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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7155797 | Continuous manufacturing system for composite aluminum panels A continuous manufacturing system for composite aluminum panels comprises a continuous expanding device for expanding a raw material of a core and a main body of a continuous manufacturing system of composite aluminum panels. The continuous expanding device consists... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7024736 | Apparatus and method for manufacture of multilayer metal products Apparatus for manufacturing multi-layer metal feedstock material for stamping shaped parts eliminates the need for rolls of metal at the stamping site. Multilayer metal feedstock material is assembled from multiple rolls of metal stock, then folded in a zig zag fash... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7026056 | Multicompartment structure for insulation and other materials A structure for encapsulating and protecting fiber insulation material as well as other materials in multicompartment devices in order to provide unitized material which can be applied to any surface desired for insulation or other purposes. A first sheet of materia... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6823571 | Apparatus and method for manufacture of multilayer metal products Apparatus for manufacturing multi-layer metal feedstock material for stamping shaped parts eliminates the need for rolls of metal at the stamping site. Multilayer metal feedstock material is assembled from multiple rolls of metal stock, then folded in a zig zag fash... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6732785 | Tab joint in etched foil regenerator A joint connecting consecutive sheets of etched regenerator foil for a spiral-wrapped regenerator of a regenerative gas cycle machine such as a Stirling cycle engine or Stirling, pulse tube, or Gifford-McMahon cryocooler. The joint comprises a multiplicity of tabs o... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6704981 | Superplastic forming method A method of forming sheets of superplastically formable material into a three dimensional article, the sheets being joined together along diffusion bonds to form discrete cells, at least one gas path being provided through the bond between cells. The sheets are heat... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6672502 | Method for making devices having intermetallic structures and intermetallic devices made thereby A method and system for making a monolithic intermetallic structure are presented. The structure is made from lamina blanks which comprise multiple layers of metals which are patternable, or intermetallic lamina blanks that are patternable. Lamina blanks ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 5981082 | Heat shield A heat shield. The heat shield includes a supporting sheet metal piece having edges, an inner surface and an outer surface; a cover foil fastened on the edges of the sheet metal piece so as to define a thermally insulating air gap with the inner surface o... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5788860 | Method for manufacturing a supporting plate for a filter A method for manufacturing a supporting plate provided inside of a disc-type filter having filter media at surface portions thereof including the steps of: forming an annular plate having opposed surfaces; and forming a plurality of wave portions on the annula... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5768781 | Method of making a metal heat insulator A generally elongated, thin, metal sheet heat insulator (1) having at least two generally elongated, thin, metal sheets (3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) disposed generally one above the other in a spaced apart relationship and a metal separator (2) therebetween contact... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5715588 | Method for wrapping a flower pot A wrapping material for wrapping a floral arrangement, a flower pot, or for forming a flower pot, comprising a sheet of material, an extension of the sheet of material attached to the sheet of material, the extension having design indicia thereon, wherein... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5638662 | Impact absorber A highly efficient impact absorber for protecting articles against destructive mechanical impact. The invention has special applicability to containers for flammable materials, scientific instruments, or other fragile mechanisms or articles which may be d... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5301403 | Method of producing metal foil from a reactive metal sheet utilizing a hot rolling thermal pack assembly The method according to the invention enables thin metal parts (10), in particular metal foil, to be produced from a reactive metal by means of hot forming. The reactive metal is embedded in a capsule (11), which consists of a second, plastically deformab... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5115660 | Method for making band plates deformed in section A method for making sectionally deformed band plate feeds by cold-rolling metal band plate feeds between work rolls wherein at least one of the work rolls has a barrel provided with a circumferential groove, a plurality of metal band plate feeds with subs... | 05/26/1992 |
| 4530230 | Foil rolling method and apparatus A method and apparatus for rolling of bright foil wherein a foil pack is comprised of foil webs each having a relatively bright side and a relatively gray side, which webs are provided by a split mill having work rolls which are differentiated as to surfa... | 07/23/1985 |
