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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182915 | Spinning method A method is provided for spinning a multifilament thread from a thermoplastic material, including the steps of extruding the melted material through a spinneret with a plurality of spinneret holes into a filament bundle with a plurality of filaments, winding the fil... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8163385 | Water-dispersible and multicomponent fibers from sulfopolyesters Disclosed are multicomponent fibers derived from a blend of a sulfopolyester with a water non-dispersible polymer wherein the as-spun denier is less than about 6 and wherein the water dispersible sulfopolyester exhibits a melt viscosity of less than 12,000 poise mea... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158254 | Methods of fabricating complex two-dimensional conductive silicides The embodiments disclosed herein relate to the fabrication of complex two-dimensional conductive silicide nanostructures, and methods of fabricating the nanostructures. In an embodiment, a conductive silicide includes a plurality of connected and spaced-apart nanobe... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153252 | Industrial high tenacity polyester fiber with superior creep properties and the manufacture thereof The present invention relates to an industrial high tenacity polyester fiber with superior creep properties and a method of preparing the same, and more particularly to an industrial polyester fiber having a mono-filament fineness of 5 to 15 dpf, an intrinsic viscos... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8142889 | Reinforcement composition and method thereof The present invention relates generally to a reinforcement composition and a method of reinforcing an asphalt cement concrete composition. The reinforcement composition includes a core and an outer container. The core includes a plurality of fibers, and the outer co... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137809 | Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene multifilament yarns, and process for producing thereof The invention relates to a gel spun, ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) multifilament yarn characterized in that said yarn comprises individual monofilaments having a coefficient of variation of their linear density, hereafter CVintra, of le... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133583 | Fire retardant antiflux fiber and its production process The present invention provides a fire retardant antiflux fiber, the fiber is composed of the following components: cellulose 60˜80% by mass, silicon fire retardant (calculated as silicon dioxide) 15˜36% by mass, tourmaline 0.1˜5%. The present invention also provi... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8124227 | Carbon nanofibers and procedure for obtaining said nanofibers The object of the present invention is carbon nanofibers mainly characterized by their high specific volume of mesopores, their high gas adsorption capacity and presenting a graphitic hollow structure. A second object of this invention is a procedure for obtaining s... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8114514 | Reinforcement composition and method thereof The present invention relates generally to a reinforcement composition and a method of reinforcing an asphalt cement concrete composition. The reinforcement composition includes a core and an outer container. The core includes a plurality of fibers, and the outer co... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8105688 | Inorganic solid-phase combined powder, master batch and method for manufacturing the same, fiber and method for manufacturing the same The present invention relates to an inorganic solid-phase combined powder, a master batch and a method for manufacturing the same, a fiber and a method for manufacturing the same. The fiber manufactured by the above method includes the following constituents in perc... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8084126 | Thermoset resin fibres The present invention relates to thermoset resin fiber components, composite materials including thermoset resin fiber components, composite articles manufactured using such composite materials and methodologies for manufacturing same. The thermoset resin fiber comp... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8084125 | Non-curling polyhydroxyalkanoate sutures Absorbable polyester fibers, braids, and surgical meshes with improved handling properties have been developed. These devices are preferably derived from biocompatible copolymers or homopolymers of 4-hydroxybutyrate. These devices provide a wider range of in vivo st... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8075993 | PTFE fabric articles and methods of making same Unique PTFE fabric and laminate structures, and methods for making the same, are described. Particularly, the invention comprises a laminate of a fabric comprising a plurality of PTFE fibers overlapping at intersections, wherein at least a portion of the intersectio... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7998575 | Low shrinkage, dyeable MPD-I yarn The invention relates to a continuous dry spinning process for preparing a fiber from a polymer solution having concentrations of polymer, salt, solvent and water. After the fiber is extruded and quenched, the fiber is placed in contact with a conditioning solution ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7989061 | Polylactic acid resin, textile products obtained therefrom, and processes for producing textile products A polylactic acid monofilament includes a linear polylactic acid with a relative viscosity ηrel of in the range of 2.7 to 4.5, prepared from lactic acid monomers wherein at least 95 mol % of the lactic acid is an L-isomer, and wherein the resin contains 0 to 30 ppm... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7981509 | Polymer blend, polymer solution composition and fibers spun from the polymer blend and filtration applications thereof The invention relates to a web or filter structure such as the filtration media comprising a collection of fiber comprising a first polymer and a second polymer in a fine fiber or fine fiber web structure. The combination of two polymers provides improved fiber rheo... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976944 | Temperature-regulating fiber and a method of making the same A temperature-regulating fiber may include a spun phase change polymeric material that may include a plurality of phase change polymer blocks. The fiber may have a fixity ratio of at least 80% and a recovery ratio of at least 74%. ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7976943 | High linear density, high modulus, high tenacity yarns and methods for making the yarns The present invention relates to a yarn, comprising (a) a plurality of fibers having an orientation angle of no more than 8.0 degrees and made of a para-aramid having an inherent viscosity of 5.2 to 6.2 dl/g, (b) a linear density of at least 2666 dtex (2400 denier),... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7968190 | PTFE fabric articles and method of making same Unique PTFE fabric structures, and methods for making same, are described which comprise a plurality of PTFE fibers overlapping at intersections, at least a portion of the intersections having PTFE masses which mechanically lock the overlapping PTFE fibers. ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7935418 | Functional porous fibres The invention relates to a method for the preparation of porous polymeric fibres comprising functionalized or active particles. By extruding a mixture of one or more dissolved polymers with particulate material a porous fibre is obtained in which the particulate mat... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7927698 | Fibers and nonwovens comprising polyethylene blends and mixtures Fibers (including bicomponent fibers) comprising polymeric blends and polymeric mixtures that incorporate a blend of a first polyethylene and a second polyethylene are described. The first and second polyethylenes have a predetermined relationship for the density an... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7923109 | Inorganic nanowires An inorganic nanowire having an organic scaffold substantially removed from the inorganic nanowire, the inorganic nanowire consisting essentially of fused inorganic nanoparticles substantially free of the organic scaffold, and methods of making same. For example, a ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7858181 | Growth of single crystal nanowires The present invention provides nanowires which are substantially straight and substantially free of nanoparticles and methods for making the same The nanowires can be made by seeded approaches, wherein nanocrystals bound to a substrate are used to promote growth of ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7851061 | Aromatic polyamide filament and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed are wholly aromatic polyamide filament and a method of manufacturing the same, characterized by comprising multi-stage injection of a coagulant with sulfuric acid concentration lowered sequentially stage by stage, to a spun material fed into a coagulant in... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7820289 | Inorganic-organic melt-extruded hybrid yarns and fibrous composite medical devices thereof Composite fibrous constructs are made of combinations of inorganic-organic hybrid monofilament or multifilament yarns containing at least 6 weight percent of inorganic micro-/nanoparticles and organic monofilament or multifilament yarn with typical examples of the h... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7794833 | Electrospun mesoporous molecular sieve fibers Electrospun fibers comprising mesoporous molecular sieve materials are described. In an aspect of the invention, fibers are electrospun from a conducting solution to which a high voltage electric current is applied. The apparatus includes in one aspect one or more c... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7785709 | Spinning poly(trimethylene terephthalate) yarns A novel process is provided for making spin-drawn yarn from poly(trimethylene terephthalate). The yarn, when packaged on a cheese-shaped spindle, can be produced in large sizes without crushing. ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7776439 | Aromatic polyamide filament and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed are wholly aromatic polyamide filament and a method of manufacturing the same, characterized in that, in the process of preparing the wholly aromatic polyamide polymer, the aromatic diamine, aromatic diacid chloride and polymerization solvent put into the ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7763351 | Melt spun elastic tape and process Articles such as melt spun elastic tape and heaving denier monofilament fibers are made from thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) polymers. The process to make the articles involves using a substantially horizontal cooling to cool the melt spun articles. Preferably, the... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7758960 | Composite materials comprising PPTA and nanotubes Disclosed is a composite material comprising PPTA (poly-p-phenyleneterephthalamide) and nanotubes having an aspect ratio of at least 100 and a cross-sectional diameter of 5 nm or less, the composite material containing up to 12 wt. % of nanotubes, obtainable by addi... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7758959 | Synthetic, flame-resistant yarns, fibres and filaments The present invention relates to yarns, fibres or filaments made of thermoplastics and to their manufacture. It relates more particularly to yarns, fibres or filaments exhibiting good fire resistance properties and to processes for the manufacture of these articles.... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7749601 | Flame resistant spun staple yarns made from blends of fibers derived from diamino diphenyl sulfone, low thermal shrinkage fibers, flame resistant fibers, and antistatic fibers and fabrics and garments made therefrom and methods for making same The invention concerns a flame-resistant spun staple yarns and fabrics and garments comprising these yarns and methods of making the same. The yarns have 50 to 75 parts by weight of a polymeric staple fiber containing a polymer or copolymer derived from a monomer se... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7700191 | Flame resistant spun staple yarns made from blends of fibers derived from diamino diphenyl sulfone and high modulus fibers and fabrics and garments made therefrom and methods for making same This invention relates to a flame-resistant spun staple yarns and fabrics and garments comprising these yarns and methods of making the same. The yarns have 50 to 95 parts by weight of a polymeric staple fiber containing a structure derived from a monomer selected f... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7700190 | Flame resistant spun staple yarns made from blends of fibers derived from diamino diphenyl sulfone and textile fibers and fabrics and garments made therefrom and methods for making same This invention relates to a flame-resistant spun staple yarns and fabrics and garments comprising these yarns and methods of making the same. The yarns have 25 to 90 parts by weight of a polymeric staple fiber containing a structure derived from a monomer selected f... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7682694 | Product and method for impact deflecting materials Method and system for making a low cost, light weight impact deflecting material, comprising directionally aligned single walled carbon nanotubes in an epoxy resin composition, that is near impervious to bullets fired at close range at all angles of incidence, that ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7666499 | High modulus polyamide fibers A process for preparing high initial modulus and high tensile strength polyamide fibers is described. The process comprises complexing the polyamide with a Lewis acid, dry-jet wet spinning the complexed fibers, drying the spun fibers for a period of time, drawing th... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7641969 | Optical fiber preform with overclad tubes An optical fiber preform is assembled by inserting core rod segments axially end to end inside of a first glass overclad tube having a first, relatively low concentration of a given impurity that contributes to signal attenuation in an optical fiber to be drawn from... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7638192 | Open flame resistant articles Mattress and home furnishing items are made open flame resistant by a fire barrier fabric that includes chlorine-free rayon fiber. The fire barrier fabric at least partially encloses the core of the open flame resistant mattress or home furnishing item. When tested ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7638191 | High tenacity polyethylene yarn A process for preparing ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) multi-filament yarns having improved tensile properties and the yarns and articles thereby produced. ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7629048 | Polyvinyl chloride fiber, process for producing the same, and use thereof Polyvinyl chloride fibers obtainable by molding a resin composition containing 100 parts by weight of a vinyl chloride resin, from 3 to 20 parts by weight of a compatible chlorinated vinyl chloride resin, from 10 to 30 parts by weight of a heat resistant chlorinated... | 12/08/2009 |
