Stock material or miscellaneous articles inventions 02/06

20060040069 - Aligned lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal films: An aligned film comprises a dried mixture of a lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal material and a dopant selected from the group consisting of dyes having a molecular weight within one order of magnitude of the liquid crystal material and block co-polymers. An example of an aligned film may be transparent...

20060040068 - Method of manufacturing a cholesteric layer: The invention pertains to a method of manufacturing a layer of a cholesterically ordered polymer material, in which the material is oriented in such a way that the axis of the molecular helix of the cholesterically ordered material extends transversely to the layer, wherein the method comprises the steps: a)...

20060040070 - Optical compensating sheet, production method thereof optical film, and polarizing plate and liquied crystal display device using the same: The present invention provides a method for producing an optical compensating sheet, comprising a step of simultaneously coating at least two coating solutions on a transparent support, wherein at least one of the coating solutions simultaneously coated in that step contains a liquid crystalline compound and another coating solution contains...

20060040071 - Liquid crystalline di(meth)acrylate compound, phase difference film, optical film, polarizing plate, liquid crystal panel and liquid crystal display device: wherein, in the formula (I), X represents any one of Br, a halogen atom other than Br, —SMe and —SPh, R1 and R2 represent each independently a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R3 and R4 represent each independently an alkylene group of a carbon number of 2 to 12,...

20060040072 - Car antenna ornament: The car antenna ornament is a figurine for placement on a car antenna. The ornament has an elongated main body and a plurality of appendages extending from the elongated body. At least one appendage has at least one section and is rotatably connected to the main body by a joint....

20060040073 - Artificial turf system and method: An artificial turf system closely resembling natural grass in both appearance and physical characteristics, which can be removed and re-installed in a relatively short period of time and can be manufactured to suit the particular requirements of any activity, including a variety of sports or other events which would normally...

20060040074 - Ink jet ink and recording material: The present invention relates to an ink jet ink, an ink jet recording material or an ink jet system comprising at least one sterically hindered N-hydroxylamine strong acid salt, for example 1-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-hydroxypiperidinium chloride or bis(1-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-4-yl) sebacate dihydrochloride; or comprising at least one dialkyl N-hydroxylamine salt, for example chloride, bisulfate, sulfate,...

20060040075 - Polymer composition having elastomeric features: Polymer compositions having elastomeric features, such as an extended elastic domain, are provided. The polymer compositions of the invention comprise a polyolefin, an ethylene acid copolymer and an ethylene methyl acrylate copolymer, and are useful in packaging materials, such as pallet stretch hoods....

20060040076 - Formable film for cold-form, blister-type pharmaceutical packaging: Cold-formable film composite structures useful for pharmaceutical blister packaging may be constructed from a first polyester surface layer that has a low extractables level, an aluminum layer adhered to the first surface layer, and an additional layer adhered to the aluminum layer. A second surface layer may be adhered to...

20060040077 - Method for forming a reinforcement for a resilient wheel and a reinforcement for a resilient wheel: A process for forming a reinforcement for a resilient, structurally supported wheel includes the steps of placing a supporting member, such as a stay, on a cylindrically shaped mandrel, winding a reinforcing wire on the mandrel over the supporting member while heating the wire to embed the wire in the...

20060040078 - Decorative tape: One aspect of the present invention concerns an ornamental tape configuration applied to a glass surface. The ornamental tape configuration includes first, second and third decorative tape strips applied to a glass surface. The second decorative tape strip is applied to the glass surface in a spaced apart relationship to...

20060040079 - Method of die coating with a die coater: The invention provides an inexpensive improved die-coating method for the preparation of a high-quality pellicle membrane used for dust-proof protection of a photomask in the photolithographic patterning works in respect of greatly decreased deposition of foreign matter particles and increased uniformity of the film. The improvement is accomplished by a...

20060040080 - Adhesive roll cleaner: An adhesive roll cleaner 1 comprises a core tube and a plurality of adhesive tapes 3 having an adhesive portion A on one side thereof helically wound around the core tube in a layered configuration with the adhesive portion A out. Each of the adhesive tapes 3 is wound with...

20060040081 - Apparatus, system, and method for personalizing a portable electronic device: An apparatus, system, and method for decorating a mobile telephone or other personal electronic device uses a decorative label placed within one or more transparent and removable cover portions of the personal electronic device. The invention uses a printable sheet having a backing layer, adhesive layer, and printable face layer....

20060040082 - Disposable body warmer and method of producing the same: An exothermic composition powder is sealed in a bag body of synthetic resin film having a top sheet pierced to form a number of vent holes, and the inside of the top sheet is provided with a leakage preventive sheet for preventing leakage of the exothermic composition powder through the...

20060040083 - Wire label with carrier: A label assembly comprised of a carrier strip and a plurality of labels. The carrier strip comprises at least a first backing layer and a layer of adhesive material located over said first backing layer. A second backing layer may be located over said adhesive layer. Predetermined areas are removed...

20060040084 - Wire label with carrier: A label assembly comprised of a carrier strip and a plurality of labels. The carrier strip comprises at least a first backing layer and a layer of adhesive material located over said first backing layer. A second backing layer may be located over said adhesive layer. Predetermined areas are removed...

20060040085 - Adhesive segment applicator method and apparatus and roll of adhesive segments for use therewith: An automated system and method for applying thermoplastic adhesives to work pieces from a roll of adhesive segments applied to an adhesive segment-laden carrier release tape. The adhesive segment is applied from the adhesive segment-laden carrier release tape onto a work piece by the use of an automatically actuated applicator...

20060040087 - Method and apparatus for a compact disc with luminescent label: A method and apparatus for a compact disc having a luminescent label comprises a compact disc having an annular magnetic surface on a top side thereof, a layer of an opaque adhesive-backed luminescent polyester film coextensive with the magnetic surface directly on top of the magnetic surface, the polyester film...

20060040086 - Semiconductor workpiece: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for use in processing semiconductor workpieces. The new apparatus and method allows for the production of thinner workpieces that at the same time remain strong. Particularly, a chuck is provided that includes a body, a retainer removeably attached to the body and...

20060040088 - Information reproduction method and information recording medium: Disclosed are an information reproduction method and an information recording medium that allow reproducing information below a diffraction limit. A recording layer formed with recording marks consisting of a nucleation inducer and a reading layer are provided. When a reading beam is irradiated, a predetermined area of the reading layer...

20060040089 - Rotationally determinate, positionally ambiguous striped carpet tiles: A carpet web and a method of forming a carpet web having a striped pattern and color scheme that permits carpet tiles cut from the web to be installed without regard to relative tile positions and without visibly disrupting the pattern, but rather maintaining the appearance of a broadloom web....

20060040090 - High luster fiber materials, methods of manufacture and uses thereof: A plied carpet fiber material is disclosed herein that includes at least one nontextured fiber component plied with at least one additional fiber component to form the plied carpet fiber material, wherein each nontextured fiber component comprises a luster component. Plied carpet fiber materials are also disclosed herein that include:...

20060040091 - Breathable low-emissivity metalized sheets: A moisture vapor permeable metalized composite sheet is formed by coating a moisture vapor permeable sheet-with at least one metal layer and at least one outer organic coating layer. The moisture vapor permeability of the composite sheet is at least about 80% of the moisture vapor permeability of the starting...

20060040092 - Label for covering gas exchange openings: The top label is equipped with an inscription in the form of a barcode and a model number. A recess, which continues in two channels also implemented in the bottom label, is provided in the bottom label where the gas exchange opening is located when the label is used as...

20060040093 - Image-recording process and image-recording apparatus: It is an object of the present invention to provide an image-recording process and an image-recording apparatus, even at high density image and high speed image output, capable of suppressing the occurrence of curl in the final image sheet, and controlling and giving the desired direction and size of the...

20060040094 - Electronic parts board and method of producing the same: An electronic component substrate 1-1 includes an insulating base 10 and a flexible circuit board 20 mounted on the insulating base 10. The flexible circuit board 20 is a synthetic resin film provided thereon with terminal patterns 29 and a conductor pattern 25 whose surface is slidingly contacted with a...

20060040095 - Identifiable flexible printed circuit board and method of fabricating the same: The invention discloses an identifiable flexible printed circuit board (PCB) and a method of fabricating the same. The identifiable flexible PCB includes a flexible substrate, a conductive layer, and a printing ink layer. First, the conductive layer is formed over a surface of the flexible substrate. Second, the printing ink...

20060040096 - Constrained layer, composite, acoustic damping material: A constrained layer, composite structure for damping acoustic vibrations includes an extensional layer comprised of a first polymeric material, and a constraining layer of a second polymeric material. The modulus of elasticity of the constraining layer is greater than that of the extensional layer. In use, the structure is disposed...

20060040097 - Cryogenic bearings: The bearing system includes a first component having a first substrate and a first coating. The first coating includes a DLC layer and a DLN layer between the DLC layer and the substrate. A second component is in sliding engagement with the first component....

20060040098 - Amphipathic proteinaceous coating on nanoporous polymer: The present invention relates to the formation of amphipathic proteinaceous coatings on nanoporous polymers....

20060040099 - Sound-absorbing and soundproofing panel: A soundproofing and sound-absorbing panel consisting of two different layers: a first layer of plastic foam, and a second layer of material chosen from textile fibre mat, 100% PES, polyethylene foam, and similar. Said panel features excellent properties, specifically: the weight being equal, the panel dampens noise significantly better than...

20060040100 - Biaxially oriented multi-layer polypropylene film and the use thereof: A biaxially oriented multi-layer polypropylene film includes a biaxially oriented film base material layer obtainable from a propylene polymer composition, which comprises 70-95% by weight of a propylene polymer (A), 3-15% by weight of a calcium carbonate (B) having an average particle diameter of from 1 to 5 μm, which...

20060040101 - Stretch polyester/cotton spun yarn: The invention provides a bicomponent polyester staple fiber and a spun yarn comprising cotton and a bicomponent polyester staple. The fiber of the invention exhibits unexpectedly good crimp and cardability properties, and the yarn has unusually high stretch characteristics and excellent uniformity....

20060040102 - Nano-talc with hydrophobic coating: In one embodiment the invention is a hydrophobic nano-talc composition that is the reaction product of nano-talc with an ammonium, pyridinium or phosponium salt. The composition is characterized by a carbon content of about 5 to about 25 wt %. The compositions are useful in preparing nano-talc/polymer composites. In another...

20060040103 - Post-deposition encapsulation of nanostructures: compositions, devices and systems incorporating same: Ligand compositions for use in preparing discrete coated nanostructures are provided, as well as the coated nanostructures themselves and devices incorporating same. Methods for post-deposition shell formation on a nanostructure and for reversibly modifying nanostructures are also provided. The ligands and coated nanostructures of the present invention are particularly useful...

20060040105 - Carbon film coated member: The present invention provides a carbon film coated member comprising: a base material; and a coated film formed on at least part of a surface of the base material, the coated film comprising: a matrix composed of amorphous carbon; and at least one of metal and metal carbide contained in...

20060040104 - Heat spreader: A heat spreader for an electronic device has a layer of CVD diamond, which is continuous and without uncontrolled pits or holes, grown onto a diamond loaded material. The diamond loaded material includes a mass of diamond particles in a matrix and has a surface with exposed diamond particles on...

20060040107 - Fridge mats: A new way of using plastic material to maintain cleanliness of the refrigerator shelf....

20060040106 - Optical laminate film and method for producing same: wherein retardation Re is represented by the formula [|nx−ny|×D] where D represents thickness (μm) of the laminated film, nz represents a refractive index in the thickness direction, and nx and ny each represent a refractive index, respectively in two directions orthogonal to each other and both of which are perpendicular...

20060040108 - Uv-absorbing coatings and methods of making the same: Methods of forming UV-absorbent transparent coatings and transparent substrates coated with the same allow for a relatively lower temperature cross-linkage reaction between a UV-absorbent compound and an epoxy-alkoxysilane. More specifically, UV-absorbent coatings on transparent substrates are formed by prepolymerizing a mixture consisting essentially of a benzophenone, an epoxy alkoxysilane and...

20060040109 - Thin film sol-gel derived glass: Thermally-assisted organometallic sol-gel derived glasses have been found to permit fabrication of thin films sufficiently thin for telecom components. Inclusion of a photosensitizer in the film permits light of controlled intensity to modify refractive indices in the film to form useful structures....

20060040110 - Method of modifying porous film, modified porous film and use of same: The present invention relates to a method for modifying a porous film mainly having Si—O bonds wherein a thermal treatment is conducted without using a metal catalyst by bringing an organic silicon compound into contact with the porous film. The organic silicon compound includes one or more Si—X—Si bond unit...

20060040111 - Process chamber and system for thinning a semiconductor workpiece: The present invention provides a system and method for processing batches of semiconductor wafers or workpieces. The system includes placing a batch of workpieces in a carrier that is loaded into a rotor assembly in a process chamber. The process chamber has a two spray manifolds with a dual inlet...

20060040113 - Cationically curable silicone compositions based on colloidal silica and anti-mist/anti-fouling hard coatings formed therefrom: the radicals Z1, which may be identical or different when the number of units of formula (I) is greater than 1, are each an organic substituent comprising at least one epoxy and/or alkenyl ether and/or oxetane and/or dioxolane and/or carbonate reactive functional group; and a total number of silicon atoms...

20060040115 - Film: A film formed by chemical vapor deposition of a diamantane or adamantane compound having a particular substituent or a composition containing the compound....

20060040114 - Silicone rubber composition containing mineral fibers: The invention relates to silicone rubber compositions which contain inorganic filler which is selected from metal oxides and silicon oxides and silicon-metal mixed oxides, and milled mineral fibers....

20060040112 - Thermal interconnect and interface systems, methods of production and uses thereof: Layered thermal components described herein include at least one thermal interface component and at least one heat spreader component coupled to the thermal interface component. A method of forming layered thermal components disclosed herein comprises: a) providing at least one thermal interface component; b) providing at least one heat spreader...

20060040116 - Two-part curable silicone composition: Provided is a two-part curable silicone composition including: (A) 100 parts by mass of an organopolysiloxane containing at least two alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing at least two SiH groups, in sufficient quantity to provide from 0.5 to 5.0 mols of SiH groups within the...

20060040117 - Substrate for lithographic printing plate precursor: Substrates for imageable elements are disclosed. The substrates comprise, in order, an aluminum or aluminum alloy support, a silicate layer, and a layer of interlayer material. The interlayer material is a co-polymer that comprise (1) phosphonic acid groups and/or phosphate groups and (2) acid groups and/or groups that comprise ethylene...

20060040118 - Structured material, magnetic recording medium utilizing the same, and magnetic recording reproducing apparatus: The invention provides a structured material composed by including a noble metal, in which an oriented layer is formed on a layer containing a Group 4A metal. The invention enables to form an oriented layer, which has required a high temperature for formation, by a low temperature process....

20060040119 - Biodegradable laminate sheet and molded item from biodegradable laminate sheet: A biodegradable laminate sheet having as its object to provide a formed body superior in heat resistance, shock resistance, transparency and formability, and having non-stretched polylactic acid-family resin layer of which the crystallinity is 20% or less, and a layer comprising a biodegradable resin other than a polylactic acid-family resin....

20060040120 - Composite body made from polyacetal, bonding agent and polyolefin, method for production and use thereof: Composite products are described and encompass at least one polyacetal molding and at least one polyolefin molding, which have been bonded at at least one of their surfaces using an adhesion-promoting layer which is substantially composed of a copolymer or of a mixture of these which derives from at least...

20060040121 - Impact strength improvement of regrind: Regrind is mixed with at least one low density metallocene polyethylene to increase the amount of regrind that can be used in a thermoformed article....

20060040122 - Antimicrobial drywall: Antimicrobial guanidine compounds are used, either alone or with at least one other antimicrobial compound, to make mildew-resistant wallboard. Particularly useful co-additives are o-phenyl phenol and sodium methyldithiocarbamate. The antimicrobial compound(s) may be added to the covering, the core body, an adhesive at the interface of the core body and...

20060040123 - Surface reflection type metallic screen and method of manufacturing the same: A screen for displaying an image projected from a beam projector. The screen base is formed with an incombustible metal sheet having silver-white colorfor displaying an image projected from a light source with nature color. A polished surface is formed on the screen base by polishing the screen base, so...

20060040124 - Composite chromium plating film and sliding member having the same and method for manufacture thereof: A composite chromium plating film containing hard particles in network-shaped microcracks, a surface-occupying ratio of the microcracks being 10 to 20% by area, a distribution density of the microcracks being 1,200 to 2,500/cm, and the amount of the above hard particles being 1 to 15% by mass per 100% by...

20060040125 - Piston ring and thermal spray coating used therein, and method for manufacturing thereof: The piston ring of the present invention comprises a thermal spray coating comprising chromium carbide particles having an average particle size of 5 μm or less, and a matrix metal composed of a Ni—Cr alloy or a Ni—Cr alloy and Ni at least on an outer peripheral surface, said thermal...

20060040126 - Electrolytic alloys with co-deposited particulate matter: Amorphous nickel phosphorous alloys, amorphous nickel cobalt phosphorous alloys, or amorphous cobalt phosphorous alloys, all of which are co-deposited with particulate matter. Articles and/or devices formed by electroplating the amorphous phosphorous alloys co-deposited with particulate matter onto a substrate surface....

20060040127 - Ceramic compositions for thermal barrier coatings with improved mechanical properties: Zirconia-containing ceramic compositions useful for thermal barrier coatings having improved mechanical properties, especially improved fracture toughness. These compositions comprise: (1) at least about 93 mole % zirconia; (2) a stabilizing amount up to about 5 mole % of a stabilizer metal oxide selected from the group consisting of yttria, calcia,...

20060040129 - Article protected by a strong local coating: A protected article includes a substrate having a surface and a substrate aluminum content. A first protective layer overlies a first region of the surface of the substrate, wherein the first protective layer has a composition having a first-protective-layer aluminum content at least 3 atomic percent greater than the substrate...

20060040128 - Protected article having a layered protective structure overlying a substrate: A protected article has a substrate and a protective structure overlying a surface of the substrate. The protective structure includes a protective layer overlying the surface of the substrate and having an aluminum content greater than that of the substrate, and a bond-coat layer of a bond-coat-layer metal. The bond-coat-layer...

20060040133 - Electrode structure of organic electroluminescent display panel and method of manufacturing the same: An electrode structure of an organic electroluminescent display panel and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The electrode structure comprises a transparency substrate, a leading wire pattern layer (for example: ITO, IZO or IWO materials etc.) grown on the transparency substrate, at least one auxiliary metallic pattern layer...

20060040130 - Electroluminescent device: According to the invention there is provided an electroluminescent device comprising in sequence, an anode a layer of an electroluminescent material of general formula L(α)aM where M is a rare earth, lanthanide or an actinide, Lα is a organic complex and n is the valence state of M and a...

20060040135 - Electroluminescent device and method of fabricating the same, and electronic apparatus: An aspect of the invention provides an electroluminescent device including an emissive section, an electron injection and transport section, and a hole injection and transfer section between electrodes, wherein the electron injection and transport section is made from an inorganic semiconductor material, the hole injection and transfer section from an...

20060040139 - Electronic devices made with metal schiff base complexes: The present invention relates to new electronic devices including a layer comprising a photoactive material and metal Schiff base complex, wherein the metal Schiff base complex is present as a host for the photoactive material or in a layer between the cathode and the photoactive material containing layer, or both....

20060040138 - Method of evaluating whiteness, method of evaluating comparative whiteness, light source and luminaire: e

20060040136 - Method of making an optical device: A method of forming a an emissive layer of an optical device includes the steps of depositing a phosphorescent material to form a deposited layer, and annealing the deposited layer to form an emissive layer. A method of manufacturing an optical device, an emissive layer of an optical device, and...

20060040131 - Oleds with improved operational lifetime: An organic light-emitting device includes a substrate, an anode and a cathode disposed over the substrate, and a light-emitting layer disposed between the anode and the cathode wherein the light-emitting layer includes a host and at least one dopant. The host of the light-emitting layer is selected to include a...

20060040137 - Organic el device, method of manufacturing the same, and organic el display: A first organic EL device in accordance with the present invention comprises a pair of electrodes opposing each other and a luminescent layer, disposed between the electrodes, containing a polymer having an anthracene structure; and a hole-transferring compound having a glass transition temperature of at least 70° C. A second...

20060040134 - Organic electroluminescent device, manufacturing method thereof, and electronic apparatus: An organic electroluminescent device, comprising an anode; a cathode; and a light-emitting functional portion sandwiched between the anode and the cathode, the light-emitting functional portion including a light-emitting part, an electron injection and transport part, and a hole injection and transport part; the anode being in contact with a titanium...

20060040132 - White oled having multiple white electroluminescence units: A tandem white OLED device includes an anode, a cathode, and a plurality of organic electroluminescence units disposed between the anode and the cathode, wherein each organic electroluminescence unit includes at least one light-emitting layer, and wherein each organic electroluminescence unit emits white light. The device also includes an intermediate...

20060040140 - Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus: A perpendicular recording type, magnetic recording medium having a soft magnetic layer and a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus including such a magnetic recording medium are provided. The magnetic recording medium allows the recording magnetic field to be efficiently applied to a track for recording while restricting the extent of the recording...

20060040141 - Nonmagnetic powder for a magnetic recording medium, method of manufacturing same, and magnetic recording medium using same: A nonmagnetic powder, used for the nonmagnetic layer of a coated type magnetic recording medium having a multilayer structure, has good dispersibility in the binder in which it is dispersed to prepare a coating material that is applied to the nonmagnetic layer. The nonmagnetic powder has an iron compound as...

20060040142 - Crystallized glass for information recording medium, crystallized glass substrate, and information recording medium using the crystallized glass substrate: Enclosed are crystallized glasses suitable for a substrate for an information recording medium such as a magnetic disc, optical disc, or optomagnetic disc, a substrate for information recording medium using such a crystallized glass substrate, and an information recording medium using such a substrate for information recording medium. The crystallized...

20060035036 - Anisotropic conductive adhesive for fine pitch and cog packaged lcd module: Provided are an anisotropic conductive adhesive (ACA) for a fine pitch including conductive particles and non-conductive particles, and a chip-on-glass (COG) packaged liquid crystal display (LCD) module including the ACA. The sizes of the conductive particles and non-conductive particles in the ACA are adjusted according to a gap between electrodes...

20060035037 - Composition, optical film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display: A novel optical film is disclosed. The film comprises an optically anisotropic layer formed of a composition comprising at least one liquid crystal compound and at least one polymer having a fluoro-aliphatic group and a hydrophilic group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group (—COOH), a sulfo group...

20060035038 - Composition for forming liquid crystal alignment layer of liquid crystal display: where R is a C10-C30 saturated or unsaturated alkyl, allyl, or aromatic hydrocarbon that is substituted by a heteroatom or is unsubstituted. The invention also provides a liquid crystal alignment layer and a liquid crystal display that comprises the liquid crystal alignment layer....

20060035039 - Silver-releasing articles and methods of manufacture: The present invention is a method of coating an article having a surface. The method includes combining a sparingly soluble silver-containing compound, a solubilizer, and an aqueous solvent, thereby forming a fluid solution. The fluid solution is non-contact deposited on the surface and allowed to substantially dry....

20060035041 - Fastening apparatus and method: The Invention is a fastening apparatus and method for transferring a load to a core of a composite structure, such as a composite panel used in ship construction. The apparatus comprises an insert. The insert is adapted to receive a tension load and adapted to transfer the tension load substantially...

20060035040 - Finishing powders: Substantially spherical water-insoluble inorganic particles are used as finishing powders for condoms....

20060035042 - Copolymers of vinyl alcohol and itaconic acid and uses thereof: The present invention is a film that is soluble in cold water, and useful in such applications as detergent sachets. Films of the present invention are PVOH copolymers that comprise itaconic acid....

20060035044 - Multi-layered medical container and medical plural chamber container: A multi-layered medical container formed by a multi-layered film, in which an innermost layer is a layer comprising a cyclic polyolefin or a polymer blend containing the cyclic polyolefin, and a layer, which is adhered to the above-described layer, having a linear polyolefin or polyamide is provided. Also, a multi-layered...

20060035045 - Process of making two-stage injection stretch blow molded polypropylene articles: The two stage production of clear, low-haze, injection stretch blow molded polypropylene container articles is disclosed. In the first processing stage, a preform article is manufactured on an injection molding machine. In a second and subsequent step, which may occur remotely from apparatus used in the first step, the preform...

20060035043 - Resin tube: A resin tube has a high impact resistance unparalleled by conventional resin tubes formed of a material containing polyamide 11 resin or polyamide 12 resin as a principal component. The resin tube has a plurality of resin layers including at least one impact-resistant resin layer formed of a composite material...

20060035046 - Method for preparing air channel-equipped film for use in vacuum package: Disclosed is a method for preparing an air channel-equipped film for use in vacuum packages, which comprises the step of providing a gas-impermeable base, along with a melt-extruded heat-sealable resin, to a laminating unit consisting of a laminating roll and a cooling roll, to form a heat-sealable resin layer on...

20060035047 - Fluororesin composition, molded fluororesin articles, fluororesin laminates and use of the laminates: The invention provides a fluororesin composition capable of providing moldings obtained therefrom with a sufficient level of conductivity and excellent in moldability/processability as well as moldings excellent in surface smoothness and capable of inhibiting filler particles from falling off. The fluororesin composition comprising a fluorine-containing ethylenic polymer and a carbon...

20060035049 - Foldform label laminate: A foldform label laminate includes a web having first and second bands laminated together along a longitudinal running axis by complementary patterns of release and adhesive disposed therebetween. The patterns of release and adhesive repeat along the running axis to define a series of repeating laminated sheets. The second band...

20060035050 - Label with adhesive on two sides: This invention includes a label having a front face (200) and rear face (203). The label can be used to attach devices together. For example, the label can be used to attach rechargeable cells into electronic devices where height tolerances are small. The front face (200) of the label includes...

20060035048 - Roofing component adhering assembly and method: A roofing component adhering assembly includes a bitumen layer having first and second major surfaces and at least a first release sheet substantially coextensive with the first major surface of the bitumen layer. The first release sheet is separable from the first major surface of the bitumen layer so that...

20060035051 - Glazing: A glazing panel (10) is assembled in a frame (15) by a fixing member (21) secured to a surface of one of the sheets of glass at an attachment portion of the glazing panel. The attachment portion of the glazing panel comprises a heatable fracturing element (23, 24) adapted to...

20060035052 - Reinforced paper product and method for making same: A composite paper product has at least inner and outer layers of standard paper bonded to each other and a fiber strand network to form a reinforced paper product. The fiber strand network has a first set of strands extending in a first direction and a second set of strands...

20060035053 - Blanket, in particular quilt: In order to make sure that such a textile exhibits a good thermal insulation, a high moisture transit and good recyclability at low costs, both the cover (1) and the filling (2) comprise Lyocell fibres, with the cover (1) being shaped as a fleece and the filling (2) being shaped...

20060035054 - High performance vacuum-sealed insulations: An insulating structure comprising an aerogel composite fully enclosed by an envelope and sealed at a reduced pressure, said aerogel composite comprising at least one metal oxide matrix and a fibrous material incorporated therein, and where said insulating structure can bend to at least 90° and a bending radius of...

20060035055 - Elastomeric nonwoven laminates and process for producing same: An elastomeric laminate for use in an absorbent article can have a first plurality of elastomeric strands and a second plurality of elastomeric strands bonded to a first substrate. The first plurality of elastomeric strands can be bonded to the first substrate in a first orientation while the second plurality...

20060035056 - Multi layered wood panel product and process: The present invention provides multi layered wood panels and a process for manufacturing the same whereby the multi layered wood panels are mostly indistinguishable from solid lumber and are structurally stable. The multi layered wood panel comprises a first face, a second face and a core layer disposed between the...

20060035057 - Heat-coupling mechanism and method for combining members with same: A heat-coupling mechanism for coupling a first member to a second member by heating includes a base protruding from the first member; and a thermoplastic post extending from the base to penetrate through a through hole of the second member and deformable with heat to extensively overlie the second member...

20060035058 - Corrugated engineering plastic cardboard: The object of the present invention is to provide an engineering plastic cardboard having excellent heat resistance. Said engineering plastic cardboard (1) consists of a core member (2), and covering member(s) (3) covering one or both side(s) of said core member (2), wherein at least said core member (2) is...

20060035059 - Universal mat with removable strips: A rubber or plastic floor mat has a series of parallel upper ribs on its upper surface which define slots in which respective strips or carpeting or the like are removably held. The strips are retained along their lengths by retaining means which run continually or continuously along the slots....

20060035060 - Fingerprint easily erasible film: A fingerprint easily erasable film formed by providing a resin layer on a substrate, in which surface of the resin layer is matted and which is formed so that the surface of the resin layer should show a wet tension (JIS-K 6768:1999) of 25 mN/m or higher. Preferably, the resin...

20060035061 - Insole: An insole (for shoes) is in the form of a disposable product having a maximum thickness of 3 mm and consisting essentially of a liquid-absorbing fiber fleece material made of or based on cellulose fiber. The insole is formed by a single wadding fleece layer (4) made of cellulose fiber...

20060035062 - Process for producing articles with anti-allergic surfaces: A process for producing anti-allergic surfaces, and articles which comprise these anti-allergic surfaces. The process of the invention produces anti-allergic surfaces. The basis of the anti-allergic action is that self-cleaning properties make it impossible or very difficult for allergenic substances to deposit on these surfaces, and make it possible for...

20060035063 - Corrugated sandwich panel and method for manufacturing the same: Disclosed is a method for preparing a corrugated sandwich panel including the steps of: extruding melted polyethylene resin by use of an extruder and a slit nozzle; molding the extruded polyethylene resin to a vertically corrugated inner sheet by use of a plurality of molding rolls; supplying a lower sheet...

20060035066 - Process producing an optical security component: A process for producing an optical security component including stamping a transparent film with a matrix having a first type of zone whose surface state is matte, and a second type of zone whose surface state has cuttings/slits for forming a diffraction network; depositing a layer of dielectric material with...

20060035065 - Sheet for forming process and method for manufacturing the same, image forming method, method for manufacturing forming processed product and the forming processed product: A sheet for forming process including a base material and at least one functional layer provided on a surface of the base material, wherein the functional layer has, at the outermost surface thereof, a surface resistivity of 1.0×108 to 1.0×1013 Ω/□, and a surface of the base material, on which...

20060035064 - Substrate, device, method of manufacturing device, method of manufacturing active-matrix substrate, electro-optical apparatus and electronic apparatus: A substrate on which a pattern is formed by a discharged functional liquid, includes a coating region coated with the functional liquid, and banks formed to enclose the coating region, wherein a difference between a contact angle of the functional liquid with respect to the coating region and a contact...

20060035067 - Film multilayer body and flexible circuity board: A film laminate permitting the formation of a fine pattern and being excellent in electrical reliability is provided. The film laminate is characterized in that a plasma CVD layer of an organic metal compound and an electrically conductive layer are successively formed on at least one side of a heat-resistant...

20060035068 - Method for coating sliding surface of high-temperature member, high-temperature member and electrode for electro-discharge surface treatment: A sliding surface of a high-temperature portion is subjected to an electro-discharge surface treatment with one or both of a high-temperature hard material (4) and a material having a lubricating property at a high temperature (6). The high-temperature hard material (4) is any or a mixture of cBN, TiC, TiN,...

20060035069 - Thermal sheet having higher flexibility and higher heat conductivity: A heat-conducting member having a three-layer structure. A heat-conducting member which comprises a substrate made from urethane foam. The entire substrate is coated by a heat-conducting coating material, which is a cloth made from copper fibers and Nylon™. Substrate coated by heat-conducting coating material is further coated by electricity-insulating coating...

20060035070 - Antistatic laminated polyester film: wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R3 represents an alkylene group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, R4 and R5 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R6 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1...

20060035072 - Release layer paste and method of production of a multilayer type electronic device: A release layer paste used for producing a multilayer electronic device, used in combination with an electrode layer paste including terpineol, dehydroterpineol, terpineol acetate, or dehydroterpineol acetate and including a ceramic powder, organic vehicle, plasticizer, and dispersion agent, the organic vehicle containing a binder having polyvinyl acetal as its main...

20060035071 - Release layer paste and method of production of multilayer type electronic device: A release layer paste used for producing a multilayer type electronic device, used in combination with an electrode layer paste including terpineol, dehydroterpineol, terpineol acetate, or dehydroterpineol acetate and including a ceramic powder, organic vehicle, plasticizer, and dispersion agent, the organic vehicle containing a binder having an acryl resin as...

20060035073 - Durable emi shielding film: A device or an enclosed area that can cause or is sensitive to electromagnetic interference (EMI) is shielded by at least partially surrounding the device or the area with a visible light-transmissive film comprising a flexible support, an extensible visible light-transmissive metal or metal alloy layer and a visible light-transmissive...

20060035074 - Stoppers: A stopper, particularly for a wine bottle, comprising a barrier layer comprising a hot melt polymetric adhesive and optionally at least one sub-layer having lower oxygen permeability than the hot melt adhesive....

20060035076 - Acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive: The present invention relates to an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition containing organic functional groups of urethane and pyridine, more precisely an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition which has excellent removability owing to its low initial peel strength on glass and excellent long-term durability since the peel strength of the...

20060035075 - Hand-tearable adhesive masking tape for vehicles, with low shrinkback tendency: An adhesive masking tape for the painting of vehicles and parts of vehicles, comprising a backing material and an adhesive coating applied to at least one side thereof, wherein the backing material is composed of a web of PVC material, the PVC material being composed of at least two PVC...

20060035077 - Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for lcds: The invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, particularly for producing LCD displays, comprising two surfaces while also being provided with at least one support having two supporting surfaces and a pressure-sensitive layer on each of the two supporting surfaces. The invention is characterized in that at least one of...

20060035078 - Polyethylene protective yarn: e

20060035080 - Provision of frames or borders around opaque flakes for covert security applications: Opaque flakes, such as pigment or bright flake used in paints and inks, have a selected shape and/or other indicia to provide a covert security feature to an object. In some embodiments the composition includes base pigment, and the opaque covert flakes match the visual characteristics of the base pigment....

20060035079 - Stress-luminescent composition containing anisotropic stress-luminescent material, and method of producing the same: A stress-luminescent material emits luminescence when external mechanical energy is applied thereto. The fine particles of the material have an anisotropic aspect ratio, preferably, from 2 to 1000, more preferably, from 5 to 100. Raw materials are mixed together in an aqueous solvent, and aqueous ammonia is added thereto to...

20060035084 - Carbon nanotube-based device and method for making the same: A preferred carbon nanotube-based device (1) includes a substrate (10), a catalyst layer (30) disposed on the substrate, and a plurality carbon nanotube arrays (50, 51) extending from the catalyst layer. The catalyst layer includes a plurality of catalyst blocks (33, 34), a thickness of the catalyst block is varied...

20060035081 - Carbonaceous material for forming electrically conductive matrail and use thereof: (1) A carbonaceous material for forming an electrically conductive composition, comprising a vapor grown carbon fiber, each fiber filament of the carbon fiber having an outer diameter of 2 to 500 nm and an aspect ratio of 10 to 15,000, or the carbon fiber containing boron in an amount of...

20060035082 - Cemented carbide composite rolls for strip rolling: A strip-rolling cemented carbide composite roll comprising an inner layer made of steel or iron, and an outer layer of cemented carbide bonded to an outer surface of the inner layer, wherein a thermal shock coefficient R represented by R=σc(1−ν)/Eα is 400 or more in the outer layer, wherein σc...

20060035085 - High thermal conductivite element, method for manufacturing same, and heat radiating system: It is an object of the present invention to provide a high thermal conductive element that has improved thermal conductivity in the layer direction while retaining the high thermal conductivity characteristics in the planar direction possessed by graphite. The present invention is a high thermal conductive element in which carbon...

20060035083 - Thin films and a method for producing the same: A substrate 6 is provided over at least one of opposing electrodes 4 and 5. A pulse voltage is applied on the opposing electrodes 4 and 5 in an atmosphere containing gaseous raw material including a carbon source to generate discharge plasma so that a thin film 7 is formed...

20060035087 - Adhesives & sealants nanotechnology: Adhesives and sealants comprising submicron particles and nanomaterials, methods of making such adhesives and sealants, and methods of using such adhesives and sealants are provided....

20060035086 - Liquid crystal alignment layer: This invention relates to a photopolymer mixture capable of use for a liquid crystal alignment layer and to an alignment layer formed from such a photopolymer mixture. The mixture comprises at least two polymerisable materials which are blended together in proportion so as to give a predetermined, preferably low, surface...

20060035088 - Epoxy resin for prepreg, prepreg, fiber-reinforced composite material, and processes for producing these: An epoxy resin composition suitably used for a prepreg which can complete curing in a short time even at a low temperature and secure a sufficient usable period under preservation at room temperature, in comparison with conventional epoxy resin compositions. An epoxy resin composition comprising at least one of an...

20060035089 - Polytetrafluoroethylene laminated article: To provide a PTFE laminated article having a sufficient adhesive strength and a PTFE backing sheet having a low permeability, in which a specific weight of a PTFE sheet can be maintained high. A specific weight of the PTFE sheet is maintained at 2.175 or more by carrying out thermo-fusing...

20060035090 - Method to produce polyurethane articles and relative device: Method and device to produce polyurethane articles covered on one side by a film. The method provides a step wherein the film is made to adhere to one zone of a part of a mold, and a heating step wherein one segment of the film is heated before the film...

20060035091 - Use of hyperbranched polymers comprising urethane and or urea groups for modifying surfaces: The present invention relates to substrates whose surface comprises a hyperbranched polymer which has urethane groups and/or urea groups, its amount being appropriate for modifying the properties on the surface. The invention further relates to a process for modifying the surface properties of substrates....

20060035092 - Resin composition for sealing led elements and cured product generated by curing the composition: Provided is a resin composition for sealing LED elements, including (i) an organopolysiloxane with a polystyrene equivalent weight average molecular weight of at least 5×103, represented by an average composition formula (1): R1a(OX)bSiO(4-a-b)/2, in which, each R1 represents, independently, an alkyl group, alkenyl group or aryl group of 1 to...

20060035093 - Heat resistant film and metal laminate thereof: A heat resistant film comprising total 100 parts by weight of a resin composition comprising at least (A-1) a polyetherimide resin having repeating units of the structural formula (1), (A-2) a polyetherimide resin having repeating units of the structural formula (2), and (B) a polyarylketone resin having a melting peak...

20060035094 - Dielectric material and method of producing the same: A dielectric material comprising: a composition represented by aBaO.bTiO2.cREO3/2.dBiO3/2, wherein a, b, c and d each independently represent a molar ratio satisfying the following requirements: a+b+c+d=1, 0.09≦a≦0.16, 0.54≦b≦0.62, 0.20≦c≦0.34 and 0≦d≦0.10; and RE represents a rare earth metal; and from 5 to 50 parts by mass, per 100 parts by...

20060035095 - Proton-conducting membrane and use thereof verwendung: The present invention relates to novel polyazoles, a proton-conducting polymer membrane based on these polyazoles and its use as polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) for producing membrane-electrode units for PEM-fuel cells, and also other shaped bodies comprising such polyazoles....

20060035096 - Oriented syndiotactic polystyrene-base film: An oriented syndiotactic polystyrene-based film composed of an oriented film made of a syndiotactic styrene polymer and an adhesiveness-improving layer formed from a specific water-dispersible resin on at least one surface of the oriented film, which is excellent in the tight adhesion between the oriented film and the adhesiveness-improving layer,...

20060035097 - Antimicrobial coating composition and treated building construction materials therewith: The present invention concerns an antimicrobial composition, a process for making antimicrobial building construction surfaces, and building construction products treated with the composition on their surfaces. The water based antimicrobial composition disclosed comprises a water resistant polymer, at least three organic based antimicrobial agents, with at least one antimicrobial agent...

20060035098 - Developer carrying member, and developing assembly: A developer carrying member is disclosed which can prevent a toner from being excessively charged in a developing assembly while keeping the charge quantity of the toner at a somewhat higher level, and seldomly causes toner melt adhesion to the developer carrying member. The developer carrying member contains a polymer...

20060035099 - Alkyd-based free radical wood coating compositions: Coating compositions comprising a polymer and an initiator are disclosed. The polymer comprises an alkyd portion and a free radical curable portion that is pendant from the alkyd portion; the alkyd portion includes one or more fatty acid moieties that can be derived from one or more drying, semi-drying or...

20060035100 - Brazing sheet and method: The present invention is directed to a brazing sheet comprising an aluminum 3xxx series core alloy wherein at least one side thereof is provided with an aluminum clad material comprising from 0.7-2.0% Mn, 1.3-3.0% Zn, 0.05 Mg max, and 0.05-0.4% Cu. In one embodiment another side of the core is...

20060035101 - Multinary bulk and thin film alloys and methods of making: Processes for making multinary bulk and thin film alloys with nanometer-scale grains are disclosed. An electroless process includes contacting a substrate with a bath within a sealed pressure vessel; and heating the sealed pressure vessel for a time and at a temperature under an autogeneous pressure effective for plating a...

20060035102 - Strengthened bond coats for thermal barrier coatings: A strengthened bond coat for improving the adherence of a thermal barrier coating to an underlying metal substrate to resist spallation without degrading oxidation resistance of the bond coat. The bond coat comprises a bond coating material selected from the group consisting of overlay alloy coating materials, aluminide diffusion coating...

20060035104 - Metal part and surface treating method thereof: In a metal part in which a rubber is adhered to a portion or the whole of a surface thereof, and a surface treating method of the metal part, in order to improve an adhesive property between the metal and the rubber, to make it easy to form a surface...

20060035103 - Method for the inner coating of a component with a cavity and component with an inner coating: Inner coatings according to the prior art often do not produce a uniform coating. The method according to the invention for the coating of a component with a cavity is characterized in that a coating material is mixed with a carrier material and introduced into the cavity, the carrier material...

20060035105 - Tin-coated printed circuit boards with low tendency to whisker formation: A coated article, which contains (i) at least one electrically non-conductive base layer, (ii) at least one layer of copper and/or a copper alloy, and (iii) a tin-containing layer, wherein the layer (ii) is positioned between the layer (i) and the layer (iii). The article is characterized in that the...

20060035106 - Aluminum alloy sheet for high-speed high-temperature blow forming: An aluminum alloy sheet for high-speed high-temperature blow forming has an aluminum alloy containing 4 to 5% of Mg, 0.35 to 0.5% of Mn and 0.001 to 0.05% of Cr, 0.6% or less of Si+Fe, 0.15% or less of Cu, and the balance being substantially Al. The aluminum alloy sheet...

20060035107 - Aluminum nitride sintered body: In an aluminum nitride sintered body, the bismuth and chlorine contents are restricted to be no more than fixed amounts. More specifically, in an aluminum nitride sintered body having aluminum nitride as its main component, the bismuth content in the aluminum nitride sintered body is no more than 30 ppm...

20060035110 - Electroluminescent materials and devices: An electroluminescent material is a metal complex of 1-phenyl-3-methyl-4-trimethylacetyl-pyrazol-5-one of formula (I). An electroluminescent device comprising the compound of formula (I) in the luminescent layer is also part of the invention....

20060035109 - Organic electroluminescent element: An organic electroluminescence device comprising a cathode, an anode and an organic thin film layer which is sandwiched between the cathode and the anode and comprises at least one layer containing a light emitting layer comprising a phosphorescent light emitting compound is provided. The device comprises an electron injecting layer...

20060035108 - Organic light-emitting device: An organic light-emitting device that exhibits a light emission of extremely high efficiency, high brightness, and long lifetime is provided. An organic light-emitting device includes a pair of electrodes including an anode and a cathode, and one or more layers containing an organic compound, the layers being sandwiched between the...

20060035111 - Surface-coated cermet cutting tool with hard coating layer having excellent chipping resistance in high-speed intermittent cutting work: A surface-coated cermet cutting tool with a hard coating layer in a high-speed intermittent cutting work is provided. The hard-coating layer includes lower and upper layers. One of the lower layers is a titanium carbonitride layer, which has the highest peak in Σ3 and a distribution ratio of the Σ3...

20060035112 - Method of making water-resistant gypsum-based article: A moisture resistant gypsum-based product, e.g., a gypsum board, is made by adding a small amount of a siloxane to the aqueous slurry used to make the gypsum-based product along with a small amount of a dead burned magnesium oxide catalyst to enhance the curing of the siloxane. In the...

20060035113 - Lubricant for magnetic recording medium and use thereof: A magnetic recording medium and method for forming the magnetic recording medium are described. The magnetic recording medium includes a magnetic layer formed on a non-magnetic support, and a lubricant layer over the magnetic layer. The lubricant layer includes a compound selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbyl-substituted cyclopentanes, hydrocarbyl-substituted...

20060035114 - Magnetic recording medium: A magnetic recording medium with excellent high density recording performances and good durability comprising a non-magnetic substrate, a non-magnetic layer containing a non-magnetic powder and a binder formed on the non-magnetic substrate, and a magnetic layer having a thickness of less than 100 nm and containing a substantially particulate non-magnetic...

20060029750 - Cellulose ester film, cellulose ester dope, protective film of polarizing plate and polarizing plate: Disclosed is a cellulose ester film comprising a polymer prepared by polymerizing at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer selected from vinyl esters, vinyl esters having a functional group, acrylic esters, and acrylic esters having a functional group, wherein the polymer has a weight average molecular weight of not more than...

20060029749 - Display panel: A display panel wherein an electroconductive polymer layer is arranged between a display unit and a light source of a back light system. The electroconductive polymer layer makes it possible to make coloration or light scattering less than ITO or the like, and further prevent or decrease picture disturbances, such...

20060029751 - Method of making an interior panel for a door and an article made thereby: An interior trim panel for a vehicle door is provided according to alternative methods. The interior trim panel includes a bolster to which a polyurethane skin is molded by a spraying operation. Expanded polyurethane foam is sprayed over the polyurethane skin and a backing panel is either integrally formed or...

20060029752 - Support for image recording medium, method of making the support and image recording medium made from the support: A support for an image recording medium comprises a base paper, made by press-drying a wet base paper, which has a density preferably in a range of from 0.8 to 1.04 g/m3 and more preferably in a range of from 0.85 to 0.94 g/m3 and a formation index preferably greater...

20060029753 - Tamper-indicating printable sheet for securing documents of value and methods of making the same: A tamper-indicating printable sheet. A preferred embodiment of the invention provides a tamper-indicating printable sheet comprising a retroreflective layer comprising a plurality of microbeads partially embedded in an inkjet receptive beadbond layer; and a reflector layer between one of the microbeads and the inkjet receptive beadbond layer. The present invention...

20060029754 - Coated substrate with improved solar control properties: A coated substrate is disclosed. The coated substrate includes a substrate; a first dielectric layer overlying the substrate having a total thickness greater than 290 Å; a first infrared-reflective metal layer having a thickness ranging from 100 Å to 130 Å overlying the first dielectric layer; a first primer layer...

20060029755 - Alternative moisture and temperature resistant forming tubes: The invention is a collapsible tube having excellent moisture and temperature-resistance. The collapsible tube, such as a spirally wound or convolute paperboard forming tube, includes moisture-resistant and temperature-resistant layers at its inside and outside surfaces. These moisture-resistant and temperature-resistant layers may be polymeric, parchment, or metallic materials, particularly metal foil...

20060029756 - Catheter balloon formed of eptfe and a diene polymer: A catheter balloon formed of a polymeric material such as expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) bonded to a second layer formed of a low tensile set polymer and/or impregnated with a low tensile set polymer. In a presently preferred embodiment, the low tensile set polymer is an elastomer selected from the group...

20060029757 - Gas barrier film: [Means of Solution] The present invention attains the above object by providing a gas barrier film comprising a substrate, a gas barrier layer which is a vacuum deposition film, formed on one surface or both surfaces of the above substrate, and a water-repellent layer which is a film having water...

20060029758 - Refrigerator with an inner case containing nanosilver particles: A refrigerator includes an outer case, an inner case containing nanosilver particles and a heat insulating material disposed between the outer case and the inner case. The inner case includes a first layer made of a first resin for defining an inner space of the refrigerator and accommodating foods therein...

20060029759 - Bi-directional substrate design for aircraft escape slide airbeams: A coated, bi-directional substrate design for an aircraft escape slide airbeam, where the longitudinal strength and hoop strength of the substrate and the coating applied thereto are optimized to the application. Less than 45% of the total substrate fiber content is in the longitudinal direction of the substrate, and the...

20060029765 - Dry paint transfer laminate: This disclosed invention relates to a dry paint transfer laminate, comprising: a dry paint film layer comprising a binder and a pigment, the dry paint film layer having an upper surface and a lower surface; an adhesive layer overlying the upper surface of the dry paint film layer; and a...

20060029764 - Label for affixing to a garment: A label suitable for affixing to a garment includes a backing layer, a first adhesive layer comprising a heat activatable adhesive, and a second adhesive layer comprising an elastomeric microsphere adhesive. Further provided are a method for applying the label to garment and a method for making the label....

20060029760 - Laser film composed of an at least one-ply backing layer comprising a transparent sheet coated on one side with a self-adhesive mass: A laser film composed of a) an at least one-ply backing layer comprising a transparent sheet b) coated on one side with a self-adhesive mass c) comprising an additive that changes color under laser irradiation, and d) lined if desired with a release paper or a release film....

20060029761 - Multi-ply wrap label: A multi-ply, expanded content wrap label includes a base ply and an upper ply thereon with adhesive applied to the underside of a trailing end of the base ply to form a splice between the base ply and the upper side of the upper ply when the label is applied...

20060029763 - Preformed pot cover formed of polymeric materials having a texture or appearance simulating the texture or appearance of paper: A decorative preformed flower pot cover is formed of at least one sheet of polymeric material and has a base and a decorative border and is provided with at least a portion of one surface thereof having a texture or appearance simulating the texture or appearance of paper. The texture...

20060029762 - Re-usable carrier structure: A re-usable carrier structure comprises a carrier frame and a removable stretchable carrier base supported thereby. A tacky adhesive layer is disposed on the carrier base, and semiconductor chips or other article(s) carried adhere to the adhesive layer. When it is desired to remove the article(s), an ejector displaces and...

20060029766 - Label form for use in drug testing and method for applying the same: A label form especially for use in testing of drugs. One embodiment has a first label segment with a permanent adhesive backing layer and second label segment with a permanent adhesive backing layer. The first and second label segments may contain information to identify the patient participating in the test,...

20060029767 - Process for continuous production of a flocked and dyed cloth backing: In this process of continuous manufacture of a flocked and dyed cloth backing (S) comprising successive stages of application (1) of a polymerizable resin (RP) layer to at least one surface of the cloth backing, projection (2) of white or unbleached polyester flock fibers (FF) onto said resin layer, polymerization...

20060029769 - Sealed honeycomb structure and method of producing the same: There is disclosed a plugged honeycomb structure 1 having: partition walls 2 arranged in such a manner as to form a plurality of cells 3 extending from one end face 42 to the other end face 44 through an axial direction; an outer peripheral wall 7 which surrounds an outer...

20060029768 - Silicon carbide porous body, process for producing the same and honeycomb structure: A silicon carbide porous body of the present invention, comprising silicon carbide particles and metallic silicon bonded together in such a manner that pores are retained between the silicon carbide particles and/or between the silicon carbide particle and metallic silicon, wherein an oxide phase containing oxides of silicon, aluminum, and...

20060029770 - Flame-retardant heat insulating barrier: Flame-retardant thermostable heat insulation barrier, notably for safety clothing, having an outer surface to act as a barrier against an external heat or radiation source, and an inner surface opposite the outer surface, this barrier incorporating a set of holes opening onto the outer and inner surfaces, with a hole...

20060029771 - Packaging device and method for absorbing moisture: A packaging device and method for absorbing and reducing moisture as well as a manufacturing process for such device. The packaging device is a container made from paperboard such as containerboards or linerboards with a corrugated medium. The paperboard is insulated with moisture absorbing additives comprising charcoal, activated charcoal, activated...

20060029772 - Elastic composite material having massaging and breathing characteristics: An elastic composite material having breathing characteristics and a massaging effect includes a substrate made from a closed cell rubber foam and formed with through-holes and protrusions, and a fabric sheet bonded to the substrate. Each of the through-holes has first and second ends and a varied cross-section that diverges...

20060029773 - Surface protection system: An surface protection system of manufacture for protecting the surfaces, including restroom floors, from accidental liquid spills, including urine and water, with a top unit containing grid work of any geometric design containing a slip resistance top design that directs liquid down and into the absorbing core; an absorbing core...

20060029774 - Novel three dimensional structures useful as cleaning sheets: Disclosed are cleaning sheets having substantial macroscopic three-dimensionality. Optionally, the macroscopically three-dimensional cleaning sheets can comprise a contractable material (e.g., a scrim material), which when heated and then cooled contracts so as to provide a macroscopic, three-dimensional structure. Macroscopic three-dimensionality is described in terms of “average peak-to-peak distance” and “surface...

20060029775 - Process of and apparatus for making a shingle, and shingle made thereby: A process and apparatus for making a shingle, together with the shingle made thereby, is provided, in which one or more thermoplastic materials are extruded or co-extruded to form an extrudate, with the extrudate being cut into a preliminary shingle shape, which is allowed to dissipate heat, and then is...

20060029776 - Method of making pressing pattern on rubber-faced member and the rubber-faced member made thereby: A rubber-faced member includes a rubber layer on which a pressing pattern is formed, and a thermoplastic base layer bonded to the rubber layer. The rubber-faced member is made by firmly bonding the thermoplastic base layer to a bottom surface of the rubber layer and then directly or indirectly hot...

20060029777 - Insulation structures: A reflective bubble film structure in which at least one low emissivity surface is directly or indirectly attached to the open cell side of a bubble shaped layer resulting in airtight cells. The bubble shaped layer may be made of a plastic film. The plastic film is thermo-formable to a...

20060029778 - Pleated composite fiber net, and article formed from the same: A pleated composite fiber net formed of heat-adhesive composite fibers having a fineness of 200 to 2,500 dtex serving as warps and wefts in an opening size of strand of 0.5 to 5 mm, and heat-adhered at the intersections of said composite fibers; wherein the adhesive strength of the heat-adhered...

20060029779 - Injection molded part having an energetic beam markable article: An appliqué (502) for use in in-mold decoration comprise energetic beam responsive layers (108, 208, 308, 402) sandwiched between two substrates (102, 104) that have areas of thermally coalescable material of differing dispersed body size. In use, the energetic beam responsive layers (108, 208, 308, 402) are patternwise irradiated in...

20060029780 - Laminate sheet and lamination method: A laminate sheet for giving gloss finish to an image layer that is formed on a printing surface of a substrate by squirting small jets of ink in tiny droplets onto the substrate is provided. The laminate sheet includes a seal layer being transparent and laminated on the image layer,...

20060029781 - Circuitized substrate and method of making same: A method of making a circuitized substrate such as a laminate chip carrier in which a polymer, e.g., Teflon, is used as a dielectric layer and a promotion adhesion layer of a polymer is used to securely adhere a conductive layer thereto which is deposited by plating. The resulting product...

20060029782 - Absorbent polymer structure with improved retention capacity and permeability: A process for producing an absorbent polymer structure (Pa) by treating the outer portion of an untreated absorbent polymer structure (Pu1). The process includes the step of bringing the outer portion of the untreated absorbent polymer structure (Pu1) into contact with an aqueous solution including at least one chemical cross-linker...

20060029783 - Image forming apparatus, intermediate image transfer belt therefor and method of producing the belt: An intermediate image transfer belt for an image forming apparatus of the present invention includes at least a surface layer and a base layer. To produce the belt, while a hollow, cylindrical mold included in a centrifugal molding machine is in rotation, thermosetting urethane rubber is fed into the mold...

20060029784 - Laminated optical article: A laminated optical article comprising at least one optical film bonded with an adhesive composition....

20060029787 - Gypsum boards having a titanate or zirconate coupling agent with glass fiber reinforcements: A bond is created between gypsum crystals and between gypsum crystals and glass fiber reinforcement in a gypsum board during cure by incorporation of titanium or zirconium based coupling compositions incorporated in the gypsum slurry. The commercially available titanium or zirconium based coupling has a generic formula of the type...

20060029786 - Gypsum boards having glass fiber reinforcement with tacky compliant interface therebetween: A bond is created during gypsum board cure between a gypsum matrix and a tacky coating applied onto a glass fiber. The tacky coating is comprised of a polymer composed of methacrylic acid and dimethyldiallyammonium chloride. The polymer is dissolved in an acidic aqueous solution and is roller coated onto...

20060029785 - Gypsum boards with glass fiber reinforcements having a titanate or zirconate coupling coating: A bond is created between a gypsum matrix and titanium or zirconium based coupling coating applied onto a glass fiber during gypsum board cure. The commercially available titanium or zirconium based coupling has a generic formula of the type [RO-}-nTi—[—OXR′Y]4-n or [RO-}-nZr—[—OXR′Y]4-n. These coupling compositions chemically bond to glass fibers...

20060029789 - Interior vehicle trim panel having dual density spray elastomer and method for making the same: The present invention provides a vehicle interior trim panel. The panel may be made by providing a spray mold having a mold surface having a cavity having a portion having a height to depth (H/D) ratio of less than 1.0. Polyurethane material can be sprayed proximate the surface of the...

20060029788 - Lower density, thermoformable, sound absorbing polyurethane foams: Polyurethane foams formed under vacuum (below atmospheric pressure) conditions using primarily graft polyether polyols reacted with primarily toluene diisocyanate have lower densities (up to 1.3 lb/ft3), lower hardness (IFD25=up to 50 lbs), and exhibit superb thermoformability and fire retardance while retaining good sound insulating characteristics. The foam-forming ingredients are mixed...

20060029790 - Foam articles: An article including a polymeric foam having a thickness of less than about 3/16 inch (about 5 mm) and one or more curable resins....

20060029792 - Process for manufacturing self-assembled nanoparticles: Process for fabricating self-assembled nanoparticles on buffer layers without mask making and allowing for any degree of lattice mismatch; that is, binary, ternary or quaternary nanoparticles comprising Groups III-V, II-VI or IV-VI. The process includes a first step of applying a buffer layer, a second step of turning on the...

20060029791 - Product comprising a thin-film radiation-cured coating on a three-dimensional substrate: A process for providing a uniform coating of one hundred percent solids material on a substrate and a substrate having a uniform coating of one hundred percent solids material. Process parameters are controlled to provide for a sprayable, curable coating of one hundred percent solids material that can be used...

20060029793 - Decorative surface materials having a decorative pattern and process for preparing the same: Decorative surface material having a decorative pattern in which a combination of domains of varying sizes and colors are defined by shading variations at the interfaces of adjoining domains, the decorative pattern being provided by a process in which a flowable thermosettable molding formulation having orientable particles mixed therein is...

20060029794 - Hardcoat laminate: Disclosed in a hard coat laminate with improved anti-dust-adhesion properties. The hard coat laminate comprises: a light transparent substrate; and an electrically conductive layer and a hard coat layer provided in that order on the light transparent substrate, the saturated amount of electrification on the outermost surface of the hard...

20060029795 - Multi-layer low friction and low wear polymer/polymer composites having compositionally graded interfaces: A high strength multi-layer polymeric article having a low wear surface includes a base polymer layer, and a polymer composite capping layer disposed on the base polymer layer. The capping layer includes a first polymer including a transfer film forming polymer, and a second polymer different from the first polymer...

20060029797 - Linerless, self-fusing elastomeric tape: A linerless, self-fusing elastomeric tape having an adhesive layer and a mesh that serves as a release liner in storage and further is a part of said tape in a sealing function. The adhesive layer includes blends of a first halogenated rubber component and a second non-halogenated modified rubber component....

20060029796 - Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape: Novel glycosylated intracellular IL-1 receptor antagonist type II (icIL-1ra-II) is expressed and secreted in mammalian cells transformed with an expression vector where icIL-1ra-II is secreted by expressing icIL-1ra-II fused to the human growth hormone signal peptide. Also disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition containing glycosylated icIL-1ra-II as an active ingredient and...

20060029798 - Surface protective film for transparent conductive substrate, and transparent conductive substrate with surface protective film: A transparent surface protective film includes: a transparent base material film, a transparent adhesive layer formed on one side of the base material film, and a transparent antistatic layer formed on the other side of the base material film. The antistatic layer includes a cationic compound blended with a polyvinyl...

20060029799 - Adhesive delivery of fluoroether repellents: A repellent article is disclosed comprising a layer of a thermoplastic polymer, and an adhesive layer having a fluorochemical repellent additive dispersed therein. The additive migrates from the adhesive layer to the thermoplastic polymer layer, rendering it oil- and/or water repellent....

20060029800 - Fluorescent elastic yarn and method for producing the same: Disclosed is a fluorescent elastic yarn and method for producing the same. The fluorescent elastic yarn which is finished with the spinfinish oil containing the fluorescent agent can fluoresce sufficiently to allow a fine elastic yarn to be seen by the naked eye when ultraviolet light is irradiated to the...

20060029802 - Coated water soluble nanoparticles: Nanoparticles and methods of making nanoparticles are provided. The nanoparticles may include semiconductor nanocrystals. A shell may encapsulate a nanoparticle core, and the shell may include non-organic material and may be silica. The shell may also include additional species such as PEG. In some embodiments, a passivation layer is in...

20060029803 - Inorganic material surface grafted with charge transport moiety: A surface-grafted material having an inorganic material, a linking group, and a charge transport moiety capable of transporting holes or electrons, and the charge transport moiety is grafted to a surface of the inorganic material via the linking group....

20060029801 - Method for making a coated powder for reducing evaporative water loss: The present invention provides methods for making evaporation suppressing monolayers. More specifically, the present invention provides methods for making a coated powder suitable for dispersing onto the surface of a body of water as an evaporation suppressing monolayer. The coated powder is safely made by mixing amphiphilic compounds with powder...

20060029806 - Carbonaceous protective layer, magnetic recording medium, production method thereof, and magnetic disk apparatus: A carbonaceous protective layer particularly suitable for use in magnetic recording media. The carbonaceous protective layer is formed by a Filtered Cathodic Arc process, and contains nitrogen distributed therein. A process for the production of a carbonaceous protective layer as well as a magnetic recording medium and a magnetic disk...

20060029804 - Continuous flow closed-loop rapid liquid-phase densification of a graphitizable carbon-carbon composite: This invention describes materials and methods to rapidly densify carbon-carbon composite preforms utilizing a continuous flow closed-loop liquid precursor....

20060029805 - High thermal conductivity graphite and method of making: A fully dense, high thermal conductivity graphite can be manufactured in a single hot-pressing step, without the need for multiple re-impregnation and baking steps as required in the standard processes. The ingredients of the blend, namely graphite filler which may or may not be reduced in size, and a binder,...

20060029807 - Method for the design of laminated composite materials: The fundamental premise of designing structures with laminated composite materials is that the materials can be tailored to meet requirements by choosing the materials, thicknesses or thickness fractions, and orientation angles of constituent materials. Minimum weight, dimensional stability, natural frequency, and thermal conductivity are typical goals. This invention is NOT...

20060029809 - Backmolded plastic moldings: Described is a backmolded plastic molding comprising a polymer backmolding film backmolded by injection molding or casting with a fiber reinforced plastic having a fiber content of from 5 to 30%, the film having a thickness of from 0.5 to 1.0 mm and the backmolding material having a thickness of...

20060029808 - Superhydrophobic coatings: A superhydrophobic coating can have a water contact angle greater than 150°. The coating can remain superhydrophobic after being immersed in water for one week....

20060029810 - One part, heat cured pressure sensitive adhesives: Novel one part, heat cured pressure-sensitive adhesives capable of bonding metallic and non-metallic materials at ambient temperatures and curing at elevated temperatures to form a bond with very high adhesive bond strengths at temperatures up to at least 160° C. The invention is particularly well suited for use with insulated...

20060029811 - Resin composition, method of its composition, and cured formulation: It is an object of the present invention to provide a resin composition which can form cured formulations having various excellent properties such as an insulating property, thermal shock resistance, moldability/formability and strength, and exhibit an excellent appearance in which transparency is enhanced, a resin composition whose cured thin film...

20060029812 - Method of modifying a fluoropolymer and articles thereby: A fluoropolymer is modified by contacting it with a modifying composition preparable from components comprising a phase transfer catalyst and at least one of a sulfide or disulfide salt, and heating the modifying composition. The modified fluoropolymer is useful in the preparation of composite articles....

20060029813 - Coated substrates that include an undercoating: A coated substrate is disclosed. The coated substrate includes a substrate; an undercoating having one or more materials selected from tin oxide, silica, titania, alumina, zirconia, zinc oxide and alloys and mixtures thereof nitrides of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, silicon, aluminum and mixtures thereof, and oxy-nitrides of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, silicon,...

20060029815 - Substrate coating: A substrate coating and method of applying the same in which the coating provides UV blocking and AR properties and in which at least one of the layers is formed of a combination of zinc oxide and a stabilizing secondary metal oxide....

20060029814 - Thermal resistant environmental barrier coating: A process for preparing a silicon based substrate with a protective coating having improved thermal resistance at temperature up to at least 1500° C., and the resulting article....

20060029816 - Low-e coated articles having zirconium inclusive dielectric layer: A heat treatable coated article (e.g., vehicle windshield, IG unit, etc.) is provided with a dual-silver low-E coating. Before and/or after heat treatment (HT), the coating and/or coated article has a visible transmittance of at least 70%, more preferably at least 75%. Moreover, the coating and/or coated article is designed...

20060029817 - Wafer for preventing the formation of silicon nodules and method for preventing the formation of silicon nodules: The present invention is directed to a wafer device method for processing same. A wafer for epitaxial deposition is backside sealed with a dopant seal layer (protection layer comprised of silicon dioxide or silicon nitride. Then, a layer of polysilicon is formed coextensively over the dopant seal layer. The polysilicon...

20060029818 - Low reflective antistatic hardcoat film: A low reflective antistatic film is provided which can prevent electrostatic deposition of foreign materials on the surface thereof, has hardness enough high not to cause a deterioration in transparency derived from a scratch or the like created upon being rubbed, and can prevent reflection of outdoor daylight from the...

20060029819 - Laminate for flexible printed circuit board comprising tie layer of ternary copper alloy: Disclosed herein is a laminate for a flexible printed circuit board, which includes a base film, and a tie layer formed of a copper alloy containing a small amount of Zn—V or Zn—Ta disposed on the base film. As such, the tie layer formed of a copper alloy containing Zn—V...

20060029820 - Polyamide adhesive and articles including the same: A hot melt adhesive composition that includes thermoplastic polyamide, adhesion promoter that includes at least one acid group, and wax having a melting point greater than 82° C....

20060029821 - Multilayer planar or tubular fooodstuff wrapping or film: Multilayer planar or tubular food casing or film The present invention for the first time furnishes a multilayer planar or tubular food casing or film for food packagings such as, e.g., sausage casings, shrink bags or the like, which comprises a layered structure having at least five, preferably at least...

20060029823 - Articles incorporating polyester-containing multilayer coextruded structures: Disclosed are polyester-containing coextruded or coinjected multilayer structures having at least one opaque interior core layer, having good/desirable interlayer adhesion characteristics and barrier characteristics. Also disclosed are blown bottles and injection molded hollow articles used as bottle preforms comprising these multilayer structures. The bottles are particularly useful for packaging liquids...

20060029822 - Containers incorporating polyester-containing multilayer structures: Disclosed are injection molded hollow articles used as bottle preforms and blown bottles, comprising a coextruded or coinjected multilayer structure comprising at least one interior core layer adhered to at least one exterior layer and further comprising a polyester composition comprising from 0.005 to 7 mole % of a sulfonic...

20060029824 - Heat-sealable polymeric films: Heat sealable polymeric films are found to have low minimum seal temperatures and beneficial hot tack performance. The polymeric films incorporate at least one heat sealable coating on at least one surface. The coating incorporates an ethylene copolymer and an acid modified tackifier resin. The coating also provides positive blocking...

20060029825 - Check-resistant veneer coating system: A veneered wood product is made using a multilayer finishing system wherein at least one of the subsurface layers comprises a UV cured cationically polymerized moiety. Coatings based on UV curable cationically polymerizable moieties appear to be less sensitive to UV overexposure and more adherent to wood fibers than corresponding...

20060029826 - Lightweight part, as well as a process and device for its production: A lightweight part and process and device of making the same, the lightweight part including an inner core including a metal foam. A dense core surface layer is metallically joined to the inner core. An outer wall includes an essentially pore-free cast metal layer that is at least one of...

20060029827 - Aluminium alloy for surfaces which are subjected to extreme stresses due to friction: The invention relates to an aluminium alloy used as a coating for surfaces subjected to extreme friction stress, with an aluminium matrix incorporating at least a soft phase and a hard phase, as well as a process for producing the coating. The soft phase and/or the hard phase is essentially...

20060029828 - Organic electroluminescent device: An organic EL device has a structure that includes a hole injecting electrode, hole injecting layer, hole transporting layer, light emitting layer, electron restricting layer, electron transporting layer, and electron injecting electrode, in sequence, on a substrate. For the electron restricting layer, a material having an electron mobility lower than...

20060029829 - Organometallic complexes as phosphorescent emitters in organic leds: Organic light emitting devices are described wherein the emissive layer comprises a host material containing an emissive molecule, which molecule is adapted to luminesce when a voltage is applied across the heterostructure, and the emissive molecule is selected from the group of phosphorescent organometallic complexes, including cyclometallated platinum, iridium and...

20060029830 - Nbsi-2 base nanocomposite coating and manufacturing method thereof: A NbSi2-base nanocomposite coating formed on the surface of niobium or niobium-base alloys is disclosed. The nanocomposite coating layer is manufactured by forming a niobium carbide layers or a niobium nitride layers by depositing of carbon or nitrogen on the surface, and then depositing silicon. The nanocomposite coating layer has...

20060029831 - Coated insert and method of making same: A cutting tool insert particularly for turning of steel comprising a body and a coating with a first (innermost) layer system of at least two layers of TiCxNyOz with x+y+z≦1 with a total thickness of from about 0.7 to about 4.5 μm, a second layer system to a large extent...

20060029832 - High surface quality gan wafer and method of fabricating same: AlxGayInzN, wherein 0≦x≦1, 0≦y≦1, 0≦z≦1, and x+y+z=1, characterized by a root mean square surface roughness of less than 1 nm in a 10×10 μm2 area. The AlxGayInzN may be in the form of a wafer, which is chemically mechanically polished (CMP) using a CMP slurry comprising abrasive particles, such as...

20060029833 - Methods for forming a barrier layer with periodic concentrations of elements and structures resulting therefrom: A method is provided which includes dispensing and removing different deposition solutions during an electroless deposition process to form different sub-films of a composite layer. Another method includes forming a film by an electroless deposition process and subsequently annealing the microelectronic topography to induce diffusion of an element within the...

20060029834 - Magnetic recording medium and magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus: A magnetic recording medium in which a recording layer is formed in a predetermined concavo-convex pattern and recording and reproducing apparatus comprising the magnetic recording medium are disclosed. The magnetic recording medium has a high areal density and high reliability since the occurrence of a crash of a magnetic head...

20060029835 - Fire-resistant panel comprising loess and fire-resistant decorative panel using the same: The present invention relates to a fire-resistant panel having superior fire resistant properties and a low dimensional variation ratio, and a fire-resistant decorative panel using the same. In detail, the present invention provides a fire-resistant panel comprising a) a substrate of inorganic-fiber-based fabric or non-fabric, or paper; and b) a...

20060029836 - Mattress with top panel incorporating foam of enhanced flammability resistance: A mattress including a top surface panel structure incorporating a foam layer treated with intumescent flame retardant composition to provide substantially improved flame resistance. The foam layer is free from brominated compounds and retains pliability....

20060024452 - Aligning agent for liquid crystal and liquid-crystal display element: P

20060024453 - Elastomeric structural elements: Apparatus for and methods to manufacture elastomeric structural elements utilizing significant quantities of discarded rubber as well other materials, such as unvulcanized rubber compounds, commercial rubber binders, and thermoplastic rubber. The inventive elastomeric structural elements are well suited for use on railroads, highways, buildings, and other structural applications as replacement...

20060024454 - Sheet for ink jet recording, ink for ink jet recording, manufacturing method of ink for ink jet recording, ink jet for ink jet recording, and ink jet recording method: The present invention provides a sheet for ink jet recording, ink for ink jet recording, manufacturing method of ink for ink jet recording, ink set for ink jet recording, and ink jet recording method, which hardly blot even under high humidity conditions, and comprises a betaine compound having a specific...

20060024455 - Method for image formation and intermediate transfer recording medium: The present invention provides a method for image formation, that can yield thermally transferred images which are excellent in various fastness properties even under severe service conditions, and an intermediate transfer recording medium for use in the method for image formation. The method for image formation comprises the steps of:...

20060024457 - Blowing machine for loose-fill insulation material: A machine for distributing blowing wool from a bag of compressed blowing wool includes a collapsible chute configured to receive the blowing wool, a separator mounted at an outlet end of the chute and configured to pick apart the blowing wool and a blower for distributing the picked apart blowing...

20060024456 - Machine for opening packages of loosefill insulation material: A machine for distributing blowing wool from a bag of compressed blowing wool includes a chute configured to receive the bag, and a shredder mounted at an outlet end of the chute and configured to shred the bag and to pick apart the blowing wool. A blower is provided for...

20060024458 - Blowing machine for loosefil insulation material: A machine for distributing blowing wool from a bag of compressed blowing wool includes a chute configured to receive the bag, a shredder mounted at an outlet end of the chute and configured to shred the bag and to pick apart the blowing wool, a rotatably mounted ripper, distinct from...

20060024459 - Strongly stretched apliphatic polyester moldings: A crystalline aliphatic polyester alone or a laminate thereof is subjected to intense stretching under appropriately set stretching conditions to provide a stretched product with remarkably improved physical properties as represented by impact resistance and gas-barrier property inclusive of hot water resistance. The thus-obtained stretched product of aliphatic polyester is...

20060024460 - Transparent closure cap liner having oxygen barrier properties: Plastic compositions for liners in closures are disclosed. The compositions are blends of a synthetic butyl rubber component, a polyolefinic component and two or more lubricant type additives. The liners made from the composition are substantially transparent....

20060024461 - Dry erase substrate: A dry erase sheet is disclosed including a flexible substrate having a dry erase top surface and an opposing bottom surface. An adhesive is disposed on at least a portion of the bottom surface. A polymeric release layer is disposed on at least a portion of the dry erase top...

20060024463 - Dry erase substrate: A dry erase sheet is disclosed including a flexible substrate having a dry erase top surface and an opposing bottom surface. An adhesive is disposed on at least a portion of the bottom surface. A polymeric release layer is disposed on at least a portion of the dry erase top...

20060024462 - Multi-ply multi-indicia marker pad: A multi-ply multi-indicia marker pad includes a plurality of marker elements stacked one above the other to form a stack, and a bottom panel. Each of the marker elements has a side edge, a bottom surface that is coated with a repositionable adhesive layer, and at least one cutting line...

20060024464 - Protective covering for the working area of a machine tool: A protective cover for the work area of a machine tool having a plurality of frame-like segments disposed so as to be limitedly shiftable within each other and respectively provided with a sealing strip on at least one edge. A plurality of connecting elements formed as slidable lattice grates connect...

20060024465 - Laminate flooring members: A decorated flooring member constructed using the DPL process and comprises a high density fiberboard (“HDF”) core and a wear layer that has an EPLF rating of AC5. In operation, the flooring member of the present invention will exhibit similar characteristics to an HPL constructed flooring member while retaining the...

20060024467 - Disk production apparatus and disk produced by disk production apparatus: A disk production apparatus has a movable-side metal mold and a fixed-side metal mold provided as facing the movable-side metal mold, the fixed-side metal mold having a center hole. Inserted into the center hole is a retainer to attach a stamper on the fixed-side metal mold. The center of an...

20060024466 - Wire/fiber ring and method for manufacturing the same: A wire/fiber ring having two layers applied in four clock positions. Each layer includes a first material strand having a first diameter and a second material strand having a second diameter different from the first diameter. A second or any subsequent layer is disposed such that there is unambiguous nesting...

20060024468 - Preparation of a substrate: w

20060024469 - Vacuum heat insulator and its manufacturing method, and body warmer and personal computer using the vacuum heat insulator: A vacuum heat insulator small in limitation in shape of applicable objects, and wide in application is presented. A vacuum heat insulator is formed of a plurality of core members of thickness of 5 mm or less made of glass fiber shaped nearly in a regular octagonal shape, being coated...

20060024470 - Luxury fiber blend for use in fiberfill household textile articles: A pillow, pillow form, quilt or other household textile article is comprised of a ticking having a fiberfill inserted into an interior space thereof. The fiberfill is comprised of a luxury fiber blend in the form of either loose fibers or a nonwoven fiber batt. The luxury fiber blend is...

20060024471 - Weighted-edge overlay article: An overlay article for overlaying an object surface is provided. In one embodiment, the overlay article includes: a first material panel and at least one weighted portion. The first material panel has a lower surface and an upper surface that define a perimeter region. Each weighted portion is disposed along...

20060024472 - Connection of the edges of formed sheets: A connection of the edges of formed sheets, preferably of a door outer sheet (1) to a door inner sheet and/or a connecting sheet (2) is provided, wherein the edges of the sheets have at least partly planar contact surfaces and may be detachably connected to one another. Provisions are...

20060024473 - Load bearing fabric assembly and method of making a load bearing fabric assembly: A load bearing fabric assembly having a frame, a carrier and a load bearing fabric. The load bearing fabric is attached directly to the carrier. The frame defines view ports to enable visual inspection of the junction between the carrier and the load bearing fabric after the carrier and fabric...

20060024474 - Load bearing fabric assembly and method of making a load bearing fabric assembly: A load bearing fabric assembly having a frame, a carrier and a load bearing fabric. The load bearing fabric is attached directly to the carrier. The frame defines view ports to enable visual inspection of the junction between the carrier and the load bearing fabric after the carrier and fabric...

20060024475 - Floor covering: A temporary floor covering 10 that allows air and moisture to pass through the covering 10 is disclosed. The floor covering 10 has a first layer 12, a second layer 14 connected to the first layer 12, and a plurality of perforations 18 in the covering 10. The first layer...

20060024477 - Laminated and bonded structure of plates: A laminated and bonded structure includes plural plates. The plates include first and second plates. The plates are laminated and bonded to each other with an adhesive agent. The first and second plates have laminated surfaces bonded to each other. A first escape groove is defined in the laminated surface...

20060024476 - Method of marking a skin for a vehicle interior panel: A method of marking a skin for a vehicle interior trim panel comprising providing a skin with a color and an outer surface. A laser is applied to the outer surface such that a portion of the skin surface contacted by the laser changes color relative to a portion of...

20060024478 - Composite, ordered material having sharp surface features: A composite material having sharp surface features includes a recessive phase and a protrusive phase, the recessive phase having a higher susceptibility to a preselected etchant than the protrusive phase, the composite material having an etched surface wherein the protrusive phase protrudes from the surface to form a sharp surface...

20060024479 - Grip tape and its fabrication method: A grip tape is constructed to have a felt layer and a polyurethane layer bonded to the felt layer, the polyurethane layer having a layer of elastic microporous and a layer of fine microporous between the layer of elastic microporous and the felt layer....

20060024480 - Composite cement article incorporating a powder coating and methods of making same: A cementitious composite article incorporating a powder coating on at least one surface is provided. The composite article includes a surface treatment adapted to facilitate application of the powder coating onto the article. The surface treatment can include modifications to surface porosity, surface, and/or application of a sealer to the...

20060024481 - Jet printing of patterned metal: An article comprising a substrate and a patterned electrically conductive metal phase, wherein the electrically conductive metal phase is selectively deposited on the substrate via sequential or simultaneous ink jetting of combinations of a reducible soluble metal salt, a reduction catalyst and a reducing agent. On substrates having layered structures,...

20060024484 - Lofted composite with enhanced air permeability: A composite of the present invention comprises a substrate having deposited on a surface thereof a dry mixture of active particles, lofting fibers, and binder particles. The composite has increased air permeability and lower air resistance than prior art composites that do not incorporate lofting fibers....

20060024482 - Reinforced polymer composition: A partially cured reinforced polymeric article is provided which includes one or more layers. Each layer may include a reinforcing web, a partially cured cross-linkable polymeric composition being formed from, an ultra-violet (UV) curable polymeric resin; and a photoinitiator, and/or a photoinitiator and a thermal initiator. The polymeric resin and...

20060024483 - Transparent composite panel: A transparent nanofiber composite panel that includes a plurality of transparent nanofibers integrated in random orientations within a transparent matrix is provided. The transparent nanofibers have a diameter that is less than the wavelength of visible light. The extremely small diameter of the transparent nanofibers allows the transparent panel to...

20060024485 - Rubber-based composite material and the rubber article using the same: A rubber based composite material having a rubber composition and, adhered thereto, a reinforcing material having a coating film containing a metal or a metal compound capable of reacting with sulfur formed on the surface of the material, characterized in that the oxygen content in the coating film increases toward...

20060024486 - Non-woven protective garments with thermo-regulating properties: Non-woven protective garments consisting of multi-layer composite barrier fabrics where at least one of the layers is made of an elastomeric material comprising finely divided phase change materials such as crystalline alkyl hydrocarbons or salt hydrates facilitate thermo-regulation due to latent heat absorption and latent heat release in the phase...

20060024487 - Creating stencils using microencapsulated material: An apparatus for creating stencils uses microencapsulated material (14) which comprises a printhead (32) for image-wise exposing of the microencapsulated material in a pattern which leaves unexposed an outline of stencil characters (60, 62). A roller ruptures (58) unexposed microcapsules and a chemical in the ruptured microcapsules weakens material outlining...

20060024488 - Creating stencils using microencapsulated material: An apparatus for creating stickers uses microencapsulated material (14) which comprises a printhead (32) for image-wise exposing of the microencapsulated material in a pattern which leaves unexposed an outline of sticker characters (60, 62). A roller ruptures (58) unexposed microcapsules and a chemical in the ruptured microcapsules weakens material outlining...

20060024489 - Metal matrix composites, and methods for making the same: Metal matrix composite inserts and methods of making the same. The inserts are useful in making metal matrix composite articles....

20060024490 - Metal matrix composites, and methods for making the same: Metal matrix composite inserts and articles, and methods for making the same....

20060024491 - Optical effect films with customized central layer: An optical effect thermoplastic resinous laminate film of very thin layers, a substantially uniform thickness, and being generally parallel, and wherein the contiguous adjacent layers differ in refractive index. The film containing an interior layer being parallel to the contiguous adjacent layers but being different from the contiguous adjacent layers...

20060024492 - Packaging for solid product release: The invention pertains to methods of releasing a product, and a solid product in particular, from a container. In one particular embodiment, the invention pertains to packaging to assist in the release of a product, and a solid product in particular, from a container. The packaging includes a flexible, durable...

20060024493 - Color effect/soft feel coating: Substrates with one or more coatings having both color effect and tactile effect are disclosed. The color effect composition and tactile effect composition can be included in the same coating or in different coatings....

20060024494 - Pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets, and surface protecting film: An object of the present invention is to provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition which is excellent in antistatic property of a non-electrification-prevented adherend (subject to be protected) upon peeling, and has reduced stainability in an adherend and is excellent in adhesion reliance, and electrification preventing pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets using the...

20060024495 - Self-adhesive air cushion film as protection for fresh paint finishes during vehicle assembly, and production process: A self-adhesive air cushion film for temporary protection of fresh paint surfaces of vehicles such as automobiles and freshly painted vehicle parts, having a first carrier film on which a second, bubble-forming carrier film is present, the bubbles being filled in particular with air, a sheet of polyethylene being inseparably...

20060024496 - Bicomponent fiber and yarn comprising same: The invention provides a bicomponent staple fiber comprising poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(trimethylene terephthalate) wherein the bicomponent fiber has a substantially oval cross-section shape having an aspect ratio A:B of about 2:1 to about 5:1 wherein A is a fiber cross-section major axis length and B is a fiber cross-section minor...

20060024497 - Fiber for artificial hair and process for producing the same: A fiber having unique gloss of appearance (flickering gloss) with light diffusibility, while maintaining natural feeling of gloss necessary as fiber for hair, is provided. The present invention may be attained by an artificial fiber for hair obtained from an acrylic based synthetic fiber having a single fiber size of...

20060024498 - Ionic toothbrush bristles and method of fabricating a toothbrush: A toothbrush with bristles containing a far-infrared emitting material and multi-element minerals is disclosed. The negative ions and radiation emitted from the bristles stimulate the cells of the gums and help prevent periodontal conditions....

20060024499 - Nanofibrous articles: Nanofibrous articles can be manufactured by a process (100) that includes preparation of a surface (203, 405) of a substrate (200, 404) to provide an adhesion mechanism (306, 410) for securing the nanofibers (402) to the surface. The nanofibers (402) can be dispersed in an area near the substrate (200,...

20060024501 - High-weatherability iron nitride-based magnetic powder and method of manufacturing the powder: Here, Hc1 and σs1 are the coercivity and saturation magnetization, respectively, of the magnetic powder after being kept for one week at a constant temperature and constant humidity of 60° C. and 90% RH. Hc0 and σs0 are the coercivity and saturation magnetization of the magnetic powder before being kept...

20060024500 - Network silica for enhancing tensile strength of rubber compound: The present invention relates to A three-dimensionally networked silica composed of silica particles of 0 to 100 nm combining by bridge chains of aliphatic, aromatic, polyimine, peptide, and polyether groups. When the networked silica of the present invention can be used to rubber compounds, the compounds brought about considerable increases...

20060024502 - Electrodeposition of c60 thin films: A method of preparing a fullerene-containing material by electrodepositing the material onto a substrate from a fullerene-derivative in solution or from a medium comprising water and a fullerene derivative. The substrate can be coated with a metal or metal compound to prepare a fullerene-doped metal thin film. In a further...

20060024503 - Fused carbon nanotube-nanocrystal heterostructures and methods of making the same: The present invention provides a fused heterostructure comprising a carbon nanotube and at least one nanocrystal, wherein the nanocrystal is attached by a covalent linkage to at least one oxygen moiety on the nanotube, and wherein there is no intermediary linker between the nanotube and the nanocrystal....

20060024504 - Methods of controlling flow: A method of controlling flow includes treating a region of a surface to have a non-wettable surface characteristic or a wettable surface characteristic in the region....

20060024505 - Method for coating package with a filter profile: Method for packaging a photo detector integrated circuit (IC) and a pigment filter and resulting package are described. An encapsulated package (e.g., an epoxy-encapsulated package) that includes a first surface is provided. A filter layer is then coated directly onto the first surface. The filter layer provides optical filtering properties...

20060024506 - Method and apparatus for making plate-like fiber-reinforced products: A method for making a plate-like fibre-reinforced product to be used as building or packing material, the method comprising: placing fibres on a lower laminate; applying a binding agent on the fibres so that the fibres are surrounded by the binding agent; transferring the fibres with binding agent between the...

20060024507 - Method for preparing a spray urethane skin having a clear coat for vehicle interior trim components and skins made thereby: Aspects of the present invention include providing a method of making polyurethane composite skins for vehicle interior components, as well as providing the resulting skin. In at least one embodiment, the method comprises providing a clear coat having a show surface and a back surface, and providing a colored aromatic...

20060024508 - Composite, nanostructured, super-hydrophobic material: A hydrophobic disordered composite material having a protrusive surface feature includes a recessive phase and a protrusive phase, the recessive phase having a higher susceptibility to a preselected etchant than the protrusive phase, the composite material having an etched surface wherein the protrusive phase protrudes from the surface to form...

20060024509 - Plate made of a glass material for a device of the fireplace insert or stove type: The invention relates to a plate for fireplace insert or stove, or equivalent, formed from at least one substrate made of a glass material comprising at least one reflective coating on at least one of its faces. The invention also relates to the process for manufacturing the plate and to...

20060024510 - Antiglare,anticlouding element: An anti-glare and anti-fogging element 1 consisting of an anti-glare element 5 having an electrochromic cell 4 between a front transparent base plate 2 and a back transparent base plate 3 and an anti-fogging element 8 formed on the front transparent base plate 2, which is configured as an anti-glare...

20060024511 - Electro-coat adhesion layer with a siloxane top coat: Described is a method of coating a metallic substrate comprising: providing a metallic substrate; applying an electrocoating composition by a cathodic electrocoating process to the substrate; and applying to the electrocoated substrate an aqueous coating composition comprised of a siloxane material. Also described is the product produced by the process...

20060024512 - Filter substrate and color display using the same: A filter substrate including a transparent support substrate 11, a pattern layer 13, a first overcoat layer 15 formed of a reaction product prepared by a chemical reaction mainly based on hydrolysis of a starting material comprising at least a material selected from aminoalkyldialkoxysilanes, aminoalkyltrialkoxysilanes, and composites composed mainly of...

20060024513 - Dispersion strengthened rare earth stabilized zirconia: A process for forming a coating on a substrate, such as a turbine engine component, is provided. The process comprises the steps of providing a rare earth oxide stabilized zirconia composition, blending the first rare earth oxide stabilized zirconia composition with at least one additional constituent selected from the group...

20060024514 - Electroless plating with nanometer particles: The addition of nanometer particles to electroless metal plating baths reduces or eliminates seeding in the electroless plating baths. The reduced seeding results in less inclusions or pitting in the coating. Usually the maintenance and frequent tank-cleaning schedule can be increased beyond the normal 2-3 day. The properties of the...

20060024515 - Magnetic recording medium: A magnetic recording medium is provided that includes a non-magnetic support, a radiation-cured layer cured by exposing a layer containing a radiation curing compound to radiation, and a magnetic layer comprising a ferromagnetic powder dispersed in a binder. The radiation-cured layer and the magnetic layer are provided in that order...

20060024517 - Coating for aluminum component: A coated aluminum component for a substrate processing chamber comprises an aluminum component having a surface; a first aluminum oxide layer formed on the surface of the aluminum component, the aluminum oxide layer having a surface comprising penetrating surface features; and a second aluminum oxide layer on the first aluminum...

20060024516 - Steam oxidation of powder metal parts: A method of forming an oxide layer on a powder metal part includes subjecting the powder metal part to a steam oxidation process. An oxide layer is formed on the powder metal part. The oxide layer has a thickness greater than 7 microns....

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20060024518 - Low density cavitated opaque polymer film: A low density opaque polymer film containing at least one layer having a propylene polymer matrix that has been cavitated by a two component cavitation system, wherein the first component of the two component cavitation system is a beta-nucleating agent to produce the beta-crystalline form of polypropylene, and the second...

20060024520 - Permeable polypropylene film: A permeable, propylene-containing film structure including a core layer containing a propylene polymer matrix that has been cavitated by a two-component cavitation system, wherein the first component of the two-component cavitation system is a beta-nucleating agent to produce the beta-crystalline form of polypropylene and the second component is a filler....

20060024521 - (meth)acrylate block copolymer pressure sensitive adhesives: Articles are provided that include an optical film and an optically clear pressure sensitive adhesive layer on at least one outer surface of the optical film. Additionally, articles are provided that include a pressure sensitive adhesive layer that resists bubble formation when adhered to an outgassing substrate. The pressure sensitive...

20060024524 - Electroluminescent device, and method for producing the same: The present invention provides a device capable of obtaining stable luminescence with a long life by preventing the insulating layer loss by in an etching process and thus preventing the short circuit defect in the device as well as providing the advantages of the photolithographic process, and a method for...

20060024522 - Luminescent compounds with carbene ligands: An organic light emitting device is provided. The device has an anode, a cathode and an organic layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. The organic layer comprises a compound further comprising one or more carbene ligands coordinated to a metal center....

20060024523 - Organic electroluminescence device: An organic electroluminescence device which exhibits an excellent purity of color and a high efficiency of light emission, has a long life and emits reddish light and a novel compound having these characteristics are provided. The organic electroluminescence device comprises an organic layer disposed between at least one pair of...

20060024525 - Organic electroluminescent device: An organic electroluminescent device including an organic green emission layer comprising a green emission material and a blue emission material. The green emission layer is interposed between a pair of electrodes....

20060024526 - Organic light emitting devices with electron blocking layers: The present invention relates to organic light emitting devices (OLEDs), and more specifically to efficient OLEDs having electron blocking layers. The devices of the present invention comprise at least one electron blocking layer which functions to confine electrons to specific regions of the light emitting devices. The present invention also...

20060024527 - Dispersion strengthened rare earth stabilized zirconia: A process for forming a coating on a substrate, such as a turbine engine component, is provided. The process comprises the steps of: providing a first rare earth oxide stabilized zirconia composition; providing a second composition selected from the group consisting of a yttria stabilized zirconia composition, a ceria stabilized...

20060024528 - Protective coating for oxide ceramic based composites: A layered structure includes a substrate comprising a layer of an oxide/oxide ceramic based composite material, a first oxide layer disposed directly on the substrate and formed from a material that has no greater than about 10% porosity and is substantially impermeable by water vapor, and a second oxide layer...

20060024529 - Method for recording to and reproducing from a magnetic recording medium, recording and reproduction device for the same, and magnetic recording medium: A method for recording to and reproducing from a magnetic recording medium is disclosed in which an information signal is recorded and reproduced under thermal assist, and which allows one to stably record tiny recording magnetic domains and stably detect a reproduction output signal during reproduction when recording at high...

20060024530 - Magnetic alloy materials with hcp stabilized microstructure, magnetic recording media comprising same, and fabrication method therefor: A magnetic recording medium comprises: (a) a non-magnetic substrate having a surface; and (b) a stack of thin film layers on the substrate surface, including a layer of a magnetic alloy material with a stabilized hexagonal close-packed (“hcp”) crystal structure, comprising: (i) a major amount of a ferromagnetic element with...

20060024531 - Magnetic recording medium and method for manufacturing same, and method for recording and reproducing with magnetic recording medium: A magnetic recording medium is disclosed which eliminates the difficulty of stably forming tiny recording magnetic domains during high density recording. The magnetic recording medium is constituted such that at least a recording layer is provided on a disk substrate, and the recording layer is bonded with hydrogen and is...

20060024532 - Method of producing magnetic recording medium, magnetic recording medium and magnetic storage apparatus: A method of producing a magnetic recording medium having a recording layer that is magnetized in a recording direction to record information in the recording layer, includes forming a seed layer made of an amorphous CoW or an amorphous CoW alloy material on a substrate surface, forming an underlayer on...

20060024533 - Magnetic recording medium: Provided is a magnetic recording medium exhibiting good electromagnetic characteristics in high-density recording The magnetic recording medium employed for magnetically recording signals with a track width equal to or less than 2.0 μm and reproducing the magnetically recorded signals, wherein said magnetic recording medium comprises a magnetic layer comprising a...