Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes inventions 08/07

20070200264 - Apparatus for reshaping footwear and the method thereof: The present invention is directed to apparatus and a method for reshaping a footwear shell, the apparatus includes a support structure, a drive mechanism and external mold arrangement that drives the external mold toward or away from the shell being reshaped; and an internal mold assembly that includes an angled... Agent: Harold I. Masteller, Jr.

20070200263 - Light diffusion plate and process for producing the plate: A light diffusion plate obtained by injection molding of a thermoplastic resin and having an approximately rectangular shape having a length of a diagonal line of 400 mm or longer, wherein the fluctuation in the thickness is 200 μm or smaller, the warp is 2 mm or smaller, the fluctuation... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070200265 - Non-pneumatic tire and method of making same: A method of making a non-pneumatic tire comprising a toroidal-shaped tube having inner and outer circumferential surfaces and opposite side surfaces collectively forming a hollow chamber therebetween, the tube having at least two openings proximate the inner circumferential surface, and a solid fill composition disposed in the hollow chamber of... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070200266 - Method for producing a cross-linked pvc foam body: A method for producing a cross-linked PVC rigid-foam body from a starting mixture containing PVC, an isocyanate or polyisocyanate, an organic anhydride and a chemical expanding agent by: converting the starting mixture into a molded article inside a compacting device under the action of pressure and heat; removing the article... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070200267 - Pressurized dip coating system: The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for coating a medical device.... Agent: United States Surgical, A Division Of Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20070200268 - Implantable device prepared from solution processing: A biocompatible material may be configured into any number of implantable medical devices including intraluminal stents. Polymeric materials may be utilized to fabricate any of these devices, including stents. The stents may be balloon expandable or self-expanding. The polymeric materials may include additives such as drugs or other bioactive agents... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070200269 - Method of molding toner bottle and toner bottle: A method of molding a toner bottle including separating polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles that have not accommodated oily or colored materials from retrieved PET bottles grinding the separated PET bottles to obtain a flake PET material of which not less than 80% has a form from a triangle to an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070200270 - Process and apparatus for the production of tapes: A process for the production of tapes from a web of polymeric material, as well as an apparatus for carrying out the process, in which a polymer melt is extruded to form the web, which is then cooled, and drawn off. The web is then cut to form a tape... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070200271 - Implantable device prepared from melt processing: A biocompatible material may be configured into any number of implantable medical devices including intraluminal stents. Polymeric materials may be utilized to fabricate any of these devices, including stents. The stents may be balloon expandable or self-expanding. The polymeric materials may include additives such as drugs or other bioactive agents... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070200272 - Viscosity breaking process for olefin polymers: Disclosed is a method for viscosity breaking of a polypropylene polymer, a polypropylene copolymer or a polypropylene polymer blend, which process comprises adding a chain transfer agent and an initiator to a polypropylene polymer, polypropylene copolymer or polypropylene polymer blend and heating the resultant composition. The chain transfer agent has... Agent: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation Patent Department

20070200273 - Vibration welding structure for fixing instrument panel attachment: In a vibration welding structure for fixing an attachment to an instrument panel (12), a first projection (70) resiliently deformable in a predetermined vibrating direction is provided on the instruction panel (12) so as to project from the instrument panel (12) toward an air conditioner duct (15). First fitting groove... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070200274 - Fluoropolymer laminates and a process for manufacture thereof: The present invention provides fluoropolymer laminates having isotropic properties. For example, an embodiment in which multiple fluoropolymer sheets having an liquid crystalline polymer oriented in the fibrous state in the melt processible fluoropolymer are laminated, despite having the fibrous LCP oriented in one direction in each single extruded sheet, makes... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070200275 - Process for obtaining a diamond tool, particularly for cutting stone materials and the like: e

20070200276 - Method for rapid printing of near-field and imprint lithographic features: An apparatus, systems, and methods to print multiple fields on a substrate in parallel are provided. The apparatus incorporates a lithographic apparatus composed of two or more lithographic heads coupled to a common housing as a unit, with each head configured to hold a patterned template. Software can be utilized... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.c.

20070200277 - Fuel cell plate design: Bipolar plates in a fuel cell stack tend to experience lower operating temperatures near and at the ends of the stack, and these plates require lower coolant flow. But common stamping tooling can be used to make all of the plates for the stack when suitable coolant flow restrictors are... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070200278 - Apparatus for mounting accessories to pottery wheels: A porous bat may be used on a pottery wheel including a locating pin at a nominal location. The porous bat includes an elongated hole at a location corresponding to the nominal location. The elongated hole is adapted to slidably fit over the locating pin. The hole has a first... Agent: Caracappa And Associates, PC

20070200279 - Circular resin-molded product having circular center hole and method and apparatus for molding the same: An annular molded product of the present invention is molded by means of injecting a molten resin into a mold through an injection gate and cooling and solidifying the injected molten resin. The annular molded product is formed in the mold around a center pin having a diameter equivalent to... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20070194472 - Process of fabricating microlens mold: A process for fabricating a mold for an aspherical microlens having a desired aspherical and smooth surface, the lens having an effective diameter of 1 mm or smaller and a thickness of 0.5 mm or greater. A double-layer mask layer is formed on a single crystal silicon substrate, and anisotropic... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070194473 - Press die alignment: A die press is described. In one embodiment, the die press includes an alignment mechanism having one or more flexure members coupled to a die to maintain coupling with the die during a pressing operation.... Agent: Daniel E. Ovanezian Balkely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20070194474 - Injection molding press: An injection press that has a hydraulic cylinder and a press piston located inside the hydraulic cylinder that is translatable within the cylinder. The press piston divides the hydraulic cylinder into engage and retract chambers. A pump and an auxiliary pressurization device are connected to the engage chamber. A transducer... Agent: Peter S. Nagy Valplast International Corp.

20070194475 - Vacuum debulk and radiation cure system apparatus and method: To fabricate a composite item from a layup of composite material, the layup is degassed, debulked, and cured. To degas the layup, an envelope pressure within an envelope that includes the layup is reduced, a chamber pressure within a chamber that includes the envelope is reduced, and the layup is... Agent: Baker & Hostetler, LLP For Boeing Company

20070194476 - Foamed glass ceramic composite materials and a method for producing the same: A method of making a foamed glass composite, including crushing a vitreous precursor material, such as waste glass, frit, metallurgical slag or the like, sizing the crushed vitreous precursor to segregate an amount of crushed particles of a predetermined size and pelletizing the crushed particles. The pellets are preheated and... Agent: Bingham Mchale LLP

20070194477 - Feather-based lining product, method of preparation and installation for implementation of the method: The feather-based padding product has a coherent form due to the presence of a structure in the form of a three-dimensional network; this network consists of thermoplastic fibres (2) mutually bound, which trap the feathers. These fibres (2) are first mixed with the feathers, then, with appropriate thermal treatment, these... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070194478 - Method for producing resin composition pellet with lengh of fibrous filler controlled: An object of the present invention is to economically produce a resin composition pellet with the degradation of resin suppressed, by using an ordinary extruder, the resin composition pellet being filled with a desired filling amount of a uniformly compounded fibrous filler, and having a required weight average fiber length,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070194479 - Thermoplastic resin composition for masterbatches, method of producing molding material thereof, and thermoplastic resin composition using them and method of production thereof: wherein R1 and R2 each represent an organic group or a halogen atom, and m and n each represent an integer of 0 to 4, and when m or n is an integer of 2 to 4, R1 and R2 may be the same or different, and a thermoplastic resin,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070194480 - Method of conveying ceramic moldings: The present invention relates to a conveying apparatus for guiding a rod-like ceramic molding, continuously extruded from a mold and extending from the mold while not yet cut, to a cutter for cutting the rod-like ceramic molding into ceramic blocks, each having a predetermined length. The conveying apparatus has pads,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070194481 - Hose production method: A production method of a hose having a laminate structure consisting of three layers of an inner rubber layer, a resin layer, an outer rubber layer coaxially laminated in this order, wherein after the resin layer is extruded on an outer peripheral surface of the inner rubber layer, an outer... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070194482 - Co-extrusion process for preparing roofing membranes: A process for preparing a multi-layer roofing or structural membrane is provided including a top sheet including co-extruding a cap and inner layer and bonding the top sheet to a bottom sheet. The use of the co-extrusion process allows for multi-layer sheets that reduce the need for expensive fillers in... Agent: Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc. Chief Intellectual Property Counsel

20070194483 - Process for preparing antimicrobial plastic bodies having improved long-time performance: The present invention relates to processes for preparing an antimicrobial plastic body, said processes comprising molding a precursor and being characterized in that prior to molding at least one component of the precursor is treated with a metal colloid.... Agent: Kagan Binder, PLLC

20070194484 - Pipe support system: Supporting device for a plastic profile (2), in particular for a plastic pipe, in a calibration device which has a supporting region (1), in which it supports the plastic profile (2), wherein the contour (3) in the supporting region (1) is adapted to the contour of the plastic profile (2).... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070194485 - Method of making molds for making articles and a method of molding articles using such molds: A process is described for making gourd molds useful in the production of decorative ceramic and other articles which bear the textures of the gourd interior. Articles produced may also serve as models for use in the manufacture of production molds. Steps in making the gourd molds include selection, cutting,... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070194486 - Ophthalmic lens inspection processing aid: The present invention discloses improved methods and systems for inspecting an ophthalmic lens by exposing the ophthalmic lens to a processing aid solution that includes RCO2CH2CH20(CH2CH2O)xCH2CH2O2CR where R comprises (equals) at least one of: CF3CF2(CF2)xCH2; CH3CH2(CH2)xCH2; and Ry[Si(CH3)2o]x(CH2)3, while the lens is contained in a ophthalmic lens receptacle, in order... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070194488 - Multicolored resin molding apparatus and multicolor molding method: In a multicolored resin molding apparatus, a primary molding is molded while a cavity core having a die surface is held by and between dies provided in a primary molding station, and a secondary molding is molded while the cavity core having the primary molding is held by and between... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070194487 - In-mold lamination of decorative products: A method of manufacturing decorative plastic composites having a decorative layer, a backing layer and a clear outer layer which provides exceptional “depth of image” is disclosed. Decorative or protective appliqués' having a wide range of decorative patterns may be formed by injection molding a backing layer behind and a... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070194489 - Method of manufacturing resin molded product: A resin molded product manufacturing apparatus includes, a movable mold having a pair of movable side cavity and side gate formed symmetrically with respect to an axis; a fixed mold having a fixed side primary cavity and a fixed side secondary cavity; and primary and secondary resin injecting units and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070194491 - Manufacturing method with sliding layer: A method for producing an article of composite material comprising the steps of: providing a moulding tool of male type; placing one or several prepregs on the moulding tool, forming a fibre stack; placing a dry layer, e.g. fabric, externally on the fibre stack, forming a fibre stack having a... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20070194490 - Method of making improved ballistic products: A method of making a ballistic resistant composite material having improved resistance to high energy rifle bullets and the like. The method comprises providing at least one fibrous layer comprising a network of high tenacity aramid fibers. The fibrous layer is coated with a thermoplastic polyurethane resin. The coated fibrous... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070194492 - Process for making an annular abrasion bead element for a cutting wire for cutting relatively hard materials: m

20070194493 - Utilities access closure: A concrete lid for an in-ground utilities box includes a plastic reinforcement structure filled with concrete. The plastic reinforcement structure includes one or more plastic sidewalls that protect the edges of the lid from damage. The upper and lower surfaces of the lid are exposed concrete (with the exception of... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP Tri-valley Office

20070194494 - Two-shot, four station injection mold: A two-shot molding system with four independent molding positions at ninety degree intervals allow injection of the first shot, injection of the second shot, cooling, and ejection of the product to occur simultaneously while the mold is closed. Thus, the invention decreases cycle time, increases throughput, and allows for adequate... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz, S.c.

20070194495 - Method for producing a detachably connected container having barrier properties: A method is provided of forming a multi-pack container assembly having at least two containers joined together by a channel. The method includes the steps of providing sheet having a barrier layer thermoforming the sheet into a multi-pack container assembly having a plurality of containers wherein each container comprises a... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20070194496 - Method of manufacture of fillets for aircraft assemblies or the like and a forming device: The present invention relates to a forming device (1) and a method of manufacture of a fillet (17) of plastic for aircraft assemblies or the like, said fillet (17) having a pre-determined profile (9) for filling a cavity (61) of a structural element (59), the fillet (17) being formed using... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20070194497 - Method of vulcanization molding of rubber material: A method of vulcanization-molding a rubber material, in which lengths of vent-spews and protrusions in a rubber product can be shortened to an extent not damaging an appearance of the product without removing through trimming and without obstructing the discharge of enclosed air or the like and there is not... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070194498 - Tape reel, tape reel molding apparatus, and method for molding tape reel: A tape reel molding apparatus adapted to be resin-molded by using a molding die, which includes: knockout portions pushing one surface of the tape reel to take the tape reel out of a cavity formed in the molding die after a resin is cooled; and a holding member including: suction... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070194499 - Method for making opthalmic devices: The present invention provides a method for producing an ophthalmic device by means of stereolithography. The method comprises the steps of: depositing (i) an essentially solvent-free liquid or melt of a device-forming material, or (ii) a solution of said device-forming material, into a container wherein said device-forming material is crosslinkable... Agent: Ciba Vision Corporation Patent Department

20070194500 - Thermoformable sheet, method for making a 3d article, and the article made therefrom: Disclosed herein are thermoformable sheets, methods of making 3D articles, and articles made therefrom. In one embodiment, a method for making a 3D article comprises: heating a sheet to form a heated sheet, blowing the heated sheet to form a bubble, disposing a mold in the bubble, and vacuum forming... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070194501 - Blown film extrusion system: s

20070194502 - Oscillating hauloff with bearings along central axis: An oscillating hauloff for blown film has a bearing structure positioned along the vertical process centerline. The bearing structure is separated into upper and lower sections to maintain a clear and open pathway for the web to pass across the process centerline. Passing the web across the process centerline allows... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070194503 - Translucent pca ceramic, ceramic discharge vessel, and method of making: A translucent polycrystalline material suitable for use in ceramic discharge vessels for metal halide lamps is produced by sintering an alumina powder doped with a MgO sintering aid in a nitrogen atmosphere containing a partial pressure of a vapor phase carbon-containing species. The sintered polycrystalline alumina has a grain boundary... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20070187859 - Molding method and apparatus of resin molded article: A foaming molten resin containing reinforcement fibers and super critical fluid is injected into a cavity with a short shot (a), the foaming molten resin is made self-foam and flow in the cavity (b), and a volume of the cavity is increased by expanding molds so as to expand the... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070187852 - Transreflectors, transreflector systems and displays and methods of making transreflectors: The transreflectors may comprise two or more transparent substrates of different indices of refraction bonded together, with a pattern of optical deformities in the mating side of one of the substrates and an inverse pattern of optical deformities in the mating side of an other substrate in mating engagement with... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070187853 - Preparation stage for trace collection system: Trace collection system including a conveyer appended to the entrance of the device, protected by a hood, and/or enclosed in a tunnel. The conveyor can perform preliminary checks on the inspected items, and gather information such as weight, dimension, and temperature, that can serve as parameters to a subsequent trace... Agent: Traceguard Technologies Inc.

20070187854 - Deep well anodes for electrical grounding: Improved deep well grounding systems of the kind used for cathodic protection of ground installations according to the invention employ a combination of materials for the casing of the central metallic anode and the backfill in the well which exhibit a degree of permeability sufficient to allow by-product gases develop... Agent: Dinesh Agarwal, P.C.

20070187855 - Use of state-change materials in reformable shapes, templates or tooling: Techniques for generating a stable, force-resisting positive or negative representation of a shape. A state-changeable mixture includes uniform, generally ordered, closely-spaced solid bodies and a liquid carrier medium, with the liquid filling any voids or interstices between the bodies and excluding air or gas bubbles from the mixture. Within the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070187856 - Multi-layered blown film forming apparatus and multi-layered blown film forming method: A multi-layered blown film forming apparatus contains an adapter provided to supply a multiple types of resins, a forming die provided on a downstream side in an axial direction of the adapter, and a temperature controller mechanism. Molten resins of multiple types are individually fed to the forming die through... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070187858 - Method for producing open-pored components made of metal, plastic, or ceramic: A method is described, according to which open-pored components may be produced having a defined pore size, a defined external skin thickness, and a low density. A fine carrier material, is shaped with the aid of a binder into balls (1) which are as uniform as possible according to a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070187857 - Methods for making and using composites, polymer scaffolds, and composite scaffolds: The present invention relates to methods of making and using composites and scaffolds as implantable devices useful for tissue repair, guided tissue regeneration, and tissue engineering. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of making and using compression molded resorbable thermoplastic polymer composites which can be subsequently processed with... Agent: Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins LLP

20070187860 - Direct coupling of melt polymerization and solid state processing for pet: Strands of molten polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from a PET polycondensation reactor are solidified, pelletized, and cooled only to a temperature in the range of 50° C. to a temperature near the polymer Tg by contact with water. The still hot pellets are conveyed, optionally followed by drying to remove water,... Agent: Dennis V. Carmen Eastman Chemical Company

20070187861 - Method of forming barbs on a suture and apparatus for performing same: A method of making a barbed suture by varying the blade geometry and/or the movement of the blade when cutting a suture is disclosed. The method can also be accomplished with a cutting device to create a plurality of barbs on the exterior of surgical suture. The barbs produced using... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20070187862 - Concentrated aqueous silk fibroin solution and use thereof: The present invention provides for concentrated aqueous silk fibroin solutions and an all-aqueous mode for preparation of concentrated aqueous fibroin solutions that avoids the use of organic solvents, direct additives, or harsh chemicals. The invention further provides for the use of these solutions in production of materials, e.g., fibers, films,... Agent: David S. Resnick

20070187863 - Ultra-wide, anti-slippery rubber sheet and molding machine and method of fabricating the same: An ultra-wide, anti-slippery rubber sheet used for vehicle flooring, and a method of fabricating and shaping the same. A mixed material made of a rubber raw material is extruded and roll pressed with a predetermined width and thickness. The extruded and shaped material is then mold pressed by a pattern... Agent: Chun-ming Shih

20070187864 - System and method for manufacturing and constructing a mold for use in generating cast polymer products resembling natural stonework: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a mold to be used in creating cast polymer products such as cultured marble and cultured granite, particularly used as walls surrounding bathroom showers and bathtubs, but applicable to many other industries as well, using original natural stone materials to make the... Agent: Clements Walker

20070187865 - Method for the production of individual components: The invention relates to a method for the production of individual components made from materials which change state from a liquid to solid or a particulate to bonded state during the method. A mold and elastic balloons, which may be placed in the mold under pressure, are used for the... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070187866 - Process for the production of a crank lever for a bicycle: A process for the production of a crank lever for a bicycle is provided. The process includes providing moulding equipment including two mobile half-moulds which move between an open position and a closed position. The moulding equipment when in the closed position defines a moulding cavity having a shape corresponding... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070187867 - Method for producing a bicycle wheel rim, apparatus for implementing the method and bicycle wheel rim obtained thereby: A bicycle wheel rim and a method of making a bicycle wheel rim are provided. The rim provided is made of a single part using structural fiber based material, preferably carbon fiber material, with two circumferential wings for anchoring the tire, which extend radially outwards from the two sides of... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070187868 - Pasting method and pasting apparatus: A pasting method and a pasting apparatus hold a thin plate 1 and a planar member 2 in high flatness respectively on a first holding member 44 and a second holding member 44, a main controller 40a controls a moving mechanism 45 and a parallelism adjusting mechanism 52 on the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070187869 - Single mold active speed sensor: A sensor assembly includes a Hall-effect sensor and an integrated circuit that are encapsulated with an encapsulating material. The Hall-effect sensor and integrated circuit are held in place during filling of the cavity by a retractable slide. Once the cavity is filled such that the encapsulating material can support the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070187870 - Multiple line embossing apparatus: A multiple line embossing apparatus that is configured to emboss characters on a document, for example a card, on a line-by-line basis. The embossing apparatus uses guides that guide the card, and a tab belt that indexes the card along a card path. A second tab on the belt is... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070187872 - Method of compression molding thermoplastic material: In a method of compression molding thermoplastic material, a compression gap is set between half-molds of a mold having fixed and movable platens for respective attachment of the half-molds. After setting the compression gap, the mold is closed and the platens are locked by moving locking elements into respective receiving... Agent: Henry M. Feiereisen Henry M. Feiereisen, LLC

20070187871 - Mold-supporting apparatus, molding machine, and molding method: An object is to provide a mold-supporting apparatus whose mold-mounting surface does not deform, irrespective of whether a mold is large or small, so that a uniform surface pressure is produced, and which can be readily produced by means of casting. The mold-supporting apparatus includes a mold-mounting portion having a... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070187873 - Cement-based, mesh reinforced concrete tiles with integral color and design: A method of manufacturing and installing cement-based concrete tiles, composed of portland cement, polymer-modified cement admixtures, sand, additional ingredients and color pigments integrated with reinforcement mesh for support and strength. The cement-based concrete mix may be dispersed and formed into a single layer cement-based concrete slab configuration with the reinforcement... Agent: Wayne E. Bailey

20070187874 - System and method for creating linear and non-linear trenches in silicon and other crystalline materials with a router: A method for manufacturing blades for surgical and other uses from either a crystalline or polycrystalline material, preferably in the form of a wafer, comprises preparing the crystalline or polycrystalline wafers by mounting them and machining trenches into the wafers. The methods for machining the trenches, which form the bevel... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070187875 - Mold, imprint method, and process for producing chip: A mold capable of a highly accurate alignment with a member to be processed in such a state that a photocurable resin material is disposed between the mold and the member to be processed, and is constituted by a substrate 2010 formed of a first material and an alignment mark... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070187876 - Injection stretch blow molding process using polylactide resins: Containers are manufactured in an injection stretch molding process using a PLA resin having a specified ratio of lactic acid stereoisomers and stretch ratios. The process permits good quality containers to be made at good operating rates.... Agent: Gary C. Cohn, PLLC

20070187877 - Moulding method, in particular a blowing and/or vacuum moulding method for production of a dispensing container filled with a medium for dispensing: A moulding method, in particular a blowing or vacuum moulding method produces a dispensing container filled with a medium for dispensing. A moulding method for production of a dispensing container (1), filled with a medium for dispensing, involves introduction of an extruded plastic tube (6) into an open mould with... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070182041 - Toughened polylactic acid polymers and copolymers: Toughened compositions of PLA and PLA copolymers are disclosed, which also have low tensile modulus values and greater elongation to break. These toughened compositions are prepared by blending PLA and PLA copolymers with poly-4-hydroxybutyrate, and copolymers thereof. Blending of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate with PLA and its copolymers has been found to impart... Agent: Patrea L. Pabst Pabst Patent Group LLP

20070182042 - Production method of dental ceramics material: To make a color tone similar to that of dentin of a tooth at a low cost without discoloration when baking, a dental ceramics material is produced by: mixing a pink coloring agent and a yellow coloring agent with zirconium oxide containing a stabilizer while having a mixing ratio of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070182048 - Molding method and apparatus of fiber filler reinforced resin molded article: There are provided a plasticizing-kneading step of plasticizing a reinforcement fiber and a resin in a cylinder having a screw, and a metering-injecting step of supplying a physical foaming agent to the resin and injecting them into a cavity of a mold, after metering the necessary amount of resin for... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070182038 - Method for patterning self-assembled colloidal photonic crystals and method for fabricating 3-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides of an inverted-opal structure using the patterning method: A method for patterning self-assembled colloidal photonic crystals and a method for fabricating three-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides having an inverted-opal structure using the patterning method. The patterning method includes depositing first and second conductive films separate from each other, on an area corresponding to a pattern of the self-assembled colloidal... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070182037 - Preparation of transparent ceramics of yag dope by lanthanides: The invention relates to a method for preparing a transparent ceramic material based on an intermetallic oxide, comprising the following steps: (A) particles (p) based on said intermetallic oxide are synthesised by oxidising calcination of particles (p0) containing a homogeneous mixture of organic salts of different metallic cations of the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070182039 - Methods and systems for processing complex shaped hydrogel devices: The present invention provides methods and apparatus useful for facilitating one or more of the removal of unreacted components and diluents from an article fashioned from silicone hydrogel and release of the article from a mold part to which the article is adhered.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070182040 - Method for preparation of microsphere and apparatus therefor: In the method for preparation of microspheres by in-water drying method, an iterative process is employed, which comprises emulsifying a medicament-containing polymer solution (4) containing an organic solvent in an emulsifying device (1) to form an emulsion; transferring this emulsion into a microsphere storage tank (2); introducing a part of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070182043 - Co-molded and cured filter cartridge end using different durometer plastisols: A filter cartridge includes a filter media having opposed edges. Annular end discs include first and second surfaces defined by spaced apart planes. The end discs has an integrated gasket, and is formal from includes first and second plastisol materials that have different durometers. The durometer of the second plastisol... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070182044 - Method for operating an injection molding machine: In a method for operating an injection molding machine, particularly a method for securing tools of an injection molding machine, a desired variable curve is determined along at least one section of a travel path of a molding tool in a desired variable determination phase, and the injection molding machine... Agent: Henry M. Feiereisen Henry M. Feiereisen, LLC

20070182045 - Method for foaming of refrigerator cabinet with uniform density by feedback control and foaming system used thereof: A method for forming foam within a refrigerator cabinet by feedback controlling and a foaming system used for the method are provided to form blowing foam with uniform density. Allowable range of each of parameters, which critically affect the blowing foam quality of the refrigerator cabinet, allowing formation of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070182046 - Sponge production process and plant: The sponge production process consists of heating a mould of Teflon or silicone to a temperature between 60° C. and 70° C., feeding a mixture comprising a plastic material and a reagent into the mould, allowing the mixture to rise for a time less than 30 minutes, and extracting the... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070182047 - Processing of cyclic oligomers to form thermoplastic pbt plastics materials: A method for producing fiber-reinforced plate material on the basis of a fiber web that contains at least one planar fiber structure and is impregnated with a thermoplastic plastic matrix. The one or more fiber structures are impregnated or coated with a reactive starting material, containing cyclic or macrocylic oligomers... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070182049 - Vibration apparatus and methods of vibration: The present invention relates to apparatus and methods of vibration. In particular, the present invention relates to apparatus and methods of vibration for tooling in a structure, such as, for example, a fuselage. In one implementation, the tooling comprises at least two conductors that create a force to vibrate the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070182050 - Vibration apparatus and methods of vibration: The present invention relates to apparatus and methods of vibration. In particular, the present invention relates to apparatus and methods of vibration for tooling in a structure, such as, for example, a fuselage. In one implementation, the tooling comprises at least two conductors that create a force to vibrate the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070182051 - Test element with elastically mounted lancet: This invention generally relates to a method for producing an analytical system, and to a analytical system for detecting an analyte in a body fluid. The analytical system comprises a test element and a lancet which is movable relative to the test element and which is received on the test... Agent: Roche Diagnostics Operations Inc.

20070182052 - Method and device for pulverizing bulk material containing plastic: In a method and a device for pulverizing bulk material containing plastic, whose grain is highly flexible and whose loose bulk is highly compressible and which is initially provided in a coarse grain, is subsequently heated and compressed and is then converted into a finer grain, the bulk material at... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070182053 - Continuous method for the production of a pigment masterbatch: The invention relates to a method for the production of a pigment masterbatch by extrusion, wherein a) a thermoplastic polymer in granular or powder form is metered continuously into a twin-screw extruder; b) the polymer metered in is melted in the extruder; c) a pumpable pigment press cake containing pigment,... Agent: Clariant Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070182055 - Inline application of coatings: A method of forming a coated medical device is described. A coating may be applied inline to a continuous tubing formed by extrusion, prior to cutting and secondary operations. Thus, inefficient and labor-intensive steps associated with preparing individual tubes for coating may be avoided. The method may include forcing a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/chicago/cook

20070182054 - Method for manufacturing product markers: A method of manufacturing a consumable product marker for use in the food or pharmaceutical industry is disclosed. The product marker is configured to be consumed along with products into which the product marker has been incorporated. The product marker comprises at least one identification opening extending through the product... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070182056 - Method for molding resin-product: The use of a molding die having a die cavity configured to define a shape of a resin-product having a shaft bore extending along the central axis to a predetermined depth and a bottom portion at one end thereof, a center pin having an axis thereof and configured to form... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070182057 - Method of making spun-bond web from multicomponent flament: A web is made by first extruding multicomponent filaments from a spinneret and then passing the extruded filaments through a process air shaft. Cold air is directed against the filaments in the process air shaft to cool and aerodynamically stretch the filaments while excluding the entry of other air into... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20070182058 - Process for preparing vegetable casing and transferring apparatus used therein: The present invention discloses an extrusion process for preparing vegetable casing including preparing a continuous tubular extrudate by extrusion, and transferring the continuous tubular extrudate. The transferring includes repeatedly passing a plurality of separate horizontal posts below the continuous tubular extrudate, hanging the continuous tubular extrudate on the posts so... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070182059 - Resin molded article with reduced dielectric loss tangent and production method therefor: A resin molded article having a reduced dielectric loss tangent is provided. This resin molded article is obtained by performing a heat treatment to a resin composition comprising a liquid-crystalline polyester and an epoxy-group containing ethylene copolymer at a temperature lower than a flow-beginning temperature of the liquid-crystalline polyester, preferably... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070182060 - Method for providing a thin film having a chemical composition that is spatially structured on a micrometric or nanometric scale on a substrate: A method for providing a thin film that is spatially structured on a submicrometric or nanometric scale, formed by a material, on a substrate, so as to obtain a product; the method comprises the steps of: dispersing the material in the substrate in order to obtain a mixture; modeling the... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070182063 - Method for making a plastic molded part: A method for making a plastic molded part (12) includes injecting plastic (13) into a foil part (2) with plastic (13) being injected into an injection mold (7) at the rear side of the foil part. The plastic molded part (12) is especially a housing component of a portable handheld... Agent: Walter Ottesen

20070182062 - Filter unit: A method of forming a filter unit comprised of a filter element and an encircling peripheral encasement frame to which the filter element is sealed. The frame is moulded in situ by solidification of a liquid, solidifiable moulding composition (e.g. a curable resin or a matter thermoplastic resin that solidifies... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070182061 - Method of manufacturing support body for pneumatic run flat tire: A manufacturing method of a support body for pneumatic run-flat tires, which can make the structures of a mold and a vulcanizer simpler. A metallic support portion has three parts including a center portion and outside portions of both sides. A rubber leg portion is vulcanized and formed so as... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070182064 - Method for production of sandwich panel core from composites: The invention can be defined in its most general form as a technology for production of corrugated structures from foliated composite materials and can be used for production of sandwich panels used in aircraft construction, shipbuilding, and in building units. Method for production of sandwich panel core from composites including... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070182065 - Method and mold for making non-metallic fiber reinforced parts: A mold and a method for molding high strength, non-metallic fiber reinforced composite parts having a variety of (e.g., cylindrical) shapes that are lighter in weight than similar parts manufactured from metal. An unmolded non-metallic pre-form having long continuous fibers is placed around a mandrel, and a segmented, adjustable diameter... Agent: Morland C. Fischer

20070182066 - Injection molding method and injection molding apparatus: This invention relates to an injection molding method using an injection mold. The method comprises (1) a molten resin injection step for injecting the molten resin from a gate into a cavity, (2) a pressure-keeping step for continuously applying pressure from the gate after the molten resin injection step, and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070182067 - Method for molding a sound canal of a hearing device: The aim is to manufacture molded tubes for hearing instruments and other hearing devices more cost-effectively. To this end, there is provision for producing a bending mold with the aid of a rapid-prototyping method. An unmolded tube is inserted into the bending mold. Heat is then applied to the bending... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070182068 - Method for preparing a thin ceramic material with controlled surface porosity gradient, and resulting ceramic material: The invention concerns a method for preparing a thin ceramic material with controlled surface porosity gradient, including (A) infiltrating a porous pore-forming substrate of controlled thickness, with a ceramic material suspension; (B) evaporating the solvent; (C) a step which includes eliminating the pore-forming agents and the various organic additives, and... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property

20070182069 - Plastic article comprising oriented effect magnetizable pigments: Pigments having magnetic properties are manipulated using magnetic fields to produce color patterns. The color patterns may be created in a medium such as a molten plastic or a plastic solution. Once disposed in the flowable medium, the pigments migrate by the influence of magnets after which the pigments remain... Agent: Basf Catalysts LLC

20070182070 - Use of polymer powder produced from a dispersion in a shaping process, and moldings produced from this polymer powder: Three-dimensional shaped products are prepared by a layer-by-layer moldless production process in which at least one powder layer is provided, regions of the respective powder layer are selective melted via input of electromagnetic energy, wherein the powder of the powder layer contains at least one polymer powder or copolymer powder... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070182071 - Rtm molding method and device: An RTM molding method comprising disposing a reinforcing fiber substrate in a cavity of a mold consisting of a plurality of dies, clamping the mold, and thereafter injecting resin to complete molding, characterized in that divided areas with respect to the surface direction of the reinforcing fiber substrate are assumed,... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20070182072 - Method of manufacturing plugged honeycomb structure and manufacturing apparatus of plugged honeycomb structure: A method for manufacturing a plugged honeycomb structure has a process including the steps of: preparing an unplugged honeycomb structure, supplying ceramic slurry as a plugging material on an upper surface of a belt and leveling the ceramic slurry supplied on the upper surface of the belt by moving the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070182073 - Density and hardness pressureless sintered and post-hiped b4c: A method for pressureless sintering of B4C without sintering agents which reduces sintering time without sacrificing relative density, and avoids decomposition of B4C and loss of relative density.... Agent: Ostrolenk, Faber, Gerb & Soffen, LLP Attorneys At Law

20070176309 - Electronic apparatus and method for manufacturing electro-optical device: A method for manufacturing the following device is provided: an electro-optical device which includes a pair of substrates holding a display material having optical properties varied by electric stimulation and which has a curved shape. The method includes covering the front and rear faces of a display with a pair... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070176310 - Axis control in toric contact lens production: The invention provides methods of manufacturing toric lenses, apparatuses useful in the method of the invention, and lenses produced according to the method in which method the position of one mold half in relation to its complementary mold half is more precisely controlled so that tilting and rotation of the... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070176312 - Method and apparatus for examination of objects and structures: Defects within structures formed by deposition processes can be relatively expensive, particularly as previously non-destructive testing was performed only once the component had been formed. By in-situ continuous or intermittent sequential non-destructive testing, early notice of defects can be provided. Such early notice may allow rejection of the part-formed component,... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20070176313 - Molding method and apparatus of fiber filler reinforced resin molded article: In a molding method of a fiber filler reinforced resin molded article, in which a reinforcement fiber and a resin are plasticized and kneaded in a material supply cylinder including a screw with an anti counterflow portion, and the resin with the reinforcement fiber mixed therewith is injected into a... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070176314 - Apparatus for manufacturing display device and method of manufacturing the same: A method of manufacturing a display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes applying an organic material onto a substrate that is mounted on a supporting plate, contacting a surface of the mold on which a predetermined pattern is formed with the organic material, disposing the... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20070176311 - Mold for molding disk, adjustment member, and method of molding disk substrate: A mold for molding a disk and a method of molding a disk substrate which can enhance flatness and thus quality of a molded product are provided. The mold for molding a disk includes a first mirror-surface disk; a stamper (29) attached to the first mirror-surface disk; a second mirror-surface... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070176315 - Process for producing woody molding: A method is provided for manufacturing a molded woody article. The method includes compression molding a base material containing wood fibers, polylactic acid fibers and an inorganic filler at a temperature not less than a melting point of said polylactic acid fibers, and maintaining said molded base material at a... Agent: Douglas J Christensen Patterson Thuente Skaar & Christensen

20070176316 - Apparatus producing superheated water and /or steam for weed killing and other applications: Apparatus producing superheated water and/or steam for weed (36) killing, etc. has diesel fired boiler (30), which, via pump (32), generates hot water at a pressure of 40-52 bar and temperature of 90-115° C. This passes down tube (12) and encounters the constriction provided by nozzle (14). Passing through nozzle... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20070176317 - Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing thereof: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device sealed with silicone rubber, characterized by 1) placing an unsealed semiconductor device into a mold, 2) thereafter filling in spaces between the mold and the semiconductor device with a sealing silicone rubber composition, and 3) subjecting the composition to compression molding. By the... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070176318 - Mold and manufacturing method: A mold equipped with a core having a plurality of columnar distal portions branched at a downstream side in the extrusion direction and arranged on a surface and a die having an aperture surrounding the distal portions as a whole with a distance with respect to the distal portions and... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070176319 - Aligned carbon nanotube composite ribbons and their production: Carbon nanotubes can be uniformly dispersed in a polymer and subsequently fabricated in macroscopic nanotube/polymer ribbons having nanotubes aligned in a primary direction. The technique is readily scalable and could be applied to the fabrication of larger-scale structural/functional materials and devices.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070176320 - Mold for imprint, process for producing minute structure using the mold, and process for producing the mold: A mold for imprint capable of forming a reduced seam or seamless pattern, on a surface of a substrate, having larger area than that of the mold includes a first pattern area comprising a plurality of first recesses; and a second pattern area, comprising a plurality of second recesses, for... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070176321 - Flexible mold for flat display panel and method of manufacturing the same: A method of fabricating a flexible mold for forming a flat display panel, comprising: forming a plurality of protrusions on a flexible film, forming plated patterns between the protrusions on the flexible film, the plated patterns having an inverted shape corresponding to partitions that define one or more sub-pixel regions... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070176322 - Administering device with a multi-component injection-moulded housing: Method of producing an administering device for infusing or injecting a product, whereby in order to mould a housing shell (1) serving as a case for components of the administering device in a multi-component injection moulding process at least one pre-moulded, transparent insert part (22, 23) made from a first... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070176323 - Tools for manufacturing composite parts and methods for using such tools: Tools for manufacturing composite parts and methods for using such tools are disclosed herein. A method in accordance with one aspect of the invention includes manufacturing a fiber-reinforced resin part from a plurality of fibers positioned on a tool having a female mold surface. The mold surface can include a... Agent: Perkins Coie, LLP

20070176324 - Methods of injection molding a polymeric orthopedic device: A method of injection molding an orthopedic device comprising: injection molding a polymeric orthopedic device having a length along a longitudinal axis; and deliberately inducing, in the device, a material property change along the longitudinal axis by varying a molding parameter during the injection molding. The material property may be,... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20070176325 - Polymer transfer apparatus, methods, and composite webs: Composite webs having one or more polymeric structures located on a substrate, methods of manufacturing the composite webs, and systems for manufacturing the composite webs are disclosed. The polymeric structures are formed using thermoplastic compositions deposited into one or more depressions on a forming tool. The forming tool is maintained... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070176326 - Method for filling polymer blanks into molds and an apparatus thereof: A method for filling polymer blanks into molds and an apparatus thereof. The method includes steps of picking a predetermined amount of blanks formed with predetermined shapes; locating the blanks to fixedly space the blanks from each other by predetermined distances corresponding to the distances between the mold cavities of... Agent: Troxell Law Office

20070176327 - Method of manufacturing an elongate structural element configured for stiffening a shell structure, and a method for manufacturing a rigid shell structure integrated with at least one elongate stiffening element: Method for manufacturing an elongate stiffening element (12) and a rigid shell structure (10) integrated with at least one elongate stiffening element (12). The method includes the steps of providing a preformed, form-stable reinforcement member (16), which has a hat profile with two inwardly directed, opposing flange portions (20), covering... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20070176328 - Organic material decomposition and treatment method using magnetic wave: An organic material decomposition and treatment method using a magnetic wave is disclosed, in which organic materials can be well decomposed without creating or producing harmful materials. The organic material decomposition and treatment method using a magnetic wave comprises a first step in which an organic material is inputted into... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070176329 - Magnetic field modling device, die and method for magnetic field molding: The objects of the present invention are to provide a durable magnetic field molding device for producing molded bodies for ferrite magnets, which needs a controlled amount of releasing agent, reduces production cost and improves productivity, and die and magnetic field molding method. The lower die 12B of the die... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070176330 - Single-sided shuttle-type blow molded method and apparatus: A single-sided shuttle-type blow molding apparatus having an extruder for substantially continuously extruding a thermoplastic material in tubular form at a moldable temperature downwardly along a vertical axis. The apparatus includes a mold having a set of mold parts adapted to open and close relative to each other to define,... Agent: Venable LLP

20070176331 - Post-molding molded article conditioning apparatus with a selectively controlled transfer flow structure and a related method: A cooling tube assembly for operating on a malleable molded plastic part. The cooling tube assembly comprising a porous tube/insert having a profiled inner conditioning surface, and a vacuum structure configured to cooperate with the porous tube. In use, the vacuum develops a reduced pressure adjacent the inner conditioning surface... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20070176332 - Preparation of yttria-stabilized zirconia reaction sintered products: A method of making a solid electrolyte-YSZ product, where the method includes the step of providing a powdered mixture of zirconia, yttria and about 2%, by wt., or less of a metal oxide, where yttria-stabilized zirconia is not added to the mixture. The method also includes sintering the powdered mixture... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070176333 - Vascular embolization with an expansible implant: A vascular implant formed of a compressible foam material has a compressed configuration from which it is expansible into a configuration substantially conforming to the shape and size of a vascular site to be embolized. Preferably, the implant is formed of a hydrophilic, macroporous foam material, having an initial configuration... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP