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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7976655 | Method of manufacturing wood-like plywood substitute Discarded or recycled carpets or other textiles can be converted into wood-like materials, in sheets comparable to plywood. The carpets or textiles are shredded, combed, and layered across a conveyor to form a low-density mat, which is compressed and needle-punched ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7351302 | Method for binding particulate, water-absorbing, acid group-containing polymers to a base material A process for binding particulate water-absorbing acid-functional polymers to a carrier material by means of compounds comprising amino groups, which comprises contacting the carrier material with particulate water-absorbing acid-functional polymers whose acid group... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334348 | Dryer apparatus for clothing knitted or woven fabric A dryer apparatus for use with a woven and knitted fabric is constructed such that a first drying rack is disposed at an upper portion of the frame, and at least one second drying rack is disposed at a lower. Each of the drying racks is formed of a ventilated drying... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7294218 | Composite material with improved structural, acoustic and thermal properties A method of forming a multilayer insulation material formed of an acoustical composite layer and a first thermal layer is provided. The acoustical and insulting layer is formed of a polymer based thermoplastic material and reinforcing fibers. Preferably the reinforc... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294238 | Non-woven through air dryer and transfer fabrics for tissue making One embodiment of the present invention is an endless non-woven tissue making fabric having a three-dimensional texture suitable for use as a fabric for producing three-dimensional fibrous webs. The endless non-woven tissue making fabric comprises a plurality of sub... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7279438 | Coated insulation board or batt An insulation composite for attenuating energy or sound transmission has a body layer of insulating material with a roughly textured face and a uniform thickness solid cover layer permanently embedded in the body layer to a partial depth so that material of the body... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7261936 | Synthetic blown insulation An insulation material having insulative properties of a synthetic down, while have a fir-tree structure more similar to natural down, and being in a blown form. The blowable insulation material is composed of plural units each having a number of filaments that are ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252725 | Absorbent composite product and process and apparatus for manufacture thereof A multi-layer absorbent product in a preferred embodiment includes a fibrous nonwoven top sheet, a fibrous nonwoven absorbent core layer, and a fibrous nonwoven substantially water-impervious back sheet. Each component layer or sheet is manufactured at a fiberizing ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7241358 | Method and device for production of a number of laminates The present invention relates to a method for producing a laminate with at least one powder layer, wherein the powder layer is continuously produced. A binder 164 is applied at least in strips to a first layer 167. The binder 164 comes to lie crosswise... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238633 | Multi density fiber seat back The present invention relates to a multi density fiber seat back for furniture seating systems. The multi density fiber seat back comprises an inner core of a firmer fiber batt and outer fiber batts which are relatively soft. One of the outer softer fiber batts is p... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238630 | Cushion having plural zones with discrete compressibility characteristics A seat cushion or other resilient structure includes a foam inner core combined with layers of varying density fiber batts to impart desirable comfort characteristics, support features and durability thereto. In one embodiment, the foam core is positioned between in... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7157137 | Varied density nonwoven A nonwoven having varying densities of the fibers that make up the nonwoven. The nonwoven has a length direction x, a width direction y, and a thickness direction z. The density of the fibers 11 in the nonwoven 10 varies long the width direction y of t... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147734 | Method for forming fire combustion modified batt The present invention relates to a method for forming a fire combustion modified batt. The method comprises the step of forming a blend of nonwoven and oxidized polyacrylonitrile fibers into a web. The oxidized polyacrylonitrile fibers are fire resistant and when bl... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7094316 | Externally excited torroidal plasma source A plasma reactor for processing a workpiece, including an enclosure defining a vacuum chamber, a workpiece support within the enclosure facing an overlying portion of the enclosure, the enclosure having at least first and second openings therethrough near generally ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7083436 | Particle distribution interposer and method of manufacture thereof An interposer comprising a non-conductive carrier sheet with a pre-arranged pattern of conductive interconnect members positioned therethrough and formed from an elastomeric thermoplastic with suspended spherical and non-spherical conductive particles. The non-spher... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7000729 | Five-layer sound absorbing pad: improved acoustical absorber An acoustical absorber, having the structure: scrim/film/batt/film/scrim. Preferably, the batt is made from about 60% to about 90% by weight natural fiber and about 10% to about 40% synthetic fiber. Also, a method of making the acoustical absorber is provided. Addit... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6974891 | Absorbent structure An absorbent structure in an absorbent article such as a diaper, incontinence guard, sanitary napkin, wound dressing, bed protection and the like, formed from at least two superposed layers (5′; 5″) of one or more web-shaped absorption materials (5... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6746745 | Composite bamboo blinds slats and method for making same A blinds slat has a major portion being strips of bamboo and a minor portion being one or more pairs of wooden strips that are located at or near opposite side extremities of the slat. The resulting composite bamboo and wooden slat as exemplary resistance to warping... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6736915 | Method of forming a headliner A method of forming a lap mat for use in a subsequent molding operation to form a headliner includes forming a first continuous particulate layer having a non-uniform composition; folding the first continuous particulate layer to form a plurality of first layers; an... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6602369 | Process for producing laminated sheet comprising alumina fiber precursor The present invention relates to a process for producing a laminated sheet comprising an alumina fiber precursor, which process comprises spinning out an alumina fiber precursor from a solution mainly comprising an aluminum compound, falling and stacking ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6554881 | Filter media A filter media having a synthetic microfiber polymer fine fiber web wherein the diameter of the fibers is between about 0.8 to about 1.5 microns. The filter media is acceptable for use in ASHRAE applications. Constructions with a low DP backing, support o... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6541679 | Composite and absorbent article comprising ultrasonics-friendly adhesive, and method of making same The present invention is directed to reducing the build up or accretion of adhesive, alone or in combination with other materials, on the surfaces of equipment used to ultrasonically treat a workpiece (e.g., ultrasonically bonding various components or pi... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6485477 | Blank for producing a shaped element, the shaped element, an absorbent product comprising the shaped element, method of producing the shaped element, and also method of producing the absorbent product The invention relates to a blank intended to constitute a shaped element in an absorbent product, such as a sanitary towel, an incontinence pad or a panty liner, which blank is made from a rigid material and initially has a plane and essentially elongate ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6383320 | Method of forming a headliner A method of forming a headliner includes providing a lap mat including a first region having a first material composition, and a second region having a second material composition different than the first composition, wherein the second region is configur... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6350332 | Method of making a composite fabric for coverstock having separate liquid pervious and impervious regions A composite nonwoven fabric is provided for use as a one-piece topsheet and barrier fabric for disposable absorbent articles including diapers, catamenial products, and adult incontinence products. The fabric is engineered to have a strikethrough region t... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6207245 | Fiberglass insulation blanket with release liner assembly and method A batt of acoustical/thermal insulation for use in insulating appliances, compressors, machines and the like is disclosed. The batt comprises a fiberglass blanket and a release liner assembly. The liner assembly features a carrier sheet for supporting lay... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6143107 | Hard-faced insulating refractory fiber linings A high temperature, abrasion resistant insulating module is described having a sinuously folded, ceramic blanket with a lath covering three side of the folded blanket. The lath has doubled back portions extending into the folds of the blanket on it hot fa... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6106650 | Manufacturing of fibre reinforced composites A method for manufacturing an article of fibre reinforced resin material includes the preparation of a reinforcement preform which includes one or more roves of staple fibres with sufficiently low twist to enable the fibres to slide relative to each other... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5993580 | Process for manufacturing a filter element A filter element has a wavy filter portion including a plurality of ridges of a filter material, which are juxtaposed to one another and closed at their sides, and a flange portion extending along a mounting plane around the filter portion for supporting ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5952092 | Fibrous structures with labile active substance A fibrous structure comprising a fibrous matrix with immobilized surrogate particles, is provided. A labile active substance is selectively deposited on the immobilized surrogate particles. In one embodiment, the surrogate particles are porous and have su... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5932055 | Direct metal fabrication (DMF) using a carbon precursor to bind the "green form" part and catalyze a eutectic reducing element in a supersolidus liquid phase sintering (SLPS) process Direct Metal Fabrication of metal parts is accomplished with a continuous thermal process in which partial reduction of the "green form" part leaves a thin carbon film that maintains the part's structural integrity. The remaining carbon catalyzes a eutect... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5888916 | Wet-laid nonwoven fabric for battery separator, its production method and sealed type secondary battery An improved wet-laid nonwoven fabric for a battery separator wherein 20 to 95% by weight of thermoplastic staple fibers having a single fiber diameter of 20 μrm, or less are three-dimensionally entangled with hot-melt fibers having a melting point lower ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5873968 | Laminate filter media The present invention provides a self-supporting laminate filter medium having an electret lofty spunbond web and an electret microfiber web, wherein the spunbond web has a density between about 0.01 g/cm3 and about 0.1 g/cm3.... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5846368 | Laminate producing process A composite core is selected which is formed of a reinforcing fiber and a thermoplastic synthetic resin by a compression molding, and including a first region in which the grammage M1 is set in a range of 400 g/m2 ࣘM1 à£... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5840636 | Conveyor belt having a woven fabric backing A conveyor belt is described having a woven fabric backing which includes staple fiber yarn and includes a twill weave with an inclination angle of 10° to 70° relative to the moving direction of the conveyor belt, and in which adjacent yarns have the sa... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5814569 | Uniaxially elastic nonwoven fabric A nonwoven fabric of superior uniaxial elasticity is provided. The nonwoven fabric comprises of conjugate filaments each of which is about concentric sheath-core type. Core component is composed of polyester and sheath component is composed of polyolefine... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5789326 | Particle binders A binder is applied to fibers to bind particles to the fibers. The fibers have hydrogen bonding functional groups. The particles have functional groups capable of forming a hydrogen bond or a coordinate covalent bond. The binder comprises binder molecules... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5766388 | Process for forming laminated absorbent structures having reduced delamination tendencies The present invention utilizes the smooth continuous motion of a masking belt to concentrate air-entrained absorbent materials on the surface of a moving fibrous substrate. Air flowing through the open areas of the masking belt carries the entrained mater... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5741380 | Multi-density batt A multi-density batt having a plurality of overlaid thermoplastic fiber web layers. Each of the web layers comprise a homogeneous blend of matrix fibers and binder fibers. The binder fibers have a relatively low predetermined melting temperature and the m... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5741379 | Process for preparing an insulating board The present invention pertains to an insulation board made of a secondary mat formed by multiply folding a primary mat, characterized in that the primary mat has a coating of an impregnating agent at least on one side.... | 04/21/1998 |
