Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture inventions 09/08

20080230166 - Non-slip masking product, and methods: A masking product having an exposed non-slip surface. In some embodiments, the masking product has two non-slip surfaces, on opposite sides of the paper. The non-slip surface exposed surfaces having an increased coefficient of friction to inhibit the movement (e.g., slipping) of items present on the non-slip surface.... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080230167 - Adhesive and method for binding artificial plastic teeth: The present invention is directed toward an adhesive for and a method for bonding artificial plastic teeth to a denture base. The adhesive employs a number of adhesion promoter monomers, dimers or oligomers and a cure package, as well as methyl acetate as a solvent. The method according to the... Agent: Dentsply International Inc

20080230168 - Laminator and laminating method: A laminator is configured for laminating a film sheet on a respective surface of a plurality of substrates. The laminator includes a pressure roller, a first conveyance device, a second conveyance device, and a distance measuring system. The first conveyance device is provided for controllably conveying substrates to the pressure... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080230169 - Housing created from high strength expanded thermoformable honeycomb structures with cementitious reinforcement: A method for producing an engineered building material comprising at least a first and second cementitious reinforced expanded honeycomb product, the method comprising: affixing at least one end of the first cementitious reinforced expanded honeycomb product to at least one end of the second cementitious reinforced expanded honeycomb product via... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080230170 - Method for vacuum forming an elastomeric tire: A vacuum forming process for manufacturing a transport tire from an elastomeric material that include steps of: in a mold having a cavity or annular area, positioning a transport tire core of plies, belt and beads that has been laid-up on a mandrel. Fitting a cover in sealing engagement over... Agent: M. Reid Russell

20080230171 - Method for producing catalyst-layer-supporting substrate, method for producing membrane-electrode assembly and method for producing fuel cell: A method for producing a catalyst-layer-supporting substrate includes a lamination step of forming a laminate of metal catalyst layers and mixture layers on a substrate by repeating a first step and a second step plural times alternatively; and an acid treatment step of subjecting the laminate to an acid treatment,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080230172 - Fixing kit and method for fixing a stem in a holder by means of adhesive: The present invention provides a kit for fixing a stem in a holder of a measurement apparatus, wherein the kit comprises a holder, which has a bore, and a stem, with a first end and a second end, wherein the bore has at least one vertical groove. The present invention... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20080230173 - Process for preparing front filter for plasma display panel: A plasma display panel (PDP) filter having a high transparency and no exterior defect can be simply prepared by a method comprising the steps of a) laminating a conductive mesh film having a metallic mesh layer formed on a base film, on a transparent glass substrate such that the base... Agent: David A. Einhorn Anderson Kill & Olick

20080230174 - Grip having a stabilized gripping surface: The disclosure herein includes a grip for a golf club with a flexible tube and a layered sheet. The tube includes a tubular body and raised portions extending from the tubular body. The outer surface of the raised portions cooperates with the layered sheet to form a gripping surface. The... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080230175 - Cleaning device and a method for producing a cleaning device for cleaning a read and/or write interface of a read and/or write unit: A cleaning device (1) for cleaning a lens of an optical head of an optical disc drive unit comprises a carrier disc (2) similar to a compact disc or a CD-ROM disc for inserting in a disc receiving area of the optical disc drive unit. A brush type element 97)... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080230176 - Method for producing container parts, container parts, method for producing a multilayer foil, multilayer foil: The invention relates to a method for producing self supporting container parts, such as dishes or covers, for containers for foodstuffs to be treated in a microwave oven, said containers each comprising at least one compartment for receiving the foodstuffs, along at least part of the circumferential surface of which... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080230177 - Enhanced liquid crystal display system and methods: Embodiments of methods and systems to generate an enhanced layered display system are described herein. In one embodiment, a method of generating an enhanced layered display system is provided including dispensing an optical bonding liquid onto a first substrate; forming an adhesive preform unit by curing the optical bonding liquid... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20080230178 - Method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device: Smectic liquid crystal is dropped by a dropping method in which a plurality of droplets of smectic liquid crystal are dropped to an alignment film so that the droplets are aligned in a line which is parallel to a rubbing direction of the alignment film which is formed in a... Agent: Eric Robinson

20080230179 - Method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device: To prevent alignment disorder of liquid crystal molecules, which is caused in manufacturing steps, and to manufacture a liquid crystal display device including a uniform liquid crystal layer in which liquid crystal molecules are aligned with high accuracy. In addition, to provide a technique for manufacturing a liquid crystal display... Agent: Eric Robinson

20080230181 - Plasma processing apparatus and structure therein: A structure, for use in a processing chamber of a plasma processing apparatus in which a plasma process is performed on a target substrate, includes a base member at least having a first surface and a second surface; and a thermally sprayed insulating film covering the first surface. Further, the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080230180 - Processing equipment for object to be processed: Processing equipment for an object to be processed is provided with a process container, the internal of which can be evacuated, a gas introducing means for introducing a prescribed gas into the process container, a supporting table provided in the process container, a ring-shaped supporting part provided on the supporting... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080230182 - Cd label applicator and cd label paper: o

20080230183 - Releasing method and releasing apparatus of work having adhesive tape: In a method for releasing a work having an adhesive tape from a holding member which sucks and holds the work having the adhesive tape, the work having the adhesive tape is released from the holding member while supplying a gas which reduces a holding force of the holding member... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20080223498 - Method for extending long-term electrical power cable performance: P

20080223500 - Air-permeable composite fabric: An air-permeable composite fabric is provided. The composite fabric has an inner fabric layer, an outer fabric layer, and an intermediate vapor barrier. The vapor barrier is selected from adhesive material and an adhesive/membrane combination designed so the composite fabric has a level of air permeability to allow air flow... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20080223499 - Methods of fabricating polymeric structures incorporating microscale fluidic elements: The present invention generally provides improved methods of fabricating polymeric microfluidic devices that incorporate microscale fluidic structures, whereby the fabrication process does not substantially distort or deform such structures. The methods of the invention generally provide enhanced bonding processes for mating and bonding substrate layers to define the microscale channel... Agent: Cardinal Law Group Caliper Life Sciences, Inc.

20080223501 - Display panel, method of inspecting lead bonding of display panel, and lead bonding method of display panel: A display panel including a substrate and a plurality of films for carrying chips is provided. The substrate has a display region and a non-display region located at one side of the display region. The non-display region has a plurality of pad regions, and each pad region has a plurality... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080223502 - Manufacturing method of printed wiring board and a laminate jointing apparatus: This invention provides a manufacturing method of printed wiring board which enables a plate-like substrate to be carried and processed without any contact to its product surface. End portions of plate-like copper clad laminates are overlapped vertically and then joined linearly by rotating an ultrasonic horn along the end portions.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080223503 - Melt glue fixing method and electrical connector using the same: The invention provides a melt glue fixing method for fixing a terminal in the passageway of the insulating base. A glue blocking device is used to let a melted material flow toward a designated area during heating. Thus, the resulting structure will have a better fixing effect. An electrical connector... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20080223504 - Method of manufacturing thermoelectric converter: A method of manufacturing a thermoelectric converter including supplying raw materials by mutually supplying a p-type semiconductor raw material and an n-type semiconductor raw material into a piercing hole of a honeycomb made of a non-metal inorganic material. The method also includes sintering the p-type semiconductor raw material and the... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080223505 - Machine for producing multiaxial fibrous webs: A plurality of unidirectional sheets (30a, 30b, 30c) are superposed in different directions and they are bonded together. At least one of the unidirectional sheets is made by spreading a tow so as to obtain uniform thickness, width not less than 5 cm, and a weight of no more than... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20080223506 - Method of colour refurbishing metal display fixtures: A method of colour refurbishing metal display fixtures. A first step involves printing on a display film an image of a desired colour finish. A second step involves securing the display film to components of a metal display fixture... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080223507 - Rubber sheet joining apparatus and method: A rubber sheet joining apparatus comprises: a cutting unit for cutting a ribbon of rubber sheet reinforced with cords to generate rubber sheet strips having different lengths; a sheet overlapping unit for overlapping and joining the rubber sheet strips having different lengths to make an overlapped and joined strip; first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080223508 - Rubber strip, method for manufacturing tire and tire component member using same, and apparatus therefor: A method and apparatus for building a green tire or a tire component member by winding and laminating a rubber strip on a rigid core or a building drum. The apparatus includes a flattening roll and a rubber strip winder. The flattening roll flattens a projection of a stepped portion... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080223509 - Adhesive film and method of fabricating flexible display using the same: An adhesive film and a method of fabricating a flexible display using the same are provided. The adhesive film includes: a support including a first surface disposed opposite to a flexible substrate for forming an image display element and a second surface disposed opposite to a support substrate for supporting... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080223510 - Optical sheet manufacture method and optical sheet: A manufacture method of an optical sheet made of a transparent thermoplastic resin sheet on whose surface a regular geometric design working is performed, the optical sheet manufacture method comprising steps of performing a geometric design working on the resin sheet at a temperature not lower than a glass transition... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080223511 - Adhesive dispensing system: A system for dispensing adhesive onto a surface is provided. This system includes a dispenser and a quantity of discrete units of adhesive releasably deposited on a substrate. The dispenser includes a drive mechanism that further includes an actuator for actuating the dispenser; and a drive wheel, wherein the drive... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20080223512 - Method and system for printing variable length adhesive labels: Systems and methods for printing various length adhesive labels using continuous adhesive label stock and a mechanical cutter that eliminates problems associated with the build up of adhesive on the cutter blade are provided. A continuous label stock includes regions where adhesive is provided interspersed with regions where there is... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080223513 - Method and device for connecting two flexible material layers: The manufacture of a product comprising at least two flexible material layers (14, 15) which are connected to each other by means of an adhesive coating applied to mutually facing inner surfaces of the material layers (14, 15), wherein the material layers (14, 15) are pressed together and are then... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20080223514 - Systems and methods for electrical contacts to arrays of vertically aligned nanorods: Systems and methods may provide electrical contacts to an array of substantially vertically aligned nanorods. The nanorod array may be fabricated on top of a conducting layer that serves as a bottom contact to the nanorods. A top metal contact may be applied to a plurality of nanorods of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080223515 - Sheet laminator, image forming apparatus, and sheet laminating method: A sheet laminator includes a bonding unit and a restricting unit. The bonding unit bonds a first sheet to a second sheet that includes an adhesive layer. The restricting unit restricts movement of any one of the first sheet and the second sheet thereby preventing bonding between the first sheet... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080223516 - Process for producing membrane/electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cell: A membrane/electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, comprising; an anode and a cathode each having a catalyst layer containing a catalyst and having a gas diffusion layer; and a polymer electrolyte membrane disposed between the catalyst layer of the anode and the catalyst layer of the cathode, characterized in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080223517 - Mold-free resin-insulated coil windings: Mold-free resin-insulated coil windings are obtained by applying continuous fibers embedded in a quasi-solid-state epoxy-resin matrix, e.g. in the form of a tape, to the coil windings. The tape is locally heated up to the melting point of its polymer matrix, and is subsequently pressed against the winding body. The... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080223518 - Method for the production of composite elements based on mineral or organic thermal insulation materials with the aid of an adhesive: The invention provides a method for the production of composite elements composed of at least one outer layer a) and a thermal insulation material b), where between the outer layer a) and the thermal insulation material b) an adhesive c) has been applied, the outer layer a) being moved continuously,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080223519 - Polyamide polyols and polyurethanes, methods for making and using, and products made therefrom: A polyamide diol is prepared by the reaction of a diamine comprising a polymeric diamine and a non-polymeric diamine, dicarboxyic acid, and a hydroxy substituted carboxylic acid. A polyurethane is prepared by the reaction of the polyamide polyol with a diisocyanate.... Agent: Arizona Chemical Company C/o Bo Segers

20080223520 - Separating apparatus, separating/taking-out apparatus, processing apparatus, separating method, and separating/taking-out method for sheet materials: A sheet material separating apparatus includes a sheet material separating unit. This unit includes a low frictional guide sheet making a surface contact with an upper surface of an uppermost one in stacked sheet materials, and a vibrator contacting a surface of the guide sheet opposite to another surface of... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080223521 - Plasma source coil and plasma chamber using the same: A plasma source coil includes a bushing arranged at a center part, and a plurality of unit coils arranged in the form of a concentric circle from a circumference of the bushing on the bases of the bushing. One end of each unit coil and one end of the bushing... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080223522 - Plasma processing apparatus: The present invention provides a plasma processing chamber mounted with a function capable of determining the state of a temperature rise in a processing chamber even if a thermometer is not mounted in the processing chamber. In a plasma processing apparatus including: a processing chamber for subjecting a sample to... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080223523 - Substrate processing apparatus and electrode structure: A substrate processing apparatus capable of preventing the abnormal discharge from being generated on a substrate. A housing chamber houses the substrate. A mounting stage arranged in the housing chamber, is configured to enable the substrate to be mounted thereon. A disc-like electrode structure is connected to a high-frequency power... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080223524 - Semiconductor producing device and semiconductor device producing method: A tubular electrode (215) and a tubular magnet (216) are installed on an external section of a processing furnace (202) for an MMT device. A susceptor (217) for holding a wafer (200) is installed inside a processing chamber (201) of the processing furnace. A gate valve (244) for conveying the... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080223525 - Unit for catching a flexible cover for fitting up a cushioning: A system for catching a flexible cover for fitting up an automobile seat intended to cover a cushioning provided with at least one unit for catching on self-adhesive elements, the filling-up cover being provided with complementary catching elements intended to catch on the self-adhesive elements of the cushioning, the catching... Agent: HowardIPLaw Group

20080223526 - Fusion welding device and assembling apparatus: A fusion welding device include: a first holder, having a first face, and adapted to hold at least an outer peripheral face of an end portion of a first work in a state where the first work is movable in a longitudinal direction thereof; a second holder, having a second... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080223527 - Method for patterning reel-to-reel strip in automatic manufacturing process: In a method for patterning a reel-to-reel strip in an automatic manufacturing process, a reel-to-reel strip is stuck onto a support plate having a low-tack adhesive. A laser beam is used to pattern the reel-to-reel strip. Carbon residues and/or cut pieces generated during a process of patterning the reel-to-reel strip... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20080223528 - Disk labeling structure: A disk labeling structure for dividing and labeling plural disks, which are strung up by a pillar, includes a fixing portion for mounting on the pillar, a labeling portion, and an extending portion for connecting the fixing portion and the labeling portion, wherein the fixing portion has a gap outwardly... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080216936 - Ceiling tile construction: A ceiling tile of gypsum and cellulose fibers formed into a board by initially mixing the fibers and gypsum in a water-based slurry that is felted and thereafter pressed and dried with a desired board thickness, the dried board being processed to form a plurality of holes in a face... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080216937 - Elastic laminates and methods of manufacturing same: A method for forming an elastic laminate comprising: bonding a first nonwoven to an elastic film to form a laminate; activating the laminate to form an activated laminate; and bonding a consolidated nonwoven to the elastic film of the activated laminate to form the elastic laminate.... Agent: Troutman Sanders, LLP

20080216938 - System and method for pipe repair: A system and method of repairing a pipe including securing a reinforcing material, such as a dry fiber structure (e.g., a carbon fibers) to the surface of the pipe. A polymeric material is placed on top of the reinforcing material, self-penetrating the dry fiber structure. The polymeric material substantially saturates... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20080216939 - Vertical feed system for non-seamed shrink labels: A container labeling system includes a vertical feed system. The vertical feed system includes a continuous roll of non-seamed shrink film material, where the non-seamed shrink film material shrinks in a cross-machine direction. A severing device is used to sever the non-seamed shrink film material into discrete lengths of non-seamed... Agent: Thompson Hine L.l.p. Intellectual Property Group

20080216940 - Plastic laminates and methods for making the same: In one embodiment, a laminate comprises: a plastic sheet, a second sheet, an adhesive disposed between and in physical contact with the plastic sheet and the second sheet, and an interlayer formed from a liquid filling having a viscosity that does not form bubbles visible to the unaided eye. The... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080216941 - Tyre manufacturing process: A process for manufacturing a tyre which has at least one structural element including at least one first portion made of a first crude elastomeric material, and at least one second portion made of the first crude elastomeric material, the second portion being axially spaced apart from the first portion.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080216942 - Method for continuous production of functional film: The method for continuous production of a functional membrane of the present invention comprises a step for impregnating and depositing a polymer precursor (2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid or the like) having a functional group on a continuously conveyed porous resin sheet (a porous polyethylene sheet or the like); a polymerization step... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080216943 - Process and apparatus for forming stretched paint films and articles formed using same: Described herein is a process for manufacturing a part or a part pre-form, for example, a vehicle part or vehicle part pre-form, as well as articles of manufacture incorporating pre-stretched paint films and substrates such as extruded sheet. Also described herein is an apparatus useful for the process described, which... Agent: Flaster/greenberg P.c. 8 Penn Center

20080216944 - Tear tape applicator for ream wrap and other packaging materials: The present invention relates to a system and method for applying tear tape to a packaging substrate. Features of the system include a tear tape applicator unit comprising a laser/tear tape unwind assembly and a tear tape applicator assembly and a winder comprising an unwind roll and a rewind roll.... Agent: Duane Morris, LLP Ip Department

20080216945 - Laminated body, device and method for manufacturing the same, and cutter used for manufacturing the same: An apparatus for manufacturing a layered product having a curved surface part with an extremely small radius of curvature while lowering the rate of occurrence a defective product is provided. The manufacturing apparatus is for a layered product in which a decorative material is laminated on a surface and side... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080216946 - Adhesive tape: An adhesive tape comprises a tape portion including a first side and a second side, wherein the first side includes an adhesive layer disposed thereon. The adhesive tape further includes a handle portion comprising a first edge, wherein the first edge of the handle portion is longitudinally disposed adjacent the... Agent: Paparella & Associates, Plc

20080216947 - Temporary tatoo for rubber tires: The present invention is an article and method for applying a moisture transferable image to the surface of a tire, whereby the image retains visual integrity for up to six months.... Agent: Robert M. Schwartz, P.a.

20080216948 - Hand-mouldable material: A method of providing a self-adhesive mouldable hand grip comprises mixing: a) a first component comprising room temperature vulcanising silicone composition; and b) a second component, one of the first and second components comprising a moist, powdered filler, and the other of the first and second components comprising a hydrolysable... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080216950 - Adhesive with differential optical properties and its application for substrate processing: An adhesive adapted with particular optical properties, and its use to couple a substrate to a substrate holder during substrate processing are disclosed. After processing the substrate, the optical properties of the adhesive may be exploited to locate and/or remove adhesive residue that may be present on the substrate.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.c.

20080216949 - Heat-peelable double-faced pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, method of processing adherend, and electronic part: A heat-peelable double-faced pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet which comprises a substrate (a), a heat-peelable pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (b) formed on one side of the substrate (a) and containing heat-expandable microspheres, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (c) formed on the other side of the substrate (a), wherein the heat-peelable pressure-sensitive adhesive layer... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080216951 - Microfluidic detection device having reduced dispersion and method for making same: A microfluidic detection device provides reduced dispersion of axial concentration gradients in a flowing sample. The microfluidic detection device includes a cell body and a flow path through the cell body. The flow path has an inlet segment, an outlet segment, and a central segment, which forms a detection cell.... Agent: Eksigent Technologies, Llc C/o Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson

20080216952 - Adhesive method of optical components: An adhesive method of adhering a first optical component to a second optical component includes applying a resin on a first predetermined area of the first optical component and a second predetermined area of the second optical component, and then arranging the first and second predetermined areas to correspond to... Agent: Wpat, Pc Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080216953 - Enhanced device for making a multilayer part comprising an aspect layer with a granulated surface: A device for making a multilayer part including an aspect layer with a granulated surface. Suction ports open out on a portion of a molding surface of an imprint with a shape complementary to a portion of the aspect layer, such as a peripheral portion.... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080216954 - Plastic welding compound: The invention is a combination of a Methyl Methacrylate liquid monomer and an acrylic powdered polymer that when mixed together will form an extremely strong chemical bond between two plastic substrates by melting into the plastic and filling the space between the substrates. A bond stronger than previously achievable is... Agent: Larry Dale Hunter

20080216955 - Device and method for removing a peelable seal: A container or array of containers that is are sealed with a peelable seal is transported via a conveyor along a processing path toward a desealing station at which an adhesive surface having a width substantially the same as or greater than the width of the seal is pressed against... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080216956 - Plasma processing apparatus: To provide a plasma processing apparatus using a measuring method of a film thickness of a material to be processed, which method is capable of accurately measuring an actual residual film amount and an etching depth of the layer to be processed. The plasma processing apparatus includes: a detector 11... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080216957 - Plasma processing apparatus, cleaning method thereof, control program and computer storage medium: A cleaning method for a plasma processing apparatus includes introducing a cleaning gas containing Cl2 and N2 into the processing chamber by the gas supply mechanism; and removing aluminum-based deposits adhered to the inside of the processing chamber by generating a plasma of the cleaning gas by the plasma generating... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080216958 - Plasma reaction apparatus having pre-seasoned showerheads and methods for manufacturing the same: Plasma reaction apparatus having pre-seasoned showerheads and methods for pre-seasoning a showerhead of a plasma reaction apparatus are provided. In an embodiment, a method for seasoning a showerhead prior to installation in a plasma reaction apparatus comprises cleaning the showerhead, positioning the showerhead in a deposition chamber, and forming a... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.c.

20080216959 - Plasma processing apparatus: The present invention provides a plasma processing apparatus which has the function of removing a deposit adhering to the periphery of the backside of a sample and has high throughput and low cost. That is, a deposit removal unit for removing the deposit on the periphery of the backside of... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080216960 - Flexible inductor for the inductive sealing of packages: A sealing device for inductive sealing of containers is provided. The sealing device includes at least one induction coil made from an at least partially flexible conductor. The induction coil has two coil halves arranged at a distance (d) apart between which the containers can be moved, in which the... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080216961 - Applicator head for fibers with systems of cutting and locking particular fibers: A head for applying fibers in order to make components of composite materials, intended to be mounted at the end of a displacement system for applying to a surface a wide strip formed of a number of fibers. The head comprises an application roller, means for guiding fibers on said... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.a.

20080216962 - Bead alignment clip and system for its use for locating and maintaining a tire bead positioning onto a tire core build man-drel in forming a core for manufacturing an elastomeric tire: The invention provides tire bead alignment clips for mounting onto each of a pair of tire beads have a U shape to fit over and clamp onto the tire bead that has received a plies sleeve end folded thereover and each tire clip is for magnetic attachment to each of... Agent: M. Reid Russell

20080216963 - Applicator head for fibers with particular systems for cutting fibers: The present invention relates to a head for applying fibers in order to make components of composite materials, intended to be mounted at the end of a displacement system for applying to a surface a wide strip formed of a number of fibers. The head comprises an application roller for... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.a.

20080216964 - Adhesive tape applicator: An Adhesive tape applicator is configured to sandwich a workpiece in a vertical direction with a plurality of guide rollers for engaging with the workpiece from above to roll around and a sandwiching guide roller for engaging with the workpiece from below. It has an application roller for applying an... Agent: Cheng Law Group, Pllc

20080210358 - Method for producing a lead: Method for producing a lead (4, I) 1 comprising an elongate conductor (7) and a helically shaped string (4) of insulator mate-rial coaxially carried by the conductor, which string has axi-ally spaced-apart winding turns, which abut against and along the conductor. The string (4) is formed of a tubular blank... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080210359 - Welding process and geosynthetic products thereof: An ultrasonic welding method which requires no external pressure during the welding step is disclosed. A plurality of multi-layer strips can be welded such that the weld area is not thinner than the rest of the strip and has good UV protection. The method comprises: stacking a plurality of strips;... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080210360 - Ultrasonic assembly method: A method for assembling at least two rigid thermoplastic material based parts. The two parts are superposed to have at least one interface zone, wherein at least one of the two parts includes one or plural energy directors, protruding, situated in the interface zone. At least one excited ultrasonic source... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080210361 - Method for production of a curved screen arrangement for vehicle: The invention relates to a method for production of a curved screen arrangement for a vehicle, whereby a plastic film (22) is applied to a curved glass plate (18) by means of a die (24) to form a film composite (26). The film composite is subsequently subjected to a thermal... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080210362 - One step fiber end-face polishing process: Disclosed is a one step fiber optic connector polishing method. The method is a sequence of processes that may include severing a fiber (100) length projecting out of the end face (106) of a ferrule (102) having a pre-shaped surface, such that the residual fiber length does not exceed 80... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20080210364 - Apparatus for producing elastomeric nonwoven laminates: An apparatus for producing an elastomeric nonwoven laminate including a plurality of elastomeric strands joined to a nonwoven web in a controlled distribution is provided. The apparatus includes an extruder for extruding a plurality of elastomeric strands onto a cooled surface of a rotating drum, which transports the strands in... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080210363 - Process and apparatus for manufacturing spun-bonded fabric: Process of manufacturing spun-bonded fabric, using naturally crimped filaments, whereby the filaments are passed through a stretching unit and finally through a diffusor. The filaments are thereupon layered on a layering device, as crimped filaments. The layered filaments together with the layering device are passed through a solidifying device in... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20080210365 - Tubular part that includes an insert made of a metal matrix composite: o

20080210366 - Method of making a mat: A method of making a mat uses a T-die of an extruder for extruding a molten polymer substance of a cladding material, wherein a transporting device is located below the T-die, and the transporting device is provided with a feeding wheel, which is wound by a roll of cross-linked polyolefin... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080210367 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing friction plate: A method for manufacturing a friction plate in which a plurality of frictional material segments are adhered to a substantially annular core plate. The method previously registers the frictional material segments to adhesion positions, and presses the core plate to which adhesive agent is applied and the frictional segments to... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080210368 - Method and device for transferring a chip to a contact substrate: A method and device for transferring a chip (18) situated on a transfer substrate (26) to a contact substrate (50), and for contacting the chip with the contact substrate, in which the chip, the back side (19) of which is attached adhesively to a support surface of the transfer substrate... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080210369 - Method for laminating a low-particle film tube: A method for producing an extrusion-laminated or heat-laminated extruded film tube is described, in which the film tube is provided with a functional layer.... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20080210370 - Macroscopic ordered assembly of carbon nanotubes: The present invention is directed to the creation of macroscopic materials and objects comprising aligned nanotube segments. The invention entails aligning single-wall carbon nanotube (SWNT) segments that are suspended in a fluid medium and then removing the aligned segments from suspension in a way that macroscopic, ordered assemblies of SWNT... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080210371 - Tape adhering apparatus and tape adhering method: A device and a method for bonding a tape, by which a tape member may be preferably bonded to a work piece, and simplified processing, reduced cost, and improved bonding strength may be realized. A tape bonding device which bonds a tape member to a work piece includes an elastic... Agent: Patent Docket Clerk Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.

20080210372 - Composite article debulking process: A process for debulking a fiber reinforced composite structure prior to curing includes forming a stackup of a breather pad on a vacuum plate, a mandrel on the breather pad, a first release layer on the mandrel, a plurality of prepreg plies on the release first layer, a second release... Agent: Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, PC

20080210373 - Bonding method, bonding apparatus, and bonding jig: A bonding method includes a pasting process of pasting a face which is a face except the element formation surface of a rod, with a predetermined face of an adherend using a bonding material to be heat-cured, an absorption process of fixing angular relation between a direction of the adherend... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080210374 - Performance enhancing attachment for sports equipment: A performance enhancing attachment and method of performance enhancement for sports equipment that includes a high performance plastic layer and an adhesive on one surface of the plastic layer for attaching it to the equipment. Preferably the adhesive is an aggressive, high-tack resilient adhesive; and plastic is a long chain,... Agent: D.a. Stauffer Patent Services LLC

20080210375 - Free-radical curable polyesters and methods for use thereof: The invention is based on the discovery that certain polyester compounds bearing are useful as b-stageable and/or liquid adhesives for the microelectronic packaging industry.... Agent: The Law Office Of Jane K. Babin, Professional Corporation

20080210376 - Plasma processing apparatus capable of controlling plasma emission intensity: An antenna electrode having a substantially circular shape, is arranged on a plane of a processing vessel, which is located opposite to a stage for mounting a sample within the processing vessel, and positioned parallel to the stage. An emission monitor monitors emission intensity of plasma present in at least... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080210377 - Uniform etch system: Etching a layer over a substrate is provided. The substrate is placed in a plasma processing chamber. A first gas is provided to an inner zone within the plasma processing chamber. A second gas is provided to the outer zone within the plasma processing chamber, where the outer zone surrounds... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20080210378 - Plasma reactor having multiple antenna structure: A plasma reactor includes a chamber in which a wafer is treated by a plasma reaction, the chamber being provided at an upper portion with a cylindrical dielectric window, a multiple antenna structure disposed on upper and lower portions of the dielectric window to generate RF magnetic field and apply... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080210379 - Substrate processing apparatus and focus ring: A substrate processing apparatus that can reliably improve the efficiency of heat transfer between a focus ring and a mounting stage. A housing chamber with the interior thereof evacuated houses a substrate. The substrate is mounted on a mounting stage that is disposed in the housing chamber. An annular focus... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080210380 - Anodic bonding apparatus: The present invention provides an anodic bonding apparatus for bonding a laminate including an electrically conductive substrate and a glass substrate, the anodic bonding apparatus including: a container of which pressure is capable of being reduced; an upper electrode disposed in the container and configured in a movable manner in... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080210381 - Wall-mountable printer with integral binding and glue wheel assemblies: The invention provides for a wall-mountable pagewidth printer and binder assembly. The binder assembly includes a support structure defining a media path. Print engines are arranged on the support structure to print on sheets of media passing along the media path. A glue wheel assembly is arranged on the support... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080210382 - Hot air device for thermowelding bitumen membranes: The invention concerns a hot air device for thermowelding membranes to surfaces. It includes an air inlet, a casing in fluid communication therewith, a combustion chamber mounted within the casing and spaced apart therefrom. The chamber has perforations allowing air to flow therein. The perforations allow some air to flow... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080210383 - Bonding device: A bonding device that is not affected by heat and that is capable of maintaining wafers to be bonded parallel to each other so as to increase and stabilize the accuracy with which the wafers are bonded. A first space is formed between a first block member and a first... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen