Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture inventions 07/07

20070169874 - Method and apparatus for labeling containers: A label for a container is formed by wrapping a length of label material around a cylindrical mandrel and introducing heat, adhesive or other sealing means into a gap between the leading end portion of the label material and the trailing end portion as the label material is wrapped around... Agent: Emch, Schaffer, Schaub & Porcello Co

20070169872 - Panel grip with cut-outs and inserts: A grip for the handle of a golf club having at least a sheet with a cut-out and an insert. The insert is positioned within or against the cut-out of the sheet to define a panel. The panel is then attached to an underlisting sleeve. The grip reduces impact shock... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070169873 - Manufacturing method for a seamless hat: A manufacturing method for a seamless hat that uses cloth material having a chemical fiber component, which is cut to form cut-out pieces having specific pattern outlines, then, after affixing superimposed edges of the stitched cut-out pieces, supersonic or high frequency equipment is used to administer heat processing on the... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070169875 - Radial tire: A band layer in which a band cord is wound around in a spiral manner along a circumferential direction of the tire is provided. The band cord comprises total nine metallic wires including at least five shaped wires, and is formed by twining two to four wire bundles composed of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070169876 - Method of producing protective tubes: The invention relates to a method of producing protective tubes. The inventive method comprises the following steps consisting in: producing a plurality of flat warp knit bands using a Rachel loom; and shaping said flat bands such that the longitudinal ends of each flat band join together and overlap each... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070169877 - Catheters with lubricious linings and methods for making and using them: Apparatus and methods are provided for substantially continuously forming thin-walled sleeves that may be incorporated into tubular devices sized for introduction into a patient. In one embodiment, a pair of sheets including coated surfaces oriented towards one another are directed through a cutting apparatus to cut the sheets into multiple... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20070169878 - Form-fill-seal process: A one stage process for the preparation reservoir patches comprises feeding webs to a first pair of sealing rollers and, thence, directly to a second pair of die-cutting rollers, and in certain embodiments, directly into a packaging step, thereby avoiding most operator-related error, and substantially increasing overall sterility and reproducibility.... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20070169879 - Method and apparatus for producing a detail: The present invention relates to a method of producing a generally flat, planar detail, such as an electronic product or a component of such, of a plastically formable material, characterised in that it comprises the steps of first applying an adhesive cover layer containing colour pigment and a circuit comprising... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070169880 - Tag tape and tag label tape with print: A base tape includes: a plurality of RFID circuit elements each including an IC circuit part for storing information and a loop antenna connected to the IC circuit part; and an adhesive layer, a base film, an adhesive layer, an adhesive layer, and a separation sheet that are arranged so... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20070169881 - Method for manufacturing microelectrode and microelectrode manufactured by the same: A method for manufacturing a microelectrode includes one of allocating organic molecules or forming an organic molecular layer on a first substrate, applying a release agent onto a desired pattern formed on a second substrate, attaching an electrode material to the release agent, and bonding a surface of the second... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070169882 - Method and device for fixing clothes hanger hooks: The present invention describes a method and a device provided for carrying out said method for fixing, in particular for re-fixing, clothes hanger hooks (12) in a clothes hanger body (11), whereby clothes hanger hook (12) is wetted, in particular in the region of a clothes hanger hook stem (13),... Agent: Powell Goldstein LLP

20070169883 - Graded pressure apparatus for cooling food and beverages and methods of making the same: A self cooling container for a beverage includes a receptacle holding a refrigerant under pressure. When an outer cap of the container is opened, the refrigerant is exhausted, cooling the receptacle and the beverage surrounding it. The receptacle includes an inner receptacle member and one or more walls extending around... Agent: Ronald V. Davidge

20070169884 - Foam welding and profile manufacturing system: By providing a high speed welding system for fusing adjacent foam profiles in a continuous manufacturing operation, a unique, integrated, foam welding and profile manufacturing system is attained which is capable of producing virtually any desired foam product from foam extrusions without requiring the use of expensive molds or forming... Agent: Melvin I. Stoltz

20070169886 - Heat-resistant resin laminated film, multilayer film with metal layer including same and semiconductor device: Disclosed are a heat-resistant resin laminate film comprising a heat-resistant insulating film such as a polyimide film and a heat-resistant resin layer laminated thereon, which laminate film is free from warp; and a laminate film with a metal layer, comprising a heat-resistant insulating film and a metal layer laminated thereon... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070169885 - Thermally conductive pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, thermally conductive sheet-form molded foam, and process for producing the same: The present invention provides a thermally conductive pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising an acrylic (or methacrylic) ester copolymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture comprising an acrylic (or methacrylic) estermonomer capable of forming a homopolymer having a glass transition temperature of −20° C. or lower, a monomer having an organic acid... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070169887 - Process for producing leather-like sheet: A process for producing a leather-like sheet, wherein a skin-like layer composed of a resin composition (C) is formed on top of a fibrous substrate (E), comprising; heating and melting a moisture-curable polyurethane hot-melt resin composition (C) which contains a hot-melt urethane prepolymer (A) having isocyanate groups at molecular terminal... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070169888 - Dry etching apparatus capable of monitoring motion of wap ring thereof: An optical monitoring system includes a ring-shaped object suspended by and engaged with a plurality of vertical plunger shafts. Normally, the vertical plunger shafts move upward and downward reciprocally and coherently, but independently, such that the ring-shaped object ascends or descends horizontally. A light transceiver device is affixed to one... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070169890 - Exhaust processing method, plasma processing method and plasma processing apparatus: A chemical-reaction inducing means is provided in an exhaust line connecting a processing space for subjecting a substrate or a film to plasma processing to an exhaust means, and at least either an unreacted gas or byproduct exhausted from the processing space are caused to chemically react without allowing plasma... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070169889 - Methods and apparatus for selectively coupling process tools to abatement reactors: In certain embodiments, an apparatus is provided for use in removing pollutants from a gas stream. The apparatus may include one or more thermal reaction units formed from a plurality of stacked porous ceramic rings. The thermal reaction units may be selectively coupled to one or more process tools. In... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20070169891 - Focus ring and plasma processing apparatus: A focus ring and a plasma processing apparatus capable of improving an in-surface uniformity of a surface and reducing occurrences of deposition on a backside surface of a peripheral portion of a semiconductor wafer compared to a conventional case are provided. Installed in a vacuum chamber is a susceptor for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070169892 - Box sealing machine capable of automatically detecting adhesive tape: A box sealing machine includes a bed, a conveying platform on the bed for conveying goods, a supporting member joined to the bed and adjustable in height, a tape applying mechanism fitted on the supporting member, and a response detecting device; the tape applying mechanism includes a tape stand, a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070169893 - Heat sealing tool: A heat sealing tool is proposed. The heat sealing tool comprises a heat transfer device made of a metallic material for contacting objects to be sealed, and a support on which the heat transfer device is held. The heat transfer device is fixed by means of bridge elements to the... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070169894 - Film bonding machine: In a film bonding machine 1 including a laser oscillation means 2 for oscillating laser for processing a tape 7 bonded onto an end surface 8 of a columnar honeycomb structural body 6 by the laser oscillated from the laser oscillation means 2, the film bonding machine 1 further includes... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070169895 - Suction unit: A wafer W is supported on the rear surface side thereof by a ring frame R by means of a dicing tape T, and a protection tape H is stuck on the front surface side the wafer W. A suction unit 12 includes a table 16 having a suction face... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070163697 - Devices for conveying and labelling containers and method for connecting a labelling unit to a conveyor unit: A device having a conveyance device for conveying containers, to which at least one labeling unit for containers may be connected, wherein at least identification data of the labeling unit can be transmitted to the conveyance device. In addition, a device having a labeling unit for labeling containers, which can... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070163698 - Device for manufacturing a reinforcement for tires: The manufacturing device comprises a rotary distributor 6 in rotation about a rotation axis R, the rotary distributor comprising at least one elbowed tube 61, the elbowed tube having a corridor for receiving the wire on the radially internal side and forming output guidance on the externally radial side. The... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070163700 - Fabrication of hoses or other elongated articles: Armouring tape (102) for wrapping around a hose (300) during its fabrication by a hose-wrapping machine (200; 400). The tape (102) is coiled into a roll (100) having a hollow core (109) from which the tape (102) is unwound to be wrapped onto the hose (300). Th hose-wrapping machine (200;... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070163699 - Process and device for processing a film web: In an improved process for processing a film web, the film web is cut in the longitudinal direction, forming a marginal strip and a remaining film web with a width reduced by the width of the marginal strip. The marginal strip is transferred to a movable film-drafting device on which... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070163701 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing base member bearing projections, and base member bearing projections: A method is provided including a step of preparing a base member; a step of preparing a metal mold which comprises a reference surface and plural projection-shaping die parts which have ring-like protruding sections projecting from a reference surface and surrounding hollow spaces which are shaped to match with the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070163702 - Systems and methods of manufacturing nanotube structures: A tube manufacturing system is provided that is capable of manufacturing tube structures that are on the nanoscale and larger. The system provides for control as to the structure and atomic makeup of the feed sheet material used and provides motive force to the sheet material being used to continuously... Agent: LatimerIPLaw, LLP

20070163703 - Card and mailing incorporating the card and system and method for producing the same: A card and a mailing assembly incorporating the card and a system and a method for producing the same are provided. The system and the method produces the mailing assembly incorporating the card in a single manufacturing process. The system and the method have a card formed from a single... Agent: Patents+tms A Professional Corporation

20070163704 - Method for manufacturing a label comprising a transponder: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a label comprising a transponder on an integrated process line. The transponder comprises an antenna and an integrated circuit on a chip.... Agent: Venable LLP

20070163705 - Process for producing versatile plastic products having a preferentially abrasion-resistant surface: The invention relates to a process for producing versatile plastic products, preferably single-sidedly self-adhesive products bearing an abrasion-resistant and flexible protective layer which is distinguished by particularly high surface quality especially in terms of its optical properties.... Agent: Kurt G. Briscoe Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus P.A.

20070163706 - Method of bonding different kinds of gemstones: Disclosed herein is a method of bonding different kinds of gemstones to provide gems having maximum beautiful appearance. The method of this invention includes mixing a binder and a curing agent in liquid phases at a mixing ratio of 90˜110:40˜60 to obtain a mixture of binder and curing agent; applying... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070163707 - Method for making a reinforcement provided with at least one adhesive surface capable of being repositioned and resulting reinforcement: The object of the invention is a process for the production of a fiber-based armature particularly adapted to be embedded in at least one matrix, characterized in that it consists in performing the following steps: preparing a fiber-based material, and depositing on at least one of the surfaces of the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070163708 - 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 material may... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070163709 - Hybrid components containing reactive hotmelt adhesives: Reactive hotmelt adhesives based on copolyamide can be used in hybrid components. These hybrid components find application in, for example, vehicle construction and aircraft construction.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070163710 - Fluorochemical ketone compounds and processes for their use: A fluorochemical ketone compound consists of two terminal, branched, independently fluoroalkylcarbonyl or perfluoroalkylcarbonyl groups and an intervening linear perfluoropolyether segment, each of the terminal groups optionally comprising at least one catenated heteroatom, and the perfluoropolyether segment consisting essentially of at least one tetrafluoroethyleneoxy moiety and, optionally, at least one difluoromethyleneoxy... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070163711 - Apparatus for treating substrate: There is provided an apparatus for treating a substrate using a plurality of treatment solutions in sequence. The apparatus includes treatment liquid collecting vessels for separately collecting used treatment solutions, and an exhaust member for separately discharging pollutant gases generated during a process.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070163712 - Method and apparatus of arrayed, clustered or coupled eddy current sensor configuration for measuring conductive film properties: A method for minimizing measuring spot size and noise during film thickness measurement is provided. The method initiates with locating a first eddy current sensor directed toward a first surface associated with a conductive film. The method includes locating a second eddy current sensor directed toward a second surface associated... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070163716 - Gas distribution apparatuses and methods for controlling gas distribution apparatuses: A gas distribution apparatus includes a first plate and a second plate comprising a plurality of first openings and second openings, respectively. The second plate is disposed in overlapping relation with the first plate. Overlaps of the first openings and the second openings form third openings, which provide a first... Agent: Duane Morris LLPIPDepartment (tsmc)

20070163714 - Etch chamber: An etch chamber and a method of reducing back flow of particles in an etch chamber having a valve connected thereto. The etch chamber comprises a valve connected to the etch chamber; and a liner a liner disposed to cover an internal gap between a flange portion of the valve... Agent: Goodwin Procter L.l.p

20070163713 - Gas supply system and processing system: In a processing system comprising: a processing apparatus including a gas injection means 42 for injecting a specific material gas into a processing vessel 26 in order to provide specific processing to an object to be processed W, said material gas being produced from a metallic compound material M with... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070163715 - Laser nozzle methods and apparatus for surface cleaning: Apparatuses and methods for cleaning a surface comprising contaminate particles are provided. In one respect, plasma and/or a shockwave may be created in a fluid flowing through a nozzle. The nozzle, coupled to a laser source and a fluid feed may be configured to deliver the generated plasma and/or shockwave... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070163717 - Labeling apparatus: A labeling apparatus of the present invention is constituted by: at least three support rollers 156a-156c which come into contact with the outer surface of the vial 3 to rotate; an arm 155a, 155b for rotatably supporting the support rollers 156a-156c; rotation means (rotation rollers 210a, 210b) for rotating the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070163718 - Velocity-changing apparatus for web: A velocity-changing apparatus of the present invention includes: a drum 3 for transporting the continuous web W1 at a transport velocity which is generally equal to a circumferential velocity V(θ) of the drum 3 while changing the circumferential velocity V(θ) periodically at least once per one rotation of the drum... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070163719 - Metal back layer forming device: A metal back layer forming device including a film withdrawing roller for withdrawing, starting at one end, a transfer film from the wound body of the transfer film formed by applying at least a metal film onto a base film, a film carrying mechanism such as a turn roller for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070163720 - Top press plate of aluminum extrude and its clamp assembly for folder gluer: The invention is related to a top press plate and clamp assembly for folder gluer It is mainly to improve the aluminum extrude structure for the top press plate by redesigning to accommodate more than one clamp and functional components. The invention is able to handle troubleshooting for any situation... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070163721 - Apparatus and method for manufacturing resin-impregnated cured sheet, and apparatus and method for manufacturing carbonaceous material sheet: For the object, a long uncured fiber sheet (1a) is conveyed by conveyance means which is equipped with one rotation belt set (2) comprising a drive roll (2a), a follower roll (2b), and an endless belt (2c) which is put on and around these rolls (2a, 2b). A resin-impregnated cured... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery

20070158011 - Ultrasonic welding structure and ultrasonic welding method: An ultrasonic welding structure for pressing a horn (3) against a columnar heating target consisting of a resin (10), applying a high frequency vibration from the horn (3) to the heating target, and thereby fusion-bonding the heating target to a predetermined bonding target, wherein the bonding target includes an insertion... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070158012 - Ultrasound welding device: The ultrasonic welding device (1) comprises a continuously operable roller sonotrode (13). The power of the roller sonotrode (13) may be closed-loop controlled depending on other welding parameter in a manner such that long welding seams or adhesive seam with a uniform quality may be manufactured. The method may be... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070158013 - Method for forming porous insulation film: A method of forming a porous film on a semiconductor substrate includes: supplying a silicon compound containing at least one Si—O bond in its molecule in a gaseous phase into a reaction chamber; forming a siloxane oligomer through plasma reaction of the silicon compound; and supplying an organic amine in... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070158014 - Weave, a utility method for designing and fabricating 3d structural shells, solids and their assemblages, without limitations on shape, scale, strength or material: Weave is a process for fabrication of freeform shells, proceeding from a formal definition of desired final shape(s), to an optimized parametric mesh of said shape(s), to physical battens which, once fastened at calculated crossings, realize the final object of use. This initially iso-parametric mesh is triangulated for self-shaping and... Agent: Peter Thomas Schwenn

20070158015 - Multi-burnish applicator for and method of applying a sheet material to a substrate: A method and applicator for applying sheet material to a substrate. The applicator comprises two outwardly facing burnishes, each having an outwardly facing surface. The surfaces are disposed at an included angle of at least 180°, and preferably at least 270°. This geometry allows for positioning sheet material, such as... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070158016 - Replaceable parylene membranes for nanocalorimeter: A measurement operation, such as a calorimetry measurement, is performed using a measurement array and a replaceable passivation membrane (e.g., a parylene membrane). The passivation membrane is used to cover the measurement array to provide temporary electrical and chemical passivation, while still allowing measurement of the parameter of interest (e.g.,... Agent: Bever, Hoffman & Harms, LLP

20070158017 - Single hand operation adhesive tape dispenser: A single hand operation hand-held and desk top adhesive tape dispenser/applicator comprising a housing shell (1) including a hub (2) for mounting adhesive tape rolls, a tape discharge opening (13) and a lever mechanism (3) facilitating the dispensing and applying of adhesive tape. The lever mechanism (3) comprising pivotally mounted... Agent: Kieran A Rice

20070158018 - Techniques for labeling of plastic, glass or metal containers or surfaces with polymeric labels: The invention provides a method for labeling a glass, plastic or metal container or surface with a polymeric label by means of a water based adhesive composition by the following steps: (a) selecting a polymeric label having a density of less than 0.9; (b) applying a water based adhesive to... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070158020 - Method for modificating fluoropolymers and their application: The present invention discloses a method for modificating a fluoropolymer. First, a fluoropolymer is provided, and then a hydrogen plasma treatment is performed on the fluoropolymer, so that C—H group is introduced to the surface of the fluoropolymer to form an intermediate. Next, an ozone treatment is performed on the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070158019 - Process for producing barrier packaging material: A process for producing a barrier packaging material reduces the number of processes, simplifies each of the processes per se, is relatively thin even though a multilayer, reduces the number of adhesive layers, and is advantageous in cost and environment. The process involves providing a 20 μm to 45 μm... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070158021 - Display device and production method thereof: An object of the present invention is to provide a highly reliable display device by preventing an adhesive layer from being drawn to the inside at the time of vacuum pumping and by securing a sufficient adhesive strength. A crystalline layer CRZ is formed in the surface of an adhesive... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070158022 - Method for the production of derived timber product bodies and mouldable derived timber product bodies: The invention concerns a wood material body, a post-shapeable wood material body and processes for the production of such wood material bodies. The wood material body has one or more layers of strands wetted with a binding agent system. The binding agent system has one or more thermosettingly hardening components... Agent: Norris Mclaughlin & Marcus, P.A.

20070158023 - Cold seal adhesive: A cold seal adhesive comprising a multi-stage polymer having a low-Tg first stage and a high-Tg second stage.... Agent: Rohm And Haas Company Patent Department

20070158024 - Methods and systems for removing multiple die(s) from a surface: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for removing dies attached to a support element are described. The support element has a first surface to which the dies are attached and a second surface that opposes the first surface. In a first example, a first vacuum is applied to the second surface outside... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070158025 - Gas switching section including valves having different flow coefficients for gas distribution system: A gas switching system for a gas distribution system for supplying different gas compositions to a chamber, such as a plasma processing chamber of a plasma processing apparatus, is provided. The chamber can include multiple zones, and the gas switching section can supply different gases to the multiple zones. The... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070158026 - Processing apparatus: A shower head structure (26) includes a shower head main body (78) of a one-piece structure formed in a generally cup shape and having a bottom wall (78A) provided with a plurality of gas injection holes (30A, 30B) formed therein and a side wall (78B) rising from a peripheral portion... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070158027 - Plasma treatment device: In a parallel plate type plasma processing apparatus (1), a baffle plate (28) is fitted between a ceiling (2b) and side wall (2a) of a chamber (2). The baffle plate (28) confines plasma into the upper portion of the chamber (2), and at the same time, constitutes a return route... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070158028 - Tape applicator: A tape applicator (51) for applying tape to a substrate, the tape applicator comprising a pair of nip rollers wherein the nip rollers comprise a tape roller (55) and a substrate roller (56), the tape applicator further comprising a tension roller (57) disposed in front of the substrate roller (56)... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070158029 - Pallet labeler system: A pallet labeler station for applying a printed label to a loaded pallet at a predetermined label position includes a label printer for printing a label to be affixed to the loaded pallet, a rotatable label applicator mechanism for applying the printed label to the loaded pallet at the predetermined... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070158030 - Hands free tape dispenser: A tape dispenser is wearable on a forearm and includes a hub for holding a supply roll of tape. The dispenser is shaped to fit over the forearm and has clips or straps to removably hold it in place on the forearm. Optionally, a finger grip provides additional leverage and... Agent: Larson And Larson

20070158031 - Substrate adsorption device and substrate bonding device: A substrate adsorption device 1 includes: a stage 11 having an adsorption face 12 for holding a substrate 20; a plurality of adsorption ports 13 formed in a region of the adsorption face 12 of the stage 11; and a vacuum pump 14 connected to each adsorption port through an... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070158032 - Device for covering profile material: The invention relates to a device for covering profile material, comprising a roller conveyor (FR), whereon the profile material (P) is longitudinally guided, and pressure rollers (W1-W6) which can be positioned, respectfully, in relation to each other in a pressure position, such that a proportioned covering material (F) is pressed... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070151650 - Rapid exchange balloon catheter having a reinforced inner tubular member: A balloon catheter including an elongated shaft having an inflation lumen, a guidewire lumen, a proximal shaft section, and a distal shaft section with a balloon on the distal shaft section, the distal shaft section formed by an outer tubular member having an opening in a sidewall, and an inner... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20070151651 - Media gap detection by reflective florescence: A method of gap detection between successive adhesive layers on a media carrier using reflective florescence. Roll of label media is obtained and placed on a printer (not shown). Labels pass by a UV light source and labels and carrier reflect back a portion of the UV light. The reflected... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070151652 - Method for making automotive headliners: Vehicle headliners are prepared with a core layer of a fiber-reinforced polyurethane foam. The polyurethane foam is prepared from a polyurethane-forming composition that uses water as a blowing agent and polyol or polyol mixture that has a high functionality and an average hydroxyl equivalent weight of 100-130. The selection of... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company Gary C. Cohn

20070151653 - Manufacturing method of rubber member for tire: In a strip wind construction method, the invention provides a manufacturing method of a rubber member for a tire which can reduce an air remnant in a rubber member. A rubber member has an inside first layer formed by spirally winding a rubber strip from a starting point corresponding to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070151654 - Composite sheet used for artificial leather with low elongation and excellent softness: A composite sheet used for artificial leather with low elongation and excellent softness which includes a non-woven fabric layer, a woven or knitted fabric layer and a polyurethane resin, wherein the non-woven fabric layer and the woven or knitted fabric layer are entangled with each other.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070151655 - Fabric with high stretch and retained extension: A method of forming a moldable fabric face composite. The fabric is formed in a knit or woven structure using underdrawn POY yarns and laminated to a low permeability plastically deformable backing for introduction to a mold. The underdrawn POY yams impart a stretch characteristics such that the fabric undergoes... Agent: Legal Department (m-495)

20070151657 - Process of manufacturing composite structures with embedded precured tools: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing composite structures formed by two subcomponents of the same material, characterized in that it comprises the following steps: providing a first subcomponent (13), particularly a skin; providing a tool (15) made of a composite and precured for the manufacture of the... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070151656 - Method for making cushioned product with integral cover: A process for producing an upholstered article in a bladder mold. A cover sheet with adhesive is positioned over the opened bladder mold. A foam core is inserted into the bladder mold, carrying the cover sheet into engagement with the bladder. The bladder mold is then closed so that the... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20070151658 - Contoured mold for forming decouplers for attenuating sound in a vehicle: A method of manufacturing an article having controlled density, such as a decoupler for attenuating sound in a vehicle, is disclosed. The method comprises the conveying of material into a mold to form a preform having a shape of the mold, heating the preform to a temperature such that adjacent... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070151659 - Method of manufacturing donor film for oled and method of manfacturing using the donor film: A method of manufacturing a donor film for an organic light-emitting device (OLED) and a method of manufacturing an OLED having the donor film are provided. The method of manufacturing the donor film for an organic light-emitting device including preparing a base film, and forming an organic luminescence layer pattern... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070151660 - Process for manufacturing rfid label: An automated process for manufacturing smart labels having a radio frequency identification transponder (RFID) transponder. The inventive method accurately and reliably inserts RFID transponders into labels on onto tags 70 in one pass on a label press 100 equipped with an in-line insertion station 120. The transponders may be provided... Agent: Orum & Roth LLC Ste 1616

20070151661 - Etched dielectric film in hard disk drives: An etched dielectric film for use in a hard disk drive. The dielectric film has a thickness of about 25 μm or greater when it is attached to a supporting metal substrate, and is subsequently etched to a thickness of about 20 μm or less.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070151662 - Integrated process for simultaneous manufacture of oriented strand lumber and board products: The present disclosure is directed toward a process for the simultaneous production of two different types of engineered wood products, or oriented strand wood products, each product having different predetermined properties. The present disclosure provides a process which has enhanced utilization of wood resources and can simultaneously produce engineered wood... Agent: Huber Engineered Woods L.L.C. C/o J.m. Huber Corporation

20070151663 - Method and system for applying particulate solids on a substrate: The invention also relates to a substrate, in particular a wood-based panel or decorative paper, at least partially coated with a particulate solid, characterized in that the particulate solid is applied to the substrate with an accuracy of up to ±0.8 g/m2, preferably of up to ±0.5 g/m2, particularly preferably... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070151664 - Cooling apparatus and method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device using the same: A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device includes preparing a lower substrate and an upper substrate; depositing a sealant on one of the two substrates; dropping a liquid crystal on one of the two substrates; bonding the two substrates to each other; bonding the two substrates to each... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070151665 - Unsupported thin-film container label: The present invention involves containers and their method of manufacture. More specifically the invention relates a preprinted, unsupported, thin-film label for direct application to a container. The invention also provides a system and method for applying a thin-film label to the container surface.... Agent: Jane Massey Licata Licata & Tyrrell P.C.

20070151666 - Two-component bonding agent: A bonding agent system is provided that contains at least components (A) and (B), where (A) is at least one compound with at least two cyclic carbonate groups and (B) is at least one compound with at least two primary and/or secondary amine groups. The bonding agent system is particularly... Agent: Henkel Corporation

20070151667 - Film peeling method and film peeling device for display panel: A film peeling device is provided that can easily peel off a film that has been firmly stuck on a display panel. The film peeling device is configured from a cylindrical motor roller (3) that has an effective length longer than the length of the short side of a face... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20070151668 - Gas supply system, substrate processing apparatus, and gas supply method: Prior to wafer processing, pressure ratio control is executed on a divided flow rate adjustment means so as to adjust the flow rates of divided flows to achieve a target pressure ratio with regard to the pressures in the individual branch passages. As the processing gas from a processing gas... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070151669 - Vacuum processing apparatus: The present invention provides a vacuum processing apparatus that allows easy exchange of processing chambers. A vacuum processing apparatus of the present invention has a processing chamber and a carrying-in-and-out chamber. The carrying-in-and-out chamber is fixed and located at a position above the processing chamber. The processing chamber can be... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070151670 - Vacuum lamination device: A vacuum lamination device for laminating a lamination member includes a base plate having an uneven surface contacting the lamination member for placing the lamination member, a frame member fixed to the base plate and having a discharge port for evacuating a processing space, and a cover member for hermetically... Agent: Kanesaka Berner & Partners

20070151671 - A machine for precisely delivering and affixing solid media for the purpose of creating prototypes of varying size and precision: A machine for precisely delivering and affixing solid media for the purpose of creating prototypes of varying size and precision. The device would, with great precision, deliver uniform shaped media, of any size, made of plastic, carbon fiber, metal or other solid or hollow materials to a position precisely determined... Agent: Michael Arthur Filonczuk Raymond James Claridge

20070151672 - Cover film sticking device: The cover film sticking device is capable of securely sticking cover film pieces on specimen samples on all slide glasses stored in a basket, which starts to stick the cover film pieces formed, by cutting off long cover film unwound from a film roll to a specified length on the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070151673 - Substrate bonding apparatus for liquid crystal display panel: A substrate bonding apparatus for a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is disclosed that subdivides its venting holes, thereby achieving an enhancement in uniformity of venting. The substrate bonding apparatus that bonds a first substrate and a second substrate using a venting process, includes a lower chucking plate which chucks... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20070151674 - Substrate supporting plate: A supporting plate having a diameter identical to or larger than a diameter of a substrate to which the supporting plate is attached. A plurality of penetrating holes is provided in a thickness direction of the supporting plate so as to allow a solvent, such as alcohol, to pass therethrough.... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates