Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100192414 | WATERPROOF PLASMA TREATED FOOTWEAR WITH LIQUID ABSORBING FOOTBED - An item of footwear having a liquid-repelling polymeric coating, obtained by a plasma treatment process, provided over at least part of a surface thereof, said item also being provided at the region on the inside upon which the wearer's foot rests with a liquid-absorbing foot supporting footbed. Items of this type provide improved comfort for the wearer. | 08-05-2010 |
20100203347 | METHOD FOR LIQUID PROOFING AN ITEM BY PLASMA GRAFT POLYMERISATION - A method for protecting an item from weight gain due to uptake of liquid comprising exposing said item to plasma in a gaseous state for a sufficient period of time to allow a protective layer, particularly a polymeric layer, to be created on the surface of the item. | 08-12-2010 |
20100293812 | NOVEL METHOD - A method for treating an item which, in use, is subjected to flexing, to reduce its susceptibility to water penetration over time during use, said method comprising forming a water repellent coating or surface modification on the surface of the item by ionisation or activation technology. | 11-25-2010 |
20110114555 | FILTRATION MEDIA - A fibrous filtration media such as an electrostatic filtration media, whose fibre surfaces have been modified by exposure to a plasma deposition process so as to deposit a polymeric coating thereon. | 05-19-2011 |
20120258025 | MICROFABRICATED DEVICES WITH COATED OR MODIFIED SURFACE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A microfabricated device or component thereof, such as microfluidics or nanofluidics device having a uniform non-wetting or non-absorbing polymeric coating or surface modification formed on a surface thereof by ionisation or activation technology such as plasma processing, to produce a surface energy of less than 15 mNm | 10-11-2012 |
20130117978 | REDUCING SHRINKAGE OF WOOL AND WOOL BLEND FABRICS DUE TO FELTING - A method of treating wool in the form of a fibre, yarn, sliver, fabric or garment. A polymer coating is applied by plasma polymerisation to prevent shrinkage due to felting due to laundering. The method may include a pre-treatment step, for example application of a continuous plasma of inert gas, application of nano particles to the fibre surface or coating the fibre surface with a polymer. | 05-16-2013 |
20130180129 | NOVEL METHOD - A method for treating an item which, in use, is subjected to flexing, to reduce its susceptibility to water penetration over time during use, said method comprising forming a water repellent coating or surface modification on the surface of the item by ionisation or activation technology. | 07-18-2013 |
20130211004 | LIQUID REPELLENT SURFACES - A method for forming a liquid repellent surface on a substrate, said method comprising applying a combination of nanoparticles and a polymeric material to the surface in a chamber using ionisation or activation technology, in particular plasma processing. | 08-15-2013 |