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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas M. Ellison, Fort Mill, SC (US);
Assignee:
The University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B27C 4/334 ; B27C 5/110 ; B27C 4/306 ; B27C 4/320 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B27C 4/334 ; B27C 5/110 ; B27C 4/306 ; B27C 4/320 ;
Abstract
A template is placed over a mold cavity, with the template including a series of orifices which extend over substantially the entire surface of the mold cavity. Molten plastic is passed through the orifices in a pattern corresponding to the shape of the article to be molded, and the molten plastic is formed into a molded article having the shape of the mold cavity.