Glass Base Patents (Class 427/389.7)
  • Patent number: 7629028
    Abstract: The invention pertains to methods of forming monolayers on various surfaces. The surfaces can be selected from a wide array of materials, including, for example, aluminum dioxide, silicon dioxide, carbon and SiC. The substrates can be planar or porous. The monolayer is formed under enhanced pressure conditions. The monolayer contains functionalized molecules, and accordingly functionalizes a surface of the substrate. The properties of the functionalized substrate can enhance the substrate's applicability for numerous purposes including, for example, utilization in extracting contaminants, or incorporation into a polymeric matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Insitute
    Inventors: Kentin L. Alford, Kevin L. Simmons, William D. Samuels, Thomas S. Zemanian, Jun Liu, Yongsoon Shin, Glen E. Fryxell
  • Publication number: 20090274914
    Abstract: A hydrophilic member comprising a substrate and a hydrophilic coating film provided on the substrate, wherein the hydrophilic coating film is produced by coating a substrate with an aqueous solution containing (a) a hydrophilic polymer, (b) an alkoxide of a metal selected from the group consisting of Si, Ti, Zr, and Al, and (c) a metal complex catalyst, and heat-drying the solution applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Satoshi Hoshi, Toshiaki Aoai, Kazuto Shimada, Satoshi Tanaka, Kazuto Kunita
  • Patent number: 7592067
    Abstract: Disclosed are epoxy resin compositions which include an alkali metal containing cure accelerator. The alkali metal containing cure accelerators are preferably alkali metal hydroxides, alkoxides, carboxylates, or alkali metal salts. Articles prepared from the resin compositions of the invention exhibit enhanced thermal properties, and similar non-thermal properties, when compared to articles prepared from compositions including other accelerators such as imidazoles. The resin compositions of the invention may be used for any purpose, but are particularly suited to be utilized in the manufacture of laminates for printed circuit boards and non-electrical structural applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter H. Christiansen, Larry S. Corley, Carlton E. Ash
  • Publication number: 20090233082
    Abstract: In order to provide a decorative coating (9) which exhibits improved temperature resistance and strength on glass and glass-ceramic and which also has no strength-reducing effect on the substrate (3), or at least no longer has any substantially strength-reducing effect on the substrate, the invention envisions a process for producing glass or glass-ceramic articles having a decorative layer in which at least one decorative pigment (13) is mixed with a sol-gel binder (11), and the pigment mixed with the sol-gel binder is cured on the glass or glass-ceramic substrate of the article by annealing, to form a decorative layer having a porous ceramiclike structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Hauke Esemann, Gerhard Weber, Gabriele Roemer-Scheuermann, Michael Kluge, Joerg Schuhmacher, Silke Knoche, Axel Kalleder, Andrea Anton
  • Publication number: 20090214795
    Abstract: The present invention relates to coating compositions which comprise 2,4?-diisocyanatodiphenylmethane, to processes for preparing them, and to their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Carl Jokisch, Eva Wagner, Harald Schaefer, Thomas Zech, Bernd Bruchmann
  • Publication number: 20090181251
    Abstract: A process for securely binding the adjoining fibers of a fibrous material in the absence of the use of a phenol-formaldehyde reaction product is provided. A curable binding composition comprising a water-soluble intermediate reaction product having hydroxyl and carboxylic acid end groups that is capable of undergoing an esterification crosslinking reaction is provided. The intermediate reaction product is formed by the reaction of (i) a polyanhydride, and (ii) certain polyol crosslinkers other than an alkanolamine. Such crosslinkers have been found to yield a bound product that displays improved color (i.e., lighter color). Particularly preferred crosslinkers are triethylene glycol and tripropylene glycol. When applied to a fibrous material, the intermediate reaction product is reacted with crosslinking to form a cured reaction product. In a preferred embodiment the securely bound fibrous product is building insulation of good color that well resists water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Kiarash Alavi Shooshtari, Jawed Asrar
  • Patent number: 7527829
    Abstract: Fluid colloidal crystals comprising a solid-liquid dispersion electrostatically charged at not more than 2000 ?S/cm in terms of an electrical conductivity, wherein the solid-liquid dispersion comprises, as a dispersoid, electrostatically chargeable spherical colloidal particles of an organic or inorganic polymer having a mean volume diameter (d) of not more than 30 ?m, and as a dispersion medium, an aqueous solution or a dissolving water-containing non-aqueous solution, the dispersion concentration of the spherical colloidal particles is not more than 70%, around the dispersoid an electric double layer of a given thickness (?e) is formed, and the spherical colloidal particles form a three-dimensionally ordered lattice that shows fluidity and is a particle array structure in which the colloidal particles are aligned longitudinally and laterally in a lattice form while an interparticle distance (L) defined as a distance between centers of the particles arranged opposite to each other along the center line satis
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Soken Chemical & Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yoshida, Yuka Okuda, Youichi Takizawa, Junji Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20090104387
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to apparatus and methods of coating glass containers and the containers produced therefrom. In particular, embodiments of the invention provide a method of coating glass containers by at least partially drying and/or curing one or more organic coatings on a glass container using accelerated drying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
    Inventors: Dennis Postupack, Sterling Steward
  • Publication number: 20090068416
    Abstract: A process is provided for coating a surface of a substrate using a coating precursor comprising a reactive mixture which is reacted to form a coating as a product of ester condensation. The reactive mixture includes a monomer mixture comprising at least one polyhydric alcohol and a reactant selected from the group consisting of at least one organic polyacid; at least one organic anhydride; and combinations thereof. Alternatively, the reactive mixture comprises a prepolymer formed from the monomer mixture; a combination of the prepolymer and the monomer mixture; or a combination of the prepolymer and reactants such as polyhydric alcohol, organic polyacid, organic anhydride, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Isao Noda, William Maxwell Allen, JR., Michael Matthew Satkowski
  • Patent number: 7501157
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of preparing functional thin films or surface coatings with low non-specific binding are described. The thin films contain specified functional groups and non-specific binding repellant components. The thin films are either covalently bound to or passively adsorbed to various solid substrates. The specified functional group provides specified activity for the thin film modified solid surfaces and non-specific binding repellant components significantly reduce the non-specific binding to the thin film modified solid surfaces. Non-specific binding repellant components do not affect specified functional group's activity in the thin films. In these methods, specified functional groups are anchored to the solid substrates through a spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Accelr8 Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Guoqiang Mao, Steven W. Metzger, Michael J. Lochhead, David A. Goldberg, Charles H. Greef, David W. Grainger
  • Publication number: 20090047449
    Abstract: Processes are disclosed for preparing a printable and printed articles by coating a substrate with a composition containing a crosslinkable amine functional polymer and a polyfunctional isocyanate blocked by a blocking agent. The coated substrate is heated to a sufficient temperature to deblock the blocked polyfunctional isocyanate and thereby produce a crosslinked hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer layer on the substrate. Printed articles are prepared by forming an image on the crosslinked hydrophobic, ink receptive layer. In a preferred embodiment, the crosslinked hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer composition is characterized by a solvent resistance fraction of at least 0.6 and a solvent absorbance capacity of at least 300. The substrate of the printed article is preferably polymer, metal, glass, or paper, more preferably polymer film. A process for preparing printable articles wherein the substrate is a fluoropolymer is especially preferred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Larry Glen Snow
  • Patent number: 7462259
    Abstract: New coated nonwoven fibrous mats having properties particularly suited for a facer on gypsum wallboard and other substrates and in laminates of various types, and the method of making the coated mat is disclosed. The mat preferably contains a major portion of glass fibers and a minor portion of a resinous binder. The coating is preferably permeable and reduces fiber dust and abrasion experienced in the past with relatively coarse, relatively inexpensive glass fibers in the mat. Contrary to previous coating methods, the coated fibrous mat is made in-line on a wet mat forming production line by applying a wet foam binder onto a wet, fibrous web followed by drying and curing in-line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: Johns Mnaville
    Inventors: Richard Emil Kajander, Alan Michael Jaffee, Glenda B. Bennett
  • Patent number: 7452574
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method to reduce adhesion between a polymerizable layer and a substrate surface that selectively comes into contact with the polymerizable layer. The method features disposing a coating upon the surface from a composition having a perfluoro silane containing molecule. The perfluoro silane molecule is connected to bonding regions on the surface forming covalent bonding groups, as well as contact regions. The contact regions include fluorinated chains of molecules. The covalent bonding groups are positioned between the surface and the contact regions. The perfluoro silane containing molecule may be applied to the surface as a monomolecular layer from a di-functional perfluoro silane molecule. Exemplary molecules that may be employed as the perfluoro silane containing molecule includes molecules sold under the trade-names FLUOROSYL™ FSD 2500 and FLUOROSYL™ FSD 4500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Molecular Imprints, Inc.
    Inventors: Van N. Truskett, Christopher J. Mackay, B. Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 7374796
    Abstract: A filter medium for use in particulate filtering applications is disclosed. The filter medium is formed from a substrate capable of retaining the desired physical structure of the filter medium under the conditions of the filtering application, including temperature. A polyimide based stiffening agent adapted for treating the substrate is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: BHA Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Smithies
  • Patent number: 7348379
    Abstract: The current invention relates to a coating composition comprising a polyisocyanate compound, a hydroxyl-functional film-forming polymer, and a non-volatile branched monoalcohol. An aliphatic branched monoalcohol is preferred. More preferred are long chain non-volatile branched monoalcohols. This results in coating compositions that have improved flow behavior and that produce coatings having improved appearance without an adverse effect on other properties. The invention also relates to a multi-component coating composition. Preferably, the multi-component coating composition is a two-component coating composition comprising a polyisocyanate component and a hydroxyl-functional component, wherein the hydroxyl-functional component, in addition to the hydroxyl-functional film forming polymer also comprises the non-volatile branched monoalcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventors: Antonius H.G. Van Engelen, Alexander Leo Yahkind, Omar Abu-Shanab, Jason Weaver
  • Patent number: 7335400
    Abstract: A method of irreversibly immobilizing an enzyme in a polyurethane and an enzyme-containing polyurethane having a degree of immobilization of the enzyme of approximately 100%. The synthesis of waterborne polyurethanes in the presence of enzyme has enabled the irreversible attachment of the enzyme to the polymeric matrix. The distribution of immobilized enzyme as well as activity retention are homogeneous within the polyurethane. Decreasing ECC hydrophobicity, via the use of a less hydrophobic polyisocyanate prepolymer during polymerization, significantly enhanced the intrinsic activity of the ECC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignees: University of Pittsburgh, Bayer Material Science, LLC
    Inventors: Alan J. Russell, Geraldine F. Drevon, Douglas A. Wicks, Karsten Danielmeier
  • Patent number: 7285183
    Abstract: A new foam coated nonwoven fibrous mat having properties particularly suited for a facer on gypsum wallboard, laminates made therefrom and the method of making the mat is disclosed. The mat preferably contains a major portion of glass fibers and a minor portion of a resinous binder. The foam coating is permeable and reduces fiber dust and abrasion experienced in the past with relatively coarse, relatively inexpensive glass fibers in the mat. Contrary to previous methods, the foam coated fibrous mat is made in-line on a wet mat forming production line by applying a wet foam binder onto a wet, fibrous web followed by drying and curing in-line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Richard Emil Kajander, Alan Michael Jaffee, Glenda B. Bennett
  • Patent number: 7247337
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and apparatus for micro array fabrication exclusive from the impact of a gas. A housing with a gas free chamber provides for improved micro array fabrication with a lower defect rate. The invention provides a housing that excludes a gas such as ozone to prevent interaction with probe construction or attachment. A method of fabricating a micro array in an ozone free environment is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric M. Leproust, Lalitha Reddy, Michel G M Perbost
  • Patent number: 7179522
    Abstract: This invention relates to an aluminum conductor composite core reinforced cable (ACCC) and method of manufacture. An ACCC cable has a composite core surrounded by at least one layer of aluminum conductor. The composite core comprises a plurality of fibers from at least one fiber type in one or more matrix materials. The composite core can have a maximum operating temperature capability above 100° C. or within the range of about ?45° C. to about 240° C. or higher, at least 50% fiber to resin volume fraction, a tensile strength in the range of about 160 Ksi to about 370 Ksi, a modulus of elasticity in the range of about 7 Msi to about 37 Msi and a coefficient of thermal expansion in the range of about ?0.6×10?6 per deg. C. to about 1.0×10?5 per deg. C. According to the invention, unique processing techniques such a B-Staging and/or film-coating techniques can be used to increase production rates from a few feet per minute to sixty or more feet per minute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: CTC Cable Corporation
    Inventors: Clement Hiel, George Korzeniowski, David Bryant
  • Patent number: 7166333
    Abstract: A method of decorating an article, the method comprising mixing a thermochromic ink with a transparent lacquer, applying the mixture on to part or all of the surface of an article, once the mixture is set, applying a second layer of dishwasher proof transparent lacquer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Inventor: James Anthony Lodge
  • Patent number: 7128971
    Abstract: A coated glass fiber for reinforcing a rubber includes a glass fiber, a first coating layer covering the glass fiber, and a second coating layer covering the first coating layer. The first coating layer is prepared by a process including (a) dispersing a resorcinol-formaldehyde resin and a rubber latex in water to prepare a first coating solution; (b) applying the first coating solution to the glass fiber to form a first precursory layer; and (c) drying the first precursory layer into the first coating layer. The second coating layer is prepared by a second process including (d) dispersing bisallylnadiimide, a rubber elastomer, a vulcanizing agent, and an inorganic filler in an organic solvent to prepare a second coating solution; (e) applying the second coating solution to the first coating layer to form a second precursory layer; and (f) drying the second precursory layer into the second coating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hyakutake, Toshiya Monden
  • Patent number: 7074852
    Abstract: Blocked polyisocyanates and one-component stoving systems containing these blocked polyisocyanates, and the preparation thereof and their use for the preparation of lacquers, paints, adhesives and elastomers. The blocked polyisocyanates are derived from polyisocyanates reacted with secondary amines and cationic, anionic and/or nonionic hydrophilizing agents such that they are incorporated into the polyisocyanate at a ratio of from 20:1 to 1:1, wherein the blocking agents correspond to the formula R1–R4 can be identical or different and independently of one another denote hydrogen, C1–C6-alkyl or C3–C6-cycloalkyl, R5 denotes C1–C10-alkyl, C3–C10-cycloalkyl, and B represents ?wherein R6–R8 can be identical or different and independently of one another denote C1–C6-alkyl and/or C1–C6-cycloalkyl, R9 denotes hydrogen or C3–C6-alkyl or C3–C6-cycloalkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Jan Mazanek, Christoph Thiebes, Jürgen Meixner, Olaf Fleck, Heino Müller
  • Patent number: 7060155
    Abstract: The invention relates to an insulation product comprising an elongated fibrous batt with a polymeric encapsulating layer and, optionally, a vapor or other barrier layer on one or more surfaces of the fibrous batt and an apparatus for manufacturing such an insulation product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Daojie Dong, Liang Chen, Michael T. Pellegrin, Clarke Berdan, II, Randall M. Haines
  • Patent number: 6914115
    Abstract: Polyurethane powder coating compositions containing uretdione groups and curing at low temperatures are provided, along with processes for preparing such compositions, and their use as powder coatings, wherein the compositions generally contain: A) a uretdione-containing powder coating hardener derived from aliphatic, (cyclo)aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic polyisocyanates and hydroxyl-containing compounds, and having a melting point from 40 to 130° C., a free NCO content of less than 5% by weight, and a uretdione content of 6-18% by weight; B) a hydroxyl-containing polymer having a melting point from 40 to 130° C., and an OH number between 20 and 200 mg KOH/gram, and C) a catalyst of the formula [NR1R2R3R4]+[R5]?, in which R1-R4 simultaneously, or independently of one another, are alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, heteroaryl or alkoxyalkyl radicals, and each R1-R4 is aromatic, linear or branched, unbridged or bridged with other radicals, R1-R4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Emmanouil Spyrou, Holger Loesch, Andreas Wenning
  • Patent number: 6911236
    Abstract: A method for forming a craft coating on a glass or ceramic substrate is provided. The method generally includes applying a coating composition comprising an acetoacetoxy functional monomer to a glass or ceramic substrate to form a craft coating thereon. The glass or ceramic substrate can form a portion of an article of windows, kitchenwares, decorative housewares, and ceramic tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Plaid Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: James M. Stanley
  • Patent number: 6902775
    Abstract: A method of decorating an article, the method comprising mixing a thermochromic ink with a transparent lacquer, applying the mixture on to part or all of the surface of an article, once the mixture is set, applying a second layer of dishwasher proof transparent lacquer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Inventor: James Anthony Lodge
  • Patent number: 6893684
    Abstract: Anti-reflective compositions and methods of using those compositions with low dielectric constant materials are provided. In one embodiment, the compositions include polymers comprising recurring monomers having unreacted ring members. In another embodiment, the polymers further comprise recurring monomers comprising ring members reacted with a light attenuating compound so as to open the ring. The compositions can be applied to dielectric layers so as to minimize or prevent reflection during the dual damascene process while simultaneously blocking via or photoresist poisoning which commonly occurs when organic anti-reflective coatings are applied to low dielectric constant layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Brewer Science Inc.
    Inventors: Rama Puligadda, James E. Lamb, III, Tony D. Flaim
  • Patent number: 6875308
    Abstract: A new foam coated nonwoven fibrous mat having properties particularly suited for a facer on gypsum wallboard, laminates made therefrom and the method of making the mat is disclosed. The mat preferably contains a major portion of glass fibers and a minor portion of a resinous binder. The foam coating is permeable and reduces fiber dust and abrasion experienced in the past with relatively coarse, relatively inexpensive glass fibers in the mat. Contrary to previous methods, the foam coated fibrous mat is made in-line on a wet mat forming production line by applying a wet foam binder onto a wet, fibrous web followed by drying and curing in-line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Johns Manville International, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Emil Kajander, Alan Michael Jaffee, Glenda B. Bennett
  • Patent number: 6875467
    Abstract: A method of preparing a multi-layer, crack resistant sol-gel glass derived coating on a substrate by removing the outer periphery of each layer before curing the layer and depositing any succeeding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Optinetrics, Inc.
    Inventors: Fernando A. Sigoli, Lothar U. Kempen, Edgar A. Mendoza
  • Patent number: 6863923
    Abstract: Processes and compositions for printing substrates. A printing paste containing a matrix-forming precondensate containing polyorganosiloxanes obtained by a sol-gel process and at least one coloring, luminescent, conductive and/or catalytically active filler is applied imagewise to the substrate and is densified by heat treatment at a temperature below the glass transition temperature of the matrix being formed. The processes and printing pastes are suitable, for example, for the production of conductor tracks and decorative patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Institut fuer Neue Materialien gemeinnuetzige GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Kalleder, Rainer Kreutzer, Martin Mennig, Helmut Schmidt
  • Patent number: 6846039
    Abstract: A bonded vehicular glass assembly utilizes a urethane adhesive to attach a dynamic load-bearing attachment member to a glass substrate to form a joint suitable for use on a vehicle. Related methods of forming, and methods of attaching components to glass are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Donnelly Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Lewno
  • Patent number: 6846563
    Abstract: A sizing composition which is useful for coating glass strands contains a solution having a solvent content of less than 5% by weight. The solution contains at least 45% by weight of components capable of curing. At least 40% of the components capable of curing have a molecular mass of between 750 and 5000. The components capable of curing contain at least one mixture containing a) one or more components having at least one acrylic reactive functional group and/or methacrylic reactive functional group, and b) one or more components having at least one primary amine reactive functional group and/or secondary amine reactive functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vetrotex France S.A.
    Inventor: Patrick Moireau
  • Patent number: 6835419
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel organosilicon compounds comprising ammonium groups, said compounds being soluble in isopropanol or diethylene glycol monobutyl ether, and containing: a) at least one structural unit of general formula (I) wherein R2 represents a bivalent organic radical containing a hydroxyl group which is conditioned by a ring opening of an epoxy group; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon radical comprising 1 to 60 carbon atoms per radical, and can be split or substituted by at least one separate heteroatom chosen from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur or halogen atoms; R4 represents a bivalent hydrocarbon radical comprising 1 to 10 carbon atoms per radical; n represents 0 or a whole number from 1 to 10; m represents a whole number from 1 to the total number of nitrogen atoms in (I); x represents 0 or 1; and X− represents an anion, b) at least one siloxane unit of general formula (II), and c) at least two siloxane units of general formula (III) wherei
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Wacker-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Herzig, Robert Banfic
  • Publication number: 20040219847
    Abstract: A method for flexibilizing a glass fiber nonwoven bound with a cured urea formaldehyde resin binder by admixing water, a cured urea formaldehyde resin, and a water-soluble polymer comprising a polymerized ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer, the polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from about 65,000 to about 95,000; applying the aqueous admixture to a glass fiber nonwoven; and heating the admixture to at least about 120° C. Also disclosed are glass fiber nonwovens made using the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventor: Wayne P. Miller
  • Patent number: 6802999
    Abstract: A method is provided for the fabrication of a protective coating for a crucible with channels being formed in the coating. A material is adhered to the outer wall of the crucible to form a pattern thereon. The outer wall of the crucible along with the pattern of material adhered thereto is next coated with another material. The material used to form the pattern should extend through the outer material coating to define at least one port therein. Next, the crucible with its pattern of material and outer coating material is heated to a temperature of transformation at which the pattern of material is transformed to a fluidic state while the crucible and outer coating material maintain their solid integrity. Such transformation could also be accomplished by using a solvent that causes the pattern of material to dissolve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventor: Richard N. Grugel
  • Patent number: 6797328
    Abstract: An aqueous composition suitable for use, when dry, as an improved coating is provided including an aqueous emulsion polymer, the polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) from greater than 20° C. to 80° C., formed by the free radical polymerization of at least one ethylenically unsaturated nonionic acrylic monomer and 0-7.5%, by weight based on the total weight of the polymer, ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer in the presence of 0.01-1.0%, by weight based on the total weight of the polymer, t-alkyl hydroperoxide, t-alkyl peroxide, or t-alkyl perester wherein the t-alkyl group includes at least 5 Carbon atoms and, optionally, at least one other oxidant. A method of preparing the emulsion polymer, a method for providing a coated substrate wherein the coating contains the emulsion polymer having a Tg from −20° C. to 80° C., and a method for improving the scrub resistance of a coating by including the emulsion polymer having a Tg from −20° C. to 80° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Albert Benner Brown, Ralph Craig Even, Dennis Paul Lorah, Alvin Michael Maurice, Robert Victor Slone, Xun Tang
  • Patent number: 6793971
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and apparatus for manufacturing insulating glass units. In apparatus and method of using the apparatus is provided by which adhesive is applied to the end regions of the insulating glass unit with one or more nozzles while a separate side arm extends from the device and alongside the insulating glass unit having a nozzle that delivers adhesive bead to the side of the pane to be adhered to the frame or sash. Methods are also provided for applying a deposit forming material to the periphery of the panes of an insulating glass unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Cardinal IG Company
    Inventor: Paul Trpkovski
  • Patent number: 6759099
    Abstract: A method of decorating an article, the method comprising mixing a thermochromic ink with a transparent lacquer, applying the mixture on to part or all of the surface of an article, once the mixture is set, applying a second layer of dishwasher proof transparent lacquer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Neil Brothers Limited
    Inventor: James Anthony Lodge
  • Patent number: 6753041
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preparing a conductive composite material, consisting of performing at least one cycle of deposition comprising the following steps: (a) putting an insulating porous substrate (1) in contact with a solution of a conductive polymer such as polyaniline in a volatile organic solvent such as trifluoroacetic acid, and (b) eliminating the organic solvent by evaporation, for forming a deposit of conductive polymer (5) in the pores (3) of the porous substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignees: Commissariat a l'Energie, Centre National de la Recherche
    Inventors: Adam Pron, Jean-Pierre Travers, Jacek Niziol
  • Patent number: 6733892
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a surface treatment composition having excellent storage stability and waterdrop rolling property. The present invention provides a surface treatment composition containing a partial hydrolysate of a fluorine-containing reactive silane such as C8F17CH2CH2Si(OCH3)3 having a molecular weight of M measured by GPC, wherein the proportion of molecules with molecular weights of from 300 to at most 2M in the partial hydrolysate is less than 70%, and the proportion of molecules with molecular weights of from 6M to 100000 in the partial hydrolysate is less than 10%. The present invention also provides a method of surface treatment of glass with the surface treatment composition. The present invention also provides a substrate treated with the surface treatment composition. The present invention also provides an article incorporating the substrate such as a transport equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashige Yoneda, Fumiaki Gunji
  • Patent number: 6723377
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of incorporating additives into a thin film formed on a substrate comprising: forming an impregnatable thin film on at least one face of a substrate; depositing an impregnation composition comprising at least one additive incorporated in an appropriate diluent medium on said impregnatable thin film by spin coating; diffusing the impregnation composition within said impregnatable thin film and; treating the substrate coated with the impregnated thin film to at least partially remove the diluent medium from the impregnated thin film. The invention also relates to the application of such methods to the production of optical lenses, including in the coloring of such lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Essilor International Compagnie Generale d'Optique
    Inventors: Yves Leclaire, Jean-Paul Cano
  • Patent number: 6723386
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a fluororesin-coated quartz glass jig free from peeling off of fluororesin coating on using hydrofluoric acid or from generating particles due to the etching of quartz glass, while yet preventing the generation of chipping by relaxing the impact imposed on the quartz glass by silicon wafers. It also is an object of the present invention to provide a production method of the fluororesin-coated quartz glass jig. The object above is achieved by a fluororesin-coated quartz glass jig the surface thereof is wholly covered with a pinhole-free fluororesin coating, and by a method for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignees: Heraens Quaraglas GmbH & Co. KG, Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co.
    Inventors: Kyoichi Inaki, Itsuo Araki
  • Patent number: 6686046
    Abstract: In order to make it possible to treat particles in such a manner that they are stabilized as disperse particles in liquid media, such as varnishes, a method of coating particles with LCST polymers is proposed which is characterized by the following steps: a) dissolution of an LCST polymers in a solvent at a temperature below the LCST; b) mixing the solution obtained in step a) with the particles to be coated; and c) increasing the temperature of the mixture obtained in step b) to or beyond the point at which the LCST polymer deposits onto the particle surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Forschungsinstitut fur Pigmente und Lacke e.V.
    Inventors: Thadeus Schauer, Marc Entenmann, Claus D. Eisenbach
  • Patent number: 6680080
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of antiglare treatment of an organic or inorganic substrate, particularly, sensitive to temperature increases such as phosphate substrates and to a material having antiglare properties that can be obtained by the method of the invention. The invention method comprises a step of deposition a layer of a fluorinated polymer with a low refractive index onto the substrate from a deposition solution that includes said fluorinated polymer. The invention method can be applied to the manufacture of a pockels cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventor: Philippe Belleville
  • Patent number: 6645555
    Abstract: To provide a fluorine-containing coating material which gives excellent adhesive strength directly to a substrate such as metal, glass, etc. with maintaining excellent characteristics of the fluorine-containing polymer such as thermal resistance, chemical resistance, non-sticking property and low friction property, and a method for coating the material. The fluorine-containing coating material is prepared by using a fluorine-containing ethylenic polymer having functional group which is obtained by copolymerizing (a-1) 0.05 to 30% by mole of at least one of fluorine-containing ethylenic monomers having any one of functional groups selected from hydroxyl, carboxyl, carboxylate salt group, carboxylate ester group or epoxy and (b-1) 70 to 99.95% by mole of at least one of fluorine-containing ethylenic monomers having no functional group mentioned above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Araki, Hisato Sanemasa, Masahiro Kumegawa, Noritoshi Oka, Tetsuo Shimizu
  • Patent number: 6632535
    Abstract: An antireflective coating may be formed on visible light transmitting materials. The antireflective coating may a stack of two coating layers. The first coating layer may be formed from a composition that includes a metal alkoxide. The first coating layer may be cured by the application of ultraviolet light or heat. The second coating layer may be formed from a second composition that includes an initiator and an ethylenically substituted monomer. The second composition may be cured by the application of ultraviolet light. The antireflective coatings may be applied to a plastic lens or a plastic lens mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Q2100, Inc.
    Inventors: Omar M. Buazza, Xiaodong Sun
  • Patent number: 6613439
    Abstract: An adhesion-promoting composition for bonds between plastic and other materials, such as metal, ceramic, glass ceramic and glass is described, which contains an alcoholate of titanium, of zirconium or of hafnium and allows production of strongly adhesive, moisture-stable and hydrolysis-resistant bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Ivoclar AG
    Inventor: Roland Goebel
  • Patent number: 6605357
    Abstract: A PEI film to be bonded is disposed on a glass epoxy substrate through an alkane film, and a position to be adhered is heated to a temperature not less than the glass transition point Tg of the PEI film, thereby forming an adhesion-improving layer in which the alkane is dispersed into the PEI film, in the PEI film at the interface with the glass epoxy substrate. That is, the PEI film is bonded to the glass epoxy substrate through the adhesion-improving layer. Therefore, an adhesive strength is improved because the adhesion-improving layer has an elastic modulus lower than that of the PEI film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiro Miyake, Katsuaki Kojima, Hiroyasu Iwama
  • Patent number: 6599576
    Abstract: A panel having a glass substrate (1), carries a transparent polyester powder-coating (2) with images (5) printed on its back surface (4) for viewing through the glass. A colored polyester powder-coating (6) covers printed surface (4) and is backed by metal foil (7). Manufacture involves heating polyester powder deposited on a silane-treated surface (3) of the glass (1), to form the coating (2) about 70% cured. Images (5) are printed on surface (4) using a color-separation process with ink having u.v.—and thermo-curing properties, the ink being u.v. cured after each printing step of the process. Heat applied to cure polyester powder of coating (6), also thermo-cures the ink (5) and completes curing of coating (2). The foil (7) is brought into contact with the melted powder of coating (6) to bond it to the coating (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Thorstone Business Management Limited
    Inventor: Roger John Leach
  • Patent number: 6586523
    Abstract: The invention relates to self-crosslinking polyurethane, polyurethane-polyurea or polyurea dispersions, a process for the preparation of such dispersions and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Harald Blum, Karin Naujoks, Eberhard König