47th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100297299 | CAPSULE WITH INTEGRATED ANTIMICROBIAL FILTER - The invention proposes a capsule ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100297300 | Cheese container, cheese block and method of branding cheese - A container is disclosed that is used to from a block of cheese having a brand marking. The container has dividers located on an internal side of a sidewall of the container. The block of cheese may be divided into slices of cheese where a slice of cheese has a brand marking. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297301 | Method of Producing Filling for Filled Food Product and Food Product Comprising Filling - Provided are a method of producing a filling which improves water-retention capability during heating conducted after the filling is wrapped, and which has an excellent texture, and a filled food product produced by using the filling. Specifically, provided is a filling for a filled food product, the filling comprising at least one or more heat-processed filling ingredients and water-soluble cellulose ether which is gelable during heating. Also provided is a method of producing a filling for a filled food product comprising at least the steps of: heat-processing one or more filling ingredients; and mixing the heat-processed filling ingredients with water-soluble cellulose ether which is gelable during heating, to thereby obtain a filling. Further provided is a filled food product obtained by performing any one of heating, baking, and frying of: a filling comprising at least one or more heat-processed filling ingredients and water-soluble cellulose ether which is gelable during heating; and a dough skin which wraps the filling. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297302 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A WAVE CHIP PRODUCT - Thin snack chips having a curved or wave shape are obtained by forming, shaping or curling baked chips into a curved or wave configuration before they become too cold and rigid so as to result in breakage during forming. The essentially flat, malleable baked chips, still hot from baking in an oven may be continuously transported on a conveyer belt into a nip or gap formed between the conveyer belt and a rotating forming roller to curve or curl the malleable baked chips around the roller. The malleable baked chips are subjected to a guided curtain of air to cool and set the chips in a curved or wave configuration and to remove or blow the curved or wave chips off of the rotating forming roller onto the conveyor belt. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297303 | UNITIZED FROZEN SAUCE PRODUCTS - The present invention is directed to a frozen sauce component having a high dissolved solids equivalent content and sufficient hardness in manufacturing to permit unitization thereof by cutting. The sauce composition makes use of oil encapsulated solids in a system comprising oil, water, and flavoring ingredients as required by a frozen dish wherein it is incorporated. The freezing point and the necessary hardness of the sauce pellet is about 10 deg. F. to about 20 deg. F. despite the high dissolved solids equivalent content. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297304 | BEVERAGE CAPSULES - The invention relates to beverage capsules, kits comprising beverage capsules and methods for making the same. The beverage capsule comprises a beverage base which is enclosed within an edible shell. In some embodiments the beverage capsule comprises a liquid beverage base having a water activity of no more than 0.7 at 25° C. In other embodiments the beverage capsule is shelf stable and preservative free. In further embodiments the beverage capsule comprises a beverage base enclosed within an edible shell, wherein the beverage capsule comprises a thickening composition as a separate component from the beverage base. In yet further embodiments the beverage capsule comprises a beverage base that comprises glucose and/or glycerine. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297305 | ASPARTAME-CONTAINING ACIDIC BEVERAGES - The present invention relates to aspartame-containing acidic beverages, and also relates to acidic beverages designed to prevent a storage-induced reduction in the sweetness of aspartame, which comprise a polymerized polyphenol (particularly a polymerized catechin). The present invention further relates to a method for preventing a storage-induced reduction in the sweetness of aspartame in aspartame-containing acidic beverages by using a polymerized polyphenol (particularly a polymerized catechin). | 2010-11-25 |
20100297306 | LOW TRANS FATTY ACID COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN MICROWAVE POPCORN COMPOSITIONS; METHODS; AND, PRODUCTS - A preferred oil/fat material for use in packaged microwaveable popcorn products is provided. The oil/fat material has a Mettler drop point of at least 90° F. (32.2° C.) and no greater than 145° F. (62.8° C.). It includes a first oil/fat component comprising at least 90% by weight of an oil/fat material as described. Typical compositions and package arrangements are shown and described. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297307 | MICROWAVABLE COOKIE DOUGH AND PACKAGING THEREFOR - A ready-to-use, microwavable cookie dough formulation that includes a flour mixture of (a) a gluten-containing flour and (b) a low-gluten flour or a starch component in a weight ratio of (a)/(b) of greater than 2:1, sugar, water and a spread-controlling agent. The spread controlling agent includes a cellulose component, a pregelatinized starch, a humectant, and optionally dietary fiber, together in a combined amount effective to impart water retention to the dough formulation but less than about 10% by weight. The agent controls spreading of the dough formulation during microwave baking. The dough formulation is one that is used to make cookies. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297308 | PACKAGING COMPRISING A HEAT SHRINKING FILM - The present invention concerns an assembly comprising:—a food product ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100297309 | PACKAGE - A packaging case is provided wherein a sheet-like food can be easily taken out to be eaten even when one hand is filled with something as well as the sheet-like foods can be held compactly. A package holding a sheet-like food | 2010-11-25 |
20100297310 | TRAY INCLUDING A FLOW RESTRICTING ELEMENT FOR FOOD PRODUCTS - A tray configured to contain a food product is described. The bottom surface of the tray includes a flow restricting element which restricts the flow of the food product in the tray. The flow restricting element may include one or more elongated ridges that protrude from the bottom surface of the tray. The flow restricting element may also include a raised pattern on the bottom surface of the tray. By restricting the flow of the food product in the tray, the flow restricting element may reduce or eliminate slippage or slumping of the food product when the tray is placed in a non-horizontal position. Also described is a packaged food product including a tray which contains a dough. The packaged food product is capable of being displayed in a non-horizontal configuration with little or no slumping of the food product. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297311 | PROCESS FOR FOIL RIPENING OF CHEESE - The present invention relates to a process for preparing foil-ripened cheese comprising (i) introducing cheese after brining into a cheese-aging packaging containing an opening for receiving cheese, (ii) closing the packaging, and (iii) ripening the cheese, wherein the cheese-aging packaging comprises a thermoplastic, monolithic film and the closed cheese-aging packaging has a water vapor transmission rate of at least 10 g/m | 2010-11-25 |
20100297312 | CARTRIDGE FOR AN EDIBLE FILM DISPENSER - A cartridge for an edible film dispenser is provided for protecting a mounted edible film having a roll form, enabling easy mounting of the edible film in the edible film dispenser, and simplifying the structure of the edible film dispenser. The cartridge comprises an edible film tape, which has a cylindrical main bobbin and a cylindrical take-up bobbin, a cartridge body, which includes a main shaft, a draw shaft, a take-up shaft, and an edge perpendicular wall, which are spaced apart from each other, and a plate-like cartridge cover, which has a size and profile equal to those of the cartridge body. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297313 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STERILISING A LIQUID - A sterilisation process comprising the heating of liquid by waves of electric field having a frequency greater than 1 MHz, at a speed greater than 28° C. per second, to a treatment temperature T between 20° C. and 66° C., and according to the value of the treatment temperature T, exposure of the liquid to an alternating electric field in pulses immediately or slightly after heating of the liquid. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297314 | ICE CREAM CONE MAKING PROCESSES AND STRUCTURES - A process of making individual ice cream snack pieces includes providing bite-sized ice cream cone shells each including an open top and an opposed closed bottom, an inner surface and an opposed outer surface extending between the open top and the closed bottom, and the inner surface bounding an interior volume, applying ice cream to the interior volumes of the bite-sized ice cream cone shells to extend between the open top and the closed bottom of each of the bite-sized ice cream cone shells to form bite-sized ice cream-filled cones, and freezing the bite-sized ice cream-filled cones to form frozen bite-sized ice cream cone snack pieces. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297315 | Sushi making apparatus - A sushi making apparatus has a board, a sushi receptacles, a mat, a plurality of frames. The board has a three sided perimeter which has sharp edges; the fourth side of the perimeter is made with one of the frames. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297316 | ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS FOR USE ON FOOD PRODUCTS - The present disclosure relates to methods of treating food products by applying an antimicrobial composition and processing the food product using selected processing methods. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297317 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN EDIBLE SERVING DISH MADE OF BAKED COOKIE - A method of making an edible serving dish made of baked cookie includes forming a dough into a disk; cooling the disk of dough so that the disk generally maintains its shape; placing the disk on a mold; and baking the disk and mold, so that some of the dough flows down the sides of the mold, thereby forming a bowl | 2010-11-25 |
20100297318 | HYBRID MAIZE WITH UNIFORM CONCENTRATION OF ANTHOCYANINS OF EASY EXTRACTION AND PROCESS FOR THE EXTRACTION OF ANTHOCYANINS FROM HYBRID MAIZE - HYBRID MAIZE WITH UNIFORM CONCENTRATION OF ANTHOCYANINS, OF EASY EXTRACTION AND PROCESS FOR THE EXTRACTION OF ANTHOCYANINS FROM HYBRID MAIZE, deals with the generation of a hybrid maize with an uniform concentration of anthocyanins and the process for their extraction, providing for the use of anthocyanins and the utilization of maize, without generating rejects in this process, for that purpose, the species in natura containing anthocyanins are properly crossbred with other predefined germplasms, with the proper and adequate characteristics so as to serve as the basal matrix to receive, deposited on its surface, a skin with uniform and easily removable anthocyanins according to the difference of consistence between skin and grain. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297319 | Device and method for twisting elongated dough strips - The present invention relates to a device for twisting elongated dough strips, comprising at least one pair of grippers, each arranged for gripping and respectively releasing one short side of a dough strip, and means for mutually rotating the grippers around an axis of rotation. In an embodiment, the device comprises a first conveyor for supplying dough strips oriented with their long sides perpendicular to the direction of conveyance wherein the width of the first conveyor is chosen smaller than the long sides of the dough strips so that the short sides of a dough strip protrude from the first conveyor, and a second conveyor for carrying off the twisted dough strips. The invention further provides a method for twisting an elongated dough strip. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297320 | METHOD FOR COMPACTING A POWDERY COMPOSITION AT CONSTANT VOLUME - A method for compacting powdery compositions wherein the composition is compacted down to a reduced volume and the composition is then maintained at constant volume until the solid compact product is obtained. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297321 | Barbecue Grill with Variably Positioned Food Basket - A barbecue grill provides a top cooking level and a central cooking zone located below the top cooking level. Lateral heat panels warm the central cooking zone. A food basket is configured to be opened and loaded with foodstuff when in an approximately horizontal position at the top cooking level. An elevator mechanism lowers the filled food basket into the central cooking zone while converting the food basket to an approximately vertical position. The food cooks while the basket is vertical. The elevator mechanism raises the basket of cooked food to the top cooking level while converting the food basket to approximately horizontal position. A user-operated control selectively actuates the elevator mechanism to move the food basket in either direction. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297322 | Flavour Enhancer - A flavor enhances for savory food products. A sodium-free and glutamate-free flavor enhance comprising a) an amino acid selected from arginine and/or lysine b) adipic acid C) 50-80% (wt) Kcl d) Optionally an ammonium salt. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297323 | Gluten-free Foods Containing Microalgae - Disclosed herein are microalgae-containing gluten-reduced and gluten-free finished food compositions, as well as microalgae-containing food ingredients for the large-scale manufacture of gluten-reduced and gluten-free foods. Foods and ingredients of the invention, while reducing or eliminating gluten, also have increased health benefits through reduction or elimination of less healthy oils and fats via replacement of primarily monounsaturated algal oils. The novel food compositions also possess more desirable sensory properties and shelf life than previously existing gluten free foods. Foods and ingredients disclosed herein, whoch containing reduced or no gluten, also containing high dietary fiber levels, reduced or eliminated cholesterol, and healthier oil content than existing gluten free foods. Also disclosed are methods of reducing food allergies and symptoms of diseases such as Celiac-Sprue to address increasing rates of sensitivity to gluten-containing products. Also disclosed are methods of formulating and manufacturing microalgae-containing gluten-free foods and ingredients for the formulation of such foods. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297324 | POWDER COMPOSITION OF KOREAN PANAKE USING RICE POWDER - The present invention relates to a pancake mix composition prepared by the steps of wet grinding and vacuum drying non-glutinous rice, obtaining rice flour of below 100 mesh in size and mixing with denatured tapioca starch and other additive, which is useful to rice producer and food industry because it can possible to make feel comfortable with pancake to a consumer who suffers from indigestion and absorption impediment of food made from wheat flour and also to promote rice consumption by the production of high value-added products. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297325 | Egg Products Containing Microalgae - The compositions and methods of the invention relate to the creation of food products based on eggs, wherein the productions contain various raw materials made from microalgae in different forms. Some forms include high levels of monounsaturated oil, dietary fiber, carotenoids, and digestible crude protein. Provided herein are methods and compositions for enhancing food stability at elevated temperature during extended periods of storage in hydrated egg products. The microalgae-derived materials are provided as dry or hydrated homogenates made from heterotrophically produced microalgae of varying genera, species and strain. Weight/weight levels of saturated fats and cholesterol are reduced in egg products of the invention, while dietary fiber is increased. Blends of liquid or dried egg with liquid or dried algae are provided, as well as methods of manufacturing and formulating the blends. Unique combinations of egg whites and microalgae are also provided for manufacture of very low cholesterol egg products. In some embodiments, the textural characteristics of powdered eggs are altered to be more like the textural characteristics of liquid eggs through the inclusion of dietary fiber and other moisture-retaining properties of microalgal biomass. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297326 | Dough Composition for Frying and Method of Producing Fried Dough Composition - A method is described for producing a dough composition for frying which absorbs a reduced amount of oil, and has an excellent texture. The dough composition for frying comprises at least cereal crop powder and an aqueous solution of water-soluble cellulose ether which is gelable during heating. A fried dough composition is obtained by frying the dough composition. Moreover, a method of producing a fried dough composition comprises at least the steps of: mixing an aqueous solution of water-soluble cellulose ether which is gelable during heating with cereal crop powder to form a dough composition; and frying the dough composition. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297327 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMBINATION FOR DELIVERING SWEETENERS FOR CONSUMER USE - A system for delivering sweeteners comprising a sweetener solution of at least a stevia-based foam inducing solute and a solvent combined with a dispenser configured to dispense the sweetener solution as a lasting foam. The sweetener solution may further include sugar or a sugar substitute dissolved therein. A method for delivering sweeteners for consumer use is also provided. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297328 | MARSHMALLOW-LIKE AERATED CONFECTIONERY AND METHOD OF PREPARATION THEREOF - The present invention relates to a marshmallow-like aerated confectionery comprising a gelling agent and a non sweetening bulking agent, said bulking agent being in particular a sucrose and/or corn syrup substitute, a savoury flavour and said gelling agent being in particular a combination of gelatin and pectin. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297329 | SPREADABLE DAIRY PRODUCT - The invention concerns a shelf stable spread that includes sweetened condensed milk of fat content 2 to 25% by weight and water content 15 to 35% by weight and at least one organoleptic modifying food substance added at a ratio ranging from 2% to 30% by weight and preferably 5% to 15% by weight wherein the spread is substantially free of emulsifiers and thickeners, is not caramelised and is thickened by shear so that it has a firmness corresponding to a maximum compression force of at least 20 g measured at 25° C. by a Texture Analyser equipped with a 5 kg load cell and a 20 mm diameter cylinder probe with a penetration into the sample at a constant speed 1 mm/s during 10 s. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297330 | YOGHURT CONTAINING HYDROXYTYROSOL AND OTHER BIOPHENOLS WITH A PREVENTIVE NUTRITIONAL ACTIVITY BENEFICIAL TO HUMAN BEINGS - A yoghurt includes hydroxytyrosol as an additional component, so as to provide a healthy, natural food product with additional health-giving and beneficial characteristics, which in particular provides nutritional prevention against damage caused by oxidative stress, inflammation, angiogenesis and the related tumoral processes, cholesterol proliferation and atherosclerotic processes, and a general effect of nutritional prevention of aging. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297331 | Reduced Fat Foods Containing High-Lipid Microalgae with Improved Sensory Properties - Foods containing microalgae biomass with high levels of lipid are disclosed. Examples of foods include sauces, dressings, spreads, mayonnaise, and other edible materials that contain microalgae, where the edible materials are traditionally associated with delivery of saturated fats and oils. Further provided by the invention are such microalgae-containing foods with reduced caloric load compared to traditional foods of the same type, and in various embodiments the novel foods have similar or identical organoleptic properties as full-fat versions of the foods. Also provided are methods of formulating and manufacturing the novel foods and for manufacturing microalgae-based intermediates for manufacturing the same. The novel foods and intermediates can be manufactured using existing fermentation and food processing equipment, and can replace existing food products with healthier microalgae-derived food that have desirable structural and organoleptic properties. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297332 | Process For Preparation Of High-Fiber Product - Disclosed is a process for treating a grain to form a product that is high in dietary fiber on the basis of dry solids content relative to the grain. Generally, the process includes subjecting the grain product to a destarching step, typically via aqueous treatment in warm water, followed by screening. The intermediate product thus formed is subjected to steam, typically in a jet cooking step, to yield a product that is higher in dietary fiber on a dry solids basis than the intermediate product previously formed. The grain is typically wheat bran, but may be other grains such as rice or oats. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297333 | ENRICHED LIQUID FOOD COMPRISING SOYBEAN PROTEIN MATERIAL - The object is to provide an enriched liquid food which comprises a soybean protein material, which has a low viscosity, which produces little aggregates, and which has good physical properties. An enriched liquid food can be prepared by using a soybean protein material having the following physical properties a) to d): a) an aqueous solution containing the soybean protein material in an amount of 5 g in terms of solid content relative to 100 g of the aqueous solution and also containing calcium lactate in an amount of 30 mg in terms of calcium content has a viscosity of 10 mPa·s or less at 20° C. after the aqueous solution is heated at 121° C. for 10 minutes, and produces precipitates in an amount of 1 vol % or less after the aqueous solution is centrifuged at 1,300×g for 5 minutes; b) a 12-wt % aqueous solution of the soybean protein material has a viscosity of 1,000 mPa·s or less at 5° C.; c) the soybean protein material can be solubilized in a 0.22 M TCA at a solubilization ratio of less than 11%; and d) the soybean protein material has a PSI (protein solubility index) value of 70 or more. The soybean protein material can be produced by heating an aqueous solution or an aqueous dispersion solution of a soybean protein raw material at pH 5.7 to 7.4 and at a temperature of 110 to 160° C. for 15 to 70 seconds. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297334 | Variable Stiffness Catheter Assembly - A catheter comprising an outer shaft comprising a first section of electroactive polymer. The first section of electroactive polymer affecting either the flexibility of the catheter or the steerability of the catheter. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297335 | METHOD FOR APPLYING ADHESIVE TO A WEB SUBSTRATE - A process for determining the placement of an adhesive relative to an emboss pattern is disclosed. The disclosed process is suitable for forming an embossed multi-ply substrate. The process comprises the steps of: 1. Providing the emboss pattern as a pattern of elements; 2. Providing a grid comprising a plurality of vertices, the grid corresponds to an adhesive application pattern; 3. Providing each vertex of the plurality of vertices with an initial position; and, 4. Overlaying said emboss pattern upon said grid. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297336 | Multiple Step Printing Methods for Microbarcodes - A system and method for forming encoded microparticles is described. One embodiment includes a method of forming an encoded microparticle, the method comprising: depositing and patterning a plurality of layers on a substrate so as to form a plurality of microparticles, each microparticle comprising a plurality of separate segments aligned along an axis and representing a code; and releasing the microparticles in order to separate the microparticles from the substrate. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297337 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF COATINGS EXHIBITING INCREASED CONDUCTIVITY BASED ON POLYTHIOPHENE AND ITS DERIVATIVES - The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a coating displaying increased conductivity which contains at least one conductive polymer derived from optionally substituted thiophene, optionally together with at least one further conductive polymer, in particular polyaniline, in which process firstly an aqueous or organic dispersion or solution which contains the at least one conductive polymer is applied to a substrate; thereafter the forming or formed layer is dried; and at least one polar solvent is brought into contact with the formed or forming layer during or after the drying. The invention also relates to the preparation of an article in which a coating according to the present invention is applied to the surface of a transparent substrate. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of a polar solvent for increasing the conductivity of a coating containing at least one conductive polymer derived from optionally substituted thiophene. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297338 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, PRINT MASK TO PRINT ALIGNMENT LAYER AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE ALIGNMENT LAYER - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal panel, a print mask to print an alignment layer and a method for making the alignment layer. According to embodiments of the present invention, a liquid crystal panel divided into an active area and a peripheral area comprises a first substrate; a second substrate opposing the first substrate; a liquid crystal arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first alignment layer formed on the first substrate and having at least one first slit; and a seal pattern formed in the peripheral area on the first substrate to bind the first substrate with the second substrate, wherein the first slit is formed between the seal pattern and the active area. Embodiments also include a method for making the alignment layer. In another embodiment, a print mask for the alignment layer includes a base film; and a print pattern layer formed on the base film, the print pattern layer having at least one slit pattern formed in an edge region of the print pattern layer. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297339 | ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING SUCH ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - An electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery | 2010-11-25 |
20100297340 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - There is provided a method for producing a solid electrolytic capacitor having an improved capacitance appearance ratio by forming a conductive polymer layer in a few steps. A method for producing a solid electrolytic capacitor obtained by forming solid electrolyte layer | 2010-11-25 |
20100297341 | Aluminization of Metal Substrate Surfaces - Methods of aluminizing the surface of a metal substrate. The methods of the present invention do not require establishment of a vacuum or a reducing atmosphere, as is typically necessary. Accordingly, aluminization can occur in the presence of oxygen, which greatly simplifies and reduces processing costs by allowing deposition of the aluminum coating to be performed, for example, in air. Embodiments of the present invention can be characterized by applying a slurry that includes a binder and powder granules containing aluminum to the metal substrate surface. Then, in a combined step, a portion of the aluminum is diffused into the substrate and a portion of the aluminum is oxidized by heating the slurry to a temperature greater than the melting point of the aluminum in an oxygen-containing atmosphere. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297342 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FUEL CELL - Provided is a method of manufacturing a membrane electrode assembly including catalyst layers in both sides of a polymer electrolyte membrane, substance diffusion of the catalyst layer being improved, in which forming at least one of the catalyst layers includes at least: forming a first layer including one of a catalyst and a catalyst precursor on a surface of a sheet by vapor-phase deposition; forming a through hole in the first layer; forming a second layer including one of a catalyst and a catalyst precursor on a surface of the first layer having the through hole by vapor-phase deposition; joining a polymer electrolyte membrane to a surface of the second layer; and peeling off the sheet from the first layer. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297343 | TREATING AGENT FOR FORMING A FLUORIDE COATING FILM AND METHOD FOR FORMING A FLUORIDE COATING FILM - A fluoride coating film formed with a fluoride-containing solution wherein a rare earth fluoride or an alkaline earth metal fluoride, in particular, fluoride of Pr, Nd, Dy, Tb and Ho, is swollen in a solvent comprising a major amount of an alcohol, and the solution is a colloidal solution in which the rare earth fluoride or the alkaline earth metal fluoride is dispersed homogeneously in the solvent comprising a major amount of an alcohol improves magnetic properties of NdFeB rare earth magnets including not only sintered magnets but also bonded magnets. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297344 | PASSIVATING MEANS, SURFACE TREATMENT MEANS, SURFACE TREATMENT SPRAY MEANS AND METHOD FOR TREATING METALLIC SURFACES OF WORK PIECES OR CAST MOLDS - A passivating agent for metallic surfaces of workpieces or casting molds includes an aqueous phosphate solution with metal ions and a gelatin. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297345 | METHOD FOR REPAIRING A COMPONENT BY COATING - A method for repairing a component such as a turbine blade is provided. At the end of its operating time, the component has, for example, a depletion of aluminium in a region near the surface. The application of a repair layer is provided including particles with an increased proportion of aluminium. A subsequent heat treatment may achieve the effect of equalizing the concentration of aluminium between the repair layer and the region near the surface, and so the aluminium content required for new components is achieved again. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297346 | VAPORIZING UNIT, FILM FORMING APPARATUS, FILM FORMING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A vaporizing unit, in supplying a gas material produced by vaporizing a liquid material onto a substrate to conduct a film forming process, can vaporize the liquid material with high efficiency to suppress generation of particles. With the vaporizing unit, positively or negatively charged bubbles, which have a diameter of 1000 nm or less, are produced in the liquid material, and the liquid material is atomized to form a mist of the liquid material. Further, the mist of the liquid material is heated and vaporized. The fine bubbles are uniformly dispersed in advance in the liquid material, so that very fine and uniform mist particles of the liquid material are produced when the liquid material is atomized, which makes heat exchange readily conducted. By vaporizing the mist of the liquid material, vaporization efficiency is enhanced, and generation of particles can be suppressed. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297347 | SUBSTRATE SUPPORT HAVING SIDE GAS OUTLETS AND METHODS - A substrate support for a process chamber comprises an electrostatic chuck having a receiving surface to receive the substrate and a gas distributor baseplate below the electrostatic chuck. The gas distributor baseplate comprises a circumferential sidewall having a plurality of gas outlets that are spaced apart from one another to introduce a process gas into the process chamber from around the perimeter of the substrate and in a radially outward facing direction. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297348 | THIN FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS - A thin film deposition apparatus that can be simply applied to manufacture large-sized display devices on a mass scale and that improves manufacturing yield includes: a deposition source; a first nozzle disposed at a side of the deposition source and including a plurality of first slits arranged in a first direction; a second nozzle disposed opposite to the first nozzle and including a plurality of second slits arranged in the first direction; a barrier wall assembly including a plurality of barrier walls that are arranged in the first direction in order to partition a space between the first nozzle and the second nozzle; and an alignment member including an interval control member that adjusts an interval between the second nozzle and the substrate, and/or an alignment control member that adjusts alignment between the second nozzle and the substrate. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297349 | THIN FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS - A thin film deposition apparatus used to produce large substrates on a mass scale and improve manufacturing yield. The thin film deposition apparatus includes a deposition source; a first nozzle disposed at a side of the deposition source and including a plurality of first slits arranged in a first direction; a second nozzle disposed opposite to the first nozzle and including a plurality of second slits arranged in the first direction; and a barrier wall assembly including a plurality of barrier walls arranged in the first direction so as to partition a space between the first nozzle and the second nozzle. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297350 | FREE-STANDING SILICON CARBIDE ARTICLES FORMED BY CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION AND METHODS FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE - Improved methods for manufacturing silicon carbide rings using chemical vapor deposition. Cylindrical tubes are used as deposition substrates and the resulting material deposited on the inside surface of cylindrical tubes or on the outside surface of cylindrical mandrels, or both, is sliced or cut into the desired ring size and shape. The resulting rings have a crystal growth that is oriented substantially planar to the finished article. The invention also relates to nitrogen doped silicon carbide material, as well as to silicon carbide structures having axes of grain growth substantially parallel to the plane of the structure and to each other, and having rotational orientation that is substantially random with respect to the axes of grain growth of the grains. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297351 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF PRODUCING WRAPPER FOR CIGARETTES - A production method for producing a wrapper for cigarettes is provided wherein, with a web kept traveling, a combustion inhibitor in liquid form is intermittently applied to one surface of the web to form undried banded layers arranged with a predetermined space therebetween in the traveling direction of the web, water is applied to the surface of the web over its entire area before or after the combustion inhibitor is applied, and then the web is rapidly dried. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297352 | COATING DEVICE AND COATING METHOD - A coating device includes a coating mechanism which includes nozzles for ejecting a liquid material onto front and rear surfaces of a substrate while rotating the substrate; and an adjusting mechanism which adjusts the coating state of the liquid material at the outer periphery of the substrate; wherein the adjusting mechanism includes a dip portion which dips the outer periphery of the substrate in a solution while rotating the substrate and dissolves; and a suction portion which suctions the vicinity of the outer periphery of the substrate after dipping in the solution. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297353 | COATING DEVICE AND COATING METHOD - A coating device includes a coating mechanism which includes nozzles for ejecting a liquid material onto front and rear surfaces of a substrate while rotating the substrate; and an adjusting mechanism which adjusts the coating state of the liquid material at the outer periphery of the substrate; wherein the adjusting mechanism includes a dip portion which dips the outer periphery of the substrate in a solution while rotating the substrate and dissolves and removes a thin film formed on the outer periphery of the substrate; and a suction portion which suctions the vicinity of the outer periphery of the substrate after dipping in the solution. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297354 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DARKENING AND IMPARTING CORROSION-RESISTANT PROPERTIES TO ZINC OR OTHER ACTIVE METALS - Methods and compositions that serve to both darken a zinc or other active metal surface and impart corrosion-resistant properties thereto, are disclosed. The compositions include an aqueous solution containing about 0.1 percent to about 5 percent ammonium chloride and about 0.1 percent to about 5 percent ammonium molybdate. The compositions utilize particular ratios of concentrations of ammonium chloride and ammonium molybdate. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297355 | CURABLE COATING COMPOSITION CONTAINING A COMPOUND HAVING A URETDIONE GROUP AND A DIFFERENT FUNCTIONAL GROUP AND CURED COATINGS - A curable coating composition includes a uretdione compound having one uretdione group and having a plurality of functional groups selected from crosslinkable groups and groups that modify a coating property. The disclosed coating compositions include those having a binder component having a plurality of active hydrogen-containing groups. When the uretdione compound has a functional group that is a crosslinkable group, the coating composition further includes a crosslinker that has a plurality of crosslinking groups reactive under curing conditions with the crosslinkable group. Also disclosed is a method of making the curable coating composition, including preparing the uretdione compound having one uretdione group and having at least one further functional group. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297356 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF A CROSSLINKER COMPOSITION - This invention is directed to a process for the preparation of a crosslinker composition, comprising the steps of providing a mixture of an aliphatic alcohol A having at least one hydroxyl group and from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, with at least one multifunctional aldehyde C having at least two aldehyde groups —CHO to form a mixture AC, heating the mixture AC to convert at least a part of the multifunctional aldehyde C to its hemiacetal or to its acetal to form a mixture (AC)′, adding to the mixture (AC)′ least one cyclic urea U or the educts to produce the said cyclic urea U in situ, which cyclic urea U has at least one unsubstituted >NH group, and reacting the mixture thus obtained to form a chemical bond between the nitrogen atom of the at least one unsubstituted >NH group of the at least one cyclic urea U5 and the carbon atom of the least one aldehyde group —CHO of the multifunctional aldehyde C, and coating compositions comprising the said crosslinker composition. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297357 | One-Component Epoxy Coating Compositions - Disclosed are high solids, one-component, storage stable coating compositions that include an epoxy resin comprising more than one 1,2-epoxy groups per molecule; a hydrocarbon compound having a softening point of from 50° C. to 140° C.; an alkoxy-functional and/or silanol-functional silicone; and a ketimine curing agent comprising a reaction product of reactants comprising a polyalkyldiamine component and a ketone component. Also disclosed are substrates at least partially coated with a coating deposited from such composition and methods for coating substrates with such compositions. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297358 | ALKYLCELLULOSE AND SALT COMPOSITIONS FOR DUST CONTROL APPLICATIONS - A method of reducing dust generation from an aggregate surface is described. The method includes applying a dust suppression compound to the aggregate surface. The dust suppression compound may be made from an aqueous mixture of an alkylcellulose compound and a halogen containing salt. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297359 | PROCESS FOR TREATMENT OF A FABRIC - The present invention provides a process for treatment of a fabric comprising the steps of contacting the fabric with polymers A and B in an aqueous medium, wherein; (a) polymer A is selected from the class of homopolymers or copolymers of vinyl alcohol, alkylene glycol, saccharides, and carboxylic acid, and; (b) polymer B is selected from the class of homopolymers or copolymers of vinyl pyrrolidone, alkylene oxide, saccharides and carboxylic acid, and; where polymers A and B are not of the same class and the aqueous medium has pH less than 6. The invention also provides a composition and a kit for treatment of a fabric. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297360 | METHOD FOR DENSIFICATION OF POROUS ARTICLES - A method of densifying porous substrates, such as brake performs, using a liquid precursor, in which the rate at which “fresh” or “new” liquid precursor is consumed is reduced by maintaining the liquid precursor being used for the densification at a purity level that is less that pure but still chemically suitable for obtaining the desired densification product. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297361 | PLASMA DEPOSITION SOURCE AND METHOD FOR DEPOSITING THIN FILMS - A plasma deposition source for transferring a deposition gas into a plasma phase and for depositing, from the plasma phase, a thin film onto a substrate moving in a substrate transport direction in a vacuum chamber is described. The plasma deposition source includes a multi-region electrode device adapted to be positioned in the vacuum chamber and including at least one RF electrode arranged opposite to the moving substrate, and an RF power generator adapted for supplying RF power to the RF electrode. The RF electrode has at least one gas inlet arranged at one edge of the RF electrode and at least one gas outlet arranged at the opposed edge of the RF electrode. A normalized plasma volume is provided by a plasma volume defined between an electrode surface and an opposite substrate position, divided by an electrode length. The normalized plasma volume is tuned to a depletion length of the deposition gas. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297362 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN OBJECT WITH MINIATURIZED STRUCTURES - A method for processing an object with miniaturized structures is provided. The method includes feeding a reaction gas onto a surface of the object. The method also includes processing the object by directing an energetic beam onto a processing site in a region, which is to be processed, on the surface of the object, in order to deposit material on the object or to remove material from the object. The method further includes detecting interaction products of the beam with the object, and deciding whether the processing of the object is to be continued or can be terminated with the aid of information which is obtained from the detected interaction products of the beam with the object. The region to be processed is subdivided into a number of surface segments, and the interaction products detected upon the beam striking regions of the same surface segment are integrated to form a total signal in order to determine whether processing of the object must be continued or can be terminated. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297363 | FUNCTIONALIZING A SENSING RIBBON ON A WHISPERING GALLERY MODE MICRORESONATOR USING LIGHT FORCE TO FABRICATE A WHISPERING GALLERY MODE SENSOR - Methods using light force to fabricate WGM sensors including microresonators having target receptors selectively and substantially provided at only ribbon area of the microresonators. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297364 | SERVO PATTERN FORMING METHOD OF HARD DISK DRIVE - A servo pattern forming method of a hard disk drive includes magnetically printing a reference servo pattern, which has different features according to zones divided along a radial direction of a disk, on the disk, and recording a final servo pattern in the disk on the basis of the reference servo pattern. As a result, the quality of a final servo pattern can be enhanced by preventing an amplitude drop that arises in an ID zone of the disk when a reference servo pattern is recorded using a conventional servo track writer. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297365 | OPTICAL STRUCTURE TO REDUCE INTERNAL REFLECTIONS - A structure for reducing internal reflections in an optical system includes a stack of layers including a first layer having a first refractive index, a second layer having a second refractive index, a third layer having a third refractive index, a fourth layer having a fourth refractive index, and a fifth layer having a fifth refractive index. The second layer is arranged between the first layer and the third layer, and the fourth layer is arranged between the third layer and fifth layer. Further, the third refractive index is greater than the second and fourth refractive indexes, the second refractive index is greater than the first refractive index, and the fourth refractive index is greater than the fifth refractive index. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297366 | OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM, AND POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY EMPLOYING THE SAME - The present invention provides an optical compensation film, which has excellent visibility such as light leakage, uneven color tone and front contrast, and can simultaneously realize retardation and wavelength dispersion. The optical compensation film is characterized by containing a cellulose ester, the following polymer (a), and the following compound (b). (a) A polymer produced by copolymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having in its molecule a partial structure represented by Formula (1) with at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer. (b) An esterified compound produced by esterifying all or a part of OH groups in a compound (A) having one furanose structure or one pyranose structure, or an esterified compound produced by esterifying all of or a part of OH groups in a compound (B) containing nor less than 2 and not more than 12 structures of at least one of a furanose structure or a pyranose structure. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297367 | OPTICALLY ANISOTROPIC SUBSTANCE - Subject to be Solved The invention aims to provide a polyamic acid-type photo-alignment layer in a heating process only below approximately 140° C., and to provide an optically anisotropic substance in which various polymerizable liquid crystal compositions are uniformly oriented by use of the layer. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297368 | OPTICALLY COMPENSATED ACRYLIC PRESSURE-SENSITVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE CONTAINING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device, using the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to an acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive composition having optimal stress releasing property which comprises an optically compensated acrylic copolymer (A) containing a cross-linkable functional group, an optically compensated acrylic copolymer (B) containing no cross-linkable functional group, and a multi-functional cross-linking agent (C). A polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device comprising the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition meets with major properties such as adhesion endurance reliability, with effectively providing optical compensation effect and stress release effect, and has an effect of improving a light leakage phenomenon. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297369 | Thermal Transfer Recording Medium - A thermal transfer recording medium including a support, a release layer and an ink layer, the release layer and the ink layer being disposed in this order over the support, wherein the ink layer contains carnauba wax, an organic fatty acid having an acid value of 90 to 200, and at least one of a long-chain alcohol represented by Formula (1) and a long-chain alcohol represented by Formula (2), | 2010-11-25 |
20100297370 | MOLDED BODY HAVING A WALL COMPRISING A TRANSPARENT POLYMERIC MATERIAL AND GLASS PARTICLES - A molded body ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100297371 | FILM FOR FOOD PACKAGING - A film for food packaging which is excellent in workability, processability, productivity, gas-barrier properties, low-temperature heat sealability, safety, and mechanical strength. It can be a substitute for conventional cellophane/wax films, and is suitable for use as a packaging film for molten cheese, etc. The film for food packaging is composed of at least five layers, i.e., a fusion-bondable layer/adhesive layer/gas-barrier layer/adhesive layer/fusion-bondable layer, wherein the fusion-bondable layers are made of an olefin resin and melt at a temperature which is not lower than 60° C. and is lower than 90° C. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297372 | RECYCLED MATERIALS STRENGTHENING PROCESS, SYSTEM, AND PRODUCTS - A method of forming a reinforced building product from garbage, comprising the steps of sorting garbage, shredding plastics within the garbage, shredding fibers within the garbage, heating the shredded plastics, forming a slurry from the plastics and fibers, disposing the slurry within an extrusion cavity, extruding the fluid through a venturi, and allowing the extruded materials to cool. Garbage is separated into plastics, fibers, and other materials. Plastics are shredded to facilitate melting. Fibers are shredded to macroscopic lengths no greater than a maximum internal diameter of a venturi. The plastics are melted. The melted plastics are mixed with fibers and other material to form a slurry that is extruded from a cavity through a venturi, thereby causing significant alignment of the shredded fibers within the slurry in an outer region of the extruded slurry. Cooled, there is reinforced building material. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297373 | POLYAMIDE MOULDING COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to polyamide moulding compounds which have very low distortion with good mechanical properties. This is achieved by a combination of transparent polyamide with fibrous reinforcing materials and also particulate fillers. The moulding compounds according to the invention are used for the production of any moulded articles, semi-finished products or finished products. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297374 | In Situ Moisture Generation and Use of Polyfunctional Alcohols for Crosslinking of Silane-Functionalized Resins - Polymer compositions comprise a (i) silane-functionalized polymer, e.g., a polyethylene grafted with vinyl triethoxy silane, (H) polyfunctional alcohol e.g., α,α,α′,α′˜tetramethyl-I,3-benzenediethanol and, optionally, (iii) acid, e.g., an alkylated aryl disulfonic acid. The use of polyfunctional alcohols in the absence of a strong acid yields a light-crosslinking of the silane-functionalized polymer and this, in turn, provides a polymer melt with improved extensional properties such as elongational viscosity and melt strength. The use of a polyfunctional alcohol in combination with a blocked strong acid provides a slow rate of crosslinking during melt processing and a high degree of ultimate crosslinking after the polymer composition has been shaped or molded. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297375 | BOTTOM OF HOLLOW WARE OBTAINED BY THE BLOW MOULDING OR STRETCH-BLOW MOULDING OF A THERMOPLASTIC HOLLOW WARE PREFORM HAVING SUCH A BOTTOM - Bottom of hollow ware obtained by the blow moulding or stretch-blow moulding of a thermoplastic preform, this bottom having a transverse bearing surface and, on either side of this transverse bearing surface, a transverse external edge ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100297376 | Surface Treated Film and/or Laminate - A surface treatment for a protective plastic film and/or laminate is disclosed. Suitably, the surface treatment includes coating a major surface of the plastic film or laminate with a curable coating formulation wherein the one or more of the coating ingredients are diffused or migrated at least partially into the plastic film or plastic laminate. The migration of coating ingredients creates a gradual transition layer from the plastic film to the coating layer and leads to unique properties. Optionally, the surface treated plastic film is laminated to a release liner coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) to form the aforementioned laminate. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297377 | MULTI-PLY FIBROUS STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME - Embossed multi-ply fibrous structures and methods for making such embossed multi-ply fibrous structures are provided. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297378 | PATTERNED FIBROUS STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME - Patterned fibrous structures having a pattern with a repeat unit length of greater than 28 cm and methods for making such fibrous structures are provided. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297379 | METHOD FOR MAKING AN INSULATING AND TIGHT WALL FOR A TANK - The invention relates to a method for making the wall of a heat-insulated fluid-confinement tank, such as for a liquefied gas, that is integrated in the carrier structure ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100297380 | SANDWICH ELEMENT - A longitudinal sandwich element including a core of binder fixed mineral wool lamellae assembled in a side by side relationship extending in the longitudinal direction of the sandwich element, the core having two major surfaces substantially parallel to each other, and two end surfaces substantially perpendicular to the major surfaces and parallel to each other and two side surfaces interconnecting the major surfaces and the end surfaces, where the mineral wool fibers are mainly perpendicular to the major surfaces, and at least one sheet is attached to at least one of the major sides of the core, and at least one of the two side surfaces is provided by one or more side lamellae, and where at least one of the side surfaces has been formed as a cut section into the one or more side lamella(s), the cut section fitting into a mating cut section of one or more other side lamella(s) of an adjacent sandwich element, and where each side lamella has a varying density and the cut section is in the region with the higher density. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297381 | Method of improving read stability of optical recording medium and optical recording medium manufactured using the method - A method for improving read stability of optical recording medium is disclosed. In the method, the thickness of a recording layer of an optical recording medium is adjusted to control the disc absorptivity, and the recording layer thickness is matched with a power difference between a laser write power (Pw) and a laser erase power (Pe), so as to control the optimal laser power for irradiating and accordingly changing the optical properties of the recording layer. It is found that by using properly increased recording layer thickness corresponding to a given disc absorptivity, and properly matching the recording layer thickness with a properly increased power difference, the read stability and recording characteristics of the optical recording media can be improved without significantly changing the layer structure and writing strategy of the optical recording medium. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297382 | Reverse Optical Mastering for Data Storage Disk Replicas - A data storage master disk and method of making a data storage master disk. The data storage disk master is for use in a data storage disk replication process. The data storage disk molding processes produces replica disks having a surface relief pattern with replica lands and replica grooves. The method includes providing a master substrate. The master substrate is at least partially covered with a layer of photosensitive material. A surface relief pattern having master lands and master grooves is recorded in the data storage disk master, including the steps of exposing and developing the photosensitive material is controlled to form master grooves extending down to a substrate interface between the master substrate and the layer of photosensitive material, such that the width of the master grooves at the substrate interface corresponds to a desired width of the replica lands. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297383 | ORNAMENTAL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - An embodiment provides an ornamental sheet and a method of manufacturing the ornamental sheet, wherein an ornamental pattern for use in ornamenting a fabric product may be easily peeled off from a film when using the ornamental pattern. A laser beam is applied while moving it along the contour of a pattern on a surface. By this, a synthetic fiber sheet piece with the pattern printed is cut out of a synthetic fiber sheet. When cutting out, a cut line (groove) is formed in the film to extend to the vicinity of the bottom face of the film by heat due to the irradiation with a laser beam. Also, a periphery of an adhesive layer of the synthetic fiber sheet is welded to the film, and a periphery, which is close to the periphery through the cut line, of the adhesive layer of the synthetic fiber sheet is welded to the film. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297384 | TOKEN HAVING A DETECTION UNIT - The invention relates to a flat token, comprising a detection unit which is enclosed between two half-shells ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100297385 | Increasing Receptivity For Acid Dyes - Dye receptivity of fibers used in the dyeing and printing of cationic dyeable nylon as used as carpet fibers or similar polymers difficult to dye with anionic dyes are improved by a coating rendering these fibers more receptive to anionic dyes. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297386 | BELT SEAMS - A clipper seam for joining the ends of a belt, are connected by interdigitated staples which are looped about a pintle and provide barbs on their remote ends to penetrate into the material of the belt. Each end is covered by an edge strip of vinyl by radio frequency welding, and a flap is attached to one end on the low pressure side of the belt by a portion, and folded over to cover the seam on the low pressure side by means of a flap which extends beyond the seam area of the other end. A central area to each side of the seam is impregnated with polyurethane to resist abrasion which tends to concentrate in this area. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297387 | FILM MATERIAL EXHIBITING TEXTILE PROPERTIES AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ITS MANUFACTURE - A film material formed of thermoplastic polymer material is processed so as to have linearly extending regions (A) linked together by linearly extending webs (B), regions (A) and webs (B) each being oriented, the dominant direction of orientation in regions (A) forming an angle (V) to the direction on which (A) extends and webs (B) comprising arrays of linear furrows of thinner material or splits forming angles (U) higher than (V) to the direction in which (A) extends. The method of producing the new film involves passing an orientated film through a pair of intermeshing grooved rollers to cold-stretch the film in a direction at an angle to the predominant original orientation, at least one of the grooved rollers having crests with sharp edges to form the division between regions A and webs B and to stretch the material to form webs B while stretching the material less or not at all to form regions A. Preferably at least one of the grooved rollers has crests with a waved surface shape. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297388 | COMPOSITE PANEL FOR BLAST AND BALLISTIC PROTECTION - A composite panel comprises a single composite layer and the single composite layer includes a thermoplastic resin matrix, reinforcing fiber, and nano-filler particles. The nano-filler particles are dispersed within the thermoplastic resin matrix to define a nano-filled matrix material. The reinforcing fiber is further disposed within the nano-filled matrix material. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297389 | MESOPOROUS CARBON MATERIALS - The invention is directed to a method for fabricating a mesoporous carbon material, the method comprising subjecting a precursor composition to a curing step followed by a carbonization step, the precursor composition comprising: (i) a templating component comprised of a block copolymer, (ii) a phenolic compound or material, (iii) a crosslinkable aldehyde component, and (iv) at least 0.5 M concentration of a strong acid having a pKa of or less than −2, wherein said carbonization step comprises heating the precursor composition at a carbonizing temperature for sufficient time to convert the precursor composition to a mesoporous carbon material. The invention is also directed to a mesoporous carbon material having an improved thermal stability, preferably produced according to the above method. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297390 | SELF-STABILISED STIFFENER ENABLING ELEMENT RECOVERY - A stiffener for a structure submitted to tensile and/or compression and/or shear stresses, that includes a shaped section including: a contact area with an element to be stiffened having a closed cross-section and providing stability, the aforementioned area including first and second legs; and a core normal to the element to be stiffened that provides a support surface capable of element recovery, the aforementioned core being formed by one of the two legs. Application in aircraft structures. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297391 | Diamond capsules and methods of manufacture - Capsules and similar objects are made from materials having diamond (sp | 2010-11-25 |
20100297392 | SLIP AGENT FOR PROTECTING GLASS - This disclosure features use of a paper or polymer film that includes a slip agent that can transfer to its surfaces. Once the paper or film is pressed against a glass sheet, this will leave a thin surface roughness of slip agent that can prevent or reduce glass surface scratches from other surfaces or particles during shipping or finishing (e.g., cutting to size, conveyance of glass), thereby improving the yield of glass shipments between glass forming plants and customers. The thin discontinuous layer of slip agent remaining on the glass surface can be washed off easily in subsequent washing processes. The paper or film can have the slip agent imbibed within the paper or coated on it as a surface member. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297393 | METHOD FOR SURFACE FROSTING OF GLASS PRODUCT - Provided is a method for surface frosting of glass product, wherein a glass product is first immersed in a pre-treatment solution having a composition including water (H | 2010-11-25 |
20100297394 | Floor Covering - The present invention provides a slip-resistant plastics floor covering having a first layer of plastics material which first layer of plastics material has on its upper surface a particulate layer of one or more transparent coated inorganic particles which particulate layer imparts slip-resistance to the floor covering which has an improved appearance; and a method for preparing a slip-resistant plastics floor covering. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297395 | FIBROUS STRUCTURES COMPRISING DESIGN ELEMENTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME - Fibrous structures that include design elements and more particularly to fibrous structures that have a design element having a primary design element and two, different secondary design elements that are associated with one another via the primary design element and methods for making such fibrous structures are provided. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297396 | WORKPIECE WITH POSITIONAL MARKER AND METHOD FOR MACHINING THE POSITIONAL MARKER - A workpiece includes a positional marker and defines a number of round recesses. The positional marker includes first positional projection, at least one second positional projection, and at least one third positional projection. The first positional projection defines a first diagonal and a second diagonal. The second positional projection is arranged along the first diagonal, and has a diagonal on the first diagonal. The third positional projection is arranged along the second diagonal, and has a diagonal on the second diagonal. Each of the first positional projection, the at least one second positional projection, and the at least one third positional projection is surrounded by four round recesses of the number of round recesses. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297397 | OPTICAL FILM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEROF - An optical film, disposed in the backlight assembly, is provided. The optical film is manufactured by the following method. First, curing glue comprised of photocurable resin and thermosetting resin is provided. Compared to the curing glue as a whole, the percentage weight of the thermosetting resin is about 1%˜5%. Thereafter, the curing glue is illuminated and heated in order to form the optical film. | 2010-11-25 |
20100297398 | Lithography Masks and Methods of Manufacture Thereof - Lithography masks and methods of manufacture thereof are disclosed. A preferred embodiment comprises a method of manufacturing a lithography mask. The method includes providing a substrate, forming a first pattern in a first region of the substrate, and forming a second pattern in a second region of the substrate, the second pattern comprising patterns for features oriented differently than patterns for features of the first pattern. The method includes affecting a polarization rotation of light differently in the first region than in the second region of the substrate. | 2010-11-25 |