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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5876559 | Deinking of impact and non-impact printed paper by an agglomeration process Deinking of impact and nonimpact printed paper is accomplished by repulping the printed paper in an alkali aqueous medium containing a deinking composition comprising one or more nonionic surfactants and/or alkanols. The presence of the deinking compositi... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5806155 | Apparatus and method for hydraulic finishing of continuous filament fabrics An hydraulic treatment apparatus (10) and method is provided for finishing and upgrading the quality of continuous filament cloth materials. The fabric (12) is supported on a member and impacted with a uniform, high density jet, fluid curtain (34,70) unde... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5800884 | High gloss ultraviolet curable coating for porous substrates A gloss coating composition comprising radiation curable oligomers and monomers, and photosensitizers in a homogeneous mixture having a viscosity in the range of 4500 to 8000 cps; wherein the presence of the photosensitizers causes polymerization of the r... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5793017 | Apparatus for automatically welding tubular components of fusible resin and pipe clamping apparatus and heating apparatus used for the same An apparatus for automatically a pair of welding tubular components made of a thermally fusible resin by abutting them to each other, includes a pair of clamp units for holding the pair of tubular components, an abut portion on which the end face of each ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5792598 | Photographic developing compositions and use thereof in the processing of photographic elements Photographic developing compositions are provided that are free of dihydroxybenzene developing agents and are used in the processing of photographic elements. The developing compositions have a pH in the range of from 10.1 to 10.9 and comprise at least 0.... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5786160 | Natural killer cell-specific antigen and antibodies that identify the same A novel natural killer cell-specific molecule, designated as PEN5, consisting essentially of a glycoprotein pair called PEN5 and PEN5ଲ, having apparent molecular weights of 120-150 and 210-245 kdal, respectively. Monoclonal antibodies, includ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5759003 | Combined screw and clearance drill A combination screw and clearance drill is provided that in one mode of operation is able to drill a pilot hole for the screw threads through a top piece of material and then screw into a lower piece of material, thus enabling the two pieces of material t... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5748931 | Information display system for simultaneously displaying graphical images and text of a publication An information display system uses data comprising graphical images of pages of a publication and text data. The images comprise images of both text and non-text matter, where the text matter includes a plurality of predefined passages of text, and the te... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5737813 | Method and apparatus for striped patterning of dyed fabric by hydrojet treatment Striped patterning of dyed fabric, particularly dyed denim, is obtained by impacting the fabric with a row of columnar jet streams of fluid generated from a manifold under pressure while conveying it on a support member in a machine direction through a pa... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5731080 | Highly loaded fiber-based composite material The present invention relates to a novel composite product which is composed of a fibrocrystalline heterogeneous structure consisting of: on the one hand a plurality of fibers of expanded specific surface area and of hydrophilic character, having a substantial... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5723709 | Terpene dimer compositions and related methods of manufacture Terpene dimer compositions are provided which dry into a hard, tack free film upon exposure to air. The compositions include a terpene dimer having the molecular formula C20 H32 and contain at least one double bond. The terpene dimer... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5723223 | Ultrasonically bonded microwave susceptor material and method for its manufacture An ultrasonically bonded microwave susceptor material and method for manufacturing this microwave susceptor material. A laminated microwave susceptor material has first and second plies of material ultrasonically bonded together over a part of an area the... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5721344 | Ink compositions containing azo dyes for ink jet printing There is described novel azo dyes of formula (4) with high water solubility for use in aqueous inks, particularly for ink jet recording, which provide images having high water, smudge and light resistance ##STR1## wherein n, m are each independently ... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5714829 | Electromagnetic heat engines and method for cooling a system having predictable bursts of heat dissipation Magnetic heat engines directly converting heat to electricity, using emf induced by demagnetization. Generated power manifests as negative resistance, and almost any kind and shape of magnetic medium can be used. Electromagnetic engines are also tolerant ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5707488 | Screen/vortex apparatus for cleaning recycled pulp related process A process for cleaning recycled pulp includes an upright cylindrical vessel having an upright cylindrical screen member open at its top and bottom ends and having a perforated screen wall which is centered on a vertical axis in the vessel. A plurality of ... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5688635 | Toning of photographic print material There is described a photographic developing solution which comprises as an image toning agent a compound of formula I: ##STR1## where Ar is an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring which may be substituted, in a concentration of at least 0.00035 moles/lit... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5684140 | Dyes for ink jet printing There is described a new magenta azo dye which can be used in an aqueous composition in an ink-jet printing process.... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5665205 | Method for improving brightness and cleanliness of secondary fibers for paper and paperboard manufacture A high level of calcium carbonate filler is added to secondary fiber pulp by in situ attachment to the secondary fibers. The secondary fiber pulp is mixed with an alkaline salt such as calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide and contacted with a reaction gas s... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5657520 | Method for tentering hydroenhanced fabric Woven or knit fabric is pre-tentered (stretched) prior to hydroenhancement treatment to a predetermined width in excess of the desired finished width of the fabric. The pre-tentering width is selected so that the expected shrinkage caused by the hydroenha... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5656119 | Thermally apertured nonwoven product and process for making same A process for producing an apertured nonwoven fabric combines one or two outer nonwoven layer(s) with a layer of polymeric material having a lower melting temperature and a property of shrinking when melted. Heat and pressure are applied through a calende... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5654039 | Recyclable and compostable coated paper stocks and related methods of manufacture Recyclable and compostable coated paper stock comprising a substrate coated on at least one surface with a primer coat and a top coat both of which are water based dispersions. The primer coat comprises a water based dispersion of a polymer selected from ... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5635279 | Repulpable, water repellant paperboard Paperboard having a water-repellant coating which includes a polymer matrix/wax/pigment mixture and is applied to the paperboard as an aqueous formulation. The polymer matrix includes polymer chains which are ionically cross-linked through pendant carboxy... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5632072 | Method for hydropatterning napped fabric An hydropatterning apparatus conveys a sheet of fabric through a patterning station along a machine direction on a conveyor, preferably a drum, having a support surface formed with a pattern of raised or solid areas and lowered or void areas, and has one ... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5626945 | Repulpable, water repellant paperboard The specification discloses paperboard having a water-repellant coating which includes a polymer matrix/wax mixture and is applied to the paperboard as an aqueous formulation. The polymer matrix includes polymer chains which are ionically cross-linked thr... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625999 | Fiberglass sandwich panel A roofing system that provides a safe, long lasting, leak-free and maintenance-free insulated roof for flat roof applications. More particularly, a sandwich panel comprises an inner foam core, a fiberglass skin fully encapsulating and surrounding the core... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5616384 | Recyclable polymeric label paper An in-mold label material is a nonwoven mat of fibers having one side fused with the outer surface of a polymeric container and the other side coated with a pigment-containing latex suitable for printing thereon. The label paper is manufactured from comme... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5610118 | Abrasion resistant thermosensitive recording element A thermosensitive recording element having improved abrasion resistance, said element comprising (a) a support; (b) a first layer comprising an organic polymeric binder and either a substantially colorless electron donating dye precursor or an electron ac... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5595801 | Laminated shielding material and method for shielding an enclosure therewith A shielding system for an enclosure wherein strips of shielding material including a layer of metal, for example, metal foil or gauge metal, are placed on the walls of the enclosure in an overlapping or abutting relationship, with shielding tape between t... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5594897 | Method for retrieving high relevance, high quality objects from an overall source A method is provided for selecting a core collection of objects from an overall source collection. The objects have directed relations with each other, and a frequency measure of these directed relations is used as an approximation of the probability that... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5585619 | Wireless input system for computer using elevated four-division photodetector A wireless input system for a computer includes a pen-type input device and an input device body. The pen-type input device comprises a light emitting element for emitting a pulse of light. The input device body comprises at least one optical system unit ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5582901 | Multi-layered diskette liner This invention generally relates to a nonwoven fabric for use as a liner for the magnetic recording medium in a computer diskette. More particularly, it is concerned with a thermally bonded, multi-layer, composite nonwoven which includes a distinct top ma... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5580446 | Screen, vortex apparatus for cleaning recycled pulp and related process An apparatus for cleaning recycled pulp includes an upright cylindrical vessel having an upright cylindrical screen member open at its top and bottom ends and having a perforated screen wall which is centered on a vertical axis in the vessel. A plurality ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5567501 | Thermally apertured nonwoven product A process for producing an apertured nonwoven fabric combines one or two outer nonwoven layer(s) with a layer of polymeric material having a lower melting temperature and a property of shrinking when melted. Heat and pressure are applied through a calenda... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5556668 | Rubberized paint coating process A process for applying a rubberized paint coating to a plastic surface uses a diluent to dilute rubberized paint having a composition of comparatively larger fractions of xylene and cyclohexanone and comparatively smaller fractions of methyl isobutyl keto... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5544308 | Method for automating the development and execution of diagnostic reasoning software in products and processes A method for automated diagnosis of faults in a system containing repairable parts is performed by selecting a set of faults representing all known failures which can occur among the parts of the system, characterized by symptom data representing the expe... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5541246 | Repulpable hot melt adhesives Repulpable, hot melt adhesives which are composed of approximately equal amounts of a tackifier (having an acid number greater than about 70) and a hydrophilic wax, with up to 9% of polymer. The hot melt compositions can contain up to 17% of polymer when ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5537806 | Bag sealing apparatus and related method for sealing bags An apparatus for sealing bags having an open end and being particularly suited for packaging diapers. The apparatus having application in line with a diaper production and bag filling machine. The open end has a pair of horizontal lips and a pair of verti... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5525049 | Polymeric pipe deformer An apparatus and method for deforming polymeric pipe to have a reduced diameter for insertion into new or damaged pipelines in situ. A further method for converting existing pipelines in situ to dual-containment pipelines. The apparatus includes a plurali... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5521632 | Adaptor for use in video microscope systems An adaptor for use in a video microscope system including a video monitor, a camera and a microscope. The adaptor comprises a hollow body portion including open top and bottom ends, said body portion having an interior surface; first means for coupling sa... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5518094 | Clutch/brake having rectangular-area-contact 3D locking sprags A clutch or brake device has locking sprags engageable between its inner and outer races which have a three-dimensional wedge shape with respect to the rotational (Z) axis. The 3D locking sprags have contact surfaces shaped to make rectangular area contac... | 05/21/1996 |
