Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4844766 | Process for continuous production of termoplastic webs A process for continuous fabrication of thermoplastic webs from at least one extruded thermoplastic web heated to processing temperature. This thermoplastic web is cooled under the application of area pressure down to a temperature at which smoothing of t... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4838774 | Apparatus for making a spun-filament fleece The apparatus for making a spun-filament fleece from a stretched thermoplastic monofilament has a combined spinning unit made up of separate spinning units each having a plurality of spinning nozzles arranged in rows over a rectangular cross section, a bl... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4839129 | Process for producing biaxially stretched polyparaphenylene sulfide film Disclosed herein is a process for producing biaxially stretched polyparaphenylene sulfide film including the steps of melt-molding a polyparaphenylene sulfide resin into a sheet-form or film-form, rapidly chilling the thus molded sheet or film thereby obt... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4836963 | Rotational molding method An improved rotational molding method for making a laminated plastic structure of the type in which successive charges of particulate plastics are released in a mold cavity rotating in an oven to coalesce successively along the mold cavity wall after whic... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4836767 | Swing plate molding machine The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing molded plastic articles which is capable of simultaneously producing and cooling the plastic articles. The apparatus has a stationary mold half having at least one cavity, at least two mating mol... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4836968 | Method of making fiber optic duct insert A multi-chambered conduit insert includes at least two spaced-apart longitudinally extending substantially parallel first and second chambers. The cross-sectional configuration of each of the chambers is defined by generally parallel inner and outer side ... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4832896 | Method for producing plastics material films A method and apparatus are provided to prevent specks of condensation products being formed on a plastics material film produced by a calendering technique. In the method, after the film has left the final calender roller, the film is passed around at lea... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4826560 | Device for continuous production of thermoplastic webs A process for continuous fabrication of thermoplastic webs from at least one extruded thermoplastic web heated to processing temperature. This thermoplastic web is cooled under the application of area pressure down to a temperature at which smoothing of t... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4820142 | Apparatus for making a spun-filament fleece The fleece spinning unit has a spinning nozzle system, a cooling shaft, a stretching aperture, a diffuser shaft, a continuously moving fleece receiving conveyor and a device for feeding process air and for drawing outflowing air through the fleece receivi... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4813864 | Apparatus for making a spun-filament fleece The apparatus has a spinneret, a cooling shaft, a stretching aperture, a diffuser shaft, a fleece receiving conveyor and a device for feeding process air and for pulling or drawing outflowing air through the fleece receiving conveyor. The cooling shaft ha... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4814130 | Method of manufacturing extruded product of fire-retardant crosslinked polyolefin composition In a method of manufacturing an extruded product of a fire-retardant crosslinked polyolefin composition, including the steps of mixing 10 to 200 parts by weight of at least one material selected from the group consisting of an inorganic fire retardant, an... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4812112 | Apparatus for making a spun fleece from endless synthetic-resin filament A device for making a spun fleece has a spinning nozzle or spinneret system, a cooling shaft, a stretching gap, a diffuser shaft, a continuously moving fleece receiving conveyor and a device for feeding process air and for pulling or removing outflowing a... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4810180 | Apparatus for the electrostatic treatment of monofilaments Apparatus for effecting the electrostatically induced thermal modification and disruptive surface deformation of liquid monofilamentous materials in a gaseous environment.... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4810319 | Method of making a monofilament having on the surface embedded filamentons material A method for effecting the electrostatically enhanced and selectively directed deposition of short lengths of solid filamentous materials onto the surface of a downwardly flowing liquid monofilament in a gaseous environment concurrently with an electrosta... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4808358 | Process to obtain molecular orientations in perforated plates made of extruded plastic material A process to obtain molecular orientations in perforated plates made of extruded plastic material includes a first heating of the plastic material at an extrusion temperature, the extruding of the plastic material in the form of a perforated plate, a firs... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4808353 | Process for preparing an artificial biological membrane A process for preparing an artificial biological membrane in which an aqueous solution containing 6 wt % or more of polyvinyl alcohol having a degree of hydrolysis of not less than 95 mol % and an average polymerization degree of not less than 700 and con... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4806292 | System for stabilizing dimensional properties of cured composite structures Method and apparatus are disclosed for inducing dimensional stability in cured composite structures using acoustic emission analysis to identify the appropriate level and extent of coincident thermal conditioning. Temperature of the composite structure is... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4806296 | Process of modifying polymers to produce a more readily paintable surface Polymeric articles made of, for example, polyethylene and copolymers of ethylene, are made more adherent to paint or dyes by first nitrating the polymer, then shaping or forming it in a mould having a polar surface and finally, cooling it in contact with ... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4804509 | Hot-melt prepreg tow process Process for producing resin-impregnated fiber tow or strand in the form of prepreg tape which includes unique coating wheels for surface-coating the strand with molten, flowable resin and a kneading section to work the strand and disperse the molten resin... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4797246 | Continuous manufacture of a perforated plastic film A process is disclosed for the continuous manufacture of a perforated plastic film, where the plastic film is extruded directly from the extrusion unit either onto one roller of a pair of rollers or directly into the gap between a pair of rollers (a perfo... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4795601 | Method of manufacturing metallized thermoplastic flower pot cover The present invention pertains to an improved method for rapidly forming a decorative container for use as a covering for a similarly shaped object, which method comprises: (a) providing a thin sheet of metallized thermoplastic heat shrinkage polymer mate... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4786455 | Rotary injection turret and method of utilizing the same in the making of preforms This relates to an apparatus for injection molding preforms for beverage bottles wherein a minimum cycle time is involved. Cores over which thermoplastic material is injection molded to form preforms for use in the blow molding of bottles are provided in ... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4783304 | Vacuum pinning process A process improvement for preparing thermoplastic polymeric film, preferably of polyethylene terephthalate, by extruding a web in melt form onto a quench drum with a surface roughness of at least 3 microinches. In casting webs of less than about 5 mils in... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4780265 | Films blown by the inflated bubble method of alloys of vinylidene chloride interpolymers and olefin polymers Blends of a vinylidene chloride polymer, an olefin polymer, and a compatibilizer polymer are successfully fabricated into films using the well-known inflated bubble technique, by using blow-up rates in the range of about 1.5 to 5.0 and a drawn-down ratio ... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4780255 | Synthetic resin parts with quasi dielectric isotropic structure A mass is cooled systematically under the influence of an electrical or mechanical alternating field to obtain a quasi dielectric isotropic structure of a synthetic resin part.... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4780264 | Linear low density polyethylene cast film The draw resonance problems encountered when extrusion casting or extrusion coating linear low density polyethylene, LLDPE, are substantially alleviated by a polymer designed to have an I2 value in the range of about 0.1 to about 25, and an I | 10/25/1988 |
| 4769190 | Process for producing polyphenylene sulfide film Disclosed herein is a process for producing a polyphenylene sulfide film, which comprises melt-molding polyphenylene sulfides in a sheet-like form from a die, casting the thus obtained sheet-like form onto a chilled drum on which an adhering liquid has be... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4759887 | Apparatus and process for the manufacture of shaped bodies from silicon granulates A process for the manufacture of shaped bodies from silicon granulates for producing silicon melts includes first incipiently melting silicon grains on their surfaces, so that they bond with their neighbors in the process and, after solidifying, form a po... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4756679 | Apparatus for cooling and conditioning melt-spun material A nozzle plate having a plurality of passages is adapted to permit a melt to flow therethrough to form a stream of filaments. A dispersing head is located downstream of the plate and in the filament stream. The head is substantially in the form of a cylin... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4755336 | Process for making polyester blend fiber A process is provided wherein a polymer blend of a poly(butylene terephthalate) and about 5 to 25% by weight of poly(ethylene terephthalate) is melt spun to form a fiber or yarn which is then drawn at an elevated temperature resulting in the poly(butylene... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4750873 | Device for the production of a tubular object In a device for the extrusion of a tube the extruded tube (2) is guided by a piston (20) placed inside said tube (2) at a distance from the extrusion head (1) the cooling of the extruded tube (2) is improved by means of nozzles (13) which spray water (5) ... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4747992 | Process for fabricating a belt A process is disclosed for forming at least one thin substantially uniform fluid coating comprising polymeric film forming material on a cylindrical mandrel, solidifying the fluid coating to form a uniform solid coating and separating the uniform solid co... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4743186 | Melt spinning apparatus A melt spinning apparatus is disclosed which includes a spinning nozzle for extruding a plurality of filaments from a polymeric melt, and which includes a spinning tube positioned below the nozzle for receiving the filaments. The upper end portion of the ... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4740335 | Process for producing a deep-drawn article from a partially-crystalline polymeric material A process for producing a surface-embossed, deep-drawn article suitable for an interior finish or lining of a motor vehicle, for example, starts with a partially-crystalline polymeric material, i.e., one having crystallites, in film form. The film-form ma... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4738811 | Process for producing cholesteric liquid crystal polyester film or sheet possessing ordered planar texture A process for producing a cholesteric liquid crystal polyester film or sheet possessing an ordered planar texture (monodomain structure), which process comprises providing a cholesteric liquid crystal polyester in which 1 to 10 mol % of constituent monome... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4732718 | Process for extrusion of expandable plastic materials The process for the extrusion of an expandable plastic composition comprising extruding the composition to an at least partially expanded state through a cross section of die with an area essentially the same as that of the entrance to the cooling fixture... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4732720 | Process for the production of uniformly dyeable nylon 66 fiber A nylon 66 fiber capable of being uniformly dyed is made by extruding a melt of nylon 66, passing the extruded filaments through a heating zone provided at the surface of the extrusion nozzle and having a length of at least about 5 cm to about 100 cm and ... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4731212 | Method for continuously manufacturing slide fastener coupling elements In a method for continuously manufacturing slide fastener coupling elements, a molded strip of coupling element blanks is folded by a first folder unit about its longitudinal axis while still hot into a U-shaped cross-section to provide a folded strip of ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4728470 | Apparatus and method of processing a light waveguide product A device for further processing a product which has a stranded element of at least one light waveguide or fiber loosely received in an envelope or sheath which was applied by an extruder, including two tempering chambers arranged in a line of feed from th... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4719071 | Method for monitoring the production of elongate profiles A method particularly suitable of monitoring the production of elongate profiles which are formed from one or more mixtures of rubber or thermoplastic material in an extrusion head which is fed by one or more extrusion devices is disclosed as in an appara... | 01/12/1988 |
