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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6454896 | Process for laminating an ink jet print A process for laminating an ink jet print by providing a support having an ink jet image, contacting the imaged surface with a transfer element to form a composite, the transfer element comprising a flexible, polymeric support having a porous, fusible, tr... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6451149 | Label applicator A label applicator for dispensing and applying labels to articles includes a label leading edge indicating sensor and an adjustable peel bar held at a pickup position. A label support may be used with larger labels that have been partially peeled from a b... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6451148 | Microphone wind shield and method for production thereof A method for disposing a letter sequence onto the outer surface of a microphone wind shield made from foamed material includes the steps of producing at least one letter sequence element on a carrier; positioning the carrier onto the outer surface of the ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6447629 | Digital thermal printing process using reactive ink A method of digitally printing reactive ink contained in a heat meltable ink layer comprising dyes or pigments or other colorants, using a thermal printer. The ink layer comprises compounds with functional groups capable of reacting with active hydrogen, ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6447625 | Method and device for bringing together and joining plastic cards and printed card supports A method of bringing together and joining plastic cards, which are provided with an identification mark, and printed card carriers associated with the respective plastic cards, has the following steps: providing the plastic card, detecting the identificat... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6447130 | Consolidated exterior sideview mirror assembly incorporating an in-mold film process A method of forming a mirror housing according to the present invention includes providing a molding apparatus having a molding cavity, placing a film applique in the mold cavity and injecting a polymer into the mold cavity over at least a portion of a si... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6440251 | Fire resistant sandwich board A coil of liner for a fire resistant sandwich board is manufactured by providing a continuous web of steel plate (11) coated on one side with a layer of polyester with embedded polyamide spheres, providing a continuous web of transfer material (12) printe... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6440250 | Process for laminating ink jet print with a water-dispersible, hydrophobic polyester resin A process for laminating an ink jet print having the steps of: a) providing an ink jet print having a support having thereon an ink jet image; b) contacting the imaged surface of the ink jet print with a transfer laminating element to form a composite, th... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6436221 | Method of improving field emission efficiency for fabricating carbon nanotube field emitters A method of CNT field emission current density improvement performed by a taping process is disclosed. The method comprises following steps. First of all, a conductive pattern coated on a substrate by screen-printing a conductive slurry containing silver ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6432602 | Transfer printing process A transfer printing process is provided which both uses conventional equipment, and which can be used to add second level printing to an existing document such as a passport. All of the information to be applied in a second level printing procedure to a b... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6432253 | Cover with adhesive preform and method for applying same An electronic device, such as an integrated circuit, hybrid circuit or a transistor, is enclosed within an electronic package or module so as to be protected from contaminants and the external environment. An electronic device is enclosed within a package... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6428650 | Cover for an optical device and method for making same An optical device is enclosed within a package or module having an optically transmissive or transparent cover that is sealed with an adhesive preform that has been pre-applied onto the bonding areas of the cover. The adhesive preforms are formed of a wet... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6428647 | Organic solvent composition for film transfer and a method for wet transferring of transfer film The present invention provides an organic solvent composition for wet transferring of a transfer film having improved weather-resistance suitable for external ornaments and a method for wet transferring therewith, which comprises a step of transferring pa... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6425324 | Method of printing electronic images on a piece of colored cloth Disclosed is an improved electronic image printing method, which uses a fourfold-laminated sheet B comprising a substrate, a mold-release layer, an adhesive layer and a milk white layer joined on top of each other in the order named, and a triple-laminate... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6425967 | Method of making decorative grass having a cloth-appearing finish on a surface thereof Methods for making decorative grasses from materials wherein at least one surface of the material is modified to assimilate the appearance of cloth.... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6423173 | Process for making an ink jet image display A process for making an ink jet image display comprising: providing an ink jet recording element comprising a substantially transparent support having thereon, in the order recited, a base layer comprising a hydrophilic or porous material and a porous, in... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6423171 | Keypad for portable telephone and manufacturing method thereof A keypad for a portable telephone and manufacturing method thereof is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of printing characters on a transparent, planar film; pre-forming the planar film through a pressing process such that the planar film has a pr... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6419782 | Bar code overlabeling system An automatic label printing and application system applies a custom label at a dynamically determined location on articles being moved along a conveyer. The system includes a bar code scanning system, preferably a group of bar code scanners each arranged ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6419781 | Index sticker print An index sticker print is created where small photographic images are printed on individual sticker blanks contained on a sticker blank carrier. The photographic images are derived from digital image data obtained when the photographic film is scanned. Th... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6416612 | Method of making a color display device The color card or display device of the invention has one or more paint color swatches or chips which are removable from a base and are repositionable and adhesively affixable to another substrate remote from the color card or display device. The color ca... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6413340 | Method for the preparation of laminated inductor device In the method for the preparation of a laminated ferrite inductor device comprising the steps of: laminating a ferrite green sheet lined with and supported by a substrate film of, for example, polyethylene terephthalate provided with a penetrating through... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6409872 | Identification card printer and laminator A laminator for laminating sheets of lamina onto substrates such as cards uses a web of lamina material that preferably has a bondable and printable layer on the reverse side and can then be printed with information and laminated onto a blank card. The we... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6410082 | Process for the formation of a heat-transferable security stamp entirely free of non-aqueous solvents A heat-transferable security stamp is provided including a carrier sheet, a top coat layer, at least one design layer between the carrier sheet and the top coat layer, a release layer between the carrier sheet and the design layer, and a base coat layer b... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6406651 | Method for forming decorative grass having an appearance assimilating the appearance of paper Decorative grasses having a texture and/or appearance assimilating the texture and/or appearance of paper are disclosed, as are method for making such decorative grasses from materials wherein at least one surface of the materials is modified to assimilat... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6402878 | Process for making a picture frame A process for making a picture frame includes the step of printing border art and registration marks on a piece of sheet material, such as paper, and marking a laser cut path on the printed sheet of material and then zone coating an adhesive onto the shee... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6402132 | Method of folding demand-printed webs into signatures for gathering in rotary gathering/binding machines and signatures produced thereby A method for folding demand printed webs into signatures for gathering by rotary gathering and binding machines, as well as the signatures produced thereby, are disclosed. The method involves the steps of digitally printing pages onto a moving web of mate... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6395125 | Process for making a picture frame A process for making a picture frame includes the step of printing border art and registration marks on a piece of transparent sheet material, such as vinyl or polycarbonate plastic sheet material, while leaving a center window portion transparent. Then m... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6395121 | Method for making fabric-based, adhesively mounted printed circuit for upholstered seats and the like A flexible printed circuit, sometimes referred to as a flexible membrane circuit, is screen printed onto one surface of a tightly woven polyester or nylon taffeta fabric. The opposite side of the fabric is coated with a long life pressure sensitive adhesi... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6395120 | Hot dieless foiling A process for the application of a pigmented or metallic layer from a foil to a substrate comprising: (i) applying an adhesive to the substrate; (ii) curing the adhesive; (iii) heating the substrate bearing the cured adhesive to render the adhesive tacky;... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6389971 | Method and apparatus for producing business forms An apparatus for manufacturing multiple die cut business forms is disclosed. A printing press includes a number of different stations that are connected together by a continuous web so that multiple die cut business forms are produced and transported thro... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6387203 | Linerless label printer control A thermal printer for printing linerless labels is operated so that the pressure sensitive adhesive of the second face of the labels does not stick to a drive roller which advances and reverses the labels, and cooperates with the thermal print head to eff... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6387202 | Composite hanger and label incorporating the same A method for forming a label for displaying information regarding a container and suspending the container from a support includes providing a first web having an upper surface and a lower surface. A first adhesive coats the lower surface. A second adhesi... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6375782 | Process for the manufacture of decorative stainless steel articles A process for making a decorative steel article includes the steps of providing a stainless steel preform, washing the preform, coating a surface of the preform, and transferring step involves securing a transfer foil with the decorative pattern to the co... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6372073 | Process for producing holographic material Processes for producing a holographic material involve producing the holographic image on a polished, substantially smooth surface and then transferring the holographic image to a substrate. A metallic coating is applied to a smooth surface of a printing ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6372065 | Apparatus and method for producing photographic roll film Disclosed are a method and an apparatus comprising a film-cutting means for cutting a lengthy photographic film fed from a film roll into those having a length suitable for a film size included in film information, a conveyer apparatus for changing transp... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6364994 | Tamper evident and counterfeit resisting informational article and associated method A method of protecting an informational article including providing an informational article substrate having a zone for inserting variable information and a refractive image disposed within the zone, inserting the information in the zone so that at least... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6364993 | Material containing a water activatable coating A laminate and a method for making a laminate having a hidden or shielded image. The laminate includes a substrate having an first surface containing an image thereon and a polymeric film laminated to the first substrate surface overlying the image. The f... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6364992 | Decorative sheet and process for producing the same A decorative sheet is characterized in that the sheet comprises a thermoplastic resin layer (A), an adhesive layer containing a luster pigment (B) and a transparent or translucent thermoplastic resin layer (C) laminated in the order mentioned. According t... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6364990 | Method for forming primary label with removable self-adhesive labels Methods are provided for forming a label product made up of first and second types of labels formed integrally together in which the first type includes primary information to be used on a first type of substrate and the second type includes secondary inf... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6361640 | Edge decorated articles and method of making same using hot stamping foils Articles such as glassware, ceramicware and hollowware are decorated with hot stamping foil along their exposed edge. The hot stamping foil is adhered to an underlying radiation curable adhesive ink which avoids the use of inks or frits having heavy metal... | 03/26/2002 |
