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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7763197 | Rigid plastic glass run channel A process for the production of a glass run channel is provided wherein the glass run channel has a S-shaped core of a polymeric material, onto which glass and/or frame sealing components are co-extruded. Preferably, a slip agent coating is applied shortly after the... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7422711 | Method and apparatus for forming an extrusion A method of forming an extrusion comprises passing a first, plastics material (12) through a first channel (104) in a die, passing a second, plastics material (14) through a second channel (112) in the die, and passing a third, plastics m... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7290660 | Storage system having a disposable vacuum bag The present invention provides a storage system having a storage device having at least one polymeric sheet sealed along a portion of its' periphery to provide an opening to a storage space; a resealable closure structure adapted to seal the opening to the storage s... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7281917 | Extrusion/reaction injection molding system A method of manufacturing an extruded part having an exterior shell and a core foam material. The method includes extruding the exterior shell from an extrusion die, and reaction injection molding the core foam material within an interior of the exterior shell using... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7258827 | Method for extruding unvulcanized rubber A method and apparatus for extruding unvulcanized rubber in a tire production process, in which an unvulcanized rubber extruded member can be formed by extrusion. An extruded rubber member having a cross section in which a portion of a second unvulcanized rubber int... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258141 | Pipe liner apparatus and method A thermoplastic pipe liner assembly and method for installation in a pipeline by pulling the pipe liner assembly through the pipeline in a temporarily folded condition wherein the thermoplastic pipe liner assembly has a core inner liner, an outer liner with optional... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249415 | Method of forming members for sealing or baffling There is disclosed a member for sealing, baffling and/or reinforcing components of an automotive vehicle. The assembly generally includes a carrier, an expandable material and at least one fastener. ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7193018 | Slip-coat compositions and polymeric laminates A polymeric laminate comprising (A) a substrate, and (B) a slip layer covering at least a portion of said substrate, where the slip layer consists essentially of (i) a polyethylene blend, where said blend includes (a) from about 3 to about 97 percent by weight, base... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189452 | Matt, thermoformable, IR-reflective polyester film Biaxially oriented polyester films formed from a crystallizable polyester having increased diethylene glycol content and/or increased polyethylene glycol content, and/or increased isophthalic acid content, preferably polyethylene terephthalate. The films of the inve... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189451 | Multilayer, matt, thermoformable, IR-reflective polyester film Multilayer, biaxially oriented polyester films which include as a constituent of the base layer B, a crystallizable polyester with increased diethylehe glycol content and/or increased polyethylene glycol content, and/or increased isophthalic acid content, preferably... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7144543 | Method and device for producing plastic profiles The invention relates to a method for producing plastic profiles comprised of at least one hard profile strand (2), for example, consisting of hard PVC, and of at least one soft profile strand (1), for example, consisting of soft PVC, whereby both prof... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7094465 | Multilayer, transparent, biaxially oriented polyester film, process for its production and its use The invention relates to a multilayer, transparent, biaxially oriented polyester film having at least one base layer B composed of a thermoplastic polyester, at least one overlayer A coextruded on the base layer B and at least one acrylic coating D which is applied ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7081273 | Method for producing defect free composite membranes A defect free semipermeable composite membrane having excellent integrity and high water permeability is provided. Said composite membrane comprises an inside support layer to provide sufficient mechanical strength; an outside barrier layer to provide selective sepa... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7069697 | Door glass run A door glass run includes a door glass run body having a U-shaped cross section, and a pair of lip portions each one of the lip portions extending from opposite sides of an opening edge of the door glass run body toward a bottom face portion of the door glass run bo... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7032810 | Sealed package for pourable food products There is described a sealed package (1, 15) for pourable food products, formed from a multilayer packaging material (2, 16) and having an opening (10, 26) closed, on the inside of the package (1, 15), by a sheet element (11, 27), a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7025918 | Multilayer structures A novel multilayer structure in which one layer comprises a polymer comprising a solventless, waterless, melt-processable acrylonitrile olefinically unsaturated polymer and the other layer comprises an organic polymer. Either polymer can be employed as the inner lay... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6994817 | Process and apparatus for the coextrusion of rubber mixtures The invention concerns a process and apparatus for the coextrusion of rubber mixtures, comprising a main extruder (1) with an extrusion head (10) having at least two flow channels (14, 15), each for a rubber mixture (A, B), the channels opening ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6968649 | Anisotropic weatherstrip A sealing arrangement comprising a channel-shaped mounting portion which includes a support member supporting a seal portion. A covering covers the seal portion and a portion of both the mounting portion and the support member. The support member includes a metal re... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6921509 | Composite interlayer for laminated glass A composite interlayer suitable for using laminated glass includes a layer of plasticized polyvinyl butyral sandwiched between second and third polymeric layers. In a preferred embodiment, at least one and preferably both of the second and third layers are less than... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6910599 | Sealing container The present invention consists of an inexpensive tight sealing plastic container suited for microwave cooking, top-shelf dishwashing and freezer use. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the container is provided with two compartments, one large and one small.... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6893730 | Barrier film with reduced dynamic coefficient of friction Oxygen barrier films having a greatly improved dynamic coefficient of friction, and specifically, oxygen barrier films having an exceptionally low dynamic coefficient of friction, reduced moisture sensitivity and good oxygen barrier properties over a wide range of r... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6852405 | Acrylic polymer capstock with improved adhesion to structural plastics Disclosed is a composite sheeting comprised of polystyrene having a thin protective layer of an acrylic ester polymer and a process for producing the composite sheeting. The process comprises joining a molten stream of each polymeric material in a single extr... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6834693 | Electrically conductive tire and extrusion equipment for a section with a conductive insert A tire having a tread consisting of two circumferential layers of non-conductive material, each layer containing a circumferential insert made of a conductive mix and having on the contact surface between the two layers a circumferential footprint, the first of thes... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6827893 | Folded fastener products Fastener products having a multiplicity of fastener elements extending from a strip-form base, the base including first and second attachment members for attachment of a substrate therebetween, are formed by continuously introducing molten resin to a gap defined adj... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6752955 | Method of manufacturing a boot seal In a process and an apparatus for making a plastic sleeve (56), plastic is fed into an extruder die (216). The plastic is extruded from the extruder die (216) as a molten plastic stream into a mold cavity (272) having an inner wall (27... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6723266 | Lining of underground pipes A method and apparatus for making a pipe liner and the pipe liner itself. A thin walled pipe liner, after being provided cooled from a spool or extruded in tubular form and cooled, is deformed to a smaller cross section at ambient temperature. The pipe liner is then... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6706229 | Molding method of molded surface fastener, molded surface fastener manufactured by the method, and molding apparatus thereof Molten resin material is continuously extruded from a first extruding hole extending in a width direction of a first extruding nozzle, and is passed through a second extruding nozzle which is arranged a front surface of the first extruding nozzle and has a second ex... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6703119 | Biaxially oriented polyester film having a high oxygen barrier and process for its production A metalized or ceramic-coated biaxially oriented polyester film is disclosed, with a base layer B which comprises at least 80% by weight of thermoplastic polyester, and with at least one outer layer A. The outer layer A is composed of a copolymer or of a ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6682689 | Flexible plastic article and method of manufacturing the same A process for making a plastic tube having a variable diameter comprises the following steps. A plastic is obtained. The plastic is fed into an extruder die (216). The plastic is extruded as a tubular molten plastic stream (262) into a mold cavity (218) h... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6588113 | Shaving razor handle with covered core having an exposed area for marking A shaving razor having a razor handle comprising an extruded substantially rigid inner core and a compatible covering layer over the rigid inner core except for a select region at which an exposed portion of inner core is provided. A marking, such as prin... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6511756 | Thermoplastic dicyclopentadiene-base open-ring polymers, hydrogenated derivatives thereof, and processes for the preparation of both A thermoplastic dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer obtained by ring-opening polymerization of a monomer component containing a dicyclopentadiene monomer, characterized in that polycyclic rings which are repeating units of the polymer are bonded in cis... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6495081 | Method for manufacturing tread bands for vehicle tires A tread band for vehicle tires is manufactured by conveying a primary elastomer material (4) through an extrusion path (11, 15) defined by a preforming channel (15) followed by an extrusion outlet (11) formed in a die (10). The preforming channel (15) is ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6485663 | Method for forming a combination door and window channel seal A combination door and window channel seal for sealing between a motor vehicle door frame and movable window glass panel and a method for forming the same are described. The channel seal is formed from thermoplastic elastomers of at least two different du... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6458311 | Method for the continuous manufacture of a twin-wall pipe having a pipe socket For the continuous manufacture of a twin-wall pipe having a pipe socket and consisting of a smooth internal tube and an external tube, which is welded together therewith and provided with transverse grooves, two extruders are provided, which extrude an ex... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6399002 | Method of making a pipe with coupling conforming to pipe diameter A plastic pipe has a multiple layer wall construction including major and minor wall portions. The major wall portions are formed with first corrugations and are separated from one another by the minor wall portions which are formed with second corrugatio... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6365081 | Process of extruding reinforced exterior siding Exterior finishing panels are provided which contain an elongated, thermoplastic sheet which is supported by a rigid support member disposed along a portion of the length of the sheet. The rigid support member has a flexural modulus which is significantly... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6294119 | Production of unvulcanized tread rubber for pneumatic tires A pneumatic tire includes a low conductive rubber portion forming at least a cap rubber portion of the tread rubber which provides a tread surface of the tire. A narrow high conductive rubber strip extends in a radial direction of the tire at a widthwise ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6280672 | Method of extruding multiple continuous bodies of radially-layered product A multiple-orifice extrusion manifold 10 is disclosed which includes a first housing 20 defining an outer chamber 170 and an extrusion wall 140. A plurality of orifices 80, adapted for extruding a first substance from the outer chamber 170, extend through... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6280667 | Process for making thermoplastic-biofiber composite materials and articles including a poly(vinylchloride) component The invention relates to polymer/wood fiber composite structural members that can be manufactured in an extrusion process engineered to produce the highest quality materials. The composite can be in a linear extrudate or pellet and can have a cross-sectio... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6273983 | Molding for vehicle and its manufacturing method A molding for a vehicle and its manufacturing method, wherein a molding body excellent in rigidity is formed by a mixture of a hard olefin based resin and powders such as mica, talc, glass fibre, etc., and is coated with a protective film layer of an olef... | 08/14/2001 |