Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7378143 | Hot melt calendered or extruded wear layer for embossed substrates The invention relates to a textured surface covering having a hot melt wear layer without distortion of the visual image of the textured substrate. The wear layer substantially follows the contours of the substrate with minimum change in thickness of the wear layer ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7361401 | Surface coverings containing fused recycled material and processes of making the same A backing or an intermediate layer for a surface covering is described which comprises a fused recycled material, wherein the material comprises a thermoplastic material, for instance, a vinyl material from a vinyl backed carpet or vinyl backed carpet manufacturing ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7246586 | Wear-resistant coating and process for producing it The present invention relates to a process for producing a wear-resistant coating and to a wear-resistant coating on predetermined surfaces of machine or engine parts, in particular for internal combustion engines, which are exposed to frictional wear, comprising at... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7211327 | Oil and water repellent compositions and methods of application thereof An oil and water repellent composition for protecting fabric, wool, and other substrates is described. The oil and water repellent composition comprises: (a) a cationic fluoroacrylate copolymer with a glass transition temperature near ambient temperature; (b) a cati... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7186453 | Resilient floor covering with regenerative, dirt-repellent surface A resilient floor covering with a regenerative, dirt-repellent surface contains a matrix based on natural and/or synthetic materials and at least one substance that is capable of migrating within the matrix and the amount of the substance is in excess of its compati... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7157152 | Copper-tin-oxygen alloy plating The present invention relates to a Cu—Sn—O alloy plating having an oxygen content of 0.3 to 50 at %, a copper content of 20 to 80 at %, and a tin content of 10 to 70 at % in the plating. The present invention provides a copper tin alloy plating that has excellen... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7118793 | Three-dimensional foamable structure with wear-resistant feature A foamable structure includes a film shell having a bottom face and a peripheral wall, and a foamable material mounted in the film shell and having a bottom face combined with the bottom face of the film shell, and a peripheral wall combined with the peripheral wall... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7106356 | Thermal head having wear-resistant protective film A method of producing a wear-resistant protective film for a thermal head comprises depositing a wear-resistant protective film by sputtering on a thermal head which includes a substrate, and a heat-developing layer and a pair of electrodes formed on either the subs... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7083846 | Ceramic member A ceramic member, which is usable in a state where at least a part thereof is exposed in a reactor in which halogen plasma is generated, includes a base member containing a first ceramic material, and a coating layer on a surface of the base member containing a seco... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7045217 | Plated component for use in an outdoor environment A plated component used in an outdoor environment comprises a component main unit, a metal coating formed over at least a part of the component main unit, and an oxide coating formed over at least a part of the component main unit. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6946185 | Use of collapsible microspheres to create texture in surface coverings Surface coverings and surface covering components that include a textured transparent or translucent wear layer and a design layer, where the design layer is printed with an ink that includes collapsible microspheres, are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of man... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6921566 | Cushioned grip tape A multi-layer flexible non-skid cushioning tape having a top layer of plastic material having a frictional surface thereon, an elastomeric cushioning layer comprising a neoprene/EPDM/SBR blend, and an adhesion layer of a plastic sheet with a pressure sensitive adhes... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6913839 | Coated article having a quasicrystalline-ductile metal layered coating with high particle-impact damage resistance, and its preparation and use A coated article having a high resistance to particle-impact damage has a substrate, and a layered coating overlying the substrate. The layered coating includes a substantially continuous quasicrystalline layer, and a substantially continuous ductile metallic layer ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6913841 | Method and apparatus for producing iron article and product Liquid aluminum is sprayed onto an iron article to produce a thin tenacious non-corrodible layer. In one embodiment, an iron article is heated to at least 400° F. or preferably until cherry red. It is sprayed with a fine aluminum mist generated by heating aluminum ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6908663 | Pigmented radiation cured wear layer A method and composition for providing a colored high performance wear surface for floor coverings is disclosed. Specifically, the floor covering includes a substrate and a high performance layer comprising a radiation cured pigmented composition. The exposed surfac... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6890625 | Surface covering having gloss in-register and method of making Surface covering components that include a topcoat layer with different gloss levels in various regions on the top coat layer, and methods of manufacturing such surface covering components, are disclosed. The surface covering components include a coating layer that ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6887572 | Decorative sheet and sheet-decorated molding containing (meth) acrylate polymers A decorative sheet formed by coating a surface of an acrylic resin sheet having a coefficient of kinetic friction with respect to a flat glass plate in the range of 0.2 to 0.9 and a glass transition temperature of 80° C. or below with a pattern layer is inserted in... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6884501 | Plastics stabilized with zinc oxide-containing, abrasion-resistant multilayers The invention relates to a plastic article with a coating containing at least one zinc oxide-containing layer and at least one abrasion-resistant outer layer. ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6884491 | Treated textile fabric The present invention provides a water repellant, water resistant, stain resistant fabric that feels like fabric rather than plastic. The fabric of the present invention is prepared by treating a fabric with at least one treatment composition comprising from about 5... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6884481 | Motion transmitting cable assemblies having abrasion resistant multi-wall liner An abrasion-resistant multi-wall tubular article and a method of making same. The tubular article comprises an inner wall of polytetrafluoroethylene and an organic filler, an outer wall comprising polytetrafluoroethylene and an inorganic filler and a layer of polyte... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6881498 | Surface process involving isotropic superfinishing A surface processing method and power transmission component includes refining a surface region of a metal from a first roughness to a second roughness less than the first roughness. A solid lubricous coating or a hard coating is then deposited on the surface region... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6875500 | Flexible flooring system A flooring system for floors exhibiting surface movement, and/or for cushioning hard floors, which includes an epoxy or polyurethane primer, a two-component ambient temperature cured polyurethane membrane substrate base atop the primer of a urethane grade castor oil... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6869675 | Durable overcoat material This invention provides an element comprising a wear-resistant coating wherein said coating comprises radiation-cured urethane acrylate polymers and micronized polytetrafluoroethylene particles. ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6869684 | Protection of a surface by partially subjecting it to an electrochemical treatment In a method of providing a surface with a protection layer having at least a first surface area (2) and a second surface area (1), which surface areas (1, 2) are distinguishable in that the surface areas (1, 2) differ from each other in a... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6866914 | Artificial stone having non-slip property A novel artificial stone which contains an inorganic aggregate and a resin and has an uneven surface wherein the inorganic aggregate is exposed, wherein the average depth of concave grooves of the surface is in the range of 0.02 mm to 1.0 mm and the volume percentag... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6835428 | Plastic powder filled epoxy paint for tubing An improved method of applying an epoxy paint coating to a tube includes the step of mixing plastic particles into the epoxy paint prior to application on the tube. The plastic particles improve the paint's abrasion and corrosion resistance and also improves the pai... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6835466 | Alloyed galvanized steel plate having excellent slidability An alloyed hot-dip galvanized steel sheet is obtained by forming a hot-dip galvanized layer on the surface of the steel sheet and then alloying the steel sheet. The steel sheet exhibits a potential of −850 mV or less when it is immersed in a zinc sulfate-sodium ch... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6828011 | Moisture crosslinkable thermoplastics in the manufacture of vehicle weather strips Methods for forming a composite extrusion for use as a vehicle weather strip and the products formed thereby are disclosed in which a main body member is formed from an elastomeric thermoset rubber and an abrasion resistant decorative layer comprised of a crosslinka... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6803133 | Coated article An article is coated with a multi-layer coating having a bronze color. The coating comprises a polymeric basecoat layer, and a color and protective stack layer comprised of layers of carbon-rich refractory metal or refractory metal alloy carbonitride alternating wit... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6800353 | Scratch-resistant strippable finish A jobsite-applied radiation curable floor finish containing inorganic particles can be applied to a multipiece flooring material whose pieces have a top surface, a side surface or surfaces and gaps between pieces. The top surface is coated and at least the uppermost... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6792621 | Garment ventilation system An article of clothing includes a waterproof inner fabric layer and an outer fabric layer. An outer opening is defined in the outer fabric layer and is selectively opened and closed by a standard zipper. A portion of the inner fabric layer extends between the edges ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6753066 | Surface coverings having a natural appearance and methods to make a surface covering having a natural appearance A method for making a surface covering is disclosed which includes providing a surface covering having a backing layer, a foamable layer, and a design layer, wherein the design layer includes a portion of a pattern printed with at least one retarder composition. A w... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6749951 | Coated article having a quasicrystalline-ductile metal layered coating with high wear resistance, and its preparation and use A coated article having a high resistance to wear damage has a substrate, and a layered coating overlying the substrate. The layered coating includes a ductile metallic layer overlying and in facing contact with the substrate, and a protective layer overlying and in... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6749930 | Corrosion-resistive members A corrosion-resistive member is provided, including a corrosion-resistive face that is exposed to a corrosive gas causing ion bombardmemt. At least a part of the corrosion-resistive member is composed of a sintered silicon nitride body having an open porosity of not... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6746776 | Laminated structure, and manufacturing method thereof There is provided a laminated structure having a silicon carbide coating layer formed by sputtering on an alloy substrate, and the silicon carbide has a light transmittance of 70% or greater. It is preferable that the alloy substrate is a magnetic alloy or a phase-c... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6746756 | Polyurethane coated resilient surface covering having improved fidelity of texture and process of manufacture Mechanically embossed resilient surface coverings having superior textural fidelity are prepared by mechanically embossing a polyurethane coated floorcovering before the polyurethane is cured. The mechanical embossing is conducted when the polyurethane is dry and th... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6723438 | Soil resistant curable laminate coating Protective overlays comprising an at least partially cured overlay thermosettable resin and a substituted polysiloxane. Method for forming a protective overlay on a substrate to protect the substrate comprising (a) providing a substrate having at least one surface, ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6716496 | Weather strip A weather strip comprising an extruded body having straight sections and a corner section curving therebetween is disclosed. The extruded body comprises an attachment portion and a hollow sealing portion integrally formed by extrusion molding. The attachment portion... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6709723 | Thick sheet lamination product for use in exterior automotive body panels An exterior automotive quality paint coat is laminated to the surface of a plastic car body member of panel. A dry paint transfer film is first laminated to a relatively thin semi-rigid thermoformable resinous backing sheet. The backing sheet side of the resulting l... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6706385 | High lubricity, multi-layer polyolefin laminate The laminate of the invention comprises a sliding member of a resin composition and a Substrate layer of a thermoplastic olefin elastomer (A), and is obtained by co-extruding: the resin composition which is obtained by melt kneading a thermoplastic olefin elastomer ... | 03/16/2004 |
