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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7316401 | Modular gasket A static gasket assembly having a grid-like carrier (10, 10′) formed as a mesh of overlapping strands. Openings (16-22) are created strategically in the carrier (10, 10′) with the severed ends of the strands forming cantilever stems (... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7291359 | Method and apparatus for making an adhesive cleaning sheet A method of selectively applying pressure-sensitive adhesive to a nonwoven web and thereby forming a cleaning sheet having adhesive free peaks and adhesive containing valleys includes coating an adhesive transfer roll with adhesive, transferring a portion of the adh... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287469 | Device and method for continuous screen printing of organic light emitting diodes Devices and method for continuous printing of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are described. A substrate with or without coating is provided as strip material on a roll, and is fed through a device with movable screens for imprinting by screen printing. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7264741 | Coater having substrate cleaning device and coating deposition methods employing such coater A coater having a substrate cleaning device is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of processing substrates in a coater equipped with a substrate cleaning device. The substrate cleaning device comprises an ion gun (i.e., an ion source) that is positioned beneath a... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262150 | Secure thermally imaged documents susceptible to rapid information destruction by induction A thermally image record material such as a secure document is taught which is susceptible to rapid and bulk destruction of confidential or sensitive information by microwave or high energy absorption. The thermally responsive record material comprises a heat sensit... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252855 | Method and apparatus for making an adhesive cleaning sheet A method of selectively applying pressure-sensitive adhesive to a nonwoven web and thereby forming a cleaning sheet having adhesive free peaks and adhesive containing valleys includes coating an adhesive transfer roll with adhesive, transferring a portion of the adh... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7229529 | Low odor binders curable at room temperature Topically-applied binder materials for imparting wet strength to soft, absorbent paper sheets, such as are useful as household paper towels and the like, include an epoxy-reactive polymer, such as a carboxyl-functional polymer, and an epoxy-functional polymer. These... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7189307 | Low odor binders curable at room temperature Topically-applied binder materials for imparting wet strength to soft, absorbent paper sheets, such as are useful as household paper towels and the like, include an epoxy-reactive polymer, such as a carboxyl-functional polymer, and an epoxy-functional polymer. These... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7169332 | Insulated conductive ball for anisotropic conductive connection, method of preparing the same, and product using the same Disclosed is an insulated conductive ball for anisotropic conductive connection, a method of preparing the same and a product using the same. The insulated conductive ball includes a conductive ball, and an insulating resin layer coated on a surface of the conductiv... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6991717 | Web processing method and apparatus The present invention relates to a web handling apparatus and process ideally suited for applications involving wet chemistry. The invention involves the horizontal processing of webs in processing containers. The web is redirected into the processing container by i... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6977026 | Method for applying softening compositions to a tissue product A method for applying a softening composition to a paper web of a tissue product is provided. The softening composition is applied primarily to the elevated regions of the tissue product. The application of the softening composition in this manner allows for the use... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6887580 | Adhesive polyimide resin and adhesive laminate An adhesive polyimide resin which comprises a siloxane polyimide resin obtained from (A) an aromatic tetracarboxylic dianhydride and (B) a diamine ingredient comprising (B1) a diamine having a phenolic hydroxyl group, carboxyl group, or vinyl group as a crosslinkabl... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6740356 | Process for the production of a bituminous sealing sheet A process and an installation for the production of a bituminous sealing sheet, comprises a strip impregnated and/or coated with a given bitumen and having a zone in the shape or a band or a portion of a band of a different bitumen from the first bitumen. A strip ( | 05/25/2004 |
| 6652909 | Method of manufacturing composite roofing and building cover material with integrally formed nail tabs A composite roofing material includes a final condition underlayment material having bonded thereto appropriate rows of nail tabs preferably made of thermoplastic-based material, such as low density polyethylene material, and of a contrasting color to the... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6630208 | Use of subbing layer in web coating A method to obtain and keep, at the time of actual coating, a uniform charge distribution on a web that is to be subsequently coated in order to establish stable high-speed coating provides a higher resistivity in a web edge area than that in a web centra... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6607783 | Method of applying a foam composition onto a tissue and tissue products formed therefrom A method for foaming a liquid-based composition, such as a softening composition, onto a tissue is provided. The foam composition can be formed in a foam generator by combining the liquid-based composition and a gas, such as air. The foam composition has ... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6607630 | Print bonded multi-ply tissue The present invention concerns a device and method for making a roll of tissue using opposingly located adhesive applicators that apply adhesive to opposingly located anilox rolls. Adhesive is transferred from the anilox rolls to opposingly located print ... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6558497 | Thermoplastic slats for blinds and the manufacturing thereof A method of applying a decorative color to a thermoplastic strip suited for use to produce slats for blinds is characterized by the use of a heat sensitive printing paper of the type normally used to color the fabric material from which valances are gener... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6555184 | Vehicle lamp and its marking method A vehicle lamp having a front lens with marks formed by irradiating a laser beam on a surface of the lens is disclosed. The laser beam forms the shapes of a mark, and the mark includes recess grooves. Thus, even in cases where the mark is different in dis... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6455105 | Intermittent coating system and intermittent coating method An upper die unit (37) and a lower die unit (39) are disposed in opposition, with a gap, to a substrate (31) being conveyed, and provided with coating agent supply flow paths (97, 99) which have inlet paths (103, 105) for a coating agent to flow in and de... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6436483 | Method of manufacturing tamper evident holographic devices A method for producing a tamper evident security holographic label and overlaminate using UV casting techniques, and a security device so produced, comprising a clear protective layer; a thin layer of clear UV cured resin cast partly onto the protective l... | 08/20/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6245395 | Packaging material having good moisture barrier properties from C1S paperboard The preparation of packaging material having good moisture barrier properties from a C1S paperboard substrate in a single pass on a printing press is improved by preheating the substrate before application of the moisture barrier coating to the uncoated s... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6231928 | Method for manufacturing resin-impregnated endless belt structures for papermaking machines and similar industrial applications A resin-impregnated endless belt for a long nip press or calender of the shoe type, or for other papermaking and paper-processing applications, has an open base fabric in the form of an endless loop with an inner surface, an outer surface, a machine direc... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6224992 | Composite body panel and vehicle incorporating same The invention is a composite body panel, a sheet product from which the composite body panel is formed, and a vehicle incorporating at least one such composite body panel thereon. The composite body panel includes a substrate having an inner and an outer ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6207227 | Cleaning article and method A cleaning sheet with a tacky surface coating is used to clean feed rollers in copying machines or similar equipment and similarly-coated cloths are used for the removal of particles from other surfaces to be cleaned. The cleaning articles are made by pri... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6171683 | Sheet material with cross-linking adhesive A sheet material may be prepared and stored by applying an adhesive to one side of a first sheet and applying a second sheet to the adhesive to form a trilaminate. The trilaminate is placed into a container that is substantially free of moisture and the c... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6146694 | Calendered double side segment coated webs An improved design and manufacturing method is disclosed for calendered, double side segment coated webs. By staggering the leading edges and/or the trailing edges of the segment coatings on one side of the web from those on the other side, web damage, in... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6139941 | Nonwoven web laminate having relatively hydrophilic zone and related method for its manufacture A zone-treated spunbonded/meltblown/spunbonded (SMS) fabric laminate that combines the separate functions of the topsheet and cuff in one component of an absorbent article. The SMS fabric laminate is treated with surfactant to form a hydrophilic zone. The... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6136910 | Desiccant matrix for an insulating glass unit This invention relates generally to spacer assemblies for insulating glass units. More specifically, this invention relates to a single component desiccant matrix which can be applied to the interior of a spacer assembly at room temperature. Upon exposure... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6136371 | Process for making masking tape and apparatus A method and apparatus for making masking tape is provided. A hot melt or thermoplastic adhesive having no added foaming agents, blowing agents, or surfactants is applied to a paper backing having a moisture content, wherein the adhesive is at a temperatu... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6127250 | Method of increasing package reliability by designing in plane CTE gradients A method of manufacturing a multi-layered structure includes forming first and second layers, patterning the first layer, determining a distribution of material in at least one area of the first layer, and altering the material content of one of the first... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6080335 | Conductive paste and method for producing ceramic substrate using the same A conductive paste for forming via-holes in a ceramic substrate, which paste contains about 80-94 wt. % spherical or granular conductive metal powder having a particle size of about 0.1-50 μm, 1-10 wt. % resin powder which swells in a solvent contained i... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6061927 | Method for controlling curl of paper in a dryer section of a paper machine A method in a dryer section of a paper or board machine for controlling curl of paper, in which steam treatment and/or moistening of the paper web is/are employed. The operations carried out in order to control the curl of the paper web are carried out in... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6013312 | Coating apparatus A coating apparatus is disclosed for applying a coating material on one or more zones of a substrate material. In one embodiment, the coating applicators have fluid-wicking strips that apply the coatings directly to the substrate, while in another embodim... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5980995 | Method for producing an insulated metallic strip An insulated metallic strip suitable for use in the coils of power transformers and method of producing the same. Following the extrusion of a flat metallic strip of conductive material for winding into a magnet coil, the flat strip having a predetermined... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5925407 | Method for drying a surface-treated paper web in an after-dryer of a paper machine and after-dryer of a paper machine A method for drying a surface-treated paper web or equivalent in an after-dryer of a paper machine in which the paper web is first finished in a finishing section, e.g., surface-sized or coated, by a finishing device and then dried. In the after-dryer, th... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5891509 | Method of applying a coating material to a plate with conveying rollers clamping side edges of the plate A method of applying a coating material to two surfaces of a plate includes the steps of applying the coating material to the two surfaces simultaneously such that holding areas in the absence of the coating material are provided on the two surfaces in pr... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5885722 | Method for applying coating materials to overlapped individuals sheets A method and apparatus for applying pressure sensitive adhesive to a substrate, in which the adhesive is deposited on a transfer surface, such as a circulating transfer belt, dried, and subsequently transferred to a plurality of overlapping sheets. The sh... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5885656 | Coating selective zones of thin webs to change the pervious character thereof, using a shutter The process and apparatus of the present invention teaches how to treat a well-integrated woven or non-woven web of hydrophobic fibers to make selective areas hydrophyllic. It also can be used to make a web of hydrophyllic fibers selectively hydrophobic. ... | 03/23/1999 |
