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Ali Harlin, Vtt FI
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20110223401 | FIBROUS PRODUCT HAVING A BARRIER LAYER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - The invention relates to barrier products and a method for the manufacture thereof. The product comprises a fibrous substrate, a coating layer on at least one surface of the fibrous substrate, and a barrier applied on the coating layer, comprising a thin film with a thickness of less than about 1 micrometer and capable of providing barrier properties to the fibrous product. According to the invention, the coating layer comprises biopolymer, which have been found to be suitable for atomic layer deposition of thin barrier films comprising e.g. metal oxide. Improved oxygen, water vapour and aroma barrier properties can be achieved by the invention for papers and paperboards for packaging purposes. | 09-15-2011 |
20140088252 | METHOD FOR MAKING SPECIFIC PRODUCTS FROM POLYSACCHARIDE MOLECULE - A method for preparing a specific product from a polysaccharide in which at least one hydroxyl of a saccharide unit is substituted with an ether or ester moiety. The ether or ester moiety is provided with ethenyl and/or epoxy functionality for preparing an activatable polysaccharide polymer and the activatable polysaccharide polymer with ethenyl and/or epoxy functionality is optionally reacted with an additional coupling reagent, having at least two coupling functionality for preparing polysaccharide polymer with additional activatable crosslinker. Thereafter, the activatable polysaccharide polymer or the polysaccharide polymer with an additional activatable crosslinker, is activated for crosslinking the polysaccharide polymer with another polysaccharide polymer by reacting the activatable polysaccharide polymer or polysaccharide polymer with an additional activatable crosslinker with a crosslinking initiator for crosslinking the polysaccharide polymer chains with each other, for preparing a product such as hydrogel, film, coating or membrane with polysaccharide backbone. | 03-27-2014 |
20140309366 | METHOD FOR PREPARING GLYCOLIDE POLYESTER BY RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION - The present invention relates to a method for preparation a glycolide polyester by ring opening polymerization characterized in that glycolide monomer with optional co-monomer(s) of cyclic ester(s) is/are subjected to ring opening polymerization in the presence of a dispersion stabilizer and a catalyst, said catalyst being selected for precipitating glycolide homopolymer or copolymer from solvent, said solvent being selected so that the glycolide monomer and the optional co-monomer(s), the dispersion stabilizer and the catalyst are soluble therein but said glycolide homopolymer or copolymer is non-soluble. The present invention further relates to an in situ ring opening polymerizing process product, and to use of said glycolide polyester, and to further processing of said glycolide polyester. | 10-16-2014 |
Ali Harlin, Vantaa FI
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20130059088 | PRIMING AND COATING PROCESS - The invention relates to a method for priming a substrate by contacting the substrate with a primer fed from a primer source and depositing the primer on the substrate. Compared to other priming methods, the claimed priming gives better results because the deposition is carried out electrostatically. | 03-07-2013 |
Ali Harlin, Kerava FI
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20100132410 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FIBRES - The present invention relates to a system for manufacturing fibres comprising a melting furnace, a crucible within said furnace comprising at least one orifice ( | 06-03-2010 |
20110000847 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PARTICLES ELECTROSTATICALLY - The invention refers to a method for forming particles or droplets of at least one substance comprising the steps of providing a foamed medium, which foamed medium comprises said substance, and forming particles or droplets of said substance at least partly by electrostatic processing. The use of foamed medium in electrostatic processing enables higher production speeds and increases the evenness of a coating layer formed by electrospinning or electrospraying the particles or droplets on a substrate. | 01-06-2011 |
20120097352 | TREATMENT OF FIBRES TO ENDURE PROCESSING - The invention relates to a method of treating chemical pulp fibres by a polymerizing hydroxy acid, the fibres thus obtained and the products refined from them. In the method, the hydroxy acid reacts with the reactive groups of the fibres in the presence of a catalyst, forming ester bonds. The following units of the same hydroxy acid are oligomerized and/or polymerized to these grafted acid residues. The fibres thus treated and the products refined thereof endure better processing stages that include drawing and stretching than untreated fibres. | 04-26-2012 |
20120160433 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE - A process for treating cellulosic fibres comprises mechanically pre-treating the fibres followed by treating the fibres with an enzyme and thereafter mixing the fibres with a solution comprising an alkali metal hydroxide followed by mechanically treating the fibres to form microfibrillated cellulose. In this way it is possible to produce microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) in an improved and energy efficient way. | 06-28-2012 |
20120214979 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE IN AN EXTRUDER AND MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE PRODUCED ACCORDING TO THE PROCESS - The present invention relates to a process for the production of microfibrillated cellulose wherein the process comprises the steps of, providing a slurry comprising fibers, adding the slurry to an extruder, treating the slurry in the extruder so that the fibers are defibrillated and microfibrillated cellulose is formed. The invention further relates to a microfibrillated cellulose produced. | 08-23-2012 |
Ali Harlin, Espoo FI
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20130165721 | CATALYTIC REFINING OF TERPENES OF PULP ORIGIN - Biobased p-cymene and methods of producing same, which can further be converted to terephtalate. Further, a method is described for converting crude sulfate turpentine recovered from chemical wood pulping into p-cymene and eventually to terephtalic acid of biological origin, and and products thereof respectively. In said method, both conversion and desulfurization is realized in one reaction step. The disclosure is also related to use of zeolite catalysts in said method. | 06-27-2013 |
20130178650 | HYDROGEN TREATMENT OF IMPURE TALL OIL FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AROMATIC MONOMERS - A method of manufacturing aromatic hydrocarbons, which are suitable for the production of terephthalic acid, from tall oil-based raw material. According to the invention, the raw material that contains tall oil or its fraction is catalytically deoxygenated with hydrogen, and one or more aromatic hydrocarbons that can be converted into terephthalic acid are separated from the deoxygenated reaction yield. The deoxygenation catalyst is a NiMo catalyst and, in addition, a cracking catalyst can be used, such as an acidic zeolite catalyst. The separated hydrocarbon can be p-xylene, o-xylene or p-cymene. According to the invention, these can be converted by oxidation and, when needed, by a re-arrangement reaction into terephthalic acid that is suitable for the source material of the manufacture of bio-based polyethylene terephthalate. | 07-11-2013 |
20130236937 | Algal Thermoplastics, Thermosets, Paper, Adsorbants and Absorbants - Provided are biomass-based materials and valuable uses of microalgal biomass including: (i) acetylation of microalgal biomass to produce a material useful in the production of thermoplastics; (ii) use of triglyceride containing microalgal biomass for production of thermoplastics; (iii) combination of microalgal biomass and at least one type of plant polymer to produce a material useful in the production of thermoplastics; (iv) anionization of microalgal biomass to form a water absorbant material; (v) cationization of microalgal biomass, and optional flocculation, to form a water absorbant material; (vi) crosslinking of anionized microalgal biomass; (vii) carbonization of microalgal biomass; and (viii) use of microalgal biomass in the making of paper. | 09-12-2013 |
20140230691 | COATING AND A METHOD FOR PREPARING THEREOF - The invention relates to a method for preparing a thermoplastic coating on a substrate from a hemicellulose polymer or a cellulose polymer wherein the method comprises at least following steps: —providing a cellulose polymer or a hemicellulose polymer having at least one hydroxyl group which can be used for forming cellulose or hemicellulose ester, —reacting hemicellulose polymer or cellulose polymer with a residue originating to fatty acid with an aliphatic carbon tail of 4-28 carbons or ester thereof, for obtaining hemicellulose fatty acid ester or cellulose fatty acid ester, —dispersing the hemicellulose fatty acid ester or cellulose fatty acid ester into aqueous solution, —dispersion coating a substrate with dispersed hemicellulose fatty acid ester or cellulose fatty acid ester for preparing a coated substrate and —heating the coated substrate for preparing a substrate provided with a coating, so that the substrate provided with a coating is heat-sealable with the same substrate provided with said coating or with an uncoated substrate. | 08-21-2014 |
Barry Harlin, Roanoke, AL US
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20100117332 | SELF-LOCKING, UNIVERSAL TRAILER HITCH AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A self-locking universal trailer hitch comprising a hitch receiver, a bar and a pivoting second receiver, wherein the hitch receiver is secured to a towing vehicle, and wherein the bar is removably secured to the hitch receiver, and wherein the second receiver comprises a locking mechanism to removably secure the pivoting second receiver to the bar. The self-locking universal trailer hitch is utilized by securing a trailer to a towing vehicle by obtaining a towing vehicle with a first hitch receiver and a universal trailer hitch with a second hitch receiver, a bar and a pivoting second receiver having a locking mechanism, inserting the bar into the pivoting second hitch receiver, locking the bar to the second hitch receiver, inserting the bar into the second receiver and locking the bar to the second receiver via the locking mechanism. | 05-13-2010 |
20100117334 | Self-Locking, Universal Trailer Hitch and Method of Use Thereof - A self-locking universal trailer hitch comprising a hitch receiver, a bar and a second receiver, wherein the hitch receiver is secured to a towing vehicle, and wherein the bar is removably secured to the hitch receiver, and wherein the second receiver comprises a locking mechanism to removably secure the second receiver to the bar. The self-locking universal trailer hitch is utilized by securing a trailer to a towing vehicle by obtaining a towing vehicle with a first hitch receiver and a universal trailer hitch with a second hitch receiver, a bar and a second receiver having a locking mechanism, inserting the bar into the pivoting second hitch receiver, locking the bar to the second hitch receiver, inserting the bar into the second receiver and locking the bar to the second receiver via the locking mechanism. | 05-13-2010 |
Elina Harlin, Kerava FI
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20100000908 | PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF HYDROCARBON COMPONENTS - The present invention relates to hydrocarbons and particularly to the manufacture of hydrocarbon components suitable as aviation fuels or jet fuels and as blending stocks for aviation fuels. The process comprises the stages, wherein in the first stage an oil feed of biological origin and hydrogen gas are subjected to conditions sufficient to effect hydrodeoxygenation in the presence of a hydrodeoxygenation catalyst to yield n-paraffins; | 01-07-2010 |
20110015459 | Process for the preparation of light fuels - In the process of the invention, an aliphatic C | 01-20-2011 |
20110087058 | DEOXYGENATION OF MATERIALS OF BIOLOGICAL ORIGIN - The present invention relates to a method for the deoxygenation of materials of biological origin and particularly to the removal of oxygen from biomass derived organic compounds with carbon monoxide, to yield linear and branched hydrocarbons suitable as biofuels or as blending stocks or components for biofuels, such as gas, gasoline, diesel fuel and aviation fuel, as well as solvents. The method comprises contacting a feedstock with carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst comprising a metal selected from a group consisting of ruthenium, manganese, rhodium, rhenium, osmium, iridium, molybdenum, copper, zinc, palladium, platinum and cobalt, in the presence of water, under alkaline conditions at a temperature from 150 to 350° C. and under a pressure from 0.1 to 150 bar, to produce hydrocarbons. | 04-14-2011 |
Elina Harlin, Vantaa FI
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20100287821 | Process for the manufacture of diesel range hydro-carbons - The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of diesel range hydrocarbons wherein a feed comprising fresh feed is hydrotreated in a hydrotreating step and isomerised in an isomerisation step and the fresh feed contains at least 20% by weight triglyceride C | 11-18-2010 |
Ky Harlin, New York, NY US
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20120239489 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIRAL PROMOTION OF ONLINE CONTENT - Methods and systems are provided for identifying online content that has a higher likelihood of being more effectively promoted (going viral). In one embodiment the invention includes monitoring traffic on an online network early in the life of a post (online publication of the content) to identify whether and/or which online content has a higher potential to be effectively promoted online. By checking the traffic characteristics against one or more thresholds at one or more time intervals early in the life of the post (e.g., within ten hours or less, or five hours or less), the online content with sufficient potential can be further promoted on various online outlets. For example, the promoting may include publishing a content online more frequently, publishing a content online more prominently, publishing a content on additional web pages, and/or modifying search engine results online to increase a ranking of the content. | 09-20-2012 |
Rodney C. Harlin, Sulphur Springs, TX US
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20090044471 | Fiber-Reinforced Composites and Building Structures Comprising Fiber-Reinforced Composites - A door assembly comprising an outer door frame and a panel mounted in a panel frame, the door assembly further comprising a first outer door skin comprising a body portion of a defined first thickness and defining an aperture for receiving the panel. A first stepped portion adjacent a periphery of the aperture, the first stepped portion comprising a defined second thickness and adapted to receive the panel frame of the panel therein. The panel frame of the panel is received within the first stepped portion and the first thickness of the body portion is greater than the second thickness of the first stepped portion. | 02-19-2009 |