Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes inventions 09/07

20070222095 - Process for making ophthalmic lenses: The present invention relates to aqueous processes for the production of silicone hydrogel contact lenses.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070222097 - Mold clamping apparatus for injection molding machine: A mold clamping apparatus has a mold clamping force transmitting member disposed in a middle part of a mold mounting platen on which a mold is mounted. An abutting member is detachably provided in a spaced area between a peripheral portion of a mold mounting platen and peripheral portion of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070222092 - Mold for injection molding light guide plate and process for producing light guide plate using the mold: Molds for injection molding a light guide plate in which a plurality of pin gates and/or film gates for injecting a melted resin material for molding into the cavity portion are formed at portions corresponding to the side portions of the product, a room for balancing flow having an ear... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070222093 - Production method for graded index type optical transmission element: A production method for an optical transmission element (1), wherein a cylindrical transparent resin is used as a core wire, a monomer becoming a polymer different in refractive index from the core wire after polymerized or a mixture of a monomer and a polymer (2) is bonded to the outer... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070222094 - Process for making ophthalmic lenses: The present invention relates to aqueous processes for the production of silicone hydrogel contact lenses.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070222096 - Apparatus and method for manufacturing pre-formatted linear optical data storage medium: An apparatus for manufacturing pre-formatted linear optical data storage media including an elongated linear polymer layer. The apparatus includes a drum mounted for rotation about a rotation axis, and the drum includes a circumferential outer surface having a predetermined pattern of protrusions for embossing at least one pattern of optically... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070222098 - Mold for foam molding and foam molding method: A mold 20B for foam molding which allows efficient production of the foam molded product with accurately finished outer surface, and easy release of the molded product from the mold in the foam molding method is formed of an upper mold portion 21B and a lower mold portion 22B. The... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070222099 - Method and apparatus for producing polymer fibers and fabrics including multiple polymer components: A spunbond system for manufacturing a non-woven web of fibers includes a spin beam assembly configured to process and deliver a plurality of polymer streams for extrusion through spinneret orifices. The spin beam assembly includes a plurality of manifold sections within the spin beam assembly, each manifold section including a... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20070222101 - Systems and methods of making molded composite blocks: Provided are filtration matrixes formed from adsorptive media, such as activated carbon, and polymeric binder for use in water filtration systems. A first aspect of the invention provides methods of making a filtration matrix comprising: mixing an adsorptive media with a polymeric binder to form a mixture; impulse filling a... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070222100 - Method and system using nir spectroscopy for in-line monitoring and controlling content in continuous production of engineered wood products: Method and system using near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy for dynamically monitoring and controlling the proportion of resin solids or other additive solids in combination with other ingredients used in continuous production of resin-wood composite articles.... Agent: Huber Engineered Woods L.L.C. C/o J.m. Huber Corporation

20070222102 - Manufacture of cellulose ester filaments: lubrication in the spinning cabinet: In the manufacture of cellulose ester fibers, a dope is extruded into filaments. Extrusion occurs in an elongated cabinet having an outlet for the filaments. The filaments are taken up after exiting the outlet. The filaments are lubricated at the outlet of the cabinet.... Agent: Hammer & Hanf, PC

20070222103 - Functional surface shaping techniques for polymer composite components: A method of creating a functional utility-surface on a thermoset composite component, including the steps of: fixing the position of a cured thermoset polymer composite component, the thermoset polymer composite component having a thermoplastic polymer surface layer attached to at least a portion of one surface thereof, the thermoset polymer... Agent: Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson PC

20070222104 - Drawn biodegradable micro-filament: The invention resides in enabling biodegradable filament of polylactic acid, polyglycolic acid and the like to manufacture biodegradable micro-filament by simple and convenient means without needing special, high-accuracy and high-level apparatus; it is characterized in that highly molecular oriented micro-filament those of 12 μm or less and generally from 2... Agent: Gary C. Cohn, PLLC

20070222105 - Extrusion of polyurethane composite materials: Methods of extruding polyurethane composite materials are described. One method includes introducing at least one polyol and inorganic filler to a first conveying section of the extruder, transferring the at least one polyol and inorganic filler to a first mixing section of an extruder, mixing the at least one polyol... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070222106 - Extrusion of polyurethane composite materials: Methods of extruding polyurethane composite materials are described. One method includes introducing at least one polyol and inorganic filler to a first conveying section of the extruder, transferring the at least one polyol and inorganic filler to a first mixing section of an extruder, mixing the at least one polyol... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070222107 - Production method of polymer film: A primary dope is obtained by mixing a solvent and a polymer, and an additive is added to the primary dope, and thus a second dope for a main layer, a first dope for a contact layer and a third dope for an exposure layer are prepared. Only in the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070222108 - Aromatic polyimide composition and articles manufactured therefrom: Aromatic polyimide composition and articles manufactured therefrom. This invention relates to an aromatic polyimide molding composition, comprising at least one aromatic polyimide (A) chosen from the group consisting of aromatic polyamide-imide, aromatic polyesterimides and aromatic polyimide free of any ester and amide group of specific type and typically from 0.5... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070222109 - Process for producing an oral care device: The invention relates to a process for producing an oral care device, such as a toothbrush, having a body, which comprises a handle region, a head region and a neck region located between the handle region and the head region, and having functional elements which are arranged, at least in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070222110 - Manufacturing method for an ornament: An ornament is manufactured by a method including following steps: first, injecting materials into a bottom one of material channels of a mold to form a connecting base, which material channels are in open communication with each other; second, injecting materials from an outer periphery of an upper end of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070222111 - Apparatus and method for injection molding a multilayer container or container preform, or injection blow molding a multilayer container: Apparatus for injection molding a multilayer container or a multilayer container preform includes an injection mold cavity and a nozzle for injecting resin into the cavity from at least first and second resin sources in sequence to form a multilayer container or preform in which at least one layer of... Agent: Owens-illinois, Inc.

20070222112 - Process for manufacture of a latent heat storage device: A process for the preparation of latent heat storage composites is provided. The process comprises the steps of preparation of an expanded graphite material with a bulk density between 5 and 200 grams/liter which is readily wetted by a liquid phase change material, preparation of a pre-compressed matrix or a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070222113 - Gas-permeable plug and method for manufacturing the same: A gas-permeable plug is adapted to be inserted in an insertion hole formed through a part of a casing in an inward-outward direction. The gas-permeable plug has a plug body and a permeable sheet including therein countless minute permeable pores. The plug body is injection molded from a material having... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070222114 - Method of forming a temporary implant and mold assembly for same: A mold assembly and method of forming a surgical implant from bone cement. The method has the steps of connecting a plurality of mold segments to approximate the size of a patient implant. Each mold segment has an open channel. The method may further include aligning the channels of connected... Agent: Gary P. Topolosky

20070222115 - Method for making an inspection fixture, and mold assembly used in the method: In a method for making an inspection fixture, a detachable mold assembly (20) and a hardenable fluid are firstly prepared. Secondly, the hardenable fluid is poured into the mold assembly, and a plurality of molding pins (23) are inserted into the mold assembly. Thirdly, a main body (21) with a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070222116 - High strength, nanoporous bodies reinforced with fibrous materials: This invention discloses improvements that can be achieved in thermal or mechanical performance of aerogel composites via densification. Densified aerogels and aerogel composites can display higher compressive strength, modulus, flexural strength, and maintains or insubstantially increases the thermal conductivity relative to the pre-densified form. In the special case of fiber... Agent: Aspen Aerogels Inc.IPDepartment

20070222117 - Moulding compound for mouldings with high weather resistance: A moulding compound comprises a copolymer (I)a), produced by polymerisation of 90-100% by weight methylmethacrylate, styrene and malic acid anhydride, and optionally 0-10% by weight additional monomers which can be copolymerised with methylmethacrylate, a (co)polymer (II)b), produced by polymerisation of 80-100% by weight methylmethacrylate and optionally 0-20% by weight additional... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070222118 - Throttled-core-centering injection molding: In a method of injection molding a plastic product having a base wall and a sidewall (24), wherein plastic injected into a base-wall section of the mold cavity is conducted through a flow guide (28) in the base-wall section and thence into a sidewall section (24) of the mold cavity,... Agent: Edward W Callan

20070222119 - Electret article having heteroatoms and low fluorosaturation ratio: An electret article that includes a polymeric material that has electric charge imparted thereto, that has one or more heteroatoms, that has a fluorosaturation ratio of less than 200, and that has an atomic percent fluorine of greater than about 40%. The inventive electret article is resistant to charge degradation... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070222120 - Method for treating thermoplastic polyurethane golf ball covers: A method of forming a golf ball is disclosed herein. The method includes placing a golf ball precursor product comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane cover further comprising an isocyante or hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene in an isocyanate solution. The precursor product is then removed and heated to remove solvent. The precursor product... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20070222121 - Embossing die: In a method for the manufacture of an embossing due for the cold and hot embossing of paper and cardboard a plane material impregnated with a duroplastic resin is brought into close contact with a shaping die, both are pressed together to obtain a press die from a plane material... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070222122 - Brightened composite sheel and method for making the same: A method for fabricating a brightened composite shell includes step of (a): providing an uncured composite material on a surface of a metallic mold; step (b): curing the composite material by vacuum molding to form a consolidated composite embryo via the vacuum molding process; and step (c): machining the cured... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070222123 - Method for producing containers comprising a narrow opening and a long body by means of below molding or stretch below molding polypropylene preforms: The invention relates to the production of containers (2) comprising a narrow opening and a long body, such as bottles or similar, from polypropylene by means of blow moulding or stretch blow moulding. According to the invention, during the blow moulding or stretch blow moulding step, the polypropylene preform (1)... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070222125 - Plasticizing cylinder with integrated heat pipes: A plasticizing cylinder for processing plasticizable material includes a pressure jacket, at least one heating element disposed at one area of the pressure jacket, and at least one cooling element disposed at another area of the pressure jacket. Extending within a wall of the pressure jacket between the area of... Agent: Henry M. Feiereisen Henry M. Feiereisen, LLC

20070222124 - Mould holding cross member for a moulding press and press comprising said cross member: A mould holding cross member (9) according to the invention comprises a support base (91) a suitable to compress the mould (S) and more projecting, in the mould closing direction, than the ends (90) with which the cross member is connected to the moving columns (6) of the press on... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070216045 - Demolding aids for silicone hydrogels and related methods: Compositions and methods for improving demolding polar resin molds used in the production of silicone hydrogel materials are described. The present compositions and methods include the use of one or more reactive demolding agents. The reactive demolding agents react with components of a polymerization mixture to produce a polymerized silicone... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070216050 - Optical member fabricating apparatus and method and forming mold used for the same: Provided is an apparatus for fabricating an optical member. The apparatus includes a first roll around which a base film is wound, a second roll around which a base film on which a coating liquid is applied in a predetermined pattern is wound, two or more guide rolls disposed between... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20070216047 - Manufacturing an optical element: A method of manufacturing a plurality of optical elements including the steps of providing a substrate, providing a replication material in a liquid or viscous or plastically deformable state, placing a replication tool, which includes a plurality of replication sections each having negative structural features defining the shape of one... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070216046 - Manufacturing miniature structured elements with tool incorporating spacer elements: A method of manufacturing a plurality of elements by replication includes the steps of: providing a replication tool that includes a plurality of replication sections having negative structural features defining the shape of the elements, the tool further including a plurality of first spacer portions; providing a substrate; moving the... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070216048 - Manufacturing optical elements: A method of manufacturing an element using a replication tool, including the steps of providing a replication tool that defines the shape of the element; providing a substrate; pressing the tool against the substrate, with a replication material located between the tool and the substrate; confining the replication material to... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070216049 - Method and tool for manufacturing optical elements: applying a replication material 5 in individual portions, each portion being associated with one of the replication sections 3 and the portion being applied to the replication section 3 and/or to a location on the substrate 7 against which the replication section 3 will be moved in a later step;... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070216051 - Automotive fluid filter with sintered pellet filter medium and associated method: An automotive fluid filter comprises a plurality of pellets that are sintered together and define a plurality of pores therebetween for passage of automotive fluid through the pores so as to filter the automotive fluid when the automotive fluid is advanced therethrough. An associated method is disclosed.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070216052 - Concrete mix countertop production and products: A method of producing a countertop upon a workspace furnishing such as floor cabinets by casting a polymer-modified cementitious casting compound thereupon has some of the following steps. Given the workspace furnishing, temporarily attaching edging forms or flow checks around all the free edges of the top deck thereof, both... Agent: Jonathan A. Bay Attorney At Law

20070216053 - Method of operating extrusion installations for extruding thermoplastics: In a method of operating extrusion installations for extruding thermoplastics with an extrusion installation comprising a downstream slot die the temperature of an outlet region of the slot die is controlled over its width and additionally in selectable regions to influence a thickness of a polymer melt.... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070216055 - Controller for at least one heater utilized in a hot runner injection molding system and an associated method of use: A controller for at least one heater utilized in a hot runner injection molding system, which includes a regulated voltage supply that is electrically connected to the at least one heater utilized in a hot runner injection molding system, at least one sensor operatively associated with at least one heater... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20070216054 - Controller for at lest one heater utilized in an injection molding system and an associated method of use: A controller for at least one heater utilized in an injection molding system, which includes a regulated voltage supply that is electrically connected to the at least one heater utilized in an injection molding system, at least one sensor operatively associated with at least one heater and utilized in an... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20070216056 - Method for producing a thermoplastic resin molded article: The invention relates to a method for producing a molded article including a thermoplastic resin foamed substrate and a thermoplastic resin functional member which is joined to and projects from the foamed substrate. A molten thermoplastic resin is injected into a mold cavity for forming the functional member while the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070216057 - Poly(ethylene chlorotrifluoroethylene) membranes: Porous polymeric membranes including HALAR® (poly(ethylene chlorotrifluoroethylene)) and related compounds and the methods of production thereof which avoid the use of toxic solvents. Preferred solvents, coating agents and pore forming agents are citric acid ethyl ester or glycerol triacetate. The membranes may be in the form of a hollow fibre... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP U0105

20070216058 - Paving block and molding process therefor: A paving block that closely resembles a used mined cobblestone. The blocks are manufactured by a bi-layer concept that is subjected to processes that cause the layers to structurally integrate. The process and composition permit the mass production of blocks having independent top topographies that emulate the surfaces of original... Agent: John J. Byrne

20070216059 - Apparatus and methods for producing split spunbond filaments: A spunbonding apparatus capable of producing multicomponent spunbond filaments. The spunbonding apparatus includes a spunbonding apparatus comprises a spinneret discharging multicomponent filaments and a filament-drawing device applying a first force that is effective to attenuate the filaments. A force applicator stationed between the spinneret and the filament-drawing device is operative... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20070216060 - Manufacturing method of polymer film: A casting film is made by casting dope including polymer and solvent on a casting drum whose surface is cooled. The casting film becomes to have a self-supporting property by cooling solidification, and then peeled as a wet film from the casting drum. The wet film is fed into a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070216061 - Method of producing a silicone rubber item and the product obtainable by the method: A method of producing a silicone rubber item. The method includes the steps of i) shaping the silicone rubber item and ii) subjecting the shaped item to a cold curing, wherein the cold curing includes feeding the shaped item into a reactor, and subjecting the shaped item to an extraction... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070216062 - Transponder assembly and method for making same: A transponder assembly for use in identifying surgical implements such as sponges comprises a transponder substantially encased in a plastic body to which a base having an exposed adhesive surface is attached. The assembly may be fastened directly to a rigid implement or may be securely attached to a sponge... Agent: Epstein Drangel Bazerman & James, LLP

20070216063 - Handling system for an injection molding machine and method for inserting an application in the injection mold: A handling system for an injection molding machine is presented wherein an application, for example a label, is inserted in the mold cavity (105) of an injection molding tool (104) before injection molding, when for example a beaker having the label (1) on the outer circumference is fabricated by injection... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070216064 - Customizable mold: An embodiment of an adjustable molding apparatus includes a substrate including a negative molding surface, a layer of flexible material, and a vacuum source for drawing at least a portion of the flexible material into contact with at least a portion of the negative molding surface.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070216066 - Method and apparatus for charging and discharging a cycle press with a board: The invention concerns a method for feeding and removing a board to/from a gap of a periodically operating press. The board to be pressed is fed grip-supported to the gap of the press from one side and a board pressed in the previous operating cycle is removed grip-supported from the... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070216065 - Method for filling polymer materials into a hot-mold for manufacturing a multizone polymer blank: A method for filling polymer materials into a hot-mold for manufacturing a multizone polymer blank. At least one partitioning section is positioned in the blank mold cavity of a mold to partition the blank mold cavity into at least two independent compartments not communicating with each other. Different polymer materials... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070216067 - Macrocyclic polyester oligomers as carriers and/or flow modifier additives for thermoplastics: Concentrates of a carbon-based filler—such as carbon nanotubes, exfoliated graphite, and the like—and a macrocyclic polyester oligomer (also referred to herein as macrocyclic oligoester or MPO) are presented. When mixed with polymer, the MPO can act as a flow modifier, as well as a carrier for the carbon-based filler, allowing... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20070216068 - Process and apparatus for handling synthetic gypsum: Method and apparatus for converting wet synthetic gypsum from a flue desulphurization process (FGD) to easily handled and metered briquettes by mixing a hydraulic additive such as by-pass dust from a cement kiln with synthetic gypsum and allowing the heat from the resulting hydraulic reaction to reduce the water content... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm, P.A.

20070216069 - Method for estimating state of ultraviolet curing resin material: A CPU provides a fluorescent light detecting head with an irradiation instruction, in response to which the fluorescent light detecting head irradiates an ultraviolet ray for detection on an ultraviolet curing resin material to be examined. The CPU then acquires from the fluorescent light detecting head an intensity of a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070216070 - Method of forming multi-component instrument panel skin using negative vacuum forming: A method of forming a multi-component skin for an instrument panel assembly includes providing a negative vacuum forming tool adapted to form an instrument panel skin into a predetermined shape; providing a skin element, made from a first material, placing the skin element within the negative vacuum forming tool and... Agent: Visteon

20070216071 - Apparatus and method for manufacturing abrasive tools: A compression molding apparatus and method for the manufacture of abrasive layers for abrasive tooling which provides a compression mold space defined between an inflexible wall surface and a flexible wall surface. The apparatus and method of the present invention is particularly well suited to making annular or hollow cylindrical... Agent: Kremblas, Foster, Phillips & Pollick

20070210466 - Mold for optical component and method for molding optical component: A mold for an optical component is provided in which a first tapered surface is provided in a first mold while a second tapered surface is provided in a second mold. In the mold for the optical component, a curved surface distance which is a distance between a first mold... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070210468 - Manufacturing method of a semiconductor device: Mask sheets, a cleaning sheet and rubbery cleaning resin bars are disposed on a lower mold of a molding die and thereafter the molding die is clamped, allowing the interior of a cavity to be filled with cleaning resin to clean the molding die, whereby even portions into which resin... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070210464 - Mold for intraocular lens: The invention is a mold and method for using the mold to make a multi-stage intraocular lens. The mold is provided with a gate in fluid communication with a lens portion and/or haptic portion of the mold core. In addition, a gasket is provided around the mold core. As molding... Agent: Lisa A. Haile, J.d., Ph.d. Dla Piper US LLP

20070210465 - Resin molding method of optical component, mold apparatus, and gate bushing: A resin molding method for molding an optical component having an effective part where light is transmitted and a circumferential part provided at a circumference of the effective part, the resin molding method includes the steps of retracting a gate shutting pin so that resin is supplied in a cavity... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070210467 - Apparatus for fabricating cover layer of optical information storage media and operating method of the same: An apparatus for fabricating a coverlayer of optical information storage media is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a rotating platform, a rotating plate and a UV irradiation system. A substrate is disposed on the rotating platform and a radiation setting resin material is disposed on a surface of the substrate. The... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070210469 - Mold apparatus for producing hollow molded article and method of producing hollow molded article: Provided are a mold apparatus for molding a hollow molded article and a method of molding the hollow molded article, in which a slide mold can be accurately positioned in at least three positions in which the slide mold is required to be positioned in a molding process for the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070210470 - Method and system for agglomerating chopped fiber strand and product: A new system and method for making agglomerates of chopped glass fiber strand segments is disclosed as are the agglomerates produced. The agglomerates, made by feeding wet chopped fiber strand segments into a wave chamber having a vibrating curved surface that produces a wave-like flow pattern in the segments and... Agent: Johns Manville

20070210471 - Method and device for the production of a plastic preform: n

20070210472 - Process for manufacturing elements, such as vanes for thrust reverser cascades, by molding a composite: A method for production of discontinuous elements, such as thrust-reverser cascade vanes, from a continuous premix. The premix (8), containing at least one layer of unidirectional continuous fibres (11) and a filler (9), is arranged in the large dimension of the elements (X-X1). The semi-finished product thus obtained is made... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070210474 - Divided solid compositions with a high talc content, which are intended to be incorporated in a thermoplastic material: The invention relates to the preparation of a divided solid composition comprising a talc powder at least a fraction of which consists of grains of talc bonded together in the form of aggregates whose average size is greater than that of said grains of talc. As well as being highly... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070210473 - Using oil-based additives to improve lignocellulosic fibre bonding and dimensional performance: About 78.0-91.4% refined lignocellulosic fibres were blended with 8.0-12.0% formaldehyde-based resin, 0.5-2.0% wax and 0.1-8.0% oil in a blowline or a blender before mat forming and panel pressing. Fibres can be from cereal straws or wood species. Wax can be slack or emulsified wax. Oil is selected from different groups... Agent: Edward Yoo C/o Bennett Jones

20070210475 - Sealing arrangement for fuel cells: A sealing arrangement for fuel cells, including a at least one composite (40) formed of two cell separator plates (1, 4; BPP) with a deformable membrane electrode assembly (18; MEA) placed therebetween, the deformable membrane electrode assembly being composed of two porous, gas-permeable plates or layers (2, 3; GDL) and... Agent: Harness Dickey And Pierce PLC

20070210476 - Machinable resin molded product, material for forming the same, and model made of the same: A machinable resin molded product having a charge half-life of 1 to 60 seconds and a water content of 0.05 to 1.0 wt %, a model obtained by cutting the resin molded product, and a machinable resin-forming material comprising a hard resin component (A) and a non-silicone surfactant (B) are... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070210477 - Net structure and method of making: The present invention concerns an extrusion formed reticulated web, mesh or netting including reticulated hook fasteners for use with hook and loop fasteners the polymer netting comprising two sets of strands at angles to each other. The first set of strands are a plurality of oriented (molecular orientation created by... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070210478 - Method of manufacturing an end cap of a linear guideway: A method of manufacturing an end cap of a linear guideway can keep the finished end cap from constant deformation during storage. The method is to arrange a rib on the intermediate product during the manufacturing process, the rib can be cut away from the intermediate product after stress relief,... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070210479 - Cable manufacturing method: A cable manufacturing method includes feeding bundles of core wires into a wire tensioning apparatus, applying even tension on the fed bundles before extrusion, and extruding the evenly tensioned core wire bundles into a cable with a substantially D-shaped cross-section. Other steps include providing a cable take up spool, and... Agent: Cislo & Thomas, LLP

20070210481 - Lyocell method and device involving the control of the metal ion content: The invention relates to a method and a device for producing Lyocell fibers, which are extruded from a spinning mass containing water, cellulose and tertiary amine oxide. The spinning mass is obtained from cellulose in a number of process steps, wherein a treatment medium is added to the cellulose, cellulose... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070210480 - Method for produicng transparent polypropylene based sheet and transparent polyroylene based sheet: The present invention relates to a transparent polypropylene based sheet and its manufacturing method capable of: providing proper properties as a transparent sheet such as tensile characteristic, impact resistance, rigidity and little generation of whitening when being folded as well as maintaining transparency; preventing generation of a gum-like material in... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20070210482 - High modulus polyamide fibers: A process for preparing high initial modulus and high tensile strength polyamide fibers is described. The process comprises complexing the polyamide with a Lewis acid, dry-jet wet spinning the complexed fibers, drying the spun fibers for a period of time, drawing the fibers, and soaking the fibers in solvent to... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070210483 - Mold made of amorphous fluorine resin and fabrication method thereof: A mold for use in forming a target patterning on a substrate by using a pattern formed at one side of the mold is made of amorphous fluorine resin. The mold is fabricated through a compression molding technique by using a master mold (104) with a pattern structure thereon facing... Agent: Anderson, Kill & Olick, P.C.

20070210485 - Method for manufacturing plugged honeycomb structure and plug filling jig: There is disclosed a method for manufacturing a plugged honeycomb structure capable of manufacturing a plugged honeycomb structure in which the plugging depth is uniform. A method for manufacturing a plugged honeycomb structure, according to the invention, includes disposing a plug filling jig 6 so that it covers the side... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070210484 - Process for making a multilayer part with a flexible local zone designed, for example, to be used as interior fittings for a motor vehicle: A method for making a multilayer part with a flexible local zone, designed for example to be used as interior fitting for a motor vehicle includes a finish layer, a rigid support layer, and at least one flexible block interposed between the finish layer and the support layer. The method... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070210486 - Method and apparatus for blocking the escape of fuel vapors from a fuel tank: A grommet for sealing the wires extending through the wall of a fuel tank is formed by first removing a portion of the covering exposing th4 strands of wires within. A liquid sealing agent is applied to the strands and the strands are compressed to displace the strands. A hardener... Agent: Robert L. Marsh

20070210487 - Thermoshaping machine: A press has a frame including guides extending in a predetermined direction and a pair of tool-halves mounted on the frame and are movable on the guides in the direction toward and away from each other. Two knee-lever linkages symmetrically spacedly flanking each tool half with respect to a center... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20070210488 - Method of making a ball chain: Since all points on a spherical surface are equidistant from the center of its sphere, the occurrence of interference during mold release can be prevented by releasing the half sphere along the normal direction of a plane passing through the center of the sphere. In this invention, the upper and... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070210489 - Method for manufacturing sheet-like gasket: A non-asbestos sheet-like gasket usable at a high temperature, exhibiting only a small decrease in tensile strength and stress relaxation under high temperature conditions is provided. The method for manufacturing the sheet-like gasket comprises a step of obtaining a sheet-forming composition comprising a base fiber other than asbestos, a latex... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070210490 - Low profile textile wire bundler sleeve: A low profile fold protective textile sleeve for bundling elongate members has longitudinally and laterally interlaced monofilament warp and fill yarns. Flat profile monofilaments are employed in the warp direction and round monofilaments in the fill direction. The flat monofilaments are considerably wider than they are thick, and provide the... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070210491 - Method of forming a chemical mechanical polishing pad utilizing laser sintering: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a porous chemical mechanical polishing pad comprising focusing a laser beam from a laser into a sintering nozzle and injecting the fluidized thermoplastic particles into the sintering nozzle via an injection port. The method further provides sintering the thermoplastic particles with the... Agent: Rohm And Haas Electronic Materials Cmp Holdings, Inc.

20070210492 - Retortable blow-molded container and process: Hot fill and retort stable containers can be made by blowmolding parisons made with polyalkylene terephthalate and a sufficient amount of nucleating agent under conditions that include heated molds, directional cooling air on container stress areas from vents formed into a push rod that is extended into the molded container... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070210493 - Method for producing ceramic porous article: There is provided a method for manufacturing a ceramic porous body comprising the steps of: mixing glass frit and silica particles with ceramic particles coming to function as framework particles to give a mixture, forming the mixture into a predetermined shape to obtain a formed body, drying the formed body,... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070205524 - Method and apparatus for separating a stamper from a patterned substrate: A method and apparatus are disclosed for separating a stamper from a patterned substrate. The method includes providing a substrate having a top and a bottom with an opening therein, providing a support mechanism configured to retain the substrate, providing a stamper having a formed pattern and configured to come... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20070205526 - Plastic optical fiber and method for manufacturing the same: A preform (15) having a clad part of PVDF and a core part of PMMA is manufactured. The preform (15) is partially heated in a heating furnace (74) of 240° C. The preform (15) is subject to the melt-drawing process to form a plastic optical fiber (17). The drawing tension... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070205525 - Method for producing structures in optoelectronic components and device for this purpose: A method for producing structures (5) on a multiplicity of optoelectronic components (1), wherein the multiplicity of optoelectronic components (1) are arranged on an auxiliary carrier (10) and the structures (5) are produced by carrying out a movement of a first roller (15) relative to the auxiliary carrier (10) and... Agent: Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP Thomas Langer

20070205527 - Method and apparatus for crystallizing polymer particles: The present invention is a process and apparatus for conserving loss of heat while forming and crystallizing polymer particles in a liquid. The cooling liquid quenches the polymer during particle molding to facilitate shaping. The cooling liquid cools the polymer particles not below a temperature that allows adequate crystallization to... Agent: Honeywell Intellectual Property Inc Patent Services

20070205528 - Photocurable compositions: An optical moulding process is disclosed comprising the sequential steps of: (a)(y) forming a layer of a photocurable composition; and (bXz) irradiating selected areas of the composition in the layer with radiation from a radiation source, thereby curing the composition in said selected areas and repeating the steps a) and... Agent: Robert Holthus Huntsman Advanced Materials Americas Inc

20070205529 - Separation of plastic and elastomers for food and pharmaceutical products: Contaminants in food or pharmaceuticals derived from the handling equipment are detected by known detection devices in product flow by the method of detecting particulate magnetic mineral dispersed in the handling equipment or the film used to wrap the food. The minerals magnetic field is detected and the signal generated... Agent: David A. Guerra International Patent Group, LLC

20070205530 - Apparatus and methods for distributing a balanced air stream to an extrusion die of a meltspinning apparatus: A distribution manifold for transferring a balanced air stream to an extrusion die of a meltspinning apparatus, meltspinning apparatus including the distribution manifold, and methods of operating a meltspinning apparatus. The distribution manifold comprises a body member having a cavity, an inlet coupling the cavity with the air supply, and... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20070205531 - Multi-layered plastic sleeve for a blanket cylinder and a method for producing the multi-layered plastic sleeve: This invention relates to a multi-layered plastic sleeve and a method for producing the multi-layered plastic sleeve for use with a blanket cylinder in an electrophotographic process.... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20070205532 - Functionalized composition of polyhydroxystyrene and polyhydroxystyrene derivatives and associated methods: A pre-polymer composition and methods of making and using the composition are provided. The composition may include a reaction product of polyhydroxystyrene and cyanogen halide, wherein the product includes a plurality of cyanate ester moieties.... Agent: Shawn A. Mcclintic

20070205533 - Method for preparing silicone rubber/fluoroelastomer integrated rubber article: A rubber article is manufactured by heat curing a heat-curable silicone rubber composition filled with untreated fumed silica to form a substrate, applying a primer composition comprising a fluoroalkylene or fluoropolyether compound having at least one alkenyl radical and at least one hydrolyzable silyl radical onto the substrate surface, and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070205534 - Method for manufacturing a vane of ceiling fan: A method for manufacturing a vane of ceiling fan, including steps of: making an upper half and a lower half of the vane by means of injection molding, the upper half and lower half of the vane having symmetrical profiles and respectively having two recessed mating faces for mating with... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070205535 - Method of injection molding an article of footwear with a flashing circuit capsule in the heel thereof: A method of injection molding an article of footwear having a sole and an upper with the sole having a ball section and heel section, the heel section having a circuit capsule encapsulated therein. The circuit capsule is provided with LEDs to generate light beams through the heel of the... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070205536 - Method for stamping an embossment on ribbon: A method for stamping an embossment on ribbon is provided. First, a ribbon is employed as a substrate. Then, at least one layer of plastic-material covers the substrate. A drum emboss calender machine, which has patterns on the roller, is applied to stamp the embossment on the ribbon. Finally, the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070205537 - Mandrel for thermoplastic tubing manufacture and method relating thereto: A mandrel for the extrusion of thermoplastic tubing includes a metal wire, an optional plated barrier material over the wire, and a polymer coating over the wire or barrier material. The polymer coating is preferably a thermoset polyimide resin with embedded PTFE particles. The PTFE particles are preferably concentrated in... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20070205538 - Modified injection takeout tube: A cooling device and method useful for reducing the total injection molding cycle time of an injection molded tube, and more particularly to applying cooling to areas of a preform that are not in direct contact with the water cooled inside surface of a take out tube.... Agent: Venable LLP

20070205539 - Balloon mold design: A catheter balloon molding system designed to facilitate multi-expansion step balloon forming processes using a segmented mold form. A multi-mating segment of the mold form, defining one end portion of the balloon, is retained throughout the multiple steps and the parison is kept in place in the multi-mating segment between... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070205540 - Blow molding machine: The blow molding machine is characterized in that that the preferably two closing units can be reciprocated along a first guide path extending in a direction transverse to a second guide path which extends from a central removal position of the first guide path to the insertion device, the lower... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070205541 - Buck shot blues specially processed denim product and the process methods to make the product: A process and the resulting uniquely configured product called “Buck Shot Blues”. The base product is a fabric such as denim that has been processed and altered to accomplish an appearance that the fabric has been “blasted” by buck shot or small metal pellets. The resultant fabric has a plurality... Agent: Ritchison Law Offices, PC John D. Ritchison