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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322814 | Film or sheet forming apparatus To form a film or sheet relatively thin and needing a high degree of precision in thickness, such as for an optical use, while suppressing temperature fluctuations at one side opposite to the other side in contact with an outer peripheral surface of a roll (11 | 01/29/2008 |
| 7251959 | Washwater neutralization system for glass forming line A neutralization system for controlling the pH of the washwater used to clean and maintain polyacrylic bound glass forming equipment. The neutralization system introduces a base solution to a washwater solution when the pH of the washwater solution contained in a cl... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7081288 | Tamper-evident, heat resistant cast label stock A heat resistant label stock comprised of an unsupported cast face sheet layer, an adhesive layer and a release liner characterized by a face sheet, an adhesive layer and a release liner. The label stock is generally tamper-evident in that removal destroys or damage... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7008205 | Installation for producing a spunbonded fabric web whereof the diffuser is distant from the drawing slot device The invention concerns an installation for producing a spunbonded fabric web comprising a diffuser defining for the filaments a passage with diverging cross-section, and mounted a certain distance from the slot attenuator, and a conveyor for receiving the filaments ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6994533 | Extruder with condenser A method and apparatus for producing microporous films. The method utilizes a casting surface and a condensing surface. The condensing surface is spaced from the casting surface to form a gap. The distance between the surfaces forming the gap is relatively small and... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6979186 | Installation for producing a spunbonded fabric web with filament diffuser and separation by electrostatic process The invention concerns an installation for producing a spunbonded fabric web comprising a diffuser defining for the drawn filaments a passage with diverging cross-section, and mounted a certain distance from the slot attenuator, and a conveyor receiving the filament... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6799957 | Forming system for the manufacture of thermoplastic nonwoven webs and laminates A system and methods for collecting and managing air discharged from a melt spinning apparatus. The air management system includes an outer housing defining a first interior space, an intake opening for receiving the discharged air into the first interior space, and... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6382100 | Web guide roller, and printing press incorporating the same A roller assembly positioned downstream of a printing station in a web-fed rotary printing press for pneumatically guiding a web of paper after it has been printed upon, without the risk of smearing the printings. The assembly includes a roller in the for... | 05/07/2002 |
| 5935536 | Recovery of recycled plastics in granular form Apparatus and method for reclaiming expanded synthetic resin wastes in a form suitable for subsequent injection molding. The apparatus includes a tank containing a solvent having a pump for pumping dissolved resin wastes to an evaporator. The evaporator c... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5798064 | Process and apparatus for fabrication of flexible foam Method and apparatus for continuously forming thin-gauge flexible foam sheeting by controlling the rise of an expanding foam-forming mixture until the reaction is substantially complete.... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5569315 | Process and device for cleaning the waste air of systems for the solidification of melts A melt is converted into pieces by being converted to individual quantities that are dropped onto a cooling surface. Disposed above the cooling surface is a hood having a suction outlet for conducting waste air to a cleaner. Disposed in the hood upstream ... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5536158 | Apparatus for drying solvent based film Solvent based film is produced in an endless belt casting apparatus (10) in which, within initial compartments (46-52), flows of gas are directed through transversely elongated inlet channels (85i) to contact a layer (36') of polymer and solven... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5454704 | Packing sheet calender and process for the production of packing sheets A packing sheet is formed on a calender having a rotatable large diameter heated cylinder and a rotatable smaller diameter unheated cylinder, with a gap between the cylinders, by feeding a preformed mixture of rubber material, fiber and solvent into the g... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5378132 | Apparatus for producing granules or pastilles from flowable material In a device for producing granules or tablets from fluid materials, the material is fed to the press-slot between a rotative hollow cylinder with an inner toothing and a press-cylinder with an outer toothing that engages the inner toothing. Bores extend f... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5344597 | Method and apparatus for making steel sheets A method and apparatus for forming sheets of a first material, such as a metal, plastic, rubber, or the like, having a primary tank for heating a second molten material and containing the second molten material to form a surface upon which the first mater... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5183600 | Method and apparatus for continuous casting of polymerizable material A method and apparatus for continuous casting of polymerizable materials that shrink during polymerization includes rapidly heating a moving matrix substantially uniformly throughout its cross section by radio frequency energy to initiate polymerization a... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5075064 | Method and apparatus for continuously producing resin films and installation therefor For continuous production of a resin film having a plain surface, a resin solution cast in film form over an endless belt is pre-hardened by a gas stream supplied for flow in a direction generally parallel to the surface of the endless belt, and then a je... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5075049 | Method for improving solvent containment A method of improving solvent vapor containment in a process for extruding a solvent-polymer mixture into a process vessel operated substantially at atmospheric pressure while continuously removing solvent vapor and polymer product from said process vesse... | 12/24/1991 |
| 4917587 | Apparatus for the production of building units from afterhardening materials The invention relates to an apparatus for the production of building units from an afterhardening mixture containing cement and/or lime as binding material. The raw mixture is continuously fed and pressed by stamping into a die with CO2 gas at ... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4917844 | Method of manufacturing laminate product When a laminate product is manufactured by extruding a thermoplastic resin on a substrate for coating, a space enclosed between a member for cooling the thermoplastic resin and a non-cooled thermoplastic resin film is kept within an atmosphere having a hi... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4839121 | High density tape casting system A system is provided for molding a slurry containing particles in a solution of solvent and binder, which enables the close control of the production of a tape with particles of a high density. A rotor forms a chamber with a cylindrical molding surface, a... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4563316 | Production of polyolefin shaped product A process for enhancing the adhesion of the surface of a polyolefin shaped product which comprises applying corona discharge the said surface under the continuous movement between an electrode for discharge and another electrode opposite thereto while jet... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4527969 | Apparatus for the electric pretreatment of non-conductive foils The apparatus for the electrical pretreatment of foils to increase the surface tension (surface energy) comprising a roller electrode forming a counter-electrode and over which is passed the foil to be treated, and at least three knife electrodes, which a... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4497619 | Continuous molding apparatus A continuous molding apparatus and method is disclosed as providing a sliding seal chamber in which moving molding surfaces form and can provide means for the induction of such temperature changes required to produce finished products from the chosen raw ... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4466853 | Machine for the manufacture of molded bodies In order to manufacture molded bodies by pressing finely divided material with a binder while the binder sets, such as to avoid problems caused because of contact of the binder or vapors therefrom with oxygen, the pressing and setting is carried out in a ... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4436498 | Apparatus for curing concrete products A method and apparatus for rapidly manufacturing concrete or like products having an advanced state of cure by blending together a calcareous cementitious binder, aggregate, and water to form a mix, molding the mixture to have a predetermined shape and ex... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4402278 | Dragee-making drum with partition wall for separating the black zone from the grey zone A dragee-making drum cooperating with a partition wall in order to promote cleanliness, particularly during the manufacture of medical preparations, by increasing the isolation between the clean "grey" zone in front of the partition wall and the dirtier "... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4184824 | Continuous sheeter A machine for the continuous manufacture of a multilayer toxicogenic web material, such as asbestos. The machine includes a series of controlled feed units sequentially arranged above a continuous conveyor belt to serially deposit incremental layers of as... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4148595 | Coating for aerodynamic shield in apparatus for making non-woven web The aerodynamic shield members of the apparatus for electrostatically charging fibrous material disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,860,369 are coated with a material having a resistance of between 5× 1012 and 1014 ohms/sq to reduce arcing... | 04/10/1979 |
| 3999911 | Apparatus for collecting industrial vapors and particulate matter The vapor and particulate matter emitting equipment is enclosed within walls of an electrostatically charged clear plastic sheet material. The enclosures are connected at their tops to hoods which are connected to ducting leading to an exhaust fan. The va... | 12/28/1976 |