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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7148161 | Thermal camouflage tarpaulin A thermal camouflage tarpaulin for hiding heat sources against detection in a thermal image, comprising a base textile composed of a loop-formingly knitted or woven glass fabric is provided on the side which is remote from the heat source with a compound whose refle... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137713 | Color sheet having light-shielding property A color sheet having a light-shielding effect comprises at least a reflecting layer and a color layer overcoated on the side of the color sheet where the color sheet is exposed to light from the reflecting layer. The reflecting layer a solar-radiation reflectance of... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6878649 | Low-emission skin material A low-emission skin material of the present invention comprises a decorative layer made of a fibrous substance comprising 60% by weight or more of bright fiber based on the total weight of the fibrous substance; a reflective layer laminated to the decorative layer a... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6872673 | Laminate and use of such laminate as a facer in making insulation boards and other products A laminate and insulation board containing such laminate and a method of making the board are disclosed. The products are useful for residences and light commercial buildings. Such boards possess high strength, excellent structural integrity, and excellent oxygen an... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6599850 | Flexible reflective insulating structures A flexible reflective insulating structure includes a layer of flexible fiber-based material, and a flexible metallic layer having a first surface of emissivity less than 0.1. The metallic layer is attached to the layer of fiber-based material with its fi... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6569789 | Conductive material and its manufacture thereof A conductive material suitable as a gasket material for shielding the electromagnetic wave and a method of fabrication thereof are disclosed. The conductive material is intended to protect electronics equipment and devices from an erroneous operation whic... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6284679 | Method to produce a fabric strip, especially for a screen printing form, and fabric, especially screen printing fabric A cloth web is prepared by providing a plastic cloth with a metallic casing layer on both sides thereof by vapor deposition, plasma spraying or cathode sputtering, and then galvanically coating the resultant material with a metal coating.... | 09/04/2001 |
| 5955175 | Infra-red reflective coverings A textile material having thermal image masking or suppression in the mid and far infra-red region without compromising the effectiveness of visual and near IR camouflage or comfort level, or the effectiveness, and mobility of a person. Specifically the i... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5948708 | Vapor protection suit and fabric having flash fire resistance A multi-layer composite consisting of a chemical barrier layer of, a flame resistant layer, and a reflective layer. The chemical barrier layer is itself a composite material having multiple substrates selected to minimize permeability.... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5932496 | Composite materials A laminated composite material having patterned conductors integral to its structure made of several cloth layers and a penetrating resin matrix material in which at least one of the cloth layers has a deposited patterned layer of electrical conductor to ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5534338 | Heat resistant cloth for fire fighting comprising in order: a fabric substrate, a rubber layer, a metal coated polyester film layer and a tetrafluoroethylene copolymer film layer A heat resistant cloth for fire fighting comprises a rubber layer, a bonding layer containing a flame retardant, a polyester film with a metallic (e.g. aluminum) film deposited on both sides thereof, a bonding layer containing flame retardant, and a tetra... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5393928 | Shielded cable assemblies Lower weight shielded cable assemblies with an enhanced level of shielding effectiveness, e.g. in the range of 0.1 MHz to 20 GHz, comprising a core of at least one insulated conductor element overwrapped with metallized fabric, e.g. characterized as havin... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5316837 | Stretchable metallized nonwoven web of non-elastomeric thermoplastic polymer fibers and process to make the same Disclosed is a stretchable metallized nonwoven web composed of at least one nonwoven web of non-elastomeric thermoplastic polymer fibers, the nonwoven web having been heated and then necked so that it is adapted to stretch in a direction parallel to neck-... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5271998 | Lightweight metalized fabric A fabric suitable for an automobile cover includes a metalized fabric having a finish coating including an emulsion of urethane polymers, acrylic polymers and a fluorocarbon. The finish coating may also include an antimicrobial agent, a surfactant and a c... | 12/21/1993 |
| 4927683 | Color-bearing textile product A color-bearing textile product which comprises fibers, a silver-gray metal layer formed on the surface of said fibers by sputtering, and a metal layer or metal compound layer of chromatic color formed on the surface of said metal layer by sputtering. The... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4833008 | Metalized fabric The invention comprises a metalized fabric having a lower layer of fabric. Secured to the fabric layer is an upper film layer. At least a portion of the exposed surface of the film layer is metalized.... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4657807 | Bright metalized fabric and method of producing such a fabric A bright-finish metal-coated fabric having a metal layer directly deposited on the fabric. A fabric, selected to be capable of flattening or polishing under heat and pressure, is pressed against a heated surface and is then vacuum metalized. In a preferre... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4645704 | Reflecting textile web and method for the production thereof A reflecting flexible textile web is proposed comprising a textile support metal coated on at least one side and in the form of a woven fabric, knitted fabric, non-woven fabric or thread ply sewn fabric, the threads or fibres of which are coated with poss... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4637947 | Heat insulation material A heat insulation material which is used as wadding for winter clothes, bedclothes, cushions, etc. A fibrous sheet material such as non-woven fabrics, knitted fabrics and textile is used to support or carry a metal and the fibrous sheet material having a ... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4621012 | Camouflage net having a semiconductive layer The camouflage material, effective in the spectral range from visible light to radar waves, is made up of sequential layers of a textile fabric base, a thermoplastic coating containing randomly distributed dipole materials having a rod-like shape and semi... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4560608 | Winter camouflage material A woven or non-woven fabric is coated on both sides with a plastic material, followed by a vapor-deposited metal coating having a specific surface resistivity of 0.5 to 1.5 ohms per square, and then with a paint layer having a pattern of small areas of gr... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4508776 | Metallised fabric A microporous metallized fabric suitable for use as a thermally-insulating material in a hostile environment comprises a microporous fabric substrate for example of a spun-bonded polyethylene having a layer of aluminum deposited thereon by a vacuum deposi... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4500592 | Composite thermal insulation liner A tent insulation liner which functions to both retain heat within the tent uring the winter heating season and reduce the external heat load during the summer air conditioning season. The liner is positioned on the interior side of an outer tent shell and... | 02/19/1985 |
