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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6858678 | Continuous bulk polymerization and esterification process and compositions including the polymeric product A continuous bulk polymerization and esterification process includes continuously charging into a reaction zone at least one ethylenically unsaturated acid-functional monomer and at least one linear or branched chain alkanol having greater than 11 carbon atoms. The ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6848594 | Pre-moistened wipe dispenser and product identification system An apparatus for the dispensing of wipes and a color coding system for use said apparatus for identifying the product on the wipes. The dispenser includes a housing, a two sectioned tip member, a well, an opening, a cover and a self closing mechanism. The wipe packs... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6832701 | Self metering dispensing device A self metering dispensing device for dispensing a predetermined quantity of material from an aerosol container. First and second actuating members are pivotally connected to a housing for the container and a nozzle actuating member is connected to the first actuati... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6819250 | Out-of-liquid sensor, and liquid supply device using same The present invention provides a highly universal out-of-liquid sensor that allows an out-of-liquid condition to be accurately detected for a long time, and provides a liquid supply device using the same. The out-of-liquid sensor 1, that is mounted in a liqui... | 11/16/2004 |
| D496278 | Bottle | 09/21/2004 |
| 6772914 | Non-removable device for attaching a dispenser to a container A device for a non-removably attaching a dispenser member to a container. A bracket member has a closure portion which engages a mouth of a container. The closure portion is connected to a body of the dispenser member. A fastening member engages the bracket and the ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6766831 | Eductor An eductor (1) for mixing liquids, e.g. a concentrated solution into water, has a flow passage (16) for a first liquid into which a dispensing passage (18) for a second liquid opens so that in use the second liquid is drawn into the flow of the ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6719216 | Handle strap A fluid dispensing assembly which includes a container defining a volume for containing a first fluid. A valve assembly is fixed to the container, and is in fluid communication with the volume. The valve assembly is connectable to a fluid conduit which supplies a se... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6712082 | Kitchenware washing apparatus A kitchenware washing apparatus has a wash tank and a heated tank connected in a manner that they have a common wall for maximum water heating efficiency. In a preferred manner, the common wall has a tiered configuration. A particle accumulator is positioned inside ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6708901 | Multiple function dispenser A dispenser for mixing and dispensing a liquid chemical concentrate with a dilutent from a container. The dispenser includes two slideable eductors one of which is also rotatable. Both a high and low flow rate can be obtained with simultaneous adjustment of concentr... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6696522 | Powder coating of non-gelled product of addition polymer A and polymer B with mutually reactive groups A substantially non-gelled polymeric composition is disclosed and comprises the reaction product of an A polymer which is an addition polymer having 3.5 or more reactive functional groups per polymer chain and a B polymer having about 2 to about 3 functio... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6655537 | Support rack for plastic containers A support rack for a plastic container having a content in excess of 1.5 gallons of liquid. Two or more support members extend from a wire body section, for engagement with apertures in the plastic container. A connecting section extends between the suppo... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6644507 | Automatic air freshener with dynamically variable dispensing interval An apparatus periodically dispenses an air freshening substance from a pressurized container into a room. A device is provided to sense when the room is occupied, such as by detecting the light level in the room. The air freshening substance is dispensed ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6646091 | Isocyanate crosslinked waterborne coatings Coating compositions include polymeric particles, an isocyanate-containing crosslinking agent, and water. The polymeric particles include at least one incorporated monoalkenyl aromatic monomer, at least one incorporated vinyl-containing surfactant macromo... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6635609 | Surface maintenance composition The present invention is directed to a surface cleaning and maintenance composition including a non-ionic surfactant, a quaternary ammonium surfactant and water. Optionally, neutralizer and fragrance can be included in the composition. The inventive compo... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6627720 | Hyperbranched polymers A method is provided for producing hyperbranched polymers comprising heating a polymerizable reaction charge comprising (a) a monomer mixture comprising 50-99.1% by weight of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated monomer and 0.1-50% by weight of one ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6245361 | Tuberculocidal synergistic disinfectant compositions and methods of disinfecting An aqueous cleaning and disinfecting composition is disclosed that is a synergistic combination of (a) a sufficient amount of a chlorine-containing bleach compound such as sodium hypochlorite or sodium dichloroisocyanurate to provide from about 1,100 part... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6083894 | Liquid automatic dishwashing composition with glassware protection A liquid dishwashing detergent composition having improved glassware protection when employed in conjunction with cleaning materials having high concentrations of alkaline materials. The composition contains a soluble organic zinc compound which preferabl... | 07/04/2000 |
| 4867937 | Process for producing high modulus film The invention provides a two-step process for increasing the modulus of a film in a desired direction, by drawing the film at between about 10° C. above Tg and 40° C. below Tm at a draw ratio of between 1.05 and 5.5 and then drawin... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4839765 | Magnetic recording diskette with offset wiping fabric Prior magnetic recording diskettes have a wiping fabric, edges of which register with edges of jacket openings, thus involving a hazard of loose fibers. In the novel diskette, the edges of the wiping fabric are out of registry with the edges of the jacket... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4833019 | Magnetic recording tape comprising a support film having a high transverse direction modulus The invention provides a magnetic recording tape having a substantial increase in electromagnetic and head cleaning capabilities comprising a thin magnetic layer carried on a non-magnetic support film, the film having a ratio of Young's modulus in the lon... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4778714 | Nonabrasive magnetic recording tape Magnetic recording tape is suitable for data recording mechanisms equipped with brass or other soft heads when its magnetizable layer is based on ferromagnetic iron oxide particles and contains titanium dioxide or other soft head cleaning agent which has ... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4745508 | Plastic supply tape guide for videocassette When a supply tape guide of a VHS or Betamax videocassette is plastic rather than the usual stainless steel, equal or better performance is attained when the plastic is a blend of acetal copolymer and a small proportion of lubricant and anti-static agent.... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4743490 | Counterfeit-resistant magnetic recording tape Some prior magnetic recording tapes have a backside layer of electrically conductive particles and friction-imparting nonmagnetic particles in a nonmagnetic binder. The novel tape differs in that the nonmagnetic particles are replaced by high-Hc | 05/10/1988 |
| 4702561 | Pleochroic dyes and electro-optical displays therewith N-substituted anthraquinones in which the substituent group is at least partially cyclic, either cyclohexyl or aromatic, and including anils of 1,4- and 1,8-diaminoanthraquinone with p-alkyl- and p-alkoxybenzaldehyde, are pleochroic and form guest-host co... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4664664 | Ballistic projectile Ballistic projectiles for subsonic propulsion having a helically twisted body portion nad a tapered nose portion and having an apparent density of up to 5 g/cm3. The projectiles can be propelled through barrels having a complementary barrel wit... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4539816 | Heat and liquid recovery using open cycle heat pump system The present invention relates to the recovery of heat and/or condensable liquid from a gaseous environment utilizing an open cycle heat pump system. The open cycle heat pump system is employed to alter the temperature of a gas by compression, expansion, h... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4513073 | Layered photoconductive element The present invention relates to a photoconductive element comprising a photoconductive layer and one or more blocking layers adjacent thereto and having space charge layers interposed between the photoconductive layer and the blocking layers to increase ... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4480393 | Vapor recovery method and apparatus Vapor recovery system comprising vapor source, vapor concentrating system and refrigeration condensation system. Method comprises accumulating condensable vapor in vapor accumulator, and subsequently removing vapor from accumulator using carrier gas to pr... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4379804 | Liquid sorbent materials Composite, liquid-sorbent media which can be applied to various substrates to provide improved liquid-sorbent materials. The composite media comprise a liquid-sorbent underlayer and, overlying said underlayer, a liquid-permeable surface layer, the liquid ... | 04/12/1983 |
| 4353990 | Sanitation indicator A device for monitoring thermal energy input and displaying the relationship of the thermal energy input to a selected time/temperature relationship. The device employs an indicating material which, when melted, expands and flows into a narrow channel to ... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4348432 | Method for coating with radially-propagating, free, liquid sheets Radially-propagating, free, liquid sheets comprising single or multiple discrete layers are used to coat moving substrates. The use of these free liquid sheets allows the high speed application of single or multicomponent coatings to substrates. Apparatus... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4295282 | Heat and liquid recovery using open cycle heat pump system The present invention relates to the recovery of heat and/or condensable liquid from a gaseous environment utilizing an open cycle heat pump system. The open cycle heat pump system is employed to alter the temperature of a gas by compression, expansion, h... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4272106 | Copy sheet Copy sheet comprising substantially transparent dye layer which can undergo color shift in response to color developer composition. Preferred dye comprises pH sensitive dye and preferred color developer comprises weak acid.... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4236150 | Liquid crystal display system A liquid crystal display system having improved response time. The display system employs a refresh signal having a frequency which is controlled as a function of temperature to provide optimum decay time.... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4232949 | Liquid crystal compositions containing pleochroic dye Liquid crystal compositions containing pleochroic dyes. The pleochroic dyes are substituted anthraquinone dyes containing at least one carbocyclic or heterocyclic group linked to the anthraquinone moiety through a sulfur atom. The dyes are used in guest-h... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4232950 | Liquid crystal compositions including pleochroic dye Liquid crystal compositions containing pleochroic dyes. The pleochroic dyes are substituted anthraquinones useful in guest-host combinations with nematic liquid crystal compositions having positive dielectric anisotropy. Electro-optic devices containing t... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4232083 | Imaging compositions and methods Color-forming precursor compositions comprising a metal-complexing compound having a plurality of ligand groups and color-activating compositions comprising transition metal salts of oleophilic, organic acids are combined to form dark, permanent images on... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4205865 | Latent sensitizing ink Latent, sensitizing inks for application to selected areas of substrates by conventional printing methods. The inks comprise a unique vehicle component which is a non-polymeric, oleophilic, organic Arrhenius acid anion having a cationic counter-ion and, i... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4201404 | Pressure-sensitive marking materials Hot-melt imaging compositions useful for solventless coating on paper substrates. The imaging compositions comprise imaging microcapsules having melamine-urea-formaldehyde condensation polymer shells and an organic liquid dye precursor dispersed in a hot-... | 05/06/1980 |
