Patents Issued in October 12, 2023
  • Publication number: 20230323556
    Abstract: A method for preparing an electrolytic copper foil includes placing an anode and a cathode to be plated in a twin crystal growth agent containing electroplating solution in an electroplating tank, and, under conditions that the electroplating solution is provided with randomly alternating transitions of one or two of an ultrasonic wave at a frequency f11 and an ultrasonic wave at a frequency f12 and one or two of an ultrasonic wave at a frequency f21 and an ultrasonic wave at a frequency f22, performing direct current electroplating to obtain the electrolytic copper foil, wherein f11>40 kHz, 15 kHz<f12?40 kHz, 0 kHz<f21?15 kHz, and f22=0 kHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Yukun WU, Xiaoming GE
  • Publication number: 20230323557
    Abstract: A composition for selective anodization, comprising the substances amidosulphuric acid, magnesium sulphate and concentrated sulphuric acid as a base electrolyte and additionally sodium stannate and/or molybdenum oxide. A corresponding method of selectively anodizing a substrate or workpiece includes providing a substrate having a surface which is to be selectively coated, where the substrate is arranged in a tool and forms a coating cell, selectively bathing the surface with the composition for selective anodization, and applying an electric current between substrate (anode) and tool (cathode) for selective anodization of the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: André Egli, Georg Andersohn, Julia Dukwen, Frédéric Cours
  • Publication number: 20230323558
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cooling device of a substrate processing apparatus includes: providing an aluminum plate having a through hole; forming a temperature control portion by anodizing the aluminum plate; and arranging the temperature control portion below a substrate support portion, wherein the temperature control portion is arranged so that a support rod of the substrate support portion passes through the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: SungHoon Jun, ByeongPil Park, Shinya Ueda
  • Publication number: 20230323559
    Abstract: The invention relates to an installation for impregnating powder on at least one substrate to be treated of the yarn and/or tape type. The installation includes a powder delivery unit, a unit supplying the substrate to be treated, at least two electrodes and a circulation zone for the powder and the substrate to be treated. The installation also includes a containment unit having an inlet orifice for the substrate to be treated and the powder, an outlet orifice for the impregnated substrate and a contour area closed from the inlet orifice to the outlet orifice. The circulation zone is formed by the internal volume of the containment unit, and the confinement unit is fixed with respect to at least one of the electrodes. The substrate to be treated and the powder are mobile, in the circulation zone, between the inlet orifice and the outlet orifice of said confinement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Joric Marduel, Sofien Bouzouita, Marc Dedieu
  • Publication number: 20230323560
    Abstract: A graphite crucible for a mono-crystal furnace and a manufacturing method therefor, a crucible assembly, and a mono-crystal furnace. A groove is formed at a cutting portion. A thermal field simulation is performed on a semi-finished crucible product, a quartz crucible matching with the semi-finished crucible product and a melt to obtain an isotherm of a high temperature region of the melt. The shape of the groove is consistent with the shape of a part of the isotherm in a longitudinal section of a main body. The semi-finished crucible product is constructed such that the groove is produced on an inner wall of the semi-finished crucible product to form the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Shuangli WANG, Chun-hung CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230323561
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of growing a single-crystal silicon, comprising: loading a batch of polysilicon material in a crucible of a furnace, heating the crucible to melt the polysilicon material into a mass of silicon melt, confirming a liquid surface of the mass of silicon melt, applying a superconducting magnetic field to the mass of silicon melt with a magnetic field generator and adjusting a position of the magnetic field generator to position a maximum point of the superconducting magnetic field within a predetermined range under the liquid surface, and dipping a seed crystal into the silicon melt, and pulling the seed crystal during rotation of the seed crystal to crystallize the single crystal under the seed crystal until forming an ingot of single-crystal silicon. Oxygen content in the ingot is controlled through positioning the maximum point of the superconducting magnetic field under the liquid surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicants: Zing Semiconductor Corporation, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Yinfeng LI, Xing WEI, Minghao LI
  • Publication number: 20230323562
    Abstract: A ferroelectric thin film and a forming method thereof are provided. The method of forming a ferroelectric thin film according to embodiments of the present invention comprises forming a sacrificial seed layer on a first substrate, forming a ferroelectric thin film on the sacrificial seed layer, and transferring the ferroelectric thin film to a second substrate. The ferroelectric thin film according to embodiments of the present invention is formed by the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Jungwon PARK, Kunwoo PARK
  • Publication number: 20230323563
    Abstract: A group-III nitride substrate includes: a first region having a first impurity concentration in a polished surface; and a second region having a second impurity concentration lower than the first impurity concentration in the polished surface, wherein a first dislocation density of the first region is lower than a second dislocation density of the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Panasonic Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke MORI, Masashi YOSHIMURA, Masayuki IMANISHI, Akira KITAMOTO, Junichi TAKINO, Tomoaki SUMI, Yoshio OKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230323564
    Abstract: Nitrogen-doped CZ silicon crystal ingots and wafers sliced therefrom are disclosed that provide for post epitaxial thermally treated wafers having oxygen precipitate density and size that are substantially uniformly distributed radially and exhibit the lack of a significant edge effect. Methods for producing such CZ silicon crystal ingots are also provided by controlling the pull rate from molten silicon, the temperature gradient and the nitrogen concentration. Methods for simulating the radial bulk micro defect size distribution, radial bulk micro defect density distribution and oxygen precipitation density distribution of post epitaxial thermally treated wafers sliced from nitrogen-doped CZ silicon crystals are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Zheng Lu, Gaurab Samanta, Tse-Wei Lu, Feng-Chien Tsai
  • Publication number: 20230323565
    Abstract: Subject-matter of the present invention is an array comprising soaking solutions for soaking a biological macromolecular crystal. Further, the subject of the invention is a rule-based method of selecting specific soaking solution compositions having a specific composition comprising composite solute(s), water (w), crystallization solution (crs) and/or organic solvent(s). Additionally, the subjects matter of the invention the soaking solutions obtained by the method of the invention and a screening method for small molecules comprising molecular probes, fragments and drug-size molecules using the soaking solutions and the use of the soaking solutions in a screening method for small molecules on a macromolecular crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: CRYSTALSFIRST GMBH
    Inventors: Gerhard KLEBE, Stefan MERKL, Serghei GLINCA, Kan FU
  • Publication number: 20230323567
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a hollow fiber membrane material for a high-humidification hydrogen fuel cell humidifier and a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of fuel cell materials. The present invention provides a hollow fiber membrane material, and the preparation method includes: mixing and dissolving sulfonated polyarylene ether nitrile resin, a pore-forming agent, a modified nano-filler and a solvent for still standing; performing vacuumizing; coagulating a spinning fluid in an internal coagulant bath and an external coagulant bath; and washing and drying an obtained crude product to obtain the hollow fiber membrane material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Yumin Huang, Miao Wu, Yifei Shi, Jun Peng, Tong Cao, Linbo Wang
  • Publication number: 20230323568
    Abstract: A polyamide core-sheath composite fiber includes a sheath polymer formed from polyamide and a core polymer formed from polyether ester amide copolymer, wherein the core-sheath composite fiber has a strength of 3.6 cN/dtex or greater, a cross-sectional uniformity ratio d/R of the core-sheath component in the entire yarn of 0.072 or less, and an electrical specific resistance of 107 to 1010 ?·cm. The polyamide core-sheath composite fiber has a humidity-absorbing property and an antistatic property, and while retaining strength, suppresses generation of fluff and has excellent high-order passability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Taisuke Kishida, Daisuke Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20230323569
    Abstract: A composite fiber includes: two or more kinds of polymers that have different dissolution rates in a solvent and are laminated in a direction from a fiber center to a fiber surface in a fiber cross section, in which an innermost layer including the fiber center includes an easily soluble polymer, and two kinds of hardly soluble polymers having different melting points are unevenly distributed in at least one layer other than the innermost layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Tomohiko Matsuura, Masato Masuda, Shinya Kawahara, Kojiro Inada
  • Publication number: 20230323570
    Abstract: Provided is a melt-anisotropic aromatic polyester multifilament having excellent abrasion resistance. The melt-anisotropic aromatic polyester multifilament has a single fiber fineness from 10 to 80 dtex and comprises 3 to 10 wt % of a dimethylsilicone-series finishing agent applied on a fiber surface of the multifilament, based on the multifilament, the finishing agent containing a dimethylsilicone-series compound having a weight average molecular weight from 15000 to 40000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji OGINO, Takuji Nakamura, Kota Togii
  • Publication number: 20230323571
    Abstract: A first operating device for operation of a textile machine includes a basic mode function and an expert mode function for operation of the textile machine by a user. A switching function allows the user to switch between the basic and expert mode functions. A remote transmitting function provides for communication to a second operating device assigned to a remote textile machine so that the user at the textile machine can operate the remote textile machine in the basic or expert mode via the first and second operating devices. A remote receiving function provides for communication from the second operating device assigned to the remote textile machine so that a remote user can operate the textile machine in the basic mode or expert mode from the remote textile machine via the second and first operating devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Max SCHMITT, Cornelius NIEMEYER, Dominic WETTSTEIN
  • Publication number: 20230323572
    Abstract: A conductive fiber includes a metal layer on a fiber surface, having an average number of crimps of 2 crimps/cm or more, a volume resistivity of 2×10?6 ?·cm to 1×10?2 ?·cm, and a total fineness of 10 dtex to 1000 dtex, and having an average single-fiber diameter of 5 ?m to 20 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroo Katsuta, Masafumi Sudo, Shingo Takechi, Hidekazu Kano
  • Publication number: 20230323573
    Abstract: A wrappable woven sleeve includes a wall having opposite edges extending lengthwise between opposite ends. The opposite edges are configured to be wrapped about a central longitudinal axis, whereupon the wall takes on a tubular configuration with an inner surface of the wall bounding an enclosed cavity sized for receipt of an elongate member to be protected therein and an outer surface of the wall facing radially outwardly from the central longitudinal axis. The wall is woven with warp filaments extending generally parallel to the central longitudinal axis and weft filaments extending generally transversely to the warp filaments. One or more of the warp filaments are wire to shield against passage of low frequency EMI. A foil layer is fixed to the outer and/or inner surfaces of the wall to shield against passage of high frequency EMI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Sueur, Thibaut Lesur, Amelie Simoens
  • Publication number: 20230323574
    Abstract: An upper may include a plurality of knit elements linked together by a molded thermoplastic polymer element comprising a thermoplastic polymer, each of the knit elements being discrete, where each of the knit elements comprises a border that is at least partially surrounded by the molded thermoplastic polymer element. Further, an article of footwear may include a plurality of knit elements linked together by a molded thermoplastic polymer element comprising a thermoplastic polymer, each of the knit elements being discrete, where each of the knit elements comprises a border that is at least partially surrounded by the molded thermoplastic polymer element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: William C. McFarland, II, Leah Resneck
  • Publication number: 20230323575
    Abstract: Nonwoven materials and products comprising nonwoven materials are provided that include a substrate comprising fibers and nanoparticles incorporated into at least a portion of the substrate. A nonwoven material comprises a substrate comprising fibers and having a first surface and an opposing second surface, and nanoparticles disposed within the substrate at least between the first and second surfaces. The density of the nanoparticles decreases from the first surface towards the second surface, or a higher density of nanoparticles is disposed on the two surfaces as compared to the middle section of the substrate. This density gradient formed by the nanoparticles improves the performance characteristics of the material for a number of different applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew G. Platt, Lenny Pompeo, Yasar Kiyak, Andrew Scarff
  • Publication number: 20230323576
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods are provided for producing fibrous materials and products, such as filters. A system comprises a first device for generating one or more fiber stream(s), and a second device for isolating nanoparticles within a gaseous medium. The second device forms the nanoparticles into a stream and feeds this stream into the fiber streams to form the fibrous material. This distributes the nanoparticles more uniformly throughout the fibrous material. In addition, the nanoparticles increase the overall surface area within the material, which, in certain applications, increases its filtration efficiency and allows for the capture of submicron contaminants without significantly compromising other factors, such as pressure drop through the filter. Filters produced with these systems and methods are capable of withstanding rigorous conditioning, which allows the filter to achieve substantially the same level of filtration performance throughout the lifetime of the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Andew G. Platt, Lenny Pompeo, Yasar Kiyak
  • Publication number: 20230323577
    Abstract: A scaffold may comprise a first polymeric electrospun fiber comprising a first material having a first degradation rate, and a second polymeric electrospun fiber comprising a second material having a second degradation rate different from the first degradation rate. The first degradation rate may substantially correspond to a cell infiltration rate, and the second degradation rate may be slower than the first degradation rate. Such a scaffold may be manufactured by electrospinning a first polymer fiber having a first degradation rate by ejecting a first polymer solution from a first polymer injection system onto a mandrel, and electrospinning a second polymer fiber having a second degradation rate different from the first degradation rate by ejecting a second polymer solution from a second polymer injection system onto a mandrel. Wound healing may be improved by applying such a scaffold to a portion of a wound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NFS IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Jed JOHNSON
  • Publication number: 20230323578
    Abstract: Presented are automated manufacturing systems for fabricating engineered textiles, footwear and apparel formed with such engineered textiles, methods for making such engineered textiles, and memory-stored, processor-executable instructions for operating such manufacturing systems. An automated manufacturing system constructs engineered textiles from workpieces composed of superposed, unwoven wires. The system includes a movable end effector bearing a stitching head and an image capture device. The stitching head has a thread feeder and sewing needle to generate stitches. The image capture device captures images of the workpiece and outputs data indicative thereof. A system controller receives this image capture device data and locates, from the captured image of the workpiece, gaps defined between quadrangles of the superposed wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew D. Nordstrom
  • Publication number: 20230323579
    Abstract: A presser foot position retainer includes a presser foot and a restricting member. The presser foot is swingably attachable to a presser holder of a sewing machine. The presser foot includes a shaft extending in an axial direction, a restricted portion, and a pressing surface configured to press a workpiece. The restricting member includes a restricting portion capable of contacting the restricted portion. The restricting member is attachable to the presser holder. The restricting member is configured to move between a first position and a second position by a user operation. When the restricting member is located at the second position, the restricting portion is in contact with the restricted portion to limit a swingable range within which the presser foot attached to the presser holder is swingable about the shaft to less than that when the restricting member is located at the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hironori MATSUSHITA, Nobuhiko FUNATO
  • Publication number: 20230323580
    Abstract: A hand sewing and knitting needle comprises an elongate body having a first end section extending from a first end to a middle section. The elongate body having a second end section beginning at the middle section and extending to the second end of the second end section. The middle section extending from a second end of the first end section to the first end of the second end section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Saundria Davis
  • Publication number: 20230323581
    Abstract: An apparatus, which is a drive apparatus, includes: a drive unit; a controller that obtains an application including a plurality of blocks, and executes the application to control the drive unit in accordance with the plurality of blocks; a first sensor; and a second sensor. Each of the plurality of blocks includes an end condition. When, during execution of a first block, the first driving state detected by the first sensor meets the end condition of the first block and the second driving state detected by the second sensor meets a block insertion condition, the controller: inserts a new block before one or more subsequent blocks after the first block; and controls the drive unit in accordance with the one or more subsequent blocks and the new block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro KISHI, Kenta MURAKAMI, Satoshi SUEMASU
  • Publication number: 20230323582
    Abstract: Provided are a laundry treating device and a water temperature control method and apparatus therefor. The laundry treating device includes a cold water inlet and a hot water inlet, and the control method includes: detecting a water temperature in the laundry treating device in response to determining that warm water is to be introduced into the laundry treating device, and controlling the laundry treating device based on the water temperature to enable inflowing of cold water through the cold water inlet and inflowing of hot water through the hot water inlet alternately; detecting a water level in the laundry treating device, and controlling the laundry treating device to stop water inflow in response to determining that the water level in the laundry treating device reaches a first predetermined water level; and controlling the laundry treating device to perform washing for a first predetermined duration based on a predetermined washing cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Zonggui LIU
  • Publication number: 20230323583
    Abstract: A method of operating a washing machine appliance in a commercial laundromat setting includes receiving a request to start a new wash cycle from a user of the washing machine appliance, determining that a self-clean condition exists, identifying an anticipated laundromat capacity, determining that the anticipated laundromat capacity falls below a predetermined capacity threshold, prompting the user to initiate a self-clean cycle in response to determining that the self-clean condition exists and that the anticipated laundromat capacity falls below the predetermined capacity threshold, receiving a command to initiate the self-clean cycle from the user, and initiating the self-clean cycle and providing the user with an incentive for initiating the self-clean cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Myunggeon Chung, JeKwon Yoon, Jaewon Jo
  • Publication number: 20230323584
    Abstract: A washing machine includes a communication interface for wireless communication with a dryer; a user interface configured to receive a user’s control input related to the dryer, and to output information related to the dryer; and at least one processor configured to determine whether a front surface of the dryer faces in a same direction as a front surface of the washing machine, and when it is determined that the front surface of the dryer faces in the same direction as the front surface of the washing machine, receive the user’s control input related to the dryer through the user interface and transmit, to the dryer, a control command corresponding to the user’s control input related to the dryer through the communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyojeong LEE, Kyusik KIM, Mikyoung KIM, Hyemin CHA, Dockjo YANG
  • Publication number: 20230323585
    Abstract: A washing machine according to one aspect of the disclosure comprises: a body having a laundry input port; a water tank provided inside the body and for storing water; a drum rotatably provided inside the water tank; a pulsator provided inside the drum and rotating in the direction opposite from the rotational direction of the drum; a first motor providing a driving force to the pulsator; a second motor providing a driving force to the drum; a first inverter controlling a current applied to the first motor; a second inverter controlling a current applied to the second motor and having a temperature sensing function; and a control unit controlling the first inverter such that the rotational speed of the first motor and/or the rotation time per period of the first motor is reduced if the temperature of the second inverter reaches a predetermined first temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Jungchul CHOI, Sungmo LEE, Suhwan JI
  • Publication number: 20230323586
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a method includes: transmitting radar signals; receiving reflected radar signals; transmitting radio-frequency signal (RF) signals with a first antenna site towards a second antenna site, where the first antenna site is disposed at an edge of a loading opening of a laundry machine, and where the second antenna site is disposed opposite to the first antenna site at the edge of the loading opening; receiving propagated RF signals with the second antenna site; determining a presence of a first object at the loading opening based on the reflected radar signals; determining a first property of the first object based on the reflected radar signals, and the propagated RF signals; and determining a first configuration of an operating cycle of the laundry machine based on the first property or alerting a user of the first property before the operating cycle of the laundry machine begins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Saumitra Sanjeev Chafekar, Avik Santra
  • Publication number: 20230323587
    Abstract: A headwear garment washing method, a headwear washed with the washing method, a one-step headwear garment washing machine, and a headwear washed by the one-step washing machine are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Heungsun YOO
  • Publication number: 20230323588
    Abstract: A washing machine is disclosed. The washing machine include a first housing, a second housing arranged above the first housing, a first tub covered by the first housing, a second tub covered by the second housing, and a first detergent supplier arranged to supply a detergent to the first tub, a second detergent supplier having a first supply assembly arranged to supply a detergent to the second tub by siphonage when water for laundry is being supplied, wherein the first supply assembly comprises a first valve device arranged in a detergent supply path, in which a detergent is moved to the second tub, for preventing water for laundry from flowing backwards by buoyancy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Dong JUNG, Nae Young PARK, Seung-Mok LEE, Young-Seong CHEON
  • Publication number: 20230323589
    Abstract: A dryer appliance for quickly sanitizing articles of laundry includes a cabinet containing a rotatable drum defining a chamber. A drawer on the front side of the cabinet may slide between a closed position within the cabinet and an open position extended from the front side of the cabinet. The drawer may include one or more compartments for storing treatment materials, such as sanitizing agents. One or more pumps may be in fluid communication with the one or more compartments and a fluid distribution element that extends through the drum. One or more valves may be disposed between the one or more compartments and the one or more pumps to control the flow of treatment materials. Activation of the pump and opening of the one or more valves causes treatment fluid to be discharged through the fluid distribution element and into the chamber, treating articles of laundry therein. Water from a domestic water supply may also be introduced to the one or more pumps to dilute the treatment materials being used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander B. Leibman, Kenneth G. Rudolph, Nemetalla Salameh
  • Publication number: 20230323590
    Abstract: A dryer appliance includes a cabinet with drum defining a drying chamber rotatably mounted therein. Air passing through the drying chamber exhausts through a lint trap duct, where a screen filter in situated for removing lint and debris collected in the drying chamber from the passing air. A lint collector having a first opening is aligned with the screen filter. A lint scratcher is situated within and in contact with the screen filter. The lint scratcher is movable along the screen filter, scraping away lint caught on the filter. The lint scratcher moves in the direction of the lint collector until the collected lint is pushed into the lint collector for later disposal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Neki Jashwant Patel, Jay Pareshbhai Shinde
  • Publication number: 20230323591
    Abstract: Nonwovens having low-density and resilience have a chemical formulation applied on one surface (e.g., a top surface) by any of various application methods. Then, the chemical formulation is forced to move toward the opposite surface of the nonwoven (e.g., move downward through the nonwoven from top to bottom). The chemical-treated nonwoven is dried to fix the chemical on the nonwovens. Movement through the nonwoven is performed in a controlled fashion so that after drying the distribution of a chemical formulation throughout the nonwoven (e.g., from the top surface to the bottom surface of a nonwoven) is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Sang-hoon Lim, Andrea Plana
  • Publication number: 20230323593
    Abstract: Disclosed are a water-repellent fabric and a preparation method therefor. A short carbon chain fluoroalkyl alcohol with different fluorine atom numbers used as a starter is firstly treated with an acylation reagent to generate a short carbon chain fluoroalkyl bromoacetate, and is then synthesized with N,N-bis(p-toluenesulfonyl) hydrazine to form a short carbon chain fluoroalkyl diazoacetate monomer, a fabric is respectively treated with an acylation reagent and N,N?-dimethylbenzenesulfonyl hydrazide in sequence to prepare a diazotized fabric having grafting sites on the surface thereof, and finally, a fluorine-containing polymer having a single carbon repeating unit is grafted to the surface of the fabric via a covalent bond by means of carbene polymerization, and thus a hydrophobic modified fabric is prepared. The entire reaction is carried out at a low temperature/room temperature, the operation is simple, and the process is environmentally friendly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Zhanxiong LI
  • Publication number: 20230323594
    Abstract: An artificial leather is provided having excellent flame retardancy and moderate air permeability and a flexible texture, where the artificial leather feels like natural suede and has an elegant appearance, the artificial leather including a fiber entanglement including an ultrafine fiber having an average single fiber diameter of 0.1 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less, and an elastomer, in which one surface is a napped surface having a raised nap, the other surface is a flame retardant surface having a flame retardant, and the following requirements 1 and 2 are satisfied: requirement 1: at least the flame retardant surface has a plurality of opening portions; requirement 2: the flame retardant has a tackiness of 0.1 N/cm2 or more and 2.0 N/cm2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takahiro Tsuchimoto, Tatsuya Hagiwara, Atsushi Shinozaki
  • Publication number: 20230323595
    Abstract: Casings, dye tablets, DIY activity-kits include one or more casings, one or more encased dye tablets, or a combination thereof, that are configured to impart an artistic effect to an article, hydrographic sheets, and dip and decorator activity-kits including one or more hydrographic sheets and an instruction for imparting an artistic effect to the article using the one or more hydrographic sheets. The casings include at least one compartment formed of a water-soluble film, and one or more agents disposed within the at least one compartment. The encased dye tablet includes one or more agents compounded with a filler and a binder. The one or more agents include at least one colorant formulation and at least one fixative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Crayola LLC
    Inventors: Michael G. Moskal, Jacqueline Dyszel, Morgan Tiziker, Jane Patriarca, Keith J. Allison
  • Publication number: 20230323596
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are ropes containing bundles of filaments, where each bundle includes at least 70% by volume of liquid crystal polymer filaments, and where at least one bundle includes liquid crystal polymer filaments of at least 10 denier per filament in size. Also disclosed herein are methods of pulling or lifting an object by applying tension to such a rope connected to the object, where the rope is arranged over a sheave or a non-rotating guide surface, and a ratio of a diameter of the sheave or an effective diameter of the non-rotating guide surface, D, to a diameter of the rope, d, is at least 20:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Forrest SLOAN
  • Publication number: 20230323597
    Abstract: A method for separating biomass components by a ternary system, which relates to a technical field of biomass separation, and includes the following steps of: cooking and separating a biomass raw material by using a cooking liquor consisting of organic acid, small aromatic nucleophilic organic molecule and hydrogen peroxide to obtain solid residue and extracting solution, washing and screening the solid residue to obtain paper pulp, and separating and extracting lignin and/or hemicellulose from the extracting solution. This cooking system could effectively minimize the content of residual lignin and other compounds with chromophore groups in the obtained pulp, directly producing the high-whiteness pulp with excellent performance without additional bleaching process. In addition, the hemicellulose saccharides and high-activity lignin can be also obtained, so that the method has an important significance for realizing high value and industrialization of biomass resource utilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Yongchao Zhang, Menghua Qin, Yingjuan Fu
  • Publication number: 20230323598
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may comprises non-wood fibers and may have a formation index of less than about 65. Further, sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may be in the form of a paper towel and may have a tensile ratio less than about 1.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Michael YOUNG, Jeffrey Glen SHEEHAN, Kathryn Christian KIEN, Ward William OSTENDORF, Paul Thomas WEISMAN
  • Publication number: 20230323599
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to electromagnetic shielding paper based on modification of a conductive MOF material and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of electromagnetic shielding. The method includes the following steps: putting polyimide fibers into a precursor solution of the conductive MOF material, and reacting to obtain MOF material modified PI fibers; mixing the modified fibers with aramid pulp, and carrying out papermaking, squeezing and drying to obtain a paper-based precursor; generating a conductive polymer (polypyrrole) in situ by using a gas-phase polymerization method, and finally obtaining the electromagnetic shielding paper based on the modification of the conductive MOF material. The electromagnetic shielding paper prepared by the present disclosure not only has good conductivity and electromagnetic shielding performance, but also has good mechanical properties and thermal stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Shihua Wang, Ruqiang Zhang, Mingdong Tao, Zhu Long, Tao Guo, Yongzhen Zhan, Xinglong Tang, Ling Miao, Chang Sun
  • Publication number: 20230323600
    Abstract: The composite structure includes a fiber-containing layer, such as a fiberboard layer or other layer having fibers from natural and/or synthetic sources, and a mineral-containing layer covering the fiber-containing layer. The fiber-containing layer and mineral-containing layer can be shaped, sized and manufactured such that the composite structure formed therefrom is capable of being machined to form a storage article. The composite structure has advantages in that it can improve whiteness, opacity, ink adhesion, materials reduction, barrier properties, recyclability, and printability. The composite can reduce polymer mass requirements for heat seal, barrier, and fiber adhesion. Further improvements include economics, pliability, and flexibility that is increased over the pliability of the fiber-containing layer alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher R. Tilton
  • Publication number: 20230323601
    Abstract: Use of a particulate mineral having a coating of one or more rosin acid(s) and/or one or more derivative(s) thereof as a pitch and/or stickies control agent in a composition comprising cellulosic pulp, a method of reducing dissolved and/or colloidal pitch and/or stickies in cellulosic pulp using said coated particulate minerals, said coated particulate mineral, a method of making said coated particulate mineral, a composition comprising cellulosic pulp and said coated particulate mineral and paper comprising said coated particulate mineral.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Andrew FINDLAY, I, João SCALOPPE, Samuel HARDISTY, Douglas WICKS, Janet PRESTON
  • Publication number: 20230323602
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a bio-based waterproof and oil-proof wrapping paper and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the field of waterproof and oil-proof papers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Zhu LONG, Ruifeng ZHU
  • Publication number: 20230323603
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide, in particular, flame-resistant paper for a radio wave absorber member, the flame-resistant paper being unlikely to break during the production process and having favorable producibility in addition to being suitable for a radio wave absorber member and having high flame resistance. The flame-resistant paper for a radio wave absorber member according to the present invention contains pulp, aluminum hydroxide, guanidine phosphate, a binder, and a conductive substance, in which the content of the pulp is 5 to 20 mass%, the content of the aluminum hydroxide is 40 to 70 mass%, the content of the guanidine phosphate is 10 to 20 mass%, the content of the binder is 5 to 10 mass%, and the content of the conductive substance is 0.1 to 12 mass%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoko Takano, Hideaki Karasaki, Taira Omori
  • Publication number: 20230323604
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may comprise non-wood fibers selected from the group consisting of bamboo, abaca, and mixtures thereof, and may have a TS7 of less than about 14 dB V2 rms. Sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may comprise bamboo fibers and may have a TS750 less than about 20 dB V2 rms. Sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may be structured and may comprise non-wood fibers selected from the group consisting of bamboo, abaca, and mixtures thereof, and may have a TS750 less than about 45 dB V2 rms. Sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may comprise non-wood fibers selected from the group consisting of bamboo, abaca, and mixtures thereof, and may have a slip stick less than about 435. Sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may comprise non-wood fibers selected from the group consisting of bamboo, abaca, and mixtures thereof, and may have a slip stick less than about 605.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Michael YOUNG, Jeffrey Glen SHEEHAN, Kathryn Christian KIEN, Ward William OSTENDORF
  • Publication number: 20230323605
    Abstract: Sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may be in the form of a paper towel, may comprise non-wood fibers, and may have a TS7 less than about 22.0 dB V2 rms. Sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may comprise non-wood fibers and may have a VFS g/g greater than about 7.3 g/g. Sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may comprise non-wood fibers and may have an SST greater than about 0.45 g/s{circumflex over (?)}0.5. Sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may comprise non-wood fibers and may have a CD Wet Peak Elongation greater than about 12.0%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Kathryn Christian KIEN, Christopher Michael YOUNG, Jeffrey Glen SHEEHAN, Ward William OSTENDORF
  • Publication number: 20230323606
    Abstract: A differential density absorbent towel paper product comprising at least one absorbent towel paper web is disclosed. The absorbent towel paper web has: (a) from about 20% to about 90% by weight of the dry fiber basis of the absorbent towel paper web of a refined soft wood pulp fiber mixture, (b) pulp fibers selected from the group consisting of hard wood fibers, non-wood fibers, recycled fibers, synthetic polymer fibers, bleached eucalyptus kraft fibers, and combinations thereof and, (c) not more than about 10% by weight moisture. The refined soft wood pulp fiber mixture has: i) from about 18.5% to about 88.5% by weight of soft wood pulp fiber; ii) from about 0.25% to about 5.0% by of cationic strengthening polymer; and, iii) from about 0.05% to about 20% by weight of cellulose nano-filaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC
    Inventor: Tobias Ziegenbein
  • Publication number: 20230323607
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a moulding process. In particular it relates to an improved double layer moulding process allowing to deposit, in a selective and localized way, an additional cellulose layer only in the points detected as critical, with the purpose of increasing the mechanical and aesthetical features thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: FTT S.R.L.
    Inventors: Diego PICCOLO, Alex MARANGONI