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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4181763 | Process for producing simulated wooden articles A non-chemical, mechanical process for antiquing wood applying a high temperature flame to the surface of a variety of woods for short periods of time, is provided. The processed pieces of variously shaped wood can be coated and are useful as decorative a... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4145860 | Simulated spanish mission tile A tile, generally used for roofing purposes, made of metal or synthetic material, has two portions, one portion has a convex upper surface and another portion has a concave upper surface. These portions are integral with each other and do not overlap one ... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4138520 | Translucent polypropylene film and process for producing the same A translucent polypropylene film containing no ଲ-type crystallization nucleating agent which has, on at least one side, a surface layer composed of a two- or three-dimensional network structure, in which at least 1,000 network elements constituting ... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4135341 | Roll-on ceiling for manufactured homes There is provided a roll-on type ceiling material that has a monolithic appearance free from batten strips, rosettes, or plastic inserts. A base surface is applied and this is covered by a flexible, decorative sheet to form the ceiling covering.... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4135022 | Built-up roofing using sulfur asphalt The disclosure describes built-up roofing having improved resistance to spreading of fire, fabricated from two or more layers of felt impregnated with asphalt based saturant with asphalt based coating spread on top of each felt layer; the saturant asphalt... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4112166 | Method of extruding thermoplastic sheets The present invention relates to an improvement in a die for extruding thermoplastic sheet having a controlled degree of microsurface roughness. The improvement comprises having a beveled leading edge on at least one of the die lips wherein the bevel is a... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4106859 | Reflector with light-scattering surface for liquid-crystal displays and method for their manufacture A novel light scattering reflector and methods of making and using it are disclosed. The reflector, which can advantageously be used in conjunction with liquid crystal displays, includes a layer carrier formed of glass or rigid PVC foil. The layer carrier... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4103056 | Resilient wood replication Resilient wood replication especially suited for use as floor covering is provided by a thick resilient elastomeric polyurethane base having a wood-stained molded textured wood-grain surface which is overcoated with a clear, tough, abrasion-resistant, fle... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4084030 | Textured-foam coated urethane wall and ceiling material A textured building material, suited for use as an acoustical wall and ceiling covering, comprising a cellular urethane foam substrate and an elastomeric coating and a method for its production is disclosed. The building material is flexible and damage re... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4066816 | Electrolytic coloring of anodized aluminium by means of optical interference effects Anodized aluminium having an anodic oxide film of at least 3 microns thickness is colored by electrolytically depositing inorganic pigment from metallic salt solutions, particularly nickel, cobalt, tin and copper salts and mixtures. The pigment deposits a... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4064299 | Anti-friction composite with metal backing of rigid prongs and lubricant overlay Disclosed are heat-transmitting, anti-friction composites useful for example to reduce sliding friction between the stationary platens and moving belts of continuous hot presses used in the manufacture of consolidated board-like products such as fiberboar... | 12/20/1977 |
| 4042745 | Cementitious sound absorbing panels and sound absorbing sprayed wall structures Sound absorbing panels and sprayed wall structures are produced from inorganic cementitious compositions to which preformed foams are admixed to yield low density fireproof products having an interconnected cellular structure and a perforated surface skin... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4039706 | Laminated bituminous roofing membrane A novel self-adhesive type multi-layer laminated bituminous roofing membrane suitable for the formation of the roofing or waterproofing layer on roofs, floors and the like is provided. It comprises a base sheet of a sheet-like material, one or more bitume... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4032089 | Surface finishing A surface of an article adapted for relative motion with a fluid environment is finished by coating the surface with a fluid adhesive, covering the adhesive with a sheet of flexible film material under tension, and setting the adhesive while maintaining t... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4031282 | Simulated traditional sand-finished masonry Simulated traditional colonial sand-finished masonry is provided having a unique appearance simulating that of sand-finished burned clayware. The decorative qualities are excellent and can be made similar to those of architectural terra cotta and other bu... | 06/21/1977 |
| 4025673 | Method of forming copy resistant documents by forming an orderly array of fibers extending upward from a surface, coating the fibers and printing the coated fibers and the copy resistant document resulting from said method Methods for treating or producing original documents to inhibit, if not preclude, the reproduction of such documents by copying processes. The documents so produced favor the visual response of the human eye over the physical response of a copying machine... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4018957 | Coated fabric sheet-type material having resilient backing and process for making same Sheet-type covering material having a decorative fabric base with a wear layer over the face of the fabric and a resilient backing adhered to the back of the fabric is prepared by first forming a plastic wear layer adhered to the face of a sheet of decora... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4018958 | High-frequency raster with irregular structure of raster elements What is proposed is a high-frequency raster with an irregular structure of raster elements. This raster is a plane-parallel glass plate with transparent roughnesses on its surface characterized by a value Ra equal to 0.20-0.26 mu. The high-frequency raste... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4007071 | Process for making embossed needle-bonded fabric wall coverings A non-woven material is applied to the surface of a woven scrim. The non-woven material is needle-bonded to the scrim. The composite structure is then embossed. The embossed pattern is placed by a heated embosser on the finished product and in the non-emb... | 02/08/1977 |
| 4005698 | Photon energy converter An efficient converter of photon energy to heat has been devised comprising a dense array of metal whiskers grown with spacings between the whiskers of a few wavelengths of visible light. The material selected, and tungsten is exemplary of such materials,... | 02/01/1977 |
| 3996401 | Flat roofing laminate having means to arrest transmission of deformations from the bottom surface to the top surface This invention relates to a flat roofing. The flat roofing comprises: a lower support able to be submitted in use to deformations, an upper sealant covering, a disengagement sheet made of an elastic flexible and deformable material and arranged between said lo... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3995948 | Phase mask for use in holographic apparatus A phase mask for use in a holographic apparatus comprising a combination of phase mask and data mask and being so devised that an illuminant beam transmitting these masks is irradiated on a Fourier transform plane together with a reference beam coherent w... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3994110 | Three hour fire resistant door, panel or building element, and method of manufacturing the same A highly resistant fire door, panel or building element comprising in combination a calcium silicate-asbestos fiber core, framed by stiles and rails, two face veneers on the front and rear side of said core and cross bands intermediate said core and said ... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3983275 | Cookware prepared from high temperature aluminum base alloys A cooking utensil formed from a high temperature aluminum base alloy component exhibiting favorable formability, said aluminum base alloy component comprising from about 0.1-0.7% zirconium, 0.1-0.4% chromium, 0.3-1.5% manganese, and the balance essentiall... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3969562 | Porous polymer film A plane-oriented, open porous film consisting of 100 parts by weight of crystalline high molecular material and 1 to 300 parts by weight of material having a lower melting point than that of the crystalline high molecular material, including a number of f... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3965598 | Identification device and method of making same A stippled base sheet material with a coating thereon of color differing from the color of the base material is so constructed that when selected stipples are cut off, letters, numbers or other indicia may be formed of a color of the base material in a ba... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3959546 | Textured photographic base paper process and product A polyolefin coated photographic base paper having a silk-like textured surface is prepared by extrusion coating the polyethylene on the photographic paper and, while the polyolefin is still plastic, forming the surface of the polyolefin on an engraved ch... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3959545 | Unvulcanized expanded high green strength synthetic rubber product and method of manufacture An expanded rubber, e.g., a foam or sponge-type material is obtained by admixing with a high green strength rubber an expanding or blowing agent, causing the agent to function and then quenching the expanding product to cool and set the same for example w... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3946095 | Method of restoring the shape of a flexible-shell model A method of restoring the shape of an anatomical model comprising placing mold inserts in the undercut portions of the model, charging the model with a foaming thermosetting plastic, and enclosing the model and mold inserts in a fixture. As the foaming th... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3940527 | Friction article of fluoroelastomers with calcium oxide bonded to metal Fluoroelastomers, including ultra high temperature, thermally stable fluoroelastomers, are bonded to a metal backing member by (a) compounding the fluoroelastomers with CaO, (b) curing the fluoroelastomers in contact with a pretreated surface of the metal... | 02/24/1976 |
| 3936554 | Three dimensional decorative material and process for producing same A three dimensional, decorative material is disclosed and claimed herein, having good dimensional definition and capable of virtually unlimited design. A process for producing the three dimensional composite is also disclosed and claimed herein. The proce... | 02/03/1976 |
| 3935147 | Aqueous pattern paint from carboxylic resin, N-aldehyde resin, polysiloxane resin and fluorocarbon surfactant A coating composition for providing a pattern or texture finish which is formulated of an aqueous dispersion of a resinous vehicle in a cross-linking agent for the vehicle, a fluorocarbon surfactant and a high molecular weight polysiloxane resin.... | 01/27/1976 |
