Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture inventions 06/09

20090159173 - Low fiber calcination process for making gypsum fiberboard: An energy efficient method for making a gypsum cellulose fiberboard comprising adding a first portion of cellulose fiber to gypsum before the gypsum and cellulose fiber are co-calcined in a reactor, adding a second portion of cellulose fiber to the slurry after it leaves the reactor to form a second... Agent: Novak Druce + Quigg LLP Anthony P. Venturino

20090159174 - Method of identifying a plurality of containers and/or finished articles obtained from the said containers: The present invention relates to a method of identifying a batch of articles comprising the following step: (AA) a plurality of containers (1) is taken, characterized in that the following steps are carried out: (AB) one intrinsic identification code (5) is generated for the batch; (AC) the batch of containers... Agent: David W. Highet, Vp & ChiefIPCounsel Becton, Dickinson And Company

20090159175 - System and method for manufacturing optical display: An object of the invention is to provide an optical display manufacturing system or method that allows an increase in the yield of an optical film, a reduction in cost and an improvement in inventory control. An optical display manufacturing system includes feeding means (11, 14) that feeds a belt... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090159176 - Sealing method for containing materials: A method to seal cells includes providing a substrate having at least one cell, laminating a membrane onto the cells such that there is at least one aperture over each cell, introducing a functional material into each cell through the aperture, and sealing the apertures with a sealant that is... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom/parc

20090159177 - Stress-relieving barrier membrane for concrete slabs and foundation walls: A composite membrane comprising a layer of rubberized asphalt having a heavy duty plastic film layer continuously bonded to one side and, optionally, a layer of nonwoven geotextile continuously bonded to the other side. The membrane can be used in vertical or horizontal applications, and is particularly useful for its... Agent: Jack A. Kanz

20090159178 - One-component moisture-curing polymer foam: c

20090159179 - Method of manufacturing multilayer ceramic substrate: A method of manufacturing a multilayer ceramic substrate according to an aspect of the invention may include: manufacturing a ceramic laminate including a glass component; laminating constraining layers on upper and lower parts of the ceramic laminate; performing primary firing within a first temperature range that does not allow crystallization... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090159180 - Method of manufacturing display device, method of preparing electrode, and electrode composition for offset printing: A method of manufacturing a display device, including providing a composition including a conductive material, an organic binder; a glass frit, and a solvent, wherein the organic binder has a glass transition temperature of about −50° C. to about −5° C., loading the composition into grooves of a gravure roll,... Agent: Lee & Morse, P.C.

20090159181 - Loading apparatus and method for assembly and disassembly of a tire curing mold: Loading apparatus and method for positioning a green tire and core assembly into a toroidally shaped mold includes a stand assembly having a support surface operatively receiving a first mold sidewall forming segment thereon, the surface having a central opening. A spindle engagement assembly projects upwardly through the support surface... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20090159182 - Method and apparatus for building a puncture sealant preassembled component: A method and apparatus for making a preassembly of built in sealant useful in tire manufacturing. The method of making the preassembled sealant includes extruding a center strip and at least two axially outer strips of a sealant onto a first conveyor belt; wherein the center strip and the axially... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20090159184 - Tire building core assembly and disassembly station and method: A station apparatus method within a tire curing line is provided for assembling and disassembling a toroidally shaped core configured to carry a cured tire. The core includes a plurality of core segments assembling to form a core body and extending generally radially from a central core axis within a... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20090159183 - Tire building core manipulator apparatus and method: A tire building core manipulating apparatus for a segmented tire building core is provided, the core including a plurality of core segments extending generally radially from a central axis. The manipulating apparatus includes a support frame; a core latching mechanism mounted to the support frame for operatively engaging a mating... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20090159185 - Tire building core segment manipulator apparatus and method: A core segment manipulating apparatus and method is provided for relocating core segments forming a toroidally shaped core body configured to carry a cured tire. The apparatus includes multiple core key segment engaging mechanisms and core second segment engagement mechanisms arranged in a spaced apart circular array adjacent to respective... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20090159186 - Nanolaminate deformable mirrors: A deformable mirror formed out of two layers of a nanolaminate foil attached to a stiff substrate is introduced. Deformation is provided by an electrostatic force between two of the layers. The internal stiffness of the structure allows for high-spatial-frequency shapes. The nanolaminate foil of the present invention allows for... Agent: Llns / John P. Wooldridge John H. Lee, Assistant Laboratory Counsel

20090159187 - Method for producing a corrugated stretch laminate: A process for making a corrugated stretch laminate comprising the steps of providing a first carrier web having a first surface and a second surface; applying a first elastomeric composition in a fluid or molten state to the first surface of the carrier web to form at least one first... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20090159188 - Method for making touch panel: A method for making a touch panel includes the steps of: (a) providing a flexible substrate; (b) applying at least one carbon nanotube layer on the flexible substrate; (c) heat-pressing the carbon nanotube layer on the flexible substrate; (d) locating two electrodes on opposite ends of the flexible substrate; (e)... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090159189 - Multi-lumen balloon catheter including manifold: Alternative designs, materials, and methods of making and using catheter manifolds. Some embodiments are related to a balloon catheter including a catheter shaft having a proximal portion and a distal portion. The shaft includes an outer tubular member defining a lumen and having a proximal end and a distal end.... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20090159190 - Expanded porous polytetrafluoroethylene film having elastic recovery property in thickness-wise direction of the film, production process thereof, and use of the porous film: An expanded porous polytetrafluoroethylene film having residual strain of at most 11.0% as measured after a load required to indent a rod, which is in a columnar form that its outer diameter is at least 2 mm and at least 1.9 times as much as the thickness of the film,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090159191 - System including integrated rfid programmer: An RFID applicator system including an integrated RFID programmer for programming RFID labels prior to affixing the labels to items. The system may also include an integrated printer for printing on the RFID labels prior to affixing the labels to items. A remote device for controlling the programmer is also... Agent: Ip Legal Department Tyco Fire & Security Services

20090159192 - Method of manufacturing a polypropylene pinch bag: An improved belt-clip holder for various objects is disclosed. The holder may be of unitary construction and includes a belt-clip for securely attaching the holder to a user's belt or other suitable item. The unitary construction reduces the cost and complexity of the holder. The holder has front, back and... Agent: Roy, Kiesel, Keegan & Denicola

20090159193 - Device and method for applying labels: A device for applying labels to a label carrier with an increased degree of automation, and having a movable rack which defines a plurality of magazine sites, each of the magazine sites being configured for accommodating a label magazine that is suitable for accommodating a large number of labels, and... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20090159194 - Apparatus and method for printing a web: A device for printing at least one web that is driven continuously through said device, in addition to a method for printing said web. At least one unit is integrated into the device for the continuous transfer of individual transponders or transponder parts, which operate according to the radio frequency... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20090159195 - Microlens array sheet and method of producing the same: A microlens array sheet includes a light-shielding base having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface and a microlens array attached to the first surface of the light-shielding base, the array having a plurality of microlens. The light-shielding base has a plurality of apertures that... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20090159196 - Hot processing of polyurethane carpet backing systems using dual delayed action catalysts: A process for preparing polyurethane carpet backings uses a filled polyurethane-forming composition that contains a mixture of certain metal acetylacetonate and sulfur-containing organotin catalysts. The mixture of catalysts is particularly beneficial in instances where the composition is processed at temperatures of above 30 to about 500 C, as long pot... Agent: The Dow Chemical Company

20090159197 - Method of forming a multilayer test sensor: A method of forming an electrochemical multilayer test sensor that includes a base, a second layer and a reactive layer. The reactive area includes an enzyme. The test sensor is adapted to be used in a meter and assist in determining the concentration of an analyte. A plurality of electrodes... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090159198 - Method for making carbon nanotube composite: A method for making a carbon nanotube composite includes: (a) providing at least one carbon nanotube film and at least one polymer film; (b) forming a carbon nanotube film structure with the carbon nanotube film on a surface of the polymer film to obtain a carbon nanotube composite preform; (c)... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090159199 - Method and device for application of self-adhesive foil: A method and an apparatus (2) for mounting self-adhesive foil (19) which is provided with a liner (21) treated with anti-seize material, where a transverse cut is performed in the liner (21) at a short distance from a free end edge (37) of the foil (19). The self-adhesive foil (19)... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090159201 - Methods of configuring a proximity head that provides uniform fluid flow relative to a wafer: Methods configure a proximity head for conditioning fluid flow relative to a proximity head in processing of a surface of a wafer by a meniscus. The methods configure the head in one piece while maintaining head rigidity even as the head is lengthened for cleaning of large diameter wafers. The... Agent: Albert S. Penilla, Esq. Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20090159200 - Spacer element and method for manufacturing a spacer element: A spacer wafer (1) for a wafer stack (8) includes a spacer body (10) with a first surface (11) and a second surface (12), and is intended to be sandwiched between a first wafer (6) and a second wafer (7). That is, the spacer (1) is to keep a first... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090159202 - Method of manufacturing an adhesive mount for a leveling device: A method of manufacturing a mount includes dispensing a predetermined amount of molten thermoplastic adhesive on a release liner, attaching a tab to the adhesive while the adhesive is at a temperature above its softening point, and cooling the adhesive to a temperature below its softening point.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090159203 - Room temperature curable organopolysiloxane composition: Provided is a room temperature curable organopolysiloxane composition, including (A) 100 parts by mass of a diorganopolysiloxane with both terminals blocked with silanol groups, or a diorganopolysiloxane with each terminal blocked, independently, with a trialkoxysilyl group or a dialkoxyorganosilyl group, or a mixture thereof, (B) 0.1 to 30 parts by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090159204 - Moisture-hardened polyurethane compositions containing compounds comprising aldimine: The invention relates to compositions which contain at least one isocyanate-containing polyurethane polymer P, which is produced from at least one polyisocyanate and at least one polyol, in addition to at least one aldimine-containing compound of formula (I). The compositions are stable during storage and harden quickly under the influence... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090159205 - Method for preparing a moisture curable hot melt adhesive: Moisture curable reactive hot melt adhesive compositions are prepared using a novel two-step polymerization process. Resulting adhesives have improved green strength.... Agent: National Starch And Chemical Company

20090159206 - Moisture curable hot melt adhesive: Moisture curable hot melt adhesive compositions that contain functionally modified polyolefins and have improved green strength before set are prepared without using added crystalline polyester polyol.... Agent: National Starch And Chemical Company

20090159207 - Apparatus and method for disassembling a tire building core: Apparatus and method for disassembling a toroidally shaped core is provided. The core is configured to carry a cured tire and includes multiple core segments extending generally radially from a central axis. The apparatus includes a base; one or more segment positioning devices connected for movement relative to the base... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20090159208 - Method of forming temporary carrier structure and associated release techniques: A method of forming a temporary carrier structure is disclosed which includes forming a plurality of recesses in a carrier structure, the recesses extending to a depth that is less than a thickness of the carrier structure, forming a dissolvable material in the recesses and above a first surface of... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090159209 - Plasma etching method and plasma etching apparatus: The plasma etching method first forms a coating film on the inner surface of the chamber. Next, an etching process is performed on a wafer under a condition in which the coating film is formed, and thereafter a reaction product adhered onto the coating film in the etching process is... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090159210 - Roll-to-roll substrate transfer apparatus, wet etching apparatus comprising the same and apparatus for manufacturing printed circuit board: In one aspect, a roll-to-roll substrate transfer apparatus is provided that includes: a feed roll and a take-up roll between which a printed circuit board substrate extends; and a plurality of drive roller rows transmitting motive power to the substrate for moving the substrate in a transferring direction, each drive... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090159211 - Plasma processing apparatus: The invention provides a plasma processing apparatus for measuring the etching quantity of the material being processed and detecting the end point of etching using optical interference on the surface of a sample being processed, so as to simultaneously realize long life and ensure sufficient light to be received via... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090159212 - Jet plasma gun and plasma device using the same: A jet plasma gun and a plasma device using the same are provided. The jet plasma gun is for jetting plasma to process a surface of a substrate. The jet plasma gun includes a plasma producer, a plasma nozzle and a barrier. The plasma producer is for providing plasma. The... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090159213 - Plasma reactor gas distribution plate having a path splitting manifold immersed within a showerhead: A showerhead of a plasma reactor has an internal plenum comprising a showerhead floor and a plurality of gas injection holes through the floor of the showerhead. A path splitting manifold is immersed inside the plenum and comprises a gas supply inlet, plural gas outlets, and a plurality of channels... Agent: Law Office Of Robert M. Wallace

20090159214 - Microwave plasma source and plasma processing apparatus: A microwave plasma source (2) is provided with a microwave outputting section (30) which outputs plural divided microwaves, and a plurality of antenna modules (41) for guiding the plural divided microwaves into a chamber. Each antenna module (41) is provided with an amplifier section (42) having one or more amplifier... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090159215 - Tire curing bladder: An expandable bladder for shaping a pneumatic tire is provided. The bladder in an unmounted, relaxed state has a shaped body having a pair of opposed annular beads, said body further comprising a central portion, sidewall portions, and shoulder portions interposed between the central portion and the sidewall portions, wherein... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20090159216 - Paste transfer device and electronic component mounting apparatus: In a flux transfer unit to be used in an electronic component mounting apparatus for transferring flux to an electronic component picked up from a component feed unit and then mounting the electronic component onto a board, a blade holding head which has a first blade and a second blade... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090159217 - Push-button controlled correction tape: The present invention relates to a push-button controlled correction tape, comprising: a casing, which is provided with an accommodating space, as well as an upper covering, a lower covering, and an assembling covering; a tape holder, which is placed in the accommodating space of the casing, and is provided with... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090151847 - Process for producing laminated exfoliated graphite composite-metal compositions for fuel cell bipolar plate applications: A process for producing an electrically conductive laminate composition for fuel cell flow field plate or bipolar plate applications. The process comprises: (a) feeding a thin metal sheet, having a first surface and a second surface, into a consolidating zone; and (b) feeding a first exfoliated graphite composite sheet onto... Agent: Bor Z. Jang

20090151848 - Method for bonding components made of high silica material: The present invention relates to a method for bonding components made of high silica material by way of integral joining by forming a high-silica bonding mass between connecting surfaces of the components. A method is provided which permits an inexpensive production of a mechanically and thermally stable composite of components... Agent: Tiajoloff & Kelly

20090151849 - Cosmetic wipe that provides a visual indication of its effectiveness: A cosmetic wipe that contains a first nonwoven layer having first and second opposing surfaces is provided. The first nonwoven layer contains fibers formed from a polymer composition and is generally opaque in nature. A second nonwoven layer is laminated to the first surface of the first nonwoven layer. The... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090151852 - Method for producing a molding made of a composite material: The invention relates to a method for producing a molding with tapered thickness made of a laminate comprising at least one metal layer and one fiber-reinforced plastic layer connected thereto. The method at least comprises partly pressurizing the laminate at least in the direction of thickness using a pressurizing means,... Agent: Intellectual Property

20090151850 - Process for fabrication of a fully dense electrolyte layer embedded in membrane electrolyte assembly of solid oxide fuel cell: This invention describes the process for fabrication of a fully dense electrolyte layer (8YSZ/GDC/LSGM) embedded in a high performance membrane electrolyte assembly (MEA) (Unit Cell) of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell. An air-tight electrolyte layer (8YSZ/GDC/LSGM) is mainly prepared via tape casting technique and modified by thin film technologies, such as... Agent: Michael Lin

20090151851 - Systems and methods for creating textured laminate press plates: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for creating textured laminate press plates that account for growth of the press plate and growth of the laminate's decorative layer. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention involve printing a two-dimensional representation of the three-dimensional surface of the proposed press... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20090151853 - Evacuation and port sealing techniques for vacuum insulating glass units, and/or vacuum oven for accomplishing the same: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to evacuation and sealing techniques for VIG units, and/or multi-chamber vacuum ovens for accomplishing the same. In certain example embodiments, a VIG assembly is inserted into a multi-chamber apparatus to successively reduce the chamber pressure and thus the pressure between substrates comprising the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090151854 - Localized heating of edge seals for a vacuum insulating glass unit, and/or unitized oven for accomplishing the same: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to edge sealing techniques for vacuum insulating glass (VIG) units. More particularly, certain example embodiments relate to techniques for providing localized heating to edge seals of units, and/or unitized ovens for accomplishing the same. In certain example embodiments, a unit is pre-heated to... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090151855 - Localized heating via an infrared heat source array of edge seals for a vacuum insulating glass unit, and/or unitized oven with infrared heat source array for accomplishing the same: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to edge sealing techniques for vacuum insulating glass (VIG) units. More particularly, certain example embodiments relate to techniques for providing localized heating to edge seals of units, and/or unitized ovens for accomplishing the same. In certain example embodiments, a unit is pre-heated to... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090151856 - Tire having sidewall with integral colored marking composite: This invention relates to a tire with a rubber sidewall having at least one layered rubber composite integral with a portion of its outer surface as a means of visibly identifying the tire. The layered composite is an integral composite in a sense of being comprised of a base rubber... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20090151857 - Manufacturing method of rubber member for tire: The invention can reduce a step between rubber strips even in the case that the rubber strip is made thick, and inhibits a reduction of uniformity and tire quality, a deterioration of a tire outer appearance, and the like. A rubber strip (10) may be scalene triangular shape, a trapezoidal... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090151858 - Inkjet head and method for manufacturing the same: An inkjet head includes a channel unit and actuator units. Inside the channel unit, individual ink channels are formed so that ink supplied from ink inlets is ejected from nozzles via pressure chambers. The actuator units are bonded to the upper surface of the channel unit. The actuator units have... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090151859 - Temperature sensor: A temperature sensor including a housing and a temperature sensing element at least partially disposed in the housing. A particulate media, which may include a blend of differently sized particles, is disposed in the housing and at least partially surrounds the temperature sensing element. The particulate media may entrain oxygen... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20090151861 - Fabric seams: A method of manufacturing a fabric seam in a fabric for use as papermachine clothing, the fabric having loops at each of the fabric's transverse ends adapted for interconnection by way of a pintle to make the fabric endless, including the steps of bringing the ends into end-to-end disposition in... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20090151860 - Flexible polymer element for a curable composition: A flexible polymer element for a curable composition wherein the flexible polymer element is in solid phase and adapted to undergo at least partial phase transition to fluid phase on contact with a component of the curable composition in which it is soluble at a temperature which is less than... Agent: Cytec Industries Inc.

20090151862 - Method and apparatus for continuously stretching polymer films: A rear end of a preceding film and a front end of a trailing film are overlapped with an overlap length Lo. Each of a pair of welding heads has a contact surface and a film heating surface. The contact surface has a length Lp in a conveying direction. The... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090151863 - Method for manufacturing cylindrical battery and groove-forming processing device of cylindrical battery: A method for manufacturing a cylindrical battery includes allowing a cylindrical battery case (5) with a bottom to contain an electrode plate group, carrying out a groove-forming processing on an outside periphery of an opening of the battery case, disposing a sealing plate in the opening of the battery case... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090151864 - Reagent stripe for test strip: A test strip having a small sample-receiving chamber on the order of less than 1 microliter. The inventive test strip includes a reagent layer that extends across the width of the test strip and also extends to the sample-receiving end, such that the edges of the reagent layer are aligned... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20090151865 - Jig and out-of-autoclave process for manufacturing composite material structures: The invention relates to a jig (9) for manufacturing composite material parts out-of-autoclave, comprising a base (11) the upper surface of which includes a stacking table (13) having a rotating movement and a shifting movement in the laminating direction, and a head (15) supported on a portal frame (17) through... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090151866 - Systems and methods for creating textured laminates: Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved and economical system and method for viewing proposed texture designs for textured decorative laminates without having to make a press plate and a sample laminate. Embodiments of the present invention further provide systems and methods for making sample laminates and for registering... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20090151867 - Pressure debulking system and method: A pressure debulking system includes a debulking chamber having a debulking chamber interior, a pressure bladder having a bladder interior provided in the debulking chamber interior, a vacuum port disposed in fluid communication with the debulking chamber interior and a pressure port disposed in fluid communication with the debulking chamber... Agent: Tung & Associates

20090151868 - Encapsulated organic luminescent display panel and method for manufacturing the same: Provided is a display panel comprised of a white color organic luminescent element and a color filter for full color implementation, wherein a substrate in which an organic luminescent element is formed and a color filter are assembled and fixed to face each other with an adhesive pattern therebetween, and... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090151869 - Apparatus and method for applying strips of thermoplastic material to thermoplastic membranes: A method for applying thermoplastic strips to thermoplastic membranes, the method comprising applying a first strip to a membrane, providing apparatus comprising a housing having drive wheels thereon, a guide assembly fixed to the housing and comprising a first pair of guide wheels for disposition around the first strip and... Agent: Scott R. Foster Pandiscio & Pandiscio, P.C.

20090151870 - Silicon carbide focus ring for plasma etching system: A high resistivity silicon carbide focus ring for use in a plasma etching system is described. The focus ring comprises an upper surface, a lower surface, an inner radial edge, and an outer radial edge, and is configured to surround a substrate on a substrate holder in a plasma processing... Agent: Tokyo Electron U.s. Holdings, Inc.

20090151871 - Systems for detecting unconfined-plasma events: A system for detecting unconfined-plasma events in a plasma processing chamber is disclosed. The system may include a sensor disposed in the plasma processing chamber for providing a current when unconfined plasma is present in the plasma processing chamber. The system may also include a converter for converting the current... Agent: Ipsg, P.C.

20090151872 - Low cost high conductance chamber: A process chamber having high conductance and a method of manufacturing the process chamber are disclosed. The process chamber is machined from a single piece of aluminum where a process cavity and a pump cavity are created by intersecting cylinders. A substrate opening is also created at a bottom of... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20090151873 - Sleeveless tire building drum: The invention provides in a first aspect a method of converting a tire building drum into a sleeveless tire building drum. The method comprising the steps of providing a tire building drum having a center sleeve, removing the center sleeve, providing a plurality of cover plates and a plurality of... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20090151874 - Process for producing a stampable reinforced composite semi-finished product: A process for producing a stampable reinforced composite semi-finished product comprising one or more plastics and chopped fibres or continuous filaments, the softening temperature of which is above the highest of the softening temperatures of the materials, comprises the steps of: depositing the fibres or filaments, especially by gravity, onto... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20090151875 - Sheet cutting table: A sheet cutting table 13, after sticking an adhesive sheet S to a semiconductor wafer W, for cutting the area outside the semiconductor wafer W as an unnecessary adhesive sheet S1 with a cutting device 15. The table 13 includes an inner table 52 which supports the semiconductor wafer W,... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090145533 - Electrically conductive elastic composite yarn, methods for making the same, and articles incorporating the same: An electrically conductive elastic composite yarn comprises an elastic member that is surrounded by at least one conductive covering filament(s). The elastic member has a predetermined relaxed unit length L and a predetermined drafted length of (N×L), where N is a number preferably in the range from about 1.0 to... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20090145534 - Carpet tile manufacturing process: A method of producing a decorative carpet tile may include providing a carpet tile in accordance with the prior art techniques and then treating the carpet tile in one of various manners to provide a separation internal to side edges of the carpet tile. The treatment can include tip shearing... Agent: Douglas T. Johnson Miller & Martin

20090145535 - Method for forming fluoroplastic articles: The present invention relates to a method for forming fluoroplastic article, comprising inner and outer fluoroplastic layers and a metal meshwork, the metal meshwork being arranged between the inner and outer fluoroplastic layers, characterized by the meshwork can be stretched and compressed in the axial direction.... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090145536 - Cathode material for li-ion battery applications: A family of Li-ion battery cathode materials and methods of synthesizing the materials. The cathode material is a defective crystalline lithium transition metal phosphate of a specific chemical form. The material can be synthesized in air, eliminating the need for a furnace having an inert gas atmosphere. Excellent cycling behavior... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20090145537 - Printer apparatus and laminating method: A printer apparatus including a printing-medium conveying unit conveying a printing medium, a sheet conveying unit conveying a thermal transfer sheet having an image protecting layer to be thermally transferred onto an image formed on the printing medium, a thermal head with heating elements linearly arranged in a direction orthogonal... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090145538 - Manufacturing method of vehicle molded ceiling: A process for producing a molded ceiling for a vehicle that, after molding of a molded ceiling, can allow a mill end to be easily separated from a skin material by a nonwoven fabric layer and can easily conduct edge treatment of a base material to improve productivity. In this... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20090145539 - Removable adhesive tape: A removable adhesive tape comprising a highly extensible and substantially inelastic backing and a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive. The backing has a high tensile strength, has a lengthwise elongation at break of at least about 150% with less than about 50% elastic recovery after stretching. The adhesive can be a... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090145541 - Constrained layer damper, and related methods: A constrained layer damper having a multilayer damping material is provided, as are related methods for making and using the damper. The constrained layer damper features a constraining layer, a carrier layer, a release liner, a viscoelastic layer interposed between the constraining layer and a first surface of the carrier... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20090145540 - Pharmacy labels including methods of making and using the same: The present teachings relate to labels and, more particularly, pharmacy labels. In one aspect, the present teachings relate to a label laminate that includes a label sheet having a main label and one or more auxiliary labels, the label sheet being releasably adhered to a release liner, where the main... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090145542 - Release liner for pressure sensitive adhesives and method of use: A double-sided adhesive tape assembly that includes a double-sided tape having a pressure sensitive adhesive (“PSA”) on each side thereof and a delaminatable release liner in contact with the pressure sensitive adhesive (“PSA”) on one or both sides of the double-sided tape is disclosed. A roll of the double-sided adhesive... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090145543 - Carrier tapes having tear-initiated cover tapes and methods of making thereof: A cover tape for use with a carrier tape, where the cover tape includes at least one tear-initiation feature that defines a predetermined direction of tear to initiate a tear along portions of the cover tape.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090145544 - Corner joinery system and method for pvc windows and polymeric substrates used in building products: A method of welding a window frame provides a welding system (10) having movable head fixtures (16). Certain of the head fixtures include cutting structure (37) and each head fixture includes heat supplying structure (40). A one-piece lineal (20) has first and second ends and notches therein. The lineal is... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20090145545 - Composite manufacturing method: A modular composite manufacturing method. An illustrative embodiment of the method includes providing a plurality of composite modules; inspecting the composite modules; providing a curing tool; and placing the composite modules on the curing tool.... Agent: Tung & Associates Suite 120

20090145546 - Electrode bonding method and part mounting apparatus: An electrode bonding method according to the present invention includes: a plasma cleaning step of irradiating an electrode surface to be cleaned of at least either one of a part, such as a semiconductor device, and a substrate with atmospheric pressure plasma for cleaning; an inert gas atmosphere maintaining step... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090145547 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing a tubular product:

20090145548 - Method of forming printed circuit by printing method: A method of forming a printed circuit by using a printing method is provided. Method of forming the printed circuit, which instead of using the copper etching method, uses an adhesive to adhere to the metal powder, and then to solidify the metal powder. In detail, a patterned silk screen... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20090145549 - Process for producing optical recording medium and apparatus therefor: A disk cap member 9 having an diameter greater that the diameter of a central hole 2 of a circular substrate is placed on a recording medium 1 provided with the circular substrate so as to close the central hole 2, while a resin film A prepared by curing a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090145551 - Substrate and collector grid structures for integrated series connected photovoltaic arrays and process of manufacture of such arrays: This invention comprises deposition of thin film photovoltaic junctions on metal substrates which can be heat treated following deposition in a continuous fashion without deterioration of the metal support structure. In a separate operation an interconnection substrate structure is produced in a continuous roll-to-roll fashion. In this way the interconnection... Agent: Daniel Luch

20090145550 - Thermosetting hot-melt polyurethane adhesive for labeling a structure: A process for affixing an insulating label to a container involves applying a thermoplastic hot-melt adhesive to a first edge of the label and applying a thermoplastic hot-melt adhesive and a thermosetting adhesive to a second edge of the label. The insulating label is applied to a container, and provides... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. And Attorneys For Client No. 006943

20090145552 - Substrate supporting unit and apparatus for treating substrate using the substrate supporting unit: Provided are a substrate supporting unit and a substrate treating apparatus using the substrate supporting unit. The substrate supporting unit comprises a base plate and a supporting portion formed on the base plate. The supporting portion comprises two supporting rods and a plurality of supporting members. The two supporting rods... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20090145553 - Suppressor of hollow cathode discharge in a shower head fluid distribution system: A chamber component configured to be coupled to a process chamber and a method of fabricating the chamber component is described. The chamber component comprises a chamber element comprising a first surface on a supply side of the chamber element and a second surface on a process side of the... Agent: Tokyo Electron U.s. Holdings, Inc.

20090145554 - Procedure and device for the production of a plasma: The present invention concerns a procedure for the production of a plasma that is at least co-produced in the vacuum chamber (1a) of a vacuum recipient (1) of a device suitable for plasma processing with at least one induction coil (2) carrying an alternating current, where the gas used to... Agent: Koda/androlia Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges LLP

20090145555 - Processing apparatus, exhaust processing process and plasma processing process: There is disclosed an exhaust processing process of a processing apparatus for processing a substrate or a film, which comprises after the processing of the substrate or the film, introducing a non-reacted gas and/or a by-product into a trap means comprising a filament comprised of a high-melting metal material comprising... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090145556 - Corrugated-cardboard-strip turning device: The invention relates to a device for changing the spatial orientation of a corrugated-cardboard strip, the device comprising a supplying device for supplying strips of corrugated cardboard, a turning roller comprising a cylindrical surface, the turning roller being mounted for rotary drive in a direction of rotation, at least one... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090145557 - An ergonomic squeegee with blade for adhesions and detachment: An improved squeegee and method of modifying a conventional squeegee. A novel hand tool for adherence assistance and cutting of tapes with threads incorporated into it. The squeegee is approximately 4 inches by 3 inches and held in one hand. While rubbing over the surface of the tape being adhered... Agent: Jeremy Lee Graham Sr

20090145558 - Automated label applicator for linerless labels:

20090139632 - 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 Global Legal Department - Ip

20090139633 - Method for lining a container and lining of a container: The invention relates to a method for lining a container, especially a reservoir, a tank or a basin in a water-tight manner. In order to avoid possible leakages and/or contaminations, the walls of the large container are provided with hook-and-loop-type fastening elements. Sealing webs are attached to these fastening elements... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090139634 - Single stage glass lamination apparatus and process: A glass sheet assembly including a first glass sheet arranged in an opposing parallel configuration with respect to a second glass sheet is provided, with a heat sensitive layer of adhesive laminating film disposed between the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet, the glass sheet assembly having a... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20090139635 - Method of processing wooden piece: A method is of processing a wooden piece into a predetermined three dimensional shape by compressing the wooden piece. The method includes compressing a first wooden piece and a second wooden piece in a water vapor atmosphere of a temperature and a pressure higher than a temperature and a pressure... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090139636 - Apparatus and method for winding electrical coils: A winding machine for electrical coils to be wound into layers has a device which supplies a material to the coil to be wound in order to separate adjacent layers of the coil from one another. The device has a device for producing a predetermined breaking point in the material,... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090139637 - Noise-suppressing and highly abrasion-resistant tape intended especially for the bandaging of cable harnesses in motor vehicles: Noise-suppressing and highly abrasion-resistant tape, preferably for wrapping elongated products such as, in particular, leads or cable looms, comprising a backing which is composed at least of three layers, specifically a first outer layer A, a second outer layer B, and an interlayer C, which is located between outer layers... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, Pa

20090139638 - Methods for adhesive height setting: Methods for adhering parts together using part gap spacers are provided herein. Part gap spacers are formed in a selected pattern and a selected height on a surface of at least one surface of two parts to be oppositely disposed. When disposed opposite each other, at least some of the... Agent: Seagate Technology LLC C/o Novak Druce & Quigg LLP

20090139639 - Method of producing a sheet: A method of producing a plastic sheet equipped with electrical conductors is disclosed. The method that enables automatic production includes (a) fixing in a frame an electrically conducting wire in a sinusoidal, square wave pattern and in a single plane, (b) bringing into contact the single plane and a surface... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20090139640 - Process for producing partially metallized substrates: Process for producing a partially metalized substrate, characterized by the following process steps: a) provision of a first substrate, b) partial printing or coating of the substrate with a surface coating which adheres only weakly to the substrate, c) application of a full-area metal layer, d) lamination to an adhesive-coated... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090139641 - Composite sections for aircraft fuselages and other structures, and methods and systems for manufacturing such sections: Composite sections for aircraft fuselages and other structures, and methods and systems for manufacturing such sections, are disclosed herein. A method for manufacturing a shell structure in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes applying composite material to an interior mold surface of a tool to form a skin... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP (boeing)

20090139643 - Golf club head: The invention prevents a resin member from being broken so as to improve durability. The invention provides a golf club head (1) in which at least a part of a crown portion (4) forming an upper surface of the head is formed by a resin member (FR) made of a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090139642 - Method and device for manufacturing a moulding from a plastic: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a moulding from a plastic, preferably a fibre-reinforced plastic, which method comprises at least the steps of stacking at least one plastic layer to form a laminate; arranging the laminate between at least two membranes, at least one of which comprises heating... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090139644 - Process and tools for manufacturing composite ring frames: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing composite ring frames for aeronautical fuselages by means of the application of the RTM technology to two preforms with C- and L-shaped sections manufactured using two tools (21, 55) in the following steps: providing the material; hot-forming planar rectangular laminates (41);... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090139645 - Method for maintaining vacuum-tight inside a panel module and structure for the same: This invention provides a method for maintaining vacuum of a panel module and a structure of the panel module. A sealing material is suspended inside the panel module right above an exhaust opening of the panel module connecting with an exhaust tube. After exhausting the inside of the panel module,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090139646 - Bonding method and apparatus therefor: A nitrogen gas tank, a rotary pump and a mechanical booster pump are connected to a bonding vessel that constitutes a bonding apparatus for carrying out diffusion bonding, the apparatus further comprising a pressure sensor. A nitrogen gas atmosphere is formed inside the bonding vessel, and under control operations of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090139647 - System and method for forming plastic pallets: A preformed laminate is provided having first and second outer layers that sandwich a cellular or honeycomb shaped core. The peripheral edge of the preformed laminate may be inserted into the heating apparatus having one or more heating elements surrounded by a reflective back panel and one or more heat... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20090139649 - Device and method for patterning a workpiece: The invention relates to a device (1) for patterning a workpiece (2) consisting preferably at least partly of wood, wood materials, plastics material or the like, comprising a first web provision unit (10; 50) for providing a first web-shaped material (12; 52) preferably in such a way that said material... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20090139648 - Film for applying on handrail of conveyor: A film for applying on a handrail of a conveyor is prepared, which comprises a substrate film comprising a soft resin and a first sticky layer formed on a first surface of the substrate film and has a Young's modulus of 50 to 500 MPa and shows no yield point... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090139650 - Reverse osmosis membrane and membrane stack assembly: A method is provided for making a reverse osmosis membrane comprising flow modifier structures on one or more of its surfaces. The surface modifier structures are disposed on the membrane surface using a direct-write technique. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of making a reverse osmosis membrane,... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090139651 - Method for manufacturing optical information recording medium: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an optical information recording medium. The method includes laminating plural layers successively on a substrate having a through-hole at its center; and fitting center caps each having a predetermined radius in the through-hole to form at least two of the plural layers by a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090139652 - System, method and apparatus for ultraviolet curing of adhesives with light beam shaping in disk drive manufacturing: UV curing of adhesives with light beam shaping utilizes a spot curing process that focuses a limited amount of UV light onto a target area, such as glue dots. A focusing lens may be used to direct the UV light beam to the target area. The target areas have different... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20090139653 - Method and device for creative art using nylon or plastic waste: A way of using nylon or plastic materials for creative art by a device for melting the nylon or plastic materials up to a degree of melting or partially melting all or part of the materials and applying them on nylon, plastic, canvas or any other desired surface, creating drawings... Agent: Uzi Ezra Havosha & Partners

20090139654 - Material placement method and apparatus: A material placement head for dispensing and compacting a plurality of strips of a material onto a surface with a plurality of independently movable roller assemblies. Each roller assembly of the placement head comprises a compacting roller and may be rotatably and linearly moved in six-degrees of freedom independent of... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20090139655 - Adhesive seal peeling device for a hard disk drive: In one embodiment, a seal peel-off device having a upper presser plate and a lower liner base plate are respectively aligned at the top and bottom of a targeted adhesive seal to be peeled-off from a seal template having a number of adhesive seals and by applying pressure to the... Agent: Hitachi C/o Wagner Blecher LLP

20090139656 - Substrate processing apparatus: The present invention provides a substrate processing apparatus for processing substrates by immersing the substrates in a processing liquid. This substrate processing apparatus includes a processing tank having a pair of side walls arranged to be opposed to each other; and a pair of processing-liquid supply mechanisms provided respectively corresponding... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090139657 - Etch system: A semiconductor processing system includes a factory interface. A central transfer chamber is coupled to the factory interface. A first number of etch chambers are coupled to the central transfer chamber. The first number of etch chambers are configured to etch a substrate at about a first processing time. A... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20090139658 - Plasma processing apparatus: A slotted conducting cylinder (11) surrounds a reactor chamber body (10) and is in turn surrounded by an antenna (12). The cylinder (11) can be grounded during normal operation of plasma processing apparatus, but when RF driven it serves to enhance capacitive coupling with the plasma causing the inner surface... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20090139659 - Center mechanism of tire vulcanizer and control method for the same: A center mechanism of a tire vulcanizer is provided with a screwing mechanism provided with a screw shaft and a screw nut screwed onto the screw shaft, a motor for rotating the screw shaft so as to raise and lower an upper ring body, an inverter for controlling the motor,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090139660 - Tyre building drum: A tyre building drum, wherein two coaxial half-drums move in opposite directions along a common axis, and each half-drum has an expandible bead clamping device defined by a ring of sectors, each having a radial rod; the sectors are movable to and from an expanded position, clamping a respective bead... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20090139661 - Pvc/cpvc composite pipe with metal interlayer and process for making it: A composite pipe has a metal conduit sandwiched between inner and outer conduits of PVC/CPVC, each of which are adhesively secured to the interlaying metal conduit with a dried, solvent-free thin layer of a thermosetting bilayer adhesive which provides a bond with the metal, which bond fails in cohesive failure.... Agent: Legal Department Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc

20090139662 - Separating device: A separating device according to the present invention separates a support plate (14) from a substrate (12) of a laminate (10) including the substrate (12) and the support plate (14) bonded to each other. The separating device includes: a first storing section (20) for storing the laminate (10); a plurality... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC