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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8057730 | Microfilament manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus therefor The objective of the present invention is to enable a microfilament that is a nanofilament to be manufactured continuously and consistently from all thermoplastic polymers without requiring a specialized high precision•high performance apparatus and also to presen... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7416692 | Process and apparatus for microreplication A method of embossing a sheet material includes: heating at least a portion of the sheet directly or indirectly with radiant energy from a radiant energy source; pressing a tool against the heated portion of the sheet, thereby patterning a surface of the sheet; and ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7310866 | Method for manufacturing a percussion instrument A method of manufacturing a percussion instrument has the steps of providing a first member into a liquid with the first member having a first diameter. The first member has a first end and a second end. The method also has the step of heating the liquid and stretch... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7244386 | Method of compensating for a volumetric shrinkage of a material disposed upon a substrate to form a substantially planar structure therefrom The present invention provides a method of planarizing a substrate with a template spaced-apart from the substrate having a liquid disposed therebetween, the method including: contacting the liquid with the template forming a first shape therein; and impinging radia... | 07/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7101504 | Highly oriented super microfilaments Method of and apparatus for continuously manufacturing highly oriented super micro filaments with a diameter of 5 μm or less from most of thermoplastic polymers stably by a simple and convenient means without requiring any special apparatus of high accuracy and hig... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7037461 | Method of stretching film A method of stretching films in which all or a portion of the width of the film is cooled during or just after stretching so as to improve the uniformity of the film. The includes stretching a polymeric film in a tenter that grasps the film with a plurality of clips... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6949217 | Use of infrared radiation in molding of protective caps The invention is a method of a sheet (134) of thermoplastic material between upper and lower molds (102, 104), heating the sheet to a plastic state using electromagnetic radiation and molding the sheet. The molds (102, 104) are preferably formed... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6864034 | Transfer material transfer process, shape transfer process and transfer device A transfer device in which a material which transmits a laser beam LB is employed as an upper mold, and a photothermal conversion layer is formed thereon. A transfer film, at which a transfer material layer is formed, and a workpiece are superposed and pressured bet... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6797741 | Method in connection with processing polymer or elastomer material The invention relates to a method in connection with processing polymer or elastomer material, wherein additive is added to the polymer or elastomer material, and the additive is subjected to the desired chemical reaction. To minimize energy consumption, infrared ra... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6592800 | Apparatus and method for making a mechanical fastener A method and apparatus for forming a mechanical fastener. A preferred embodiment of the method includes moving a substrate along a web path, where the substrate includes a first major surface and a plurality of stems extending from the first major surface... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6544022 | Heat staking head with radiant heat source An apparatus for heat staking utilizes an infrared lamp to direct radiant energy onto a plastic part to heat and so soften it prior to the staking punch impacting the part. The apparatus comprises an energy directing means for concentrating the infrared e... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6409958 | Method of producing biaxially stretched polyester film This invention provides a method of producing a biaxially stretched polyester film with regulating casting conditions of a polyester film at a high speed so as not to induce surface defects caused by entrapping air microbubbles between a cooling drum and ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6372174 | Method and device for heating foils and arrangement for measuring foil temperatures The invention concerns an improved method of heating or tempering foils and an associated device including an arrangement for measuring the temperature, based on the following features: a separate arrangement is provided for heating the foil edges; the fo... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6296470 | Heat staking head with radiant heat source A head for use in a heat staking machine utilizes an infrared heat lamp and reflectors to direct radiant energy onto a plastic stud to heat and so soften it prior to the staking punch impacting the stud. The lamp is disposed within a parabolic primary ref... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6210622 | Process of making polymeric fibers A for the production of polymeric fibers in the form of a tow includes drawing and heat setting, with and without crimping, in which the tow has a constant denier per inch during the processing. The process permits very large drawn tows to be produced hav... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6174486 | Method for heat-setting spandex-containing garments A method of heat-setting garments by boarding the garment and subjecting it to preselected temperatures that are different for different parts of the garment and an apparatus for carrying out this method are provided.... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6146572 | Method for forming a socket on a pipe of biaxially oriented polyvinyl chloride A method for forming a socket on a pipe of biaxially oriented polyvinyl chloride including: placing a support in an end section of the pipe, heating the pipe in the region of the end section; deforming the pipe to produce a socket in the region of the hea... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6113837 | Method of forming products from thermoformable foam with infrared receptors A plastic sheet capable of being shaped by a cold room temperature tool, said sheet being a semi-rigid thermoformable plastic foam doped with carbon black having a concentration within a range of 0.0000081 to 0.0081% by weight of the foam. And a method of... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6106761 | Method for heating and/or cross-linking of polymers and apparatus therefor The invention relates to a process for heating polymer material, including irradiation of said polymer material with infrared radiation. In accordance with the process according to the invention the infrared radiation has wave lengths which substantially ... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6099291 | Heat staking apparatus with radiant heat source A machine for heat staking utilizes an infrared heat lamp to direct radiant energy onto a plastic stud to heat and soften the plastic material prior to the staking punch impacting the stud. In a first embodiment of the invention, the lamp is mounted direc... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6087635 | Method and apparatus for the arc-like shaping of profiled strands or strand sections consisting of a thermoplastic material In a method for the arc-like shaping of an extruded profiled strand of plastic material at least a section of the strand is heated in a hot air chamber together with a support ledge disposed in spaced relationship from the profiled strand to a temperature... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5985203 | Method for shaping thermoplastic tubes A method for forming a bend in a tube of thermoplastic material by heating a pre-formed bend to a pre-determined temperature and maintaining the temperature substantially constant by the pulsed emission of infra-red radiation from one or more infra-red so... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5955024 | Method for heat-treating freshly cast candles A candle has an elongated wax body formed around a wick and having a tip from which the wick projects and which is formed with a shoulder. The candle is oriented upside down with the tip from which the wick projects directed downward and heat is projected... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5753172 | Film bead heating for simultaneous stretching An improved process for simultaneous biaxial stretching of a thermoplastic polymer film having beaded edges in a tenter frame consisting of gripping the beaded edges of the film with tenter clips and increasing the temperature of the beaded edges to withi... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5695709 | Method and apparatus for producing highly oriented polyester sheet A method and apparatus for producing highly-oriented polyester sheet comprises a two-stage drawing process. The first drawing stage is performed within a zero-gap milling and stretching roller assembly comprising a pair of opposed rollers defining a nip t... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5660787 | Method for producing oriented plastic strap An apparatus and method for producing an oriented plastic strap having a predetermined desired thickness and flatness characteristics for use in connection with the strapping of packages or the like, is disclosed. A sheet workpiece is conducted into a nip... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5575968 | Process for the preparation of thermoplastic resin film A process for preparing a biaxially oriented thermoplastic resin film which comprises: extending a thermoplastic resin sheet in a longitudinal and a transverse directions to form a film thereof, and heat treating the film under a temperature gradient desc... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5525287 | Method for producing oriented plastic strap An apparatus and method for producing an oriented plastic strap having a predetermined desired thickness for use in connection with the strapping of packages or the like, is disclosed. A sheet workpiece is conducted into a nip defined between a pair of mi... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5489404 | Process for annealing thermoplastics A process for reducing stresses and strains of thermoplastics is described wherein the process includes the step of heating the outer layer of the thermoplastic with a heat source to produce a resin having favorable physical and chemical properties.... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5372760 | Process for producing polyarylene sulfide fiber and thereby obtainable polyarylene sulfide multifilament yarn A process for producing fiber from polyarylene sulfide, by melt spinning a polyarylene sulfide into a gas, cooling the spun filaments with a blown gas, taking the filaments off at a high speed, storing the spun filaments, drawing the spun filaments in two... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5342558 | Blow molding process for the manufacture of polyethylene terephthalate containers Blow molding processes for the manufacture of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers are disclosed. The containers are capable of withstanding, without appreciable deformation, relatively severe thermal conditions encountered during processing by fil... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5076977 | Process for controlling curl in polyester film A process for controlling curl in polyester film is disclosed in which a cost sheet is heated assymetrically across its thickness during longitudinal stretching to product positive, negative or zero curl, as required for subsequent uses or treatments of t... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5071601 | Method for stretching web of plastic sheet into arcuate form The invention relates to stretching of a continuous web of a thermoplastic sheet, such as polyvinyl butyral sheet, having straight longitudinal edges into an arcuate form to use it as an interlayer of curved and laminated windshields of vehicles. Usually ... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5002476 | Tooling for composite parts The apparatus includes a glass mold having opposed principle surfaces, the mold being generally transparent to infrared radiation, with one of the principle surfaces for receiving moldable materials. A stand supports the mold. Infrared heaters are positio... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4416838 | Assemblages of fasteners and methods of manufacture stretching of fasteners using contact heat Assemblages of fasteners are manufactured by molding connected individual fasteners and simultaneously stretching the connected fasteners while subjecting them to controlled heating using an insulated probe. The end members of the fasteners are protected ... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4361527 | Method of forming stretched acrylic sheets A stretched acrylic sheet which is to be formed into a vision panel at an elevated temperature has its major surfaces reheated to an elevated temperature to intentionally generate a class of surface formations thereon for subsequent removal by polishing p... | 11/30/1982 |
| 4293508 | Method and apparatus for longitudinally stretching a substantially amorphous polyethylene terephthalate film A method and device for longitudinally stretching polymeric film, characterized by the strict isolation of the tensioning operation from the heating and the cooling operations of the film, by the symmetrical heating and cooling of the film, and by carryin... | 10/06/1981 |
