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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7000520 | Roll supporting slide cutter assembly incorporating a traversable cutter tab and in particular capable of being supported within a carton enclosure associated with a wrap material roll A slide cutter assembly for use in sectioning lengths of a packaging material drawn from a roll. The device includes an elongated and shaped body. A first roll supporting portion is located at a first end of said body and a second roll supporting portion is likewise... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6936318 | No tear pharmaceutical pouch A multi-layered pouch capable of holding pharmaceutical related items. The pouch includes first and second sides engaged along a plurality of extending and interconnected edges thereof and in order to define a hermetically sealed interior for holding the items. Each... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6915620 | Shrink tunnel assembly A shrink tunnel assembly for wrapping an article with polymeric shrink film includes a shrink tunnel having a heating zone, and conveyor means for carrying an article to the heating zone and away from it. While in the heating zone, polymeric shrink film covering an ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6902639 | Seaming plastic film using solvent-based adhesive bead A solvent-based adhesive is used to form a continuous, adhesively bonded and welded seam at the longitudinal edge portions of plastic film which have been overlapped. First, a bead of the adhesive is disposed on the edge portion of a web of film passing over an appl... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6696511 | Non-stick polymer coated aluminum foil A non-stick polymer coated aluminum foil and method of making it. The polymer coating composition comprises a silicone resin, a silicone release agent, a silicone curing agent, a hindered phenol antioxidant and a solvent. The method of making the non-stic... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6697171 | Process for eliminating "ghosting" in interlaced images printed on a lenticular lens A process for adjusting the content of a digitized image file used in printing an interlaced image on a lenticular lens material to substantially eliminate ghosting effects which might otherwise occur when the printed image is viewed by an observer. A pix... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6692805 | Plastic wrap with cling layer A three-layer microwaveable, plastic wrap having a core layer between a cling layer and a release layer is disclosed, along with a method for making the plastic wrap. The cling layer comprises a base resin and an effective amount of a tackifier to provide... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6656295 | Free machining aluminum alloy with high melting point machining constituent A free machining aluminum alloy contains an effective amount of one or more high melting point constituents that provide enhanced machining capability. The high melting point constituents occupy from about 0.1 to about 3.0 volume percent of the aluminum a... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6656296 | Aluminum alloys with optimum combinations of formability, corrosion resistance, and hot workability, and methods of use An aluminum alloy article containing the alloying amounts of iron, silicon, manganese, titanium, and zinc has controlled levels of iron and manganese to produce an alloy article that combines excellent corrosion resistant with good formability. The alloy ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6623693 | Aluminum alloy composition, article and method of use An aluminum alloy composition consists essentially of controlled amounts of iron, silicon, copper, manganese, magnesium, titanium, zinc, zirconium, and free machining elements with the balance being aluminum and incidental impurities. The alloy provides i... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6544658 | Non-stick polymer coated aluminum foil A non-stick polymer coated aluminum foil and method of making it. The method of making a non-stick polymer coated aluminum foil comprising applying a curable polymer coating composition on at least a portion of one side of an aluminum foil and partially c... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6503446 | Corrosion and grain growth resistant aluminum alloy An aluminum alloy composition includes controlled amounts of iron, manganese, zinc, zirconium, vanadium, and titanium to effectively inhibit grain growth during exposure to elevated temperatures while maintaining extrudability and corrosion resistance. Th... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6458224 | Aluminum alloys with optimum combinations of formability, corrosion resistance, and hot workability, and methods of use An aluminum alloy article containing the alloying amounts of iron, silicon, manganese, titanium, and zinc has controlled levels of iron and manganese to produce an alloy article that combines excellent corrosion resistant with good formability. The alloy ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6455148 | Composite panel with a foamed plastic core The present invention relates to an improved composite panel that is suitable for architectural and display applications and an advantageous method for making the composite panel. The composite panel comprises a foamed plastic core and two metallic skin l... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6423417 | Non-stick polymer coated aluminum foil A non-stick polymer coated aluminum foil and method of making it. The polymer coating composition comprises a silicone resin, a silicone release agent, a silicone curing agent, a hindered phenol antioxidant and a solvent. The method of making the non-stic... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6423164 | Method of making high strength aluminum sheet product and product therefrom A method of producing aluminum alloy sheet product includes casting a slab or ingot, homogenizing the cast slab, and hot rolling the homogenized slab to provide an intermediate gauge product. The temperature and other operating parameters of the hot rolli... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6416598 | Free machining aluminum alloy with high melting point machining constituent and method of use A free machining aluminum alloy contains an effective amount of one or more high melting point constituents that provide enhanced machining capability. The high melting point constituents occupy from about 0.1 to about 3.0 volume percent of the aluminum a... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6409966 | Free machining aluminum alloy containing bismuth or bismuth-tin for free machining and a method of use One free machining aluminum alloy includes bismuth as a free machining elemental constituent that functions as a discontinuity in the aluminum alloy matrix rather than a low melting point compound. Using bismuth in weight percents of the total composition... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6361211 | Closure mechanism with a heat-insulating filler A heat insulating filler is mixed into the attachment layer of a resealable closure mechanism for a package. A heat and pressure sealing process is used to attach the closure profile to a resealable package. A heat-sealing bar is used to apply a heat load... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6322647 | Methods of improving hot working productivity and corrosion resistance in AA7000 series aluminum alloys and products therefrom Methods of improving the corrosion resistance and hot working productivity of AA7000 series aluminum alloys include, in one mode, the steps of treating a stock material to form a globular microstructure, preferably by a thermal conversion treatment, and s... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6315947 | Free-machining aluminum alloy and method of use A free-machining alloy is disclosed containing bismuth and indium. The free-machining constituents act as low melting point compounds for machining and are specially adapted for use in aluminum alloys such as AA6000 series and AA 2000 series alloys. The b... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6299966 | Embossed cling wrap A cling wrap comprising a first surface having an embossed area including a plurality of protrusions therefrom forming a plurality of raised contact surfaces and a base surface, wherein the total surface area of said raised contact surfaces comprises less... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6264765 | Method and apparatus for casting, hot rolling and annealing non-heat treatment aluminum alloys This invention provides a method and apparatus for casting, hot rolling and annealing of non-heat treatable aluminum alloys which comprises continuously casting, hot rolling, and, in-line with the hot rolling line, inductively heating the aluminum sheet. ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6162855 | Bauxite filler for carpet backings Naturally occurring bauxites are suitable as flame retardants and can be incorporated into polymeric carpet backings, when they are ground or pulverized to obtain a generally uniform distribution of particles predominantly less than 250 micrometers in siz... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6091482 | Method of mapping and interlacing images to a lenticular lens A lenticular preprinting process producing a composite image which, when printed, is assembled with a lenticular lens material (18). The composite image is developed from a plurality of images (A-D) which include both graphic and textual images. Each of t... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6073293 | Curb and safety rail system for a bridge deck A light-weight, corrosion-resistant, readily installed bridge deck is formed of modular deck panels spliced to each other on site. Each of the deck panels is shop-fabricated by longitudinally welding flanges of adjacently placed multi-void extruded alumin... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6065534 | Aluminum alloy article and method of use An aluminum alloy article consisting essentially of controlled amounts of iron, silicon, copper, manganese, magnesium, titanium, zinc, zirconium and free machining elements with the balance being aluminum and incidental impurities is adapted for use as a ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6042779 | Extrusion fabrication process for discontinuous carbide particulate metal matrix composites and super hypereutectic A1/Si The invention relates to a method for forming high performance metal alloys using powder metallurgy. Alloys are extruded under controlled temperature conditions through an extrusion die containing non-metal bearing inserts. This allows the extrusion of hy... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5976278 | Corrosion resistant, drawable and bendable aluminum alloy, process of making aluminum alloy article and article An aluminum-based alloy composition having improved combinations of corrosion resistance, drawability, bendability and extrudability consists essentially of, in weight percent, not more than about 0.03% copper, between about 0.1 and up to about 1.5% manga... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5965829 | Radiation absorbing refractory composition An extruded metal matrix composite incorporates boron carbide in fine particulate form. The composition is useful as a radiation shield.... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5948493 | Plastic wrap with cling layer In order to form a plastic wrap which exhibits little or no cling until such time as the wrap is applied to an article or the like, the adhesive layer, which is formed on one side of a sheet of olefinic polymer, is exposed to a treatment which superficial... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5944191 | Peelable entry-resistant package A child resistant tablet package accommodates low density pharmaceutical tablets. The package includes a blister tray having a plurality of blister depressions which accommodate the low density porous pharmaceutical tablets. The blister tray further inclu... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5906689 | Corrosion resistant aluminum alloy An aluminum-based alloy composition having improved corrosion resistance and extrudability consists essentially of, in weight percent, an amount of copper up to about 0.03%, between about 0.1 and 0.5% manganese, between about 0.03 and 0.30% titanium, betw... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5901396 | Modular bridge deck system including hollow extruded aluminum elements A light-weight, corrosion-resistant, readily installed bridge deck is formed of modular deck panels spliced to each other on site. Each of the deck panels is shop-fabricated by longitudinally welding flanges of adjacently placed multi-void extruded alumin... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5867854 | Modular bridge deck system including hollow extruded aluminum elements securely mounted to support girders A bridge structure includes a light-weight, corrosion-resistant, readily installed bridge deck formed of modular deck panels spliced to each other on site. The deck panels are preferably shop-fabricated by longitudinal welding of adjacently placed multi-v... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5836029 | Method of preparing an aluminum bridge deck and an aluminum bridge deck configuration for receiving a wearing surface An aluminum alloy bridge deck construction is disclosed with a wearing surface applied thereto. The surface of the welded-together extrusions of the bridge deck is treated so that a tight bond is formed between the wearing surface and the extrusion surfac... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5822056 | Inspection apparatus with refractor for illuminating can flange An inspection apparatus for measuring the flange of a can prior to forming the flange into a radially outward directed flange includes a light generating element for generating generally parallel light rays of a light beam along an axis and a refractor fo... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5810507 | Modular bridge deck system consisting of hollow extruded aluminum elements A light-weight, corrosion-resistant, readily installed bridge deck is formed of modular deck panels spliced to each other on site. Each of the deck panels is shop-fabricated by longitudinally welding flanges of adjacently placed multi-void extruded alumin... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5785777 | Method of making an AA7000 series aluminum wrought product having a modified solution heat treating process for improved exfoliation corrosion resistance A method of producing an AA7000 series aluminum alloy wrought product or plate includes a two step solution heat treating sequence wherein the aluminum plate is subjected to a first solution heat treatment at a first elevated temperature or temperatures f... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5785776 | Method of improving the corrosion resistance of aluminum alloys and products therefrom A method of improving the corrosion properties of an aluminum alloy product containing solid solution alloying elements includes the step of rapidly quenching the alloy product after it has been heated or hot deformed so as to maintain the alloying elemen... | 07/28/1998 |
