Splitting Sheet Lamina In Plane Intermediate Of Faces Patents (Class 156/254)
  • Patent number: 11903349
    Abstract: A spray boom includes a body having a length defined a first end and a second end thereof. The body is formed by a plurality of layers of composite material adapted to be molded together to form an inner surface and an outer surface. A hollow cavity is defined in the body internally of the inner surface, and a channel is formed in the body between the inner surface and the outer surface. The channel extends along the length and is defined between the first end and the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventor: Patrick M. Murphy
  • Patent number: 11890893
    Abstract: A thermal transfer and process for producing it that provides a fully-digital printed heat transfer capable of little to no process changeover between different graphics. Specifically, the method comprises printing a digital image onto a treated adhesive substrate, applying the image side to a carrier substrate, then digitally cutting and removing substrate not containing graphic elements photographic quality, durable print transfers for the apparel and soft goods industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Lion Brothers Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Gillian Ross, Owen McGovern, Paul Weedlun, Stephen Mynott
  • Patent number: 11639052
    Abstract: A method of debonding a first layer from a second layer, wherein the first layer is bonded to the second layer by an adhesive located between the first and second layers. The method includes inserting a blade of a cleaving tool between the first and second layers, and exerting a controlled force on the cleaving tool to move the cleaving tool so as to de-bond the first and second layers in a region. The force exerted is controlled to match a de-bonding force calculated for the region, and such that the movement of the cleaving tool stops when the calculated force is less than a force required to move the cleaving tool, and continues when the calculated force is higher than or equal to the force required to move the cleaving tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Wu Xin Charles Ng, Dharun Vadugappatty Srinivasan, Atin Aggarwal, Sridhar Idapalapati
  • Patent number: 11208745
    Abstract: A method for horizontally splitting rolled-up web material in the sample thickness. A carbon fiber nonwoven is moved in relation to a knife structure in order to split off a layer or successively several layers from a roll web. The one layer or several layers are continuously removed in the form of a roll from the carbon fiber nonwoven after the splitting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SGL Carbon SE
    Inventors: Stefan Woehner, Dirk Schneider, Michael Steinroetter
  • Patent number: 10988064
    Abstract: A cover material for a vehicle seat provides favorable touch while utilizing the texture of a leather material. A cover material for a vehicle seat includes: a leather portion made of natural leather or artificial leather; and a mesh fabric portion bonded to the back side of the leather portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takako Miyoshi, Junichi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10091341
    Abstract: Provided are a display protector attaching apparatus for a smart device and an attaching method thereof. The display protector attaching apparatus for the smart device of the present invention includes a base portion provided with a receiving groove in which a smart device is received; a cover portion coupled to the base portion to cover the smart device received in the receiving groove; and a lifting supporter detachably coupled to a coupler provided in the base portion to support one side of a display protector attached to the smart device, in which when the lifting supporter is separated from the coupler, the display protector is detached from the display of the smart device placed with a liquid adhesive member to be attached to the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: WHITESTONE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myong Jin Cha, Jae-yong Jeong, Jin Ho Seok, Han Sung Kim, Soongwon Lee
  • Patent number: 10035339
    Abstract: Laser conversion of multilayer optical film bodies comprising polyester and polycarbonate materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Pingfan Wu, Edward J. Woo, Ian R. Owen, Bruce E. Tait, Frederick P. LaPlant, Patrick R. Fleming
  • Patent number: 9889639
    Abstract: A method of forming a cured mineral fiber product which includes at least a top layer having mineral fibers and a base layer having mineral fibers. The method includes the steps of providing the top layer web including uncured mineral wool, providing the base layer web including cured mineral wool, joining the uncured top layer web and the cured base layer web to form an assembled laminate, and curing the top layer web in a curing oven by transporting the assembled laminate into a curing oven having an upper conveyor and a lower conveyor for curing the assembled laminate, the assembled laminate being positioned between the upper and lower conveyors. The uncured top layer web is compressed by at least 50% as it enters into the curing oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Rockwool International A/S
    Inventors: Dag Nielsen, Gorm Rosenberg
  • Patent number: 9878530
    Abstract: Laser cutting of multilayer optical film bodies comprising polyester and polycarbonate materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Pingfan Wu, Edward J. Woo, Ian R. Owen, Bruce E. Tait, Frederick P. Laplant, Patrick R. Fleming
  • Patent number: 9589802
    Abstract: A method of doping a substrate. The method may include implanting a dose of a helium species into the substrate through a surface of the substrate at an implant temperature of 300° C. or greater. The method may further include depositing a doping layer containing a dopant on the surface of the substrate, and annealing the substrate at an anneal temperature, the anneal temperature being greater than the implant temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Varian Semuconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher R. Hatem, Christopher A. Rowland
  • Patent number: 9562306
    Abstract: A fabric structure (1) having a cellular construction. The fabric structure comprises at least one base layer (6) consisting of warp threads (10), at least one top layer (7) consisting of warp threads (11) and weft threads (2) placed in between, wherein the fabric structure (1) is formed by a multiplicity of three-dimensional cells (3, 9) and the height (8) of each individual cell (3, 9) is defined by the spacing (8) between two warp threads (10, 11), located above the other in height direction z, in adjacent layers (6, 7), the length (12) of the cell (3, 9) is defined by the spacing (12) between two warp threads (10) or (11) adjacent in the weft direction x, in one layer (6, 7) and the width (13, 14) of a cell (3, 9) is defined by the extent (13) of the weft thread course in the warp direction y and/or the spacing (14) between the two weft threads (2) that are opposite in the warp direction y and adjacent to the particular cell (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DRESDEN
    Inventors: Cornelia Sennewald, Gerald Hoffmann, Chokri Cherif
  • Patent number: 9445789
    Abstract: A method is provided for cutting a tissue sample into sections. A blade having a first reference line is provided that extends from an attachment point of the blade to a rotation mechanism to an outermost point of the blade. Also provided is the rotation mechanism having a second reference line that extends from an axis point of the rotation mechanism to the attachment point. Further, a tissue sample is provided that remains stationary for at least a portion of a cutting process by way of a holding mechanism. By way of the rotation mechanism, the blade is caused to rotate such that a first rotation of the blade causes a first cut of the tissue sample that produces a first tissue section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Whited, John David L. Nolen, Sameer Bhatia
  • Patent number: 9337274
    Abstract: A method for transfer of a two-dimensional material includes forming a spreading layer of a two-dimensional material on a first substrate. The spreading layer has at least one monolayer. A stressor layer is formed on the spreading layer. The stressor layer is configured to apply stress to a closest monolayer of the spreading layer. The closest monolayer is exfoliated by mechanically splitting the spreading layer wherein at least the closest monolayer remains on the stressor layer. The at least one monolayer is stamped against a second substrate to adhere remnants of the two-dimensional material on the at least one monolayer to the second substrate to provide a single monolayer on the stressor layer. The single monolayer is transferred to a third substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Christos D. Dimitrakopoulos, Keith E. Fogel, Jeehwan Kim, Hongsik Park
  • Patent number: 9336593
    Abstract: Methods are provided for performing automated digital processing of a tissue sample. A tissue sample that is to be processed to produce a three-dimensional representation of the tissue sample is received, and is aligned with a cutting mechanism that comprises a blade. A plurality of sections of the tissue sample are produced by way of a rotating blade. The sections are moved from a first location to a second location on a surface of a transporting mechanism. During this move, electronic images of the each of the sections are captured using image capturing devices. The images for the each of the sections are compiled to generate a composite image for the each of the plurality of sections. The composite images are used to generate the three-dimensional representation of the tissue sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Cerner Innovation, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Whited, John David L. Nolen, Sameer Bhatia
  • Patent number: 9023168
    Abstract: A method of producing an optical panel assembly including the polarizing film in a continuous manner by laminating a polarizing film to a surface of a rectangular-shaped optical panel, is disclosed. The polarizing film is formed by performing a step of subjecting a laminate including a continuous web of a thermoplastic resin substrate and a PVA type resin layer formed on the substrate, to a 2-stage stretching consisting of a preliminary in-air stretching and an in-boric-acid-solution stretching, to reduce a thickness of the PVA type resin layer to 10 ?m or less, and a step of causing a dichroic material to be absorbed in the PVA type resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Takeharu Kitagawa, Takuya Nakazono, Shusaku Goto, Minoru Miyatake, Tomohiro Mori, Takashi Kamijo
  • Patent number: 8999094
    Abstract: A method of continuous manufacture of a composite hollow board material comprising a first surface and a second surface, and between the first and second surfaces a plurality of distance members is disclosed. The method comprises providing material for the first surface from a first reel via a first guide roller towards an output lane; providing material for the second surface from a second reel via a second guide roller towards the output lane; and providing material for the distance members from a third reel towards the output lane such that the distance members comprises strips arranged, at any cross section perpendicular to the first and second surfaces and the direction of the output lane, perpendicular to the first and second surfaces and continuous along the output lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: IKEA Supply AG
    Inventors: Dan Pettersson, Bengt Andreasson
  • Patent number: 8991673
    Abstract: An automatic cutting device is described for cutting an assembly. The assembly includes a material having a weakened zone therein that defines a useful layer and being attached to a source substrate. The cutting device includes a cutting mechanism and a holding and positioning mechanism operatively associated with the cutting mechanism. The holding and positioning mechanism positions the material so that the cutting mechanism detaches the layer from the source substrate along the weakened zone. The cutting device also includes a control mechanism for adjusting at least two different portions of the assembly during detachment of the layer to facilitate a more precise detachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Soitec
    Inventors: Olivier Rayssac, Fabrice Letertre
  • Publication number: 20150050087
    Abstract: The invention is directed generally to improvements in irrigation and fertilization assessment and delivery. More specifically, embodiments of the invention provide an improved fluid delivery tube, method to manufacture such tube, and systems that include such tube. The delivery tube is beneficial at least because it minimizes the life cycle cost of a plant-responsive delivery tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Janice K Gould, David A Conklin
  • Publication number: 20140360659
    Abstract: A method of joining a first bulk composite core and a second bulk composite core by applying an adhesive to a surface network of the first bulk composite core; inserting a plurality of mandrels into a plurality of cell members of the first bulk composite core and a plurality of cell members of the second composite core, thereby aligning the cell members of the first bulk composite core to the cell members of the second bulk composite core; pressing the respective surface networks of the first bulk composite core and the second bulk composite core together with the adhesive located therebetween; and curing the adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Phillip A. Kendrick, S. Brent Woychesin
  • Publication number: 20140359939
    Abstract: Embodiments of mattress systems comprise a mattress base, a multifunctional foam layer having a substantially planar top side and a non-planar bottom side contacting a top side of the mattress base, and wherein at least one air passage is present in spacing formed between the top side of the mattress base and the non-planar bottom side of the multifunctional foam layer, and a thermo-regulating gel layer affixed to at least a portion of the top side of the multifunctional foam layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventor: Stuart Carlitz
  • Patent number: 8852335
    Abstract: A fully compostable container is provided having an enclosed body with an opening through an interior surface and an exterior surface. The enclosed body having a plant fiber structural layer configured to biodegrade in ambient conditions into nontoxic residue and a fluid barrier layer formed on a first side of the structural layer to form the interior surface of the enclosed body, the fluid barrier layer configured to biodegrade in ambient conditions into nontoxic residue. The container is gradually biodegradable when exposed to a set of factors in a natural environment and has a shelf life of six months when stored under standard commercial conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Sacred Greeen, Inc.
    Inventors: Cynthia Tolibas-Spurlock, Bambi Allred-Forsman, Darla Agnew-Von Moos
  • Patent number: 8801879
    Abstract: A process for production of a multilayer film that comprises a step in which an adhesive layer formed on a temporary base is situated along the lengthwise direction of the temporary base at a prescribed spacing and cut in such a manner that the plurality of sections which are to serve as adhesive films are partitioned from the other sections, and a step in which the adhesive films on the temporary base are moved onto a support film at a prescribed spacing along the lengthwise direction of the support film. The spacing between the adjacent adhesive films on the temporary base is different from the spacing between the adjacent adhesive films on the support film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Tamaki
  • Patent number: 8756783
    Abstract: An automatic corner lift-off apparatus for a polarizer of a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is disclosed, which is suitable for use in a process of removing a polarizer during manufacturing of an LCD panel and comprises: a front clip, comprising a long arm and a short arm which intersect with each other to substantially form an “L” shape; a back clip, spaced apart from the front clip and being capable of cooperating with the front clip to perform a clipping action; and at least one sensor disposed on the front clip or the back clip, being configured to sense whether the polarizer has been successfully lifted off. Thereby, the present disclosure allows for fully automatic polarizer removing operations and can reduce work-related injuries and improve the success ratio of and efficiency of removing the polarizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jia-Sheng Lu, De-Sheng Yin
  • Patent number: 8747590
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cut-out sintered ceramic sheet including forming a ceramic green sheet, sintering the formed ceramic green sheet, adhering a plastic resin film onto which adhesive is applied on at least one surface of the sintered ceramic sheet, and shearing the sintered ceramic sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Maruwa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuo Nishi, Sei Kanbe
  • Patent number: 8747589
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cut-out sintered ceramic sheet having a complex shape and a cut-out sintered ceramic sheet made according to the method, the method including forming a ceramic green sheet, sintering the formed ceramic green sheet, adhering a plastic resin film onto which adhesive is applied on at least one surface of the sintered ceramic sheet, and shearing the sintered ceramic sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Maruwa Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuo Nishi, Sei Kanbe
  • Publication number: 20130316126
    Abstract: A core layer, a multi-layered composite, and methods of producing the same are provided. The core layer includes a first layer having first stick-like elements and a second layer having second stick-like elements. In each layer the stick-like elements are spaced apart and separated from each other by a cavity. A first stick-like element in the first layer and a second stick-like element in the second layer include an angle with each other which is different from zero, and the first layer and the second layer are fixedly interconnected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: PADANA AG
    Inventors: Achim Moeller, Thomas Eckstein
  • Patent number: 8500932
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a polishing pad, which may be laminated, with a small number of manufacturing steps, high productivity and no peeling between a polishing layer and a cushion layer includes preparing a cell-dispersed urethane composition by a mechanical foaming method; continuously discharging the cell-dispersed urethane composition onto a face material, while feeding the face material; laminating another face material on the cell-dispersed urethane composition; curing the cell-dispersed urethane composition, while controlling its thickness to be uniform, so that a polishing layer including a polyurethane foam is formed; cutting the polishing layer parallel to the face into two pieces so that two long polishing layers each including the polishing layer and the face material are simultaneously formed; and cutting the long polishing layers to produce the polishing pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukuda, Tsuguo Watanabe, Junji Hirose, Kenji Nakamura, Masato Doura
  • Patent number: 8470116
    Abstract: Method of making a heat transfer materials are generally provided, along with the materials and the methods of using the materials. A splittable layer can be formed to overlie a base sheet, and an image-receptive coating can be formed to overlie the splittable layer. The image-receptive coating can include thermoplastic microparticles, a thermoplastic binder, and a humectant. The thermoplastic microparticles can be styrene particles having an average particle size of from about 5 microns to about 80 microns and melt at temperatures between about 90° C. and about 115° C. A second thermoplastic microparticle can also be included in the image-receptive coating. Alternatively, a combination of thermoplastic polyester microparticles and thermoplastic polyamide microparticles can be included in the image-receptive coating. The heat transfer material can then be dried. The humectant is configured to draw moisture back into the heat transfer sheet after drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Neenah Paper, Inc.
    Inventor: Russell Dolsey
  • Patent number: 8465618
    Abstract: A process for recovering rubber from a tire, the tire including a rubber tread block, steel belting, and an inner liner that serves to hold the air pressure in the tire. The bead and sidewall may be removed from the tire leaving a loop of tread material. Next, the loop is placed on a rubber-separating machine to hold the loop in place. One or more cutting blades are lowered into position at the tread portion of the tire. Once the blades are in place, the tread loop is placed in motion around the rollers. As the blades contact the steel belts, the cutting blades separate the tread rubber from the reinforced rubber at the interface between the tread rubber and the steel belts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Rubber Recovery Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Edward McMahon, Uwe Zitzow
  • Patent number: 8420222
    Abstract: A laminate of laminae of uniform rectangular cross-sections or depths and lengths arranged randomly or otherwise in the laminate, such laminae having been derived from a feedstock comprising a population of logs (single or multigrade) wherein the population of laminae comprises all of the laminae that can be derived from the population of logs (exclusively only of laminae or material for laminae that are not of acceptable rectangular cross-section and/or length), and where each cross-section of each laminae represents a maximum of one thirtieth of the log cross-section, or the thickness of each lamina represents a maximum of one fifteenth of the small end log diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Wood Engineering Technology Limited
    Inventor: Warwick I Bosson
  • Patent number: 8398794
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a polishing pad, which may be laminated, with a small number of manufacturing steps, high productivity and no peeling between a polishing layer and a cushion layer includes preparing a cell-dispersed urethane composition by a mechanical foaming method; continuously discharging the cell-dispersed urethane composition onto a face material, while feeding the face material; laminating another face material on the cell-dispersed urethane composition; curing the cell-dispersed urethane composition, while controlling its thickness to be uniform, so that a polishing layer including a polyurethane foam is formed; cutting the polishing layer parallel to the face into two pieces so that two long polishing layers each including the polishing layer and the face material are simultaneously formed; and cutting the long polishing layers to produce the polishing pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Fukuda, Tsuguo Watanabe, Junji Hirose, Kenji Nakamura, Masato Doura
  • Patent number: 8366857
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems for collecting thin tissue samples for imaging. Thin tissue sections may be cut from tissue samples using a microtome-quality knife. In one example, tissue samples are mounted to a substrate that is rotated such that thin tissue sections are acquired via lathing. Collection of thin tissue sections may be facilitated by a conveyor belt. Thin tissue sections may be mounted to a thin substrate (e.g., by adhering thin tissue sections to a thin substrate via a roller mechanism) that may be imaged, for example, by an electron beam (e.g., in an electron microscope). This tissue sections may be strengthened before cutting via a blockface thinfilm deposition technique and/or a blockface taping technique. An automated reel-to-reel imaging technique may be employed for collected/mounted tissue sections to facilitate random-access imaging of tissue sections and maintaining a comprehensive library including a large volume of samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Inventors: Kenneth Hayworth, Amy Au Hayworth
  • Patent number: 8343120
    Abstract: The invention provides an ostomy bag assembly including an outer bag and an inner bag secured to one side of a flange. The inner bag is removable to facilitate disposal. The flange has a polymeric backing film and a layer of bioadhesive for securing the ostomy bag assembly to the body of a patient. The flange includes an orifice to enable bodily waste to be received by the inner bag. The outer bag is detachably bonded to a first attachment zone on the flange and the inner bag is secured to a second attachment zone on the flange. The outer bag is mounted to the flange by an annular bonding element is formed from a multilayer polymeric material comprising first and second ethylene vinyl acetate layers and a polymeric support layer interposed there between. A method of fabricating ostomy bags is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Welland Medical Limited
    Inventors: Rory James Maxwell Smith, Paul Bird, Owen May
  • Patent number: 8317962
    Abstract: A base material processing device includes a first base material conveying section which receives from a first line and conveys a to-be-processed flexible base material, a base material dividing section which divides the flexible base material conveyed by the first base material conveying section, a route changing section which receives the flexible base material from its start edge formed by division by the base material dividing section and changes its conveyance route to a second line, and a second base material conveying section which is provided before the second line and holds and conveys to the second line a to-be-processed flexible base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akitsugu Hatano
  • Publication number: 20120247660
    Abstract: A method for forming a shoe pad has steps of combining multiple colored material sheets to form a laminated layer, feeding the laminated layer between two rotating rollers having multiple corresponding protrusions and depressions to compress the laminated layer, cutting the laminated layer into two pad sheets with a cutter and forming a shoe pad from one of the pad sheets with a pressing process. Accordingly, a shoe pad in multiple colors and having a three dimensional shape is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: GREAT SUNNY SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shun-Yen HOU, Shih-Teng HUANG
  • Patent number: 8268110
    Abstract: A method comprising the steps of putting together a first piece including a wear layer, a pattern layer, and a base layer, arranged in a sandwich manner, such that the wear layer is on top of the pattern layer, the pattern layer is on top of the base layer, and the pattern layer is in between the wear layer and the base layer. The method may also include removing portions of the first piece to form a first floor plank, such as by removing a first substantially L-shaped portion of the wear layer, removing a second substantially L-shaped portion of the pattern layer, and removing a third substantially L-shaped portion of the base layer. Adhesive may be applied to locations on the first floor plank where substantially L-shaped portions have been removed to adhere the first floor plank to one or more substantially identical floor planks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Advance Vinyl Floor Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventor: Chao Kang Pien
  • Patent number: 8262832
    Abstract: A flexible packaging laminate is formed to have a built-in opening and reclose feature by forming the laminate as a two-part structure having an outer structure joined in face-to-face relation with an inner structure. Score lines are formed in both structures to enable an opening to be formed through the laminate by lifting an opening portion (e.g., a flap or the like) of the two structures out of the plane of the laminate. The score line through the outer structure defines a larger opening than the score line through the inner structure, such that a marginal region of the outer structure extends beyond the edge of the opening portion of the inner structure. A pressure-sensitive adhesive is used to re-adhere the marginal region to an underlying surface of the inner structure adjacent the opening through the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Charles Hebert, Scott William Huffer, Barry Roland Reese, John A. Prizzi
  • Patent number: 8262830
    Abstract: A flexible packaging laminate is formed to have a built-in opening and reclose feature by forming the laminate as a two-part structure having an outer structure joined in face-to-face relation with an inner structure. Score lines are formed in both structures to enable an opening to be formed through the laminate by lifting an opening portion (e.g., a flap or the like) of the two structures out of the plane of the laminate. The score line through the outer structure defines a larger opening than the score line through the inner structure, such that a marginal region of the outer structure extends beyond the edge of the opening portion of the inner structure. A pressure-sensitive adhesive is used to re-adhere the marginal region to an underlying surface of the inner structure adjacent the opening through the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Charles Hebert, Scott William Huffer, Barry Roland Reese, John A. Prizzi
  • Patent number: 8236127
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin pellet are provided which can smoothly carry out a continuous drawing-out operation for a reinforcing fiber bundle (continuous fiber-reinforced resin strand). With respect to a terminal end of a reinforcing fiber bundle A of a roving package being exhausted and a front end of a reinforcing fiber bundle B of a new roving package, fiber quantity-halved end portions A1 and B1 each about half of the original fiber quantity are formed respectively, then reinforcing filaments in those fiber quantity-halved end portions are entangled by an air splicer to form an entangled portion C1, and reinforcing filaments in a portion downstream of the fiber quantity-halved end portion in the reinforcing fiber bundle B of the new roving package are entangled by an air splicer to form an entangled portion C2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Tashiro, Takayasu Fujiura, Kaduya Takamura, Seiji Zenke
  • Patent number: 8211072
    Abstract: The invention provides an ostomy bag assembly including an outer bag and an inner bag secured to one side of a flange. The inner bag is removable to facilitate disposal. The flange has a polymeric backing film and a layer of bioadhesive for securing the ostomy bag assembly to the body of a patient. The flange includes an orifice to enable bodily waste to be received by the inner bag. The outer bag is detachably bonded to a first attachment zone on the flange and the inner bag is secured to a second attachment zone on the flange. The outer bag is mounted to the flange by an annular bonding element is formed from a multilayer polymeric material comprising first and second ethylene vinyl acetate layers and a polymeric support layer interposed there between. A method of fabricating ostomy bags is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Welland Medical Limited
    Inventors: Rory James Maxwell Smith, Paul Bird, Owen May
  • Patent number: 8206544
    Abstract: A device for ideal cutting of an adhesive film mother sheet which prevents or reduces displacement or peeling of a cover film, etc. on an adhesive layer when the adhesive film mother sheet deforms as a result of shearing forces that act during cutting. The cutting device cuts the adhesive film mother sheet into strips while performing conveyance thereof and includes a cutter mechanism and heating mechanism. The cutter mechanism may include an upper blade unit wherein a plurality of upper blades are arranged axially and a lower blade unit wherein a plurality of lower blades are arranged axially. The heating mechanism is disposed upstream of the cutter mechanism and may include a blower, a heater, a temperature sensor, and/or a temperature control unit. The blower may be connected to the heater via a an air passage and be disposed so as to blow heated air onto the adhesive film mother sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Chemical & Information Device Corporation
    Inventor: Tomohisa Kawai
  • Patent number: 8206542
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing bamboo mats which also relates to the use of such bamboo mats including bamboo mats and products manufactured from such bamboo mats. This method is found to produce bamboo mats with an improved form-retention and durability compared to known bamboo mats made of strips obtained directly from the ‘wet’ bamboo stem. The bamboo mats can be used in interior construction, for instance for furniture or the covering of floors, walls and ceiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Moso International B.V.
    Inventors: Edwin Van Houten, Ireneus Alexis Wilhelmus Zaal
  • Patent number: 8197629
    Abstract: A method of the present invention for producing a polarizing plate including a polarizer and a transparent protective film provided on one side of the polarizer with an adhesive layer interposed therebetween, include the steps of: (A) irradiating at least one side of a polarizer with vacuum ultraviolet rays to treat a surface of the polarizer; (B) bonding a first transparent protective film to the side of the polarizer, which has been subjected to the surface treatment step (A), with a first adhesive layer interposed therebetween to produce a temporary polarizing plate; and (C) peeling off the first transparent protective film and a surface layer of the polarizer, which has been subjected to the surface treatment, from the temporary polarizing plate. A thin polarizing plate in which shrinkage-induced bending is reduced may be obtained by the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Umemoto, Masahiro Yaegashi
  • Patent number: 8182638
    Abstract: A media player comprising a display screen is provided. The media player can include a housing having an opening and an area of reduced thickness around the opening. The media player can also include a transparent wall having a flange. Alternatively, the transparent wall may not require a flange but rather can be a flat, substantially transparent piece of material such as plexiglass or glass. The flange can be adhered to a surface of the area of reduced thickness in order to form a transparent protective cover for the display screen. In another embodiment of the invention, a method is provided. The method can include forming a transparent wall having a stepped edge for placing in an opening of a media player. The method can also include adhering an adhesive to at least one surface of the stepped edge of the transparent wall. The method can include as well using the cutting tool to cut away a portion of the underside of a housing that surrounds an opening in a media player.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Joseph Weber, Pinida Jan Moolsintong, Stephen P. Zadesky
  • Patent number: 8142592
    Abstract: A method allows for rapid manufacture of relatively thick adhesive coatings using a continuous process, where a single thin coating is continuously converted into a single thicker adhesive laminate. An exemplary process includes the steps of: (1) producing a web having a first surface with an adhesive layer and a second surface with a release liner; (2) slitting the web longitudinally into a first section and a second section, (3) laminating a backing film to the adhesive layer of the first section; (4) removing the release liner of the laminate of step (3) exposing the adhesive layer of the first section; and (5) laminating the second section to the laminate of step (4), wherein the adhesive layer of the laminate of step (4) is combined with the adhesive layer of the second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Mylan Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Miller, II
  • Patent number: 8123891
    Abstract: Method of making a heat transfer materials are generally provided, along with the materials and the methods of using the materials. A splittable layer can be formed to overlie a base sheet, and an image-receptive coating can be formed to overlie the splittable layer. The image-receptive coating can include thermoplastic microparticles, a thermoplastic binder, and a humectant. The thermoplastic microparticles can be styrene particles having an average particle size of from about 5 microns to about 80 microns and melt at temperatures between about 90° C. and about 115° C. A second thermoplastic microparticle can also be included in the image-receptive coating. Alternatively, a combination of thermoplastic polyester microparticles and thermoplastic polyamide microparticles can be included in the image-receptive coating. The heat transfer material can then be dried. The humectant is configured to draw moisture back into the heat transfer sheet after drying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Neenah Paper, Inc.
    Inventor: Russell Dolsey
  • Patent number: 8088494
    Abstract: A laminate of laminae of uniform rectangular cross-sections or depths and lengths arranged randomly or otherwise in the laminate, such laminae having been derived from a feedstock comprising a population of logs (single or multigrade) wherein the population of laminae comprises all of the laminae that can be derived from the population of logs (exclusive only of laminae or material for laminae that are not of acceptable rectangular cross-section and/or length), and where each cross-section of each lamina represents a maximum of one thirtieth of the log cross-section, or the thickness of each lamina represents a maximum of one fifteenth of the small end log diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Wood Engineering Technology Limited
    Inventor: Warwick Bosson
  • Patent number: 8083115
    Abstract: An automatic cutting device is described for cutting an assembly. The assembly includes a material having a weakened zone therein that defines a useful layer and being attached to a source substrate. The cutting device includes a cutting mechanism and a holding and positioning mechanism operatively associated with the cutting mechanism. The holding and positioning mechanism positions the material so that the cutting mechanism detaches the layer from the source substrate along the weakened zone. The cutting device also includes a control mechanism for adjusting at least two different portions of the assembly during detachment of the layer to facilitate a more precise detachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: S.O.I.Tec Silicon on Insulator Technologies
    Inventors: Olivier Rayssac, Fabrice Letertre
  • Publication number: 20110149218
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device according to one aspect of the present invention is a method of manufacturing a display device including a liquid crystal interposed between a CF substrate and a TFT substrate that are opposed to each other, the method including the steps of: bonding the CF substrate and the TFT substrate each having a mother substrate shape to form a cell substrate from which at least one panel is to be cut out; forming, after formation of the cell substrate, a parallax barrier layer for separating a display image on an outer side of the cell substrate at a side of one of the CF substrate and the TFT substrate; and dividing, after formation of the parallax barrier layer, the cell substrate into at least one panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akio NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: RE48759
    Abstract: Provided are is both a display protector attaching apparatus for a smart device and an attaching method thereof. The display protector attaching apparatus for the a smart device of the present invention includes a base portion provided with a receiving groove recess in which a smart device is received; a cover portion coupled to the base portion to cover at least a portion of the smart device received in the receiving groove recess; and a lifting supporter detachably coupled to a coupler riser provided in on the base portion to support one side end of a display protector to be attached to the smart device, in which when the lifting supporter is separated from the coupler riser, the display protector is detached from adheres to the display of the smart device placed with by a liquid adhesive member to be attached to previously placed onto the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: WHITESTONE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myong Jin Cha, Jae-yong Jeong, Jin Ho Seok, Han Sung Kim, Soongwon Lee