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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:
Sep. 16, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2002
Applicants:
Robert A. Grimmer, Berwick, ME (US);
Dave Syphers, Berwick, ME (US);
Denis Moore, Rollinsford, NH (US);
Inventors:
Robert A. Grimmer, Berwick, ME (US);
Dave Syphers, Berwick, ME (US);
Denis Moore, Rollinsford, NH (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 35/02 (2006.01); B29C 35/16 (2006.01); B29C 67/06 (2006.01); B29C 39/04 (2006.01); B29C 33/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method of producing plastic articles comprising preheating a metal mold () using infrared energy to establish a casting temperature, casting plastic material onto the preheated mold surface, fusing the plastic into a substantially uniform layer using infrared energy, cooling the metal mold using evaporative cooling, and removing the cast plastic article from said metal mold ().