Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture inventions 06/08

20080149251 - Use of cross-linked rubber mass: The invention relates to the use of cross-linked rubber masses as a one-sided or double-sided adhesive coating on a strip-type carrier, for the production of a self-adhesive strip for grouping cables in motor vehicles. According to the invention, a cross-linking agent is added to the rubber mass as a photoinitiator.... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080149252 - Mosaic and method for producing it: A mosaic formed from bony processes and a method for producing it. The method for producing the mosaic includes the steps of providing a generally planar substratum, providing a bony process, cutting the bony process into cross-sectional pieces, arranging the cross-sectional pieces on the substratum, and affixing the cross-sectional pieces... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20080149253 - Adhesive masking article for corners and door hinges: An adhesive tape masking article that can be used to mask both a door hinge or a corner includes a thin flexible sheet of material having opposed first and second major surfaces, first and second side edges, first and second end edges, and arcuate corners extending between at least one... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080149254 - Seaming tape and method of sealing window film seams: A corrosion resistant seaming tape includes a metal layer capable of blocking selected frequencies of electromagnetic radiation arranged on a polymeric substrate and covered with adhesive that protects the metal layer and prevents it from corroding. Also disclosed is a method of sealing a seam between adjacent edges of two... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080149255 - Ceramic composite article manufacture using thin plies: Thin plies used to manufacture components having changes in contour and changes in thickness and in fabricating thin cross-sections utilizing scrims. A scrim is applied to the surface of a thin, high temperature CMC prepreg ply. The scrim assists in maintaining the integrity of the thin ply during handling and... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick Llc

20080149256 - Method and apparatus to minimize adhesive induced distortion: A method to minimize adhesive induced distortion between heat cured adhesively bonded sheet materials, includes applying a layer of heat curable adhesive between the two sheets; installing a self-piercing rivet or clinching the sheets to connect the sheets; and heating the sheets to cure the adhesive so that the adhesive... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080149257 - Composition useful as an adhesive for installing vehicle windows: In one embodiment, the invention is an composition comprising: a) one or more isocyanate functional polyether polyurethane prepolymers; and b) one or more prepolymers of one or more polyisocyanates and one or more polyesters wherein the terminal groups on the polyester polyol polyurethane prepolymer are the residue of a monofunctional... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20080149258 - Tire assembly applier with cutter mechanism: The invention provides a device and method of cutting a sheet of feed stock comprising: positioning a cutting mechanism having a cutting line positioned between a first conveyor roller and a second conveyor roller; advancing the feed stock to align the feed stock into position over the cutting line; lowering... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20080149259 - Tire assembly applier with cutter mechanism: An apparatus for applying a sheet of flexible material to a cylindrical body is disclosed. The apparatus includes an applier frame segment movably mounted on a supporting frame member, a servo arm rotatably connected to said applier frame segment for retracting and extending said applier frame segment towards and away... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20080149260 - Method for making a running tread for a tire: A method of manufacturing a tire, said tire including a tread essentially consisting of a base compound, the tread furthermore including at least one insert of an insertion compound, said method comprising steps consisting in: preparing a tread (7) made of an uncured base compound (MB); injecting, into the uncured... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080149261 - Movable sealer: There is provided an envelope sealing apparatus for sealing an envelope (E) having a main body (m) and a sealable flap (f) at one end of the main body foldable about a hinge (h) between the flap and main body, the flap being sealable to said main body under applied... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080149262 - Method for laying a sheet over a base material: The present invention discloses a method for laying a sheet over the lower surface of a base material disposed in a generally horizontal position. According to the method, the base material is supported at the lower surface thereof by a first support means, and the sheet is placed immediately below... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080149263 - Method of image transfer on a colored base: The present invention includes an image transfer sheet. The image transfer sheet comprises a release layer and a polymer layer. One or more of the release layer and the polymer layer comprise titanium oxide or other white pigment.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080149264 - Method for making flameproof environmentally friendly artificial leather: A method for making a flameproof environmentally friendly artificial leather includes preparing a flameproof polyurethane resin compound by mixing chlorine-free flameproof agent with an oil-based polyurethane resin having 50%-98% by weight of solid content and a curing agent. A first polyurethane resin composition is coated on a releasing paper to... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20080149265 - Applicator for electrical or electronic components: Stock having printed circuits thereon is conveyed in a transport plane by a conveying device, and electronic components carried by a transfer belt are transferred to the stock under pressure exerted by the belt. The electronic components are transferred to the belt by a feed device individually in such a... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080149266 - Apparatus and method for improving center hole radial runout control in optical disk manufacturing: An apparatus and method for controlling radial runout between stacked disk portions (14, 18) and providing a cylindrical pin (20) having at least two diameters (22, 24). The pin is dimensioned and configured to permit the disk portions, which have different center hole dimensions, to be indexed such that a... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing Llc

20080149267 - Methods for fabricating composite face plates for use in golf clubs and club-heads for same: Methods are disclosed for making composite face plates for club-heads of golf clubs. In an exemplary method a lay-up is formed having multiple prepreg layers, each including at least one layer of respective fibers at a respective orientation. The at least one fiber layer is impregnated with a resin. The... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080149268 - Method for preparing an electrokinetic element: A method for preparing an electrokinetic element is provided and generally includes providing a porous membrane adapted for use in an electrokinetic pump and encapsulating the porous membrane within a polymer substrate to yield an electrokinetic element base member having the porous membrane encapsulated by the polymer. In one embodiment,... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20080149269 - Adhesive tape and method for adhering the adhesive tape: An adhesive tape interposed between a lens and at least one of a pair of chucks of an edging machine includes: a cutout extending from a periphery toward a center portion thereof.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080149270 - Adherent composition and method of temporarily fixing member therewith: Provided are a temporal fixation method in processing of optical members and a resin composition suitable therefor. The present invention provides a composition which is characterized by comprising (A1): a (meth)acrylate with a molecular weight of at least 500 having at least one (meth)acryloyl group at a terminal or in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080149271 - Post conversion methods for display devices: The present invention relates to the use of a scraping element for removing part of a display film coated or laminated to an electrode layer to expose the electrode layer for connection to a drive circuitry. The present invention is directed to a method for removing a portion of a... Agent: Howrey LLP

20080149272 - Surface microstructuring device: The invention concerns a device for microstructuring the surface of at least one substrate characterized in that it comprises a support frame (2) including at least means (6) for conveying the substrate (S) comprising preferably means (15) for supporting the substrate adapted to maintain the substrate in or relative to... Agent: Clark & Brody

20080149273 - Plasma processing apparatus: A plasma processing apparatus includes: a first electrode including a hollow penetrated through from an upper end thereof to a lower end thereof; a workpiece stage to place a workpiece; a second electrode arranged opposing to a lower end of the first electrode through the workpiece stage; a processing gas... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080149274 - Plasma processing apparatus: A plasma processing apparatus includes a vacuum vessel having a dielectric window; a first exhaust unit configured to evacuate the vacuum vessel; a microwave introducing portion for introducing a microwave into the vacuum vessel through the dielectric window; and a second exhaust unit configured to evacuate a closed space of... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080149275 - Film pasting device: [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The device for pasting a film exhibiting dichroism and a film exhibiting birefringence at an arbitrary angle comprises a detector for detecting the angle of an axis where absorption is maximum or minimum in the plane of a film exhibiting dichroism, and a detector for detecting... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.c.

20080149276 - Aspects of construction of safety mats: An array of resilient floor tiles is assembled into a continuous sheet after being laid down. An array of included, sacrificial resistive wires is buried along the edges of the tiles and is controllably heated in order to cause welding of the edges of tiles across the paths of the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080149277 - Manufacturing apparatus of transdermal absorption preparation: A manufacturing apparatus of a transdermal absorption preparation, comprising an adhesive sheet supplying part A to feed out a band-like first adhesive sheet 3 into a runway, wherein the adhesive sheet has at least an adhesive layer comprising an adhesive and a liquid component compatible with the adhesive, a drug... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080149278 - Method and device for heat-sealing windows into folding carton blanks: The invention relates to a method and device for heat-sealing windows into folding carton blanks for producing liquid-proof folding cartons having film windows. Pieces of film that are cut to measure are placed on the window openings of the folding carton blanks and the edges of the pieces of film... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080142144 - Fabrication of narrow-band thin-film optical filters: A multi-layer thin-film narrow-band filter is fabricated by a process wherein each half of a symmetric stack is deposited under exact conditions, either successively or contemporaneously. The two halves of the filter structure are then combined and bonded together using a wet bonding process that remains reversible for a period... Agent: Antonio R. Durando

20080142145 - Method of making multiconductor cable assemblies: A method of making a multiconductor cable assembly is disclosed. The method comprises arranging two or more coated wires and at least partially bonding the wires, wherein one or more of the coated wires comprises a conductor and a covering comprising a thermoplastic composition. The thermoplastic composition comprises a poly(arylene... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Sabic (noryl)

20080142146 - Sporting good items including pre-printed graphics: A sporting good or other product includes a “shrink-label” formed from a shrink-sleeve, shrink-wrap, or a stretch-sleeve adhered to or otherwise affixed to an outer surface of the item. The shrink-label includes pre-printed graphics and closely conforms to the item's outer surface, including any contours or tapered regions, so that... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080142147 - Method for manufacturing a ceramic multi-layered substrate: A method for accurately and easily manufacturing a ceramic multi-layered substrate includes a first step of forming a green ceramic laminate including a plurality of stacked green ceramic base layers, a second step of firing the green ceramic laminate to sinter the green ceramic layers, and a third step of... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080142148 - Method of producing metal to glass, metal to metal or metal to ceramic connections: A method of manufacturing metal to glass, metal to metal and metal to ceramic connections to be used in SOFC applications, said connections being produced as a mixture of a base glass powder and a metal oxide powder. As a result, the inherent properties of the glass used in the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080142149 - Setter used in firing and method for firing of formed honeycomb body using the setter: A support plate for use in firing which has a main component of the crystal phase after firing being the same as that of an article to be sintered, and has a surface roughness (Ra) of the surface to be contacted with the article to be fired of 8 to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080142150 - Method of obtaining a preformed wire that is intended to be integrated during the production of a tire, and assembly comprising a sheet of rubber and a preformed wire: The invention relates to a method of obtaining a preformed wire intended to be incorporated during the manufacture of a tire, comprising a step during which a deformable wire is selected (32), this deformable wire is elastically deformed (34) and this deformable wire is held (36) using holding means which... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080142151 - Method for producing a ballistic protective armour: A method for producing a ballistic protective armour includes superimposing a certain number of textile layers (116) in such a way that a layer structure (114) is formed, in sewing the textile layers (116) of the layer structure to each other and in pressing the layer structure (114). Prior to... Agent: Richard M. Goldberg

20080142152 - Method and apparatus for fabricating roll good fuel cell subassemblies: Fabrication methods for making a gas diffusion layer incorporating a gasket (GIG) fuel cell subassemblies via roll-to-roll processes are described. A material processable by one or both of heat and pressure having spaced apart apertures is transported to a bonding station. A first gasket layer having gas diffusion layers arranged... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080142153 - Oval cross-section tube, method for the production and device for the use thereof: The invention relates to an elastic substantially tubular package for a semi-liquid or pasty extractable by a finger pressure product comprising a skirt, a head and optionally a cap, wherein said skirt is formed from a wound foil and is provided with a longitudinal weld seam formed by the overlapping... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080142154 - Rfid label technique: An RFID webstock containing a relatively high pitch-density array of semiconductive chips is provided and joined to a web bearing relatively widely spaced antennas in a continuous process. The RFID webstock is separated or cut into individual chip sections, with the spacing of the chips being increased as the RFID... Agent: Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP

20080142155 - Manufacture of a filtering system: In a method of and apparatus for manufacturing a filtering screen, a frame of plastics coated metal or reinforced plastics material is located in a jig and at least two sheets of wire cloths are placed over the frame and their edges gripped by pneumatically operated clamps carried by the... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080142156 - Method and apparatus for depositing a magnetoresistive multilayer film: This application discloses a method and apparatus for manufacturing a magnetoresistive multilayer film having a structure where an antiferromagnetic layer, a pinned-magnetization layer, a nonmagnetic spacer layer and a free-magnetization layer are laminated on a substrate in this order. A film for the antiferromagnetic layer is deposited by sputtering as... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080142157 - Control arrangement for microfluidic devices and related methods and systems: Communication between microchannels of a microfluidic circuit is controlled through a combination between a membrane and a pin-actuated valve arrangement. The deformable membrane contributes to the formation of the surface of the microchannels. Alternatively, or in addition, the valve arrangement is operated through combination of the membrane with a control... Agent: Steinfl & Bruno

20080142158 - Hydrolytically resistant thermoset monomers: The present invention provides hydrolytically resistant monomers prepared by the reaction of an epoxy compound and a reactive ester and methods for producing the monomers. Also provided are adhesive compositions containing the hydrolytically resistant monomers and methods for use thereof.... Agent: The Law Office Of Jane K. Babin, Professional Corporation

20080142159 - Plasma processing apparatus: A plasma processing apparatus (100) includes a plasma generation mechanism; a process container defining a process chamber configured to perform a plasma process on a target substrate; a substrate worktable configured to place the target substrate thereon inside the process container; and an exhaust mechanism configured to decrease pressure inside... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080142160 - Substrate mounting table and method for manufacturing same, substrate processing apparatus, and fluid supply mechanism: A substrate mounting table includes a plate shaped member provided with a mounting surface for mounting a substrate thereon, a plurality of gas injection openings opened on the mounting surface to supply a gas toward the mounting surface, and a gas supply channel for supplying the gas through the gas... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080142161 - Apparatus for partial bonding of vehicle components: The present invention relates to an apparatus for partially adhesively bonding add-on automotive parts with the aid of a two-component adhesive, wherein, according to the invention, the apparatus has a current line as an induction heater, the current line has an associated clamping apparatus which has an air shower which... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080142162 - Device for dispensing labels: The present invention relates to a device (1) for dispensing a plurality of labels onto a folio across a travelling path of the folio through the device, said device comprising a supply (2) of labels, which labels are carried by a carrier (21); a guide system (3) for guiding the... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080142163 - Applicator head for tire cord construction: A tooling head for construction of a tire cord to an annular surface is provided having a first roller and a second roller for alternative engagement against the annular surface in a forward and a rearward direction, respectively, the first and second rollers having a spaced apart orientation and annular... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20080142164 - Heat welding nozzle for sealing flooring seams: A heat and sealant delivery nozzle is constructed for sealing seams between adjacent sheets of flooring. The nozzle of the invention is formed from separate, mating sealant feeding and hot air conducting members that fit to and are secured together. The two part construction of the nozzle produces first and... Agent: Charles H. Thomas Cislo & Thomas LLP

20080142165 - Heat-sealing apparatus: A heat-sealing apparatus comprising a pair of opposed hot plates and a pair of hot plate-mounting blocks to which said hot plates are mounted, respectively. The hot plates respectively have pressing surfaces adapted to be pressed against each other with superimposed film sheets held therebetween during sealing; and mounting surfaces... Agent: Daniel P. Burke, Esq. Daniel P. Burke & Associates, Pllc

20080135155 - Method for producing multilayer ceramic substrate: In a method for producing a multilayer ceramic substrate, a green ceramic laminate includes green conductive patterns arranged on a plurality of ceramic green sheets and portions to be formed into a plurality of multilayer ceramic substrates. Boundary-defining conductive patterns are arranged on the ceramic green sheets and along boundaries... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080135156 - Method and apparatus of manufacturing annular concentric stranded bead cord: A method of manufacturing an annular concentric stranded bead cord, wherein, while rotating an annular core at a fixed position in a peripheral direction, a reel, upon which a lateral wire is wound, repeatedly performs a pendulum swinging movement and a perpendicular movement with respect to the annular core, thereby... Agent: Osha Liang L.l.p.

20080135157 - Manufacture of reinforced tubular products of predetermined length: An apparatus for manufacturing a tubular product, includes a winding station for winding a substrate component and a reinforcement element in a helical path to form a reinforced tubular product, and respective apparatus for feeding the elongate substrate component and the elongate reinforcement element to the winding station. A first... Agent: Greer Burns Crain Ltd

20080135158 - Feeding webs for processing and removing webs: A splicing method and apparatus for use with a labelling apparatus is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method and apparatus for winding up and removing a web from a labelling apparatus, particularly the waste web from which self-adhesive labels have been removed by a labelling apparatus. Web splicing is achieved... Agent: King & Schickli, Pllc

20080135159 - Stretch releasing pressure-sensitive adhesive articles and methods of using the same: A stretch releasing pressure-sensitive adhesive article that includes a backing that includes a layer of foam having a density of from about 7 pounds per cubic foot to about 15 pounds per cubic foot, a caliper of from about 0.01 inch to less than 0.020 inch, a first major surface... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080135161 - Odor-eliminating camouflaged reclosable storage bag: A bag, pack or sack for storing clothing and gear of outdoorsmen, such as hunters and military personnel. The bag, pack or sack may have one or both of two features: means for preventing odors from entering or leaving the interior volume of the bag, pack or sack; and a... Agent: Dennis M. Flaherty, Esq. Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman P.c.

20080135160 - Sheet processing method and image forming apparatus: A sheet processing method including superimposing a transparent sheet having a mirror image thereon on a non-transparent sheet so that a surface of the transparent sheet having the mirror image faces the non-transparent sheet with an adhesive medium therebetween. An image forming apparatus includes an image forming means for forming... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080135162 - Structure for functional film pattern formation and method of manufacturing functional film: A method of manufacturing a functional film which method enables formation of a fine pattern and endurance for a high-temperature process. The method includes the steps of: (a) preparing a substrate in which a predetermined pattern is formed; (b) forming a separation layer directly or indirectly on the substrate; (c)... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080135163 - Transfer product method: A transfer decal retail product unit includes a transfer decal assembly, which can optionally be mounted on a display card. The assembly includes a liner comprising a material that contrasts visually with a graphic material releasably mounted thereon. An optional clear, transparent mask is releasably mounted on the graphic material... Agent: Mark Brown

20080135164 - Method for forming laminated synthetic leather: A method for forming a laminated synthetic leather includes engaging a textile carrier onto a carrying roll, extruding one or more materials with an extruder machine into a film, and feeding the film downwardly onto a lamination roll to have the film carried on a portion of an outer peripheral... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080135165 - Method for forming container with reinforcing member: A method for forming a container (60) with a reinforcing member (48) from paperboard or other suitable materials. The method includes forming a container (60) from a blank (30) through use of a press (20). A reinforcing member (48) is disposed adjacent the container (60) and press (20). The reinforcing... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080135166 - Method for producing steering wheel decorative covers and interior decorative elements: In one form, the invention relates to steering wheel decorative covers and interior decorative elements, comprising an external visible layer of wood veneer and a plastic support layer. The wood veneer is provided with felt on the inner surface thereof to reduce waste and fashioning work.... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080135167 - Structural polymer core assembly, method of manufacture and method of use: A composite structure, and method of manufacturing it, having a specified width, length, and height defining a top and bottom the composite structure. The composite structure includes a three dimensional structural core constructed of a polymer with a first series of a geometric pattern repeated along its length. The structural... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080135168 - Method for bonding together at least two sheets: A method for bonding together at least two sheets, in particular for producing a puzzle, of which a first sheet consists of cardboard or paperboard and a second sheet consists of paper or cardboard, comprises the steps of transporting the first sheet to a gluing station, applying a synthetic hot... Agent: Krieg Devault LLP John H. Allie

20080135169 - Packaging method of temperature insensitive arrayed waveguide grating: Center wavelength of AWG is shifted due to the temperature variation. This invention described the method to compensate temperature dependency of center wavelength by adjusting optical input position passively by cutting the interface between the input slap waveguide (3) of AWG and the stripe waveguide circuit (1) connected to the... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20080135170 - Systems and methods for laser bonding catheter components: Systems and methods are described for laser bonding polymer catheter components by using laser energy to create localized heat fusion bonds between two or more polymer catheter components.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20080135171 - Radiation-hardenable laminated plate or sheet: The invention relates to a radiation-curable laminated sheet or film comprising at least one substrate layer and a top layer which comprises a radiation-curable material having a glass transition temperature below 50° C. and having a high double bond density and acid groups, processes for the production thereof and the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080135172 - Inserter system for handling rfid items: A method and system for preparing mail pieces that include RFID enabled cards. The improvement provides enhanced tracking and control capabilities for such mail pieces. In an inserter control system, individual RFID signals of the RFID enabled cards are related to particular mail pieces in a mail piece production database.... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080135173 - Adhesive having aromatic diisocyanates and aromatic petroleum distillates with low volatility for use in engineered wood products: The present invention is an adhesive suitable for use in the production of engineered wood products, said adhesive comprised of an aromatic diisocyanate (99.0-10.0 parts by mass) and an aromatic petroleum distillate (1.0-90.0 parts by mass) with low volatility. The adhesive composition may result in improved coverage or distribution on... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20080135174 - Backing film removal system and method for fiber placement machine: The present invention provides an apparatus and associated method for removing backing film from tape or tape during the fiber placement process. The present invention uses a passive (non-powered) take-up roller to wind up the backing film that has been separated from the tape.... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20080135175 - Thin plate glass laminate and process for producing display device using thin plate glass laminate: e

20080135176 - Apparatus for etching substrate and fabrication line for fabricating liquid crystal display using the same: A substrate etching apparatus includes: a cassette to receive a substrate that has finished a previous process, and transfer the substrate; a first robot to take the substrate out of the cassette; a second robot to receive the substrate from the first robot and move the substrate mounted thereon vertically... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080135177 - Plasma processing apparatus: s

20080135178 - Hand application tool for laying sealant spacer strip on glass or like material: An hand application tool for laying a sealant spacer strip along a glass sheet for forming insulating glass units having a handle with first and second ends; a base having freely rotatable rollers connected to the first end of the handle; and a housing connected to the first end of... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.c.

20080135180 - Tape dispenser with cutter shield: A tape dispenser includes base plate, a handle, a tape reel and a cutting assembly. The cutting assembly includes a base, a cutter with a blade at an end, a shield, a shield base and a wiper plate. The shield is moved between a first position, in which the shield... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080135179 - Tape gun and cutting blade: A tape gun for adhesive tape which is provided with cutting blade to facilitate the sealing of the boxes.... Agent: Noel Bedard

20080135181 - Dispenser of adhesive tape: A convenient adhesive tape dispenser with improved cutting operation of the adhesive tape at a lower part of a case body. The adhesive tape dispenser includes a case body having a body case formed with a holding part to mount an adhesive tape inside, a coupling case coupled with the... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080135182 - Surface mounting apparatus: In a surface mounting apparatus having a pair of substrate fixing portions disposed opposite to each other and serving to support and fix opposed ends of a substrate respectively and a mounting head for mounting a component held by an attached nozzle on the substrate which is supported and fixed... Agent: Sierra Patent Group, Ltd.

20080135183 - Tool for sticking tape for a linear device: A tool for sticking tape for a linear device is disposed on a mover of a linear device and comprises: a body, a guiding roller assembly, and a press roller assembly. The body is formed with an inlet and an outlet, and the guiding roller assembly and the press roller... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080135185 - Joining press for joining the ends particularly of a conveyor belt and the like: A joining press for joining the ends particularly of a conveyor belt, comprising lower and upper heating plates which can be engaged by pusher pads in order to apply the necessary pressure, the plates being supported by reaction beams to contain a load applied by the pusher pads, the reaction... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20080135184 - Structure of thermal conductive case in laminator: This specification discloses an improved structure of the thermal conductive case in a laminator. It includes two side frames, upper and lower thermal conductive plates integrally formed on the frames, a pressing roller set fixed on the frames and between the upper and lower thermal conductive plates, and heating elements... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080135186 - Device for the separation of substrates from a stack: A device for separation of damp silicon wafers from a wafer stack, whereby the damp wafers may be removed individually from the stack, transferred to a subsequent conveyor device and the damp thin fragile wafers held in the stack can be rapidly separated and isolated even in large format. The... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080128067 - Heat transfer composite, associated device and method: A heat transfer composite including a plurality of pyrolytic graphite parts and a non-carbonaceous matrix holding the pyrolytic graphite parts in a consolidated mass. In one embodiment, the heat transfer composite includes a quantity of pyrolytic graphite parts randomly distributed in the non-carbonaceous matrix. In another embodiment, the heat transfer... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20080128068 - Method for producing decorative elements, particularly insignia: The method for producing one or more decorative elements, particularly insignia (38), comprises the stages of: thermoforming a multiple-layer film (10) comprising a first transparent protective layer (12), a second decorative layer (14) containing at least one pigment and a third supporting layer (16) of thermoformable plastics material, in such... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080128069 - Biocide-free anti-fouling coating containing a fabric based on basalt fibers: The invention relates to the use of mineral fibres or filaments and E-glass fibres having a SiO2 part of more than 50 wt. % in the form of a textile fabric, as a biocide-free antifouling agent for protecting submerged structures from damage by adhesion and multiplication of aquatic pests in... Agent: Marlana Titus Nash & Titus

20080128070 - Fire-resistant drywall tape, method of using and manufacture of the same: The present invention relates to a fire-resistant wallboard tape. The fire-resistant wallboard tape covers elongated joints in wallboards. This tape includes a fluid-activated, gummed adhesive, a fibrous material and a flame retardant additive. The fluid-activated, gummed adhesive is adhered to a surface of the fibrous material and is activated when... Agent: Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross P.c.

20080128071 - Method of making ig window unit and forming silicon oxide based hydrophilic coating using chlorosilane vapor deposition: A method of making an insulating glass (IG) window unit is provided. The IG window unit includes at least two spaced apart substrates that are separated from one another by at least one seal and/or spacer, wherein a first one of the substrates supports a hydrophilic coating (e.g., silicon oxide)... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080128072 - Apparatus for manufacturing a reinforcement for a tire, comprising a guide ring: The apparatus for manufacturing a reinforcement for a tire comprises an eyelet 60 through which the cord 4 can slip; the eyelet 60 is carried by a drive mechanism 3. A guide ring 5 is positioned relative to a main arm 31 in such a manner that this passes through... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080128073 - Composite an containment case and method of fabricating the same: A method of fabricating a fan containment case for a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes forming a core layer material, wrapping the core layer material about a cylindrically-shaped take-up spool, and transferring the core layer material to a cylindrically-shaped mandrel by wrapping a plurality of layers of... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080128074 - Methods of making components for electrochemical cells: The present invention is related to methods of making membrane electrode assembly components. The methods include transferring a catalyst layer to a polymer electrolyte membrane or a gas diffusion layer. Methods of making membrane electrode assemblies with these components are also disclosed.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20080128075 - Method for fabricating 3d bevel sticky note pad: The present invention discloses a method for fabricating a 3D bevel sticky note pad comprising the following steps: preparing paper and dividing the paper into a plurality of blocks; printing identical figures on each block of the paper; applying a readherable sticky film to one edge of each block; conveying... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080128076 - Polymer recovery method from polarizing plates and methods of producing recycled polymer films and polarizing plates: A method for recovery of polymer, comprising contacting a polarizing plate comprising a polarizing element and first and second polymer films on its both surfaces, with at least an aqueous liquid, and then applying shear force to the polarizing plate to thereby separate the polarizing element and at least the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080128077 - Method for producing a laminate material web having elastic and non-elastic regions: A method for producing an elastic laminate material web that has elastic and non-elastic regions and has non-woven fabric on both surfaces of the web. In between the two surfaces, there are film strips of an elastic film. One surface of the web consists of a planar non-woven fabric layer... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080128078 - Curie temperature controlled induction heating: A heating apparatus and a method for using a heating apparatus for repairing composite structures. The heating apparatus includes a high temperature matrix having magnetic particles therein. The magnetic particles have a predetermined Curie temperature. The apparatus also includes a coil in communication with a power source. The coil is... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick Llc

20080128079 - Method and apparatus for sealing a polymer coated paper or board: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for jointing members made of plastic-coated paper or board. In accordance with the invention, the sealable members are retained in position with clamps (8) and sealing is performed with a laser sealing means (7) moving along the sealing line, a means... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080128080 - Hollow structure plate, manufacturing method thereof, manufacturing device thereof, and sound absorbing structure plate: Introduction guides 12 are provided above and below a sheet-introduction opening portion of a pressure-reduced chamber 10, and heating means 17 is provided between the introduction guides. Each resin sheet 3 is attracted and attached respectively to the circumferential surface of a corresponding emboss roller 11 by reducing pressure. Pins... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080128081 - Pick-up heads and systems for die bonding and related applications: Pick-up heads and systems including such heads are disclosed. The pick-up heads and systems are especially useful for picking up, transporting, and placing semiconductor dies at bond sites on packaging substrates. Alternatively, the heads and systems are useful for performing these tasks with any of various other planar objects. An... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080128082 - Method for manufacturing plugged honeycomb structure: There is provided a method for manufacturing a plugged honeycomb structure, where slurry 6 functioning as a raw material for the plugged portions is stored in a storage container 7 so that the slurry 6 may have a flat interface, and the plugged portions are formed by pressing an end... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080128083 - Water-based polychloroprene adhesive: The use of a carboxylated acrylic resin for blending with a medium gel, medium crystallinity polychloroprene gives a waterborne adhesive formulation with an excellent combination of green strength, heat resistance, bond strength and sprayability unobtainable by other techniques reported by those skilled in the art. The adhesives described in the... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.c.

20080128084 - Method and apparatus for optical fiber coating removal: A method for removing a protective coating material from a portion of an optical fiber, said optical fiber including a glass optical fiber having an outer surface surrounded by said protective coating material, said method comprising the steps of: (i) providing a fiber collection and support device having: (a) a... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20080128085 - Surface treating apparatus for square wafer for solar battery: According to the present invention, when performing spin treatment on a square wafer for a solar battery, it is possible to prevent the treatment medium, which is caused to flow down onto the surface of the wafer and scattered to the outside of the wafer from the four sides thereof... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.c.

20080128086 - Backside unlayering of mosfet devices for electrical and physical characterization: A method and system for backside unlayering a semiconductor device to expose FEOL semiconductor features of the device for subsequent electrical and/or physical probing. A window is formed within a backside substrate layer of the semiconductor. A collimated ion plasma is generated and directed so as to contact the semiconductor... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, Llc.

20080128087 - High frequency power supply device and high frequency power supplying method: A high frequency power supply device and power supplying method are disclosed, which can rapidly and accurately control power used for generation of plasmas. The device includes a first high frequency power supply, providing power at frequency f1, and a second high frequency power supply providing power at frequency f2... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080128088 - Etching apparatus for edges of substrate: An etching apparatus comprises a chamber; a substrate supporter in the chamber; a substrate disposed on the substrate and having one of a notch zone and a flat zone, the substrate having a rim of a circular shape except in the one of the notch zone and the flat zone,... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.c.

20080128089 - Plasma processing apparatus: The plasma processing apparatus M2 has a first and a second elongate electrodes 30, 30. A processing gas is introduced from a first aperture formed between upper first edges of the electrodes 30, 30 into a gap 30a between the electrodes 30, 30. An electric field is applied and a... Agent: Osha Liang L.l.p.

20080128090 - Apparatus for reorienting inlays: An apparatus for reorienting liner-borne inlays is provided. Such apparatus utilize electronic control devices to precisely move inlays from a first orientation and spacing to a second orientation and spacing. Embodiments of the present invention include a vacuum manifold having an elongated ridge member so that the apparatus are useful... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, Llc