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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066836 | Prepeg pultrusion Continuous pultrusion of prepreg material systems is provided. A prepreg material, comprising fibers infiltrated with a partially cured resin, is introduced into a pultrusion die with a barrier layer between surfaces of the prepreg material and facing inner surfaces... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7993478 | Method to apply multiple coatings to a fiber web A method for applying multiple polymeric coatings onto a fibrous substrate. More particularly, a method for applying multiple polymeric coatings onto fibrous substrates without regard to chemical or physical incompatibilities of the polymeric coating materials. A fi... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7972458 | Filter material and process for producing same A filter material and process for producing a filter material, which may be used as a vacuum cleaner bag or a household air filter, are provided. Embodiments of the filter material comprise a porous substrate comprising a plurality of recycled fibers bound together ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7754041 | Pleated filter with bimodal monolayer monocomponent media A pleated filter is made from a monocomponent monolayer nonwoven web containing a bimodal mass fraction/fiber size mixture of intermingled larger size and smaller size continuous monocomponent polymeric fibers of the same polymeric composition. Rows of pleats are fo... | 07/13/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7404989 | Composite article and its manufacture A composite article is provided which comprises a silicone rubber matrix reinforced with a polyaramid textile. The polyaramid textile is bonded to the silicone rubber by a bonding composition that comprises at least an acryloxy organosilane. The article is manufactu... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7355091 | Elastomeric nonwoven with attached superabsorbent polymer Absorbent, elastomeric materials and methods of making absorbent, elastomeric materials. The absorbent, elastomeric materials include an elastomeric substrate and a superabsorbent polymer non-adhesively attached to the substrate. The elastomeric substrate includes a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7323055 | Extrusion head for extruding a high viscous melting covering element of a covered core wire There is provided an extrusion head that is capable of largely increasing a production speed rather than a conventional head that extrudes supplies a high viscous melt-coating composition. In an extrusion head 12 that comprises a die ring 12 having an ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323079 | Production process of core material for vacuum insulation material A core material for a vacuum insulation material is produced by forming under heat a mat of inorganic fibers with an uncured, thermosetting organic binder adhered thereon into the core material while pressing the mat for at least 30 seconds such that a density of th... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7300895 | Elastically stretchable composite sheet and process for making the same A sheet-like fibrous assembly having an inelastic stretchability is intermittently joined to at least one surface of an elastically stretchable sheet. The elastic sheet is elastically stretchable at least 80% in one direction and the fibrous assembly is curved betwe... | 11/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7273575 | Method of making a composite riser A composite riser for an archery bow formed from fibers embedded in resin in such a way that resin rich areas, dry fibers and voids are eliminated, providing consistent risers of high quality. The location of structural fibers, such as a carbon fibers or fiberglass ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7261818 | Method for the fabrication of a pleated filter A filter is made by the folding of a filter media to pleats after the application of strings of glue thereon and the glue serves as distance elements and fixing for the filter media. The glue contains an expandable filler, that when heated expands to a larger size t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7252729 | Polymer/WUCS mat for use in sheet molding compounds A method of forming a molding mat formed bundles of reinforcing fibers and bonding materials is provided. The reinforcing fibers are preferably wet use chopped strand glass fibers (WUCS). The bonding materials may be any thermosetting material having a melting point... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7241407 | Method and apparatus for making plate-like fiber-reinforced products A method for making a plate-like fibre-reinforced product to be used as building or packing material, the method comprising: placing fibres on a lower laminate; applying a binding agent on the fibres so that the fibres are surrounded by the binding agent; transferri... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238246 | Process for the flush connection of bodies In the swell-welding according to the invention of two bodies, of which at least one body consists of plastic, the connection surface of the plastic body is firstly exposed to a gas which contains the vapor of a swelling agent for the plastic. The plastic body rever... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235149 | Process and equipment for manufacture of advanced composite structures A process for continuous, tailored lamination of aligned composite materials in such a way that either pre-formed or pre-consolidated sheets are made available for subsequent infusion molding or stamping processes, the process comprising the steps of: material place... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234571 | Fiber reinforced composite parts A method and apparatus for combining raw fibrous and binding materials in a single mixing step (Step S3), followed by consolidation (Step S5) so as to greatly shorten the overall cycle time to a finished fiber-reinforced composite part. Chopped fibrous... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228809 | Undergarments having finished edges and methods therefor A method of making a fabric having a finished edge includes providing a fabric having a plurality of fibers with free ends of the fibers at an edge of the fabric, disposing a curable polymer such as silicone over the edge of the fabric so that the curable polymer en... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226656 | Thermoformable acoustic sheet A thermoformable acoustic sheet formed by a compressed fibrous web including high melt and adhesive thermoplastic fibres in which the adhesive fibres are at least partially melted so that in the compressed web the adhesive fibres at least partially coat the high mel... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226518 | Method and device for making a composite sheet with multiaxial fibrous reinforcement The invention relates to the manufacture of composite sheets having a multiaxial fibrous reinforcement, which involves: forming a unidirectional lap of reinforcing threads, at least 50% by weight of which are co-blended threads con... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226880 | Breathable, extensible films made with two-component single resins A film formed from a two-component single resin including two components, not blended or co-polymerized, but inter-polymerized. The two components may have different densities and/or different melt indexes, with the resulting resin having properties of a blend of th... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227179 | Circuit materials, circuits, multi-layer circuits, and methods of manufacture thereof Crosslinkable liquid crystalline polymer compositions for use as dielectric materials in circuit materials, circuits, and multi-layer circuits are disclosed. The crosslinkable liquid crystalline polymer compositions comprise crosslinkable liquid crystalline polymers... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7210914 | Series apparatus for forming layered fibrous mat of differing fibers and controlled surfaces An arrangement for forming a web of fibrous media wherein at least one formed layered portion is attenuated from a first die source selectively unto a first collector and successively combining such portion with at least another formed layered portion which is atten... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211530 | Fibrous veil for Class A sheet molding compound applications A conformable veil is formed by impregnating a random mat of glass fibers formed with a polystyrene-based resin. The veil is then introduced between two layers of a sheet molding compound resin paste and compacted to form a compacted sheet. The compacted sheet is th... | 05/01/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7176150 | Internally tufted laminates The present invention provides an internally-tufted laminate adapted to provide improved softness and cloth-like feel. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173469 | Clocking system and method for a memory A clocking system for a memory that accomplishes these and other objectives has an external clock. A clock shaper has an input coupled to the external clock and an access clock at an output. A first delay block has an input coupled to the external clock and an outpu... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168473 | Apparatus for making a nonwoven synthetic-resin web or fleece A web or fleece of synthetic resin strand collected on a sieve belt is discharged from the sieve belt into further processing equipment over a rerouting roller at the discharge end of the sieve belt. The rerouting roller is perforated and air or another fluid medium... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169246 | Process and device for the placement and fixing of a sheet of filaments for the production of scrims A process and a device are suggested for the placement and fixing of a sheet, which is at least partially implemented as a closed flat structure, of filaments, lying essentially in a plane, for the production of scrims having the filament sheet, wherein the filament... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7151879 | Optical fiber ribbon that is easily branched into individual optical fibers and optical fiber cable using the same A plurality of optical fibers are arranged in parallel and peripheries of the plurality of these optical fibers are integrally formed using a sheath. Here, the sheath is formed over the entire length of optical fiber ribbons and a flat portion of the sheath is forme... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7138023 | Development of thermoplastic composites using wet use chopped strand (WUCS) A process for forming thermoplastic composites that uses wet use chopped strand glass is provided. Wet reinforcement fibers such as wet chopped strand glass fibers are opened by passing the fibers consecutively through a first opener, a condenser, and, optionally, a... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7137971 | Incontinence garment having pleated extensible liquid retention layer An primary liquid retention layer suitable for use in an incontinence garment includes a plurality of pleats defined by fold lines in at least one region of the composite. The fold lines are oriented in a first direction. The primary liquid retention layer is stretc... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131442 | Fibrous filtration face mask A face mask for filtering contaminants from the air. The face mask includes a harness for securing the mask over the nose and mouth of the wearer and a nonwoven fibrous layer attached to the harness. The nonwoven fibrous layer contains at least 40 weight percent the... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7118638 | Nonwoven fabric, hygroscopic member, method and apparatus for producing nonwoven fabric and organic electroluminescence display An organic electroluminescence display includes a transparent glass substrate, an ITO anode layer, a positive hole transition layer, an RGB luminescence layer, an electron transition layer and a metallic cathode layer. Highly pressurized N2 gas is sealed ... | 10/10/2006 |
