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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7951427 | Thermosetting powder compositions The invention relates to thermosetting powder compositions which give coatings proving remarkable weatherability, excellent mechanical properties and an outstanding flow containing a binder which comprises a mixture of amorphous polyesters (A) containing from 50 to ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7384671 | Apparatus and process for forming a powder coating on a substrate using a fluidised bed and tribostatic charging of the powder coating composition An apparatus and process for forming a coating on a substrate, including establishing a fluidised-bed having a fluidising gas and a powder coating composition, immersing the substrate wholly or partly in the fluidised bed, the substrate being either electrically iso... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7358465 | Method for restoring ceramic heater A ceramic heater for heating a semiconductor wafer under processing and has a layered structure wherein on one surface of a supporting substrate made of carbon or a carbon-based composite material, successively formed layers including an insulating layer, and electr... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351287 | Method and apparatus for applying particulate material to a substrate A method and apparatus of applying a particulate material to a substrate includes applying adhesive to the substrate and passing the substrate through a chamber in which a particulate material is suspended in a fluid in order to adhere the particulate material to th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7323226 | Tribostatic fluidised bed powder coating process A process for forming a coating on a substrate, including the steps of effecting tribostatic charging of a body of powder by establishing a fluidised-bed of the body of powder in a fluidising chamber at least a part of which is conductive, applying a voltage to the ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7273337 | Partially coated fastener assembly and method for coating A fastener assembly includes a row of fasteners having a head, a tip, and a portion of a shank coated with a polymer composition. The polymer composition includes a polymer material such as polyurethane and metal particles. The polymer composition is used to provide... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7238390 | Coating precursor and method for coating a substrate with a refractory layer The purpose of the invention is a coating precursor comprising a silicone resin and a mineral filler capable of chemically reacting so as to produce a solid layer on a substrate and a cohesive refractory layer after a calcination operation. The precursor may also in... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235278 | Method and apparatus for applying particulate material to a substrate A method and apparatus of applying a particulate material to a substrate includes applying adhesive to the substrate and passing the substrate through a chamber in which a particulate material is suspended in a fluid in order to adhere the particulate material to th... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7211615 | Polyamide powder with long-lasting, consistently good flowability A composition containing from 88 to 99.99% by weight of a polyamide, a compound of a polyamide and mixtures of these, and from 0.01 to 0.25% by weight of a flow aid where the drying loss from the flow aid after 5 days of conditioning at a relative humidity of 95% is... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7153585 | Self-adhering powder paint based on polyamide and silane for metal coating The invention concerns to the use of a powder comprising 99.95 to 95% of at least one polyamide and 0.05 to 5% of at least one silane for coating metals. This powder may be prepared by simple dry blending of the constituents. The silane can also be added to the molt... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144976 | Coumarin endcapped absorbable polymers The present invention includes photocurable, liquid polymers incorporating coumarin ester endgroups into their molecular structure, which polymers are crosslinked upon irradiation with ultraviolet light by photochemically allowed [2+2] cycloaddition reactions among ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7127996 | Dimpled projectile for use in firearms A projectile for use in firearms and of the type having on one end a hemispherical tip which communicates at its base with a nose segment which then attaches to a cylindrical body terminating in a surface whose width represents the diameter of the aforementioned cyl... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7041340 | Powder coating process with tribostatically charged fluidized bed A process for forming a coating on a conductive substrate, including the steps of: establishing a fluidised-bed of a powder coating composition, thereby effecting tribostatic charging of the powder coating composition, the fluidised-bed including a fluidising chambe... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6903161 | Low-acid ethylene copolymers for improving the adhesion of LDPE to aluminum foil in extrusion coating This invention relates to a low-density polyethylene composition useful for coating polar substrates. This invention particularly relates to a low-density polyethylene composition useful for coating metal foils, wherein the composition comprises an ethylene/(meth)ac... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6858257 | Powder coating composition The invention provides a powder coating composition in which the powder particles are an agglomerate of individual particulate components fused or bonded together into composite particles. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6849303 | Method for electrostatically coating a fiber substrate The use of electrostatic impregnation to load materials such as binders and flavors onto substrates such as fibers and medical devices is disclosed. Substrates loaded with materials such as binders and flavors, wherein the materials are loaded on the substrates via ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6838123 | Method of coating fiber strands with a plastic coating composition from individual coating constituents The invention relates to a method for coating fibers shaped as fiber strands (roving and mats) using a fluidized bed technique, wherein (i) the desired composition of the individual coating constituents is directly applied from the fluidized bed without previous com... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6783808 | Method of coating thin-layers on golf balls A method for coating a golf ball, including the steps of providing a golf ball component; providing a polymeric material; creating a particulate from the polymer material; charging at least one of the component or the particulate; fluidizing the polymer particulate;... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6720079 | Polyester containing tertiary carboxyl groups, process for its preparation and thermosetting powder compositions containing it The invention concerns a polyester bearing tertiary carboxyl groups, characterised in that it consists of: (a) 8.1 to 35 moles of an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic of a polyol; (b) 9.1 to 36 moles of an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic polycarboxylic acid; (c) 1.6... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6706332 | Method of coating thin-layers on golf balls A method for coating a golf ball comprising the steps of providing a golf ball component; providing a polymer material; creating a polymer particulate; fluidizing the polymer particulate; placing the golf ball component within the fluidized particulate; and fluidize... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6596084 | Pyrolytic carbon coating apparatus having feed gas actuator A fluidized bed pyrolytic carbon coating apparatus (1) is provided for coating substrate surfaces with pyrolytic carbon. The preferred coating apparatus (1) includes a fluidized bed reactor (10) having a reactor chamber (22), a gas feed inlet (24), an exh... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6593006 | Decorative wooden articles and method of fabricating A method of fabricating a decorative wood article includes the steps of applying a decorative overlay onto at least one surface of a wood article, applying a radiation curable powder coating onto the outer surface of the overlay, heating the applied radia... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6528125 | Corrosion resistant powder coated metal tube and process for making the same A corrosion resistant tube comprises a metal tube having an outer surface. A zinc layer is electrostatically bonded to the outer surface, wherein the zinc layer is selected from the group consisting of powdered zinc, powdered zinc nickel alloys, powdered ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6506455 | Triboelectric fluidizded bed method and apparatus for coating an object The present invention relates to as triboelectric fluidized bed method and apparatus for coating an object with powder prior to heating to form a coating. The methods includes arranging a bed of fluidixed powder in a vat where the powder can be charged by... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6491986 | Transparent or pigmented powder coating materials with crosslinkers comprising hydroxyalkylamides and polyisocyanates containing uretdione groups Transparent or pigmented powder coating materials with crosslinkers comprising hydroxyalkylamides and polyisocyanates containing uretdione groups.... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6465049 | Method for preparation of diamond film In subjecting a substrate of low electric conductivity to a pretreatment by holding the same within a fluidized bed of diamond particles for the formation of a diamond film on the substrate surface, a treatment method is disclosed which is capable of prev... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6461742 | Polyester containing tertiary carboxyl groups, preparation method and thermosetting powder compositions containing same The invention concerns a polyester bearing tertiary carboxyl groups, characterised in that it consists of: (a) 8.1 to 35 moles of an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic of a polyol; (b) 9.1 to 36 moles of an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic polycarboxylic ac... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6444254 | Microstamping activated polymer surfaces Functionalized polymer surfaces having reactive moieties thereon are contacted with stamps having ligands adsorbed thereto, the ligands also comprising reactive moieties. The reactive moieties of the functionalized surfaces and the ligands form covalent b... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6406738 | Powder coating composition for electrostatic coating of pharmaceutical substrates A method of coating a substrate which is a core for a pharmaceutical dosage form, which comprises electrostatically applying to a surface of the core a powder material comprising active material, the coating material applied constituting a dosage of activ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6355309 | Method of forming a thermoplastic layer on a layer of adhesive A method of forming a thermoplastic layer on an adhesive layer is provided. In the steps of the method, a thermoplastic powder is provided having a melt flow index of at least about 0.008 grams/10 minutes, the powder is applied to at least one surface of ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6294222 | Method of attaching a substantially uniform distribution of particulates to individual exposed surfaces of a substrate A method of attaching a substantially uniform distribution of particulates to individual exposed surfaces of a matrix of fibrous material. The method includes the following steps: 1) electrically charging a matrix of fibrous material having individual exp... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6280798 | Fluidized bed powder coating process utilizing tribostatic charging A process for forming a coating on a conductive substrate, which comprises establishing a fluidized bed of a powder coating composition, in which the mechanism for particle charging is tribostatic charging immersing the substrate wholly or partly within t... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6249957 | Method of producing a rotor In rotors for electric motors, it is usual to fix the commutator on the rotor shaft by a press fit. In the present invention, the rotor shaft, with the rotor core fixed thereon, is electrostatically coated with an epoxy layer on opposite portions of the r... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6200678 | Corrosion resistant coated metal strand Concrete strengthening members, particularly prestressing tendons such as strands of steel wire, are provided with a strongly adherent plastic coating which may be substantially impermeable for improved corrosion resistance, and/or which may have embedded... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6121408 | Powder coating The powder coating for use in a coating method which includes the steps of mixing and applying two or more powder coatings to a substrate, the powder coating comprising a resin not having thermosetting properties at a temperature of 160° C. or less by it... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6103794 | Stabilizers for powder coatings A description is given of powder coating compositions comprising a) an organic film-forming binder and b) as stabilizer at least one compound of formula I ##STR1## wherein the general symbols are as defined in claim 1. Using powder coating compo... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6042892 | Apparatus for coating zinc on steel sheet, and method therefor An apparatus and a method for coating zinc on steel sheets for use on automobiles and electronic apparatuses are disclosed. A fluidized bed forming chamber is provided to fluidize zinc powders in carrying out a zinc coating on a heated steel sheet, so tha... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5994110 | Methods for direct synthesis of compounds having complementary structure to a desired molecular entity and use thereof Compounds which possess a complementary structure to a desired molecule, such as a biomolecule, in particular polymeric or oligomeric compounds, which are useful as in vivo or in vitro diagnostic and therapeutic agents are provided. Also, various methods ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5968642 | Article having a water-repellent fluororesin surface, and method for manufacturing the same An article having a water-repellent fluororesin surface and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the article has a water-repellent fluororesin surface composed of an irregularly porous material which has a maximum IPA diffusion diameter of at leas... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5895622 | Method and apparatus for composite manufacture A composite manufacturing system moves a multi-fiber tow through a processing space. A resin particle source provides particles to the space. This source may include an airstream entrained with particles which is discharged into the space through an orifi... | 04/20/1999 |
