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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120053254 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROPHILIC POLY-N-VINYLPYRROLIDONE AND USE THEREOF The present invention relates to a process for the production of the largest possible spherical, monodisperse polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) seed particles in the micron range by dispersion polymerisation. The particles obtained in this way represent novel starting material... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120041085 | EXPANDABLE COMPOSITE RESIN PARTICLES FOR LONG-TERM STORAGE, PRE-EXPANDED PARTICLES FORMED THEREFROM AND EXPANDED MOLDED ARTICLES Expandable composite resin particles for long-term storage, comprising 500 to 5000 ppm of water and 7.5 to 11.0% by weight of pentane in composite resin of polyolefin-based resin and polystyrene-based resin.... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120035283 | Expandable Functional TFE Copolymer Fine Powder, the Expanded Functional Products Obtained Therefrom and Reaction of the Expanded Products A functional TFE copolymer fine powder is described, wherein the TFE copolymer is a polymer of TFE and at least one functional comonomer, and wherein the TFE copolymer has functional groups that are pendant to the polymer chain. The functional TFE copolymer fine powder ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120029101 | EXPANDED POLYPROPYLENE COPOLYMER RESIN PARTICLES Disclosed is an expanded polypropylene copolymer resin particle whose base resin is a polypropylene random copolymer resin having a melting point of not more than 145° C., the base resin having a H/W ratio of not more than 8 where H (%) is a maximum height of an elutio... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110306689 | Expandable Polystyrene and Methods of Forming the Same Expanded polystyrene, foamed articles and methods of making the same are described herein. The expanded polystyrene generally includes polystyrene selected from expandable polystyrene and extrusion polystyrene, the polystyrene exhibiting a molecular weight of from about... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110291040 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING EXPANDABLE STYRENE POLYMER COMPOSITIONS A composition comprising at least one expandable styrene polymer component and at least one cyclohexanecarboxylic ester and also optionally further components can be processed to mechanically robust foam materials.... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110281963 | POLYPROPYLENE RESIN PRE-FOAMED PARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND POLYPROPYLENE RESIN IN-MOLD FOAMING MOLDED ARTICLE Provided are polypropylene resin pre-foamed particles including, as base resin, polypropylene resin that satisfies the following requirements (a) through (c): (a) in cross fractionation chromatography, an amount of components eluted at a temperature of not more than 40... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110250162 | DISINFECTING AND DETOXIFYING META-ARAMID PARTICLES Porous, permeable particles of meta-aramid can be chlorinated or brominated to produce antimicrobial and detoxifying particles for use in applications such as, but not limited to, nonwoven webs, paper, textiles, absorbent articles, healthcare products, paints, filter ma... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110223426 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SINGLE-HOLE HOLLOW POLYMER MICROPARTICLES The present invention provides a method for producing single-hole hollow polymer particles having extremely uniform outer diameters and inner diameters with no need for classification operation. Further, the present invention provides single-hole hollow polymer particle... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110224316 | PREPARING EXPANDABLE STYRENE POLYMERS The invention provides a process for preparing expandable styrene polymers which comprises the steps of: (a) adding an aqueous phase comprising a suspension stabilizer and an organic phase comprising styrene and an initiator to a reactor, | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110218257 | PARTICULATE, EXPANDABLE POLYMER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PARTICULATE EXPANDABLE POLYMER, AS WELL AS A SPECIAL USE OF THE OBTAINED FOAM MATERIAL The present invention relates to a particulate, expandable polymer, for example polystyrene (EPS) or polylactic acid (PLA) or a combination thereof, which can be processed to form a foam having a fine cell structure and a low density, and which contains a thermal insula... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110203756 | MICROSPHERES The invention relates to thermally expandable thermoplastic microspheres comprising a polymer shell made from ethylenically unsaturated monomers encapsulating a propellant, said ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising from 40 to 70 wt % of acrylonitrile, from 5 to... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110196052 | FLAME RETARDANTS Phosphine sulfide derivatives of the formula (I),
are suitable as flame retardants, in particular for polymers, where... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110184079 | FIRE-RETARDANT POLYURETHANE FOAM AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME A process for preparing a polyurethane foam that contains particles of expandable graphite and a halogenated fire-retardant additive which surprisingly impart excellent fire-retardant properties to the foam and provide a stable isocyanate-reactive component having impro... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110046249 | COMPOSITIONS OF EXPANDABLE VINYL AROMATIC POLYMERS WITH AN IMPROVED THERMAL INSULATION CAPACITY, PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND EXPANDED ARTICLES OBTAINED THEREFROM Expandable vinyl aromatic polymers which comprise: a matrix obtained by polymerizing 50-100% by weight of one or more vinyl aromatic monomers and 0-50% by weight of at least one copolymer izable monomer; 1-10% by weight, calculated with respect to the polymer (a), of an... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110039960 | Expandable Functional TFE Copolymer Fine Powder, the Expanded Functional Products Obtained Therefrom and Reaction of the Expanded Products A functional TFE copolymer fine powder is described, wherein the TFE copolymer is a polymer of TFE and at least one functional comonomer, and wherein the TFE copolymer has functional groups that are pendant to the polymer chain. The functional TFE copolymer fine powder ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110003904 | Lightweight Concrete Compositions A lightweight ready-mix concrete composition that contains 8-20 volume percent cement, 11-50 volume percent sand, 10-31 volume percent prepuff particles, 9-40 volume percent coarse aggregate, and 10-22 volume percent water, where the sum of components used does not exce... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100314115 | SWELLABLE POLYMER WITH CATIONIC SITES The invention is directed to long lasting crosslinked water-soluble swellable polymers, methods for making same, and their uses. More particularly, the invention relates to a composition comprising expandable polymeric particles having cationic sites as well as labile c... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100314114 | SWELLABLE POLYMER WITH ANIONIC SITES The invention is directed to stable crosslinked water-soluble swellable polymers and methods for making same. More particularly, the invention relates to a composition comprising expandable polymeric particles having anionic sites and labile crosslinkers and stable cros... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100301257 | MONODISPERSE SUBMICRON POLYMER PARTICLES This invention relates to monodisperse cross-linked polymer particles, comprising particles with a substantially smooth outer surface and an average diameter of less than 1 μm, wherein the particles are solid or porous, and wherein the coefficient of variation (CV) % o... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100305224 | POLYESTER FOAM MATERIAL HAVING FLAME-RESISTANT BEHAVIOUR An expanded cellular material from aromatic polyester resins obtained by a reactive extrusion foaming of polyester resins, wherein the polyester foam provided with flame retardancy achieves a total heat release (THR600s) less than 6.0 MJ, a fire growth rate (... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100301509 | COATING COMPOSITION FOR FOAM PARTICLES, AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MOLDED FOAM BODIES The invention relates to a coating composition comprising a) from 20 to 70% by weight, in particular from 30 to 50% by weight, of a clay mineral, | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100292109 | SWELLABLE POLYMERS WITH HYDROPHOBIC GROUPS The invention is directed to crosslinked water-soluble swellable polymers, methods for making same and their various uses. More particularly, the invention relates to a composition comprising expandable polymeric particles being made with 0.1-5% hydrophobic monomers and... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100282632 | LIGHTWEIGHT PELLETIZED MATERIALS A plurality of pellets include at least one of a synthetic, biomass, mineral, or polymer based material. The pellets can have a specific gravity of about 0.01 to about 0.3 g/cm3 and are dimensionally stable, substantially dust-free, substantially non-hygrosco... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100263106 | FOAMED POLYMER A method for manufacturing a foamed polymer is disclosed, the method comprising, providing a precursor dispersion comprising a precursor of a gellable polymer, particles of a water-swellable polymer and water, and gelling the gellable polymer to form a solid polymer. Th... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100267850 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING EXPANDED POLYOLEFIN RESIN PARTICLES AND EXPANDED POLYOLEFIN RESIN PARTICLES Provided is a process for producing expanded polyolefin resin particles whose cells are not made nonuniform or extremely smaller as seen in conventional expanded particles, whose cell diameter and expansion ratio can be easily controlled independently, and which, when s... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100261802 | Method for Producing Expandable Polystyrene and the Use Thereof A method for producing expandable polystyrene (EPS) or extruded polystyrene foams (XPS), starting from polystyrene already present in the polymerized state or polystyrene melts, the same containing at least one expanding agent and/or at least one flame or fire retardant... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100240782 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING STYRENE-BASED (CO)POLYMERS A process for preparing a styrene-based (co)polymer comprising the steps of: a) preparing a monomer composition comprising styrene monomer and optionally one or more co-monomers and b) polymerising the monomer composition in the presence of an initiator mixture containi... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100227149 | MICROFOAM AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD Foamed materials, and methods and systems of producing the same. At least one of the methods includes forming a composite material including paper powder having a maximum particle size between about 30 to about 100 μm 30 and being between about 20 and 40 weight percent... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100222442 | FOAMS BASED ON THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANES Expandable thermoplastic polyurethane comprising blowing agent, wherein the Shore hardness of the thermoplastic polyurethane is from A 44 to A 84.... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100204349 | HEAT-EXPANDABLE MICROSPHERES, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND APPLICATION THEREOF Heat-expandable microspheres include a shell of thermoplastic resin and core material encapsulated in the shell. The core material include a blowing agent having a boiling point not higher than the softening point of the thermoplastic resin and a gas migration inhibitor... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100204350 | EXPANDABLE POLYSTYRENE BEAD WITH SUPERIOR ADIABATIC AND FLAMEPROOF EFFECTS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME Disclosed herein is an expandable polystyrene bead having improved adiabaticity and flame-retardance and a method of producing the expandable polystyrene bead. The expandable polystyrene bead comprises 10 to 60 wt % of a flame retardant which is made of one or more sele... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100197818 | METHOD OF MAKING CONCRETE A method of preparing a light weight concrete composition using expanded polymer particles that includes a) replacing from about 10 to about 50 volume percent of the coarse aggregate in the concrete composition with prepuff particles; and b) preparing the concrete compo... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100184877 | BIODEGRADABLE ALIPHATIC POLYESTER-BASED FOAMED PARTICLE AND MOLDED PRODUCT OF THE SAME Biodegradable aliphatic polyester-based resin foamed particles that are excellent in environmental suitability and are produced using a source material derived from a plant, and a molded product of the same are provided. Thus, biodegradable aliphatic polyester-based res... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100148110 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL BASED ON VINYLAROMATIC POLYMERS HAVING ENHANCED THERMAL INSULATION PROPERTIES AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF Expandable particle composite material suitable for the preparation of expanded materials having a density lower than 40 g/l and a content of closed cells of at least 60%, including heterophase cavities and/or heterophase domains, whose matrix is a synthetic thermoplast... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100151243 | COMPOSITIONS FOR COMPOUNDING FOAMABLE, FLUROPOLYMER PELLETS FOR USE IN MELT PROCESSING CELLULAR OR FOAMED FLUOROPOLYMER APPLICATIONS The disclosure provides a composition as well as a set of compositions and method for producing cellular or foamed or blown fluoropolymers such as perfluoropolymers and other thermoplastics articles allowing for the creation of a lower cost communications cable, conduct... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100120165 | Method and System for Manufacture and Use of Macroporous Beads in a Multiplex Assay Macroporous beads and a method of manufacturing and using such macroporous beads. wherein the beads are distinguishable for use in a multiplex assay. Preferably, the beads are distinguishable by two or more unique fluorochromes, and at least some of the beads are magnet... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100119813 | FIRE RETARDANT POLYSTYRENE A composition comprising: (i) expanded or expandable polystyrene beads or particles (ii) an intumescent, and (iii) a fire-resistant binder the weight of (i) being in the range 20-75% by weight based on the total weight of (i), (ii) and (iii) is disclosed. The fire-resis... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100105787 | POLYPROPYLENE RESIN FOAM PARTICLE AND MOLDING THEREOF A polypropylene resin foamed bead from which a foamed bead molded article excelling in appearance, heat resistance and mechanical properties can be obtained at the molding temperature lower than that for conventional polypropylene resin foamed beads; and a foamed bead m... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100087555 | QUALITY POLYMER FOAM FROM FLUORINATED ALKENE BLOWING AGENTS Alkenyl aromatic polymer foam comprising a polymer matrix containing one or more polymer and defining a plurality of cells having an average cell size wherein: (a) the alkenyl aromatic polymer foam has: —(i) an average cell size that is in a range of 0.02 and 5 millim... | 04/08/2010 |
