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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4078958 | Manufacture of a wiping article having a paper base Method of manufacture of a hand-towel strip to be used in roll form in an automatic distributor with re-winding of the used portion, wherein a composite web comprising a flexible grid covered on each face with a layer of cellulose wadding, is dry creped a... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4072791 | Sheet material with multicolor striated pattern A synthetic plastic sheet material having a multicolor striated pattern therein is disclosed. The synthetic plastic sheet material has a multiplicity of bands of differentially colored resin disposed within a matrix resin and the bands have striations ext... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4068047 | Flat-pack battery separator A novel battery separator for a flat-pack or planar battery is disclosed wherein a nonwoven fabric is disposed on and across a plastic frame or grid, the outer edges of the fabric being disposed on said plastic frame are of extremely low fiber density and... | 01/10/1978 |
| 4061819 | Products of converted lignocellulosic materials A method of converting lignocellulosic materials into various useful products, the method being controlled to produce the different products in accordance with the demand for them in the market. All of the original lignocellulosic material is used in this... | 12/06/1977 |
| 4048360 | Low-weight dent-resistant structure and method for production thereof A low-weight, dent-resistant hollow structure composed of spaced apart ou sheets and an inner supporting core, the inner supporting core being formed from a plurality of rigid fibrous nets impregnated with a hardened resin, some of said nets being parall... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4043703 | Impact resistant composite article comprising laminated layers of collimated filaments in a matrix wherein layer-layer bond strength is greater than collimated filament-matrix bond strength A method of making a composite article having at least a minimum selected impact strength by first obtaining the impact energy absorption/shear strength relationship for the collimated filaments and matrix material comprising the article. Impact strength ... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4029037 | Process for reinforcing plastic material and products therefrom A plastics structure, such as the center-board for a sailing boat or a vehicle body panel, comprises a foamed plastics material containing arrays of high tensile steel reinforcing wires having a diameter in the range 0.040 to 0.125 inches and a yield stre... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4025680 | Curvable fibrous thermal insulation A thermal insulation structure of fibrous material is described. The insulation comprises alternating and abutting parallel strips of fibrous material wherein the fiber orientations in alternate strips are at right angles to each other. This structure pre... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4016319 | Biaxially oriented nonwoven fabric having long and short fibers A nonwoven fabric having alternating stripes of high fiber density and low fiber density has fibers of at least one-half inch in length and fibers of less than one-half inch in length, preferably under one-fourth inch in length. The fabric is made in such... | 04/05/1977 |
| 4009067 | Process of fabricating composite structural members A process of fabricating a composite structural member which has opposite sides produced from preformed sheets of thermoplastic material. In carrying out the process, reinforcing material comprising fibers and thermosetting resin in the uncured state is l... | 02/22/1977 |
| 4002789 | Endless reinforcement An endless reinforcement comprising a unitary strip positioned across the width of the reinforcement from one side to the other at an angle to the edges of the reinforcement, the unitary strip including a multiplicity of continuous filaments surrounded an... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3993817 | Orthogonally woven reinforcing structure A woven structure comprising at least a continuous band around an internal axis, suitable for impregnation with resin or for internal deposition of graphite from a reactive vapor, comprises axial threads, circumferential threads, and radial threads. The d... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993812 | Unbonded fibrous non-woven sheet and articles made therefrom An unbonded fibrous non-woven sheet comprising four layers of continuous isotactic polypropylene filaments. A shipping bag may be made from the product obtained by thermally bonding said sheet.... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3993818 | Resin bonded composite articles and process for fabrication thereof A preconsolidated tape of continuous, high strength filaments in a metal matrix is coated with a layer of adhesive polymer and cut into shaped plies. The coated plies are stacked in a mold and resin bonded together by the application of heat and pressure.... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3983282 | Fabric constructions useful as building bases in forming compound-curved structures A new and further improved multi-ply fabric, and process for the manufacture of such fabric, particularly useful in boat building wherein the fabric must fit or assume the shape of compound-curved surfaces to suitably serve as a base or support for resin ... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3976530 | Method for producing a two component polymeric tape A vulcanizing agent for rubber is incorporated into a polymer which is substantially noncrosslinkable by the agent but which is fusible with rubber upon milling. The resulting polymeric mixture and a vulcanizable rubber are formed into strips which are jo... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3973066 | Electric blanket shell and method of production An electric blanket shell is composed of first and second-needled textile fabrics with a yarn layer disposed in at least one of the needled fabrics. The yarn layer has a plurality of first planar yarns extending generally in a first planar direction. A he... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3969561 | Biaxially oriented nonwoven fabrics and method of making same A nonwoven fabric having alternating stripes of high fiber density and low fiber density is made in such a manner that substantially all of the fibers in the stripes of high fiber density are oriented in substantially one direction, for example the machin... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3963113 | Conveyor belts for transporting tar sands A method for transporting tar sands in an open pit mine utilizing novel flexible belt conveyors between a receiving area and a discharge area which comprises providing a conveyor belt having an upper surface layer of a novel elastomeric material which is ... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3956542 | Multiple ply wood article and method A multiple ply wood article having a first wood veneer ply defining a generally tubular shape, which may be generally cylindrical, with a pair of confronting ends providing a first seam. A second wood veneer ply defining a generally tubular shape generall... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3956555 | Load carrying member constructed of oriented wood strands and process for making same An elongated structural member formed of bonded directionally-oriented wood strands. The member is rectangular in cross section, having a width between longitudinal side edges and thickness between parallel longitudinal faces joining the side edges. Orien... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3949109 | Support structures for fixed bed flow reactors A catalyst support is described for use in fixed bed flow reactors. The support is a porous, self-supporting structure of multiple layers of a yarn of partially sintered glass-ceramic fibers. The structure has diamond shaped apertures in its walls to prov... | 04/06/1976 |
| 3946127 | Laminated structural article with constituent elements having inherent fracture arrestment capability A functionally improved tape-like, heterogeneous, strip material for use in the fabrication of laminated structural shapes having high value of Young's Modulus and high tensile strength, comprising collocated, unidirectional, tectonic filaments such as gr... | 03/23/1976 |
