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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5793904 | Zoned inspection system and method for presenting temporal multi-detector output in a spatial domain A zoned inspection system and method produce inspection results consistent with a user's view of an article by transforming parallel, temporal inspection results from multiple detectors into a serial, spatial domain.... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5707483 | Rotary acoustic horn A rotary acoustic horn imparts energy at a selected wavelength, frequency, and amplitude. The horn includes a cylindrical shaft and a cylindrical welding portion mounted on and coaxial with the shaft. The diameter of the welding portion is greater than th... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5702527 | Restricted flow die A coating device has a first half and a second half located adjacent the first half to form a slot between the first and second halves. A porous material, having a thickness greater than the height of the slot, is disposed in the slot to compress uniforml... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5694701 | Coated substrate drying system A method and apparatus of drying a substrate uses a condensing surface located adjacent the substrate on the side of the substrate being dried. The liquid from the substrate is evaporated and then condensed on the condensing surface without applied convec... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5691027 | Fastener with a dual purpose cover sheet The invention relates to a fastener member having a dual purpose cover sheet. The fastener member includes a base sheet, a plurality of engaging members projecting from the base sheet, a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on an opposite surface of a bas... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5691026 | Fastener member with a dual purpose cover sheet A fastener arrangement includes a first fastener member having a base sheet and a plurality of engaging members projecting from the base sheet. The fastener arrangement includes a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on a surface of a base sheet opposite ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5691021 | Flame retardant fastener and method for making the same A flame retardant fastener adapted for releasable engagement to a second fastener. A backing layer of the fastener is constructed of a flame retardant polymeric material having an exposed bonding surface and a support surface. A multiplicity of flexible, ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5688563 | Electrostatic system for controlling the flow of a fluid after being coated onto a substrate A system controls the flow of a conductive fluid after the fluid is coated onto a substrate by applying an electrostatic force to the coated fluid. The force applied to the fluid can be controlled to counteract the fluid tendency to dewet to a thicker sta... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5683058 | Roll supporting hub A roll supporting hub is adapted for acceptance of a plurality of rolls (one at a time), with each roll having a different predefined core width. The hub includes a hub body with a plurality of core support surfaces spaced circumferentially about a centra... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5662853 | Affixation member for decorating or protecting structures and methods of making same A method making an affixation member including a body for affixation to a surface of a structure and means for fastening the body to the surface. The fastening means including an interengaging fastener member which has a base secured to the body and a plu... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5655948 | Coater die grinding and finishing method Methods of finishing and microfinishing the edges of a die component are disclosed. Each edge is polished to finish the edge of the die component to a smoother finish than the rest of the die component. This eliminates the incidence of undesirable streaki... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5654055 | Masking tape with stiffened edge A masking tape is provided that is suitable for insertion under many moldings and gaskets which not only masks the molding or gasket but also facilitates refinishing under at least a portion of the molding or gasket. The masking tape is constructed to inc... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5645681 | Stacked rotary acoustic horn A rotary acoustic horn imparts energy at a selected wavelength, frequency, and amplitude. The horn includes a base portion and a plurality of weld faces. Each weld face has a diameter that expands and contracts with the application of ultrasonic energy. T... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5643992 | Coating additives for water-based formulations A water-based pressure sensitive adhesive formulation is provided with one or more high molecular weight linear aliphatic polymers. The resulting composition can be used to form stable filaments or delivered from the coating die of a premetered coater in ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5641544 | Method and apparatus for applying thin fluid coatings A system for coating a substrate with an ultra-thin layer includes moving the substrate through a coating station and forming a composite layer including a coming fluid and a carrier fluid. The composite layer flows at a rate that is sufficiently high to ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5639305 | Die coating method and apparatus A die coating method and apparatus includes a die having an upstream bar with an upstream lip and a downstream bar with a downstream lip. The upstream lip is formed as a land and the downstream lip is formed as a sharp edge. The shape of the land conforms... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5628827 | Non-recirculating, die supplied doctored roll coater with solvent addition A coater incorporates a die, a reservoir, a gravure cylinder, and a doctor blade for applying coating fluid to a moving surface. The flow rate of coating fluid to the gravure cylinder is controlled to equal the rate at which coating fluid is consumed by t... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5626671 | Cross flow knife coater for applying a coating to a web A cross flow knife coater includes a coating station through which a surface passes and a trough which extends transversely across the desired width of the coating. The trough has an opening through which coating fluid exits onto the surface without using... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625929 | Interengaging fastener member A fastener member is disclosed, having a plurality of headed stems adjoining and projecting from a base. The headed stems are arranged in a pattern on the base, which pattern tends to increase the disengagement force in the shear direction.... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5622260 | Support for tape pancakes A system for securing a plurality of tape pancakes includes a compressible core support on which the pancakes can be mounted. An interior rod having a head fits and is received within the core support. A nub on the inside surface of the core support engag... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5620514 | Differential-speed gravure coating of magnetizable layers in the manufacture of magnetic recording media A magnetizable layer can be applied to a flexible backing web by gravure coating at high speeds by independently driving the backing web at a speed that is substantially different from the surface speed of the gravure roll. Especially high coating speeds ... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5614232 | Method of making an interengaging fastener member The present invention relates to an apparatus for forming a fastener member having a base and a plurality of headed stems arranged in columns and rows and projecting from the base. The fastener member is formed by injection molding a molten material into ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5612092 | Knife coating method using ascension of the fluid by its tension To knife-coat elastic liquids without the presence of flow instability, the extension rate in the upstream region of the coating bead is kept low by increasing the distance over which the liquid must accelerate. The onset of the flow instability is delaye... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5611122 | Interengaging fastener having reduced noise generation An interengaging fastener member having a plurality of headed elements, which can reduce the noise generated due to the relative movement between the headed elements engaged with each other. The fastener member 10 is made of polymeric material as a one-pi... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5597634 | Changeable media labels A changeable label pad has a base label layer which can be adhesively attached to a recording media container. A first adhesive having a first strength attaches the base label layer to the container. At least two label segments are attached to the base la... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5587184 | Coating die with slot thickness control An easily controllable method to adjust the die slot exit gap to produce an accurately controlled flow from the slot exit across the width of a die provides movable back seats at the back of the die that cause the front and back portions of the die plates... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5582312 | Reusable, multiple-piece storage container A parallelepipedal storage container is formed of at least two sections. Each section is foldable to separate the section into a central base wall and two side walls. The adjacent base and side walls can be oriented at right angles to each other. The stor... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5581905 | Coated substrate drying system A method and apparatus of drying a substrate uses a condensing surface located within 15 cm of the substrate on the side of the substrate being dried. The liquid from the substrate is evaporated and then condensed on the condensing surface without applied... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5568863 | Cassette album box with spine window A box for storing cassettes includes a base, a cover, and a plurality of side walls. One of the side walls is a spine side wall which has a window formed as an opening that permits viewing a label on the cassette. A transparent external pocket wraps aroun... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5564645 | Roll support hub braking mechanism An improved braking system for a rotatable roll support hub for a roll product of web material is capable of providing a smoother and progressive braking action which uses a less powerful compression spring. This can be achieved by utilizing a friction el... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5551568 | Stacking device for containers A parallelepipedal storage container is formed of at least two-sections. Each section is foldable to separate the section into a central base wall and two side walls. The adjacent base and side walls can be oriented at right angles to each other. The stor... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5536044 | Hot melt adhesive bound book An apparatus for binding a plurality of sheets of paper together is disclosed. A pair of clamping plates presents one edge of the sheets for binding after a jogging plate aligns the edges. After a solid hot melt adhesive material sheet is placed along the... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5533690 | Strand alignment devices for high speed winding of magnetic tape Magnetic tape is wound onto a roll at high speeds. Each strand of tape wound onto the roll is precisely superimposed over the previously wound strand by alignment devices including a pre-wrap alignment roller, a packwheel, and a post-winding final alignme... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5525376 | Multiple layer coating method A plurality of simultaneously applied coating fluids is coated on a substrate by moving the substrate along a path through a coating station. A plurality of flowing layers of coating fluid is formed in face-to-face contact with each other to form a compos... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5511302 | Method of producing a tape guide for a data cartridge A reel-to-reel tape cartridge includes two tape guides for guiding the tape to and from respective tape reels. The tape guides have a large radius of curvature and are flanged to form a long trough to guide and align the tape to improve tape tracking. The... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5506000 | Slot coating method and apparatus An apparatus and method of flowing a fluid onto an incline planar surface across the entire with of the slot has a slot capillary number less than 0.04. The slot exit gap S is selected to be less than ##EQU1## where S is the slot gap in cm, μ is the... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5505995 | Method and apparatus for coating substrates using an air knife The method of coating a substrate with plurality of layers of coatings includes moving the substrate along a path through the coating station. A composite layer is formed of first and second coating fluids. The substrate contacts the flowing composite lay... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5505397 | One-piece videocassette reel lock system An integral one-piece reel lock located in the base lower wall of a videocassette between two reels includes two locking pawl portions, a release lever portion, and connecting arms. The two locking pawl portions are connected to the release lever portion ... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5501351 | Reusable, multiple-piece storage container A parallelepipedal storage container is formed of at least two sections. Each section is foldable to separate the section into a central base wall and two side walls. The adjacent base and side walls can be oriented at right angles to each other. The stor... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5484117 | Reel spring for a thin-walled videocassette A spring includes a central mounting portion mounted to an inner surface of a cassette housing and elongated pressure portions extending from the mounting portion to engage the cassette reels. Each pressure portion includes a central base and a pair of sp... | 01/16/1996 |
