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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:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Keith F. Barnhardt, Bloomington, IN (US);
Assignee:
Midwest Brake Bond Company, Warren, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B27N 3/18 ; B28B 3/00 ; B29C 4/146 ; B29C 4/302 ; B29C 5/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B27N 3/18 ; B28B 3/00 ; B29C 4/146 ; B29C 4/302 ; B29C 5/100 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for producing a sheet of brake lining material utilizes a mold which has a mold base and a mold frame. The mold frame is slidingly received on the mold base. The sliding relationship between the mold frame and the mold base results in a mold cavity which has a variable volume. The variable volume of the mold cavity allows the cavity to adjust to the size of material initially placed in the mold cavity thereby eliminating any mold flash and/or scrap material.