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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7811504 | Molded product and method of manufacturing the same A molded product includes a matrix formed of a polymer material and a plurality of capsules dispersed in the matrix. An unevenness is formed on a surface due to expansion of the capsules. Some of the capsules have expanded without bursting and include an exposed out... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7323136 | Containerless mixing of metals and polymers with fullerenes and nanofibers to produce reinforced advanced materials The present invention relates to fullerene, nanotube, or nanofiber filled metals and polymers. This invention stems from a cross-disciplinary combination of electromagnetic and acoustic processing and property enhancement of materials through fullerene or nanofiber ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7302991 | Fugitive pattern for casting A fugitive pattern for making a shell mold for investment casting a metal or alloy comprises a substantially random interpolymer and a low molecular weight polymer in proportions to provide a fugitive pattern having a combination of properties suitable for use in ma... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302992 | Fugitive pattern for casting A fugitive pattern for making a shell mold for investment casting a metal or alloy comprises a substantially random interpolymer and a low molecular weight polymer in proportions to provide a fugitive pattern having a combination of properties suitable for use in ma... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7278842 | Apparatus for the production of polyurethane sandwich elements The present invention relates to a process for the continuous production of polyurethane sandwich elements comprising an upper outer layer and a lower outer layer and a layer of cellular polyurethane lying in between, which is firmly bonded to the outer layers. This... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7264036 | Fugitive pattern for casting A fugitive pattern for making a shell mold for investment casting a metal or alloy comprises a substantially random interpolymer and a low molecular weight polymer in proportions to provide a fugitive pattern having a combination of properties suitable for use in ma... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7201958 | Polymer foam plank with densified skin, method and apparatus for producing a densified skin on a foam plank A method and apparatus for making a densified skin polymer foam plank comprising providing a polymer foam having a plurality of cells and heating an outer surface of the foam at a heating station. The heating step collapses and melts the cells adjacent the outer sur... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7157028 | Method of making ventilative insole A method of making an insole has the steps: a) Prepare a mold with a cavity therein. The mold has a plurality of protrusions at a portion of a sidewall of the cavity. b) Inject a foaming material into the cavity of the mold. c) Strip the mold to get a piece material... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7026044 | Elastic inorganic foam An open-celled, inorganic foam based on an aluminosilicate and having a density of less than 25 g/l can be prepared by reacting and foaming an alkali metal silicate solution with an alkali metal aluminate solution in the presence of a volatile blowing agent and an e... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6936105 | APPLICATOR ROLLER HAVING A ROLLER JACKET, APPLICATOR ROLLER AND ROTATING ELEMENT ASSEMBLY, DRYER, COOLING ROLLER STAND AND PRINTING PRESS HAVING THE APPLICATOR ROLLER AND METHOD FOR COATING A MATERIAL WEB An applicator roller includes a roller jacket having an outer cylindrical surface for picking up a liquid and, at least to some extent, for transferring the liquid. The roller jacket is formed with at least one perforation through which excess liquid is guidable int... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6923932 | Composite structure tightly radiused molding method A method of molding a composite structure of a polymeric preformed skin with tightly radiused features and a polymeric foam body is provided. The method includes providing a mold cavity having a first edge; placing the preformed skin in the mold cavity with a prefor... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6616886 | Method and apparatus for reducing the thickness of a skin formed on a slab of polyurethane foam Methods and apparatus for eliminating or reducing a surface skin when producing a flexible polyurethane foam slab are disclosed. The top surface of the chemically reactive polyurethane foaming mixture is heated during and/or after the foaming mixture expa... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6589457 | Polymer-assisted aqueous deposition of metal oxide films An organic solvent-free process for deposition of metal oxide thin films is presented. The process includes aqueous solutions of necessary metal precursors and an aqueous solution of a water-soluble polymer. After a coating operation, the resultant coatin... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6368543 | Process using single screw extruder for producing a three layer co-extrusion biaxially oriented polypropylene synthetic paper of thickness 25~250 μm Disclosed is an improvement of a process for producing a three layers co-extrusion biaxially polypropylene(BOPP) synthetic paper of thickness 25~250 μm which is menufactured by using three single screw extruders By means of an improvement of a process fo... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6315938 | Method for foaming or foam-coating components A method for foaming or foam-coating components is used for foaming hollow cavities of double-walled or multiple-walled components or foam-coating component parts with decorative surfaces so as to improve haptic properties of component parts. A material i... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6207098 | Method for producing porous inorganic materials The present invention relates to a process for producing inorganic porous materials, mainly composed of glass or glass-ceramic components. The glass or glass-ceramic components can have interconnected continuous macropores with a median diameter larger th... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6136255 | Method and device for manufacturing biodegradable molded objects A voltage is applied to a feeder plate (29) from a power source section (2) including an alternating power source for dielectric heating, whereby an electric field in a direction crossing a direction in which a mold (8) is moved is applied to an incoming ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5911940 | Dual cure process of producing crosslinked polyolefinic foams with enhanced physical properties Foamed articles having enhanced tensile, elastic recovery, and creep and fatigue resistance properties are prepared using a dual cure system. This system comprises a heat or radiation-activated first stage cure (which follows or coincides with foaming) fo... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5858489 | System for thermal and/or acoustic insulation of a tube System for thermal and/or acoustic insulation of a tube intended, for example, to allow the outflow of hydrocarbons originating from an oil deposit, consisting of a sleeve surrounding the tube over at least a part of its length. According to the invention... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5800766 | Method of compacting a plurality of flat, stacked, non-woven articles The present invention relates to a method of compacting a plurality of flat, stacked, non-woven cotton and cotton blend articles from a normal size to a greatly reduced size to form a package of such articles that saves exterior packaging, shipping, handl... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5609703 | Process for preparing thermoplastic elastomer laminates In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a process for preparing thermoplastic elastomer laminates which comprises placing a thermoplastic elastomer foamable sheet in an unexpanded state containing a polyolefin resin, an ethylene/³... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5585119 | Device for preparation of expanded thermoplastic microspheres An apparatus for producing expanded thermoplastic microspheres, including a belt conveyor (A) having an endless belt (1) for conveying microspheres. A device (B) for infrared (IR) heating, including a plurality of IR lamps (4) is located above the belt (1... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5350544 | Method of preparing a cross-linked, polyethylene foam product by surface expansion of a foam A method for the preparation of a cross-linked, rigid, polyethylene, foam sheet product, which method comprises heating at least one surface of a cross-linked, polyethylene, foam sheet material, to a temperature sufficient to cause a slight surface post-e... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5302326 | Manufacturing method of urethane foam molded products In manufacturing molded product of urethane foam, a releasing agent mainly composed of organopolysiloxane is applied on the inner surface of the mold maintained at 60° C. The agent is prepared by dissolving the base composed of organopolysiloxane composi... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5232639 | Process for forming articles with anisotropic properties A process for subjecting an electroset material to an evacuated environment rior to electrosetting results in a material with anisotropic density programmability. Articles can be fabricated with an anisotropic void distribution therein.... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5173228 | Method for forming a 360 degree skin handle A method for forming a 360 degree integral skin handle in a thermoplastic part for use in automotive trim products includes the steps of forming a mold with a partial recess closed by a removable plug and thereafter selectively directing heat from a first... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5164129 | Method of fabricating a self-deploying structural element A self-deploying structural element formed of a core or temperature sensitive expanding foam, a load carrying component of advanced composite material, and an outer retaining jacket. A heat generating means such as resistance heating wires is included to ... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5128175 | Insulated electric wire and process for producing the same A process for producing an insulated electric wire, comprising the steps of coating around a conductor an energy radiation curable resin composition having heat expansible microspheres incorporated therein, and curing the energy radiation curable resin co... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5093050 | Method for producing oriented, discontinuous fiber reinforced composite materials A novel method for generating orientation of short fibers in the matrix of a composite material allows for production of complex high strength components. With state of the art technologies short fibers can be oriented only by elongational flows and these... | 03/03/1992 |
| 4985189 | Method of producing a skin-covered pad for a seat A method of producing a skin-covered pad for a seat, which includes (a) preparing a lower mold which has a cavity formed therein, the lower mold having a first electrode mounted thereto through an insulator, the first electrode having a plurality of proje... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4737407 | Thermoset plastic pellets and method and apparatus for making such pellets The method of the present invention includes mixing a low viscosity thermoset resin and microspheres together without melting the thermoset resin and extruding the mixture to form a continuous strand of paste-like uncured material. The continuous strand i... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4639343 | Forming techniques for shaping polyimide foams A method of re-shaping polyimide and modified polyimide foam sheets into selected shapes. Polyimide foam sheets can be made by any of a number of methods, some of which produce sheets of selected thicknesses directly and others of which produce blocks or ... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4485520 | Foamed rubber erasers and process for the production thereof Uniformly porous foamed erasers and process for the production thereof, the process comprising continuously mixing air or other gas into a flowable plasticized mixture and gelling the mixture by introducing the same continuously to a heating mean.... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4459250 | Process and apparatus of extrusion molding rubbers and thermal cross-linking synthetic resins A process of extrusion molding plasticized vulcanizable or cross-linkable rubber or synthetic resin materials, comprising the steps of heating said materials to an elevated temperature in a short time immediately before a molding die and vulcanizing or cr... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4424177 | Molding prepuffed polystyrene for higher density skin An article having a relatively lower density polystyrene core and a relatively higher density polystyrene skin is prepared by a method in which a mold is supplied, simultaneously and/or sequentially with electrostatically charged prepuffs of a relatively ... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4361453 | Methods of preparing polyimides and artifacts composed thereof Methods of converting essentially unpolymerized precursors into polyimides in which the precursors are exposed to microwave radiation. Preheating, thermal post-curing, and other techniques may be employed to promote the development of optimum properties; ... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4315080 | Polyimides Terpolyimides prepared from tetracarboxylic acid esters and combinations of heterocyclic, aromatic, and aliphatic diamines and artifacts composed of those terpolymers. Precursors, and methods of converting them to the corresponding terpolymers.... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4241131 | Moldable polyurethane foam-backed fabrics The invention relates to a process wherein A a heat curable froth or foamable mixture of polyurethane reaction components is applied to the back of a fabric, B the coated fabric is heated to form a gelled, tack-free and storable foam-backed fabric and C t... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4224261 | Methods of fabricating microsponge deuterated initiated hydrocarbon polymer target which emit neutrons when irradiated by high energy beams Targets for high energy beams, such as laser beams, produced in laser fusion apparatus are described. The targets are porous spheres of deuterated hydrocarbon material, particularly deuterated polyethylene. The spheres are small and have diameters in the ... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4216177 | Polyurethane foam product and process of manufacture thereof from thermosetting frothed mixture A process is presented for forming flexible foam, polyurethane foam material having an integral skin, and polyurethane foam laminates, from a thermosetting frothed mixture, particularly a mechanically frothed mixture. Also presented is a flexible polyuret... | 08/05/1980 |
