08th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120045532 | Anticancer Methods Employing Extracts of Gleditsia sinensis Lam - Selective apoptotic extracts of | 2012-02-23 |
20120045533 | THIN FILM BUFFER LAYER SOLUTION DEPOSITION ASSEMBLY - Methods and devices are provided for improved deposition systems. In one non-limiting example, a deposition system is provided for use with a solution and a substrate. The system comprises of a solution deposition apparatus; at least one heating chamber; at least one assembly for holding a solution over the substrate; and a substrate curling apparatus for curling at least one edge of the substrate to define a zone capable of containing a volume of the solution over the substrate. In another embodiment of the present invention, a deposition system for use with a substrate, the system comprising a solution deposition apparatus; at heating chamber; and at least assembly for holding solution over the substrate to allow for a depth of at least about 0.5 microns to 10 mm. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045534 | Patty-Forming Apparatus with Top Feed and Rotary Pump - The food product machine with a food supply, a rotary food pump connected to the food supply, a molding mechanism having a mold plate and a knockout drive, and a mold plate reciprocating between a fill and a discharge position. The knockout drive reciprocates a knockout plunger to discharge molded food products from the mold plate the mold plate being reciprocated between a cavity fill position and a cavity discharge position. The machine includes a manifold connected an outlet of the food pump and having an outlet passageway connected to an inlet of the molding mechanism for filling the cavity of the mold plate. The machine can further include a fill plunger system for increasing the till pressure of the food mass prior to filling the mold cavities. Plungers extend into the manifold to displace food mass volume and increase the pressure in the manifold. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045535 | Patty-Forming Apparatus with Bottom Feed and Rotary Pump - The food product machine with a food supply, a rotary food pump connected to the food supply, a molding mechanism having a mold plate and a knockout drive, and a the mold plate configured to be driven to reciprocated between a fill and a discharge position. The knockout drive is reciprocating a knockout plunger to discharge molded food products from a cavity in the mold plate, the mold plate being reciprocated by a mold plate drive between a cavity fill position and a cavity discharge position. The machine further includes a manifold connected an outlet of the food pump and having an outlet passageway connected to an inlet of the molding mechanism for filling the cavity of the mold plate. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045536 | COUPLING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An injection molding system comprising an actuator, a mounting plate, a mold and a manifold mounted between the mounting plate and the mold, the mounting plate being removably coupled to the mold, a valve pin comprising a pin stem and a pin connector; the actuator housing being mounted on or within the mounting plate for radial movement upon decoupling of the actuator housing from the mounting plate. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045537 | Mold-Tool System having Valve Stem Slide Supported by Nozzle Housing - A mold-tool system ( | 2012-02-23 |
20120045538 | Nutrient team - The invention provides a method of improving the ingestion of nutrients. The method involves ingesting nutrients in two different forms. At least one form may be a solid and one form may be a liquid form. At least one of the solid and liquid forms contains a nutrient team that increases the absorption of nutrients. At least one of the solid and liquid forms contains a bully that is separated from nutrients in the other form and thereby prevents the bully from impairing nutrient absorption. By properly teaming up and separating nutrients, greater absorption of nutrients can be achieved with lower dosages, following the physiological rules regarding vitamin pairs and teams; necessary for nutrient absorption or usage. This is especially the case where lowering the dosage of calcium allows many other nutrients to be absorbed at much higher levels. The solid form can be tasty and satiating encouraging proper diet and weight loss, without any stigma for using “special” products, for special diets; or contain condition specific (and/or age or other specificity based criteria) based special nutrients and nutrition. The liquid can be tasty and voluminous enough to help satisfy one's fluid intake requirements. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045539 | PROTECTED ACTIVE COMPOUND FORMULATIONS OF AMINO ACIDS AND PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION - Active compound formulations for animal nutrition of amino acids, vitamins, enzymes and pigments, which are suitable for providing the active compounds in protected form for the nutrition of stock animals, in particular ruminants, and a process for the preparation of these protected active compound formulations. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045540 | Fermented food refrigerator and control method thereof - A control method includes measuring acidity of a fermented food and judging a ripening degree of the fermented food according to the measured acidity, determining whether or not measurement of salinity of the fermented food is performed through the judged ripening degree, and measuring salinity of the fermented food, and adjusting a storage temperature of the fermented food by lowering the storage temperature, if the measured salinity is higher than reference salinity, and raising the storage temperature, if the measured salinity is lower than the reference salinity. The storage temperature of the fermented food is set according to the measured ripening degree or salinity of the fermented food, and thus the storage temperature is set to the optimum temperature proper for the current state of the fermented food. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045541 | USE OF ALKALI METAL LACTATE IN CURING OF SEAFOOD SURIMI PRODUCTS - The present invention discloses a method for the preparation of a cured seafood surimi product comprising: providing raw fish surimi; mixing the raw surimi with an alkali metal lactate in an amount of 0.1 to 10% (w/w), and an additional ingredient as desired; curing the mixture of raw fish surimi, alkali metal lactate and additional ingredient; and, optionally, further processing the cured surimi product. The alkali metal lactate preferably is potassium lactate. The alkali metal lactate improves the texture of the cured seafood surimi product. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045542 | PROCESS TO PRODUCE A WINE OR FRUIT JUICE STABLISER - The present invention relates to a process to produce a wine or fruit juice stabiliser comprising contacting a composition comprising proteinaceous material with a prolyl-specific protease, as well as to a wine or fruit juice stabiliser obtainable by said process. The invention also relates to a composition comprising peptides, said peptides having a molar fraction (%) of peptides carrying a carboxy terminal prolyl residue of at least 0.25%. Said wine or fruit juice stabiliser or composition may be used as a stabiliser against the crystallisation of KHT or other organic acids without causing protein haze. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045543 | SHELF-LIFE EXTENSION OF SOUR DOUGH BAKED GOODS - The present invention relates to an improved method for producing sour dough and baked goods having an extended shelf life, wherein biological preservatives are augmented in the dough or the baked goods by cofermenting selected lactobacilli. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045544 | FROZEN DOUGH COMPRISING SACCHAROMYCES BAYANUS - The present invention relates a frozen non-leavened farinaceous dough that can be leavened under ambient conditions before being baked, fried and/or boiled to produce a ready-to-eat foodstuff. More particularly, the invention provides a frozen non-leavened farinaceous dough containing at 10 | 2012-02-23 |
20120045545 | HIGH EFFICIENCY ETHANOL PROCESS AND HIGH PROTEIN FEED CO-PRODUCT - A process is disclosed for producing a feed co-product by ethanol fermentation of plant matter comprising starch and another polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of hemicellulose and cellulose. The process comprises: (i) carrying out a primary fermentation process, distilling the primary fermentation mixture to form a primary feed co-product derived from the fermentation of the primary fermentation mixture and a primary distillate product comprising ethanol and (ii) carrying out a secondary fermentation process and distilling the secondary fermentation mixture to form the modified feed co-product and a secondary distillate product comprising ethanol. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045546 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ACIDIFIED MILK PRODUCT - The present, invention relates to a method for producing an acidified milk product using an enzyme having transglutaminase activity, and fermenting the milk substrate with a microorganism which produces a polysaccharide, such as an exopolysaccharide (EPS). The present invention also relates to decreasing the ropyness of an acidified milk product and improving its texture. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045547 | Functional Fruits and Vegetables Bean Curd without Salt Water and Method for Preparing the Same - Disclosed is a functional fruits and vegetables bean curd without salt water, and a method for preparing the same, in which the method has advantages that a low digestibility caused from the processing of the existing beans, and the problem regarding the salt water or salt contained in the bean curd can be basically improved by using the germinated soybean sprouts and the fermentation aging solution, and the bean curd having the rich fermentation metabolites that have greatly increased nutrient component and functional component as well as the nutrient of the soybean can be manufactured. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045548 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING A BEAN-BASED PRODUCT - The present invention relates to a method for improving at least one characteristic of a bean-based product by treating said bean-based product with a peroxidase, preferably a | 2012-02-23 |
20120045549 | Novel asparaginases and uses thereof - The present invention relates to an asparaginase having the width of the pH activity profile which is at least 3.5. Furthermore the invention relates to newly identified asparaginase polypeptide according to any one of SEQ ID NO: 2 or SEQ ID NO: 4 and to variants thereof and to polynucleotide sequences that encode such novel asparaginase variants. Furthermore the invention relates to the use of these novel asparaginase variants in industrial processes. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045550 | PROCESS TO PREPARE A LOW-SODIUM SALT PRODUCT, PRODUCT OBTAINABLE THEREBY AND THE USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a process to prepare a salt product containing sodium chloride (NaCl) and at least one additive, wherein the salt product has a particle size of from 50 μm to 10 mm, which process comprises the steps of: a) optionally, crushing a sodium chloride-containing material to a particle size that is between 1,000 times smaller and 3 times smaller than the size of the final salt product; b) optionally, crushing the at least one additive starting material to a particle size that is between 0.5 and 2 times the particle size of the sodium chloride-containing material particles resulting from step a.); c) subsequently, mixing the sodium chloride-containing material particles of a particle size that is between 1,000 times smaller and 3 times smaller than the size of the final salt product, and additive particles of a particle size that is between 0.5 and 2.0 times the particle size of the sodium chloride-containing material particles; d) subsequently, compacting the particle mixture resulting from step c.) using a pressure of from 40 to 400 MPa; e. subsequently, crushing the compacted salt product to give particles of the desired particle size of 50 μm to 10 mm; wherein the steps are carried out under substantially dry conditions. Additionally, the invention provides the low sodium salt product obtainable by the process and the use thereof for human or animal consumption. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045551 | Food Grade Colouring Agent - The present invention relates to a food grade colouring agent for the preparation of coloured ice cubes, wherein the colouring agent comprises dried red cabbage, to a method for the preparation of the colouring agent, comprising the steps of chopping and drying red cabbage, to a method for the preparation of a coloured liquid, wherein the colouring agent is extracted with water and/or ethanol, and to the use of the coloured liquid for the preparation for coloured ice cubes or confectionary. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045552 | INTERMEDIATE FOOD PRODUCT - An intermediate food product for the production of a fiber-enriched food end product by mixing and further processing it with a liquid-containing end product addition comprises dietary fibers made of insoluble fruit and/or vegetable fibers that are mixed with a base liquid. For this purpose, the intermediate food product is preportioned and packaged in a packaging that can be transported, stating an amount of the end product addition to be used which ensures a dietary fiber portion of at least 3.0 wt-% of the food end product. The dietary fibers and the base liquid are pretreated by applying shearing forces and have a paste-like consistency. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045553 | EMULSION/COLLOID MEDIATED FLAVOR ENCAPSULATION AND DELIVERY WITH TOBACCO-DERIVED LIPIDS - Flavorants are emulsified in tobacco-derived lipids and encapsulated with biopolymers and polysaccharides. The emulsions include oil-in-water emulsions, oil-in-water-in-oil emulsions, water-in oil emulsions, or water-in-oil-in-water emulsions, and optionally include ethanol and/or propylene glycol in an oil phase. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045554 | WINE GLASS, METHOD FOR PACKAGING WINE, AND WINE CONTAINER - The invention relates to a method of packaging wine in a container essentially consisting of a plastics material glass closed by a lid, wherein a lid is sealed to the rim of the glass and, while sealing the lid, the container is deformed to reduce the volume of the head space. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045555 | FRESH FRUIT PRESERVATIVE AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A fresh fruit preservative and method of using the preservative for fresh cut fruit that significantly extend the shelf life of fresh cut fruit are provided. The fresh fruit preservative preserves the texture, flavor, appearance, and color of the fresh fruit, particularly exposed surfaces of the fresh fruit that have been cut, in particular by reducing oxidation of the exposed cut surfaces of the fruit. The preservative includes the ingredients of ascorbic acid, calcium ascorbate, carbohydrate, sodium chloride, magnesium chloride, potassium bicarbonate and malic acid. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045556 | A COOKING OIL COMPOSITION - A cooking composition comprising a non-hydrogenated vegetable oil, lecithin, monoglycerides, and optionally citric acid esters. The cooking composition is a homogenous, transparent liquid at ambient temperatures and is an effective anti-spattering composition for use in preparing food. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045557 | Baked Good Marking Device and Method of Using the Same - A baked good marking device assembly comprises a base, an elongated marking arm, and a marker. The base has a top surface and a bottom surface. The elongated marking arm is generally perpendicular to the base. The elongated marking arm has a first side and a second side. At least one of the first side and the second side includes one of either a first channel and a first rail. The elongated marking arm has measuring indicia proximate the one of either the first channel and the first rail. The elongated marking arm is removably fixed to the base. The marker has a body portion. The marker is moveable along the first channel or the first rail of the elongated marking arm. The marker has a marking portion protruding outward from the body portion. The marking portion is disposed in a generally perpendicular relationship to the elongated marking arm. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045558 | METHOD FOR THE VACUUM SKIN PACKAGING OF PRODUCTS WITH IRREGULAR SHARP SURFACES - A method for packaging products with mechanically abusive surfaces, such as crustaceans and shellfish, comprises the use of a twin film as the top skin film in vacuum skin packaging process. The twin film comprises at least two component films superimposed the one on the other and not welded, bonded, adhered, glued or sealed together. The invention also relates to a vacuum skin package comprising a food product selected from the group consisting of crustacean and shellfish loaded on a support and a twin skin film draped over the product and welded to the support. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045559 | Hot Beverage Maker with Dispenser - A hot beverage maker has a stand, fresh water reservoir, a removable tank, and a spring-biased actuator means for dispensing brewed beverages. The tank includes a reservoir portion and the reservoir portion is adapted to hold a brewed liquid so that the tank comprises a fluid bucket when removed from the hot beverage maker. The tank is placed on a platform in a mating relationship so as to engage a warmer plate to keep the contents of the tank warm. The hot beverage maker produces a brewed beverage that is stored in the tank. The dispenser actuator may be engaged by a vessel for holding a hot beverage in order to commence the dispensing of the brewed beverage from the tank. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045560 | Continuous Production of Edible Food Products with Selected Shapes - A food product of non-uniform shape may be manufactured from an edible composition such as starch by introducing said composition to an extruder having a barrel and subjecting the composition to shear and heat to form a melt, and conveying the melt through an adjustable orifice while varying the cross-section dimensions of the orifice to form an extrudate having thickness dimensions that varies along its length. This may be followed by cutting the extrudate to length. The extrudate may also be passed between cooperating cavities and formed to shape. The extrudate may also be guided into predetermined patterns by repositioning the die relative to a molding surface. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045561 | Energy-Saving Static Stirring Apparatus For Automatically Stirring A Fluid - An energy-saving static stirring apparatus for automatically stirring a fluid includes a deflector adapted for stationary placement in a container that holds a fluid for boiling. The deflector may include at least one friction contact point for frictionally engaging the container to prevent movement of the deflector. An inner portion of the deflector may be configured for placement proximate to a center of the container. An outer portion of the deflector may be configured for placement proximate to a side of the container. One or more deflector ramps define one or more vent openings to impart lateral movement to heated fluid currents and/or vapor bubbles moving upwardly away from a heat source below the container and to redirect the fluid currents and/or vapor bubbles into a swirling motion that stirs the fluid without movement of the deflector. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045562 | RICE IMPROVER, COOKED RICE USING SAME, AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARING COOKED RICE - A rice improver containing a gelatinized product of an acid-treated waxy type starch or a gelatinized product of an oxidation-treated waxy type starch, wherein a cold water solubility of the rice improver in pure water at 25 degrees centigrade is equal to or higher than 50%, wherein a content of a fraction of a granular material sieved over 0.5 mm-opening (32 mesh) sieve in the rice improver is smaller than 5% by weight, and wherein a total of contents of said acid-treated waxy type starch and said oxidation-treated waxy type starch over the whole rice improver is equal to or larger than 50% by weight. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045563 | RESVERATROL COMPOSITIONS - Compositions consisting of or comprising resveratrol and a protective colloid, particularly a gelatine, a modified food starch or a ligninsulfonate, their use for stably incorporating resveratrol into water-based foods, particularly beverages, and the foods thus obtained. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045564 | AGENT FOR COOKED RICE - It is to provide a quality improving agent for cooked rice which effectively imparts improving effect on loosening properties, anti-aging property, and/or water retentivity to cooked rice with as little influence as possible on the original texture and taste of the cooked rice, a method for producing cooked rice using the quality improving agent, and cooked rice improved in loosening properties, anti-aging property, and/or water retentivity using the method for producing cooked rice. In the process of rice cooking for preparing cooked rice, substituted modified starch whose viscosity has been adjusted to a viscosity range involving a viscosity of 15 mPa·s or higher at 30% by mass in an aqueous solution and a viscosity of 3000 mPa·s or lower at 10% by mass in an aqueous solution by the hydrolysis or molecular weight reduction of the substituted modified starch is added as the quality improving agent for cooked rice. As a result, improving effect on loosening properties, anti-aging property, and/or water retentivity is imparted to cooked rice, while cooked rice having the original texture and taste of cooked rice is produced. Examples of the degradation product of substituted modified starch include degradation products obtained using, as a base material, substituted modified starch(s) of hydroxypropyl starch, hydroxypropylated distarch phosphate, and starch sodium octenylsuccinate. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045565 | Onions With High Storage Ability, High Soluble Solids Content and/or Low Pungency - Long-day onion plants, capable of producing onion bulbs comprising ‘high soluble solids’ combined with a ‘sweet taste’ as a result of low pungency, are provided, as are methods for producing such plants, bulbs and seeds. Such onions can be stored for long periods without a loss in quality and without an increase in pungency. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045566 | OLIGOSACCHARIDE INGREDIENT - An oligosaccharide ingredient comprising glycosylated amino acids and peptides of the general formula RnSacm where R is an amino acid residue, Sac is a monosaccharide selected from the group comprising N-acetyl-neuraminic acid, N-acetyl galactosamine and galactose, n has a value between 1 and 10 with the proviso that if n has the value 1 R is a threonine residue or a serine residue and if n has a value between 2 and 10 the peptide contains at least one threonine or serine residue, m has a value between 2 and 4 and at least 20 mol % of the ingredient is N-acetyl-neuraminic acid. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045567 | FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES HAVING A THIN-FILM BARRIER - Methods and apparatus provide for: applying an inorganic barrier layer to at least a portion of a flexible substrate, the barrier layer being formed from a low liquidus temperature (LLT) material; and sintering the inorganic barrier layer while maintaining the flexible substrate below a critical temperature. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045568 | MULTICOLOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND PROCESSES OF FORMING THE SAME BY PRINTING - There is provided a process of forming a regular array of rows of subpixels on a workpiece. The subpixels having 3 different colors, and a subpixel pitch s. Of the three colors, q colors are formed by printing and r colors are formed by a non-printing method. The process includes the steps: (1) providing a printing head having z nozzles arranged in a row with a spacing between the nozzles of p, where z=3n | 2012-02-23 |
20120045569 | COATING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MASS-PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBERS - Provided is a coating apparatus that suppresses the phenomenon in which a semisolid film is retained on the upper-end edge portion of the coating bath even after the circulation of the coating liquid is resumed, resulting in the occurrence of coating defects, and a method for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member using the coating apparatus. The upper-end portion of the coating bath includes a first upper-end surface, a second upper-end surface that is positioned below the first upper-end surface and has an outer diameter larger than that of the first upper-end surface, and a step surface that interconnects the first upper-end surface and the second upper-end surface. The coating liquid is capable of overflowing from the coating bath, flowing along the second upper-end surface, and flowing while wetting the whole area of the step surface when the circulation is resumed. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045570 | Plating solution for forming tin alloy and method of forming tin alloy film using the same - There are provided a plating solution for forming a tin alloy, and a method of forming a tin alloy film by using the same. The plating solution for forming a tin alloy, the plating solution includes a tin salt and one or more metal salts each comprising indium or zinc, and at least one reducing agent selected from the group consisting of boron hydride compounds, the reducing agent providing electrons to metal ions of the metal salts and tin ions of the tin salt to form a tin alloy film on an object to be plate. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045571 | ECO-FRIENDLY SOLDERABLE WIRE ENAMEL - Described is a polyurethane wire enamel composed of at least one blocked polyisocyanate adduct, blocked with alkylphenols, at least one hydroxy polyester comprising ester and/or imide and/or amide groups, at least one hydrocarbon-based organic solvent, and further auxiliaries and additives. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045572 | CARBON NANOTUBE PRODUCTION PROCESS AND CARBON NANOTUBE PRODUCTION APPARATUS - A substrate | 2012-02-23 |
20120045573 | SILVER CONDUCTIVE FILM AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a silver conductive film, a thin film of silver comprising a sintered layer of silver particles having a mean particle size D | 2012-02-23 |
20120045574 | HIGH SENSITIVE GAS SENSOR USING CARBON MATERIALS CONTAINING IONIC METAL CATALYST AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a high sensitive gas sensor using a carbon material containing an ionized metal catalyst and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes the steps of: (1) preparing a hydroxide solution by dissolving a hydroxide in a distilled water; (2) dissolving a metal catalyst in the hydroxide solution; (3) immersing the carbon material in a solution obtained through step (2) and stirring the carbon material; (4) heat-treating a mixture obtained through step (3); (5) cleaning the heat-treated carbon material obtained through step (4); (6) drying the carbon material cleaned through step (5); and (7) manufacturing the gas sensor by loading the carbon material obtained through step (6) on a substrate. The gas sensor having high sensitivity and responsiveness with respect to a target gas even in a normal temperature is obtained. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045575 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A NANOPATTERNED DISC - A method of producing a nanopattern on an upper side and a lower side of a disc. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045576 | AUTOMATIC ELASTOMER EXTRUSION APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an automatic elastomer extrusion apparatus and method. An apparatus | 2012-02-23 |
20120045577 | Antistatic Sol/Gel Compositions and Optical Articles Coated Therewith - The invention relates to an antistatic coating composition comprising a hydrolyzate resulting from the at least partial hydrolysis of: a component A consisting of one or more compounds containing at least one polyalkylene oxide segment and at least one —Si(X) | 2012-02-23 |
20120045578 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PHOTONIC CRYSTAL DEVICE PROVIDED WITH A PLASMONIC WAVEGUIDE - A method for manufacturing a photonic crystal device provided with a plasmonic waveguide includes: preparing a membrane; applying, in a programmed manner, a focused ion beam on the membrane, in a manner such as to obtain a photonic crystal made up by a regular planar arrangement of through holes positioned according to a preset lattice and also comprising a resonant cavity. The method also provides a conic plasmonic waveguide at the resonant cavity, through chemical vapour deposition induced by a focused electron beam. The focused electron beam that induces la deposition is controlled in such a manner to gradually reduce the transverse section of the electron beam starting from the base up to the tip of the projecting structure, maintaining the position of the electron beam constant. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045579 | Compositions Comprising Solid Particles Entrapped in Collapsed Polymeric Microspheres, and Methods of Making the Same - The present invention relates to method for modifying or treating solid particles which includes the steps of:
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20120045580 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A POROUS COMPOSITE MEMBRANE - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a composite porous film having a stable film quality and a desired hollow shape by controlling the entrance of a film-forming resin solution into a hollow part of a hollow reinforcement support. The method is provided with a step of adhering a film-forming resin solution to the outer peripheral surface of the hollow reinforcement support and thereby forming a film intermediate, a step of adhering a coagulating liquid to the outer peripheral surface of the film intermediate, and a step of flowing the coagulating liquid along the outer peripheral surface of the film intermediate so that at least a part of the outermost interface of the coagulating liquid in the circumferential direction is a free surface and thereby coagulating the film-forming resin solution adhering to the outer peripheral surface of the hollow reinforcement support. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045581 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A hydrophobizing agent is supplied to a substrate and a surface of the substrate is hydrophobized. Thereafter, the substrate is dried. The substrate to be processed is maintained in a state of not contacting water until it is dried after being hydrophobized. Collapse of a pattern formed on the substrate surface is thereby suppressed or prevented. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045582 | Process for Coating Discrete Articles with a Zinc-Based Alloyed Layer - The present disclosure concerns a process suitable for coating discrete articles with a zinc-rich, fully alloyed layer. A known method for the corrosion-protection of such articles comprises the steps of hot-dip galvannealing, typically followed by painting. This hot-dip process has however to be performed at a high temperature, thereby submitting the articles to severe thermal stress. A novel vacuum deposition process of Zn is therefore presented. It is characterized in that, in the step of contacting the article with metallic Zn vapor, the temperature of the article is equal to or higher than the dew point of the Zn vapor. The process results in a coating having a uniform thickness, even on less accessible surfaces. The surface roughness is well adapted for the adhesion of paint. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045583 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A PHOTOMASK ON A PHOTOPOLYMERIC SURFACE - A process is provided for printing a high resolution pattern on a photopolymeric surface. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045584 | FIRE RESISTANT TIMBER COATING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - This application relates to compositions and methods for coating timber and the like to increase the fire resistant properties of the timber. Specifically, the compositions include water, acrylic resin, aluminum trihydrate and ammonium polyphosphate that can be used to effectively coat lumber products and impart fire-resistant properties to the lumber products. In addition, the compositions can include an anti-microbial agent to increase the anti-microbial properties of the coated timber products. The compositions can also include a coloring agent in order that coated lumber products have a recognizable tint indicating to users that the lumber products have been treated with the compositions to increase the fire-resistance and anti-microbial properties of the lumber. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045585 | METHOD FOR THE FORMATION OF MULTI-LAYER PAINT FILMS - A method of forming a multi-layer paint film comprising coating an aqueous first colored base paint (A) on an electro-deposition paint cured paint film to form a first colored base paint film, coating an aqueous second colored base paint (B) on the first colored base paint film without preliminary heating of the first colored base paint film to form a second colored base paint film, coating a clear paint (C) coated on the second colored base paint film after preliminary heating of the first paint film and second paint film to form a clear paint film, and heating and curing the three paint films at the same time, wherein a talc pigment is included in each of paint (A) and paint (B) in an amount of from 1 to 5 mass % with respect to the total resin solid fraction of each of paint (A) and paint (B). | 2012-02-23 |
20120045586 | MOISTURE-CURING COATING COMPOSITIONS BASED ON APROTIC SOLVENTS COMPRISING BINDERS HAVING ALKOXYSILANE GROUPS AND THE USE THEREOF - The invention relates to moisture-curing coating compositions based on aprotic solvents, comprising (A) at least one binder having alkoxysilane groups and (B) at least one crosslinking catalyst, characterized in that said composition comprises
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20120045587 | Papermaking Additives for Roll Release Improvement - Compositions and methods for reduction in adhesion between wet paper web and roll surfaces in papermaking process are disclosed. The method is particularly useful for improvements in press section roll release. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045588 | DEPOSITION SYSTEM WITH A ROTATING DRUM - A deposition method comprises flowing a first gas into a metallization zone maintained at a first pressure. A second gas flows into a reaction zone maintained at a second pressure. The second pressure is less than the first pressure. A rotating drum includes at least one substrate mounted to a surface of the drum. The surface alternately passes through the metallization zone and passes through the reaction zone. A target is sputtered in the metallization zone to create a film on the at least one substrate. The film on the at least one substrate is reacted in the reaction zone. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045589 | Amidate Precursors For Depositing Metal Containing Films - Volatile metal amidate metal complexes are exemplified by bis(N-(tert-butyl)ethylamidate)bis(ethylmethylamido) titanium; (N-(tert-butyl)(tert-butyl)amidate)tris(ethylmethylamido) titanium; bis(N-(tert-butyl)(tert-butyl)amidate)bis(dimethylamido) titanium and (N-(tert-butyl)(tert-butyl)amidate)tris(dimethylamido) titanium. The term “volatile” referes to any precursor of this invention having vapor pressure above 0.5 torr at temperature less than 200° C. Metal-containing film depositions using these metal amidate ligands are also described. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045590 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLASMA TREATMENT OF CONTAINERS - An apparatus ( | 2012-02-23 |
20120045591 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DEPOSITION METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING METAL PLATE HAVING DLC FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEPARATOR, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - A plasma processing apparatus includes a holder holding an object to be processed in a vacuum chamber while being electrically connected to the object, a first take-up portion configured to take up an electrically conductive sheet and set at a potential different from that of the object at the time of plasma processing, and a second take-up portion configured to take up the electrically conductive sheet which is fed from the first take-up portion and passes through a position facing a processing surface of the object held by the holder. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045592 | Process to Deposit Diamond Like Carbon as Surface of a Shaped Object - A plasma based deposition process to deposit thin film on the inner surfaces of the shaped objects such as plastic or metallic object like bottles, hollow tubes etc. at room temperature has been developed. In present invention uniform hydrogenated amorphous carbon (also called Diamond-Like Carbon, DLC) films on inner surfaces of plastic bottles is successfully deposited. Applications of such product include entire food and drug industries. There is a huge demand of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) or polyethylene naphthalate (PEN)) bottles, meant for the storage of potable water, carbonated soft drinks, wines, medicines etc. However, the higher cost prohibits their wide, spread use. The cheaper alternative is to use plastic bottles inside coated with chemically inert material such as Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) will be commercially viable. Inventor process can be scaled up for mass production. This process can also be used for coating on inner surface of metallic cane or tube with a carbide forming interlayer (like hydrogenated amorphous silicon) to get the DLC films with better adhesion to inner surface of metals. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045593 | PLASMA CVD APPARATUS - In a plasma CVD apparatus, unnecessary discharge such as arc discharge is prevented, the amount of particles due to peeling of films attached to a reaction chamber is reduced, and the percentage of a time contributing to production in hours of operation of the apparatus is increased while enlargement of the apparatus and easy workability are maintained. The plasma CVD apparatus is configured such that in a conductive reaction chamber | 2012-02-23 |
20120045594 | OUTSTANDINGLY ABRASION RESISTANT AND POLLUTION RESISTANT COATING COMPOSITION AND COATING FILM - The present invention provides a coating composition and a coating film, which comprises a) a binder resin containing a UV-curable functional group; b) a compound containing a fluorine UV-curable functional group; c) a photoinitiator; d) nano-sized particles; and e) conductive inorganic particles. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045595 | TRANSPARENT INK-JET RECORDING FILMS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS - Transparent ink jet recording films, compositions, and methods are disclosed. Such films exhibit improved ink-drying and smudging performance. These films exhibit high maximum optical densities and have low haze values. These films are useful for medical imaging. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045596 | METHOD OF MAKING A DISPERSION OF POLYMER BINDER-ENCAPSULATED SILICA PIGMENTS AND COATED MEDIA INCLUDING SUCH DISPERSION - The instant disclosure relates to a method of making a dispersion of polymer binder-encapsulated silica pigments for coating an ink-jet recording substrate. The method includes mixing first components of the dispersion to form a mixture, the first components including binder polymer, treating agents and a vehicle selected from the group consisting of water, a water-miscible organic solvent, and combinations thereof; shear mixing silica pigment into the mixture; and after the silica pigment is added to the mixture, shear mixing the mixture at a higher temperature and an increased grinding rate compared to a temperature and grinding rate of the shear mixing of the silica pigment into the mixture. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045597 | SYSTEM FOR SECURING ACCESSORIES - The disclosure is related to systems and devices for securing accessories, such as a strap cover. A strap cover may be used with shoulder straps or other carrying straps for backpacks, duffel bags, golf bags, or other containers. A strap cover may be an open sheet with opposite edges that secure to one another around an object, such as a strap, or may be a flattened tubular sleeve that can be passed over an object. A device for securing accessories may have a resilient display panel with a series of accessory attachments or attachment passages. The accessories may comprise any practicable form, with certain accessories having posts with wide flanges extending therefrom that are pushed through the resilient material for capture by the accessory attachment passages. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045598 | STERILE COVER SYSTEM FOR STERILELY COVERING A MEDICAL TECHNICAL ROBOT ARM AND METHOD FOR STERILELY COVERING A MEDICAL TECHNICAL ROBOT ARM - The sterile cover system for sterilely covering a medical technical robot arm with a connecting element, having a receiving bore with an inner wall, for endoscopic devices, is provided with a sack-shaped drape for enclosing the connecting element. The drape comprises a film tube which is adapted to the receiving bore for covering the inner wall, and a guiding element which is removably attached to a first end of the film tube, adapted to the receiving bore and extends into the film tube in an initial state of the sterile cover system. The film tube can be inserted into and guided through the receiving bore by means of the guiding element such that a surface of the film tube, facing inward in an initial state of the sterile cover system, faces the inner wall of the receiving bore in a state in which the film tube is guided through the receiving bore. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045599 | CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITE HOLLOW STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A macro-scale carbon nanotube composite hollow structure includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes and a polymer. The carbon nanotubes are combined with each other via van der Waals attractive force. The polymer is at least partly attached to the carbon nanotubes. A method for making the carbon nanotube composite hollow structure includes the steps of providing a linear structure and a carbon nanotube structure including at least one carbon nanotube film or at least one carbon nanotube wire, wrapping the carbon nanotube structure around the linear structure to form a first carbon nanotube composite structure, applying a polymer liquid to the first carbon nanotube composite structure such that a second carbon nanotube composite structure is formed, and removing the linear structure from the second carbon nanotube composite structure. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045600 | Solution Blending Process for Preparing Thermoplastic Vulcanizates - This invention relates to the preparation of thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPVs) with unique morphological features, more specifically, this invention relates to a method for preparing TPV compositions wherein the mixing of plastomers and elastomers are carried out in solvent with curatives to induce cross-linking. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045601 | REFRIGERATION APPLIANCE, AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A REFRIGERATION APPLIANCE - A refrigeration appliance includes a refrigerating space, a light-guiding layer, and a multi-layered part having a photocatalytic cover layer on a side facing the refrigerating space. The photocatalytic cover layer is applied to the light-guiding layer which enables light to be ducted to the photocatalytic cover layer. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045602 | PROTECTED EXPANDED POLYALKYLIDENE TEREPHTHALATES - The present invention relates to a material comprising an expanded polyalkylidene terephthalate based layer (A) being covered with at least one outer layer (B) comprising at least 50 weight-% of a solvent (including water) soluble inorganic chalkogene based compound, i.e. an easy-to-apply, but versatile method for significantly improving the fire retardant, anti-hydrolytic and mounting/coating properties of expanded polyalkylidene terephthalate polyester products by cold coating of the surface layer(s) of said foams and sponges, the manufacturing of such products and the use of such products. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045603 | FOAMED POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE STRUCTURE - The invention relates to a foamed fluoropolymer, preferably a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) structure, such as from Kynar® resins. The foamed structure is continuous self-supporting, sized, and has a dense skin. The foamed structure is manufactured in a process using foaming agents and nucleating agents. The structure is sized into a specific shape during the manufacturing process—requiring a good melt viscosity of the PVDF foam. In one process, a master batch containing the nucleating agent is used. The foamed article could be a sheet, film, profile, tube, pipe, article, rod foam-core structure, or other self-supporting shape. Foamed tubes, pipes, rods, sheets and conduit are especially useful. The foamed structure of the invention provides added value by being lighter weight, more flexible, and more impact resistant than a comparable non-foamed PVDF structure. It also has increased hysteresis, increased insulation properties, reduced dielectric constant, and increased compressibility. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045604 | BIODEGRADABLE FILM WITH PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE LAYER - A multi-layer, biodegradable film is disclosed. The multi-layer, biodegradable film contains a biodegradable core layer and a biodegradable pressure sensitive adhesive layer. The film may further contain a biodegradable, printable layer and a release liner. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045605 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A TILEWAVE FABRIC - One example embodiment includes a tilewave material. The tilewave material includes a fiber and a first tile, where the first tile includes a first surface and a second surface. The tilewave material also includes a second tile, where the second tile includes a first surface and a second surface. The tilewave material further includes a first attachment means, where the first attachment means attaches the first tile to the fiber, and a second attachment means, where the second attachment means attaches the second tile to the first fiber. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045606 | COMPOSITE STRUCTURES HAVING COMPOSITE-TO-METAL JOINTS AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A composite structure comprises stacked sets of laminated fiber reinforced resin plies and metal sheets. Edges of the resin plies and metal sheets are interleaved to form a composite-to-metal joint connecting the resin plies with the metal sheets. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045607 | Preform for making a prosthetic limb socket - A preform for making a prosthetic limb socket includes an injection molded disk of thermoplastics material, and a peripheral portion of the disk is supported by a rigid metal ring. The ring and the peripheral disk portion have an interfitting connection which permits the disk and ring to be heated in an oven. The ring and softened disk are then inverted and stretched downwardly over a positive model of a residual limb while a vacuum is introduced through holes within the model to form a plastic socket which conforms to the model. The interfitting connection may be peripherally spaced studs on the ring and projecting into corresponding holes in the disk or may be an annular rib or arcuate rib sections on the ring which project into an annular recess or arcuate cavities within the disk. After the plastic cools, the ring is separated for reuse. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045608 | METHOD OF FITTING AN ATTACHMENT ONTO A PROFILED STRIP, INTERMEDIATE FASTENING DEVICE FOR FASTENING AN ATTACHMENT ONTO A PROFILED STRIP, GLAZING PANE AND USE OF SAID DEVICE - A method of fitting an attachment, or a trim, onto a portion of a profiled strip, or onto a portion of a profiled strip fastened to a periphery of a glazing pane, a fitting operation being carried out by an intermediate fastening device. The intermediate fastening device includes at least one clip including having at least one upstream cooperating part configured to cooperate with the profiled strip and a downstream cooperating part configured to cooperate with the attachment. The method includes fastening the intermediate fastening device onto the profiled strip. The intermediate fastening device includes an upstream cooperating part having a plurality of deformable catching tabs, the tabs being deformed by applying a force to the ends of the tabs toward the material of the profiled strip in two opposed directions so as to penetrate the material of the profiled strip during the fastening. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045609 | COMPOSITE STRINGER WITH WEB TRANSITION - A stringer comprises a base portion and first and second webs extending outwardly from the base portion. The orientation of at least one of the first and second webs may transition from a first angle to a second angle within an angle transition zone. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045610 | GLASSWARE STRUCTURE WITH METAL CLADDING - A glassware structure with metal cladding for decorative effect having a main body and a metal cladding incorporated onto the surface of the main body by means of vacuum vapor deposition. The main body has an assembly portion and an acting portion. The metal cladding is distributed at least within the range of the acting portion. The tensile strength of the main body ranges between 120 and 200 MPa (N/mm | 2012-02-23 |
20120045611 | Composite Carrier Structure - A composite carrier structure for manufacturing semiconductor devices is provided. The composite carrier structure utilizes multiple carrier substrates, e.g., glass or silicon substrates, coupled together by interposed adhesive layers. The composite carrier structure may be attached to a wafer or a die for, e.g., backside processing, such as thinning processes. In an embodiment, the composite carrier structure comprises a first carrier substrate having through-substrate vias formed therethrough. The first substrate is attached to a second substrate using an adhesive such that the adhesive may extend into the through-substrate vias. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045612 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET - A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet is a laminate of a base material, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and a release material, and has a plurality of through-holes passing through from a surface of the base material to a pressure-sensitive adhesive face. The base material comprises a resin composition that contains 65 to 98 wt % of a polyolefin based resin (A) and 2.0 to 35 wt % of a pigment (B). In such a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, air entrapments and blisters can be prevented or removed by way of the through-holes. Also, expansion of the inner diameter of the through-holes is suppressed, and thereby the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet has good appearance. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045613 | COMPOSITE STRUCTURE - A structure comprising a cured composite part formed from a series of plies of fibre-reinforced composite material; a doubler plate attached to the composite part by an array of pointed prongs which partially penetrate the composite part; and a hole passing through the doubler plate and the composite part. An interface plate carries the array of prongs on a first side and is attached to the doubler plate on a second side. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045614 | COATING, ARTICLE COATED WITH COATING, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - A coating includes an anti-fingerprint layer. The anti-fingerprint layer comprises tin dioxide-aluminum oxide, and defines a plurality of nano scale concavities therein. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045615 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEUTRAL BEAM PROCESSING BASED ON GAS CLUSTER ION BEAM TECHNOLOGY - An apparatus, method and products thereof provide an accelerated neutral beam derived from an accelerated gas cluster ion beam for processing materials. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045616 | POSITIVE PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR FORMING CURED FILM, CURED FILM, ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A positive photosensitive resin composition including: a resin comprising a structural unit having an acid dissociative group and a structural unit having a functional group capable of forming a covalent bond by reacting with a carboxyl group or a phenolic hydroxyl group; and an acid generator represented by the following formula (I): | 2012-02-23 |
20120045617 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING APPARATUS, OBJECT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN OBJECT - Provided is a three-dimensional modeling apparatus including a stage, a constraining body, a supply nozzle, an irradiation unit, and a movement mechanism. The constraining body includes a surface including a linear region along a first direction, and is opposed to the stage so that the linear region is the closest to the stage. The supply nozzle supplies a material curable by energy of an energy ray into a slit region between the stage and the linear region. The irradiation unit irradiates the supplied material with the energy ray through the constraining body. The movement mechanism moves the stage relative to the constraining body along a second direction for forming a cured layer of the material for one layer, and moves the constraining body and the stage relative to each other along a stacking direction for stacking the cured layers. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045618 | OPTICAL FILTER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FILTER, AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENT - An optical filter includes a first substrate which has a support portion, a second substrate which is supported by the support portion, a first optical film which is provided on the first substrate, and a second optical film which is provided on the second substrate to face the first optical film. The first substrate and the second substrate are fixed to each other by bonding a first bonding film which is provided on the entire region of a support surface of the support portion supporting the second substrate and a second bonding film which is provided on at least a region (opposing surface) facing the entire region of the support surface from a supported surface of the second substrate. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045619 | SUBSTRATE PROVIDED WITH OPTICAL STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL ELEMENT USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a substrate provided with an optical structure which can correctly transfer the jagged shape of a mold and guarantee a lens surface that has favorable quality, and provides an optical element which uses such a substrate. A manufacturing method of a substrate, provided with an optical structure, includes applying a curing resin onto the substrate, which has a recessed portion, pressing a mold, having a jagged shape, from an upper portion of the curing resin toward the substrate, and forming an optical structure having the jagged shape by curing the curing resin. The recessed portion is provided to cover the lower portion of the region on which the jagged shape is arranged, so as to retain uncured resin of the curing resin when the mold is pressed toward the substrate. An optical element includes a substrate that is manufactured using the above-described manufacturing method. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045620 | LIQUID-PERVIOUS FIBROUS NON-WOVEN FABRIC - A liquid-pervious fibrous non-woven fabric includes staple fibers made of thermoplastic synthetic resin fused together which is formed on its upper surface with a plurality of ridges, and a plurality of grooves extending in parallel in a longitudinal direction. The ridges and grooves are arranged alternately in a transverse direction. On the upper surface, some of the staple fibers extend across the ridges to the adjacent grooves on each side of the ridges and are, in the respective grooves, fused to the staple fibers of a different type from the former staple fibers. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045621 | COATING, ARTICLE COATED WITH COATING, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - A coating includes a anti-fingerprint layer. The anti-fingerprint layer comprises zinc oxide-aluminum oxide, the anti-fingerprint layer comprises a plurality of nano scale concavities therein. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045622 | Wet-strength corrugated fiberboard - The present invention relates to single face or double faced corrugated fiberboard comprising one or more corrugated plies, wherein at least one of the linerboard plies or corrugated plies is a paper-film assembly comprising:
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20120045623 | MEMBRANE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF INSTALLING ROOFING SYSTEM - A roofing system including a roof deck and a membrane assembly secured to the roof deck. The roof deck may be a flammable roof deck. The membrane assembly includes a roofing membrane and a fire resistant sheet, the fire resistant sheet, or a portion thereof, secured to the membrane. The fire resistant sheet includes a fabric substrate and a binder. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045624 | AQUEOUS LASER-SENSITIVE COMPOSITION FOR MARKING SUBSTRATES - Aqueous composition comprising a colour former, a developer, and a binder, wherein (a) the weight ratio between the developer and the colour former is in the range of from 1 to 5; (b) the binder comprises an acrylate binder, comprising acrylic acid and styrene, and at least one additional monomer selected from the group consisting of α-methyl styrene, ethyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate; and (c) the colour former and/or the developer are present in an un-encapsulated form; a process for the preparation of these compositions, substrates coated with this composition and a process for its preparation, and a process for preparing a marked substrate using this composition. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045625 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RETARDATION FILM, AND THE RETARDATION FILM - A method of manufacturing a laminate includes: a step of deriving, by the processor, an in-plane positional relationship between the retardation film and the object from an image of each of the retardation film and the object captured by the camera while the retardation film and the object are disposed in this order from a side of the camera within the imaging area of the camera at positions on a side opposite to the camera with respect to the (2n+1)λ/4 retardation film; and a step of performing alignment of the retardation film to the object based on the positional relationship derived by the processor, and then attaching the retardation film to the object. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045626 | LAMINATED NONWOVEN FABRIC - An object of the present invention is to provide a nonwoven fabric having high tensile strength and high tear strength. The laminate nonwoven fabric of the present invention is a laminated nonwoven fabric obtained by thermally press-contacting a thermoplastic continuous fiber layer as an outer layer with both surfaces of an interlayer, wherein the ratio (F1/F2) between the average oblateness (F1) of the thermoplastic continuous fiber present on the surface side and the average oblateness (F2) of the thermoplastic continuous fiber present on the inner side is 1.20 or more. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045627 | COATINGS WITH SMALL PARTICLES THAT EFFECT BULK PROPERTIES - Durable interactive coatings which may be deposited on a substrate which impact bulk properties i.e. bulk modifying coatings, and a method and apparatus for producing them. Such coatings can include a plurality of particles which adhere to the substrate surface and/or other particles and include films. The particles can be provided as one or more layers of nanoscale particles having an average size of less than about 1000 nm, 800 nm, 500 nm, or 200 nm or 100 nm or less than 50 nm. Such bulk modifying coatings can have a thickness that is less than about 5000 nm, 800 nm, 500 nm, or 250 nm or even 200 nm. Thicker coatings or thinner coatings are provided depending on the potential field thermodynamic interaction of the substrate and particles for bulk property enhancement. Corresponding films are also provided. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045628 | MICROMECHANICAL COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MICROMECHANICAL COMPONENT - A method is described for producing a micromechanical component. The method includes providing a first substrate, providing a second substrate, developing a projecting patterned element on the second substrate, and connecting the first and the second substrate via the projecting patterned element. The method provides that the connecting of the first and the second substrate includes eutectic bonding. Also described is a micromechanical component, in which a first and a second substrate are connected to each other. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045629 | Vinylhydrogenpolysiloxane Adhesive Composition - Vinylhydrogenpolysiloxanes are provided. The vinylhydrogenpolysiloxanes comprise organopolysiloxanes having at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms and at least two silicon-bonded vinyl groups. As a fraction of the total number of silicon atoms in the vinylhydrogenpolysiloxanes, about 25% to about 90% of the silicon atoms are bonded to a hydrogen atom and about 10% to about 45% are bonded to a vinyl group. The ratio of the number of silicon-bonded hydrogen groups to the number of silicon-bonded vinyl groups is about 1.3 to about 6. Also provided are silicone compositions comprising at least one vinylhydrogenpolysiloxane and a hydrosilylation catalyst; silicone adhesives comprising a cured product of at least one vinylhydrogenpolysiloxane; and laminates comprising at least one such silicone adhesive. When subjected to high temperatures or direct flame, the vinylhydrogenpolysiloxanes form chars that retain adhesion to various substrates. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045630 | MULTILAYER STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - The instant invention is a multi layer structure, and method of making the same. The multilayer structure according to the present invention comprises (a) one or more skin layers comprising a polymeric material; (b) one or more adhesive layers derived from one or more polyolefin dispersions; and (c) one or more base layers comprising a wood based material; wherein the adhesive layer is disposed therebetween the base layer and the skin layer. | 2012-02-23 |
20120045631 | INDEX MODIFIED COATING ON POLYMER SUBSTRATE - The invention includes the structure of a multilayer protective coating, which may have, among other properties, scratch resistance, UV absorption, and an effective refractive index matched to a polymer substrate such as polycarbonate. Each layer may contain multiple components consisting of organic and inorganic materials. The multilayer protective coating includes interleaved organic layers and inorganic layers. The organic layers may have 20% or more organic compounds such as SiO | 2012-02-23 |