Deforming The Surface Only Patents (Class 264/284)
  • Patent number: 11931233
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions; and a chassis having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet. The article also includes a side panel having an ultrasonically bonded, gathered laminate. The laminate has an elastomeric layer and a substrate and is joined to the chassis at a chassis attachment bond and positioned in one of the first or second waist regions. The ultrasonically bonded, gathered laminate also includes an ear structural feature comprising a surface modification to the substrate and comprising at least one of the following: embossing, apertures, perforations, slits, melted material or coatings, compressed material, secondary bonds that are disposed apart from a chassis attachment bond, plastic deformation, and folds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sally Lin Kilbacak, Donald Carroll Roe, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Uwe Schneider, Michael Devin Long, Michael Brian Quade, Jason Edward Naylor, Jeffry Rosiak, Stephen Joseph Lange, Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Christopher Krasen, Todd Douglas Lenser
  • Patent number: 11702797
    Abstract: Products having improved emboss definition, emboss visibility, and perceived softness are described. The tissue products comprise an emboss pattern including multi-apex, high aspect ratio embossing elements that do not suffer from the prior art issues of bunching, puckering and folding. When included in a multi-ply product, the embossed tissue also possesses less adhesive than prior art patterns resulting in a product with improved softness and drape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: GPCP IP Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Brian J. Schuh, Steven R. Olson, Michael D. Wishneski, Eric A. Stuart
  • Patent number: 11534957
    Abstract: Apparatus for forming microscopic features on a film layer are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a tool having an outer surface defining a first microscopic pattern. The outer surface of the tool to engage a thermoplastic film applied to a surface of a structure. The outer surface is structured to frictionally engage the thermoplastic film and rotate relative to the thermoplastic film with a rotational speed that is sufficient to generate heat via friction between the outer surface and the thermoplastic film to heat the thermoplastic film to malleability to form a second microscopic pattern in the thermoplastic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Weidong Song
  • Patent number: 11414874
    Abstract: The invention relates to a decorative panel, in particular a floor panel, ceiling panel or wall panel. The invention also relates to a panel covering, such as a floor covering, ceiling covering or wall covering, comprising a plurality of panels according to the invention. The invention further relates to a method of producing a decorative panel according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Northann Building Solutions LLC
    Inventor: Lin Li
  • Patent number: 11209731
    Abstract: In order to provide an imprint device capable of reducing pattern defects, the imprint device which brings a mold into contact with an imprint material on a substrate and transfers a shape of a surface of the mold onto the substrate includes: a mold holding part which holds the mold; a substrate holding part which holds the substrate; and a measuring unit which measures a contact force generated when a part of the mold or the mold holding part is brought into contact with a predetermined contact part, wherein the contact part is installed at a position in a predetermined plane different from a position in the predetermined plane of the substrate held by the substrate holding part and is installed at a height position corresponding to a height of a surface of the substrate held by the substrate holding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hirotoshi Torii
  • Patent number: 11027275
    Abstract: A method for fabricating microfluidic structures is provided. The method includes: a belt is provided and an adhesion layer is formed on at least one surface of the belt; the belt is cut for forming a first microfluidic channel thereon, wherein the first microfluidic channel has an accommodating space; a second microfluidic channel is provided, wherein a line-width of the second microfluidic channel is smaller than a line-width of the first microfluidic channel; the second microfluidic channel is disposed in the accommodating space of the first microfluidic channel; and a substrate is adhered to the belt via the adhesion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chien-Chong Hong, Shih-Hong You, Wen Chung
  • Patent number: 10940680
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a floor covering product comprises at least a first step of forming a single- or multi-layered substrate by consolidating synthetic material-based starting material. The method comprises a second step after the first step, which is performed in line with the first step. The at least one continuous film is laminated onto the substrate, and the laminating is performed by means of a belt press.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: UNILIN BV
    Inventor: Christophe Naeyaert
  • Patent number: 10913234
    Abstract: Thermoplastic polymeric films and methods of making thereof, comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer, wherein at least one portion of said film is micro-embossed with a micro-embossing pattern; at least one portion of the film is embossed with a first embossing pattern having a first embossing depth which may be greater than the micro-embossing depth; and, wherein the film has a basis weight of about 30 gsm or less and an impact strength of at least about 15 g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Clopay Plastic Products Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Tobias Proksch, Frank Eschenbacher
  • Patent number: 10894352
    Abstract: A sold nano- or micro-structured thermoplastic foil including a nano- or micro-structured surface area is produced by providing an extrusion casting roller for an industrial polymer extrusion casting process using a thermoplastic material, applying a nano- or micro-structured surface on the extrusion casting roller, maintaining a temperature of the casting roller below a solidification temperature of the thermoplastic material while the casting roller and the counter roller are rotating, and continuously applying a melt of the thermoplastic material between a counter roller and the casting roller while the casting roller and the counter roller are rotating. A rotational velocity of the casting roller may be 10 meters/minute. The melt of the thermoplastic material is moved between the casting roller and the counter roller while the rollers are rolling, and the melt of the thermoplastic material is solidified upon contact with the casting roller to form the thermoplastic foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignees: INMOLD A/S, Danapak Flexibles A/S
    Inventors: Henrik Pranov, Maria Matschuk, Sanne Norup Westad, Peter Lass Johansen, Ole Brodsgard
  • Patent number: 10857755
    Abstract: Thermoplastic polymeric films and methods of making thereof, comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer, wherein at least one portion of said film is micro-embossed with a micro-embossing pattern; at least one portion of the film is embossed with a first embossing pattern having a first embossing depth which may be greater than the micro-embossing depth; and, wherein the film has a basis weight of about 30 gsm or less and an impact strength of at least about 15 g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Clopay Plastic Products Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Tobias Proksch, Frank Eschenbacher
  • Patent number: 10703060
    Abstract: An article of footwear can include an upper. The upper includes a knitted portion having yarns partially fused to adjacent yarns and filaments of the partially fused yarns that are partially fused to adjacent filaments. Methods for manufacturing an article of footwear including an upper having a partially fused knitted portions include applying heat with or without pressure to form the partially fused knitted portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Robert Leimer, Warren Freeman, Angus Wardlaw, Nicholas Groeneweg, Henry Ling
  • Patent number: 10689178
    Abstract: A packing container featuring markedly improved slipping property and non-adhering property for its contents. In the packing container filled with a content (7), at least part of the surface that comes in contact with the content (7) is a liquid-permeable surface (1) which holds a lubricating liquid (5) different from the content (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Akutsu, Shinya Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 10676871
    Abstract: Products having improved caliper, sheet bulk and absorbency and methods for making those products are described. The method comprises producing a multi-ply product having different emboss patterns on each ply where the emboss patterns are made up of emboss elements having an aspect ratio of from about 1 to about 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: GPCP IP Holdings LLC
    Inventor: John H. Dwiggins
  • Patent number: 10625465
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method comprising transporting a conduit and a template through a guide tube; the template being disposed on an outer surface of the conduit between the conduit and the guide tube; and transferring a texture from the template to the conduit as the conduit and the template are transported through the guide tube. Disclosed herein too is an apparatus comprising a guide tube; the guide tube being operative to facilitate a transfer of a pattern from a template to a conduit; a first feed spool and a first take-up spool for feeding the conduit through the guide tube and for taking up the conduit after it has travelled through the guide tube respectively; and a second feed spool and a second take-up spool for feeding the template through the guide tube and for taking up the template after it has travelled through the guide tube respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: SHARKLET TECHNOLOGIES, INC., UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Anthony B. Brennan, Ryan Stoneberg, Walter Scott Thielman
  • Patent number: 10562674
    Abstract: A plastic formed body having a pouring port 110 for pouring out highly wetting liquid that wets plastics to a high degree, wherein at least either a surface 110b that becomes a liquid-drip flow passage when said liquid drips at the pouring port 110 or a surface 110a that becomes a flow passage when said liquid is poured out, is coated with a fluorine-contained resin, and a surface of the fluorine-contained resin coating has an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) in a range of 0.4 to 200 ?m in the surface roughness measurement and an element mean height (Rh) in a range of 0.04 to 10 as defined by mean height (Rc)/element mean length (RSm) in the linear roughness measurement. The formed body effectively prevents said highly wetting liquid from dripping at the pouring port 110.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kouki Kinouchi, Teijirou Kanada, Kenji Yoshihiro
  • Patent number: 10280044
    Abstract: A servicing device for a belt of an elevator system is provided including a housing and a guide member coupled to the housing. The guide member and the housing are disposed on opposite sides of the belt. At least one reservoir is disposed within the housing. The at least one reservoir contains one or more restoring materials. An applicator is configured to apply the one or more restoring materials to an adjacent surface of the belt. Application of the one or more restoring materials is configured to modify the geometry of the belt such that the modified geometry is substantially identical to the original geometry of the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Scott Alan Eastman, John P. Wesson, Daniel A. Mosher, Wenping Zhao, William Eaton Holden, III, Michael Paul Humbert, Brad Guilani, Gopal R. Krishnan
  • Patent number: 10283284
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for producing a microporous metal foil by forming fine pores in a metal foil passing through a gap between a pattern roll having high-hardness fine particles on the surface and a hard metal roll; (a) a plastic sheet laminate comprising a soft plastic layer and a hard plastic layer having high tensile strength being interposed between the metal foil and the hard metal roll, with the soft plastic layer on the metal foil side; and (b) mechanical vibration being given to at least one of the pattern roll and the hard metal roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Inventor: Seiji Kagawa
  • Patent number: 10227163
    Abstract: A plastic bag has a closure comprising first and second mutually interlocking profiles and a slider on the closure adapted to engage the interlocking profiles in locking relationship when the slider is moved across the profiles in a locking direction and to disengage the interlocking profiles when the slider is moved across the profiles in an opening direction opposite the locking direction. Topographical features are spaced periodically along the width of the closure. The topographical features are arranged for engagement with the slider as the slider moves across the profiles. Engagement between the topographical features and the slider produces a locking tactile and audible sensation upon closing the closure which is different from an opening tactile and audible sensation upon opening the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Interplast Group Corporation
    Inventors: Ben Tseng, Jyh-yao Raphael Li, Kelvin Yang
  • Patent number: 10226803
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an embossed thermoplastic resin sheet that is capable of enhancing deaeration during production of laminated glass and suppressing optical distortion of the resulting laminated glass to improve the visibility when used as an interlayer film for laminated glass. The present invention also relates to an engraved roll used for production of the embossed thermoplastic resin sheet, a production method of the engraved roll, an interlayer film for laminated glass including the embossed thermoplastic resin sheet, and a laminated glass. The present invention relates to an embossed thermoplastic resin sheet having a large number of recesses and a large number of projections on at least one surface, the recesses each having a groove shape with a continuous bottom and being regularly arranged side by side in parallel with one another, the thermoplastic resin sheet having not more than three defects of the projections per mm2 on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Nakayama, Hiroaki Inui
  • Patent number: 10150246
    Abstract: A method for the surface treatment of a thermoplastic polyurethane texture to provide laminated deep and shallow impressions, includes first preparing an unfinished thermoplastic polyurethane sheet. Then, a surface of the unfinished sheet is roll pressed by a first embossed roller set so that a shallow impression is printed onto it to obtain a first embossed sheet. The first embossed sheet is double pressed by a second embossed roller set so that a deep impression is printed onto it to obtain a second embossed sheet with laminated shallow and deep impressions. Finally, the second embossed sheet is cut into predetermined lengths to provide the thermoplastic polyurethane texture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: DingZing Advanced Materials Inc.
    Inventor: Keng-Hsien Lin
  • Patent number: 10105640
    Abstract: The present invention provides a gas separation composite which has high heat resistance and mechanical strength, prevents a support layer from being deformed or damaged by heat during formation of a gas separation membrane and heat during a gas separation operation, and properly supports a gas separation layer to obtain high gas permeability and gas separation properties; and a method of producing the gas separation composite. The gas separation composite includes a metal support having a plurality of through holes in the thickness direction and a gas separation layer laminated on the surface of the metal support. The thickness of the gas separation layer is in a range of 0.1 to 5 ?m, the average opening diameter of the through holes of the metal support is in a range of 0.1 to 30 ?m, and the opening ratio thereof is in a range of 0.05% to 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Kasuya, Hisashi Hotta, Takayasu Nagai
  • Patent number: 10035285
    Abstract: A method is provided for making an embossing drum that is useable to emboss tape media. The method includes assembling together multiple stamper plates that each have embossing features for embossing tape media, and the stamper plates include at least one first plate and at least one second plate. Furthermore, the embossing features of each first plate are inverted with respect to the embossing features of each second plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Faramarz Mahnad
  • Patent number: 10025178
    Abstract: Disclosed is a patterning device. The patterning device may include a substrate; a patterned layer disposed on the substrate and including a first pattern formed on a surface thereof; a heat generating layer disposed on the patterned layer, including a second pattern (corresponding to the first pattern) formed on a surface thereof, and generating heat when electric power is supplied; and a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the heat generating layer, spaced apart from each other, and electrically connected to the heat generating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Tae Il Kim, Kwang-Su Kim, Jong-Uk Kim, Piljin Yoo, Hyowon Tak
  • Patent number: 9994423
    Abstract: A resurfacer for a belt of an elevator system includes a resurfacing roller having a selected surface roughness and a heater element to heat the belt to a selected temperature. A biasing element urges the resurfacing roller into contact with the belt and applies a selected pressure to the belt. A method for altering a surface roughness of a belt of an elevator system includes positioning a resurfacing roller having a selected surface roughness at an outer surface of the belt and heating the belt to a selected temperature. A selected pressure is applied to the belt via the resurfacing roller. The belt is passed along the resurfacing roller and the surface roughness of the belt is altered via the resurfacing roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Brad Guilani
  • Patent number: 9947871
    Abstract: A surface modifier for a metal electrode containing a reactive silyl compound represented by General Formula (1) Rf—X-A-SiR13-n(OR2)n??(1) wherein, Rf is an aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms that may have an alkyl substituent having 1 to 5 carbon atoms or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein at least one hydrogen atom is replaced with a fluorine atom, X represents a divalent group selected from —O—, —NH—, —C(?O)O—, —C(?O)NH—, —OC(?O)NH—, and —NHC(?O)NH—, or a single bond, A represents a straight chain, branched chain or cyclic aliphatic divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aromatic divalent hydrocarbon group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, or a single bond, R1 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R2 represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, an acetyl group, a propanoyl group, or a hydrogen atom, and n is an integer of 1 to 3, a metal electrode surface-modified with the surface modifier, and a method for producing a s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Itoh, Ayumu Kiyomori
  • Patent number: 9915034
    Abstract: Products having improved caliper, sheet bulk and absorbency and methods for making those products are described. The method comprises producing a multi-ply product having different emboss patterns on each ply where the emboss patterns are made up of emboss elements having an aspect ratio of from about 1 to about 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: GPCP IP Holdings LLC
    Inventor: John H. Dwiggins
  • Patent number: 9878478
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a roller device for treating sheet-form material, in particular for smoothing films (F*) or sheets, comprising a first roller unit 1 and a second roller unit 2, wherein each roller unit (1, 2) comprises: at least one drive motor with a motor moment of inertia JM, a roller (10, 20) with a roller moment of inertia JW, and at least one gear for the kinematic coupling of the roller (10, 20) to the at least one drive motor with a transmission ratio iMW between the at least one drive motor and the roller (10, 20), wherein the roller (20) of the second roller unit (2) is rotatable in the opposite direction to the roller (10) of the first roller unit (1), and wherein there is formed between the roller (10) of the first roller unit (1) and the roller (20) of the second roller unit (2) a first roller gap (40) through which the sheet-form material (F) is guided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Flecke, Alexander Paulus, Jörg Nickel, Andreas Weistroffer
  • Patent number: 9682374
    Abstract: A method for fabricating microfluidic structures is provided. The method includes: a belt is provided and an adhesion layer is formed on at least one surface of the belt; the belt is cut for forming a first microfluidic channel thereon, wherein the first microfluidic channel has an accommodating space; a second microfluidic channel is provided, wherein a line-width of the second microfluidic channel is smaller than a line-width of the first microfluidic channel; the second microfluidic channel is disposed in the accommodating space of the first microfluidic channel; and a substrate is adhered to the belt via the adhesion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chien-Chong Hong, Shih-Hong You, Wen Chung
  • Patent number: 9616640
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composite film having a linearly-scratched, thin metal film and a plastic film, which has good absorbability to electromagnetic waves in various frequencies, as well as reduced anisotropy in electromagnetic wave absorbability, suitable for electromagnetic wave absorbers, and its production apparatus. The composite film having a linearly-scratched, thin metal film and a plastic film according to the present invention comprises a plastic film, and a single- or multi-layer, thin metal film formed on at least one surface of the plastic film, the thin metal film being provided with large numbers of substantially parallel, intermittent, linear scratches with irregular widths and intervals in plural directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: SEIJI KAGAWA
    Inventor: Seiji Kagawa
  • Patent number: 9604402
    Abstract: A transfer device includes a holding body that holds a molded material; a first roller that holds, together with the holding body, a wound mold and the molded material held by the holding body so as to carry out a transfer, and rotates about a central axis to move with respect to the holding body; and a second roller on which the mold extending from the first roller is wound in a direction away from the molded material held by the holding body, the second roller rotating about a central axis to relatively move together with the first roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuki Sugiura, Mitsunori Kokubo, Isao Matsuzuki, Takato Baba, Toru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9548145
    Abstract: A method of forming a microelectronic assembly includes positioning a support structure adjacent to an active region of a device but not extending onto the active region. The support structure has planar sections. Each planar section has a substantially uniform composition. The composition of at least one of the planar sections differs from the composition of at least one of the other planar sections. A lid is positioned in contact with the support structure and extends over the active region. The support structure is bonded to the device and to the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Invensas Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Nystrom, Giles Humpston
  • Patent number: 9440394
    Abstract: Methods of mechanically deforming a material are disclosed. The methods of mechanically deforming a material involve using forming members that are moving at different surface speeds relative to each other to form deformed web materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Joseph Curro, Jill Marlene Orr, John Brian Strube, Leroy Joseph Kocher
  • Patent number: 9272448
    Abstract: A cellulosic resin film which is wide and, despite this, is extremely reduced in breakage during a stretching step; a process for producing the film; and an antireflection film, a polarizer, and a liquid-crystal display each comprising or employing the film. The process for cellulosic resin film production comprises casting a liquid cellulosic resin on a support to form a web, peeling the web from the support, subsequently drying the web in a first edge gripping step (105) while gripping both edges, temporarily eliminating the edge gripping, and then stretching both edges in the width direction in a second edge gripping step (109). The process is characterized in that the first edge gripping step is followed by a heat treatment step in which both edge parts of the web relieved from the edge gripping are heated with heating rolls (107 and 108).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyasu Kuzuhara, Takashi Murakami
  • Patent number: 9162438
    Abstract: There is described a method of increasing the output of a transfer film (1) upon embossing, in particular hot embossing, wherein the transfer film (1) has a carrier film (1a) and a transfer layer portion (1b) which is releasable from the carrier film (1a). During a first embossing operation first regions (10) of the transfer layer portion (1b) which are arranged removed from each other at a spacing a are transferred by means of a first embossing tool from the transfer film (1) onto at least one substrate (2), wherein first openings (10a) are produced at the spacing a in the transfer layer portion (1b) of the transfer film (1). After the first embossing operation the transfer film (1) is wound up after the first embossing operation and fed to at least a further embossing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: LEONHARD KURZ STIFTUNG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Ljubisa Drinic, Ralf Friedmann
  • Patent number: 9146460
    Abstract: An imprinting method forms a pattern in a resist surface of a substrate coated with a thermoplastic resist by using a mold having a pattern of projections and recesses formed in a transfer surface. The method includes an alignment step, a heating step, a press step, a cooling step, and release step, wherein the steps are performed in a plurality of units selected from independent units, composite units, and combinations of independent units and composite units. A mold and a substrate are paired with each other and conveyed between the units. An imprinting apparatus includes a plurality of units which perform the steps in the imprinting method and which are selected from independent units, composite units, and combinations of independent units and composite units. Conveying devices are provided which convey the mold and the substrate paired with each other between the plurality of units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Uchida
  • Patent number: 9128371
    Abstract: An imprint method includes an inspection step of inspecting a substrate to obtain information of a foreign substance on the substrate; and a film forming step of forming a film covering the foreign substance, using the information of a foreign substance on the substrate, wherein the film forming step is performed before the contact step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 9051673
    Abstract: A method of conveying and treating a web, wherein the web is first conveyed over a transport surface and then over a rotating transfer roller at the end of the transport surface. The web is transferred from the transfer roller to a treatment roller at a spacing from the transfer roller. The conveying of the web is performed with the proviso and particularly a spacing a between the transfer roller and the treatment roller is set such that the web wraps around the treatment roller over a wrap angle ? from 15° to 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: REIFENHAEUSER GMBH & CO. KG MASCHINENFABRIK
    Inventors: Detlef Frey, Peter Schlag, Hans-Georg Geus, Claudio Cinquemani
  • Patent number: 9039402
    Abstract: There is provided an imprinting apparatus that transfers a pattern of a mold to a resin on a substrate, the imprinting apparatus including a deposition mechanism configured to deposit the resin onto the substrate; a first driving mechanism configured to change a relative position, on a plane parallel to the surface of the substrate, of the substrate and the mold; a second driving mechanism configured to change the relative position, on a plane parallel to the surface of the substrate, of the substrate and the deposition mechanism; and a control unit configured to control the deposition mechanism and the driving mechanism so as to perform a resin deposition process of depositing the resin onto the substrate and an imprint process of transferring the pattern of the mold to the resin on the substrate in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Eigo Kawakami, Shingo Okushima, Hideki Ina, Junichi Seki, Atsunori Terasaki, Motoki Okinaka
  • Publication number: 20150140309
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for embossing relatively rigid polymeric panels having precise microstructured surfaces on at least one face of the panel including using a continuous press having upper and lower belts; providing tools with the embossing pattern(s); feeding the tools and panels juxtaposed thereon through the press where heat and pressure are applied to form the em bossed precise microstructured surface and cooling the embossed panel, all while maintaining pressure on the panel and the tool, and thereafter separating the embossed polymeric panel from the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Robert M. Pricone
  • Patent number: 8986584
    Abstract: A process for making an embossed web. A precursor web is provided between a forming structure and a compliant substrate. The forming structure has a plurality of discrete protruded elements and lands completely surrounding them. Pressure is provided between the compliant substrate and the forming structure to conform the precursor web to the forming structure to form the embossed web. The resulting embossed web has a plurality of discrete extended elements completely surrounded by land areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Keith Joseph Stone, Roger Dale Young
  • Patent number: 8961850
    Abstract: A method of making a structured surface is disclosed. The method includes providing a thermoplastic backing with multiple rows of upstanding elements. The upstanding elements include stems with proximal ends attached to the thermoplastic backing and distal caps, and each distal cap has an overhanging portion that extends beyond the stem in a first direction. For at least some of the multiple rows, an implement is passed between two adjacent rows, wherein the implement contacts the overhanging portion of at least some of the distal caps in the two adjacent rows such that at least part of the overhanging portion is turned in a second direction, different from the first direction. A structured surface that can be prepared by the method is also provided along with a fastening laminate that includes a carrier and the structured surface and an absorbent article that includes the fastening laminate. A tool useful for carrying out the method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Leigh E. Wood, Timothy P. Pariseau
  • Patent number: 8961166
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a light guide film may comprise a feed roller, a receiving roller, a separating device, a hot press printing device and a recombining device. Firstly, the separating device may separate a protective layer from a substrate layer of the light guide film. Secondly, a surface of the substrate layer to be manufactured may be impressed with light guide dots by the hot press printing device, and the recombining device recombine the peeled protective layer to the substrate layer. And lastly, the finished light guide film is recycled by the receiving roller. The apparatus may have advantages such as high output and low cost, and it may manufacture a large dimensioned product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignees: SVG Optronics Co., Ltd., Suzhou University
    Inventors: Zhihua Wu, Xiachong Zhou, Zongbao Fang, Su Shen, Guojun Wei, Donglin Pu, Linsen Chen
  • Publication number: 20150035203
    Abstract: A composition for making a cast, thermoformable sheet or slab having a matte surface comprising a syrup comprising about 90% SSI—acrylic pre-polymerized syrup at 20% solids; and about 4-10% particles of about 10-15 microns in diameter of a copolymer of methyl methacrylate and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate or such particles of barium sulfate, calcium carbonate and/or silica. A method for producing a they article having a matte surface comprising mixing a syrup comprising about 90% SSI—acrylic pre-polymerized syrup at 20% solids; and about 4-10% particles of about 10-15 microns in diameter of a copolymer of methyl methacrylate and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate or such particles of barium sulfate, calcium carbonate and/or silica; heating the syrup; casting the syrup into a sheet; and thermoforming the cast sheet against a mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Aristech Surfaces LLC
    Inventors: Scott LaFollette, Mark Gatman, Jim Cannoy
  • Patent number: 8926883
    Abstract: The present invention relates to method of forming a material, including the steps of, presenting a formable material to a space from where the material can be carried by and/or between opposing surfaces of the space, as the opposing surfaces advance in an advancing direction. Also pressurising, as the opposing surfaces advance, the material between the opposing surfaces in a reduced space between the opposing surfaces defining at least in part a pressure forming zone. The reduced space between the opposing surfaces being maintained at least substantially constant until such time as the form of at least one of the opposing surfaces is profiled into the material and is retainable thereon. Thereafter releasing the now profiled material from between the opposing surfaces, as the space increases between the opposing surfaces as the surfaces advance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Manufacturing Systems Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Leo Haynes, Christopher John Nicholls, Gabriel Ioan Giurgiu, Samuel Gwynn Buckingham
  • Publication number: 20140374955
    Abstract: A pressing assembly (10) and a method for forming a depression (105) within a moving, wet gypsum board (100) is disclosed. The assembly comprises a pressing head (16) comprising a pressing surface which is arranged to contact the board, and a support member (17), the pressing head (16) being arranged to compress a portion of the board between the pressing surface and the support member (17) to form a depression (105) within the board (10). The pressing surface comprises a first and second surface portion (24, 25) separated by a relief portion (27), which is arranged to press the board (100) toward the support head (17) with less compressive force than the first and second surface portion (24, 25).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN PLACO SAS
    Inventors: Remi Jean, Jean-Louis Mongrolle, Dariusz Drag, Richard Morlat
  • Patent number: 8877104
    Abstract: An optical laminate produced by a process for producing an anti-dazzling laminate comprising a light transparent base material and an anti-dazzling layer provided on the light transparent base material. The process includes providing the light transparent base material and forming the anti-dazzling layer having a concavoconvex shape on the light transparent base material, wherein the concavoconvex shape of the anti-dazzling layer satisfies the following requirements: Sm is not less than 100 ?m and not more than 600 ?m, ?a is not less than 0.1 degree and not more than 1.2 degrees, and Rz is more than 0.2 ?m and not more than 1 ?m, wherein Sm represents the average spacing of concavoconvexes or profile irregularities in the anti-dazzling layer; ?a represents the average inclination angle of the concavoconvexes or profile irregularities; and Rz represents the average roughness of the concavoconvexes or profile irregularities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukimitsu Iwata, Koichi Mikami, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takashi Kodama
  • Publication number: 20140312531
    Abstract: Provided is a corrugation device for sheets of paper material including two corrugation cylinders having work surfaces configured to substantially engage reciprocally so as to define a deformation zone and impress a deformation force on sheets of paper material and at least one thrust member suitable to define a working configuration in which it exerts on one of the work surfaces an additional pressure able to vary the deformation force and a rest configuration in which it does not exert the additional pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: ITALDRY S.R.L.
    Inventors: Giuseppe BRIVIO, Renato ROSSI
  • Patent number: 8865040
    Abstract: This invention provides a fuel cell flow field plate or bipolar plate having flow channels on faces of the plate, comprising an electrically conductive polymer composite. The composite is composed of (A) at least 50% by weight of a conductive filler, comprising at least 5% by weight reinforcement fibers, expanded graphite platelets, graphitic nano-fibers, and/or carbon nano-tubes; (B) polymer matrix material at 1 to 49.9% by weight; and (C) a polymer binder at 0.1 to 10% by weight; wherein the sum of the conductive filler weight %, polymer matrix weight % and polymer binder weight % equals 100% and the bulk electrical conductivity of the flow field or bipolar plate is at least 100 S/cm. The invention also provides a continuous process for cost-effective mass production of the conductive composite-based flow field or bipolar plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Nanotek Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Bor Z. Jang, Aruna Zhamu, Lulu Song
  • Patent number: 8858213
    Abstract: An apparatus for the application of atomized fluid to a permeable web material is disclosed. The apparatus has a fluid source and a receipt plenum. The fluid source is disposed in proximate fluid contact with the first surface of the web material. The fluid source has a positively pressured permeable roll having atomized fluid and at least one aperture disposed therein. The apertures provide fluid communication between an inner portion of the roll and a surface thereof. The fluid is disposable from the inner portion to the surface through the apertures into contacting engagement with the permeable web material. The receipt plenum has an opening disposed adjacent to the second surface of the web material that provides a source of negative pressure to the second surface of the web material that causes the fluid to traverse through the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: André Mellin, Kevin Benson McNeil, Peter David Meyer
  • Patent number: 8851873
    Abstract: An automatic circle forming apparatus adapted for automatically forming OPP (O-phenylphenol) plastic circles includes a lower equipment cabinet, a first base plate, a transmitting module, an automatic separating module, an automatic tearing film module, a sucking waste mechanism, a displacement module, an automatic forming module and an upper equipment cabinet. The upper equipment cabinet is positioned on the first base plate for installing the transmitting module, the automatic separating module, the automatic tearing film module, the sucking waste mechanism, the displacement module and the automatic forming module therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ai-Jun Yan, Wei Wang, Wen-Zhi Xia