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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8142603 | Active film adhered to flexible packages and method thereof The present invention relates to a method of attaching an active film (5) onto a flexible package comprising the steps of heating a foil (2); applying an active film (5) to the foil (2); and applying sufficient pressure to the active film... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8101041 | Method to improve adhesion of a formed gasket to plastic closures A method of attaching a gasket to a plastic surface includes providing a plastic material having a surface; applying sufficient heat to the surface to melt the surface while other portions of the plastic material remain solid; providing a liquid gasket material on t... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8075727 | Method for joining sections of thermoplastic continuous web material A method for joining pieces of a thermoplastic web material in order to form an expandable cellular block, includes steps of positioning a new piece to be added to the cellular block in opposing face-to-face relation with a last piece most recently previously welded... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7959759 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing double layer air cylinder type air enclosure An apparatus and method for manufacturing a double layer air cylinder type air enclosure uses a middle film conveying unit to provide a middle film, a plurality of inner film conveying units to provide a plurality of inner films to stack on two sides of the middle f... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7927454 | Method of patterning a substrate A method of forming a metallic material on a receptor that includes the steps of: placing a donor element proximate a receptor, wherein the donor element includes a donor substrate and a thermal transfer layer, wherein the thermal transfer layer includes a catalytic... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7892391 | Compositions of ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers for heat-sealable easy opening packaging Disclosed are compositions comprising ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers, tackifying resins and optionally polyolefins (for example, polyethylene and polypropylene) that provide strong, tight hermetic heat seals with an easily peelable opening feature to fluoropolyme... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7641758 | Method for thermal seaming of polyimides The present invention is a method for seaming a polyimide material. The method involves forming an interface between multiple the polyimide materials. Next, heat is applied to the interface to soften the polyimide material. The temperature of the heat source is belo... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7524393 | Gel electrolyte battery A gel electrolyte battery in which adhesion between a layer of an active material of an electrode and a gel electrolyte is raised to provide for sufficient mobility of lithium ions, and a method for the preparation of the gel electrolyte battery. The gel electrolyte... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7507311 | Process and apparatus for making heat-sealed articles Heat-sealed articles formed from polymer film portions heated-sealed together in selected areas forming a heat seal pattern, by passing the film portions together in a partial wrap about a heated sealing roller having a cylindrical outer surface that supports the fi... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7399373 | Seaming apparatus The present invention relates to a seaming apparatus (10) for joining, along a seam without thread, two or more flexible sheets (12, 14). The apparatus comprises bonding means (16, 18) for bonding together at least two flexible sheet materials. ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395617 | Air passage device for inflatable shoe bladders An inflatable bladder for use in an article of footwear including a first sheet of a flexible fluid-impervious material and a second sheet of flexible fluid-impervious material. The first sheet and the second sheet are sealed along air-tight weld lines forming at le... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7390376 | Medical gown with fluid and micro-organism impervious seam A method of making a fluid impervious seam in a multilaminate fluid impervious medical fabric is disclosed. The multilaminate fluid impervious medical fabric includes at least two layers having different melting points, at least one of the layers is comprised of a f... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7374627 | Method of producing an ultrasonically bonded lap seam A method of forming a lap seam for a disposable undergarment is disclosed. The method involves the steps of providing a continuous web of material, folding the material, cutting the material into individual undergarment blanks, folding the edges of the individual bl... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7374075 | Method and apparatus for feeding slider-zipper tape to application station A method and an apparatus for automatically feeding slider-zipper assemblies to a station where the slider-zipper assemblies can be attached to bag material, such as thermoplastic film. The apparatus includes a slider guide having a channel running the length thereo... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7367931 | Laser cutoff stacker assembly The present invention contemplates a machine and method for performing the laser sealing and laser cutting of flexible material into segments, such as a polymeric web in which the segments will ultimately be individual bags. The machine includes a generally cylindri... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7347911 | Devices and methods for manufacturing packaging materials Devices and methods for inflating and sealing packaging pillows from a material web are shown for consistently producing high-quality packaging pillows. A web of material is advanced past an inflation nozzle, inflated with gas, and sealed closed by a sealing element... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7328771 | Zero acoustic splice fan case liner A liner assembly for a fan case includes a noise attenuation layer covered by a face sheet. The face sheet includes openings to the underlying noise attenuation layer. The face sheet and noise attenuation layer include acoustically transparent joints. The noise atte... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322995 | Method and apparatus for vascular and visceral clipping Devices and methods for achieving hemostasis and leakage control in hollow body vessels such as the small and large intestines, arteries and veins as well as ducts leading to the gall bladder and other organs. The devices and methods disclosed herein are especially ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320662 | Method for manufacturing a flexible recloseable container Apparatus and methods for forming, filling, and sealing a flexible recloseable container. Both vertical and horizontal methods for placing product within the container are disclosed. The invention includes guiding a web of film which has interlocking fastener strips... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7306694 | Method for producing plastic products with reinforced heat sealed joints A plastic product is fabricated from plastic sheets by heat sealing the plastic sheets to form an enclosure member. In order to strengthen the heat-sealed joints of the plastic sheets, the plastic sheets are thickened at portions where the heat-sealed joints are to ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303805 | Loop fabric This invention relates to a low cost loop material for a hook and loop fastener having at least one sheet of flexible nonwoven material intermittently bonded to inelastic oriented film. The invention further relates to methods for producing these loops. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7297216 | Method of fusing a component to a medical storage or transfer device and container assembly A method of fusing a component to a sterilized storage or delivery device formed of a cyclic olefin polymer which includes forming the storage or delivery device from a cyclic olefin polymer, forming a second member or component having at least a surface layer forme... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7285749 | Thermoplastic tube sealing device utilizing actuators to control separate heating and cooling stations A tube sealing device for sealing a resilient thermoplastic tube. The tube sealing device includes a base that supports a resilient thermoplastic tube in a fixed position relative to the base. The heating tool and the cooling tool are coupled to the base for movemen... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7264853 | Attaching a pellicle frame to a reticle A pellicle membrane is mounted between an outer frame and an inner frame. At least one of the frames is attached to the reticle without using conventional adhesives. The pellicle and reticle may be used in a lithography system. The pellicle allows radiation to pass ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259357 | Electronically controlled sealing, unsealing and/or bonding with metal strip or wire coated with liquefiable substance for redundant application and tamper detection The invention seals, unseals and/or bonds plastics, waxes and resins via a thermal metal strip or wire coated with liquefiable substances that melt to open or separate and cool to congeal, seal, vulcanize or bond together when the wire or strip is energized in a sho... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7244222 | Apparatus for and method of positioning a slider on mating zipper elements An apparatus used in the manufacture of a thermoplastic zipper having a slider mounted thereon includes a pair of clamp arms disposed on opposing sides of a path of the zipper. The clamp arms are movable in directions substantially perpendicular to the zipper path s... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238254 | Laser welded photoreceptor belts with quartz pressure plate welding seam control A method of welding together the ends of a web segment of a thermally weldable material, such as for a xerographic photoreceptor or intermediate transfer belt, to form an endless loop belt with a welded seam, by compressing the web segment ends in a welding area wit... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7226649 | Laser weldable flexible medical tubings, films and assemblies thereof The present invention provides a tubing assembly having a sidewall having a first layer. The first layer is fabricated from a first polymer blend comprising a first component of a material not thermally responsive to laser beam and selected from the group consisting... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220336 | Method of applying a laser beam around the circumference of a catheter A polymeric material may be bonded to a polymeric catheter tube by generating at least one annular beam of electromagnetic energy at a wavelength that is at least partially absorbed by at least one of the polymeric material and the polymeric catheter tube, controlla... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217332 | Brush filament bundles and preparation thereof Methods and devices are provided for forming filament bundles of long, continuous strands of filaments. The methods include bonding the long, continuous stands of filaments together so that they cannot move axially with respect to any other filament in the bundle. M... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214173 | Laser for forming bags from a web of material A fastener includes first and second tracks. The first track includes a first profile, and the second track includes a second profile for interlocking with the first profile. The fastener extends between opposing ends. The first and second profiles at each of the op... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213303 | Closure device A closure device (100) is provided for use with storage containers (50), such as plastic bags. The closure device (100) includes interlocking fastening strips (120, 130) having first and second ends and a slider member (200) movabl... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211310 | Thermoplastic planks and methods for making the same A thermoplastic laminate plank is described wherein the thermoplastic laminate plank comprises a core, a print layer, and optionally an overlay. The core comprises at least one thermoplastic material and has a top surface and bottom surface wherein a print layer is ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207157 | Stack sealing method using multilayer packaging film A heat-shrinkable multilayer film comprises (A) a first layer, which is an outer layer, and which comprises polyolefin; (B) a second layer comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of polyolefin, polystyrene, and polyurethane, wherein the sec... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204006 | End-stop for zippered resealable closure A method for providing an end-stop for a slider on a resealable thermoplastic bag is provided. The resealable thermoplastic bag includes a profile track having a first side panel and a second side panel. A clip having first and second legs is made to straddle the pr... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204907 | Absorbent device using an apertured nonwoven as an acquisition distribution layer A method of making a composite intermediate layer by forming a resilient three dimensional apertured formed film; forming a nonwoven web of fibers; joining the nonwoven web with the apertured formed film; and aperturing the joined nonwoven web and formed film to cre... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204899 | Apparatus and method for mechanically bonding and cutting an article In a method and apparatus for mechanically bonding and cutting an article during assembly thereof at least a portion of the article is transported through a nip defined by first and second members. A bonding segment is disposed on one of the first and second members... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201819 | Process for producing a sealed water-soluble package Process for producing a sealed water-soluble package of improved aesthetic appearance by treating at least part of the outer surfaces of the sealed package with a plasticizer composition and applying heat thereto, a package obtainable thereby and a specified use of ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198685 | Method of fusing a component to a medical storage of transfer device and container assembly A method of fusing a component to a sterilized storage or delivery device formed of a cyclic olefin polymer which includes forming the storage or delivery device from a cyclic olefin polymer, forming a second member or component having at least a surface layer forme... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195678 | Method of installing an inspection port onto asbestos insulated pipe and equipment A method of installing an inspection port on a pipe having asbestos insulation extending therearound in which the method has the steps of positioning the inspection port within a glove bag, affixing an opening of the glove bag onto a surface of the pipe, removing a ... | 03/27/2007 |
