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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7931836 | Method for making high purity and free flowing metal oxides powder According to aspects of the present invention, metal oxide powder, such as yttria and alumina powder (feed material), is processed using a plasma apparatus. The process generally consists of in-flight heating and melting of the feed material by the plasma apparatus.... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7641824 | Apparatus for preparing inorganic spheroidized particle An apparatus for preparing an inorganic spheroidized particle, wherein an inorganic powder is fed from a feed pathway for an inorganic powder to a combustion flame in a powder melting furnace, and melted or softened and spheroidized, and wherein the apparatus compri... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7425287 | Surface modification method for inorganic oxide powder, powder produced by the method and use of the powder A surface modification method comprising bringing, into a high-temperature flame formed by use of a combustible gas and a combustion-supporting gas, inorganic oxide powder A having an average particle size falling within a range of 0.5 to 200 μm as measured by mean... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7374704 | Method of producing spherical oxide powder The present invention provides a production method of spherical oxide powder which includes a feeding step in which a granular powder composed of an oxide composition is fed into a combustion flame together with a carrier gas; a melting step in which said fed granul... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7329720 | Methods for increasing the mean particle size of 2-hydrocarbyl-3,3-bis(hydroxyaryl)phthalimidines A method for increasing a mean particle size of a 2-hydrocarbyl-3,3-bis(hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine is provided. The method comprises forming a mixture comprising a feedstream of the 2-hydrocarbyl-3,3-bis(4-hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine, and a solvent composition comprisi... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7317071 | Process for producing fluoromonomer Processes for producing a fluoromonomer from a fluoropolymer, among which one that can be carried out more simply is a process wherein thermal decomposition of a fluoropolymer is preformed by means of a rotary kiln (5) so as to produce a fluoromonomer, the pr... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314898 | Microsphere-filled polytetrafluoroethylene compositions The present invention is a composition that includes granular-grade polytetrafluoroethylene and a plurality of microspheres, where the plurality of microspheres have an average specific gravity less than about 0.9 grams per cubic centimeter. ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7303387 | System for controlling mold temperatures Disclosed is a preferred mold design for producing plastic, molded preforms, which may be blow-molded into a container of a final, desired shape. A preferred mold includes a temperature control system for maintaining the preform mold at a desired temperature. The te... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300465 | Intervertebral allograft spacer An allogenic intervertebral implant for fusing vertebrae is disclosed. The implant is a piece of allogenic bone conforming in size and shape with a portion of an end plate of a vertebra. The implant has a wedge-shaped profile to restore disc height and the natural c... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7279059 | Polymer/WUCS mat for use in automotive applications An acoustical and thermally absorbent chopped strand mat formed of thermoplastic bonding materials and bundles of reinforcing fibers is provided. The reinforcing fibers are preferably wet use chopped strand glass fibers (WUCS). The thermoplastic bonding materials ma... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7255815 | Titanium dioxide scouring media and method of production The present invention relates to a round and spherical titanium dioxide scouring media and a method for producing the media. The scouring media is effective in removing titanium dioxide buildup on the walls of a titanium dioxide reaction vessel. The method consists ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7213511 | Method and apparatus for printing a ribbon for packaging gelatin capsules Apparatus for producing image bearing filled gelatin capsules (12 and 16) for directing gelatin ribbon (2,4) from respective casting drums to an encapsulation station (6). Along the path of at least one ribbon (4) is a transfer sta... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7153900 | Structurally viscose clear lacquer slurry A pseudoplastic clearcoat slurry comprising solid and/or highly viscous particles which are dimensionally stable under storage and application conditions and at least one water soluble salt, preferably from 0.1 to 50 mmol per 1 000 g of water, which can be decompose... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7135465 | Sustained release beadlets containing stavudine Extended dosage forms of stavudine are provided comprising beadlets formed by extrusion-spheronization and coated with a seal coating. The beadlets are also coated with a modified release coating such that a hard gelatin capsule containing such beadlets will provide... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7132472 | Intrinsically-viscous clear-lacquer slurry, method for production and use thereof A pseudoplastic clearcoat slurry comprising solid and/or highly viscous particles which are dimensionally stable under storage and application conditions and which comprise as binders methacrylate copolymers containing in copolymerized form, based on a given methacr... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7122511 | Process for the preparation of bleach activator granules Process for the preparation of bleach activator granules, which comprises extruding a mixture comprising bleach activator, anionic or nonionic surfactant and polyalkylene glycol at temperatures of from 40 to 120° C. and a pressure of from 5 to 30 bar, and granulati... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118728 | Method and apparatus for making ferrite material products and products produced thereby A method for making ferrite powder may include providing ferrite feed materials in a form of particles having different sizes and irregular shapes, and exposing the ferrite feed materials to a plasma to provide a more spherical shape to irregularly shaped particles ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7115221 | Method for producing graphite powder with an increased bulk density A method for increasing the Scott density of synthetic and/or natural graphite powders of any particle size distribution, preferably of highly-pure graphite, by subjecting the graphite powder to an autogenous surface treatment. The powder is used, in particular, for... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7094359 | Micro powder and method for producing the same An object of the present invention is to provide a micro powder capable of producing a thin film with precision thickness. This object is achieved by a micro powder having an average particle size of from 0.5 to 50 μm, obtained by grinding a liquid crystalline poly... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7094374 | Method for manufacturing ceramic balls for water treatment A method for manufacturing ceramic bails for water treatment capable of exerting microbicidal activity in water and solution is provided. The method includes producing a first composition by dissolving borax (Na2B4O7.10H2O... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7087087 | Implants formed of coupled bone The present invention relates to an implant comprising two or more bone fragments that are combined to form a single unit. Cancellous bone or cortical bone is removed from a source and fashioned into bone components with desirable shapes and sizes. The bone componen... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7064156 | Continuous method for the production of powder paint suspensions (powder slurries) and powder paints Powder coating materials prepared by (1) mixing at least two liquid components comprising in each case at least one liquid starting product in a static mixer, to give a molecularly disperse and/or finely dispersed liquid mixture, (2) emulsi... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7048502 | Fluid coupling A fluid coupling comprising a pump having an annular pump shell with an annular core ring mounted on a pump hub and a plurality of impellers radially arranged in the pump shell, and a turbine arranged facing the pump and having an annular turbine shell with an annul... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7022749 | High refractive index aromatic-based siloxane difunctional macromonomers Optically transparent, relatively high refractive index polymeric compositions and ophthalmic devices such as intraocular lenses, corneal inlays and contact lenses made therefrom are described herein. The preferred polymeric compositions are produced through the pol... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022304 | Doped anionic clays The present invention is directed to a process for the preparation of a doped anionic clay. In said process a trivalent metal source is reacted with a divalent metal source, at least one of the metal sources being either doped boehmite, doped MgO or doped brucite, t... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7004991 | Aqueous delivery systems for water soluble agricultural actives using polymeric dispersants What is described herein is an aqueous dispersion for coating water-soluble granules of a water soluble active agricultural chemical to substantially increase the rain fastness of the active. The dispersion includes by wt. (a) at l... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6998100 | Sulfur oxide sorption with layered chlorite-type contact solids Chlorite-like phyllosilicate materials are found useful as SOx sorbents. A novel process of sulfur oxide sorption is provided utilizing these layered materials as contact solids. Typical industrial applications include sulfur removal from fluid catalyst c... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6972144 | Composite structural material and method of making same A composite structural material suitable, for example, as a replacement for wooden boards, is disclosed. It comprises a dimensionally stable core material ensheathed in a dimensionally stable, laminar covering that is adherent to the core material. The laminar cover... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6970154 | Fringe-field filter for addressable displays The display kit of the present invention comprises: an addressable display medium configured to exhibit a first aspect under the influence of an addressing vector field in a first direction at an addressing magnitude; and an addressor; where the addressor is configu... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6949251 | Porous β-tricalcium phosphate granules for regeneration of bone tissue A porous β-tricalcium phosphate material for bone implantation is provided. The multiple pores in the porous TCP body are separate discrete voids and are not interconnected. The pore size diameter is in the range of 20-500 μm, preferably 50-125 μm. The porous β-... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6939389 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing fine powders The manufacture of pure, fine spherical powders has always been a problem for many materials, particularly for high-melting and highly reactive materials such as titanium, tantalum, vanadium and zirconium. The present invention provides a process and apparatus for p... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6933348 | Method of producing powdery coating material Disclosed is a method of producing a powdery coating material by using a curable acrylic resin (A) having a number average molecular weight of from 2,000 to 20,000 and a glass transition temperature of from 30 to 90° C. obtained by polymerizing a starting monomer c... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6908896 | Builder composition prepared by heat-treating a crystalline layered Na silicate The invention relates to builder compositions with improved dissolution residue behavior, obtained by bringing a) crystalline layered sodium silicate of the formula NaMSixO2x+1*yH2O, where M is sodi... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6872251 | Method for manufacturing single crystal ceramic powder, and single crystal ceramic powder, composite material, and electronic element A method for manufacturing single crystal ceramic powder is provided. The method includes a powder supply step for supplying powder consisting essentially of ceramic ingredients to a heat treatment area with a carrier gas, a heat treatment step for heating the powde... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6811759 | Method of producing iron oxide pellets A method for producing an iron oxide pellet including the steps of adding water to a raw material mixture comprising iron oxide which serves as a primary component, a carbonaceous material in an amount sufficient for reducing the iron oxide, an organic binder in an ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6780219 | Method of spheridizing silicon metal powders A method for spheridizing silicon metal particles is described. The method involves injecting irregular silicon metal particles into a high-temperature plasma reactor to melt at least 50 weight percent of the particles. The molten droplets are solidified to form sub... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6746636 | Spheroidal slag and fly ash particles and apparatus and process for producing same The present invention provides spheroidal particles of coal slag, and methods of making the spheroidal particles. One method of the invention includes delivering a feedstock of irregularly shaped particles of coal fly ash or coal slag to a drop tube, dropping the ir... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6676870 | Process for the preparation of fiber-filled thermoplastic resin composition A production process for a long fiber-filled thermoplastic resin composition using an apparatus having an extruder with at least two raw material feeding ports and a resin impregnating bath at the tip of the extruder, comprising the steps of feeding a res... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6638619 | Method for producing a granulate from a melt A process for the production of tablet-shaped granular material from a melt, in which (i) a melt is prepared, (ii) the prepared melt is shaped to droplets, (iii) the droplets are deposited on a cooling surface, and (iv) the deposited droplets solidi... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6632525 | Material and method for manufacturing plastic parts A plastic particle is formed of a plastic material having at least one integral protruding ring disposed on its outer surface. The ring may be continuous or intermittent around a perimeter of the plastic particle. Preferably, the particles have an outer d... | 10/14/2003 |
