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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8168254 | Method and arrangement for synchronized positioning of at least one essentially continuous material web based on a virtual master function A method for synchronized positioning of a web for manufacturing products. The method includes feeding the web into a production apparatus at a first speed; processing in the production apparatus, with the web being fed forward at a second speed; and detection of ea... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7410542 | Variable environment, scale-able, roll to roll system and method for manufacturing thin film electronics on flexible substrates A roll to roll, film forming system overcoming the shortcomings of current roll to roll processing is presented; The roll to roll enabled cartridge is loaded with a bolt of fresh flexible substrate. A skate couples with a cartridge, forms a seal with the cartridge's... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7407686 | Optical film, polarizing plate and display device utilising the film, and production method of optical film An optical film is disclosed having minimal curl, minimal coating unevenness and no cracks. The optical film is obtained by casting a dope comprising a cellulose ester and a non-chlorinated solvent on a metal support, the cellulose ester having a total acyl substitu... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7354479 | Coating device, and coating method using said device A coating device is provided which has a bar which coats a coating liquid on a strip-shaped body conveyed in a given direction, and a dam-shaped member disposed at an upstream side of the bar so as to face the bar. Also provided is a coating method which, in the coa... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7341806 | Battery having carbon foam current collector A battery cell includes a negative current collector and at least one carbon foam positive current collector disposed within the cell such that the negative current collector at least partially surrounds the at least one carbon foam positive current collector. An in... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7328831 | Method of making a brazed metal article and the article formed thereby A method of making an article that is comprised of a metal foam in contact with a base metal by an intermediate braze composition, in particular, a method of brazing a metal foam to a base metal via a braze composition. In one preferred method, a polymeric foam is c... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7269982 | Steam seal for textile production The invention is a sealing mechanism for a steam chest (14) used in the manufacture of textile materials. This invention is a device for heating continuous textile material comprising: a steam chest (14) having a steam inlet, a material inlet (18 | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267722 | Coating apparatus for a traveling web A coating apparatus for a traveling web comprising two coating heads and a traveling path changing roller is disclosed. A bar coater is arranged close to a pass roller. The bar coater is fixed at such a position as to contact the web when the pass roller is moved do... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7252907 | Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including positive and negative electrodes capable of occluding and releasing lithium and a nonaqueous electrolyte and in which the negative electrode includes a foamed metal containing silicon as an active material therein... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7241473 | Method of forming corrosion protection double coatings on prestressing strand and prestressing strand produced by the method To improve tensile strength without impairing flexibility and adhesion to concrete, and to form a thick coating in a surface layer part for preventing a basis material from being exposed by damage to the coating, a method of forming double coatings on a prestressing... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7201822 | Method of placing a material transversely on a moving web Disclosed herein is a method by which a material may be placed onto a moving web in a transverse orientation. At least two assemblies, which carry either a first and a second web or a single web, periodically overlap each other in an alternating fashion such that a ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7074744 | Apparatus for consecutive deposition of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) buffer layers A method of coating a substrate for a high temperature superconductor material is disclosed, including loading a substrate into a first deposition chamber, routing the substrate in the first deposition chamber such that the substrate forms a helical winding in the f... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7033703 | Composite material and current collector for battery A composite material including a first carbon foam structure including a network of pores and a second carbon foam structure including a network of pores. An intermediate bonding structure is disposed at least in part between the first and second carbon foam structu... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7025833 | Apparatus and method for web cooling in a vacuum coating chamber A chill drum (14) is modified to improve heat transfert between the drum and a flexible web substrate (20) disposed around the drum. The drum surface (22) contains a series of passages (44) and distribution holes (46). A working ga... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6998020 | Screen and process for paper patterning A screen (i) for use in forming a patterned paper by a wet-laying technique. The screen is of a mesh material (2) that is pervious to water and has formed therein repeats of pattern forming elements 3a–c, 4a–d and 5 whic... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6984412 | Method for removing wrinkles, device for removing wrinkles, and coating method The present invention provides a method for removing wrinkles formed on a web, which is continuously transported through a plurality of guide members. The plurality of guide member includes a crown roller which has the diameter gradually increased toward the center ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6979513 | Battery including carbon foam current collectors A battery having a current collector constructed of carbon foam. The carbon foam includes a network of pores into which a chemically active material is disposed to create either a positive or negative plate for the battery. The carbon foam resists corrosion and exhi... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6921463 | Method of manufacturing electrode for lithium secondary cell An electrode for a lithium secondary cell capable of attaining excellent charge/discharge characteristics with high discharge capacity is obtained by properly controlling a component of a collector diffusing into active material layers formed on both sides of the co... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6906008 | Apparatus for consecutive deposition of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) buffer layers The present invention is a deposition system for the production of coated substrates that provides a first deposition process that subsequently feeds a second deposition process and where the two deposition processes are occurring concurrently. The consecutive depos... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6896971 | System and method for two sided sheet treating A system and a method for coating two sides of a laminate material is disclosed in which one side of the laminate material is coated with one substance and the second side is coated with a different substance. The method described is particularly suited for applying... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6887584 | System and method for two sided sheet treating A system and a method for coating two sides of a laminate material is disclosed in which one side of the laminate material is coated with one substance and the second side is coated with a different substance. The method described is particularly suited for applying... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6696098 | Method for coating a running web using a coated rod Thickness unevenness of a coating liquid layer in a width direction of a web is adjusted by moving a guide roller at the proximity of a coating rod so as to deliberately provide tension variation in the width direction of the web in purpose of forming the... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6649216 | In-line ultraviolet curable coating process and products produced thereby The present invention relates to a method of coating polymer film that includes the steps of extruding a cast sheet; stretching the sheet in a machine direction; applying a UV-curable coating to the sheet in-line; stretching the sheet in a transverse dire... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6630058 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing film with conductive sheet, for touch-panel, and film manufactured thereby A tensile force is applied to at least a surface of a film to which a conductive material is applied within an elastic limit by a tensile force applying means, the conductive material is applied to a first surface of the film by a coating means in a tensi... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6610358 | System and method for two sided sheet treating A system and a method for coating two sides of a laminate material is disclosed in which one side of the laminate material is coated with one substance and the second side is coated with a similar or different substance. Reverse roll coating may be used t... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6610357 | Method for fabricating electrode for lithium secondary battery A method for fabricating an electrode for lithium secondary battery characterized by applying a tension to a metallic foil so as to pull an area of the metallic foil on which a thin film composed of active material is deposited, from the both sides in the... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6589596 | Method for coating a running web using a coating rod Thickness unevenness of a coating liquid layer in a width direction of a web is adjusted by moving a guide roller at the proximity of a coating rod so as to deliberately provide tension variation in the width direction of the web in purpose of forming the... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6534122 | Method and arrangement in connection with optical fiber coating The invention relates to a method and an arrangement in connection with coating of an optical fibre, in which a first fibre (3a) is directed from a fibre pay-off forward in the process via a press head (2a) forming the coating, and when the first fibre (3... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6485795 | Method and apparatus for producing magnetic recording medium having a low heat shrinkage factor In a method for producing a magnetic recording medium, at least one magnetic layer is formed on a nonmagnetic support by coating. After all coating processes are completed, heat treatment is performed by heat-treating the support, which is undergone all t... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6395348 | Method for manufacturing adhesive tapes Pressure sensitive adhesive tapes are manufactured by continuously extruding polypropylene to form a web which is cooled and set and slit at transversely spaced positions into a plurality of side by side continuous tapes. After slitting each tape is drawn... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6329016 | Loop material for touch fastening Lightweight, non-woven loop products for hook-and-loop fastening are disclosed, as are methods for making them and end products employing them. The products are non-woven webs of entangled fibers of substantial tenacity, the fibers forming both a sheet-fo... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6261634 | Apparatus and method for forming film When a thin film is formed on a flexible and filmy substrate by a vapor phase method, the substrate is prevented from warping to be caused by the internal stress remaining in the thin film. When the thin film is formed by the vapor phase method, the subst... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6190476 | Gypsum board manufacture with co-rotating spreader roller Methods and apparatus are disclosed for producing gypsum board having at least one facing sheet, a core of cementitious material such as low density gypsum, and an intermediate layer of bond promoting material, such as higher density gypsum located thereb... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6159557 | Production of pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes, and apparatus for it The process for producing pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes comprises the steps of clamping a tube strip of a tube skin filled with a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition into an apparatus comprising a tubular appliance, passing the tube strip through the t... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6117532 | Interdraw pretreatment for polyester film An oriented polyester film coated on at least one surface with a coating that improves its adhesion to gelatin is disclosed. The dry coating contains one or more sulfopolyesters; one or more tetrablock copolymer resins; and one or more non-volatile polyam... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6096375 | Optical polarizer A reflective polarizer and a dichroic polarizer are combined to provide an improved optical polarizer. The dichroic and reflective polarizers are typically in close proximity to each other, and are preferably bonded together to eliminate the air gap betwe... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6066369 | Method of and apparatus for producing a composite web Thin thermoplastic foil is applied with the aid of a wide slit nozzle and an electrostatic discharge electrode to a nonwoven mat of thermoplastic fibers and filaments on a bonding roller and the resulting composite is then subjected to biaxial stretching ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6033723 | Method and apparatus for coating plurality of wet layers on flexible elongated web Method and apparatus of coating a plurality of wet layers on an flexible elongated web, which is economical to build and easy to operate at high speeds, and an apparatus which can be used to manufacture multi-layer magnetic recording media of the highest ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5952477 | Azo compound and polarizing film The present invention is concerned with a novel azo compound represented by formula (1), (2) or (3), a water-soluble dye comprising this azo compound, and a polarizing film containing this azo compound. The obtained polarizing film has high hydrothermores... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5942298 | Laminated film A laminated film comprising a base film and a layer which contains an inorganic layered compound and a resin and is formed by gravure coating a coating fluid comprising the inorganic layered compound and the resin under the conditions satisfying the follo... | 08/24/1999 |
