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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7997884 | Rotary device and oil pump having α-alumina and zirconia coating An oil pump has: a base part having a working chamber; and a rotor provided rotatably in the working chamber. The base part is configured by a plurality of split bodies. At least one of the plurality of split bodies is made of aluminum alloy, and on which an opposed... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7879772 | Process for cold plastic working of metallic materials Particles each of which consists of an inorganic polyvalent metal compound as a nucleus and a coating of a metallic soap of the polyvalent metal coating the nucleus (coated particles); products and preparation processes using the particles; a lubricating coating for... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7819989 | Surface treating solution for surface treatment of aluminum or magnesium metal and a method for surface treatment A composition for surface treatment of aluminium, aluminum alloys, magnesium or magnesium alloys and the treating solutions being diluted to the desired concentration are defined. The composition contains (1) compound A containing at least one metal element selected... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7709435 | Alkaline cleaning liquid comprising metallic ions for aluminum or aluminum alloys and method of cleaning There is provided an alkaline cleaning of aluminum alloy, in which the attained corrosion resistance is equal or superior to the acidic cleaning agent, and which mitigates the disadvantages of the acidic cleaning agent, such as corrosion of plant, processing of the ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7641981 | Surface treated metal material A metal material having a coating formed by a surface treatment on the surface of the metal material is provided. The coating has an excellent corrosion resistance with or without a further coating that is equivalent or superior to the prior art coating formed by zi... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7575644 | Solution for treating metal surface, surface treating method, and surface treated material A solution for treating a surface of an iron material includes (a) zirconium fluoride; (b) ion of a rare earth element and/or a compound containing a rare earth element; (c) a polyallylamine; (d) aluminum ion; and (e) free fluorine ion. Zirconium in the component (a... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7531051 | Treating solution for metal surface treatment and a method for surface treatment The present invention is the method for surface treatment of a metal material containing iron and/or zinc, containing component (A) and component (B); where (A) is a compound containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Ti... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7294362 | Aqueous agent for treating substrate, method for treating substrate and treated substrate Water-based, substrate treatment compositions contain (A) at least one chitosan selected from chitosan and a chitosan derivative, and (B) a metal compound containing at least one metal selected from Ti, Zr, Hf, Mo, W, Se, Ce, Fe, Cu, Zn, V and trivalent Cr. In parti... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7253332 | Method for treating cyanide waste liquid A highly reliable detoxifying method of the cyano matters is provided. The waste-liquor, which contains at least one of free cyano material, a cyano complex and a reducing compound exhibiting volatility in alkaline aqueous solution, is heated under an alkaline condi... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7238394 | Powder coating apparatus and method for electrostatically coating an electrically grounded object In a powder coating apparatus a pulse signal S2 of a low voltage generated by a pulse signal generation circuit (7) is boosted to a high voltage by means of a high voltage impression circuit (8), so that it is impressed upon corona electrodes ( | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238244 | Nitriding of iron and steel parts in salt bath having improved corrosion resistance A new nitriding process by using a salt bath to produce iron and steel parts having excellent abrasion resistance and corrosion resistance includes forming an iron lithium complex oxide layer at the outermost surface of the iron part by immersing the iron and steel ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7217327 | Method of producing metal member with enhanced corrosion resistance by salt bath nitriding A metal member is produced with enhanced corrosion resistance by salt bath nitriding. Specifically, in a nitriding salt bath containing Li+, Na+ and K+ ions as cation components and CNO− and CO3−− | 05/15/2007 |
| 6869677 | Heat exchanger made of aluminum alloy An aluminum alloy thermal exchanger has an aluminum alloy metal surface without any harmful chromium ions and having good corrosion resistance and good hydrophilicity. The thermal exchanger includes an aluminum alloy metal having a surface provided with a first prot... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6858312 | Aqueous compositions and process for the surface modification of articles by use of the aqueous compositions Use of an aqueous composition, which has been prepared by dissolving (A) dihydroxypropylchitosan and (B) 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid (B) in an aqueous medium, makes it possible to provide articles excellent in hydrophilicity, antibacterial and deodorant activ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6769518 | Rotating brake member of braking device for vehicle and method for antirust treatment thereof In a cast-iron disc brake rotor (1), each of an outer sliding surface (2a) and an inner sliding surface (3a) is covered with a phosphate coating (8) by electrolysis of a phosphate coating solution containing therein phosphat... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6698507 | Aluminum alloy heat exchanger resistive to tobacco odor impregnation An aluminum alloy heat exchanger having excellent hydrophilicity and resistance to absorption or impregnation of tobacco odorous components has an organic hydrophilic coating layer formed on at least a portion of a base body of the heat exchanger and cont... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6689481 | Aluminum alloy heat exchanger resistive to tobacco odor impregnation An aluminum alloy heat exchanger resistive to impregnation of tobacco odor includes a base body of an aluminum alloy heat exchanger and an organic hydrophilic coating layer formed on the surface of the heat exchanger base body, and including a component (... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6644569 | Apparatus and method of supplying powder coating material In an apparatus for supplying powder coating material, when a given supply rate Qm of powder coating material F and a carrier air flow rate Qt are inputted, whether learned data of a suction air pressure Pfm with respect to the inputted given supply rate ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6520011 | Powder detecting capacitance-type sensor A powder detecting capacitance-type sensor having a protection cover disposed inside of a powder tank so as to cover a sensor body. The protection cover is made of porous material to permit compressed air to communicate from an inner surface to an outer s... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6491883 | Air-cleaning photocatalytic filter A photocatalytic filter having a coating layer formed in a thickness of 5 to 60 μm on a base material and including 5 to 60% by weight of ultraviolet ray-transmissible particles (such as glass particles or fibers) having a minor axis of 0.2 to 50 μm, 20... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6420477 | Aqueous coating composition for metal sheets, surface-treated metal sheets and surface treating method An aqueous coating composition for metal sheets which comprises, as indispensable components, the following (C) alone or two or more of the following (A), (B) and (C), and water, and does not contain a photopolymerization initiator: (A) a polyurethane res... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6420437 | Titanium oxide colloidal sol and process for the preparation thereof A neutral titanium dioxide colloid sol having a high stability in a neutral range and capable of forming a colorless transparent coating even when dried at room temperature is produced by mixing an acid titanium dioxide sol comprising 50 to 100 parts by w... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6372345 | Composite particles for composite dispersion plating and method of plating therewith The present invention is applicable to composite particles for composite dispersion plating used for forming a self-lubricating composite dispersion coating and a method of plating using such composite particles as well as a plating (coating) using the sa... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6306226 | Process for surface-treating an aluminum-containing metal An aluminum-containing metal material for, for example, a heat-exchanger for motorcars is surface-treated by chemically etching an Al-containing metal material surface, forming a first protective layer on the etched surface by a chemical conversion treatm... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6294216 | Vibrating method for charging powder In a powder charging apparatus according to the present invention, powder is delivered to a delivery tube using delivery air, and an external drive voltage is applied to a vibrator to vibrate the surface of the vibrator. The powder is dispersed around the... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6276618 | Electrostatic powder spray gun In an electrostatic powder spray gun, a cylindrical air curtain is formed toward the front side of a gun main body by supplying compressed air to an air chamber formed between the outer peripheral surface of a cover member and an outer cylinder so as to e... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6248181 | Composition and method for hydrophilic treatment of aluminum or aluminum alloy Here are provided a composition for hydrophilic treatment of aluminum or aluminum alloy which can form film having persistent corrosion resistance and hydrophilicity and not generating odor, and a method for hydrophilic treatment. Namely, provided by the ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6245391 | Powder fluidized bed and coating method utilizing a circulating powder stream This invention pertains to a powder coating apparatus and a method for using the powder coating apparatus. The apparatus includes a booth that defines a coating space, a holder to hold an object within the coating space, electrodes positioned within the c... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6235180 | Method for forming phosphate film on the steel wires and apparatus used therefore Method and appartus suitable for forming promptly a phosphate film of excellent performance for cold drawing on the steel wires are disclosed. The steel wires are descaled by cathodic electrolysis in acid solution, and thereafter, phosphate film are formed by ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6190789 | Slide member A slide member having a highly lubricative and highly abrasion-resistant plating layer formed on the sliding surface thereof. The plating layer contains fine particles of graphite selected from flake graphite, vein graphite and/or amorphous graphite in it... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6183570 | Surface treatment process of metallic material and metallic material obtained thereby There is provided a surface treatment method of metal that can endow the surface of a metallic material with strong bonding force in a simple process regardless of the profile and the substance of the metallic material as well as a metallic material obtai... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6180177 | Surface treatment composition for metallic material and method for treatment In the composition of the surface-treatment agent used for metallic material, a composition having such high corrosion-resistance as to replace the chromate coating is provided. In the composition of the surface-treatment agent provided for the metallic m... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6180179 | Displace deposition-plated and doping-modified metal material and process for producing same A composite plated metal material having a composite coating layer with excellent adhesion and mechanical properties is produced by (1) displace deposition-plating a metal I base material with a metal II having a nobler oxidation-eduction potential than t... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6056483 | Powder coating material feeding apparatus In a powder coating material feeding apparatus, a lid section is mounted onto an opening of a metal drum containing powder coating material, and a support unit holds the metal drum in its upside-down or tilted position. An air distribution panel supplies ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5928731 | Electrostatic powder spray coating method A high voltage generated by a high voltage generator is applied to corona electrodes, and powder supplied from a powder flow passage collides against a diffuser main body while being moved in a vortex by air ejected from a vortex air introduction port and... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5929343 | Device for measuring powder flow rate and apparatus and method for supplying powder A pair of measuring electrodes (63, 64; 73, 74) are provided along the circumferential portion of a cylindrical measuring tube (62; 72) made of an insulating material. The flow rate of powder passing through the measuring tube is measured as a change in t... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5925419 | Electrostatic powder coating method for road wheels In an electrostatic powder coating method of the present invention, a wheel is placed on a supporting jig and powder is electrostatically applied on the surface of the wheel. Unnecessary powder adhered on a tapered surface of a bolt hole is eliminated by ... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5915621 | Electrostatic powder coating method and apparatus An electrostatic powder coating gun for dispersing aggregate powder onto substrates. The gun includes swirling air passage outlets to form a vortex of air inside the spray gun tip to reduce powder adhesion and assist in pulverizing the powder material. Th... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5853806 | Process for hot dip-coating steel material with molten aluminum alloy by one-stage coating method using flux and bath of molten aluminum alloy metal Disclosed are a process for hot-dip coating a steel material with a molten aluminum alloy according to a one-stage coating method using a flux which comprises removing an oxide layer on a steel material surface, conducting activating treatment, then coati... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5759251 | Titanium dioxide ceramic paint and methods of producing same A hydrophilic, photocatalytic, transparent and adhesive aqueous TiO2 ceramic paint comprises orthotitanic acid, Ti4+ ions and/or peroxotitanic acid and crystalline TiO2 colloidal particles with an average particle size of... | 06/02/1998 |
