Patents Examined by Daniel Zirker
  • Non-fogging adhesive tape
    Patent number: 6432529
    Abstract: Non-fogging self-adhesive tape comprising a non-fogging backing to at least one side of which a non-fogging pressure-sensitive adhesive composition has been applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Christian Harder, Stephan Zöllner, Jürgen Sievers, Bernd Dietz, Frank Ganschow, Andreas Kummer
  • Variably printed tape and system for printing and applying tape onto surfaces
    Patent number: 6432528
    Abstract: An apparatus for printing variable information on a tape to form a tape segment, cutting the tape segment to form a tag, and applying the tag onto an object includes a printer for printing information onto the tape segment. A controller controls the printer in response to input to vary the information printed onto the tape. The printed tape segment is transported to a location for application onto the object and is cut. An adhesive tape can have variable information printed on it and can be applied onto an object. The tape includes a backing layer and an adhesive layer on the first side of the backing layer. At least one of the backing layer and the adhesive layer are colored to yield a tape opacity of greater than 60. The tape can have a scan rating of at least C when applied on a black background and an opacity of at least 65.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Michael C. Faust, Keith M. Martin, Lloyd S. Vasilakes, Thomas L. Wood
  • Composite textile fabric having moisture management
    Patent number: 6432504
    Abstract: A composite textile fabric for wicking moisture away from the skin of the wearer and transporting moisture from its skin-side surface to the opposite surface. The fabric includes a first fabric layer which has been rendered hydrophilic in order to quickly wick perspiration and other body fluids away from the skin of the user, and includes a relative high denier; and a second fabric layer which has been rendered hydrophilic, and includes filaments which is processed by peach finish sueding. The second filaments have a relatively low denier in order to pull perspiration and other body fluids from the first fabric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Inventor: Patrick Yeh
  • Connection tape for square hole punch carrier type taping and method of manufacturing connection tape
    Patent number: 6428888
    Abstract: A connection tape (20) for connecting ends of square hole-punched carrier tapes (1) each of which comprises a carrier tape (11) formed with sprocket holes (11a) and pocket holes (11b), a top cover tape (12) and a bottom cover tape (13) attached on its top and bottom surfaces, respectively. The connection tape has a three-layer structure comprising a base tape (30), an adhesive tape (40) and a protection tape (50). The adhesive tape is composed of a first adhesive tape (41) which can adhere to the top cover tape, a second adhesive tape (42) which can adhere over the top of the sprocket holes in the carrier tape without interfering with the top cover tape, and a third adhesive tape (43) which can attach to the bottom cover tape. The second adhesive tape has sprocket holes (42a) which correspond to the sprocket holes in the square hole-punched carrier tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kato Seiko
    Inventor: Teruyuki Kato
  • Adhesive film for electronic parts
    Patent number: 6426138
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive film for electronic parts, for example, an adhesive agent in a tape BGA (Ball Grid Array) or &mgr;-BGA (trade name) package, in which embedding and adhesion to copper patterns on circuit boards are excellent, in which feeding and punching quality in the film state are superior, and which can reduce stress caused by thermal expansion difference between a circuit board and a reinforcing metal board or an IC chip. Adhesive film for electronic parts comprises a resin layer in which the dynamic modulus of elasticity at −30 to 125° C. is from 1 to 30 MPa and adhesive layers are coated on surfaces of the resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: Tomoegawa Paper Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Narushima, Toshihiro Nakajima
  • Stretch releasing adhesive tape with differential adhesive properties
    Patent number: 6410135
    Abstract: A stretch releasing adhesive tape article including an elongated length of stretch releasing adhesive tape with side surfaces including at least one potential contact surface area. At least a portion of the potential contact surface area includes an adhesive surface. The potential contact surface area includes a first interface surface area in the uncompressed state and a second interface surface area greater than the first interface surface area in the compressed state. The stretch releasing adhesive tape in the uncompressed state can operate as a pull tab. The potential contact surface area in the uncompressed state can include a plurality of raised portions, a non-planar structure, or a discontinuous surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Michael D. Hamerski, James L. Bries
  • Multi-part pressure sensitive label and method for manufacture
    Patent number: 6410112
    Abstract: A multi-layer label/tag is disclosed, which may be utilized either as a label or a tag, depending on the needs of the user. The label/tag includes a printed or printable top face sheet and a number of release layers. The top face sheet is attached to the release layers such that it may be removed as a tag or as a label. Cutting through the multi-layer assembly allows a user to remove the item as a label or a tag, as needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Intermec IP Corporation
    Inventor: Ray Hatfield
  • Hand-tearable tape
    Patent number: 6410464
    Abstract: The invention provides a finger-tearable laminate composite that is suitable for use in adhesive tapes. The composite includes a nonwoven fiber web layer, a scrim layer and a binder coated throughtout both layers. The laminate composite is readily torn by hand in both the machine direction and the cross direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Robert H. Menzies, Robert J. Maki
  • Mechanical fastening tapes and method for their construction
    Patent number: 6406468
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved fastening tape for use on a disposable absorbent garment. The fastening tape comprises a first substrate and an interlocking material attached to said first substrate. The interlocking material extends the entire width of the fastening tape, and the interlocking material is longitudinally spaced from both transverse edges of the fastening tape. Also disclosed is a process for manufacturing the fastening tape. The process involves providing a continuous length of an interlocking material having a width and traveling in a first direction. The interlocking material is attached to a first substrate to form a composite. The composite is then cut along a second direction to form fastening tapes suitable for attachment on a disposable absorbent garment. The second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca Lyn Dilnik, Allen Todd Leak, Mark Michael Mleziva, Scott Lee Pennings, Paul John Serbiak, Bruce Michael Siebers, Thomas David Ehlert, John Gerard Hein, Timothy Raymond Heindel, Tim Joseph Janssen, Kathleen Ann Peterson
  • Mechanical fastening tapes
    Patent number: 6406467
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved fastening tape for use on a disposable absorbent garment. The fastening tape comprises a first substrate and an interlocking material attached to said first substrate. The interlocking material extends the entire width of the fastening tape, and the interlocking material is longitudinally spaced from both transverse edges of the fastening tape. Also disclosed is a process for manufacturing the fastening tape. The process involves providing a continuous length of an interlocking material having a width and traveling in a first direction. The interlocking material is attached to a first substrate to form a composite. The composite is then cut along a second direction to form fastening tapes suitable for attachment on a disposable absorbent garment. The second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca Lyn Dilnik, Allen Todd Leak, Mark Michael Mleziva, Michael A. Snyder, Patrick Sean McNichols, Scott Leslie Williams, Robert John Leveille, Scott Lee Pennings, Paul John Serbiak, Bruce Michael Siebers, Robert Eugene Vogt, Georgia Lynn Zehner, Thomas David Ehlert, John Gerard Hein, Timothy Raymond Heindel, Tim Joseph Janssen, Kathleen Ann Peterson
  • Fiberglass cloth resin tape insulation
    Patent number: 6403503
    Abstract: An improved electrical insulation tape is formed from a sheet of fiberglass cloth having a layer of thermoplastic resin bonded thereto. The thermoplastic resin layer is applied to the fiberglass sheet by melting the resin while contacting the fiberglass, and then the composite is cooled to bond the two components together. The composite sheet is then slit into tapes with substantially no unraveling of the fiberglass component at the slit edges of the tapes. The resultant tapes are easily wrapped on, and adhered to, conductors, such as magnet wire, or the like, by remelting and resolidifying the thermoplastic layer. The tape possesses excellent dielectric properties and heat dissipation properties. Alternatively, the fiberglass sheet may be impregnated with the melted thermoplastic component whereby a composite, rather than a relatively definitive two layer laminate, is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Inventor: Martin Weinberg
  • Energy beam curable hydrophilic pressure sensitive adhesive composition and use thereof
    Patent number: 6403215
    Abstract: An energy beam curable hydrophilic pressure sensitive adhesive composition includes a polymer (A) having an energy beam polymerizable group and an acid group and a neutralizer (B). Thus, a pressure sensitive adhesive composition suitable for use in a wafer surface protective sheet is provided. The wafer surface protective sheet protects a circuit pattern formed on a wafer surface from grinding dust, etc. at the time of grinding the back of the wafer. The pressure sensitive adhesive composition can easily be removed by washing with water, even if the pressure sensitive adhesive remains on the wafer surface after peeling of the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Kondo, Kiichiro Kato, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Yoshihisa Minerua
  • Adhesive transfer device for making repositionably adherable substrates
    Patent number: 6403185
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adhesive transfer device for selectively making a repositionably adherable substrate from a selected substrate. The device comprises a base substrate, a layer of pressure-sensitive repositionable adhesive disposed on the base substrate, a layer of pressure-sensitive permanent adhesive disposed adjacent to the repositionable adhesive layer opposite the base substrate, and structure providing a release surface. The release surface is removably engaged with the permanent adhesive layer opposite the repositionable adhesive layer and the base substrate so as to cover the permanent adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Xyron, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl D. Neuburger, Franklin C. Bradshaw, Robert V. O'Keefe
  • Release liners for pressure sensitive adhesive labels
    Patent number: 6403190
    Abstract: A release liner for use with face stocks for pressure sensitive labels, tapes, decals and other products formed from sheet and roll stock. A filled polymer is laminated to one side of a paper web. An extrudate is laminated to the other side of the paper substrate to form a release liner. The filled polymer has paper-like properties and replaces paper tissue back liners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: FLEXcon Company, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Casey, David A. Kitch, John M. Becker
  • Surfacing laminate with bonded with pigmented pressure sensitive adhesive
    Patent number: 6399193
    Abstract: A paint film particularly for servicing an automobile body part including: a clear coat layer of a sheet of polymer, said sheet having chemical resistance, weatherability and optical clarity, said sheet having an outer surface and an opposed bonding surface; a color layer adhered to said bonding surface, said color layer, said color layer including an adhesive and at least one color pigment; and a support layer of an extruded film adhered to said color layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: The University of Massachusetts Lowell
    Inventor: Thomas McKnight Ellison
  • Adhesive tape strip
    Patent number: 6395389
    Abstract: Adhesive tape strip for a rereleasable adhesive bond, which can be removed from a bonded joint by pulling in the direction of the bond plane, having a nonadhesive grip tab and a subsequent, elongate strip which is adhesive on one or both sides, characterized in that the strip has a width of 2-6 mm and a ratio of width to thickness of less than or equal to 10:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Bernd Lühmann, Thorsten Krawinkel
  • Sheet for protecting paint films of automobiles
    Patent number: 6395390
    Abstract: A sheet for protecting paint films of automobiles which can prevent the paint film of automobiles from suffering from damages such as discoloration and denaturation even if rainwater or washer penetrates into the gap between the adhesive cover and the paint film while achieving excellent protection function to suspended matters, colliding matters, etc. inherent to protecting sheets and being easily peeled off and removed after completion of the desired protection. The sheet for protecting paint films of automobiles comprises a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a roughened surface provided on a substrate made of fiber sheet. Even when rainwater, washer, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignees: Nitto Denko Corporation, Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Inoue, Kenichi Shibata, Kenji Sano, Akira Wakabayashi, Keiji Hayashi, Shuuji Sugimoto, Komaharu Matsui, Takeshi Eda, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Permeable shaped structures of active particulate bonded with PSA polymer microparticulate
    Patent number: 6391429
    Abstract: A fluid permeable composite structure having active particulate bonded together using a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) polymer microparticulate. Use of the PSA polymer microparticulate to bond the active particulate together produces a bonded structure that, unlike previously-developed active bonded structures, is flexible and therefore can be conformed into a variety of shapes. The shaped structures may be used as gaseous filters in a wide variety of respirators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Raymond Senkus, Chung I. Young, Leonard W. Barrett, Ying-Yuh Lu
  • Pressure sensitive adhesive tape and silicone-free release coating used therein
    Patent number: 6387486
    Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive tape is provided having a silicone-free release layer, said tape comprising (1) at least one backing layer; (2) at least one pressure sensitive adhesive layer, and (3) at least one silicone-free release layer, said release layer comprising a crosslinked poly(alkylene oxide), said poly(alkylene oxide) being defined by the formula X1—(O—R)n—OX2 where X1 and X2 are terminal groups at least one of which permits crosslinking of said poly(alkylene oxide), n ranges from 1 to 200,000, R is a straight or branched alkylene group having the formula (CR1R2)m where m is an integer from 1 to 10 and R1 and R2 may independently be hydrogen and C1-3 alkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Adhesives Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Ranjit Malik, Julie Clonan
  • Composite substrate with adhesive and ferromagnetic properties
    Patent number: 6387485
    Abstract: A flexible composite substrate is disclosed and includes a flexible carrier, a first adhesive and a second adhesive. The first adhesive is adhered to the flexible carrier and includes ferromagnetic material. The second adhesive is adhered to the first adhesive, and is for removably applying the flexible composite substrate to a receiving surface. The adhesive strength of the second material is greater than the adhesive strength of the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Flexcon Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Yan P. Bielek, William W. Sullivan