49th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110300279 | Method and an Apparatus for Removing Fat from Meat Cuts - A method and apparatus for removing fat from one face of a meat cut, where a knife tool cuts a layer of fat and possibly skin from the face. The knife tool is adapted to cut across the entire width of said meat cut along a desired trimming interface. The knife tool includes at least two controllable blade parts, each having a cutting edge, the blade parts extending between the first face and a fat-to-lean interface without intersecting said first face. The position of said cutting edges and the angle of the blade parts are continuously adapted, by controlling the at least two controllable blade parts, to cut following the desired trimming interface, whereby the fat and possible skin is trimmed from the lean in one single piece of fat. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300280 | SHELLFISH COOKING RACK - A rack having a mesh body, a length and a width or if not rectangular, a circumference. The mesh body, in cross section, is provided with a plurality of ridges and troughs creating v-shaped surfaces sized for receiving and retaining shellfish thereon during cooking. The shellfish is placed upon the rack over the troughs and between the ridges for maintaining the shellfish in a substantially horizontal orientation during cooking. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300281 | Method for Producing Fatty Acid Esters of Monovalent or Polyvalent Alcohols Using Special Hydroxy-Functional Quaternary Ammonium Compounds as Catalysts - The present invention relates to a method for producing fatty acid esters from fats and/or oils of biogenic origin by transesterification with monovalent or polyvalent alcohols in the presence of a special hydroxy-functional quaternary ammonium compound as the catalyst. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300282 | PRODUCTION OF MONATIN ENANTIOMERS - Methods for preferentially hydrolyzing one stereoisomer of an isoxazoline diester over another, as well as an enzyme for facilitating the preferential hydrolysis are provided. Also provided are methods for providing mixtures of (RR) and (RS) monatin as well as (SS) and (SR) monatin, which methods can include the step of stereoselectively hydrolyzing an isoxazoline diester. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300283 | Milk-based alternative product and method for producing the same - The present invention concerns the production of a milk-based alternative product, using edible oil to substitute at least part of the milk fat. in particular, the present invention concerns the production of a cheese alternative product, an ice cream alternative product, a custard alternative product or a chilled or frozen dessert alternative product, using an edible oil to substitute at least part of the milk fat. Further, a milk based alternative product, in particular a cheese alternative product, an ice cream alternative product, a custard alternative product or a chilled or frozen dessert alternative product, and the use of an edible oil, in particular olive oil, for the production of the milk-based alternative product are disclosed. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300284 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING CHOCOLATE CRUMB - A process for chocolate crumb manufacture and chocolate crumb and confectionery products made using the process. The process comprises: a) providing a milk and sugar mixture or mixing together, milk and sugar so as to form a mixture; b) evaporating liquid from the mixture; c) adding and mixing cocoa mass/liquor to the mixture during and/or after steps (a) and/or (b); d) subjecting the mixture to conditions effective to bring about sugar crystallisation; e) drying the mixture so as to form chocolate crumb; and f) forming the chocolate crumb into a plurality of substantially uniformly shaped pieces. The crumb mixture is formed into a plurality of substantially uniformly shaped pieces. In one embodiment the pieces are formed by passing the chocolate crumb through one or more rollers which have one or more depressions adapted to shape the crumb into the pieces. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300285 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING CHOCOLATE CRUMB - A process is described for preparing chocolate crumb. A milk and sugar mixture is provided, or milk and sugar are mixed together so as to form a mixture, and the mixture is modified so that the total solids are present in the range of 75% to 90% of the mixture. During the process of mixing and/or modifying the mixture, cocoa mass/liquor is added to the mixture. The mixture is then subjected to conditions effective to bring about sugar crystallisation in the mixture, and dried so as to form chocolate crumb. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300286 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING CHOCOLATE CRUMB - A process for chocolate crumb manufacture and an apparatus for preparing chocolate crumb. The process for preparing chocolate crumb comprises: a) supplying a milk and sugar mixture, or mixing together milk and sugar, in a reaction vessel; b) evaporating excess liquid from the mixture in the reaction vessel so as to form sweetened condensed milk; c) adding cocoa mass/liquor to the reaction vessel during and/or after steps (a) and/or (b); d) subjecting the mixture in the reaction vessel to conditions effective to bring about sugar crystallisation in the mixture; and e) drying the mixture so as to form chocolate crumb. The process is efficient in that initial evaporation of excess liquid takes place in the same vessel used for mixing and processing the constituents of the crumb. In one embodiment all of the steps a to e take place in a single reaction vessel. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300287 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING CHOCOLATE CRUMB - The present invention relates to a process for chocolate crumb manufacture and to chocolate crumb and confectionery products made using the process. The process comprises: a) providing a milk and sugar mixture or mixing together, milk and sugar so as to form a mixture; b) evaporating liquid from the mixture; c) adding cocoa mass/liquor to the mixture during and/or after step (a) and/or (b); d) subjecting the mixture to conditions effective to bring about sugar crystallisation in the mixtune; e) drying the mixture at a temperature in the range of 50 to 95° C. for 35 to 200 minutes so as to form chocolate crumb; and f) cooling the chocolate crumb by subjecting it to a temperature which is less than the drying temperature. The drying parameters employed in the process result in superior flavour and texture development of the chocolate crumb. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300288 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING CHOCOLATE CRUMB - The present invention relates to a process for chocolate crumb manufacture and to chocolate crumb and confectionery products made using the process. The process comprises: a) providing a milk and sugar mixture or mixing together milk and sugar so as to form a mixture; b) heating the mixture to a temperature in the range of 55-110° C. under a lowered pressure in the range of 18-25 kPa so as to effect evaporation of liquid from the mixture; c) adding cocoa mass/liquor to the mixture during and/or after step (a) and/or step (b); d) subjecting the mixture to conditions effective to bring about sugar crystallisation in the mixture; and e) drying the mixture so as to form chocolate crumb. Evaporation takes place at a reduced temperature and pressure so as to produce a sweetened condensed milk. In one embodiment the milk and sugar mix is evaporated to between 85-88% solids by heating the mixture to between about 85° C. to 95° C. under a lowered pressure of approximately 24 kPa for 30 minutes. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300289 | COATING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ORGANIC EL DISPLAY - A coating method in which ink droplets containing functional material are ejected through nozzles on a substrate having a plurality of pixel regions and lyophobic portions adjacent to the respective pixel regions, to form a functional layer in each of the pixel regions includes: landing an ink droplet on a first pixel region and on a first lyophobic portion adjacent to the first pixel region; measuring a deviation of a landing position of the ink droplet on the first lyophobic portion from a set ink landing position; and ejecting an ink droplet on a second pixel region of the substrate while correcting the timing of ink ejection through the nozzles based on the deviation. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300290 | Device for fabricating electrode by roll to roll process and method for fabricating electrode - There are provided a device for fabricating an electrode by a roll-to-roll process and a method for fabricating an electrode. The device for fabricating an electrode includes an unwinding roll and a winding roll travelling an electrode material; a film forming roll disposed between the unwinding roll and the winding roll allowing the electrode material to travel along a cylindrical surface of the film forming roll and having a cooling unit cooling the electrode material; and an evaporation unit receiving a lithium source and mounted for the received lithium source to form a thin film in the electrode material positioned on the film forming roll. Thereby, the lithium is deposited in a vacuum atmosphere such that the process is simple and the deposition rate and the deposition uniformity of lithium can be improved. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300291 | Method for Film Formation, Apparatus for Film Formation, and Computer-Readable Recording Medium - Disclosed is a method for film formation, characterized by comprising allowing a treatment gas stream containing a metal carbonyl-containing treatment gas and a carbon monoxide-containing carrier gas to flow into a region on the upper outside of the outer periphery of a substrate to be treated in a diameter direction of the substrate while avoiding the surface of the substrate and diffusing the metal carbonyl from the treatment gas stream into the surface of the substrate to form a metal film on the surface of the substrate. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300292 | METHOD FOR MAKING LITHIUM BATTERY CATHODE COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A method for making a lithium battery cathode composite is provided. First, a plurality of lithium vanadium phosphate particles is provided. A lithium iron phosphate layer is then formed on an outer surface of each of the lithium vanadium phosphate particle by coating a lithium iron phosphate precursor slurry, thereby forming the lithium battery cathode composite. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300293 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PARTICLES AND PATTERNED FILMS - A system including a mold having a fluoropolymer wherein the mold defines a plurality of cavities having a predetermined shape and a cross-sectional dimension less than about 100 micrometers; a roller; a surface in cooperation with the roller to form a nip point configured to receive the mold, wherein the nip point is further configured to receive a substantially liquid composition and accelerate entry of the substantially liquid composition into the cavity. A method of forming particles including applying a substantially liquid composition to a mold, wherein the mold comprises a fluoropolymer and defines a plurality of cavities each having a broadest cross-sectional dimension of less than about 100 micrometers; nipping the mold between a roller and a surface such that the substantially liquid composition enters the cavities of the mold; and hardening the substantially liquid composition in the cavities of the mold to form a particle within each cavity, wherein the particle has a size and shape that substantially mimics the size and shape of the cavity of the mold. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300294 | WRITABLE-ERASABLE SURFACES - Writable-erasable surfaces prepared by a powder coating process are provided. The coatings have many desirable attributes. For example, the coatings (e.g., powder compositions) cure rapidly at elevated temperatures or under radiation, have low VOC emissions, and have reduced tendency to form ghost images, even after prolonged and repeated normal use. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300295 | JETTING DISPENSER AND METHOD OF JETTING HIGHLY COHESIVE ADHESIVES - Jetting dispensers and methods of non-contact dispensing a hot melt adhesive onto a substrate. The method may include jetting a plurality of droplets of the hot melt adhesive from a nozzle outlet toward the substrate in a direction of travel. Each droplet has a droplet length approximately aligned with the direction of travel and a droplet width shorter than the droplet length. The jetting is controlled such that each of the droplets does not collapse into a spherical-shaped droplet during flight from the nozzle outlet to the substrate. The nozzle outlet may be heated to a first temperature, and the method may further include rapidly heating each droplet of the hot melt adhesive to a second temperature higher than the first temperature upon release from the nozzle outlet. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300296 | BULK POLYMERIZATION OF SILICONE-CONTAINING COPOLYMERS - Methods for preparing silicone-containing polymers by essentially adiabatic polymerization methods are disclosed. The polymerization system includes free radically polymerizable monomers. The monomers include ethylenically unsaturated cone-containing monomers and/or mercapto-functional silicones as well as additional free radically polymerizable monomers. The silicone-containing polymers are useful as adhesives or release materials. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300297 | MULTI-WAFER ROTATING DISC REACTOR WITH INERTIAL PLANETARY DRIVE - Wafer carriers and methods for moving wafers in a reactor. The wafer carrier may include a platen with a plurality of compartments and a plurality of wafer platforms. The platen is configured to rotate about a first axis. Each of the wafer platforms is associated with one of the compartments and is configured to rotate about a respective second axis relative to the respective compartment. The platen and the wafer platforms rotate with different angular velocities to create planetary motion therebetween. The method may include rotating a platen about a first axis of rotation. The method further includes rotating each of a plurality of wafer platforms carried on the platen and carrying the wafers about a respective second axis of rotation and with a different angular velocity than the platen to create planetary motion therebetween. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300298 | CLEAR INK COMPOSITION - There is provided a clear ink composition containing a water-insoluble alkanediol having at least seven carbon atoms, a water-soluble alcohol that functions as a dissolution aid for dissolving the water-insoluble alkanediol, water, a fine polymer particle at least containing polyolefin, and a fluorene resin. A colorant is not used. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300299 | Banded Papers, Smoking Articles and Methods - Wrapper for cigarette manufacture includes transversely extending band regions applied by a printing technique, such as gravure printing. The band regions comprise starch, an anti-wrinkling agent such as 1,2 propylene glycol or glycerin, and optionally calcium carbonate. Any suitable printing technique can be used to apply the aqueous solution to the banded regions. The pattern of banded regions may be bands, stripes, two-dimensional arrays, undulated regions, and the like along and/or around the tobacco rod. The pattern can be applied in one or more layers. The pattern may be configured so that when a smoking article is placed on a substrate, at least two longitudinal locations along the length of the tobacco rod have film-forming compound located only on sides of the smoking article not in contact with the substrate. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300300 | In Situ Foaming In Artificial Stone - A method of manufacturing a body structure for a door or other furniture is provided. A skeletal framework is placed on an uncured artificial stone mix deposited on a release sheet placed on a surface. Liquid structural foam is introduced within the skeletal framework. The skeletal framework is wrapped with the release sheet comprising the uncured artificial stone mix such that the skeletal framework is completely covered with the uncured artificial stone mix. The wrapped skeletal framework is placed in a chamber of a defined volume. The uncured artificial stone mix is compressed by the expanding liquid structural foam and conforms to the internal shape of the chamber. The foaming action generates heat that accelerates curing of the uncured artificial stone mix to create an outer cured artificial stone skin of the body structure. After removal from the chamber, the release sheet is separated and the body structure is polished. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300301 | RESIN APPLICATOR AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for applying resin to a plurality of fibres, comprising: a housing ( | 2011-12-08 |
20110300302 | COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF TIMBER AND OTHER WOOD SUBSTRATES - This invention is related to a wood preservative composition comprising i) at least one active ingredient, and ii) a carrier system containing at least 10% w/w of a solvent selected from one or more ester compounds of the formula (I) wherein: R and R′ are independently selected from Ci-Cβ-alkyl groups, and wherein the carbon chains of alkyl groups of 3 or more carbon atoms may be straight-chained or branched; and wherein the at least one active ingredient is substantially soluble in the earner system. The preservative compositions may be used to treat wood based materials, and the ester solvent may optionally be recovered following the treatment. Formula (I). | 2011-12-08 |
20110300303 | SULFIDATION-RESISTANT COATING SYSTEM AND PROCESS THEREFOR - A coating system and process for protecting component surfaces exposed to sulfur-containing environments at elevated temperatures. The coating system includes a sulfidation-resistant overlay coating that is predominantly niobium or molybdenum. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300304 | SPRAY SELF ASSEMBLY - An apparatus (and a method of making an apparatus) that includes a flexible functional material. The flexible functional material includes nano-particle layer(s) and linking agent layer(s). The nano-particle layer(s) are bonded to the linking agent layer(s). The nano-particle layer(s) and/or linking agent layer(s) are deposited by being sprayed. Since nano-particle layer(s) and/or linking agent layer(s) may be deposited by being sprayed, a flexible functional material may be easily formed on structures (e.g. such as external aircraft parts) to create a conductive surface. Through spraying, deposition may be efficient and effective and allow for implementations which are impractical and/or not possible with bulk metal materials. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300305 | MECHANICAL SINTERING OF NANOPARTICLE INKS AND POWDERS - Nanoparticle inks and powders are sintered using an applied mechanical energy, such as uniaxial pressure, hydrostatic pressure, and ultrasonic energy, which may also include applying a sheer force to the inks or powders in order to make the resultant film or line conductive. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300306 | COAXIAL LASER ASSISTED COLD SPRAY NOZZLE - A cold spray nozzle assembly for applying a coating of particles to a substrate includes a nozzle defining an inner passage with a nozzle exit. The nozzle assembly also includes a particle supply member in communication with the inner passage. The particle supply member supplies the particles to flow and accelerate through the inner passage and out of the nozzle via the nozzle exit toward the substrate to be coated thereon. Furthermore, the nozzle assembly includes a laser that emits a laser beam that is transmitted through the inner passage. The laser heats at least one of the particles and the substrate to promote coating of the substrate with the particles. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300307 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIRING BOARD - A method for manufacturing a wiring board includes forming a conductive pattern on an insulation layer, forming on the conductive pattern a resin insulation layer containing a resin and a silica-type filler, and irradiating a laser beam having an absorption rate with respect to the conductive pattern is in an approximate range of 30˜60% such that an opening portion reaching the conductive pattern is formed through the resin insulation layer. The silica-type filler in the resin insulation layer is in an amount of approximately 2˜60 wt. %. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300308 | STREAMER CABLE WITH ENHANCED PROPERTIES - The present invention relates to streamer cables. One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for preparing a streamer cable. The method may comprise retrofitting the streamer cable with a solid void-filler material, where the streamer cable was configured as a liquid-filled streamer cable. The retrofitting may comprise introducing a void-filler material into the streamer cable when the void-filler material is in a liquid state and curing or otherwise solidifying the void-filler material to a solid state. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a streamer cable comprising an outer skin and-at least one sensor positioned within the outer skin. The streamer cable may also comprise a solid void-filler material positioned between the outer skin and the at least one sensor, wherein the solid void-filler material is coupled to the at least one sensor. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300309 | PLASMA FILM DEPOSITION METHOD - A plasma nozzle supplies a plasmatized electric discharge gas, and a first supply section in a flow regulator which is interposed between the plasma nozzle and a base member supplies a first liquid-phase raw material. A second supply section which is separate from the first supply section supplies a second liquid-phase raw material. The first liquid-phase raw material which is activated by a plasmatized electric discharge gas and deposited on the base member while in a liquid phase is caused to interact with the second liquid-phase raw material which is activated by the plasmatized electric discharge gas, and solidified into a film on the base member. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300310 | Method and Device for Coating Functional Surfaces - A method and system for coating the functional surfaces of symmetrically serrated components, in particular the tooth flanks of gears, includes a coating source emitting coating material in the form of electrically charged particles in the direction of a revolving component. A high-quality functional surface coating of the component is achieved in that a shield is arranged in the beam path between the component and the coating source transversely to the irradiation direction, which shields the component from the coating beam in a contour area with a functional surface orientation inclined flatly with respect to the irradiation direction. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300311 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF ELECTRODE AND DISCHARGE SURFACE TREATMENT THEREWITH - A surface treatment method of a subject body is comprised steps of: packing and pressurizing powder including an electrically conductive material in a mold so as to obtain a plurality of compressed powder bodies; joining the plurality of compressed powder bodies together by arranging the plurality of compressed powder bodies to be mutually in close contact and applying isostatic pressure on the arranged compressed powder bodies; sintering the joined compressed powder bodies so as to obtain a sintered body; and carrying out a discharge surface treatment by bringing the sintered body close to a subject body and generating electric discharge. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300312 | Nativity stable structure and kit for same - The present invention provides a nativity stable structure particularly for use with larger nativity figures (24 inches in height, or greater) which is made of tubular and solid metal bars, rods and sheet members and fittings or connectors that can be economically made, shipped, packaged, assembled, such as in a kit or kits, and used to house the larger nativity figures. When Christmas has passed, the nativity stable structure of the present invention can be easily disassembled and repackaged in its shipping carton(s) and easily stored in compact, minimum footprint and volume. Further sheet flooring is included in the package or kit upon which the nativity figures can be placed. The flooring is made in a plurality of identical segments and is compact and also easily shipped and stored. Further, to facilitate erection of the nativity stable on an uneven ground (and generally lawns are somewhat uneven and should have some slope for drainage), the legs of the nativity stable structure are telescopic and can be fixed at a desired position to level the floor and nativity stable. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300313 | Artificial christmas tree air freshening system - A textured, colored artificial Christmas tree pole covering system includes an air freshener and an exterior resembling a natural tree bark. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300314 | Materials between transparent layers for decoration - Multipurpose decoration consisting in filling and retention of different materials between two or more transparent layers consisting of glass or plastic. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300315 | RECORDING MEDIUM - The invention provides a recording medium capable of inhibiting cracks and also inhibiting peeling off of an ink receiving layer upon folding of the recording medium. The recording medium has a substrate and an ink receiving layer provided on the substrate, wherein the substrate is a resin-coated substrate obtained by coating a base material with a resin, the arithmetic average roughness Ra of a surface of the substrate on the side of the ink receiving layer as prescribed by JIS B 0601:2001 is 3.0 μm or more, the skewness Rsk of a roughness curve of the surface of the substrate as prescribed by JIS B 0601:2001 is 0.2 or less, and the coating thickness of the ink receiving layer is 50 μm or less. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300316 | RECORDING MEDIUM - The invention provides a recording medium capable of inhibiting occurrence of undertrapping, lowering the visibility of scratches on the outermost surface of the recording medium and inhibiting occurrence of a mottled pattern when recording is conducted. The recording medium has a substrate and an ink receiving layer provided on the substrate, wherein the arithmetic average roughness Ra of the outermost surface of the recording medium as prescribed by JIS B 0601:2001 is 1.1 μm or more and 2.5 μm or less, and the skewness Rsk of a roughness curve of the outermost surface of the recording medium as prescribed by JIS B 0601:2001 is 0.1 or less. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300317 | RECORDING MEDIUM - A recording medium includes an ink-receiving layer formed by applying a coating liquid onto at least one surface of a substrate and drying the coating liquid, the coating liquid containing hydrated alumina and a binder, in which the hydrated alumina in the coating liquid has an average particle size of 100 nm to 250 nm, the surface of the ink-receiving layer has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.8 μm to 2.5 μm, the arithmetic average roughness Ra being specified by JIS B0601:2001, and the surface of the ink-receiving layer has a specular gloss at 60° of 10.0% or less, the specular gloss at 60° being specified by JIS Z8741. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300318 | INSULATED PANEL SYSTEM AND STRUCTURE - One embodiment of the present invention provides an insulated panel system for enhanced insulation of an existing structure, the system comprising an additional insulated layer provided on the surface of an existing structurally insulated panel, attachment means for attaching the additional insulated layer to the existing structurally insulated panel, wherein the additional insulated layer comprises a rigid foam panel and surface sheet stock sandwiching the foam panel. Another embodiment provides a structurally insulated panel and connection means, comprising a plurality of rigid insulating foam panels, a plurality of mating rails to provide structural support, and resin-based sheet stock sandwiching the foam panels and mating rails. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300319 | SUBSTRATE PROVIDED WITH A MULTILAYER COATING HAVING THERMAL PROPERTIES AND AN ABSORBENT LAYER - The invention relates to multiple glazing comprising at least two substrates, one substrate being coated on an inner face in contact with a gas-filled cavity with a thin-film multilayer coating having reflection properties in the infrared and/or in solar radiation, said coating comprising a single metallic functional layer ( | 2011-12-08 |
20110300320 | BUFFER PACKING MATERIAL HAVING AIR INJECTION PATH FORMED WITH BYPASS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a buffer packing material having an air injection path formed with a bypass and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to a buffer packing material, in which a bypass is formed at one side of a passage between an air injection path for injecting air from the outside and an air guiding path for guiding the injected air into an air cell and in communication with the outside so as to prevent a specific air cell from being deformed or broken by an excessive air injected into the specific air cell due to an increased pressure in the air injection path when air is injected into the cell, and a method for manufacturing the same. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300321 | HYDROGENATED STYRENIC BLOCK COPOLYMERS BLENDS WITH POLYPROPYLENE - The present invention comprises a molding composition comprising at least about 70% wt. polypropylene or polypropylene random copolymer; up to about 30 wt. % of a block copolymer composition comprising at least one selectively hydrogenated block copolymer which substantially matches the index of refraction of the polypropylene or polypropylene random copolymer, and up to about 0.70% by wt. of a clarifying agent, wherein the weight % of the total blend is 100%. The present invention also may be a molded article produced from the molding composition. A molded article formed from such a composition at a thickness of 0.125 inches will have a haze of less than about 50% and an instrumented impact toughness of at least 100 inch-lbs at −20° C. to −30° C. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300322 | POLYOLEFIN GRAFT POLY(METH)ACRYLATE COPOLYMER-BASED ADHESION PROMOTER FOR COATING POLYOLEFIN SURFACES - The invention relates to a novel halogen-free and acid-free, readily soluble adhesion promoter for polyolefins, said promoter containing (meth)acrylate-grafted, amorphous polyolefins. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300323 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR A BULK SIC SINGLE CRYSTAL WITH A LARGE FACET AND MONOCRYSTALLINE SIC SUBSTRATE WITH HOMOGENEOUS RESISTANCE DISTRIBUTION - A method is used to produce a bulk SiC single crystal. A seed crystal is arranged in a crystal growth region of a growing crucible. An SiC growth gas phase is produced in the crystal growth region. The bulk SiC single crystal having a central longitudinal mid-axis grows by deposition from the SiC growth gas phase, the deposition taking place on a growth interface of the growing bulk SiC single crystal. The SiC growth gas phase is at least partially fed from an SiC source material and contains at least one dopant from the group of nitrogen, aluminum, vanadium and boron. At least in a central main growth region of the growth interface arranged about the longitudinal mid-axis, a lateral temperature gradient of at most 2 K/cm measured perpendicular to the longitudinal mid-axis is adjusted and maintained in this range. The bulk SiC single crystal has a large facet region. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300324 | OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides an optical recording medium realizing reduced manufacturing cost of the optical recording medium. An optical recording medium | 2011-12-08 |
20110300325 | DISC SHAPED HIGH DENSITY RECORDING MEDIUM - This invention relates to an optical recording medium in which at least a recording layer and a light transmitting layer are sequentially formed on a substrate and in which the light is illuminated from the light transmitting layer side for recording and/or reproducing information signals, said substrate comprising an injection molded part, and said substrate having a Young's modulus E of at least 2.15 GPa and a Q factor of lower than 160 measured at 25° C. at 2000 Hz in accordance to ASTM E 756-05 05 and a transcriptability of the pit/groove structure of >85%. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300326 | ADHESIVE MATERIAL REEL - The bonding-material reel according to the present invention includes a tape for circuit connection having a tape-shaped base material and an adhesive layer formed on one surface of the base material, and a core around which the tape for circuit connection is wound, wherein the tape for circuit connection has an end tape which has been bonded to the terminal end, a region in which the adhesive layer is not formed over at least one reel length of the core toward the start end of the tape for circuit connection from the terminal end thereof, and a cover tape which is provided so as to cover the region. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300327 | Polyurethane Roller Coating Process for Carpet Backing - A method for preparing carpet by using polyurethane to anneal secondary backing to a greige, comprising fibers attached to a primary backing. The polyurethane monomers are mixed just prior to application to the greige primary backing allowing the relatively low viscosity polyurethane to penetrate the fibers of the primary backing to aid in fiber lock. The polyurethane is puddle between two rollers that coat a layer of polyurethane onto the greige. The polyurethane coated greige is then contacted with the secondary backing before complete polymerization to insure sufficient tack to hold the backings together resulting in a durable carpet requiring a relatively low weight of polyurethane monomers. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300328 | THREE-DIMENSIONALLY SHAPED ARTICLES AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Process for producing a three-dimensionally shaped article, comprising the steps a) providing a structure containing a plurality of consolidated films or tapes of uni-directionally oriented polymer, b) forming the structure into a three-dimensionally shaped article by applying a force at a temperature below the melting point of the oriented polymer. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300329 | AIRFLOW PAD - An airflow pad is disclosed that includes first and second external facings of paper material extending between edge portions of the panel and having interior portions disposed remotely from the edge portions. A low-density core of paper material disposed between and associating the external facings to provide stiffness to the panel. The pad defines a network of channels open at least one of the edge portions and at the interior portion of the first facing allowing airflow therebetween. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300330 | RESIN MOLDING METHOD, DIE DEVICE, AND RESIN MOLDED ARTICLE - Flow gates | 2011-12-08 |
20110300331 | LAMINATE COUNTERTOP INSERT AND TEMPLATE - In one aspect, the invention provides an insert that is incorporated into laminated countertops during fabrication of stock countertop material. Once installed, a guide portion of the insert serves as a template for the later removal of a selected cut-out portion of the insert, to leave an opening in the countertop defined at least in part by a remaining portion of the insert. In this way, the insert may for example serve as both a template for cutting a sink opening in a laminated countertop, and as a component of a sink undermounting system in the laminated countertop. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300332 | ACOUSTIC TILE - An acoustic tile comprising a perforated support wherein one of the faces is covered on its entire surface with a nonwoven material, characterized in that the material is coated on at least one face by a photocatalytic composition comprising at least one photocatalyst agent. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300333 | Composite manufacturing method - A method of manufacturing a panel, the panel comprising a composite skin and at least one composite stiffener, the method comprising: positioning first and second mandrels on opposite sides of the stiffener; positioning first and second compaction tools on opposite sides of the skin; and compacting the skin between the first and second compaction tools by moving one or both of the compaction tools, wherein the movement of the compaction tool(s) causes the first and second mandrels to move towards the stiffener along inclined paths so as to compact the stiffener between the mandrels. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300334 | FIBROUS STRUCTURAL ARTICLE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present fibrous structural article is a material in a plate-like shape and having multiple fibers adhered to one another, and fibers are oriented from one surface side toward the other surface side of the fibrous structural article, and the fibers are arranged in an annual ring centering on a virtual axis. The present production method of a fibrous structural article comprises a fiber supplying process for blowing and supplying first short fibers and second short fibers, into a forming mold in a hollow box shape and having a first bottom wall, sidewalls and second bottom wall, from a fiber supplying port formed through the first bottom wall, and a melting process for melting at least part of the second short fibers. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300335 | Cordierite Membrane on a Cordierite Monolith - Described herein is a cordierite membrane coated on a monolith substrate formed from cordierite. The membrane coating is formed from cordierite particles which have been processed to have a median particle size diameter of between 1 and 3 microns with a narrow particle size distribution suitable for forming a cordierite membrane on a cordierite monolith substrate. After the cordierite membrane is formed on the cordierite monolith substrate, the cordierite membrane monolith has a pore size of less than 1 micron. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300336 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING STRIPS TO SURFACES - A method of applying a strip to a surface is disclosed. The strip is laid out spaced apart from a path guide. The path guide is referenced with least two longitudinally spaced apart reference guides to guide an applicator transversely spaced from the reference guides over the strip. The strip is lifted upstream of the applicator with a strip guide longitudinally spaced from the applicator to space the strip from the surface. Heat is applied to at least one of the strip or the surface in a location longitudinally between the applicator and the strip guide. The applicator is moved along the strip to apply pressure to the strip against the surface to bond the strip to the surface. A related apparatus for applying a strip to a surface is also disclosed. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300337 | SUBSTRATE FOR LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE - A substrate for light-emitting diode (LED) has a top surface being divided into a plurality of first units and a plurality of second units. The first units respectively have a plurality of first microstructures, and the second units respectively have a plurality of second microstructures different from the first microstructures of the first units. Any two adjacent ones of the first units have one second unit located therebetween, while the second units are located around each of the first units. The second units are micro-roughened surfaces that have a relatively small average height difference between tops and bottoms thereof, allowing bridging structures formed on the second units to have bottom portions with uniform thickness, which in turn enables increased good yield of LED production. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300338 | GRAPHENE NANO RIBBONS AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME - Methods of preparing graphene nano ribbons may include forming a graphene sheet on at least one surface of a substrate, forming a plasma mask having a nano pattern on the graphene sheet, and forming a nano pattern on the graphene sheet by plasma treating a stack structure on which the plasma mask is formed. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300339 | HIGH ASPECT RATIO ADHESIVE STRUCTURE AND A METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - A method of forming a high aspect ratio adhesive structure, the method comprising fabricating a porous template comprising at least a first tier and a second tier; introducing a softened polymer into the template; and separating the polymer from the template. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300340 | FLOOR MAT - The invention relates to floor mats for absorbing liquids, comprising a shell made of a flexible, non-woven spunbonded fabric, wherein the shell comprises a first and a second section, wherein the first and the second sections of the shell are connected to each other in some sections in such a way that the first and the second sections of the shell form a pocket, and comprising at least one absorbent material section that comprises a superabsorbent material, wherein the absorbent material section is arranged in the pocket. Such floor mats known from the prior art are available only with certain specified absorbing capacities. Therefore, it is proposed that a known floor mat be developed in such a way that the first and/or the second section of the shell has a length in a range of 200 mm to 1000 mm and a width in a range of 200 mm to 600 mm, wherein the floor mat comprises at least two sections having a first thickness and at least one section having a second thickness, wherein the second thickness is less than the first thickness and wherein the section having the second thickness is arranged between the sections having the first thickness in such a way that the section having the second thickness forms a fold line so that the two sections of the floor mat can be pivoted toward each other. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300341 | NOVEL THREE DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES USEFUL AS CLEANING SHEETS - Disclosed are cleaning sheets having substantial macroscopic three-dimensionality. Optionally, the macroscopically three-dimensional cleaning sheets can comprise a contractable material (e.g., a scrim material), which when heated and then cooled contracts so as to provide a macroscopic, three-dimensional structure. Macroscopic three-dimensionality is described in terms of “average peak-to-peak distance” and “surface topography index”, as well in terms of “average height differential”. Also disclosed are cleaning implements comprising a handle and the described cleaning sheets. Processes for the sheets, benefits of the processes, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300342 | Ceramic Coating Systems and Methods - An article has a metallic substrate. The substrate has a first surface region and a plurality of blind recesses along the first surface region. The substrate has perimeter lips at the openings of the plurality of recesses and extending partially over the respective associated recesses. A ceramic coating is along the first surface region. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300343 | Composite Truss Panel Having Fluted Core - A composite truss structure employs a sandwich-in-sandwich construction in which a composite fluted core is sandwiched between two facesheets, and at least one structural foam stiffener is sandwiched within the core or between the facesheets and/or the core. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300344 | INK SET, RECORDED MATERIAL AND PRINTED MATERIAL - An ink set is provided, the ink set including a yellow ink composition; and at least one of a magenta ink composition and a cyan ink composition, wherein a colorant of the yellow ink composition contains an azo pigment represented by formula (1), its tautomer, or a salt or hydrate thereof, the magenta ink composition contains at least one pigment selected from quinacridone pigments, and the cyan ink composition contains at least one pigment selected from phthalocyanine pigments: | 2011-12-08 |
20110300345 | Surface Having Superhydrophobic Region And Superhydrophilic Region - According to an example embodiment, a patterned surface includes a micro-structural surface with a micro or nano pattern on a substrate, wherein the micro-structural surface has superhydrophobic regions and superhydrophilic regions. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300346 | SECURITY FILMS AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF - Security films of the type used to make tamper-evident adhesive tape, also methods and apparatus for making the films. A polymer substrate film ( | 2011-12-08 |
20110300347 | Fabrication of Patterned Nanofibers - Various methods and systems are provided for the fabrication of patterned nanofibers. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a layer of electrospun nanofibers from a polymer solution and patterning the layer of electrospun nanofibers using ultraviolet (UV) lithography. The patterned electrospun nanofibers may then be thermally treated to form patterned carbon nanofibers. In another embodiment, a device includes a layer of patterned carbon nanofibers formed by generating electrospun nanofibers from a polymer solution, patterning the electrospun nanofibers using UV lithography, and converting the patterned electrospun nanofibers into patterned carbon nanofibers using a thermal treatment. In another embodiment, a method includes depositing electrospun nanofibers for a first predefined period of time, dissipating charge on the deposited electrospun nanofibers for a second predefined period of time where no electrospun nanofibers are deposited, and sequentially repeating the depositing and dissipating steps to from a layer of electrospun nanofibers having a predefined thickness. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300348 | VAPOR PERMEABLE RETROREFLECTIVE GARMENT - A vapor permeable retroreflective material for use on protective garments. The material may be formed in a non-continuous pattern that provides a high-level of retroreflective brightness, yet also provides adequate permeability to prevent exposure to trapped thermal energy and heated moisture. The non-continuous retroreflective pattern may include retroreflective regions and non-retroreflective regions arranged such that thermal decay through the protective garment is not substantially decreased in the regions corresponding to the retroreflective material. Rather, vapor permeation and thermal decay through the garment may be substantially the same as if the retroreflective material was not present. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300349 | PRINTABLE COATING - A primer-less coating composition for facestock comprises: a binder being a water-dispersible polymer; an ethylenically unsaturated compound which is aqueous-dispersible and miscible with or bonded to said water-dispersible polymer, wherein said ethylenically unsaturated compound is able to form a covalent bond with an ink; and a crosslinker, wherein said crosslinker is suitable for binding the coating to the facestock. The coating composition may be applied to a substrate to form a printable film. A printed film in accordance with the invention may be used in a label, for example for use on a container such as a bottle. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300350 | PERFORMANCE TEXTILE HAVING GAS PERMEABLE AND PROTECTIVE FUNCTIONS - A performance textile having gas permeable and protective functions includes a flexible fabric and a gas permeable fabric arranged on the flexible fabric. The flexible fabric includes a joining surface. The gas permeable fabric has a plurality of contact regions connecting to the joining surface and a plurality of bulged regions adjacent to the contact regions. The bulged regions and the joining surface form a chamber between them to contain gas. The flexible fabric changes from an un-stretched condition to a stretched condition when subjecting to a force. During change of the conditions the bulged regions move towards the joining surface so that a volume change occurs to the chamber and the pressure in the chamber increases to force the gas to pass through the flexible fabric to provide greater gas permeability. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300351 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DECORATIVE PAPER AND DECORATIVE PAPER - A method reduces the needed input of resin during an impregnation of decorative papers. As a result of the application of an aliphatic anionic polyurethane dispersion containing polycarbonate following printing, the quantity of resin absorbed in the impregnation is reduced by the capillary action of the paper fibers. At the same time, the light fastness of the printed or unprinted decorative papers is increased. The level of gloss of the pressed paper following application to a paper printed with metal effect ink is enhanced. The tear resistance of a decorative paper is improved and the growth during the impregnation is reduced considerably. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300352 | AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS OF SILVER PARTICLES - A method of preparing an aqueous dispersion comprising silver particles of mean diameter from 0.5 to 25 nm by weight and an aqueous carrier liquid, including the steps of i) providing a mixture comprising at least one silver salt, aqueous carrier liquid and a stabiliser for the particles ii) contacting the mixture with a non-ionic or covalent reducing agent to form a reaction mixture iii) causing the at least one silver salt to react with the reducing agent to form a dispersion comprising silver particles and acid wherein step iii) is partly or completely performed in the presence of anion exchange resin whereby the acid is exchanged for a hydroxide ion from the resin and/or is sorbed by the resin. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300353 | INK FOR RECORDING, AND INK CARTRIDGE, INK RECORDED MATTER, INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD USING THE SAME - There is provided an ink for recording, which contains: a coloring agent; a water-dispersible resin; a wetting agent; a surfactant; and water, wherein a total solid content of the coloring agent and the water-dispersible resin is 10% by mass to 30% with respect to a total mass of the ink, a ratio B/C is 0.1 to 1.6 where B is a solid content of the coloring agent in the ink, and C is a solid content of the water-dispersible resin in the ink, a viscosity of the ink is 5 mPa·s to 20 mPa·s at 25° C., and a surface tension of the ink is 35 mN/m or less. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300354 | COMBINED SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A base portion is prepared which has a supporting layer made of a material different from silicon carbide, and a silicon carbide layer formed on the supporting layer. Each of first and second silicon carbide single-crystals is connected onto the silicon carbide layer of the base portion. In this way, a combined substrate having such a plurality of silicon carbide single-crystals can be provided at low cost. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300355 | SINTERED BODY OF LOW TEMPERATURE COFIRED CERAMIC AND MULTILAYER CERAMIC SUBSTRATE - In a sintered body of low temperature cofired ceramic constituting ceramic layers of a multilayer ceramic substrate provided with external conductor films, which is obtained by sintering a non-glass low temperature cofired ceramic material, respective crystalline phases of quartz, alumina, and fresnoite are deposited. The ceramic layers are, because of being in the form of a sintered body of non-glass low temperature cofired ceramic, less likely to fluctuate in composition, and the multilayer ceramic substrate can be thus inexpensively and easily manufactured therefrom. In addition, the ceramic layers have the above-mentioned respective crystalline phases deposited therein, and thus have a high joint strength with the external conductor films, and moreover, the sintered body itself has a high fracture toughness value. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300356 | Heating Insulating Laminated Glass - Disclosed is a heat insulating laminated glass that includes at least two glass plates and an intermediate film member by which the at least two glass plates are laminated together, wherein the intermediate film member has two intermediate films and a functional plastic film sheet arranged between the two intermediate films and formed with an infrared reflecting layer and an infrared absorbing layer. This glass attains a high visible light transmittance and good heat insulating properties against solar radiation. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300357 | THERMAL BARRIER COATING SYSTEM, COMPONENTS COATED THEREWITH AND METHOD FOR APPLYING A THERMAL BARRIER COATING SYSTEM TO COMPONENTS - A thermal barrier coating system on a base material includes a bond coat layer with a lower face in direct contact with the base material and an upper face, a first ceramic layer in direct contact with the upper face of the bond coating layer and a second ceramic layer disposed on an outermost surface of the coating system and configured to be exposed to hot gas. The first ceramic layer includes a layer, combination, mixture, alloy, blend or multilayer structure of at least one of yttria-stabilized zirconia with a yttria content in a range of 6-8 wt-%, YTaO4 doped zirconia, and titania doped zirconia. The second ceramic layer includes a layer, combination, mixture, alloy, blend or multilayer structure of at least one of YTaO4 doped zirconia, titania doped zirconia, scandia stabilized zirconia, ceria containing perovskite material, yttrium aluminium garnet material, Monazite material, and spinel material. A material of the second ceramic layer is different from a material of the first ceramic layer. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300358 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY/FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERIC COMPOSITE STRUCTURES AND METHOD FOR FORMING - A carbon fiber composite structure including a first plurality of carbon fiber prepreg plies; and a second plurality of sheets of shape memory alloy interleaved with the first plurality of carbon fiber prepreg plies. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300359 | PAINTER'S CANVAS INCLUDING AN AGENT CAPABLE OF TRAPPING FORMALDEHYDE AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS - The present invention relates to a painter's canvas based on glass fibers intended to be applied to an interior surface of a building, which includes an agent capable of trapping formaldehyde chosen from compounds comprising active methylene(s), hydrazides, tannins, amides, amino acids, peptides and proteins. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300360 | HIGH DOSE FILM DOSIMETER BASED ON NITRO BLUE TETRAZOLIUM AND POLYVINYL BUTYRAL FOR RADIATION PROCESSING - NBT-PVA film dosimeters performance is affected due to high humidity levels. NBT-PVB film dosimeters with a relatively small effect of high humidity levels on its performance are invented. NBT-PVB film dosimeters are made by using alcoholic solution to dissolve both of NBT and PVB. The films are very useful for routine dosimeter in industrial radiation processing. A very high sensitivity NBT-PVB Radio-chromic film dosimeter is achieved due to high solubility of NBT dye in 2-methoxyethanol enabling the addition of very high concentrations of NBT dye in the film dosimeters. The dose response of conventional NBT-PVA dosimeter films are normally saturated after 50 kGy, while the invented composites of NBT-PVB dosimeter films demonstrated high dose range up to 100 kGy for high dose industrial use. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300361 | Double-coated pressure-sensitive adhesive tape - Disclosed is a double-coated pressure-sensitive adhesive tape which has a small total thickness, includes a foam layer, and excels in removability. The double-coated pressure-sensitive adhesive tape has a total thickness of 500 μm or less and includes a foam layer; a reinforcing layer; and two surface pressure-sensitive adhesive layers, in which at least one of the two surface pressure-sensitive adhesive layers is formed from a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing an acrylic polymer, a tackifier resin, and a crosslinking agent, the acrylic polymer including, as an essential monomer component, an alkyl(meth)acrylate whose alkyl moiety being a linear or branched-chain alkyl group having 4 to 9 carbon atoms. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300362 | Fire Insulation Material - A process for the production of a fire insulation material, the process comprising the steps of vibration of a decomposable substance into alkali earth silicate fibres to form the insulation material; a fire insulation material obtainable by the above process, suitably in the form of a mat; a fire insulation material comprising alkali earth silicate fibres and a decomposable substance. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300363 | High-strength polypropylene-base barrier film for packing purposes, method for the production and the use thereof - The invention relates to a high-strength and brilliant quality barrier film for packing purposes, in particular for food packaging embodied in the form of a multilayer film based on of at least one carrier layer consisting of a biaxially oriented polypropylene film (PP-film) and of a functional layer based on amorphous and partially-crystalline polyamide (PA) which is produced by simultaneously stretching a primary multilayer coextruded film, wherein said polyamide functional layer consists of an external film layer and a central internal layer placed between two carrier layers. Methods for the production of the inventive film and the uses thereof are also disclosed. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300364 | POLYMER SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A polymer sheet according to at least one embodiment of the present invention is a polymer sheet whose main component is oriented nanocrystals of a polymer, and which satisfies the following conditions (I), (II), and (III): (I) having a crystallinity of not less than 70%; (II) having a tensile strength at break of not less than 100 MPa and a tensile modulus of not less than 3 GPa; and (III) having an average thickness of not less than 0.15 mm. According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a polymer sheet excelling in properties such as mechanical strength, heat tolerance, and transparency, particularly a polymer sheet having excellent properties such as mechanical strength, heat tolerance, and transparency in general-purpose plastics such as polypropylene. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300365 | COMPOSITE STRUCTURAL ARTICLE - The present composite structural article is a material which is in a plate-like shape and has mutually adhered fibers, and a foam that is arranged in a gap among fibers and is adhered to the fibers. The fibers are oriented from one surface side toward the other surface side thereof, and the content of the foam is in the range from 7% to 68% by weight based on 100% by weight of the total of fibers, foam and adhesive agent. The foam has preferably a size so as to pass through a sieve having an opening of 19 mm according to JIS Z8801. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300366 | THERMOREGULATING, CUT-RESISTANT YARN AND FABRIC - The present invention relates to a yarn providing a fabric manufactured thereof with good resistance against cutting as well as thermoregulation properties, said yarn comprising cut-resistant fibers and moisture-wicking fibers wherein said cut-resistant fibers and said moisture-wicking fibers are staple fibers. The invention also relates to a fabric containing thereof and to clothing comprising said fabric. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300367 | Optical Fiber With Photoacid Coating - Disclosed is a composition that includes a photo-curable base composition that contains one or more acrylate-containing compounds; a photoinitiator that activates polymerization of the photo-curable base composition upon exposure to light of a suitable wavelength; and a photo-acid generating compound that liberates an acid group following exposure to the light of the suitable wavelength. Optical fibers that include the cured product of this composition demonstrate enhanced fatigue resistance, extending lifetime in transient, very small bend applications. Optical fiber ribbons that contain these optical fibers are also disclosed. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300368 | NANO-FIBRILS IN A FUSER MEMBER - The present teachings provide a fuser member comprising a substrate and a release layer. The release layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes have a hydroxyphenylmaleimide group covalently bonded to an outer surface of the plurality of carbon nanotubes and a fluoroelastomer shell layer covalently bonded to the hydroxyphenylmaleimide. The plurality of carbon nanotubes are in dispersed one or more fluoro-materials. There is also described the carbon nanotubes and a method of making the carbon nanotubes. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300369 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING CURED FOAM INSULATION FOR USE IN INSULATING CAVITIES OF DEVICES REQUIRING THERMAL INSULATION - A method of recycling cured foam insulation having an internal cell/bubble structure is described. The method comprises cutting the cured foam cell insulation into foam pieces of predetermined sizes and shape dependent on the dimensions of cavities to be insulated and incorporating the foam pieces therein. A predetermined volume of the cavities is filled with the foam pieces and a predetermined quantity of an expandable liquid foam insulation is injected into the cavities containing the foam pieces and caused to expand to fill voids in the cavities with the foam pieces forming a homogeneous insulating foam body throughout the cavities while retaining substantially their internal cell/bubble structure. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300370 | COATING METHOD AND COATED ARTICLE - Provided is a coating method, including the steps of: applying a coating composition including inorganic fine particles and fluororesin particles in an aqueous medium onto a material to be coated; drying the coating composition on the material to be coated to remove the aqueous medium, thereby forming a porous film formed of the inorganic fine particles, the porous film having the fluororesin particles therein and having voids; and applying one or more water-soluble substances selected from the group consisting of a water-soluble surfactant and a water-soluble polymer onto the porous film, thereby filling the one or more water-soluble substances in the voids of the porous film. According to the coating method, there can be formed a coated article having a coating film which exhibits the excellent effect for inhibiting the attachment of oil stains for a long period and from which, even if oil stains are attached, the oil stains can be easily removed by wiping or washing with water. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300371 | EPITAXIAL SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - [Problem] An object of the present invention is to provide an epitaxial substrate and a method for producing the same capable of suppressing metal contamination and thereby reducing occurrence of white defects of a solid state imaging sensor by maintaining sufficient gettering capability during a device manufacturing process. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300372 | WEAR PROTECTION COATING BASED ON A SYNTHETIC RESIN MATRIX, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF AND USE THEREOF - The invention relates to a wear protection layer comprising a mixture of non-uniform transparent hard material particles, which are stored in a matrix material and which comprise a Mohs hardness of at least 6 and transparent solid material particles, wherein the transparent solid material particles encompass a bi-modal grain size distribution. The invention also relates to a method for producing a wear protection layer as well as the use thereof for producing wear protection surfaces, in particular surfaces on wood fiber boards, which are provided with a décor. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300373 | MOLDING MATERIAL AND MOLDED ARTICLE FOR LASER FUSION - A molding material and a molded article for laser welding are provided, which comprise a thermoplastic resin (A) comprising a rubber-reinforced resin (A | 2011-12-08 |
20110300374 | Method for Preparing a Coating Resistant to Contact Corrosion on the Surface of Titanium Alloy - The invention relates to a method for preparing a coating resistant to contact corrosion on the surface of titanium alloy, which comprises the following steps: 1. carrying out degreasing and derusting to a titanium alloy part; 2. carrying out etching treatment on the titanium alloy part; 3. carrying out surface activation treatment on the titanium alloy part; 4. preheating the titanium alloy part in an atmosphere protection furnace; 5. immersing the preheated titanium alloy part in plating solution; and 6. carrying out diffusion treatment on the immersion-plated titanium alloy part in a vacuum furnace whereby atoms at the interface diffuse to form a diffusion layer on a substrate and thus form a plating diffusion composite layer on the surface of the titanium alloy part. The part treated by the method completely solves the problem of contact corrosion of titanium alloy contacting with aluminum alloy and steel material. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300375 | Comminution of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers - The invention pertains to a process for processing fibers of polyethylene having a molecular weight Mw of at least 10.000.000 g/mol and the use of the so-obtained fiber pieces. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300376 | REINFORCEMENT OF PAPER PULP-BASED MATERIALS USING A REACTIVE ALKYD OLIGOMER CAPABLE OF FORMING A REPROCESSABLE REINFORCEMENT RESIN IN SITU - Disclosed herein are paper pulp-based materials that are reinforced with reprocessable alkyd resins, which are formed in situ with the materials. Also disclosed herein are methods for coating paper pulp-based materials with alkyd resins, and methods of recycling alkyd resin coated paper pulp-based materials. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300377 | Radiation-Curable Adhesive Composition for Optical Component and Adhesive Optical Component - A radiation-curable adhesive composition for an optical component includes 100 parts by weight of a specific (meth)acrylic copolymer (A), 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of a specific radiation-curable acrylic compound (B), 1 to 30 parts by weight of a specific radiation-curable acrylic compound (C), 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a hydrogen abstraction-type photopolymerization initiator (D), 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of an isocyanate crosslinking agent (E), and 0.01 to 3 parts by weight of a silane compound (F), wherein the total amount of the amount of (B) mixed and the amount of (C) mixed is 3 to 40 parts by weight, and the amount of (C) mixed is larger than the amount of (B) mixed. | 2011-12-08 |
20110300378 | DISCONTINUOUS SHORT FIBER PREFORM AND FIBER-REINFORCED ALUMINUM BILLET AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Discontinuous fiber preforms, fiber-reinforced metal matrix composites, and methods of making same are disclosed. A fiber preform includes a milled fiber material having a weighted average fiber length of about 0.03 mm to 0.12 mm and/or a percent fiber volume fraction of the fiber preform of about 15% to about 55%. The milled fiber material is at least substantially free of a binder material. A fiber-reinforced MMC includes a milled fiber material having a weighted-average fiber length of about 0.03 mm to 0.12 mm and/or a percent fiber volume fraction of the fiber preform of about 15% to about 55%. The fiber-reinforced MMC further includes a metal infiltrated into the milled fiber material. The milled fiber material is at least substantially free of a binder material. The milled fiber can be substantially uniformly oriented and/or randomly oriented in the fiber preform and/or the fiber-reinforced MMC. | 2011-12-08 |