Patents Examined by Ralph Husack
  • Patent number: 3959557
    Abstract: A wear-resistant, nonabrasive metal article, such as a thread guide, comprising a plain carbon steel substrate with a thin, dense, continuous coating of titanium nitride, having a thickness of about 1 to 5 microns, chemically vapor deposited at reduced pressure on said steel substrate, and preferably a thin, continuous, smooth, titanium carbide coating, having a thickness of about 5 to 25 microns, chemically vapor deposited at reduced pressure on said nitride coating, the carbide coating having HK.sub.50 hardness of 3600 to 3900 and a surface finish of 0.2 to 0.5 micron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1976
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Alan R. Berry
  • Patent number: 3959573
    Abstract: Rolls, belts and other biasable members having minimal sensitivity to relative humidity changes are described. Biasable members having at least one layer or coating of a hydrophobic elastomeric polyurethane change little in resistivity when changes in relative humidity occur. The utility of such biasable members is in the transfer of xerographic images from a photoconductor to a final support sheet where the member, for example, a bias transfer roll, electrically cooperates with a photoconductor to establish a directional force field therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1976
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Clifford O. Eddy, James A. Lentz, Stephen Strella
  • Patent number: 3959063
    Abstract: A method of protecting a surface from a heat source by adhering a refractory heat-insulating material to the surface using an adhesive consisting essentially of 20 - 90% by weight aqueous alkali metal silicate solution 10 - 80% by weight of a powdered metal and up to 15% by weight of a fibrous refractory material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1973
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1976
    Assignee: Foseco International Limited
    Inventor: Peter Frederick Hawthorne
  • Patent number: 3959540
    Abstract: Gastric juice resistant gelatin capsules characterized by a gastric juice resistant outer coating of an anionic polymerizate of methacrylic acid and acrylic acid esters and an intermediate layer between the outer layer and the gelatin shell of a cationic polymerizate of di-lower alkylamino lower alkylmethyl acrylate with other neutral methacrylic esters and a process for preparing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1976
    Assignee: R.P. Scherer GmbH
    Inventors: Richard Leiberich, Wilfried Gabler
  • Patent number: 3959574
    Abstract: Rolls, belts and other biasable members having controlled resistivity are described. The resistivity of the elastomeric resilient polyurethane coating on biasable members is controlled by ionic additives incorporated in the polyurethane. Biasable members having at least one layer or coating of a hydrophilic elastomeric polyurethane containing resistivity altering compounds or agents have substantially reduced resistivity changes with changes in relative humidity. The utility of such biasable members is in the transfer of xerographic images from a photoconductor to a final support sheet where the member, for example, a bias transfer roll, electrically cooperates with a photoconductor to establish a directional force field therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1976
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Donald A. Seanor, James A. Lentz, Clifford O. Eddy, Stephen Strella
  • Patent number: 3958040
    Abstract: A method of producing a semiconductor device comprising a silicon body in which there is located an oxide layer that is sunk locally from a surface of said body and over at least part of the thickness of said body, comprising the steps of providing said silicon body, locally providing on said silicon body surface a first masking layer capable of masking the underlying silicon against oxidation, forming a recess in a part of said silicon body at the area at which said sunken oxide layer is to be provided, covering the side walls of said recess with a second masking layer to protect the underlying silicon against oxidation and oxidizing said silicon at the unmasked area at the bottom of said recess to form said sunken oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1976
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventor: Peter William Dellar Webb
  • Patent number: 3956529
    Abstract: A method of finishing cloth-covered aircraft wings and fuselage. The cloth, cotton or polyester cloth of the type made from monofilaments of the condensation product of ethylene glycol with terephthalic acid or dimethyl phthalate is, after application thereof onto the airframe, coated with a layer of latex and dried, then coated with a second, or intermediate, layer of different coating and dried, and then coated with a decorative coating material. The use of latex as a first coat on the cloth results in substantial savings in labor and time and results in a coated fabric of superior flexibility integrity and durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1973
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1976
    Assignees: Cooper Aviation Industries, Inc., Hydrosol, Inc.
    Inventor: Earl H. Addison
  • Patent number: 3956523
    Abstract: Method for producing electrographic images from an original provided with a conductivity pattern ranging from a portion having a greater conductivity to a portion having a lesser conductivity, said conductivity pattern being affixed to an insulating backing material, comprising the steps of coating said conductivity pattern with a thin layer of electrically chargeable particles, disposing an insulating layer against said conductivity pattern, so that said layer of electrically chargeable particles is located between said conductivity pattern and said insulating layer, generating an electric field of sufficient strength across said insulating layer, said layer of electrically chargeable particles, said conductivity pattern and said insulating backing so as to transfer electric charges from said conductivity pattern to said electrically chargeable particles whereby a portion of said particles are sufficiently charged and removed from said conductivity pattern and the remainder of said particles are insufficient
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1976
    Inventor: Marcus Cantarano
  • Patent number: 3955029
    Abstract: The new product, a Cl.sub.3 P=N--N=PCl.sub.3 + NH.sub.3 reaction product, has been found to be an excellent flameretardant for material made from cellulose such as cotton, paper and sponge; polyester, wool and blends thereof. Conveniently the material can be treated with an aqueous solution containing a sufficient amount of the product and the material dried to make the material self-extinguishing. Then the treated and dried material is cured at a sufficient temperature to bond the product to the material. Alternatively, and usually preferably, the drying and curing can be accomplished as a single operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1976
    Assignee: Monsanto Research Corporation
    Inventor: Albert Y. Garner
  • Patent number: 3955034
    Abstract: Low density, fibrous, rigid, silica insulations are rendered impervious to moisture by application of a ceramic glaze coating comprising a silica barrier layer, an emissivity layer comprising a high silica glass component and an emmissivity agent and an overglaze layer comprising a high silica glass component and a borosilicate glass component. The resulting three-layered ceramic glaze laminate adhered to the fibrous silica insulation provides a moisture-impervious insulating material which exhibits a high emmissivity and is resistant to delamination and spalling at repeated cycles of thermal shock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1976
    Inventors: James C. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, with respect to an invention of Fletcher, Alexander Pechman, Robert M. Beasley
  • Patent number: 3955016
    Abstract: In a double-pass lamination and coating process, aluminum foil is laminated on one side with paper and then rolled for temporary storage before being coated on the other side with polyethylene. Contaminants from the paper impair the ability of aqueous solutions of chromium complex adhesion promoters to bond the polyethylene to the foil. A wash coat of polyvinyl alcohol before rolling eliminates this impairment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1976
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: James Adolph Robertson
  • Patent number: 3954469
    Abstract: A video disc master of glass, having a metal surface with microscopic apertures therein representing information, is coated with a commercial photosensitive resist, the sensitivity of which has been enhanced. The resist is uniformly exposed through the glass disc. The unexposed resist is removed using conventional developers to which a surfectant is added. The resulting disc has surface irregularities of predetermined height which can be alternatively used to product "stampers" for embossing replicas or to produce a mold for casting replicas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1973
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1976
    Assignee: MCA Disco-Vision, Inc.
    Inventors: Norma Abigania Avanzado, Manfred H. Jarsen, Csaba K. Hunyar
  • Patent number: 3955038
    Abstract: A sintered hard metal body is provided with a thin wear-resistant surface coating consisting of an outer layer of ceramic oxide and an intermediate layer of carbide or/and nitride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1973
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1976
    Assignee: Sandvik Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Jan Nils Lindstrom, Bo Folke Jonsson, Fall Johan Olof William Ohlsson
  • Patent number: 3953649
    Abstract: A self-bonding magnet wire comprising a conductor with a coating thereon, said coating comprising 65 to 95 parts by weight of a copolyamide containing 10 to 50 weight percent .omega.-laurolactam, 35 to 5 parts by weight of a copolyamide containing 70 to 90 weight percent of .omega.-laurolactam, and 5 to 25 parts by weight of a thermoplastic linear polyhydroxypolyetherester resin and process of manufacturing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: Kanegafuchi Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuo Suzuki, Yoshiaki Hayashi, Seiichi Nagamine
  • Patent number: 3953208
    Abstract: An electrophotographic paper based on a flat surface bond type paper is given a photoconductive coating to one side of the paper and is cockled afterward. This "post" cockling process can be done on a suitable web roll during production of the coated electrophotographic stock, or an electrographic or electrophotographic copy sheet can be cockled or embossed after imaging, toning and fixing by a conventional electrophotographic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1973
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: SCM Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel E. Kane
  • Patent number: 3953644
    Abstract: A method for painting automobiles and other articles of manufacture which admits of the use of medium to high concentration of metal pigments, can provide high gloss finish coatings and employs a low concentration of volatile solvents comprising application of a relatively thin, highly pigmented, water-based coating to a substrate, heat curing, application of an unpigmented or lightly pigmented powder coating that is transparent on curing, and heat curing of the powder coating. Products bearing unique finish coatings prepared by this method are claimed.This invention relates to the art of coating. More specifically, this invention relates to a novel method of coating substrates, particularly metal substrates, and to the products produced by such method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Melville J. Camelon, Arend W. D. Vos
  • Patent number: 3953648
    Abstract: The improvement in the bonding relationship between glass fibers and elastomeric materials in the manufacture of glass fiber reinforced elastomeric products wherein the glass fibers are previously sized with a size consisting essentially of an anchoring agent such as an amino silane, an epoxy silane or a Werner complex compound wherein the carboxylato group of the Werner complex contains either an amino group or an epoxy group and impregnated in bundle form with an impregnant consisting essentially of a natural rubber and resorcinol-formaldehyde resin and in which the impregnating composition may be employed as the size to provide the desired loading of material on the glass fiber surfaces without subsequent impregnation of the fiber bundle when the size composition is formulated of the natural rubber latex - resorcinol-formaldehyde resin plus an organo silicon compound or Werner complex compound wherein the organo silicon compound is formed of an amino silane or epoxy silane and wherein the carboxylato group
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
    Inventor: Alfred Marzocchi
  • Patent number: 3953643
    Abstract: A method for painting automobiles and other articles of manufacture which admits of the use of medium to high concentration of metal pigments, can provide high gloss finish coatings and employs a low concentration of volatile solvents comprising application of a relatively thin, highly pigmented, water-based coating to a substrate, air drying or optionally, heat curing, application of an unpigmented or lightly pigmented water-based coating that is transparent on curing, and heat curing of the powder coating.Products bearing unique finish coatings prepared by this method are claimed.This invention relates to the art of coating. More specifically this invention relates to a novel method of coating substrates, particularly metal substrates, and to the products produced by such method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Mo-Fung Cheung, Ray A. Dickie
  • Patent number: 3950592
    Abstract: A composition comprising a vinyl resin and a mixture of acrylic compounds each having the formula: ##SPC1##Wherein n is from 0 to 10, or a mixture of acrylic compounds each having the formula: ##SPC2##Wherein n is from 0 to 10, may be coated on to a metal substrate and subjected to ionizing irradiation and used as a primer coating for numerous radiation-sensitive topcoats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1973
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1976
    Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Ernest A. Hahn, Robert J. Sirkoch
  • Patent number: 3950596
    Abstract: A corundum crystal whose surface is altered by contact with a powdered metal oxide colorant at an elevated temperature within the range of 1600.degree.C to a temperature below the fusion temperature of the said powder, said metal oxide colorant consisting essentially of an oxide of titanium and at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of iron, chromium, vanadium and nickel, said metal oxide colorant being sufficient to impart color to the surface of the crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1976
    Assignee: Astrid Corporation, Limited
    Inventors: Ronald Ray Carr, Stephen Dale Nisevich