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Assignee: NV Bekaert SA


Location: Zwevegem, BE
No. of patents: 53

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NumberTitleIssue Date
8046934Convective system for a dryer installation
The present invention concerns a convective system for a dryer installation for a passing web, more particularly paper. The convective system 7 is an assembly of an exterior casing 13 for suction of combustion products with opening 14 towards th...
11/01/2011
7998353Filter candle comprising an elongated mesh pack
A filter candle 100 as subject of the present invention comprises: an elongated mesh pack 200 for filtering a fluid, comprising an end fitting 206 securely fixed to a filter medium 205. Further, a hollow core tube 300 is provided h...
08/16/2011
7989528Coupling agent to provide the coupling of a metal element to a material to be reinforced
The invention relates to a coupling agent to provide the coupling of a metal element to a vulcanizable elastomeric material whereby the coupling agent provides both binding to the metal element and reaction with the vulcanizable elastomeric material. The coupling ag...
08/02/2011
7963093Steel cord with iron-zinc alloy coating
A steel cord comprises more than one steel filament (10). At least some of the steel filaments have a zinc iron alloy layer (14) partially covered with a zinc cover (16). The zinc cover is only present in valleys formed in the zinc-iron alloy la...
06/21/2011
7933064Reflector for an infrared radiating element
The invention relates to a reflector for an infrared radiating element. The reflector comprises a metal foil coated with—a first oxide layer deposited on the metal foil; —an infrared reflecting metal layer deposited on said first oxide layer; and—a second oxid...
04/26/2011
7927700Substrate covered with an intermediate coating and a hard carbon coating
The invention relates to a substrate covered at least partially with a layered coating. The layered coating comprises an intermediate coating and a hard carbon coating. The intermediate coating comprises a first metal layer deposited on the substrate, the first meta...
04/19/2011
7926200Infrared drier installation for passing web
Infrared drier installation (1) for a passing web (2), which installation ( ) has gas-heated infrared radiant elements (5), arranged one next to the other so as to form a unit (4). Each unit comprises at least two adjacent rows (8)...
04/19/2011
7918040Drier installation for drying web
A drier installation (1) for drying web (2), more particularly paper, which installation is provided for drying a maximum web width, the installation (1) comprises gas-heated radiant elements (3) for radiating the web, arranged according ...
04/05/2011
7891973Appliance for connecting a gas-heated radiant element
An appliance for providing air and gas to a gas burner includes a gas tube and an air tube. The gas tube comprises an aperture for providing gas inwards to the air tube. The air tube comprises a first aperture for receiving a back tube of the gas burner. The gas tub...
02/22/2011
7846539Roll of preformed steel cord reinforced strip
The invention concerns a roll of strip of elastomer material reinforced with parallel steel cords. The roll of strip differs from the prior art that it is intentionally not flat when unrolled: it has obtained a permanent preformation so as to take a helical shape wh...
12/07/2010
7846230Diesel soot particulate filter medium
A diesel soot particulate filter medium, as subject of the invention comprises fibers, preferably metal fibers. The diesel soot particulate filter medium has a thickness T between its inflow side and its outflow side being equal or more than 5 cm. The S/V at the inf...
12/07/2010
7856803Connection of steel cord ends
A connection for connecting steel cord ends to one another is described. The connection solves the problem of filaments that break off at the connection during handling of the cord. In the inventive connection a fixation section is introduced before or after the joi...
12/28/2010
7820293Substrate coated with a layered structure comprising a tetrahedral carbon coating
The invention relates to a metal substrate (11) coated at least partially with a layered structure. The layered structure comprises an intermediate layer (14) deposited on said substrate (11) and a tetrahedral carbon layer (16) deposited ...
10/26/2010
D625172Spool
10/12/2010
D623927Spool
09/21/2010
7770328Cable and window elevator system using such cable
A cable (11) is provided comprising a steel cord (12) and a polymer material (15). The steel cord (12) has a diameter less than 2.5 mm, and is coated with the polymer material (15). The cable (11) has a permanent elongation ...
08/10/2010
7764156Magnetic flux return path with collated bands of wire
Method of forming a magnetic core or part of a magnetic core including several layers of windings of magnetic wire in a very compact configuration, and the core or part of core is formed by winding several layers of a collated band of wires side by side until desire...
07/27/2010
7735201Multiple wire card wiring, carding cylinder, and method of making such
Card wiring includes a first carding wire including a number of rough, pointed, first teeth, and a second carding wire having smooth, blunt teeth. The rough teeth include a rough surface having a first coefficient of friction, an attack angle, and a back angle. The ...
06/15/2010
7709095Infra-red reflecting layered structure
The invention relates to an infra-red reflecting layered structure comprising a transparent substrate layer; a first metal oxide layer; a first silver containing layer, a second metal oxide layer; a second silver containing layer and a third metal oxide layer. The f...
05/04/2010
7674511Closed reinforcement fiber package, as well as chain packing consisting of such closed packages
Closed reinforcement fiber package includes a material disintegratable in concrete, such as fiber concrete. Reinforcing fibers are present in a loose form in the package. The reinforcing fibers may be provided in a substantially mutually parallel position in the pac...
03/09/2010
7645939Retroreflecting elongated metal wire product
A metal wire is first coated with a coating. In this first coating, retro-reflective beads are partly embedded. Thereafter the beads and the first coating are covered by a protective coating. The metal wire is made from a strand or wire made of stainless steel, or l...
01/12/2010
7645519Composite article comprising a metal reinforcement element embedded in a thermoplastic polymer material
The invention relates to a composite article comprising at least one metal reinforcement element embedded in a polymer material. An adhesion promoting layer is interposed between the metal reinforcement element and the polymer material. The adhesion promoting layer ...
01/12/2010
7604159Method and calculator for converting concrete reinforcing materials to an equivalent quantity of concrete reinforcing fibers
Method for converting a first type of concrete reinforcing material to an equivalent quantity of concrete reinforcing fibers for designing a reinforced concrete slab. Fibers may be steel or other materials. User determines whether a slab to be reinforced is a lightl...
10/20/2009
7585583Metal stack for fuel cells or electrolysers
A stack, to be used in a fuel cell or electrolyzer, includes a collector layer, at least one diffusion layer and at least one anchoring layer. The collector layer being a metal foil or metal plate or foamed metal sheet, the diffusion layer can be a metal mesh or exp...
09/08/2009
7566486Braid reinforced flexible hose
A braided hose reinforcement includes left and right turning strips. Each of the strips includes a number of elongated metal elements embedded in a matrix of a polymer material. ...
07/28/2009
7563488Process for the manufacturing of a sputter target
The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a sputter target. The process comprises the steps of—providing a target holder (12); —applying an intermediate layer (14) on said target holder; —applying a top layer (16) on top of said...
07/21/2009
D589363Boxed spool
03/31/2009
7487803Flat high-tensile wire as hose reinforcement
A flexible hose or pipe (42) is reinforced by means of at least one flattened steel wire (10, 20) with natural edges. The steel wire has a thickness-to-width ratio t/w below 0.95, a tensile strength Rm exceeding 3500−2000×d, where d is th...
02/10/2009
7445853Layered filter structure comprising short metal fibers
The invention relates to a layered filter structure, said filter element comprises—a first layer, said first layer comprising a porous metal layer;—a second layer, said second layer comprising a self-supporting layer of sintered short metal fibers. The first and...
11/04/2008
7426821Metal strand comprising interrupted filament
A metal strand comprising at least two filaments. At least one filament is interrupted, providing a filament end, which is fixed to the uninterrupted filaments of the strand using a fixing substance, preferably a soldering substance. Such strand can be used to provi...
09/23/2008
7426822Metal cord
A metal cord comprising at least two metal strands. At least one strand is welded, with the welded strand having an elongation at rupture of more than 30% of the elongation at rupture of an identical strand without a weld. ...
09/23/2008
D568930Insert for a wire-bound notebook
05/13/2008
D568931Insert for a wire-bound notebook
05/13/2008
7354550Disinfection or sterilisation method
The invention relates to a disinfection or sterilisation method. The material to be disinfected is introduced in a receptacle and the receptacle is sealed. Subsequently, the sealed receptacle is heated under a water vapour and/or radical pressure. The water vapour p...
04/08/2008
7341076Woven fabric comprising leno weave bound metal
A woven fabric in which warp elements are provided out of metal. The fabric further comprising at least a first set of substantially parallel binding elements present in warp direction of the fabric. This first set of binding elements bind the warp elements to the w...
03/11/2008
7337604Hybrid high elongation cord
An elongation cord adapted for the reinforcement of elastomer structures has a polymer core and three to nine strands twisted around the core with a cord twisting step in a cord twisting direction. At least one of the strands a first group of filaments and a second ...
03/04/2008
7311751Filter medium
A filter medium includes at least a first and a second layer. Both first and second layers have a layer volume VLq and a layer filtering surface SLq, where SLq is the accumulation of all mantle surfaces of the fibers present in this layer q. The first layer has a SL...
12/25/2007
7304007Woven composite fabric
As subject of the present invention, a woven composite fabric, comprising metal elements and polymer elements is provided. The metal elements being metal wires, bundles of metal wires, metal strands or metal cords. According to the invention, the polymer elements ar...
12/04/2007
7300685Steel wire with metal layer and roughnesses
Steel wire is coated with a metal layer such that the metal layer has a surface with roughnesses. A surface roughness Ra of above 0.25 μm is reached. Preferably, the roughnesses are randomly dispersed at the surface. The result is an improved visual aspect and an i...
11/27/2007
7300706High-carbon steel wire with nickel sub coating
A wire for external exposure, i.e. without chemical binding with a polymer or rubber matrix. The wire has a steel core, a nickel sub-coating and a zinc or zinc alloy top coating above the nickel sub-coating. The steel core has a carbon content exceeding 0.20%. The w...
11/27/2007
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