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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7439278 | Curable adhesive composition and its use in the optical field The invention concerns a photocurable adhesive composition comprising, based on total weight of photopolymerizable monomers and/or oligomers of the composition: (A1) 20 to 80 wt % of at least one diacrylate monomer or oligomer ther... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7363954 | Tamping labeler By providing projections extending outwardly from the base of a wet tamping face of a tamping labeler, which projections maintain at least a substantial portion of a label at a stand off from said base, the surface tension between the label and tamping face is reduc... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357503 | Ophthalmic lens with an optically transparent composite film exhibiting both impact resistance property and polarizing property, and a process for its manufacture The present invention relates to a light polarizing ophthalmic lens comprising a substrate made of organic glass and an optically transparent composite film deposited on the front main face of the substrate, said transparent composite film comprising a latex layer h... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337819 | Alignment device for fabricating optical disk In an optical disc fabricating apparatus, when the disc substrate is lowered from the tip of a disc inserting portion at a center pin down to a disc supporting portion, a disc urging portion of an alignment lever is pressed by a disc substrate, to be thus pushed in ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7316754 | Apparatus for production of hollow fiber membrane module and method of production An object of the present invention is to provide a production apparatus for a hollow fiber membrane module without a risk of deteriorating characteristics of the hollow fiber membranes to be used, with the module case and the hollow fiber membranes bonded and fixed ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7301507 | Reflector comprising a core having a thickness that varies in accordance with a given pattern The present invention relates to a reflector for a reflector antenna. The reflector includes a reflective surface in the form of a first skin, wherein the first skin is adherent to a core that is substantially thicker than the first skin. A portion of the core not a... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7279069 | Adhesive curing method, curing apparatus, and optical disc lamination apparatus using the curing apparatus The object of the present invention is to considerably reduce the amount of heat generated in comparison with a conventional lamp to decrease the thermal effects on an optical disc in an adhesive curing method suitable for curing adhesive supplied between the substr... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7263912 | Flywheel hub-to-rim coupling A flywheel system includes an annular rim mounted for high speed rotation on a flywheel hub. The hub has a radially splined exterior surface facing radially outwards. The rim includes an annular rim liner having an axis of rotation coinciding with the axis of rotati... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7247268 | Method for making a part with clearance volume by rotational moulding and resulting part A cylindrical element is manufactured by a process which includes depositing successive layers of thermoplastic materials in a cycle by rotation moulding, or by a technique enabling a deposit of successive layers, the cycle including at least one deposit by rotation... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237327 | Apparatus for mounting a plurality of magnet segments on a back ring A method and apparatus for assembling permanent magnet segments and a back ring wherein a fixture hold segments in circumaxially spaced relationship, adhesive is applied to the segments, externally from pressure sensitive adhesive tape and the fixture then expands t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234410 | Buoyancy control systems for tubes A buoyancy control system for controlling the buoyancy of a tube may includes generally tubular length of buoyancy control material having a selected buoyancy characteristic. The length of buoyancy control material may be attached to a section of the length of the t... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7210276 | Wooden floor The invention relates to a wooden floor, consisting of a hardenable adhesive (12) which is painted onto a floor base (10) in a continuous layer, and covering elements (16) consisting of wood or a wood material that are joined to the adhesive in ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7195691 | Optical data recording medium and manufacturing method for the same An optical disc manufacturing method suppresses thickness variation in intermediate layers disposed between any two data recording layers to achieve an intermediate layer of uniform thickness. A substrate having a center hole and data recording layer is first prepar... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193963 | Method for inputting information into a data storage medium that is optically recordable and readable In a method of entering information into an optically writable and readable data storage medium having a polymer film which can be changed locally by heating in order to store information and to which there is assigned an absorber dye (34) which is set up to ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7158273 | Holographic data memory A holographic data storage medium has a polymer film which is set up as a storage layer whose refractive index can be changed locally by heating. The polymer film is set up for the storage of optical phase information via the local optical path length of the polymer... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152632 | Systems and methods for pipeline rehabilitation The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for pipeline rehabilitation. The methods and systems disclosed herein permit the rehabilitation of long lengths of previously installed pipe and minimize the need for creating multiple access points to the pi... | 12/26/2006 |
| RE39412 | Optical information medium, and method and apparatus for fabricating the same The disk-shaped optical information medium of this invention includes: a first substrate having a center hole; a second substrate having a center hole; and a radiation curable resin interposed between the first and second substrates for bonding together the first an... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137427 | Apparatus and method for fabricating bonded substrate Disclosed is a bonded-substrate fabricating apparatus capable of reducing defective bonded substrates fabricated. A transfer robot sucks the outer edge area of the bottom surface of a substrate and spouts gas toward the bottom surface of the substrate to carry the s... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128414 | Methods for coating lenses Methods of coating at least a portion of a curved surface of a lens with a polarizing liquid. One method includes providing a lens having a curved surface and a lens axis; and rotating the lens about a rotation axis such that a polarizing liquid flows over at least ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7108821 | Method for making double-wall shells by centrifuging A method of fabricating a double-walled shell of fiber reinforced plastic material is by centrifuging. The outer wall of the shell is made by projecting glass fibers and resin in a liquid phase against an inside face of a cylindrical mold rotating about its horizont... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7101593 | Method for producing a disk-shaped substrate and method for producing an optical disk A method for producing a disk-shaped substrate 10 used for producing an optical disk includes: (a) forming a protective layer 12a that is larger in area than the disk-shaped substrate 10 on a surface of a transparent plate 11a | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097304 | Polarizing devices and methods of making the same Certain, non-limiting embodiments of the disclosure provide ophthalmic elements and devices comprising an at least partial coating adapted to polarize at least transmitted radiation on at least a portion of at least one exterior surface of an ophthalmic element or s... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7097303 | Polarizing devices and methods of making the same Certain, non-limiting embodiments of the disclosure provide ophthalmic elements and devices comprising an at least partial coating adapted to polarize at least transmitted radiation on at least a portion of at least one exterior surface of an ophthalmic element or s... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094505 | Photomask assembly and method for protecting the same from contaminants generated during a lithography process A photomask assembly and method for protecting the photomask assembly from contaminants generated during a lithography process are disclosed. A photomask assembly includes a pellicle assembly formed from a pellicle frame and a pellicle film coupled to a first surfac... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7081177 | Apparatus and process for transferring a coating onto a surface of a lens blank The present invention relates to an improved process or method for transferring a coating onto at least one surface of a lens blank which can be implemented in a short period of time without any risk of deformation of the lens blank. ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7073554 | Integration device for compact disk An integration device for a compact disk has a reversing element and an elevator. The reversing element has a first engine, an arm and a first seat, whereby the arm is rotated reversely in turn. The elevator has a second seat, a base, a second suction disk and a sec... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070641 | Carbon media filter element A carbon media filter element with urethane frame and seal has a border member composed of urethane providing a combined structural frame and seal extending along the perimeter and providing both the support frame for the media and a seal along the ends of the media... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7044600 | Polarizing devices and methods of making the same Certain, non-limiting embodiments of the disclosure provide ophthalmic elements and devices comprising an at least partial coating adapted to polarize at least transmitted radiation on at least a portion of at least one exterior surface of an ophthalmic element or s... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7029356 | Buoyancy control systems for tubes Buoyancy control methods for tubes are described. In one embodiment, a buoyancy control method can include a composite tube and a buoyancy control material for controlling the buoyancy of the composite tube. The composite tube can include an internal liner an extern... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7013944 | Compact disk manufacturing machine A compact disk (DVD) manufacturing machine is used to laminate first and second DVD substrates to produce a DVD, and mainly includes a glue applicator for applying a glue ring on a laminating surface of each DVD substrate; a DVD laminator for turning the first DVD s... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7006286 | Optical member, method for producing the same, adhesive optical member and image viewing display An optical member comprising an at least one optical film, wherein an end face of the at least one optical film is covered with water-repellent materials, is useful to suppress occurrence of defects concerning the optical film, in particular, defects concerning pola... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7001474 | Method for manufacturing optical disc and method for transporting multi-layered optical disc A method for manufacturing an optical disc and a method for transporting a multi-layered optical disc are provided. When adhering the sheet and the disc substrate, after the adhesive is supplied to the outer side of the groove on the disc substrate, the sheet is loa... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6998000 | Method of adhesion and adhesion apparatus A method of adhesion inhibiting generation of bubbles is provided. Heating, evacuation and centrifugal degassing are performed on an adhesive 37 disposed in an adhesive container 30 to semi-harden the adhesive 37, then a semi-hardened adhesive i... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6978804 | Systems and methods for pipeline rehabilitation The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for pipeline rehabilitation. The methods and systems disclosed herein permit the rehabilitation of long lengths of previously installed pipe and minimize the need for creating multiple access points to the pi... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6979377 | Method for producing components from fiber-reinforced composite ceramic and methods for using the components A method produces components from high-temperature-proof fiber reinforced composite ceramics from tapes containing carbon fibers. Heating and simultaneously compacting under the influence of pressure and temperature produces a force-locking connection in the region ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6977018 | Optical information recording medium and its manufacturing method and apparatus An optical information recording medium is manufactured by bonding a first substrate having a first central bore and a second substrate having a second central bore to each other with radiation cure resin. The radiation cure resin is coated on the first substrate. T... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6960270 | Optical disk producing device and producing method A molding machine 1 which molds two sheets of disc substrates on which the information is recorded simultaneously, a cooling mechanism 3 for cooling each of the disc substrates, first movably mounting means 2 for movably mounting the disc substr... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6960269 | Method and apparatus for manufacture of laminated optical disc including centerer A apparatus and method for manufacturing a laminated optical disc that include an adhesive applying device adapted to apply an adhesive to a first substrate, forming an adhesive layer having a specific thickness between the first substrate and a second substrate sup... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6936122 | Adhesive bubble removal method and apparatus for fiber applications An assembly for supporting a fiber optic termination or connector in a centrifuge and comprising a cylindrical body member having a top portion adapted to receive the ferrule body portion of a fiber optic termination or connector and a bottom portion for receiving a... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6866887 | Method for manufacturing PDLC-based electro-optic modulator using spin coating Electro-optic structures are constructed by spin coating water based emulsions or solvent based sensor materials, preferably a solvent-based polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC), onto a substrate under conditions of controlled solvent evaporation. In a particular... | 03/15/2005 |
