rotatable shaft being supportive of the spray nozzle, and (ii) a camming surface, the method comprising:
engaging the rotatable shaft with the camming surface; and
moving the camming surface so that the rotatable shaft may rotate.

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US 7364419

Granted as filed with no changes to the claims.

Claim 1. A mold-spraying apparatus comprising:
    a rotatable shaft being supportive of a spray nozzle,
    wherein the rotatable shaft is engagable with a camming surface, and
    the rotatable shaft is rotatable upon movement of the camming surface.

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US 7284978

Granted as filed with no changes to the claims.

Claim 1. A device configured for a valve having a valve structure, the valve structure configured to include an outlet body configured to define an outlet, the outlet body also configured to attach to a melt processing screw of a molding machine, the valve structure also configured to include an outlet cover configured to selectively close and open the outlet, the device comprising:
a brake configured to decelerate the outlet cover responsive to deceleration of the outlet body, the decelerating outlet cover maintaining the outlet substantially closed during deceleration of the melt processing screw.

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US 7232305

Granted as filed with no changes to the claims.

Claim 1. A load management device configured for a feed body of any one of a molding machine, a hot runner assembly and any combination thereof, the load management device comprising:
    a load-transferring body configured to present:
    a load-receiving surface, and
    a load-imparting surface;
    wherein the load-transferring body is configured to connect the load-receiving surface with the load-imparting surface, to transfer a substantial amount of load-received by the load-receiving surface over to the load-imparting surface, and to transfer an in-substantial amount of load-received by the load-receiving surface over to the feed body.

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US 20070212441

Allowed as filed with no changes to the claims, but allowance fees not paid (therefore no patent was granted).

This application was examined and was allowed as filed with no changes to the claims; however, the patent owner decided to not pay the issue fees in order to obtain grant of the patent. The notice of allowance is included in the file. This application was written under my supervision by a trainee (I made sure that the claims were filed as broadly as possible in view of the prior art known to me).

Claim 1. A molded part picker, comprising:
a balloon being inflatable and deflatable, the balloon having a wear member.

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US 7393198

Granted.

Claim 1. A molding system, comprising:
    a melt pathway being configured to convey a molding material; and
    a viscous-drag sensor being configured to move along the melt pathway, the viscous-drag sensor including:
    a pathway blockage being movable along the melt pathway, the pathway blockage being movable along a first direction to further open the melt pathway, and the pathway blockage being movable along a second direction to further close the melt pathway; and
    an actuator being coupled with the pathway blockage, the actuator biasing the pathway blockage to vary the melt pathway while the molding material drags along and moves the pathway blockage, and responsive to the pathway blockage sensing a viscous-drag force, the pathway blockage acts to: (i) further open the melt pathway if a viscosity of the molding material is high, and (ii) further close the melt pathway if the viscosity of the molding material is low.

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US 8459983

Claim 1. A hot-runner system for use with an injection molding system, the hot-runner system comprising:
a hot-runner component, including:
a material selected from the group consisting of a metal alloy and a ceramic alloy; and
carbon nanotubes being combined with the material.

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US 8899961

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US 8727766

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US 8801426

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US 20120292881

Pending application to be examined by the patent office.

Claim 1. A vehicular system for a user, the vehicular system comprising:
a frame-interface assembly; and
a user-interface assembly being coupled to the frame-interface assembly, and the user-interface assembly being configured to selectively permit the user to operate the vehicular system between a limb-operating mode and a side-by-side limb cruising mode.

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Here I am using an invention (vehicular system) for which I prepared the patent application! US 2012 2092881.

If you are interested in buying the bike that uses this patent pending invention, please visit the inventor's web page:

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/revelo-lifebike-the-compact-ebike-that-can-make-a-big-difference

http://bicycledesign.net/2013/07/revelo-lifebike-by-henry-chong/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-catalysts/henry-chongs-electric-bike-keeps-winning-awards/article10374738/

http://www.marsdd.com/2012/06/08/lifebike-winners-perspective/

http://awards.livegreentoronto.ca/entry/10164003-Revelo-LIFEbike-electric-bike?offset=12&sort=approvedcomments%20DESC,id%20ASC&channel=

US 8087924

1. An injection nozzle assembly, comprising:
    a nozzle housing; a nozzle tip having an inlet portion and an outlet portion, said inlet portion being in direct contact with the nozzle housing; and
    a tip retainer being movable relative to the nozzle housing between a first position, a second position and a third position while the inlet portion is in said direct contact with the nozzle housing;
    wherein in the first position, the tip retainer is in direct contact with the nozzle tip, and a gap exists between a distal end of the tip retainer and the nozzle housing.

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US 8147237

Claim 1. A hot runner system (100), comprising:
    a first surface (205) being elastically deformable;
    a second surface (210) forming, in cooperation with the first surface (205),
    a melt-leakage gap (215) being located between the first surface (205) and the second surface (210); and
    an active material (220) being: (i) coupled with the first surface (205), (ii) held normally stationary, (iii) configured to be operatively coupled with a signal source (225), and (iv) configured to elastically deform in response to receiving a signal from the signal source (225), and upon elastic deformation of the active material (220), the first surface (205) becomes moved toward the second surface (210) such that a size (235) of the melt-leakage gap (215) becomes controlled.

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US 7412301

Granted.

Claim 1. A method of a molding system being configured to accommodate a mold, comprising:
    an operation of identifying a quality of a molded article that was molded in the mold, the quality of the molded article being based on a determination of whether a plug was blown, at least in part, from a melt passageway leading to the mold as a result of a molding material being made to flow, under pressure, from the melt passageway to the mold, and the molding material pushing the plug into the mold;
    an operation of identifying whether the molded article has a questionable quality if the plug did not blow; an operation of identifying whether the molded article has acceptable quality if the plug did blow; and
    an operation of analyzing an output signal of a sensor to determine whether the plug had blown, the sensor being positioned proximate to the plug waiting to be ejected from the melt passageway to the mold, the plug becoming ejected to the mold once the molding material is injected to the mold from an extruder, the extruder being operatively coupled to the mold, the extruder being used to prepare the molding material.

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US 7497680

Granted.

Claim 1. A molding system, comprising:
    a conduit assembly, including:
    a barrel assembly, including:
    a first conduit being configured to receive, in use, a flowable molding material, and
    a second conduit being coupled to the first conduit;
    a conduit clamp being configured to be operated at a relatively low operating temperature; and
    a conduit connection being retained in the conduit clamp, the conduit connection, including:
    a first flange being coupled to a first port of the first conduit, and
    a second flange being coupled to a second port of the second conduit,
    the conduit connection being configured to be operated at an operating temperature being relatively higher than that of the conduit clamp, and responsive to the conduit connection becoming heated to the operating temperature, the conduit clamp acts to constrain thermal expansion of the conduit connection.

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US 7665984

Granted.

Claim 1. A platen-linkage assembly, comprising:
    a pair of supports being movably guidable along a respective one of a pair of linear-guide rails;
    mold-carrier sections being configured to: (i) support a mold stack, and (ii) rotatably couple with a chosen one of the pair of supports;
    a pair of primary links, each primary link of the pair of primary links being rotatably coupled with and being positioned between: (i) a selected one of the mold-carrier sections, and (ii) a selected one of the pair of supports;
    a first pair of secondary links, each secondary link of the first pair of secondary links being rotatably coupled with: (i) a stationary mold-support face of a stationary platen, and (ii) one primary link of the pair of primary links; and
    a second pair of secondary links, each secondary link of the second pair of secondary links being rotatably coupled with: (i) a movable mold-support face a movable platen, and (ii) one primary link of the pair of primary links.

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US 8167609

Granted.

Claim 1. A mold-tool system, comprising:
    a melt splitting device, including an upper melt splitting device, and a plurality of lower melt splitting devices;
    a manifold assembly , including a cross manifold assembly, and a plurality of main manifold assemblies,
    wherein:
    the upper melt splitting device is configured for connection with a melt preparation device, the upper melt splitting device is connected with the cross manifold assembly, and
    the plurality of lower melt splitting devices connect the cross manifold assembly with a respective one of the plurality of main manifold assemblies.

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US 8419416

Granted.

Claim 1. A mold-tool system configured to accommodate a valve stem, the mold-tool system comprising:
a nozzle assembly having a nozzle-output end being configured to support, at least in part, slide movement of the valve stem, and a nozzle tip being received in the nozzle-output end, the nozzle tip including:
a flute structure positioned proximate to an exit portal of the nozzle tip, the flute structure configured to slidably support the valve stem while at the same time maintaining a flow area surrounding the valve stem along the entire length that the valve stem is slidably supported by the flute structure when the valve stem is placed in the open position, the flow area being equal to the flow area defined by a cross sectional area of the exit portal of the nozzle tip.

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US 7840306

Granted.

Claim 1. A molding-system set-up process, comprising:
    a receiving operation, including receiving an attribute associated with a molded part;
    a determining operation, including determining a molding-system set-up parameter based on the attribute associated with the receiving operation, the molding-system set-up parameter being usable for setting up a molding-system operation; and
    a providing operation, including providing the molding-system set-up parameter,
    wherein:
    the determining operation further includes: using a graph, the graph including: a vertical axis representing a solids content of the molded part, a horizontal axis representing a residency time, and an indication of cushion values; and
    determining the molding-system set-up parameter includes selecting a desired solids content, and
    drawing a horizontal line across the graph to find a cushion set up based on the indication of cushion values, the graph being associated with a specific alloy type, a model of a molding system, and a shot weight, and a temperature profile.

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US 7694715

Granted.

Claim 1. A metal molding system, comprising:
    a combining chamber configured to receive alloys being injectable under pressure into the combining chamber, the alloys combining under pressure, at least in part, so as to form a combined alloy in the combining chamber,
    wherein the combining chamber further includes:
    a combining valve configured to couple to injection-type extruders;
    a channel configured to couple to the combining valve;
    a shooting pot valve configured to couple to the channel;
    a shooting pot configured to couple to the shooting pot valve; and
    a conduit configured to couple to: (i) the shooting pot valve, and (ii) a mold gate leading to a mold cavity defined by a mold.

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US 7452495

Granted.

Claim 1. A molding-system platen, comprising:
    a mold-support face being configured to support a mold, the mold-support face including:
    a frustum-shaped structure having a pedestal, the pedestal being centrally positioned relative to the mold-support face, and the pedestal being offset rearward of the mold-support face, and the pedestal defining a force-receiving face being offset rearward from the mold-support face, and the force-receiving face being smaller than the mold-support face;
    a border surrounding the mold-support face, and a width of the border extending from an outer edge of the mold-support face toward the outer edge of the force-receiving face;
    an upstanding wall extending posterior of the mold-support face; and
    a peripheral wall extending around a periphery of the mold-support face; and
    a canopy linking to, and stiffening, the mold-support face and the border, the canopy being suspended over and covering, at least in part, a posterior of the mold-support face, and the canopy being positioned between the mold-support face and the force-receiving face, the canopy being attached to the upstanding wall, and the upstanding wall linking the canopy to the mold-support face, the canopy attaching with the peripheral wall, the canopy attaching with the upstanding wall.

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US 7318721

Granted.

Claim 1. A molding-system platen, comprising:
a mold-bearing zone having a central zone surrounded by a peripheral portion; and
a force-bearing zone having a mid-section surrounded by an edge, and also having a reaction-receiving part, the mid-section linking to the central zone, the edge linking to and stiffening the peripheral portion, and the peripheral portion linking to and stiffening the reaction-receiving part.

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US 7449139

Granted.

Claim 1. A molding-system platen actuator, comprising:
     a platen-stroke actuator including:
     an electrical actuator, and
     a guide bushing being connected with the electrical actuator; and
     a mold-break actuator being in-line with the platen-stroke actuator, the mold-break actuator including:
     a hydraulic actuator having:
     a piston being strokable along an in-line housing, and air pressure being generatable between the piston and the guide bushing, and the air pressure being useable to push the piston backwardly.

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US 7320582

Granted.

Claim 1. A molding system, comprising:
    molding system elements configured to process a molding material;
    a mold surface configured to cooperate with the molding system elements; and
    a fibrous-insert generating mechanism configured to wind a fibrous insert onto a fiber-receiving fixture, the fiber-receiving fixture is configured to cooperate with a fiber-transfer mechanism, the fiber-transfer mechanism is configured to transfer the fibrous insert from the fiber-receiving fixture to another fiber-receiving fixture extending from the mold surface, the mold surface, in use, encapsulates the fibrous insert received by the mold surface with the molding material, at least in part.

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US 7318722

Granted.

Disclosed is a molded article conveyance apparatus (MACA) configured to convey a plurality of molded articles away a molding machine. The MACA includes a collection of row-dedicated queuing conveyors, wherein each row-dedicated queuing conveyor is configured to convey a portion of the plurality of molded articles away from the molding machine. The MACA also includes a sequential shunting conveyor configured to selectively move from one row-dedicated conveyor to another. The sequential shunting conveyor is also configured to receive and convey molded articles away from successively selected row-dedicated queuing conveyors.

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