47th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120294975 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING VEGETABLE GELATIN CAPSULE - An apparatus for manufacturing a capsule by using vegetable gelatin is provided. Heating units are installed in a gelatin feeding line, which feeds gelatin in the form of a sheet, and a molding line to feed the gelatin in a predetermined temperature. The molded capsule is conveyed through a conveyer so that the molded capsule is stably dried and cured and a temperature of the conveyer is adjusted to control a temperature of the capsule. A length of the drying line is maximally increased within a narrow space, so that a film of the capsule made of the vegetable gelatin is gradually cured and dried without abrupt temperature variation, thereby preventing crack from occurring in the capsule, and preventing bonding parts of the capsule from being torn to improve the commercial value of the capsule. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294976 | INJECTION MOLDING APPARATUS - An injection molding apparatus is provided. The injection molding apparatus includes a mold, a plate heater mounted to the mold to heat the mold, and a cooling passage provided above or below the plate heater. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294977 | SOLVENT EXTRACTION OF OIL FROM DISTILLERS DRIED GRAINS AND METHODS OF USING EXTRACTION PRODUCTS - A process for extraction of crude oil from DDGS and producing corn distillers meal that may be used as a livestock supplement is disclosed. For example, the corn distillers meal may be used as a crude protein supplement for use in a livestock feed diet or a poultry feed diet. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294978 | Enzymes For Starch Processing - The present invention relates to a hybrid enzyme comprising carbohydrate-binding module amino acid sequence and a fungal alpha-amylase amino acid sequence and to a variant of a fungal wild type enzyme comprising a carbohydrate-binding module and an alpha-amylase catalytic module. The invention also relates to the use of the hybrid enzyme or the variant in starch liquefaction. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294979 | DAIRY PRODUCT AND PROCESS - The invention process provides a novel process of making cheese comprising the production of a coagulum which is caused to disaggregate into small curd particles in an in-line continuous flow process, separation of the curd particles from the whey and subsequent heating and mechanical working of the curd particles into a cheese mass. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294980 | NOVEL PREBIOTICS - The present invention relates to a composition which comprises:
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20120294981 | PROCESS FOR FORMING TREATED BACKSET AND PRODUCING ETHANOL - A process for obtaining a treated backset for use in ethanol production, the process involving treating waste material from an ethanol fermentation process with microorganisms to remove or decrease microbial cell growth inhibitors present in the waste material; and removing microbial biomass from the treated waste material to form a treated backset. The treated backset can be used in a process for producing ethanol from a fermentable biomass. Recovered microbial biomass can be used in as an animal feed or as a dietary supplement. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294982 | SAUSAGE PRODUCTS - The present invention relates in particular to a raw material for producing minced meat, to a method for producing food items therefrom, to the food items thus obtained and to the use thereof. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294983 | Nutritional Formulation - The present invention relates to nutritional supplements that provide an adult with essential vitamins and minerals that may be lacking in the adult's diet and prevent chronic diseases, such as osteoporosis. A number of combinations of nutrients in set ratios are provided to increase the body's ability to absorb and use the nutrients. These combinations are important in helping the body reach the proper balance required for maximized function. Because adults over the age of 50 years have different nutritional needs, nutritional supplements specifically designed for them are also provided. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294984 | TEA LEAVES FOR EXTRACTION OF A GREEN TEA BEVERAGE - Provided is a tea leaves for extraction of a low-caffeine green tea beverage, which is not susceptible to folding or browning during storage, and which enables the extraction of a green tea beverage which can be enjoyed hot or cold. Specifically provided is a tea leaves for extraction of a green tea beverage having a caffeine content with respect to the total mass of the dried leaves that falls within the range of 0.2 to 2.5 mass %, and the relation between the ratio of the mass content of theanine to the entire mass of dried leaves X (%) and the mass ratio of the content of monosaccharides to the fiber content Y satisfies the following condition (1). (1) −0.007X+0.024≦Y≦−0.011X+0.039 | 2012-11-22 |
20120294985 | CURVED BREAD BUN - A baked dough food product includes a body having a free-rise side and an opposite bottom side and first and second opposite ends. The body forms a curved construction. In one example, the baked dough food product is a bun for holding a sausage product that is in a curved shape that generally matches the curved construction of the bun. A method of making a baked dough food product includes providing a dough composition; forming, from the dough composition, an elongate dough body; arranging the dough body on a baking pan and then curving the dough body to form a non-overlapping curved construction; proofing the dough body; and then baking the dough body. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294986 | CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS WITH PEA PROTEINS - The present invention relates to the use of pea proteins to substitute at least partially the milk proteins in confectionery traditionally made with milk. It also relates to the confectionery product obtained after this substitution. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294987 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING PERISHABLE FOODS - Disclosed are packaging systems and methods useful in extending the storage-life of foodstuff such as fresh fish. The packaging systems and methods can be used to transport or store the foodstuff for an extended period of time. The packaging systems preferably employee a high headspace and flexible architecture and may use a fuel cell to maintain a reduced oxygen level in a high carbon dioxide environment surrounding the foodstuff. Also disclosed are methods useful in extending the storage-life of foodstuff such as fresh fish. The methods can be used to transport or store the foodstuff for an extended period of time. The methods preferably use a low oxygen gas source to maintain a reduced oxygen level in the environment surrounding the foodstuff. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294988 | Cooling a Foodstuff - A method of facilitating the cooling of a foodstuff is disclosed. The foodstuff is placed in a container so that it surrounds a ventilation shaft in a central part of the container. The ventilation shaft has an opening or openings open to the foodstuff so that heat from the foodstuff at inner medial parts of the container escapes from the container via the shaft. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294989 | Container With Taste Sensation Enhancement Delivery - The present invention relates to a container for a beverage provided with an edible flavor enhancement coating for release upon opening of a beverage by coming in connect with the liquids in the human mouth. More particularly, the present invention relates to a container with the portion being placed in the mouth for drinking provided with a water-soluble an edible flavor enhancement coating that dissolves by coming in contact with liquids in the human mouth or beverage to be drunk only upon opening of the beverage container, in such a way so as to stimulate the taste receptors immediately prior to and during the drinking or pouring of the contents within the beverage container. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294990 | INDUCTION-BASED FOOD HOLDING/WARMING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for holding and warming food held in pans or trays having a low relative magnetic permeability, such as 300-series stainless steel, using induction heating. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294991 | PEPPER DE-STEMMING METHODS AND APPARATUS - A way of dealing with challenges to the pepper processing industry and pepper growers is to mechanize pepper processing, including the de-stemming of whole peppers. The present example provides a method for mechanically de-stemming whole peppers. The method provides for the recognition of a pepper's shoulder and or interior regions and stem in order to generate a control signal to initiate a process to de-stem the pepper. In particular, several implementations of the method are provided that may include a mechanical system, a laser system, a machine vision system, a combination of a machine vision system and the laser system, and other equivalent implementations. Additionally disclosed, are methods of processing whole peppers utilizing automated de-stemming. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294992 | COMBINATION COOKING OVEN WITH OPERATOR FRIENDLY HUMIDITY CONTROL - A combination oven includes a cooking cavity accessible via a door, a convection cooking system associated with the cooking cavity for heating the cooking cavity and a moisture delivery arrangement for delivering moisture into the cooking cavity. A controller is configured to (i) control the convection cooking system for a cooking operation in accordance with an operator selected temperature for the cooking operation and (ii) automatically define a humidity level setting for the cooking operation as a function of the operator selected temperature. An oven may also include an automated vent operation. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294993 | TREATMENT OF FOOD MUST WITH LOW ENERGY, SHORT PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD - An apparatus for treating food must, such as grape must, may include a food must chamber configured to apply an electric pulse to the food must in a manner that causes an electric field to be generated within the food must. A pulse generator may be configured to deliver an electric pulse to the chamber that has a pulse width of between 10 and 100 nanoseconds. The chamber and the pulse generator may be configured such that they cause the electric field that is generated within the food must to be at least 1 kV/cm. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294994 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING THE NUTRITIONAL CONTENT OF MUSHROOMS AND FUNGI - An improved filamentous fungi is disclosed that has an enhanced nutritional profile by utilizing pulsed ultraviolet irradiation. According to the invention, the vitamin D component of mushrooms and other filamentous fungi may be drastically increased with no deleterious affects on appearance with the use of pulsed UV radiation. Mushrooms so treated had up to 1800% DV in one serving of fresh mushrooms. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294995 | FRUIT-JUICE-CONTAINING BLACK TEA BEVERAGE PACKED IN A CONTAINER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Disclosed is a new fruit-juice-containing black tea beverage that, without performing enzyme treatment such as tannase treatment, and moreover even if a large quantity of fruit juice is added, can suppress time degradation. The fruit-juice-containing black tea beverage packed in a container containing 10-90 mass % of fruit juice is characterized by containing 10-24 ppm of theogallin, and by the ratio (theogallin/K) of contained theogallin to contained potassium being 0.015-0.100. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294996 | METHOD OF RAPID CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORPTION - The invention provides for a method of absorbing carbon dioxide comprising providing a package containing a product that gives off carbon dioxide, placing calcium hydroxide into the package, and sealing the package to form a sealed package. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294997 | Edible Baking Liner - An edible baking liner is formed from an edible paper made with large-granule vegetable starch. The liner may be baked with a baking product, and can be consumed without removing the liner from the baking product. The edible baking liner can replace the use of an inedible baking liner. In one aspect, a method of making an edible baking liner may include placing pieces of shredded edible paper into a recess of a mold, pressing an insert into the recess, and removing the formed edible baking liner from the mold. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294998 | Method and Apparatus for increased product throughput capacity, improved quality and enhanced treatment and product packaging flexibility in a continuous sterilizing system - Apparatus and method for enhancing the flexibility and increasing throughput capacity while reducing cost and improving the quality of food and drink products within a continuous sterilization system using novel product carriers, in conjunction with unique user controllable product rotation and agitation features, capable of handling novel as well as existing product containers, are described. A further aspect of the invention is a property of the uniquely designed product carrier to accommodate and optimally orientate said product containers. A final aspect of the invention is the further capability of individual product carriers to undertake any user-defined processing program including product pasteurization or product stabilization or product sterilization within an essentially continuous sterilization system. | 2012-11-22 |
20120294999 | SELF CONTAINED POPCORN POPPER - An improved popcorn popper ( | 2012-11-22 |
20120295000 | Polypeptides and Nucleic Acids Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides and isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides, as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides in animal feed. An example of a polypeptide of the invention is the so-called L12 protein from | 2012-11-22 |
20120295001 | APPARATUS FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE FROM STERILIZED WATER AND AN INSTANT PRODUCT - An apparatus for preparing a beverage from water and an instant product includes a water supply system for supplying water, a heating device for sterilizing water by heating it; and a cooling device for cooling water heated in the heating device. The cooling device uses water from the water supply system as cooling-water. The water that is sterilized in the heating device has preferably previously been used in the cooling device as cooling-water. The cooling device includes a counter flow heat exchanger. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295002 | VARIABLE SPEED STEAM COOKER - A user-manipulable apparatus uses a steam generator responsive to pressure while also allowing the user to increase or decrease cooking speed, water consumption and energy efficiency of a steam cooker as desired. In one exemplary embodiment, a steam cooker includes a variable-area vent orifice and a steam generator responsive to pressure in the cooking chamber. If the pressure in the cooker is lower than desired, more steam is generated until the pressure reaches a predetermined set point. If the pressure is higher than desired, steam generation is slowed or stopped until the pressure lowers to a predetermined set point. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295003 | Foof flavouring composition - A food flavouring product for adding a sweet flavour to foods and which contains a mixture of erythritol, inulin of chickory root, gum arabic, an extract of stevia, and a compound selected from the group comprising ascorbic acid, and lactic acid, and citric acid, in a certain range of predetermined proportions. Preferably the stevia extract is in the form of rebaudioside-A, (stevia glycosides). | 2012-11-22 |
20120295004 | CRYSTALS OF NON-NATURAL-TYPE STEREOISOMER SALT OF MONATIN AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides salt crystals of non-natural stereoisomer forms of monatin and to the use thereof. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295005 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRY SPICE APPLICATION - An apparatus and method of applying dry ingredients to a meat includes a stuffing horn with separate flow channels. An outer elongated flow channel is configured to have tubular casings disposed therearound. An inner elongated flow channel is disposed within the outer elongated flow channel. A first inlet is configured to introduce a meat stream into the inner elongated flow channel. A second inlet, connected to the inner elongated flow channel, is configured to introduce dry ingredients into the conduit between the outer and inner elongated flow channels. At the end of the stuffing horn, the inner and outer elongated flow channels are configured to create a void space around the meat stream where the dry ingredients are deposited onto an outside surface of the meat stream prior to the meat stream being deposited into a tubular casing. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295006 | Cream Cheese Product And Its Method Of Preparation - The invention relates to a cream cheese product obtainable by a process comprising the steps of: (a) acidifying a whey protein concentrate with a food grade acidulant or with starter bacteria to reduce the pH to more than 4.5 to about 5.2, (b) heating the acidified whey protein concentrate of step (a) slowly to a temperature of about 75° to about 90° C. and maintaining it for at least about 30 min to produce a 1.5 functional whey protein concentrate, (d) homogenizing the blend obtained in step (b) to produce an emulsified functional whey protein concentrate, (e) blending the product of step (d) with curd the fat content of which is adjusted in accordance with the desired product, and adding salt and optional stabilizers, and (f) homogenizing the product of step (e). | 2012-11-22 |
20120295007 | PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY ENHANCING THE SENSORY APPEAL AND DIETARY VALUE OF CERTAIN FOODSTUFFS - A product and method by which a range of foodstuff products may be produced having a sufficiency of soluble dietary fiber to supplement dietary intake in a form that improves taste and texture. By adding a low viscosity, non-digestible fiber to foodstuff products in the form of a syrup composition, such foodstuff products have markedly enhanced sensory appeal and provide consumers a highly palatable source of dietary fiber. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295008 | PRODUCTION OF SOLUBLE SOY PROTEIN PRODUCT ("S704") - A soy protein product is obtained by extracting a soy protein source material with an aqueous calcium salt solution to form an aqueous soy protein solution and adjusting the pH of the mixture of aqueous soy protein solution and residual soy protein source to a pH of about 1.5 to about 4.4. The acidified soy protein solution then is separated from the residual soy protein source. The acidified soy protein solution may be dried, following optional concentration and diafiltration, to provide the soy protein product. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295009 | OXIDATIVE STABLE OILS AND BLENDS AND COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SAME - Oxidative stable oils and blends and liquid creamers containing same are provided. Methods for making liquid creamers are also provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides an oil blend having a final concentration of saturated fatty acids that is no more than 80% by weight of the total oil blend and a concentration of trans fatty acids that is no more than 1% by weight of the total oil blend. The oil blend may include, for example, coconut oil, palm oil, palm oil fractions and high oleic sunflower oil, alone or in combinations thereof. The oil blends may be used in liquid creamers and result in oxidative and emulsion stability for the required shelf life of the liquid creamers. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295010 | FAT COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - An oil-and-fat composition, meets the following five requirements (a) to (e):
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20120295011 | BANANA PROMOTERS - This invention provides promoter sequences that are useful for modulating transcription of a desired polynucleotide and/or in the construction of recombinant genes for plant transformation to enable expression of foreign or endogenous coding sequences in plants. The promoters are functional in a both monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plant species and are active in a wide range of vegetative or generative plant organs. The invention also provides a polynucleotide construct comprising a promoter of the invention operably linked to a foreign or endogenous polynucleotide encoding a protein of interest or a transcript capable of modulating expression of a target gene. The invention is further concerned with transformed plant cells, as well as differentiated plants, plant parts, plant tissues or plant seeds containing the construct. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295012 | MELON VARIETY NUN 02002 - The invention relates to the field of | 2012-11-22 |
20120295013 | ELECTROLESS PLATING APPARATUS, METHOD OF ELECTROLESS PLATING, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - An electroless plating solution is accommodated in a plating tank of an electroless plating apparatus. A reference electrode and a counter electrode are immersed in the electroless plating solution. A conductive member is provided to be electrically in contact with a conductive portion of a long-sized substrate. The conductive member, the reference electrode, and the counter electrode are connected to a potentiostat. A main control device controls the potential of the conductive portion of the long-sized substrate by a potentiostat such that the potential of the conductive portion of the long-sized substrate with respect to a potential of the reference electrode is equal to a potential of the independent portion of the long-sized substrate with respect to the potential of the reference electrode. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295014 | INJECTOR FOR A VACUUM VAPOUR DEPOSITION SYSTEM - An injector for a vacuum vapour deposition system, includes an injection duct suitable for receiving vaporized materials from a vacuum evaporation source and a diffuser having a plurality of nozzles for diffusing the vaporized materials into a vacuum deposition chamber, each nozzle including a channel suitable for connecting the injection duct to the deposition chamber. The diffuser has a spatially varying nozzle distribution. A process for calibrating an injector and a process for manufacturing a diffuser for an injector are also described. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295015 | METHOD FOR PREPARING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT-MOUNTING DEVICE - A method for making an electronic component-mounting device. The electronic component-mounting device includes an antenna having a coating layer and a conductive layer that is mounted on a polymeric device body. The coating layer is formed on the surface of the polymeric device body with the conductive layer formed on the coating layer opposite the polymeric device body. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295016 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT - A method of producing a light-emitting element is provided. The method includes forming a first half-transmitting/reflecting film and a second half-transmitting/reflecting film sequentially on an organic layer by physical vapor deposition. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295017 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - An aggregated particle paste containing aggregated particles, each composed of a plurality of aggregated crystal particles made of magnesium oxide, and a solvent is prepared. A crystal particle paste containing crystal particles having a cubic shape, made of magnesium oxide, and a solvent is prepared. Thereafter, by mixing the aggregated particle paste and the crystal particle paste with each other, a mixed crystal particle paste is prepared. Then, by applying the mixed crystal particle paste to the base layer, a mixed crystal particle paste film is formed thereon. Thereafter, by drying the mixed crystal particle paste film, the aggregated particles and crystal particles are dispersed over the entire surface of the base layer. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295018 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention provides a device and a method for producing a magnetic recording medium, the device and method capable of forming a lubricant membrane with a uniform thickness on a surface of the magnetic recording medium. Specifically, the device for producing the magnetic recording medium according to the invention is a device that forms a lubricant membrane on the surface of the magnetic recording medium by immersing the magnetic recording medium into an immersion tank that has a liquid lubricant and then raising the magnetic recording medium from the immersion tank. The device for producing the magnetic recording medium includes: a hanger device that is inserted into the central hole of the magnetic recording medium and supports the magnetic recording medium in a hanging state; and a raising and lowering device that raises and lowers one of the hanging device and the immersion tank with respect to the other thereof. The hanger device includes a support plate of which an upper end comes into contact with an inner circumference of the magnetic recording medium and a liquid-cutting plate which extends from a lower end of the support plate and is distant by a space along the inner circumference of the magnetic recording medium from the inner circumference of the magnetic recording medium. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295019 | COMPLETE TOOLING PACKAGES FOR MOLD BUILDING STRUCTURES - Tooling packages for mold building structures, mold structures, and methods of making mold structures are described. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295020 | Optical Member and Preparation Method Thereof - The present invention relates to a preparation method of an optical member, comprising the following steps: coating a a mixture of methyl methacrylate (MMA) and a light diffuser on one surface of a substrate comprising poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA) by a predetermined pattern; polymerizing the coated methyl methacrylate into poly methyl methacrylate to form semi-cured polymethyl methacrylate; and completely curing the semi-cured polymethyl methacrylate, and an optical member prepared thereby. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295021 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR THE DEPOSITION OF MICROFIBERS AND NANOFIBERS ON A SUBSTRATE - Described herein are apparatuses and methods of creating fibers, such as microfibers and nanofibers. The methods discussed herein employ centrifugal forces to transform material into fibers. Apparatuses that may be used to create fibers are also described. Embodiments described herein relate to apparatuses and methods for the deposition of fibers onto substrates. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295022 | High-Throughput Printing of Chalcogen Layer - Methods and devices for high-throughput printing of a precursor material for forming a film of a group IB-IIIA-chalcogenide compound are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises forming a precursor layer on a substrate, wherein the precursor layer comprises one or more discrete layers. The layers may include at least a first layer containing one or more group IB elements and two or more different group IIIA elements and at least a second layer containing elemental chalcogen particles. The precursor layer may be heated to a temperature sufficient to melt the chalcogen particles and to react the chalcogen particles with the one or more group IB elements and group IIIA elements in the precursor layer to form a film of a group IB-IIIA-chalcogenide compound. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295023 | Latex Particles Imbibed With a Thermoplastic Polymer - The present invention relates to a process for imbibing a step-growth polymer into thermoplastic latex particles and a composition made by such a process. The composition is useful, for example, as a coating, an adhesive, a sealant, a primer, a caulk, a stain, or a filler for a variety of substrates. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295024 | Apparatus And Methods For Profile Wrapping Laminates - Apparatus and methods for applying a coating of adhesive to laminate cover material in a profile wrapping operation. The apparatus can include a slot nozzle, a pressure roller, and a drive roller. The drive roller and pressure roller are movable to first positions in which the drive roller and pressure roller are spaced from the laminate, and second positions in which the drive roller and pressure roller contact the laminate to feed the veneer over the slot nozzle. The apparatus may be used to apply adhesive to raw veneer provided in strip form and to laminates provided in roll form. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295025 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS - Polydiorganosiloxane polyoxamide, linear, block copolymers and methods of making the copolymers are provided. The method of making the copolymers involves reacting a diamine with a polydiorganosiloxane precursor having oxalylamino groups. The polydioroganosiloxane polyoxamide block copolymers are of the (AB) | 2012-11-22 |
20120295026 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOLLOW BODIES HAVING ENCLOSED FREELY DISPLACEABLE PARTICLES - The invention relates to a method for producing hollow bodies having freely displaceable particles enclosed in the hollow body, wherein a) a gel-forming liquid in which the particles are suspended is brought into a cross-linking bath, b) the gel cores that form are isolated, c) the cores are coated with a composition comprising sinterable material and a binder, and d) the coated cores are subjected to a heat treatment wherein the gel and the binder are expunged and the sinterable material is sintered into a closed shell. The gel forming material is, for example, sodium alginate, and the cross-linking bath comprises calcium ions. The particles are selected, for example, from ZrO | 2012-11-22 |
20120295027 | MESOPOROUS METAL OXIDE GRAPHENE NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS - A nanocomposite material formed of graphene and a mesoporous metal oxide having a demonstrated specific capacity of more than 200 F/g with particular utility when employed in supercapacitor applications. A method for making these nanocomposite materials by first forming a mixture of graphene, a surfactant, and a metal oxide precursor, precipitating the metal oxide precursor with the surfactant from the mixture to form a mesoporous metal oxide. The mesoporous metal oxide is then deposited onto a surface of the graphene. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295028 | THIN-FILM FORMATION APPARATUS SYSTEM AND THIN-FILM FORMATION METHOD - A heating chamber representing one of process chambers, in which a heating apparatus for heating a substrate and a substrate transfer apparatus for moving the substrate and the heating apparatus relative to each other are arranged, a ZnO sputtering chamber representing one of the process chambers, in which a sputtering apparatus for forming a thin film on the heated substrate is arranged, and a control device for controlling the substrate transfer apparatus are provided. The substrate transfer apparatus is controlled by the control device such that the substrate and the heating apparatus in the heating chamber continue to move relative to each other when transfer of the substrate from the heating chamber becomes impossible. According to this construction, deformation and thermal crack of the substrate can be prevented. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295029 | METHODS UTILIZING SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE TIPS AND PRODUCTS THEREFOR OR PRODUCED THEREBY - The invention provides a nanolithographic method, comprising: (i) providing a substrate; (ii) providing a nanoscopic tip coated with a patterning compound; (iii) contacting the coated tip with the substrate so that the patterning compound is applied to the substrate to produce a desired pattern; and (iv) wherein the patterning compound is anchored to the substrate. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295030 | HIGH DENSITY, HARD TIP ARRAYS - Improved high density, hard tip arrays for use in patterning are provided. An article comprises a handle chip; and a silicon nitride membrane bonded to at least a portion of the handle chip. The silicon nitride membrane comprises an array of a plurality of silicon nitride tips extending directly from a surface of the silicon nitride membrane. Another article comprises an elastomeric backing member; and an array of tips disposed on the elastomeric backing member. The tips of the array comprise a refractory material. Methods of making such articles are also provided. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295031 | Multilayer Coating for Flame Retardant Substrates - A method includes coating a substrate to provide a flame resistant substrate. In an embodiment, the method includes exposing the substrate to a cationic solution to produce a cationic layer deposited on the substrate. The cationic solution comprises cationic materials. The cationic materials comprise a polymer, a colloidal particle, a nanoparticle, a nitrogen-rich molecule, or any combinations thereof. The method further includes exposing the cationic layer to an anionic solution to produce an anionic layer deposited on the cationic layer to produce a layer comprising the anionic layer and the cationic layer. The anionic solution comprises a layerable material. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295032 | COATING COMPOSITION AND COATING FILM FORMING METHOD - The present invention relates to a coating composition containing a colored aluminum pigment and a titanium oxide pigment, wherein in the case where a coating film formed from the coating composition is illuminated at 45 degrees with respect to the surface of the coating film, a ratio of lightness L* of light observed at 45 degrees with respect to specularly reflected light, relative to lightness L* of light observed at 110 degrees with respect to specularly reflected light is within a range of 1.00 to 1.50. The invention further relates to a method for forming a coating film, including steps of applying the above-described coating composition to a substrate; and further applying a clear coating composition thereto. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295033 | PLASMA NANO-POWDER SYNTHESIZING AND COATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF THE SAME - Disclosed are a plasma nano-powder synthesizing and coating device and method, the device comprising: a chamber which forms a sealed space, and comprises a reaction unit provided at one side and a processing unit provided at the other side, the reaction unit provided in an upstream of gas flowing in the chamber, having a high-temperature plasma region formed by a plasma torch generating plasma with an applied electric current, and comprising a mixed gas feeder to supply mixed gas to the reaction unit and a powder feeder to supply powder to the reaction unit, and the processing unit provided in a downstream of plasma flame in the chamber, and comprising a supporter to support a material; and a vacuum forming unit which forms a vacuum inside the chamber, the powder being supplied to the reaction unit and reacting in the plasma region of the reaction unit, and the reacted powder being synthesized in the reaction unit, the processing unit and a surface of the supporter, and coated on a surface of the material of the supporter to form a coating layer. With this, reaction, synthesis and coating of heterogeneous powder are simultaneously performed, and various reaction conditions can be simply and conveniently controlled. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295034 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING POLYMER LAMINATIONS OR STRAND-SHAPED APPLICATIONS ON A SUBSTRATE - A process and apparatus for the production of polymer layers or of strand-shaped applications on a substrate, in particular of FIPFG seals, by applying a reactive, foamable polymer material on the substrate, and the polymer material being subjected to a corona treatment or plasma treatment after it has been applied on the substrate. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295035 | PHOTOCURING METHODS AND ARTICLES PREPARED THEREFROM - Photocuring methods are made more efficient by using an N-oxyazinium salt photoinitiator with an organic phosphine as a photoinitiator efficiency amplifier. This photoinitiator composition can be used to cure acrylates or other photocurable compounds, particularly in an oxygen-containing environment. The method can be used to prepare various articles, fibers, or devices with photocured compositions. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295036 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA TREATMENT OF CONTINUOUS SUBSTRATES - A machine for atmospheric plasma treatment of continuous material substrates comprises means for feeding a substrate for moving it along a feed path; at least two electrodes each positioned at one face of the substrate, each electrode facing a respective face of the substrate, a difference in electric potential being applicable across the electrodes for generating an electric discharge; the feed means comprising at least one first roller and one second roller, the first roller and the second roller coinciding with respective electrodes and each acting on a respective face of the substrate. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295037 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRODES - A method for manufacturing electrodes includes applying an electrode mixture paste by coating to a first surface of an electrode current collector having the first surface and a second surface, to provide a first paste-coated member having a first surface that is a surface of the electrode mixture paste, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and drying the electrode mixture paste deposited on the first surface of the electrode current collector. In the initial stage of drying of the electrode mixture paste, the quantity of heat applied to the second surface of the first paste-coated member is made larger than the quantity of heat applied to the first surface of the first paste-coated member. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295038 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING SOLUTION BASED PRECURSORS FOR ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION - A unique combination of solution stabilization and delivery technologies with special ALD operation is provided. A wide range of low volatility solid ALD precursors dissolved in solvents are used. Unstable solutes may be stabilized in solution and all of the solutions may be delivered at room temperature. After the solutions are vaporized, the vapor phase precursors and solvents are pulsed into a deposition chamber to assure true ALD film growth. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295039 | COLORFUL LIQUID CRYSTAL THIN FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The disclosed technology relates to a colorful liquid crystal thin film, a method of thereof and a display device. An embodiment of the method of manufacturing a colorful liquid crystal thin film comprises: adjusting a voltage applied across a liquid crystal cell filled with blue phase liquid crystal until the liquid crystal cell shows a required color; and radiating a portion of the liquid crystal cell needed to show the required color by ultraviolet rays. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295040 | HARD COAT FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A hard coat film has wide width and uniform and excellent surface hardness and does not easily suffer from exfoliation or cracks when the hard coat film is cut. A polarizing plate uses the hard coat film, and is employed in a liquid crystal display device. The hard coat film is obtained by arranging a hard coat layer on a cellulose acylate film. The hard coat film is characterized in that the cellulose acylate film contains elastic particles and a cellulose acetate that has a degree of substitution of acyl groups of 2.0 or more but less than 2.5, and the maximum value of tan δ (loss modulus/storage modulus) of the cellulose acylate film is 0.80-2.00 (inclusive) with respect to the film temperature from 20° C. to 200° C. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295041 | MULTI-POSITIONAL, LOCKING ARTIFICIAL TREE TRUNK - A locking artificial tree trunk including a first generally cylindrical, hollow trunk portion including an upper end, the upper end defining a notch, and a second generally cylindrical trunk portion including a body portion, a lower end having an insertable portion, and an upper end. The locking artificial tree trunk also includes a coupling mechanism having a body portion and an upper portion having a tab, and defining a channel for receiving the insertable portion of the lower end of the second trunk portion. The body portion is inserted substantially into the upper end of the first trunk portion with the tab of the upper portion aligned with the notch, thereby preventing rotation of the coupling mechanism within the upper end of the first trunk portion. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295042 | INKJET RECORDING MEDIUM - An inkjet recording medium includes a support and an ink-receiving layer which is disposed on the support and which contains an alumina pigment and an alkylsulfonic acid having the carbon number of 1 or more and 4 or less. The ink-receiving layer further contains a polymeric compound, a water-soluble zirconium compound, and boric acid or a borate. The polymeric compound is one obtained by cationizing at least one amino group of a product with acid, the product being obtained by the reaction of at least three compounds, that is, (i) a sulfur-containing organic compound containing two or more active hydrogen atoms, (ii) a polyisocyanate compound containing two or more isocyanate groups, and (iii) an amine compound containing two or more active hydrogen atoms. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295043 | SPACER PROFILE FOR AN INSULATED GLAZING UNIT - In order to provide a spacer profile for an insulated glazing unit, which profile has a cross-section based on a rectangular shape, is provided with two parallel spaced side walls which, when said insulated glazing unit is assembled, will be placed against the panes of glass to be kept apart from each other, and is further provided with first and second transverse walls which extend between said side walls and of which the first will be adjacent to the edge of the glazing unit and the second will face the space between the panes, with the intention of enabling simple handling of said profile when assembling the spacer frame whilst maintaining a high absorptive capacity for water vapor, it is proposed that said spacer profile comprises a binder matrix and, embedded therein, a particulate adsorbent material for water vapor, and that the binder matrix is permeable to water vapor. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295044 | SHOCKPROOF COVER CUTTING STRUCTURE - Disclosed is a shockproof cover cutting structure. At least one cutting line is provided between two air columns, wherein the cutting line is capable of separating the adjacent two air columns towards different directions, thereby allowing air column piece to be separated into two pieces and capable of rotating freely. Further, a through hole is disposed at top end of the cutting line where the two cutting lines of the two air columns intersect. When the two air columns are separated towards different directions, the through hole is capable of preventing the tearing point from extending linearly along the cutting line and ripping the air column thereof. Or, to prevent the column wall of the air column from being thinned and likely to be punctured by the object it is covering, causing air leakage and loss of cushioning function. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295045 | HOUSING FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a housing includes steps of providing a transparent film including a first surface and an opposing second surface. Forming a patterned layer on the first surface of the transparent film, forming a metallic film layer on the first surface of the transparent film to cover the patterned layer, applying an adhesive material on the metallic film. Then placing the transparent film in the mold, the second surface of the transparent film attached to the inner molding surface of the mold. And at last injecting plastic material into the mold to form a plastic base adhered with the transparent film. The housing can have both predetermined patterns and metallic luster. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295046 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL, COMPOSITE PART AND METHODS FOR MAKING SUCH - A composite material comprising a plurality of fiber tape strips woven or braided together. Each of the plurality of fiber tape strips is made of a single layer of unidirectional fibers. The fibers are at least partially embedded in a thermoplastic matrix. A tubular composite part is made from this composite material and of an internal film. A method of manufacturing the composite material comprises weaving or braiding the fiber tape strips, especially in the form of a tube. A method of manufacturing a composite part comprises pressurizing the film inside the tube while heating both the tube and the film up to their forming temperature so as to bond the film to the woven fiber tape strips. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295047 | Microgel-containing vulcanizable composition based on hydrogenated nitrile rubber - A novel vulcanizable composition is provided, based on at least one hydrogenated nitrile rubber, on at least one peroxide, on at least one unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or salts thereof, and also on specific microgels. These vulcanizable compositions can be used to obtain vulcanized products which can in particular be used for drive belts, roll coverings, hoses and cables. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295048 | STABILISED CROSS-LINKED POLYMERS - The present invention is concerned with the process for preparing a cross-linked stabilised polymer composition using at least one graftable polymer stabiliser, and the subsequent use of that composition for forming pipes, for example PEX pipes. The graftable stabiliser becomes anchored to the polymer such that stabiliser activity is retained in the cross-linked product. Cross-linking can be achieved by conventional processes such as PEXa, PEXb and PEXc. Embodiments demonstrate excellent levels of antioxidant retention (as measured by oxidative induction retention after exhaustive solvent extraction) and the cross-linked product are suitable for portable water applications, including hot water applications. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295049 | Method for Injection Molding at Low Substantially Constant Pressure - Disclosed herein are methods of injection molding at low, substantially constant melt pressures. Embodiments of the disclosed method now make possible a method of injection molding that is more energy—and cost—effective than conventional high-velocity injection molding processes. Embodiments of the disclosed method surprisingly allow for the filling of a mold cavity at low melt pressure without undesirable premature hardening of the thermoplastic material in the mold cavity and without the need for maintaining a constant temperature or heated mold cavity. Heretofore, it would not have been expected that a constant pressure method could be performed at low pressure without such premature hardening of the thermoplastic material when using an unheated mold cavity or cooled mold cavity. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295050 | Method for Injection Molding at Low, Substantially Constant Pressure - Disclosed herein is a method of injection molding at low, substantially constant melt pressures. Embodiments of the disclosed method now make possible a method of injection molding that is more energy—and cost—effective than conventional high-velocity injection molding processes. Embodiments of the disclosed method surprisingly allow for the filling of a mold cavity at low melt pressure without undesirable premature hardening of the thermoplastic material in the mold cavity and without the need for maintaining a constant temperature or heated mold cavity. Heretofore, it would not have been expected that a constant pressure method could be performed at low pressure without such premature hardening of the thermoplastic material when using an unheated mold cavity or cooled mold cavity. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295051 | GLASS ASSEMBLY - A glass assembly having a first glass component, a frame overlapping the perimeter and top surface of the first glass component, a second glass component atop the frame, and a layer of adhesive interposed between the two glass components. Also disclosed is a frame for bonding two glass components. Also disclosed is a protective glass assembly for a LCD having a top surface and perimeter. The protective glass assembly having a frame which overlaps the top surface and perimeter of the LCD, a glass component placed atop the frame, and a layer of optical adhesive interposed between the LCD and the glass component. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295052 | CONDUCTIVE NONWOVEN PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPES AND ARTICLES THEREFROM - A conductive single-sided tape includes a conductive, nonwoven adhesive layer and a metal layer positioned adjacent the conductive, nonwoven adhesive layer. The conductive, nonwoven adhesive layer includes a conductive nonwoven substrate having a plurality of passageways, an adhesive material positioned within at least a portion of the passageways and a plurality of metal particles dispersed within the adhesive material. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295053 | Skin for Driver and Metal Wood Golf Club Head | 2012-11-22 |
20120295054 | TAPE HAVING PATTERN OF ADHESIVE LAYERS - An adhesive tape includes a base material and a plurality of adhesive layers disposed on a first side of the base material. A plurality of exposed base material areas separate the plurality of adhesive layers, such that when the adhesive tape is viewed from the first side, the plurality of exposed base material areas appear to be a plurality of intersecting lines. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295055 | LABEL - A label includes a belt-like label body having a base and an adhesion layer provided on one surface of the base, a linear magnetic material arranged in the label body along a longitudinal direction of the label body, and plural cut portions provided by cutting the label body and the magnetic material along a width direction of the label body except for a portion of the label body in the width direction, and provided at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the label body. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295056 | HOMOGENEOUSLY BRANCHED ETHYLENE POLYMER CARPET BACKSIZING COMPOSITIONS - Disclosed herein are carpets and carpet tiles comprising a primary backing material having a face and a back side; a plurality of fibers attached to the primary backing material and extending from the face of the primary backing material and exposed at the back side of the primary backing material; and an adhesive composition. The adhesive composition generally comprises at least one homogenously branched ethylene polymer. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing the disclosed carpets and carpet tiles. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295057 | Multi-layer material comprising impregnated and axially-oriented fiber fabrics; ballistic resistance, stab resistance and anti-trauma; manufacturing method and protection garment produced thereby. - Multi-layer non-woven fabric material composed of non-woven fiber sheets of aramide/polyethylene fibers, impregnated with resin and/or a filler material, and oriented at various angles, which is used for manufacturing protection garments. The multi-layered non-woven fabric material may also include a foam membrane backing to serve as an anti-trauma mechanism. The invention also describes a method for manufacturing said multi-layer non-woven fabric material and the protection garments thus obtained from a commercially available material, an “in house” equivalent, or the discarded leftover portions of either the commercially available material or the “in house” equivalent material that is not commercially available. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295058 | MEMS ANCHOR AND SPACER STRUCTURE - A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a plurality of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) light modulators formed from a structural material coupled to the first substrate and a second substrate separated from the first substrate. A plurality of spacers extend from the first substrate to keep the second substrate a minimum distance away from the plurality of light modulators. The spacers include a first polymer layer having a surface in contact with the first substrate, a second polymer layer encapsulating the first polymer layer and a layer of the structural material encapsulating the second polymer layer. The spacers can be used as fluid barriers and configured to surround more than one but less than all of the MEMS light modulators in the display apparatus. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295059 | Method and Apparatus for Creasing Facing Material Used in the Manufacture of Wallboard - Aspects of this disclosure relate to a method of manufacturing wallboard which includes providing a first layer of facing material, creasing the first layer facing material intermittently to create a series of creased portions, providing a gypsum slurry on the first layer of facing material and providing a second layer of facing material over the gypsum slurry. Further, creasing the first layer of facing material intermittently can include intermittently creasing the first layer of facing material in a substantially linear fashion extending in a first direction of the first layer of facing material so that the first layer of facing material exhibits a linear series of creased portions extending in the first direction of the first layer of facing material and a series of portions that are not creased extending in the first direction of the first layer of facing material. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295060 | Method And Apparatus For Making An Apertured Web - A method for making apertures in a web comprising providing a precursor web material; providing a pair of counter-rotating, intermeshing rollers, wherein a first roller comprises circumferentially-extending ridges and grooves, and a second roller comprises teeth being tapered from a base and a tip, the teeth being joined to the second roller at the base, the base of the tooth having a cross-sectional length dimension greater than a cross-sectional width dimension; and moving the web material through a nip of the counter-rotating, intermeshing rollers; wherein apertures are formed in the precursor web material as the teeth on one of the rollers intermesh with grooves on the other of the rollers. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295061 | COMPONENTS WITH PRECISION SURFACE CHANNELS AND HYBRID MACHINING METHOD - Methods of forming one or more grooves in a component are provided. One method includes using a first machining technique to form one or more preliminary grooves in an outer surface of a substrate. Each preliminary groove has a base and extends at least partially along the outer surface of the substrate, and the substrate has an inner surface that defines at least one hollow, interior space. The method further includes using a second machining technique to further machine the preliminary groove(s) to form the respective groove(s). In addition, the method includes forming one or more access holes through the base of a respective groove to connect the respective groove in fluid communication with the respective hollow interior space. Components with grooves characterized by a sidewall radius R in a range of 0≦R≦0.127 mm are also provided. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295062 | MULTI-PLY LAMINATE COMPOSITE MATERIALS HAVING APERTURES DEFINED THEREIN - Multi-ply laminate composite components of non-planar shape can be formed with apertures defined therein, instead of cutting the apertures after forming the multi-ply laminate composite component. This is achieved by cutting apertures in the individual plies before the plies are assembled and consolidated, with the aperture or apertures in each ply, or in each set of plies, positioned to accommodate the local distance differential between adjacent plies, or sets of plies, so that the resulting component aperture or apertures will achieve a desired alignment. Removable pins can be used to maintain the plies in alignment during the consolidation process, and fittings such as annular collars can be secured in the component apertures during consolidation. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295063 | Low roughness high surface-energy, anti-microbial fabric - A self-decontaminating fabric is manufactured from fibers such as Tencel having high surface energy and low surface roughness. Novel scouring methods eliminate substantially all contaminants from the fibers, and a novel coating process applies an anti-pathogen coating such as a halogen compound to the fabric so as to provide rapid deactivation of pathogens on contact. Novel charging methods activate or reactivate the coating, typically by exposure to chlorine. The coating is substantially free of gap regions where pathogens can survive. The high surface energy of the fibers allows a high coating concentration and provides close contact between attached pathogens and the coating. The low surface roughness reduces the pickup of pathogens by the fibers. Multi-layer embodiments include an outer layer configured for maximum anti-pathogen coating concentration, and an inner layer configured for a reduced coating concentration that is compatible with skin contact. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295064 | RESIN-MOLDED COMPONENT AND RESIN-MOLDING MOLD - A resin-molded component includes a thin wall portion, and a rib-like projection configured to protrude from a back surface of the thin wall portion. The rib-like projection includes a plurality of plate-like projections arranged to be spaced from one another. Each of the plurality of plate-like projections is arranged such that an angle formed between a line connecting a point on a longer side of a bottom surface thereof to a gate provided in the thin wall portion and the longer side of the bottom surface thereof is within a range from 10 degrees to 80 degrees. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295065 | PANEL - A panel which includes, among protrusions protruding from a predetermined reference surface, flat sections being flush with the reference surface, and recesses being recessed from the reference surface, the protrusions, and the flat sections or recesses, wherein; when the panel includes the flat sections, the entire periphery of each of the protrusions is surrounded by the flat sections, and the entire periphery of each of the flat sections is surrounded by the protrusions, while when the panel includes the recesses, the entire periphery of each of the protrusions is surrounded by the recesses, and the entire periphery of each of the recesses is surrounded by the protrusions. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295066 | SURFACE NANOSTRUCTURE FORMING METHOD AND BASE HAVING SURFACE NANOSTRUCTURE - A surface nanostructure forming method includes: preparing a substrate having an appropriate processing value; a first process of irradiating a part which is close to a surface of the substrate with laser light having a pulse duration of picosecond order or shorter at an irradiation intensity being close to the appropriate processing value of the substrate, or greater than or equal to the appropriate processing value and less than or equal to an ablation threshold and forming periodic nanostructures in which first modified portions and second modified portions are periodically arranged in a self-assembled manner at a focus at which the laser light is concentrated and in a region being close to the focus; and a second process of performing an etching treatment on the surface of the substrate having the periodic nanostructures formed thereon to form an uneven structure having the first modified portions as valleys. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295067 | Methodology and tooling arrangements for increasing interlaminar shear strength in a ceramic matrix composite structure - Methodology and tooling arrangements for increasing interlaminar shear strength in a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) structure are provided. The CMC structure may be formed by a plurality of layers of ceramic fibers disposed between a top surface and a bottom surface of the composite structure. A plurality of surface recesses are formed on the surfaces of the structure. For example, each of the surfaces of the composite structure may be urged against corresponding top and bottom surfaces of a tool having a plurality of asperities. The plurality of surface recesses causes an out-of-plane sub-surface fiber displacement along an entire thickness of the structure, and the sub-surface fiber displacement is arranged to increase an interlaminar shear strength of the structure. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295068 | Synthetic Dry Adhesives - A method of forming synthetic dry adhesives is provided that includes using a wedge-shaped tool to form mold cavities in a mold, filling the mold cavities with an elastomeric adhesive, removing the elastomeric adhesive from the mold, where a tapered lamellar ridge extends from a surface of the elastomeric adhesive, treating a tip of the extending ridge with a film of uncured elastomeric material, and curing the film of uncured material while the extending ridge is pressed against a substrate surface having a smoothness or texture. The synthetic dry adhesive comprises a close-packed array of tapered lamellar ridges, where the centerline of a ridge is angled relative to a direction normal to the synthetic dry adhesive and the cross section includes an internal taper. The tapered ridge bends when it contacts a surface, whereupon the radius of curvature of the ridge increases monotonically with increasing shear load. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295069 | PHASE DIFFERENCE ELEMENT - A phase difference element has a transparent substrate and a birefringent film with tantalum oxide and titanium oxide obliquely deposited on one surface of the transparent substrate. The birefringent film has a first photorefractive film and a second photorefractive film laminated to each other and having different oblique deposition directions. The ratio of titanium atoms to the total of titanium atoms and tantalum atoms in the birefringent film is 4.0 atomic % or higher to 30 atomic % or lower. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295070 | SILAGE COVER - The present invention relates to silo covers comprising at least two layers, wherein an inner first layer facing the silo is a single- or multi-ply plastic film having oxygen permeability according to DIN 53380-3 at 23° C. and 50% relative humidity of no more than 500 cm | 2012-11-22 |
20120295071 | CONDUCTIVE LAMINATED BODY AND TOUCH PANEL USING THE SAME - Provided is a conductive laminated body which has resistance to removal agents employed in chemical etching performed when a conductive laminated body is processed to form an electrode member employed in a touch panel, for example, and which has excellent durability with respect to heat. The conductive laminated body, in which a conductive layer, which includes a conductive component having a network structure comprising a linear structure, and a protective layer are laminated from the substrate side on at least one face of the substrate, wherein the average thickness (t) of the protective layer is 100 to 1,000 nm. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295072 | GLASS PLATE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING GLASS PLATE - A glass sheet for a laminated glass to be fit into a frame of an automobile in a flash-mount structure, that is a glass sheet having a good strength, is provided. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295073 | Multilayer composite for diffusion of odorous substances and production process - A multilayer composite for diffusing an odorous substance. The composite which comprises an absorbent support-reservoir layer designed to be printed and to receive an odorous substance intended to be diffused, a printable and/or printed support layer, and a polymer barrier layer, such as a polymer film, positioned between printable and/or printed support layer and absorbent support-reservoir layer, to prevent migration of this substance between support layers. | 2012-11-22 |
20120295074 | ARRAYS OF LONG NANOSTRUCTURES IN SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS AND METHODS THEREOF - An array of nanowires and method thereof. The array of nanowires includes a plurality of nanowires. The plurality of nanowires includes a plurality of first ends and a plurality of second ends respectively. For each of the plurality of nanowires, a corresponding first end selected from the plurality of first ends and a corresponding second end selected from the plurality of second ends are separated by a distance of at least 200 μm. All nanowires of the plurality of nanowires are substantially parallel to each other. | 2012-11-22 |