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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7468197 | Flexible metal-clad laminate and method for producing the same Disclosed are a flexible metal-clad laminate comprising a metal foil and a heat-resistant resin film layer formed on one side of the metal foil, the heat-resistant resin film layer comprising a crosslinked condensation polymer and having an N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone-in... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7378130 | Method of making a graphically-printed component for an absorbent disposable article The present invention is directed to a method for making a graphically-printed component for an absorbent disposable article. The method comprises providing a molten polymer by feeding polymer chips into an extruder and melting the polymer chips. The molten polymer ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7347649 | Powder purge tube To supply a powder lacquer sprayer, the coating powder is pressed by a pig through the supply line and, in the process, it is fluidized from the side of the pig which is turned toward the powder. The fluidization air can be led to the powder, for example, by a centr... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7335274 | Production method of decorative film A production method of a decorative film comprising a step of, in a state in which a transparent resin film is laid on a surface of a laminate sheet in which a pattern layer is placed on one surface of a base film of a thermoplastic resin, inserting the laminate she... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7318946 | Antistatic film manufacturing method Antistatic films are designed and manufactured so as to have proper electrification properties that are previously defined according to types and applications of the antistatic films on the basis of simulated outbreaks of static trouble such as static marks and/or s... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7314647 | Heat curing and subsequent calendering to produce magnetic recording media A method for producing a magnetic recording medium includes heat-curing a coated substrate to cure a non-magnetic back coat on the substrate and to cure a magnetic front coat on the substrate, and calendering the heat-cured coated substrate to produce the magnetic r... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7261681 | Method and apparatus for applying additive to a moving, spread-out filter material web A method and apparatus for supplying an additive to a moving web of filter material of the tobacco-processing industry are provided. An adjustable window defines an opening, and additive is applied through the window opening onto the web. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7247344 | Method and apparatus for applying surface treatments to photosensitive printing elements during thermal development The present invention is directed to a method and an apparatus for applying a surface treatment composition to a photosensitive printing element during thermal processing. A photosensitive printing element is contacted with a web of absorbent material that is capabl... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241473 | Method of forming corrosion protection double coatings on prestressing strand and prestressing strand produced by the method To improve tensile strength without impairing flexibility and adhesion to concrete, and to form a thick coating in a surface layer part for preventing a basis material from being exposed by damage to the coating, a method of forming double coatings on a prestressing... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7179502 | Wet roll having uniform composition distribution A method of making wet rolls includes providing a web of material, applying a wetting solution to the web to produce a wet web, and winding the wet web into a roll. The wetting solution may include an inorganic salt and at least one preservative. The wetting solutio... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7169444 | Method for treating surface of ink jet recording medium having recorded image [The present invention] provides a surface treatment method for recorded matter which can improve the weather resistance characteristics such as light resistance, gas resistance and the like of recorded matter in which images are recorded on the recording medium, as... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7144540 | Method of making metallized plastic moldings and their use A method of making a plastic molding is disclosed. The multi-step method entails applying a metallic layer 20 to 150 nm thick to a translucent plastic film having a thickness of 50 to 750 μm, removing part of the metallic layer, and applying to the metallized side ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7135085 | Production method of decorative film A production method of a decorative film comprises a first step of laying a base film of a thermoplastic resin on a pattern layer of a transfer sheet in which the pattern layer is placed on one surface of a carrier film, thermally transferring the pattern layer onto... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128322 | Light colored cylinder head gasket and method of producing A cylinder head gasket is coated with an encapsulant that is mixed with a light color pigment to create a light colored encapsulant. A translucent topcoat is preferably coated over the encapsulant. The encapsulant is preferably an epoxy primer, the topcoat is prefer... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7101587 | Method for wetting and winding a substrate A method of making wet rolls includes providing a web of material, applying a wetting solution to the web to produce a wet web, and winding the wet web into a roll. The wetting solution may be applied at an add-on greater than 25%, and the web may travel at a speed ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7074744 | Apparatus for consecutive deposition of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) buffer layers A method of coating a substrate for a high temperature superconductor material is disclosed, including loading a substrate into a first deposition chamber, routing the substrate in the first deposition chamber such that the substrate forms a helical winding in the f... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070834 | Production method of porous medium A production method of a porous medium comprising a non-water-absorptive support and a porous layer provided on the support is disclosed. The method includes steps of, applying Water-based Composition A comprising inorganic micropa... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7048823 | Acrylic films prepared by coating methods A method of film fabrication is taught that uses a coating and drying apparatus to fabricate resin films suitable for optical applications. In particular, acrylic films are prepared by simultaneous application of multiple liquid layers to a moving carrier substrate.... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7029726 | Method for forming a servo pattern on a magnetic tape The systems, methods and products of the invention include systems and methods for manufacturing servo tracks on a magnetic tape. In one aspect, the invention includes systems for manufacturing magnetic tapes having servo tracks thereon wherein the servo tracks are ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6936305 | Method and equipment for producing rolls of moistened web material Equipment for producing rolls of wound web material including a feed path for the web material, winding structure for winding the web material and forming the rolls, and along the feed path and upstream from the winding means, an applicator member for applying to th... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6911237 | Hydrophilic polyurethanes, preparation thereof and fiber sizes containing the same Water-soluble polyurethanes prepared by reacting a polyisocyanate and a polyalkylene oxide polyol at a molar ratio sufficient to form an isocyanate-terminated polymer, and reacting the isocyanate-terminated polymer with an epoxy alcohol to form a water-soluble, epox... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6906008 | Apparatus for consecutive deposition of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) buffer layers The present invention is a deposition system for the production of coated substrates that provides a first deposition process that subsequently feeds a second deposition process and where the two deposition processes are occurring concurrently. The consecutive depos... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6835422 | Method of preparing an adhesive article A method of producing an adhesive article including the steps of applying release coating compound(s) to a second side of a liner backing; applying an adhesive onto a first side of said coated liner backing; crosslinking said adhesive with E-Beam radiation applied t... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6793757 | Topcoated adhesive A pressure-sensitive tape substrate is coated with an adhesive, and the adhesive is then printed with an ink or the like that acts as an adhesive-inhibiting masking or barrier along one or more continuous zones or lines. Tapes are formed in whole or in part by slitt... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6660336 | Method for producing coated reinforcing threads made of high-performance fibers An improved method for producing impregnated reinforcing threads is disclosed. The method involves impregnating glass, carbon or aramid fibers with a twist ࣘ120 turns/m with a polymer dip, drawing the impregnated threads through a nozzle, drying the thr... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6562400 | Method and apparatus for forming deposition film, and method for treating substrate A gas adsorptive member is disposed in a space communicating with film deposition chambers, and deposition films are deposited while continuously feeding gas components released from this member, thereby enabling the high quality and uniform deposition fi... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6534270 | Biochip and method for fabricating the same Disclosed are biochips having a high detecting sensitivity with readiness in fabrication of microarray, and a method for fabricating the same, in which a solid support wound with fibers is immersed in a solution containing biomolecules to immobilize the b... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6509068 | Method for passing multiple fibers through a small zone of high intensity radiant energy A method for passing multiple fibers having curable coating thereon through a high intensity curing zone comprises an irradiator having a curing zone; a transparent tube enclosing the curing zone; a plurality of coating dies disposed upstream of the irrad... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6500519 | Oxygen absorbable laminate and production method thereof There are provided an oxygen absorbable laminate comprising an internal layer, an oxygen absorbable layer and an external layer, in which at least one surface of the oxygen absorbable laminate is roughened and subjected to a water incorporation treatment;... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6485796 | Method of making metal matrix composites Methods for making metal matrix composite articles such as wires and tapes. The metal matrix composites include a plurality of substantially continuous, longitudinally positioned fibers in a metal matrix. The fibers are selected from the group of ceramic ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6444274 | Production of antiadhesive coatings on web form substrates A process for producing antiadhesive layers on a web-form material, characterized in that the antiadhesive layers are applied to the web-form material by means of low pressure plasma polymerization by guiding the web-form material continuously through a p... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6432252 | Method and an apparatus for the manufacture of a bituminous coating sheet and such coating sheet A method of manufacturing a bituminous coating sheet, wherein a bitumen-impregnated core material provided with a layer of backface bitumen is caused to be in contact with one or more rotating bodies during the manufacture. A slip material dispersed/emuls... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6419991 | Process for treating linenized cork sheets A process for treating linenized cork sheets, employing at least one emollient agent comprising surfactants, allows the obtainment of crease-resisting sheets that can be folded like fabric and comprises the steps of diluting said at least one emollient ag... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6413370 | Roll printing paper suitable for cold set printing and process for its production A coated roll printing paper for printing with the cold-set offset-printing process is described, which gives a printing result comparable with that of low-weight coated matte grades. The paper is characterized by a high proportion of a fine calcium carbo... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6395348 | Method for manufacturing adhesive tapes Pressure sensitive adhesive tapes are manufactured by continuously extruding polypropylene to form a web which is cooled and set and slit at transversely spaced positions into a plurality of side by side continuous tapes. After slitting each tape is drawn... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6258408 | Semiconductor vacuum deposition system and method having a reel-to-reel substrate cassette A substrate cassette contains two physically spaced and parallel reels. A relatively long web of flexible substrate material is wound about one reel and the exposed end of the web is connected to the other reel, to thus expose a relatively short length of... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6180166 | Double-sided adhesive material and method of making A method of manufacture for an adhesive-based system to removably stick relatively flat articles on large area surfaces. A cured pressure-sensitive adhesive is coated on both sides of a central flat, flexible support scrim in a zoned thickness pattern whi... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6168827 | Fiber coating method A coating is applied to reinforcing fibers arranged into a tow by coaxially aligning the tow with an adjacent separation layer and winding or wrapping the tow and separation layer onto a support structure in an interleaved manner so that the separation la... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6143368 | Low coefficient of friction fibers A fiber having a surface with a relatively low coefficient of friction portion and a relatively high coefficient of friction portion. The fiber may be produced by slitting a film/sheet which has been coextruded, laminated and/or coated, or by partially co... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6077568 | Method of coating elongate objects Paint or varnish is applied to the exterior of elongate elements such as pencils, by passing the pencils(3) through a receptacle(12) containing the paint or varnish(13), causing the pencils(3) to leave the receptacle(12) through a washer(17) which permits... | 06/20/2000 |