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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8007703 | Process to prepare a shaped solid detergent A system for continuous casting of melt-cast products such as soaps, detergents and the like comprising: i) a substantially vertically disposable mold unit to favor solidification/casting of the melt cast composition during an upstream motion through the mold unit; ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7981338 | Resilient biodegradable packaging materials Biodegradable starch-based extruded products and methods of manufacturing those products are provided. In particular, extruded starch products processed by compression, stretching or compression and stretching provide excellent flexibility, pliability, dimensional s... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7727443 | Process using cold-water soluble extruded starch Disclosed is a cold-water soluble starch and a process for preparing same. Generally, the process comprises providing a hydroxyalkyl starch and applying a shearing force to the starch in an extruder in the presence of moisture, the force and the moisture each being ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7402203 | High-wearing-resistant composite material comprising steel-based shot and method for producing said material A composite material is obtained by mixing with water 100 parts in weight of binder, between 250 and 800 parts in weight of steel-based shot having a granulometric distribution comprised between 120 jim and 3000 jim, between 10 and 15 parts in weight of non-densifie... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7384588 | Process for making a flexible structure comprising starch filaments A process for making a flexible structure that includes at least a first region and a second region, each of the first and second regions having at least one common intensive property that differs in value. ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7354188 | Gear pump having input and output screw shafts with a decreasing flight depth toward a gear section in transfer mix areas The invention relates to a gear pump which is suitable for delivering highly viscous materials. The aim of the invention is to provide a gear pump having a low-wear and low-maintenance bearing system, high output and good self-cleaning properties. For this purpose, ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7314557 | Method and device for forming mineral wool A device for internal centrifugation of mineral fibers including a centrifuge equipped with a peripheral band perforated with orifices distributed in a plurality of annular zones arranged on top of each other, assuming that the centrifuge is in centrifugation positi... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7276194 | Method and apparatus for extruding a ceramic material A method is provided for manufacturing a thin-walled honeycomb ceramic substrate by extruding a plasticized ceramic batch material through a filter screen having wedge shaped filter wires to remove foreign particulate and agglomerated batch material. The filter wire... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276201 | Process for making non-thermoplastic starch fibers A process for making non-thermoplastic starch fibers comprises the steps of: (a) providing a non-thermoplastic starch composition comprising from about 50% to about 75% by weight of modified starch and from about 25% to about 50% of water and having a shear viscosit... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7208108 | Method for producing porous ceramic article A method for producing a porous ceramic article involves a step of kneading raw materials including a raw material for a ceramic and a processing aid, to prepare a body, a step of forming the body, to prepare a ceramic formed product, a step of drying the formed pro... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7160584 | Method for manufacturing ceramic glow plugs A method for manufacturing a ceramic glow pin which is formed of more than two layers arranged especially coaxially to the axis of the glow pin and symmetrically. The layers of the layer structure are manufactured by co-extrusion. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160420 | Use of dispersions of crosslinked cationic starch in papermaking Starch dispersions comprising discrete particles of crosslinked cationic starch in an aqueous liquid can be used in papermaking. They can be used as a wet-end additive or in surface coating. The starch dispersions can be prepared by a process comprising: (a) obtaini... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7135063 | Resilient biodegradable packaging materials Biodegradable starch-based extruded products and methods of manufacturing those products are provided. In particular, extruded starch products processed by compression, stretching or compression and stretching provide excellent flexibility, pliability, dimensional s... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7132066 | Method for producing honeycomb structure and honeycomb structure A method for producing a honeycomb structure using, as a part of a starting material, a recycled raw material recycled from a recovered material which is produced in the production process of the honeycomb structure and originates from the starting material for the ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7108816 | Barrier and a method of manufacture thereof This invention relates to a method of manufacture of a barrier, especially for electronic display devices, comprising the step of co-extruding a melt of at least one inorganic material with a melt of at least one organic material, wherein the at least one inorganic ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7017732 | Multiple extruder configuration The invention concerns a multiple-extruder configuration in which two co-rotating twin-screw extruders and a counter-rotating twin screw extruder are connected to each other with respect to the flow of material. ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6998075 | Method for casting of concrete products A method and apparatus are disclosed for slip-form casting a concrete product, the product being made from at least two different grades of concrete so that the concrete mix grade can be changed in an uninterrupted fashion during casting at a desired point along the... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6974777 | CMP compositions for low-k dielectric materials The invention provides a method of polishing a substrate containing a low-k dielectric layer comprising (i) contacting the substrate with a chemical-mechanical polishing system comprising (a) an abrasive, a polishing pad, or a combination thereof, (b) an amphiphilic... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6969476 | Method for casting a concrete product A method is disclosed for casting a concrete product using two or more different grades of concrete mix, in which method predetermined amounts of different grades of concrete mix are delivered at appropriate instants into the feeder hopper of the slip-form casting m... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6939383 | Method for making electrode Described are methods of making electrodes for electrochemical systems, especially cathodes for lithium polymer batteries, and products prepared from the methods; the methods involve the use of a co-rotating, fully intermeshing twin screw extruder, the extrusion of ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6911165 | Method for fabricating concrete slabs using a horizontal slip casting process A method is provided for fabricating a concrete slab in a substantially horizontal slip casting process method, concrete mix is fed into a mold through a delimited cross section moving progressively in the casting process so as to form a concrete product of a desire... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6905644 | Process and device for producing components and semifinished products from synthetic graphite or ceramic granules, in particular for producing graphite tubes This invention relates to a process and a device for producing components and semi-finished products from synthetic graphite or from ceramic granules, in particular for producing graphite tubes, involving shaping of a material to be mixed preferably containing petro... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6878315 | Method and apparatus for casting a concrete product A method and apparatus are for fabricating a concrete product in a slip-form casting process, in which method concrete mix is fed into a slip-form mold of a defined cross section moving progressively in the casting process so as to obtain a concrete product of a des... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6858170 | Silica-alumina catalyst carriers preparation The present invention relates to a process for preparing silica-alumina carriers preferably under the form of extrudates. Further, the present invention also provides hydrogenation catalysts prepared thereof. These catalysts are used in an improved process for the r... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6858192 | Activated carbon for odor control and method for making same An activated carbon-metal oxide matrix is disclosed. The activated carbon-metal oxide matrix may by obtained by a method including the steps of: preoxidizing a carbon material, grinding the preoxidized carbon material; mixing the ground preoxidized material with a m... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6849211 | Method for fabricating a concrete product A method is provided are for fabricating a concrete product in a substantially horizontal slip-form casting process, in which method concrete mix is fed into a slip-form mold of a defined cross section moving progressively in the casting process so as to give a conc... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6841110 | Method and plant for manufacturing prestressed concrete products A method for the production of prestressed concrete products and a plant for implementing the method. Moulds provided with pretensioned wires are moved through fixed casting machines into a hardening space. In the hardening space, the combination of mould and produc... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6841098 | Spinner disc and method A spinner disc for fiberizing a molten thermoplastic fiberizable material in a rotary fiberization process includes a base plate, an annular peripheral sidewall, and an upper annular reinforcing flange. The annular peripheral sidewall of the disc has a plurality of ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6841100 | Method for casting a concrete product A method is disclosed for casting a concrete product, in which method the concrete product is cast in an essentially horizontal slipform casting process during which the top surface height and profile of the concrete product being cast is measured continually. Based... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6811740 | Process for making non-thermoplastic starch fibers A process for making non-thermoplastic starch fibers comprises the steps of: (a) providing a non-thermoplastic starch composition comprising from about 50% to about 75% by weight of modified starch and from about 25% to about 50% of water and having a shear viscosit... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6809071 | Method of manufacturing soap with air bubbles A method of producing aerated soap 5 comprising solidifying molten soap 4 having bubbles dispersed therein in a molding unit, wherein a storage tank 61 of the molten soap 4 has a circulating duct 62 forming a loop passing through t... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6805823 | Resilient biodegradable packaging materials Biodegradable starch-based extruded products and methods of manufacturing those products are provided. In particular, extruded starch products processed by compression, stretching or compression and stretching provide excellent flexibility, pliability, dimensional s... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6802996 | Method for molding ceramic sheet A method and an apparatus capable of extrusion molding a comparatively wide, thin ceramic sheet using a screw extruder while suppressing the wrinkling thereof. The molding apparatus includes a screw-type extruder and a mold at the forward end of the extruder is used... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6787230 | Ultrafine inorganic fiber, and a process of preparing for the same The present invention relates to ultra-fine inorganic fibers and a method of producing the same. The method of producing ultra-fine inorganic fibers comprises the steps of: mixing sol or gel containing an inorganic material and thermoplastic resin solution and react... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6773648 | Meltblown process with mechanical attenuation Cellulose containing dope is extruded through orifices and into a stream of gas moving in a direction generally parallel to the direction that the filaments are formed with varying degrees of mechanical attenuation provided to the filaments using a take-up device, s... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6706237 | Process for making lyocell fibers from pulp having low average degree of polymerization values The present invention is directed to methods of making lyocell fibers. In particular, the process includes reducing the average degree of polymerization of a pulp to about 200 to 1100 without substantially reducing the hemicellulose content of the pulp, and reducing... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6699426 | Gypsum wallboard core, and method and apparatus for making the same A gypsum wallboard core, and methods and apparatus for making the same are disclosed. Methods of making a gypsum wallboard core include extruding a gypsum slurry containing water, gypsum, slip agents, water-reducing agents, surfactants and, optional addit... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6677386 | Biopolymer nanoparticles A process for producing biopolymer nanoparticles is described, in which the biopolymer is plasticised using shear forces, a crosslinking agent being added during the processing. After said processing. After said processing, the biopolymer can be dissolved... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6652791 | Method of manufacturing a reinforced oblong concrete driving pile for longitudinal load-bearing purposes The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a reinforced oblong concrete product for longitudinal load-bearing purposes, in particular a driving pile. According to the present invention reinforcing fibers are used to prevent break-up of the concret... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6632863 | Cellulose/polyolefin composite pellet A cellulose/polyolefin pellet comprising polyolefin material and cellulosic material. The pellet may be concentrated such that it contains less than about 20% by weight of the polyolefin material and at least about 55% by weight of the cellulosic material... | 10/14/2003 |
