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Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes September class, title,number 09/09

20090236763 - Resin transfer molding to toughen composite beam keys: Method of manufacturing composite wheel beam key by: forming entirely from carbon fiber precursors or from carbon fiber precursors and ceramic materials a fibrous preform blank in a shape of a desired wheel beam key, wherein the fiber volume fraction of the preform blank is at least 50%; carbonizing the... Agent: Honeywell/bskb Patent Services

20090236764 - Sacrificial anodes in concrete patch repair: High performance proprietary cementitious concretes or mortars developed for use as patch repair materials for corrosion damaged concrete often have high resistivities that inhibit the performance of sacrificial anodes located within the patch repair areas. A method of repair is disclosed which comprises removing the corrosion damaged concrete to form... Agent: Gareth Kevin Glass

20090236765 - Three layer composite panel from recycled polyurethanes: A process for the manufacture of a three layer composite panel with improved moisture resistance, minimal thickness swell, thermal stability, and a smooth hard surface suitable for direct lamination. The composite panel is produced utilizing recycled polyurethanes, preferably obtained from vehicle headliners, insulated foam panels, foam insulation, energy absorbent panels,... Agent: Phillips Lytle LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090236766 - Blend of plastics with wood particles: According to the invention blends of wood particles and plant particles and plastic are generated in an extruder thereby that the plastic is converted separately into a liquid melt before the joining takes place.... Agent: Stites & Harbison, PLLC

20090236768 - Fiberglass lawn edging: A system of fiberglass lawn edging materials. The pultruded fiberglass system provides a lawn edging that is durable and easy to install. The fiberglass edging material comes in a long, flat shape that can be rolled up for ease of display and transport. The system includes metal or pultruded fiberglass... Agent: Erickson, Kernell, Derusseau & Kleypas, LLC

20090236767 - Method of feeding molten resin and apparatus for feeding molten resin: An apparatus for feeding a molten resin is operated for extended periods of time maintaining stability without permitting volatile components of the molten resin to adhere on the surfaces of conveyer means. An extruder in the apparatus for feeding the molten resin to the compression-forming machine has an extrusion unit... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090236769 - Injection mold and method for making a housing using the injection mold: An injection mold (100) comprises a first female mold (10), a second female mold (20), a first male mold (30) and a second male mold (40). The first male mold (30) and the second male mold (40) rotate to align with the first female mold (10) and the second female... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090236770 - Method of manufacturing reinforced medical tubing: Methods for manufacturing reinforced tubing suitable for medical device applications are disclosed. An inner layer is molded around a core to define an inner surface adjacent to the core and an outer surface opposite the inner surface. The outer surface includes one or more recessed pathways defined therein. A reinforcement... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing - Intellectual Property

20090236771 - Methods for making components having improved erosion resistance: Methods for making components having improved erosion resistance including providing a component having a surface, applying at least one layer of an erosion system to at least a portion of the surface of the component, each layer of the erosion system containing a support, and a toughened resin applied to... Agent: General Electric Company

20090236772 - Pattern transfer mold and pattern transfer method: A pattern transfer mold is suitable for transferring at least one decorative pattern of a film to at least one workpiece. The pattern transfer mold includes a mold base and a mold core. The mold base has a mold cavity and an air vent associated with the mold cavity. The... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090236773 - Manufacture of inflatable member for bifurcation catheter assembly: A catheter inflatable member forming mold can include first and second frames that mate to define a mold cavity, the mold cavity defining a main cavity portion and a bulge cavity portion, the mold cavity being sized to receive an elongated tube member therein. The mold can also include a... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20090236774 - Melt distribution apparatus for use in a hot runner and a related method for a balancing of melt flow: Disclosed, amongst other things, is a melt distribution apparatus of a hot runner and a related method for balancing melt flow to a plurality of drops. The melt distribution apparatus includes a plurality of chokes with each choke of the plurality of chokes being associated with a corresponding one of... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20090236775 - Copolyamide powder and its preparation, use of copolyamide powder in a shaping process and mouldings produced from this copolyamide powder: A task often encountered in very recent times is the rapid provision of prototypes. Particularly suitable processes are those based on pulverulent materials and in which the desired structures are produced layer-by-layer through selective melting and solidification. The invention provides the constitution, production and use of a copolyamide powder which... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090236776 - process for making a stretch-blow moulded container having an integrally moulded handle: t

20090236777 - Method for manufacturing bicycle crank: A method for making a crank of a bicycle includes preparing a prepreg material and a bladder, heat-pressing the prepreg material and the bladder, cutting the prepreg material and the bladder to form two engaging sections to engage with two connectors, wrapping a carbon-fiber cloth, and heating the prepreg material... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090236778 - Method and system for layerwise production of a tangible object: A method cycle of a method for layerwise production of a tangible object (5) comprises the successive steps of: solidifying a predetermined area of a layer (10) of a liquid (3), said liquid layer adjoining a construction shape (6), so as to obtain a solid layer (14) having a predetermined... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090236779 - Apparatus and method for making a tubular composite barrel: A 360° tool for making a one-piece composite tubular structure, such as a skin of an acoustic liner, is adjustable between a molding position and a non-molding position. The tool includes a base, a fixed segment mounted to the base, first and second doors hingedly connected on either side of... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC Goodrich Corp.

20090230575 - Method for cast molding contact lenses: The invention provide a method for cast-molding hydrogel contact lenses, especially silicone hydrogel contact lenses by using plastic molds of a poly(cycloalkylene-dialkylene terephthalate) copolymer. These plastic molds do not need to be degassed and stored in an oxygen-free atmosphere (e.g., N2 or Ar) before being used for cast-molding silicone hydrogel... Agent: Ciba Vision Corporation Patent Department

20090230578 - Method for production of a band with several parallel optical fibers: In a method for the production of optical bands with several optical fibers, the surface of the optic fibers in said bands is treated such as to increase the optical damping in sections of the optic fibers. The generated damping may be reliably adjusted, whereby during (or after) the processing... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090230579 - Method of fabricating polarizer: A method of fabricating a polarizer is provided. The method includes following steps. First, a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) film is provided. A dyeing process is then performed on the PVA film by using an ultraviolet (UV) light as a dyeing assistant. Next, an iodine dyeing process is performed on the... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090230580 - Systems and techniques for reducing group delay ripple in a dispersion compensating grating: A technique is described for reducing group delay ripple in a fiber dispersion compensation grating. The grating is mounted into a trimming setup that includes a trimming device and a scanning assembly for causing a region of the grating to be scanned along its length by the trimming device output.... Agent: Jacobs & Kim LLP

20090230576 - Method for manufacturing optical film: A method for manufacturing an optical film comprising the steps of: 1) casting a dope (a solution), prepared by dissolving thermoplastic resin film raw materials in a solvent, from a casting die onto an at least 1.8 m wide belt support, and 2) drying a cast web (a cast film)... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090230577 - Method of producing indented sheet: The present invention provides a sheet-shaped object on which surface a regular, fine indented pattern is formed, without a decrease in accuracy of the formed pattern structure or defects caused by peeling faults. The present invention also provides a method of producing an indented sheet on which indents on an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090230581 - Optical element molding die, and optical element manufacturing method: It is to provide an optical element, an optical element molding die, and an optical element manufacturing method, which can easily but surely suppress generation of transcription failure of a resin material and also enables to manufacture an optical element with an excellent optical performance at a low cost while... Agent: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges, LLP Koda/androlia

20090230582 - Densification of carbon fiber preforms with pitches for aircraft brakes: Low cost isotropic and/or mesophase pitch is used to densify carbon fiber preforms by VPI and/or RTM equipment in place of CVI/CVD processing, for reduced manufacturing cycle times and costs and reduced need for expensive densification equipment. The process includes: heat treating a carbon fiber preform; infiltrating the preform with... Agent: Honeywell/bskb Patent Services

20090230583 - Apparatus for crimping chemical-fibre filaments and control methods thereof: Crimping machine for chemical-fibre filaments with crimping chamber having an oscillating upper plate loaded with a closure force for imparting a pressure on the tow which passes through the crimping chamber, wherein the plates of the crimping chamber are mounted on respective supports through two or more linear guides provided... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090230584 - Method for extruding foam plastic frame members: Elongated frame members are provided having rigid framed plastic cores with smooth hard outer skins and separately coextruded plastic coatings covering separately selected areas of the skin. The members may also be hollow. The invention further involves the method and tooling for making same.... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090230585 - Methods of making a mixture for a ptfe membrane with metal oxides, and compositions related thereto: Method for making a mixture used in the production of a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membrane including metal oxide(s). The mixture includes PTFE resin, a lubricating agent, and a metal oxide. The mixture may be further processed to form a PTFE membrane.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20090230586 - Procedure for producing insulating building units from plastic and/or rubber waste containing metal: The characteristic feature of the invention is that steel radial tyres used as rubber waste containing metal is used, before grinding the used tyres are cut up into pieces of a maximum size of 10-30 cm, and they are ground only after being cut up previously, and after grinding the... Agent: Joseph G Seeber

20090230587 - Cross-linked thermoplastic polyurethane/polyurea and method of making same: A process for forming a cross-linked thermoplastic polymer is disclosed herein. The cross-linked thermoplastic polymer is formed by heating a first mixture containing a thermoplastic urethane base material, a monomeric diisocyanate comprising between 1 to 10% of the total weight of the first mixture, and a second mixture of a... Agent: Callaway Golf C0mpany

20090230588 - Transfer molding apparatus and transfer molding method: The revolution angle of film feeding rollers are controlled so that a transfer film is moved in the feeding direction thereof by a feeding amount being set slightly larger than the interval between adjacent longitudinal direction positioning marks and then stopped before transfer molding is carried out by a transfer... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090230589 - Thermoformed component with integral attachment structure and method: A thermoforming process capable of coining and flowing material is provided, such as for making a thermoformed energy absorber for self-attachment to a vehicle bumper beam. The energy absorber includes a thermoplastic sheet with first thickness shaped by a thermoforming process to include a base and lobes configured to absorb... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20090230590 - Injection mold and method for making a housing using the injection mold: An injection mold (10) comprises a female mold (20), a male mold (40) matching with the female mold (20), and a cutting portion (48) is positioned on either the female mold (20) or the male mold (40) positioning, a receiving slot (28) is defined in another said mold for accommodating... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090230591 - Installation for the manufacture of ceramic products: An installation (100) for the manufacture of ceramic products comprises a mold (1) divided into at least two parts (2, 3) forming an internal cavity (C) where the ceramic product is formed, and mobile towards and away from each other, under the action of respective drive means (4) acting in... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090230592 - Laser-perforated skin substitute: The Temporary Skin Substitute of this invention consists of three components: The top component is a thin (approximately 0.001″ thick) silicone elastomer in which laser holes have been drilled; physically attached to the silicone elastomer is a fine knitted nylon fabric (12/1, 15/1 denier); incorporated into the silicone/nylon structure are... Agent: Steven W. Webb

20090230593 - Method for forming dynamic pressure generating grooves: An ultrasonic generating device 20 is connected to an injection mold 10. The dynamic pressure generating grooves are molded by means of radial dynamic pressure generating groove forming parts 16 and a thrust dynamic pressure generating groove forming part 17 provided in the injection mold 10, with ultrasonic vibration generated... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090230594 - Imprint method and mold: An imprint method of, in a state in which an indented surface of a mold comes in contact with a to-be-transferred surface of a to-be-transferred object, irradiating with electromagnetic waves to soften the to-be-transferred surface, and transferring an indented shape of the indented surface to the to-be-transferred surface, includes a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090230595 - Stretch/shrink layered film and process for producing the same: A stretch shrink layered film, which is a layered film constituted by at least three layers, both surface layers having as principal constituent an (A) constituent, which is an ethylene series polymer, the middle layer having as principal constituent a (B) constituent, which is an ionomer series resin composition, and,... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090230596 - Method of manufacturing multi-layered ceramic substrate: An un-sintered multi-layered body includes a first ceramic layer having a surface, a conductor provided on the surface of the first ceramic layer, an insulator provided on the surface of the first ceramic layer and covering an end of the conductor, and a second ceramic layer provided on the conductor... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090224415 - Method of the manufacture of an implantable intraocular planar/convex, biconvex, planar/convex or convex/concave lens, an open mold used for the execution of this method, and a lens made using this method: The invention is related to a method of the manufacture of an implantable lens from a liquid polymer precursor in an open mold, during which the liquid polymer precursor in metered into the open mold in a such measured amount, that comes into contact with a functional shaping inner surface... Agent: Notaro & Michalos P.C.

20090224416 - Method of producing a diffraction grating element: An optical diffraction grating (10) is produced by providing a mold (50) having a plurality of inclined grooves (58), which have a small clearance angle (γ). The mold (50) is covered by a curable material (M1). Said material is subsequently cured, i.e. hardened, and separated from the mold (50) to... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090224417 - Heated mold tooling: A method for varying a radius of an optical quality surface of a casting mold formed in a tooling cavity, the tooling cavity at least partially defined by an optical tool having an optical quality surface of a given radius, includes imparting a compressive stress within the optical quality surface... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20090224418 - Method and device for the production of polyethylene terephthalate preforms: The invention relates to a method and device for the production of polyethylene terephthalate preforms. The inventive device comprises: a feed hopper (3) for polymer granules arriving from a dryer; means (1, 2) for heating, moving and pressurising the polymer, such as a heated screw conveyor; and polymer-shaping means. According... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property

20090224419 - Apparatus and methods for portioning and dispensing a frozen product: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for portioning and dispensing a frozen product. The apparatus may comprise a storage container for the frozen product and, in some embodiments, multiple storage containers for storing a plurality of different frozen products. A portion of the frozen product in the storage container may be... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20090224420 - Apparatus and process for preparing superior carbon fiber: A process for preparing superior carbon fiber including a step of rapid imbibation of densification activator from an aqueous bath; and product prepared therefrom.... Agent: Felix J. D'ambrosio 4th Fl.

20090224421 - Process for forming multi-layer molded articles: The invention relates to a rotomolding process for forming a multi-layer article of two different polymers with different melting points in which an outer layer polymer powder is added to a rotational molder along with an inner layer polymer powder that is separated from the outer layer powder by a... Agent: Arkema Inc. Patent Department - 26th Floor

20090224422 - Methods of fabricating a composite carbon nanotube thermal interface device: Embodiments of a composite carbon nanotube structure comprising a number of carbon nanotubes disposed in a matrix comprised of a metal or a metal oxide. The composite carbon nanotube structures may be used as a thermal interface device in a packaged integrated circuit device.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20090224423 - Elastomeric portable electrical outlet box: A portable junction or outlet box is provided having an elastomeric outer layer to provide impact resistance and abrasion resistance to the electrical box. The outer layer encloses the outer surface of a rigid electrical box and overlies the side walls and end walls of the electrical box. The corners... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20090224424 - Rotational molding method: A plurality of molded parts are rotationally molded by providing a common mold with plurality of molding chambers, each arranged for forming a respective one of the molded parts therein. The molding chambers are joined with one another by vent gates communicating gases between the molding chambers such that some... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20090224425 - Apparatus and method for forming retaining wall blocks with variable depth flanges: A mold assembly including a plurality of mold components configured to form a mold cavity having a desired shape, at least one of the mold components having a notch configured to form a set-back flange in a masonry block formed in the mold cavity, the notch having a depth. The... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20090224427 - Press and method for forming a composite article: A press includes a pressure chamber filled with a substantially incompressible medium that at least partially encloses an elastomeric vessel filled with a substantially incompressible fluid that is in fluid communication with a pressurized source of the same fluid. Method and systems employing the press are also disclosed.... Agent: Patrick M Dwyer PC

20090224426 - Rapid cycling press for forming a composite article: A press includes a pressure chamber filled with a substantially incompressible medium that at least partially encloses an elastomeric vessel filled with a substantially incompressible fluid that is in fluid communication with a pressurized source of the same fluid. Method and systems employing the press are also disclosed.... Agent: Patrick M Dwyer PC

20090224428 - Solid state deformation processing of crosslinked high molecular weight polymeric materials: Solid-state deformation processing of crosslinked high molecular weight polymers such as UHMWPE, for example by extrusion below the melt transition, produces materials with a desirable combination of physical and chemical properties. Crosslinked bulk materials are heated to a compression deformable temperature, and pressure is applied to change a transverse dimension... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090224431 - Transferring materials to polymer surfaces: A method of providing at least one heat sensitive material on at least part of a surface of a polymer article formed from a heated polymer whose temperature is sufficient to adversely affect the at least one heat sensitive material, wherein an at least partly textured shaping surface is provided.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090224429 - 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: Dr. Banger Shia

20090224430 - Mold degater: A mold assembly and method of operation utilizes a degater for separating plastic in runners and gates from a desired completed part prior to curing of the plastic material to provide desirable cut on completed part. Cutting edges of the degater are disposed proximate to the gates to trim excess... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090224432 - Method of forming split originating point on object to be split, method of splitting object to be split, and method of processing object to be processed by pulse laser beam: Provided is a method of forming an originating point suitable for splitting a split object by irradiating a laser beam to the split object. With respect to a location for which splitting of the split object M is intended, a laser beam not having strong energy at which a scribe... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090224433 - Resin molding process and resin molding apparatus: A resin forming method and a resin forming apparatus for obtaining a resin formed product, by filling a cavity of a rubber-made mold with a thermoplastic resin, and cooling the thermoplastic resin. When filling the cavity with the thermoplastic resin, an electromagnetic wave generator is used, and electromagnetic waves having... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090224434 - Preparation of dense nanostructured functional oxide materials with fine crystallite size by field activation sintering: A method for preparing highly dense functional oxides with crystallite size in the range of 10-20 nm. Using a high pressure modification of a the Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) technique, rapid thermal cycles (<10 min) coupled with very rapid pressure increase up to 1 GPa can be obtained allowing high... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090224435 - Method for making carbon nanotubes with embedded nanoparticles: The invention concerns methods for producing carbon nanotubes with embedded nanoparticles comprising providing a template comprising an anodized aluminum oxide membrane with a pore diameter of 20-200 nm; contacting the template with a solution containing nanoparticles; exposing the template and solution containing nanoparticles to sonication; removing the template from the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20090224436 - Imprint method and template for imprinting: An imprint method, in which pattern forming is performed by having a light curable material applied on a sample face of a substrate being a processing target hardened by being exposed to light in a state where the light curable material and a pattern formed surface of a template contact... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090224437 - Electrostatic spray apparatus and method of electrostatic spray: An electrostatic spray apparatus configured such that multiple spinning units, each having multiple nozzles arranged two-dimensionally to electrostatically spray a polymer solution and a first collector disposed so as to be opposed to the multiple nozzles via an insulating sheet, are installed on collecting sections for holding a moving collecting... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090224438 - Rapid prototyping method and radiation-curable composition for use therein: The invention relates to a method for producing three-dimensional objects, comprising producing a three-dimensional structure by sequential selective curing of layers of a composition curable with visible and/or ultraviolet light into a solid polymeric material by sequential exposure of the individual layers to UV and/or visible light, whereafter a three-dimensional... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20090224439 - Injection molding apparatus and methods for making plastic preforms: A method of making plastic preforms may include molding one or more preforms in an injection molding apparatus, moving the preforms into cooling tubes while the preforms are in a deformable state, and while the preforms are being cooled in the cooling tubes to a temperature at which deformation of... Agent: Rissman Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20090224440 - Method and device for the extrusion of tubular films: m

20090224441 - Supporting ceramic articles during firing: An adjustable mold is used to mold material to form a first support. A first ceramic article is supported by the first support during firing. The adjustable mold may be adjusted and used to mold material to form a second support having a second configuration. The second support is used... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20090224442 - Method of manufacturing translucent ceramic and orthodontic member: A method of manufacturing a translucent ceramic is provided. The method comprises: mixing a raw powder and an organic binder and kneading them to obtain a compound, the raw powder containing an aluminum oxide powder and a magnesium oxide powder, and the organic binder containing a first organic component and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090218705 - Methods and systems for processing silicone hydrogel ophthalmic lenses for improved lens transfer: This invention includes methods and systems for processing silicone hydrogel ophthalmic lenses using aqueous solutions which contain dimethyl siloxane as as processing aids to facilitate lens transfer.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20090218706 - Method of manufacturing photonic bandgap fibre: A method of manufacturing a photonic bandgap fibre comprises preparing composite rods having a central region of a first refractive index, and a surrounding region of a second refractive index. There follow steps of: selectively removing the surface of the composite rods to produce composite rods having a part with... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090218707 - Method for making pen/pmma multilayer optical films: Methods and apparatuses are provided for the manufacture of coextruded polymeric multilayer optical films. The multilayer optical films have an ordered arrangement of layers of two or more materials having particular layer thicknesses and a prescribed layer thickness gradient throughout the multilayer optical stack. The methods and apparatuses described allow... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090218708 - Process for preparing concentrated aqueous micellar solutions: The present invention provides a method for preparing supersaturated aqueous solutions of micelles of compounds in which the solubility in water is less than the critical micelle concentration. The solutions can be process to prepare solid micelles which have advantageous properties for drug delivery.... Agent: Roche Palo Alto LLC Patent Law Dept. M/s A2-250

20090218709 - Moulding method and apparatus: A method and apparatus are provided for moulding an article by feeding molten plastics material into a metering cavity (16), feeding a predetermined quantity of the material from the metering cavity into a mould cavity via a transition passage (26) adjacent the mould cavity and urging the molten plastics material... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090218710 - Injection molding machine and method of controlling the same: An injection molding machine 1 includes mode selection means 8 that can selectively switch between a first control mode M1 and a second control mode M2. In the first control mode M1, control is performed by a first control system Cf in which a screw speed is controlled by feedback... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090218711 - Method of increasing ceramic paste stiffening/gelation temperature by using a salt and precursor batch: The present invention provides a ceramic precursor batch composition comprising inorganic ceramic-forming ingredients, a binder, an aqueous solvent and a chaotropic agent. The presence of the chaotropic agent provides a composition with a lower viscosity and/or a greater batch stiffening temperature allowing for increased extrusion feedrates. Methods for producing a... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090218712 - Method of forming a ladder: A method for forming a ladder including: forming first and second expandable members used in constructing the ladder, the forming of each of the first and second expandable members which includes; expanding a covering to define a cavity; expanding foam in the cavity in an expansion direction to expand the... Agent: Thomas Spinelli, Esq.

20090218714 - Apparatus: The invention relates to apparatus for filling a cavity during production of a pharmaceutical dosage form. The apparatus comprises a cavity open at an upper surface and closed at a lower surface. The lower surface is defined by an initial layer of powder. A powder source and a fluid pump... Agent: Novartis Corporate Intellectual Property

20090218716 - Method and apparatus for forming hollow moldings having thin film on inner surface: The method employs a stationary mold having depositing recesses equipped in its inside with a deposition element such as a target electrode, and movable molds made slidable. A primary molding is performed to form a body portion and a cover member to have joint portions around their opening. The body... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090218715 - Method of making a dunnage platform: A dunnage platform is in the general shape of a rectangular slab with legs extending form one side. The dunnage platform is made from an expanded polystyrene core. A chemical combination process is used to chemically combine portion of the core proximal to its surface with high impact polystyrene. In... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20090218713 - Vacuum heat-set of net shape latex vacuum bags: A net shaped latex vacuum bag as used in the fabrication of composite structural parts having complex shapes. Liquid latex is first allowed to air dry in the form of a thin flat, flexible sheet. The latex sheet is then vacuum formed over a tool having the complex shape of... Agent: RozenblatIPLLC And The Boeing Company

20090218717 - Building component of recycled material and method for manufacturing such a building component: A building component having a core of recycled material is manufactured according to a method having the following steps: cutting small waste; mixing the small waste particles with a resin; supplying the mixture of small waste particles and resin to a sleeve of set plate material, wherein a hardening agent... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP Bank Of America Plaza

20090218718 - Manufacturing method for a mold: According to an aspect of an embodiment, a manufacturing method for a mold includes a step of forming a protection film having fluidity on a front surface of a base material on which concave/convex patterns are partitioned, and a step of punching a mold from the base material by causing... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090218719 - Rotary process for forming uniform material: A thin, uniform membrane comprising polymeric fibrils or a combination of fibrils and particles, wherein the fibrils have randomly convoluted cross-sections, and a process for making the membrane are disclosed. The membrane may be on the surface of a substrate as part of a composite sheet, or as a stand-alone... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090218720 - Method and apparatus for extruding cementitious articles: A method and apparatus (20) for extruding fibre cement. The extruder comprises a casing (30) with a pair of inter-meshing self-wiping screws (40) rotatably mounted therein. The screws continuously mix and or knead the components of the fibre cement provided through various feed means (61, 62) to form a substantially... Agent: Gardere / Jhif Gardere Wynne Sewell, LLP

20090218721 - Casting device, solution casting apparatus, and casting method: A casting drum is rotated around a shaft. A peripheral surface of the casting drum moves in an X direction. A dope is discharged through a casting die onto the peripheral surface such that a casting bead is formed so as to extend from a discharge port of the casting... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090218722 - Casting device, and solution casting method and apparatus: A casting drum is rotated around a shaft. A peripheral surface of the casting drum moves in an X direction. A dope is discharged through a casting die onto the peripheral surface. A casting bead is formed so as to extend from a discharge port of the casting die to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090218723 - Automated prototyping of a composite airframe: A high quality finished prototype fuselage structure of an aircraft is manufactured using a cured female tool and an automated composite layup machine, and then touched up by hand to meet a tolerance or other specification. The female tool is preferably made from a male mold, by depositing layers of... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20090218724 - Method for producing a sandwich construction, in particular a sandwich construction for the aeronautical and aerospace fields: The present invention provides a method of producing a construction, in particular a sandwich construction for the aeronautical and aerospace fields, comprising the following steps. A heating material is initially applied on one side of a core construction material. In a further step a reinforcing element is introduced into the... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090218725 - Injection molded paneled mobile device enclosure: Systems, devices and/or methods that facilitate thinner form factors and/or more robust mobile device enclosures by injection molding mobile device enclosures with panels are presented. These panels can include display panels, window panels and touch sensitive panels. Further, panels can be insert molded. Additionally, select panels can be contemporaneously molded... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20090218726 - Device and method for producing multicomponent plastic parts: A device for producing a plastic part that has a plurality of components includes a closing unit for receiving at least one mold in which a thermoplastic molded body can be shaped or positioned, and at least one polyurethane unit for introducing a polyurethane material into a larger cavity comprising... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20090218727 - Cast composite sail and method: A method of casting a sail comprising supplying a carrier film, supporting the carrier film along a support mechanism, forming a sail form with the support mechanism, pulling the carrier film across the support mechanism, forming a first coating, wiping the resin to control resin amount for forming the first... Agent: Lewis And Roca LLP

20090218728 - Peel-away introducer and method for making the same: A device and method of making a peel-away introducer sheath adapted for use in transcutaneous insertions of medical instrumentation according to an embodiment of the present invention includes, forming at least two anchor apertures in an end portion of a peel-away sheath tube, molding a fitting around the end portion... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090218729 - Method and apparatus to form a spherical end of an elongated cylindrical tube: A method for shaping a plurality of tampon applicators includes the steps of heating a forming element forming surface; applying a portion of a first tampon applicator to the forming surface; shaping the portion of the first tampon applicator; cooling the forming surface; and removing the portion of the first... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20090218730 - Acrylon plastics inc.: A rotational mold comprises a main portion for forming a hollow body and an inlet tube portion for forming an inlet tube on the hollow body. The inlet tube portion comprises a grooved collar and an annular end wall at one end of the collar for forming external threads about... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20090218731 - Shaped body and method for production of said body: Water-dispersible or water-soluble polymers, particularly those of the family of compounds comprising the poloxamers or the polyesters or amphiphilic agents (emulsifiers), and also lipophilic materials are dispersed by melting the components at suitable temperatures with admixture of pharmaceutically active substances by mechanical procedures, i.e. a lipophilic disperse phase is distributed... Agent: Clark & Brody

20090218732 - System and method for edge heating of stretch film: The present invention relates to a method and system for edge treatment of a film in which one or both edges of the film is heated to a temperature above a softening point of a DSC onset temperature. In one embodiment, the edges of film are heated to a temperature... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.A.

20090218733 - Liquid or hydraulic blow molding: An apparatus and method for simultaneously forming and filling a plastic container is provided. A mold cavity defines an internal surface and is adapted to accept a preform. A pressure source includes an inlet and a piston-like device. The piston-like device is moveable in a first direction wherein liquid is... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090218734 - Tool, arrangement, and method for manufacturing a component, component: This application describes a tool, an arrangement, and a method of manufacturing a component. The manufacturing of the component is achieved by a resin transfer from a storage chamber via a transfer line into a working chamber. Before the resin transfer, taking place, for example by a compressed air charging... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090218735 - Method of synthesis of ceramics: The present invention relates to producing ceramic targets, which serves as a material source for magnetron, electron-beam, ion-beam and other film applying methods in micro-, opto-, nano-electronics. The aim of the proposed invention is to reduce the doping level of ceramics by non-controllable impurities, to increase a ceramic density and... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.