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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8029633 | Method of forming a consolidated fibrous structure A method of consolidating thermoplastic fibrous layers by providing a plurality of fibers having a core with an exterior surface portion comprising polypropylene and a first layer disposed on at least a portion of the core containing at least 70% alpha-olefin units ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7947142 | Pleated filter with monolayer monocomponent meltspun media A pleated filter is made from a monocomponent monolayer nonwoven web of continuous monocomponent meltspun partially crystalline and partially amorphous oriented fibers of the same polymeric composition that are bonded to form a coherent and handleable web having a G... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7922849 | Process and apparatus for manufacturing spun-bonded fabric Process of manufacturing spun-bonded fabric, using naturally crimped filaments, whereby the filaments are passed through a stretching unit and finally through a diffusor. The filaments are thereupon layered on a layering device, as crimped filaments. The layered fil... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7914637 | Method for manufacturing a particularly soft and three-dimensional nonwoven and nonwoven thus obtained The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing nonwoven and nonwoven obtainable by said method. Particularly, the invention relates to a nonwoven provided with improved tactile and absorbent characteristics, which make it suitable for use in the field o... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7850810 | Method of making porous self-cohered web materials The present invention is directed to a method of making implantable bioabsorbable non-woven self-cohered web materials having a high degree of porosity. The web materials are very supple and soft, while exhibiting proportionally increased mechanical strength in one ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7815763 | Porous membranes for medical implants and methods of manufacture The present invention involves porous polymer membranes, suitable for use in medical implants, having controlled pore sizes, pore densities and mechanical properties. Methods of manufacturing such porous membranes are described in which a continuous fiber of polymer... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7438777 | Lightweight high-tensile, high-tear strength bicomponent nonwoven fabrics A method of producing a nonwoven fabric comprising spinning a set of bicomponent fibers which include an external fiber component and an internal fiber component. The external fiber enwraps said internal fiber and has a higher elongation to break value than the inte... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7368027 | Method of making an edge fold having substantially uniform gathers for absorbent article A method for making an edge fold on an absorbent article having longitudinal edges including the steps of activating a portion of an absorbent article along its longitudinal edges to create substantially uniform gathers, folding a portion of the absorbent article al... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364042 | Packaging material A packaging material comprising a plurality of flexible strips of material integrally interconnected to one another along one end thereof so as to form a unitary mass and so that the strips of material are intertwineable with one another to form a resilient tuft. Th... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361241 | Filamentary nonwoven bandage fabric In order to produce a nonwoven fabric having elastomeric properties spun filaments (1), consisting preferably (but not essentially) of cellulose material such as cellulose acetate or solvent spun rayon, not in yarn formats, are corrugated or crimped in an ove... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7344667 | Prepreg, production process thereof, and molded article This invention provides a prepreg excellent in productivity, having the drapability to allow easy shaping according to a mold, excellent in resin impregnation, and excellent in handling convenience. This invention also provides a molded article with excellent mechan... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7338271 | Extrusion head having a rotating die A crosshead assembly for forming extruded shapes from molten polymer. The assembly includes body sections, a mandrel, a choke ring, and a tip holder for admitting, turning, and accelerating molten polymer toward a novel rotatable die sub-assembly. The die sub-assemb... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338698 | Homogeneously branched ethylene polymer carpet, carpet backing and method for making same The present invention pertains to carpet and methods of making carpet. In one aspect, the carpet includes (a) a primary backing which has a face and a back surface, (b) a plurality of fibers attached to the primary backing and extending from the face of the primary ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335299 | Dual filter A dual filter apparatus and a process of making a dual filter apparatus that minimizes disruption to the normal flow pattern through the filter apparatus by forming a porous medium suitable to carry a fluid activator and placing an activator proximate the porous fil... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332050 | Electronic spinning apparatus, and a process of preparing nonwoven fabric using the same An electrospinning apparatus including a spinning dope main tank, a metering pump, a nozzle block, a collector positioned at the lower end of the nozzle block for collecting spun fibers, a voltage generator, a plurality of units for transmitting a voltage generated ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329623 | Durable hydrophilic nonwoven mat A nonwoven web of a wettable fiber matrix, wherein the wettable fiber matrix are thermoplastic polymeric fibers blended with at least one hydrophilic melt additive. In alternate embodiments, the nonwoven web further includes binder fibers which may be wettable or no... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320581 | Stabilized filament drawing device for a meltspinning apparatus A stabilized filament drawing device for a meltspinning apparatus. The stabilized filament drawing device applies a high-velocity flow of air to attenuate the filaments, which are discharged from a device outlet in a discharge direction. The filament drawing device ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7302998 | Normal-flow heat exchanger A heat exchanger (120) includes a core (130) containing inlet manifold (140), outlet manifold (126), interconnecting channels (144) and a heat-transfer surface (128). Each interconnecting channel fluidly communicates at one ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303392 | Apparatus, method, and kit for fabricating dental clasps The invention disclosed herein relates to an efficient and inexpensive way to form dental clasps and fixed single unit temporary prostheses from molten thermoplastic resin. The apparatus and method allow a dental laboratory to make non-metallic clasps using an inexp... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300530 | Process for preparing a non-woven fibrous web Disclosed is a fibrous web which includes a microencapsulated material, such as a microencapsulated phase change material, adhered to the web. Preferably, the web is prepared in a melt-blowing or spun-bonding process. In the melt-blowing process, cooling water conta... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295184 | Computer input device A computer input device includes a magnetized fluid and an inertial body within the magnetized fluid. A signal converter provides angular acceleration information based on behavior of the inertial body. The computer input device can be attached to a Virtual Reality ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291239 | High loft low density nonwoven webs of crimped filaments and methods of making same High loft, low density nonwoven webs are produced by forming substantially continuous, spunbond, crimped, bicomponent fibers of A/B bilateral morphology in an unheated fiber draw unit. The fibers are then heated and cooled in the absence of impeding forces to achiev... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291300 | Coated nanofiber webs The present invention is directed to a method of forming nonwoven webs comprising coated fibers. The method of forming the nonwoven web generally comprises the steps of forming fibers from a melt fibrillation process, forming at least one fluid stream containing a c... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7279440 | Nonwoven amorphous fibrous webs and methods for making them Nonwoven fibrous webs including amorphous polymeric fibers with improved and/or more convenient bondability are disclosed. The nonwoven fibrous webs may include only amorphous polymeric fibers or they may include additional components in addition to amorphous polyme... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7271151 | Polypeptide hormone phosphatonin The present invention relates to a novel human protein called phosphatonin, and isolated polynucleotides encoding this protein. Also provided are vectors, host cells, antibodies, and recombinant methods for producing this human protein. The invention further relates... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267789 | Particulates in nanofiber webs The present invention is directed to a method of forming nonwoven webs comprising particulates. The method of forming the nonwoven web generally comprising the steps of forming fibers from a melt fibrillation process, forming at least one fluid stream containing par... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258758 | Strong high loft low density nonwoven webs and laminates thereof High loft, low density nonwoven webs suitable for use in a variety of applications requiring strong fabric layers are produced by forming substantially continuous, spunbond, crimped, bicomponent fibers of crimpable, e.g., side by side or eccentric sheath/core (A/B) ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255723 | Crest supported filter frame assembly and method A fluid pleated filter assembly arrangement including a method and structure wherein crests of the pleated medium are sharp and narrow being enhanced by alignment of the fibers with the direction of fluid stream flow with the crests being supported by a preselective... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255763 | Process for making fibrous web having inelastic extensibility Component thermoplastic synthetic fiber having inelastic extensibility as well as fiber diameter of 5-20 μm constituting a fibrous web is obtained by melt spinning a mixture of two or more thermoplastic synthetic resins each having a number-average molecular weight... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255759 | Patterning on SMS product A method and apparatus for the production of nonwovens. The nonwovens including a spunbonding apparatus for forming a first web of nonwoven material on a first belt, and a meltblowing apparatus for forming a second web of nonwoven material on a second belt. The seco... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251959 | Washwater neutralization system for glass forming line A neutralization system for controlling the pH of the washwater used to clean and maintain polyacrylic bound glass forming equipment. The neutralization system introduces a base solution to a washwater solution when the pH of the washwater solution contained in a cl... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252725 | Absorbent composite product and process and apparatus for manufacture thereof A multi-layer absorbent product in a preferred embodiment includes a fibrous nonwoven top sheet, a fibrous nonwoven absorbent core layer, and a fibrous nonwoven substantially water-impervious back sheet. Each component layer or sheet is manufactured at a fiberizing ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249472 | Device for treating textile or similar in a continuous stream The invention relates to a device for treating web-type textiles, nonwovens or paper in a continuous stream, uses a gaseous treatment agent that circulates in the device. The product lies on the exterior face of a permeable drum (5), which is subjected to an ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7244272 | Vascular prosthesis and method for production thereof A vascular prosthesis comprising a first layer having a predetermined first porosity and a second layer having a predetermined second porosity, wherein the first layer and the second layer are each made of first and second electrospun polymer fibers. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7227051 | Disposable wearing article A disposable wearing article includes a liquid-pervious topsheet, a liquid-impervious backsheet, a liquid-absorbent core interposed between the top- and backsheets, a pair of liquid-impervious leak-barrier sheets and a pair of elastically stretchable sheets. Each po... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7217333 | Method of making self-supporting pleated filter A self-supporting, pleated filter, and method of making the same. The method includes forming a plurality of pleats in a filter media that extend along a front face and a rear face. The pleats include a plurality of pleat tips and sloping side surfaces generally per... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7199203 | Isotactic propylene copolymer fibers, their preparation and use Fibers comprising a propylene homopolymer or a copolymer of propylene and at least one of ethylene and one or more unsaturated comonomers exhibit desirable properties. The homopolymers are characterized as having 13C NMR peaks corresponding to a regio-err... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7196026 | Fibers providing controlled active agent delivery An agend fiber composed of an active agent/positive dispensing carrier combination and a fiber forming component. As a fiber or nonwoven or textile fabric containing the fiber, the agend delivers the active agent at a desired rate under conditions of use. Product ap... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195685 | Nonwoven fabric having improved performance The present invention relates generally to nonwoven materials, and specifically, to a nonwoven fabric comprised of at least three continuous filament precursor webs, each precursor web being of a thermoplastic polymer dissimilar from the other precursor webs, wherei... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192541 | Method and apparatus for solid-stranding a flextube unit A solid-stranding method and apparatus for forming optical cables. Solid-stranding combines buffering and stranding operations, as well as performs the stranding operation while the flextubes are still hot so that they adhere together without additional binders. Opt... | 03/20/2007 |
