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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6254678 | Apparatus for applying coating materials to overlapped individual sheets A method and apparatus for applying pressure sensitive adhesive to a substrate, in which the adhesive is deposited on a transfer surface, such as a circulating transfer belt, dried, and subsequently transferred to a plurality of overlapping sheets. The sh... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6254981 | Fused glassy particulates obtained by flame fusion The disclosure describes methods for producing bulk, particulate material that includes solid, generally ellipsoidal particles. Irregularly shaped feed particles with average particle sizes of up to 25 microns on a volume basis are dispersed in at least a... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6215927 | Sensing tapes for strain and/or temperature sensing A tape to be mounted on a workpiece includes an elongated support ribbon and an optical fiber attached to the support ribbon.... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6206942 | Method for making abrasive grain using impregnation, and abrasive articles Method for making alpha alumina-based abrasive grain, wherein during an impregnation step of the method, alpha alumina-based ceramic precursor particles conchoidally fracture. The abrasive grain can be incorporated into abrasive products such as coated ab... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6197485 | Photographic assemblage comprising a silver halide photographic element sealed in a closed vessel A photographic assemblage comprising a silver halide photographic light-sensitive element comprising at least one sulfur and gold sensitized silver halide emulsion layer, said element comprising chlorinated s-triazine hardeners and photographically useful ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6129540 | Production tool for an abrasive article and a method of making same An abrasive article is provided having a sheet-like structure having a major surface having deployed in fixed position thereon a plurality of abrasive three-dimensional abrasive composites, each of the composites comprising abrasive particles dispersed in... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6087080 | Reduction of the sensitometric toe area of photographic films A negative-acting silver halide photographic element comprising a hydrophilic colloidal binder containing a silver halide emulsion and from 50 to 1000 milligrams of an anthraquinone per mole of silver halide.... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5962120 | Abrasive article back up pad with foam layer An abrasive article back up pad having a resilient, open cell polyurethane foam formed as the reaction product of a polyether polyol and an aromatic polyisocyanate, such as an aromatic polyisocyanate including methylene diphenyl diisocyanate ("MDI"), and ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5954844 | Abrasive article comprising an antiloading component An abrasive article, for example, a coated, bonded, or nonwoven abrasive article comprising a binder, a plurality of abrasive particles, and an antiloading component.... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5946134 | Raised structure retroreflective article A cube corner article and method of manufacturing the article from a series of directly machinable unitary substrates. The method of manufacture comprises the first step of providing an initial unitary directly machinable substrate of material suitable fo... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5928070 | Abrasive article comprising mullite A low-density abrasive article comprising a nonwoven web and a multiplicity of abrasive particles which are bonded to the nonwoven web by means of an adherent binder. Abrasive particles useful in the present invention have particle sizes between about gra... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5908477 | Abrasive articles including an antiloading composition An abrasive article is provided that includes a bond system formed from a binder precursor and about 15% by weight or less of a wax-containing modifier. An abrasive article that includes the bond system exhibits an increase of workpiece surface abraded in... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5908700 | Hydroxyl groups-terminated macromonomer grafted on polyurethane A moisture-curable, hot melt composition comprising a graft polyurethane prepolymer made by reacting a macromonomer, polyol, polyisocyanate and optional silane reagent is provided. The composition advantageously provides adhesives having initial creep res... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5908478 | Method for making abrasive grain using impregnation, and abrasive articles Method for making alpha alumina-based abrasive grain from a dispersion comprising boehmite, wherein the method involves the impregnation of an alpha alumina-based ceramic precursor material. The abrasive grain can be incorporated into abrasive products su... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5900317 | Flame-treating process The present invention provides a method of modifying the surface of a polymeric substrate, e.g., to improve the wettability of the polymer film surface and/or affix silicon-containing structures to the substrate surface, comprising exposing the substrate ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5898981 | Synthetic filter media and method for manufacturing same A composite filter media (100) includes a meltblown fiber material and a nonwoven filter web which are preferably attached to each other by needling the nonwoven filter web with the meltblown fiber material. A netting (104) is then attached by preferably ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5898523 | Tiled retroreflective sheeting composed of highly canted cube corner elements A retroreflective sheeting includes a first array of cube corner element opposing pairs and a second array of cube corner element opposing pairs. The symmetry axes of the cube corner elements in the first and second arrays are tilted in a backward directi... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5891967 | Flame-treating process The present invention provides a method of modifying the surface of a polymeric substrate, e.g., to improve the wettability of the polymer film surface and/or alter the reactivity of the surface of the substrate by further oxidation, comprising exposing t... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5872197 | Initiator system and adhesive composition made therewith Systems for initiating the polymerization of acrylic monomers comprising (1) organoborane amine complexes and (2) bireactive decomplexers preferably comprising at least one free-radically polymerizable group and at least one amine-reactive group in the sa... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5868838 | Apparatus and method for applying coating materials to individual sheet members Sheets to be coated with water-based coating material, for example a primer and a low adhesion backsize, are supplied from a feeder (1), in end-to-end overlapping relationship, to a dual coater (3) in which the sheets are coated individually on both sides... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5861211 | Articles incorporating pressure-sensitive adhesives having improved adhesion to plasticized polyvinyl chloride Articles comprising a substrate, preferably a retroreflective sheeting, having a coating of a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, and articles wherein the adhesive adheres the substrate to a highly monomericly plasticized PVC component, preferably a ... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5858516 | Imaging medium comprising polycarbonate, method of making, method of imaging, and image-bearing medium A polymeric imaging medium comprising a receptor layer and a polycarbonate backing layer particularly useful in electrophotographic printing processes with liquid toners comprising thermoplastic toner particles in a liquid carrier that is not a solvent fo... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5852148 | Perfluoroalkyl halides and derivatives Novel mixtures of perfluoroalkyl halides and derivatives thereof are described. These mixtures contain some compounds with a straight perfluoroalkyl group and some with a branched perfluoroalkyl group. Methods of preparation and use are also described.... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5851247 | Structured abrasive article adapted to abrade a mild steel workpiece The present invention is directed to a structured abrasive article that provides an enhanced cut rate and extended productive life when abrading mild steel workpieces. This abrasive article includes a backing having a surface that contains precisely shape... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5848696 | Wrapped material, and method and apparatus for wrapping and unwrapping such material An elongate mass of material wrapped by a liner in which the liner is wrapped around the material with the liner inside surface facing the peripheral surface of the material, with first and second regions of the liner extending away from the material with... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5848769 | Drag reduction article An article for reducing the drag caused by a fluid flowing over a surface comprises an outer layer having an exposed patterned surface that reduces drag, an inner reinforcing layer, and an intermediate layer for bonding the outer layer to the reinforcing ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5849462 | Negative-acting no-process printing plates A photosensitive composition is prepared containing a polymer of the formula B(X)(Y) wherein B represents an organic backbone, each X independently is an acidic group or salt thereof and each Y independently is a photocurable group and a photoinitating co... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5849375 | Candle filter Fluid permeable candle filter comprising a self supporting tube a filter layer and a filter layer. The self supporting tube comprises ceramic oxide fibers and silicate ceramic oxide bonding phase. The filter layer comprises non-woven ceramic oxide fibers ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5849646 | Coated abrasive backing The present invention provides a backing for a coated abrasive article, wherein the backing includes a tough, heat resistant, thermoplastic binder material, and an effective amount of a fibrous reinforcing material distributed throughout the thermoplastic... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5843617 | Thermal bleaching of infrared dyes An imaging method is provided that includes a tetraarylpolymethine dye, and bleaching this dye by bringing the dye into contact with a 4-alkyl or 4-unsubstituted 1,4-dihydropyridine derivative.... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5830248 | Method for making a spliceless coated abrasive belt A method of making a coated abrasive article and the product thereof, involving the steps of: providing an endless spliceless backing loop substrate; applying fibrous reinforcing material onto a major surface of the endless backing substrate by applying o... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5820450 | Abrasive article having precise lateral spacing between abrasive composite members The present invention provides a method of forming an abrasive article comprising the steps of providing an embossed carrier web having a plurality of recesses formed in the front surface thereof; filling the recesses with an abrasive composite slurry tha... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5807458 | Reinforcing elements for castable compositions Methods and articles for reinforcing castable compositions through the use of reinforcing elements maintained in a close-packed alignment in a dispersible containment means.... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5807628 | Method of repairing sound attenuation structure used for aircraft applications A method and product for repairing a sound attenuation structure for aircraft jet engine noise that includes a central honeycomb core having an imperforate facing sheet adhesively bonded thereto and a perforated facing sheet adhesively bonded to the oppos... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5798409 | Reactive two-part polyurethane compositions and optionally self-healable and scratch-resistant coatings prepared therefrom The present invention relates to two-part reactive polyurethane compositons and the cured coatings prepared therefrom. The invention also relates to particular compositions and cured coatings therefrom that exhibit high damping character, excellent scratc... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5795834 | Adhesive tape and method of making An adhesive tape is provided which comprises a woven cloth, a polymer embedded into the cloth so as to cause the warp and weft fibers of the cloth to bond together at their overlapping points but not to completely encase the fibers, and a pressure sensiti... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5776651 | Laminable proofing elements This application discloses a core/shell latex thermal adhesive comprising a thermally softenable polymeric shell having a Tg of greater than 20°C., and a thermally softenable, crosslinked polymeric core having a Tg of less than 20° C., the difference be... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5770145 | Superior high alkali metal and calcium sol gel abrasive and processes for its production A process for forming a ceramic alumina-based abrasive grain from a sol gel which contains aluminum oxide monohydrate, a dissolved metal containing sintering aid and sufficient sodium and/or calcium compound to provide in the ceramic from above about 0.05... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5753754 | Flame-treating process The present invention provides a method of modifying the surface of a polymeric substrate, e.g., to improve the wettability of the polymer film surface and/or alter the reactivity of the surface of the substrate by further oxidation or affixation of nitro... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5753346 | Cationically co-curable polysiloxane release coatings The invention provides a radiation curable release coating composition comprising: (a) about 1 to about 50 percent by weight of a cationically reactive polydiorganosiloxane liquid rubber having the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R are monovalent... | 05/19/1998 |
