Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7988900 | Method of making a cardiac valve There is provided an artificial cardiac or heart valve, more particularly a flexible leaflet heart valve used to replace natural aortic or pulmonary valves of the heart in which the leaflet geometry is defined by a parabolic function and a method of manufacturing sa... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7981346 | Molded micro-needles Method of hollow micro-projections having side walls and at least one opening in a side wall, by a molding technique. The hollow micro-projections are defined by a first, negative mold defining the exterior shape of the micro-projections and a second, positive mold ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7867427 | Method of hard coating a surface with carbide A method of hard coating a surface with carbide. A first step involves positioning a temporary membrane a pre-selected distance from a surface of a work piece to be hard coated to create a insertion gap which is accessible from an upper end. A second step involves f... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7854877 | Lithography meandering order An imprint lithography method is disclosed, which includes imprinting a plurality of patterns in an imprintable medium provided on a substrate, wherein the order in which the patterns are imprinted in the imprintable medium is such that, for the majority of the patt... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7846368 | Memory element mounting method and image forming apparatus A memory element mounting method includes: a disposing step of disposing a memory element at a sheet of paper that is composed of plural layers including a first layer serving as a base and a second layer serving as a surface with a thermoplasticity; and a surface t... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846367 | Sheet or film-forming roll, sheet or film-forming apparatus and crowning control method A sheet or film-forming roll has an inner cylindrical member and an elastic outer cylindrical member. The inner cylindrical member has a pressure chamber therein. As the inner cylindrical member becomes deformed (crowing change) depending on a pressure value of inco... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7780894 | System for defining openings in tilt-up walls Disclosed is a tilt-up wall system that defines a space to receive a material, such as concrete. The system can include a plurality of forms and an opening system. The opening system defines the location of an opening that will receive a window, door, or other struc... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7754132 | Method of making a spool seal having a smooth sealing surface A method of making a spool seal having a smooth sealing surface is provided which utilizes a mold including separable first and second mold halves which join when closed to form a parting line which is positioned away from the area of the mold which forms the inner ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7718108 | Method of manufacturing a fuel cell bipolar plate A method of manufacturing a fuel cell bipolar plate that improves dimensional accuracy even with viscous material, eliminates the need for large-scale production equipment such as a press to make a pre-formed product, and furthermore, enables manufacturing time for ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7691313 | Method for expelling gas positioned between a substrate and a mold The present invention is directed towards a method and a system of expelling a gas positioned between a substrate and a mold, the substrate and the mold further having a liquid positioned therebetween. ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7641840 | Method for expelling gas positioned between a substrate and a mold The present invention is directed towards a method of expelling a gas positioned between a substrate and a mold, the substrate and the mold further having a liquid positioned therebetween. ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7531120 | Method of making a product with a micro or nano sized structure and product Using phase separation technique perforated as well as non-perforated polymeric structures can be made with high aspect ratios (>5). By varying the phase separation process the properties (e.g. porous, non-porous, dense, open skin) of the moulded product can be tune... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7481958 | Process and apparatus for forming a plastic sheet having recessed and protruded parts and double wall sheet having the plastic sheet A plastic sheet having a number of recessed and protruded parts useful as a protective sheet in moving and construction, and for cushion packaging and thermal insulation is disclosed. Also disclosed is a two-layered or three-layered double wall sheet, which is produ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7442335 | Apparatus and method for loading and unloading a tire press A tire press has an upper mold fixedly attached to a top plate. A bottom mold is fixedly attached to a bottom plate. The tire press has a plurality of guide posts adapted to maintain proper alignment of the upper mold and the lower mold as the tire press opens and c... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442303 | Microporous filter membrane, method of making microporous filter membrane and separator employing microporous filter membranes A filter membrane, methods of making such filter membrane and apparatus employing such filter membrane are disclosed, in which the filter membrane is a monolithic polymeric membrane that includes a polymeric filter layer including a micron-scale precision-shaped por... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435464 | Articles comprising aqueous dispersions of polyureaurethanes Polyurethane particles dispersed in water can be used to make articles of commerce with reduced chance of chemical and biological allergic reaction to skin, and which exhibit improved puncture and tear resistance when compared to gloves made with other materials. | 10/14/2008 |
| 7407688 | Process for recycling waste FRP The present invention provides a process for recycling waste FRP which can simply and effectively reuse waste FRP. This process comprises the steps of mixing a cellulose fine powder derived from wood, a resin powder, and an FPR powder derived from waste FRP, to obta... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7402272 | Mold-spraying apparatus of molding system Disclosed is a method of a mold-spraying apparatus for use with a molding apparatus. The mold-spraying apparatus has: (i) a spray nozzle, (ii) a rotatable shaft being supportive of the spray nozzle, and (ii) a camming surface. The method includes: (a) engaging the r... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7399439 | Methods to produce gel sheets The present invention provides various methods for producing gel sheets in a continuous fashion. The embodiments of the present invention help reduce the time of producing gel sheets that is suitable for industrial manufacturing. Such gel sheets are used in manufact... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7364675 | Self-folding polymer microparticles A method for forming three-dimensional polymeric particulate microstructures through self-folding of thin-film microparticles. Self-folding of two-dimensional polymeric precursors produces various three-dimensional particulate microstructures. Dumpling-like microstr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7332119 | Biopolymer structures and components Structures can be formed from a composition, which can be referred to as a biopolymer, that includes fermentation solids and thermoactive material. Methods of making biopolymer products include for example extruding, injection molding, or compounding fermentation so... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320773 | Biodegradable laminate sheet and molded item from biodegradable laminate sheet A biodegradable laminate sheet having as its object to provide a formed body superior in heat resistance, shock resistance, transparency and formability, and having non-stretched polylactic acid-family resin layer of which the crystallinity is 20% or less, and a lay... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320770 | Method for making a quasi-incompressible phase-change material, shear-thinned and with low heat conductivity The process according to the invention includes the combination, with a liquid phase change material (PCM), of a texturing agent chosen so as to greatly reduce the thermal convection and whose viscosity is decreased reversibly under shearing. The material formed has... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318973 | Stamped bridges and plates for reactant delivery for a fuel cell The present invention discloses a stamped bridge member that defines a flow path between a header and a flow field on a fuel cell plate. The bridge member provides a support surface on which a seal can be positioned to seal the plate against adjacent plates or MEAs.... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311870 | Forming a molded article using improved thermal-sprayed tooling A metallic shell used, for example as a mold, is formed by spray deposition connected to a base by rods or other supports connected to mounting elements which are incorporated in the shell during the deposition process. The shell can incorporate different metals to ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309068 | Rubber gasket for separator of fuel cell A rubber gasket to be disposed in a compressed state between separators of a fuel cell includes a sealing portion having a sectional shape of a two-projection structure with a first projection having a curved slope of a first curvature radius (D), and a second proje... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303712 | Method of injection molding and compressive decoration molding a molded product Injection molding of a product and compressive decoration molding of a surface of the molded product are performed using individual cavity molds. A decorative film can be molded efficiently with a thermosetting coating material under suitable temperature control reg... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7303715 | Horizontal gel casting device and method A horizontal casting tray with one or more slidable blocks for sealing at least one open end of the tray is provided to accommodate the casting of solidifiable separation media in variable lengths for use in electrophoresis. Methods for using the casting device to p... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299609 | Piston-cylinder actuator and mounting support for the lower tool of an indexing packaging machine A piston-cylinder arrangement is provided for mounting and actuating the lower tool of an indexing packaging machine, which has an annular piston head that has a ratio of outer diameter to inner diameter that is less than two, and which drives a relatively oversized... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302289 | Readable probe array for use A disposable high density optically readable polydeoxynucleotide array with integral fluorescence excitation and fluorescence emission channels is described. The compact array size allows integration into several types of interventional devices such as catheters, gu... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300616 | Method and apparatus for forming an article of manufacture and an article of manufacture made by a new and novel process A method 10 to selectively produce an article of manufacture 20 having desirable properties and which may replace many “ceramic based” articles. Particularly, the article of manufacture 20 is made by selectively combining an epoxy structural... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7235204 | Methods and apparatus for producing manufactured articles having natural characteristics A method for making a thermosetting polymer reproduction of an object preferably comprises the steps of modifying an original object such as an object found in nature (e.g., a stone or array of stones) or a manmade article (e.g., a carved decorative object) to a pre... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232537 | Methods for making slip resistant file folders Methods for producing easily and securely gripped slip-resistant file folders, including file pockets and hanging folders. The methods include providing folder paper stock; conveying the folder paper stock in the process of folder manufacture; providing a curable sl... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7229542 | Methods of and apparatus for molding structures using sacrificial metal patterns Molded structures, methods of and apparatus for producing the molded structures are provided. At least a portion of the surface features for the molds are formed from multilayer electrochemically fabricated structures (e.g. fabricated by the EFAB™ formation proces... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7186361 | Method and apparatus for continuous molding of fiber reinforced plastic member with curvature In a continuous molding apparatus equipped with a long core 10 having a curvature disposed on a plane, a release film supplied from a lower release film feeder 20 is sent onto the core 10, and prepreg sheets supplied from a prepreg sheet feeder ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182902 | Crayon marker A method for making crayons is provided. The method employs an apparatus which includes a base that houses a heating component, a melt pan disposed to absorb heat from the heating component, a mold, and a cover. The melt pan receives crayon material and contains it ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175793 | Lamps within full bodied exact replicas of natural objects A realistic three-dimensional replica casting of naturally occurring samples of wood, rock and marine specimens produces realistic appearing landscape or indoor light modules that can simulate flickering candles in nightclubs and restaurants. The method employs a tw... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172716 | Method for blending and fabricating personalized lipstick An apparatus and method for custom blending and fabricating lipstick to the specific demands of individual customers. The present invention provides a kit which enables a user to blend various pigments to arrive at a very specific shade, and then blend the desired s... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171676 | Stamper for producing optical recording medium, optical recording medium, and methods of producing the same A method of producing a stamper, an optical recording medium produced by molding using the stamper, and a method of producing the same, wherein a base member having a mirror polished main surface and comprising silicon or glass is formed with a resist film; the resi... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160236 | Process for production of a bobbin tube for yarn, device for embodiment of such process, bobbin tube obtained and mode of utilization of said bobbin tube A cardboard tube, with respect to a narrow marginal end area of the same provided with a hollow interior roll, is applied against a rotatory die which has a concave surface suitable for forming an entrant perimetric step by means of constriction of the narrow margin... | 01/09/2007 |
