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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7927537 | Tape winder and method of processing tape A tape winder includes: a hub, around which a tape is wound overlappingly and which forms a tape roll on the hub; a first guide roller, defining the position of feeding of the tape into the tape roll being formed on the hub while pressing an outer peripheral surface... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7846373 | System and method for treatment of wooden materials A method for treating a wooden material includes applying steam and vacuum to the wooden material. ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7740790 | Method of making liquid crystal polymer films A method of making a thermotropic liquid crystal polymer film includes continuously heat treating of the thermotropic liquid crystal polymer film 2 while the latter is jointed to a sheet-like support member 4, and subsequently separating the heat-treat... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7695669 | Method of reutilization and method of shaping of waste plastic The present invention provides a method of reutilization and method of shaping of waste plastic which reduces the amount of volatile ingredients and oil cake* to extents preferable as materials for coke ovens, enables the formation of plastic granular materials able... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7691316 | Devices and methods for the synthesis of nucleic acids Cylindrical devices (frits) are prepared by embedding aminoalkyl- or mercaptoalkyl-modified Controlled Pore Glass (CPG) in high-density polyethylene. Methods and devices pertaining to their use in the synthesis of nucleic acids are described. A reusable synthesis co... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7435372 | Liquid bath annealing of polymers for orthopaedic implants A method is provided for annealing a polymer for an orthopaedic implant by immersing the polymer in a liquid bath. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7399435 | Method and device for producing hollow bodies of plastic A process and a device for producing hollow bodies of plastic by stretch-blow molding heated parisons, in which the parisons are inspected before being heated and at least some of the defective parisons are heated and are not separated out until after being heated. ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7356984 | Device and method for treatment of a traveling yarn with a steam-creating treatment medium A device for treatment of a traveling yarn with a steam-creating medium includes a column of several chambers provided with yarn inlet- and yarn outlet-channels and arranged one over the other, of which one of the chambers is a steam treatment chamber provided with ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7338624 | Ceramic manufacture for a composite ion transport membrane A method of producing a green form for use in manufacturing a composite, ceramic ion transport membrane is provided in which first and second ceramic powder mixtures are used to produce first and second layers of the green form. The first and second ceramic powder m... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7306760 | Process and apparatus for producing bottle-shaped container made of synthetic resin A method for producing bottle-type containers made of a synthetic resin, e.g., polyethylene-terephthalate resin, includes a heat treatment step for heating and crystallizing a neck portion of a perform corresponding to a neck portion of a container. In a first stage... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300618 | Process and apparatus for the production of blister packs Process for the production of plastic blister packs, the top portion of which (PVAL) is subjected to thermal treatment in a furnace, and the apparatus for producing it is of the horizontal type. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7285237 | Post processing three-dimensional objects formed by selective deposition modeling A method for removing supports from a three-dimensional objected formed by selective deposition modeling. The three-dimensional object is formed from a curable phase change material and the supports are formed from a non-curable phase change material. The curable ph... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279124 | Nucleation enhanced polyester and its use in melt-to-mold processing of molded articles Crystallizable polyester compositions containing an aliphatic polyamide crystallization nucleator exhibit controllable and adjustable crystallization rates upon cooling from the melt and are thermoformable in melt to mold processes. ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273578 | Method and apparatus for low-speed, high-throughput fiber drawing using coiled fiber loops A method and apparatus for continuous drawing of fibers in the form of coiled fiber loops (e.g., polygonal or serpentine loops). The successive fiber loops are continuously laid on receiving ends of a plurality of conveyer-drawing members (CDM) [e.g., rotating threa... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7273501 | Fiber structure having high whiteness and high moisture-absorbing and releasing property, and method for production thereof A highly white and highly moisture absorptive and desorptive fibrous structure where a moisture absorptive and desorptive synthetic fiber having a saturated index of moisture absorption of 10% by weight or more at 20° C. and 65% RH is blended, characterised in that... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7252726 | Method for preparing a fabric substantially consisting of carbon fibers A method for preparing a carbon fiber fabric impregnated with a thermoplastic plastic including providing a fabric which substantially consists of carbon fibers with a coating of an epoxy material without curing agent; bringing the fabric to a temperature in the ran... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250486 | Method and apparatus for crystallizing polymer particles The present invention is a process and apparatus for conserving loss of heat while forming and crystallizing polymer particles in a liquid. The cooling liquid quenches the polymer during particle molding to facilitate shaping. The cooling liquid cools the polymer pa... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7217385 | Polyvinyl alcohol composition and film A method of preparing a plasticised particulate polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) composition is provided, comprising: mixing, in a mixer, at a mixer speed and for a time sufficient that the mixture attains a temperature of at least 50° C.: particulate PVA resin in an amount... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7128851 | Method of removing scratches from a compact disc An apparatus and method is disclosed for repairing and removing scratches from an optically-read disc, e. g., compact discs (often called “CD's” or “DVD's” such that when refurbished, an optical reader, which uses a laser to read digital information stored o... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125935 | Ion exchange materials A method of preparing an ion-conducting material, for example membrane, having reduced sensitivity to water includes a step of treating an ion-conducting polymeric material (especially a sulphonated polyaryletherketone and/or sulphone) which has at least some crysta... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7112253 | Manufacturing transparent mirrored mini-balls for solar energy concentration and analogous applications Method and apparatus are presented for manufacturing transparent mirrored spheroidal mini-balls for solar energy and related applications such as optical switches. For these applications it is imperative to provide accurate specular reflection from the mirror. Vario... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7097800 | Process for making a fluid processing module A process for making a fluid processing module is provided wherein a plurality of filtration elements is alternated with a fluid porous layer to form a stack. The filtration elements comprise a membrane sheet having a thermoplastic element bonded to a portion of an ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094048 | Flexible imaging member belt seam smoothing method Apparatus comprising a support member having a flat surface adapted to receive and support a seam region of a flexible belt comprising thermoplastic polymer material having a predetermined glass transition temperature, a heatable member having a smooth heatable flat... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090484 | Stereolithographic apparatus and method for manufacturing three-dimensional object with photohardenable resin In stereolithographic apparatus and method, a mask is formed on a light-transmissible member (glass plate) on the basis of stereolithographic data for one layer of photohardenable resin; photohardenable resin of one layer is successively supplied to form an unharden... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086849 | Method for producing chemically prestressed concrete product, high-temperature, high-pressure underwater concrete product curing device suitably used for the method and curing method for concrete product using the curing device Method of manufacturing high strength chemically prestressed concrete molding products with great amount of introduced chemical prestress and smaller loss of the same, a high temperature high pressure underwater curing apparatus concrete molding products excellent i... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7052643 | Method and an installation for subjecting carbon fabrics to high temperature heat treatment and to densification by chemical vapor infiltration Heat treatment is performed on preforms placed in an enclosure accompanied by sweeping with an inert gas under reduced pressure, and with a gaseous effluent being exhausted continuously via a first effluent outlet connected to an effluent exhaust circuit. At the end... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052574 | Method for producing metal laminate To continuously produce a metal laminate having excellent dimensional stability and flatness, there is provided with a method of producing a metal laminate in which a thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer film (5′) capable of forming an optically anisotropic... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7005103 | Method of making a colored automotive trim product An automotive trim product is made as follows. A single or multiple layer sheet is extruded so as to include at least one color pigmented and/or metallized layer therein. The sheet is then thermoformed into a three-dimensionally shaped preform via vacuum forming or ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7001562 | Method for treating fibrous web materials The present invention provides an efficient method for topically treating and drying fibrous web materials such as nonwoven web materials and nonwoven laminate materials without unduly damaging the materials due to excessive heating during drying. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6998084 | Co-extruded pigmented/clear coated polymeric coating for an article such as automotive exterior body panels A colored coating for an article is provided including a first layer polymeric coating material with a transparent base which has been pigmented to a desired color and extruded, a second layer of transparent polymeric coating material which has been co-extruded with... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6969481 | Method for producing a pipe termination box from thermoplastic material A method is described for producing a pipe end socket (3) made of thermoplastic material with a sealing ring (5) which engages in a form-fitting manner on the inside of the socket in a circumferential bead (4) and which comprises a sealing part ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6969484 | Manufacturing method and device for electret processed product A manufacturing method of an electret processed product, comprising the steps of allowing a section nozzle (22) to come into contact with a nonconductive fiber sheet (S) so as to cross in the lateral direction of the sheet while running the sheet, allowing th... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6948223 | Apparatus for mounting a stent onto a stent delivery system The present invention provides a method and apparatus for mounting a stent onto a balloon on a stent delivery system. A stent is then loaded onto the delivery system and the resulting stent/balloon assembly is positioned in a first section of a mould and a second se... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6946013 | Ceramic exhaust filter An improved, efficient, and regenerable exhaust emission filter and filter system are provided which incorporate the use of an inorganic, non-woven fiber filter element. The filter is able to capture exhaust pollutants and particulates through the interwoven nature ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6936341 | Fiber-reinforced ceramic material Process for a fiber-reinforced ceramic material whose reinforcing fibers are present in the form of at least one of woven fabrics, short fibers and long fibers, wherein the mass ratio of the fibers in the form of woven fabrics, short fibers and long fibers is 0-35:2... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6929762 | Method of reducing pattern distortions during imprint lithography processes The present invention is directed to a method of reducing distortions in a pattern disposed on a layer of a substrate, defining a recorded pattern, employing a mold having the pattern recorded therein, defining an original pattern. The method includes, defining a re... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6916441 | Post processing three-dimensional objects formed by solid freeform fabrication A method for removing supports from a three-dimensional object formed by solid freeform fabrication. The three-dimensional object and support structure both contain a phase change component in order to achieve the desired phase change characteristics needed for disp... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913720 | Non-woven fabric with flame retardant properties and method of making same A non-woven fabric which consists of a blend 75% to 95% by weight of polypropylene based fibers and 5 to 25% by weight of polyester based fibers. The polypropylene fibers are extruded from a melt mixture of about 80 to 99% by weight polypropylene and about 1 to 20% ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6893761 | Process for producing a membrane electrode assembly and the membrane electrode assembly produced thereby The invention comprises a process for making a membrane electrode assembly comprising a polymer electrolyte membrane having two opposite faces, on each face of which is applied a catalyst layer and a gas distribution layer. The two gas distribution layers in the mem... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6890467 | Method for producing a brake shoe In a method for producing a brake shoe (1), particularly a brake shoe for disk brakes in motor vehicles, by preforming a friction lining (6), arranged on a carrier plate (2), from a friction material fed into a press mould and by press-molding t... | 05/10/2005 |
