Means Casting Fluent Stock Operably Associated With Shaping Surface To Form Indefinite Length Product Patents (Class 425/224)
  • Patent number: 11426926
    Abstract: A method for the lithography-based additive manufacture of three-dimensional molded bodies, in which a build platform is positioned at a distance from a material support, which is permeable to the radiation of a radiation source at least in some areas, for a material solidifiable by exposure to said radiation, wherein the material support is translationally moved between a first position and a second position, characterized in that material is applied with a defined layer thickness during the movement of the material support from the first position to the second position, after this the applied material, between the build platform and the material support, is location- and/or time-selectively irradiated by the radiation source and solidified, and subsequently material is removed from the material support during the movement of the material support from the second position to the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: CUBICURE GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Gmeiner, Thomas Förster-Romswinckel, Philipp Neubauer
  • Patent number: 11008438
    Abstract: A composite core material and methods for making same are disclosed herein. The composite core material comprises mineral filler discontinuous portions disposed in a continuous encapsulating resin. Further, the method for forming a composite core material comprises the steps of forming a mixture comprising mineral filler, an encapsulating prepolymer, and a polymerization catalyst; disposing the mixture onto a moving belt; and polymerizing said encapsulating prepolymer to form a composite core material comprising mineral filler discontinuous portions disposed in a continuous encapsulating resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Composite Technologies International, LLC
    Inventor: Stephen Gleason, Sr.
  • Patent number: 10836124
    Abstract: A press for making a continuous sheet from composite material has upper and lower press belts having respective lower and upper reaches that vertically spacedly confront one another across a press gap having an upstream inlet end and a downstream outlet end, and that have transversely spaced outer edges extending in the direction. The belts are advanced direction and thereby draw a mat of the composite material in the inlet end, compress it into the sheet, and expelling the sheet from the downstream end. Two transversely spaced elastic seal strips extend in the direction in the gap and are each engaged between a respective one of the outer edges of the upper belt and the respective outer edge of the lower belt. Each belt has at each of the edges a surface in engagement with the respective edge strip and having an average peak-to-valley height of less than 1 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SIEMPELKAMP MASCHINEN-UND ANLAGENBAU GmbH
    Inventors: Lothar Sebastian, Klaus Schuermann, Michael Schoeler, Joerg Heinz Hueneke, Horst Weiss
  • Patent number: 10618217
    Abstract: Freeform, additive manufacturing equipment, processes and products, including residential, commercial and other buildings. A movable extruder places extrudate that solidifies in open space to create “scaffolding” or “skeletons” of buildings and other products. Elongated extrudate elements are fused to each other or connected by other means to form a cellular structure. Filler material such as polymeric insulating foam may simultaneously or thereafter be placed within the cellular structure to contribute desired strength, rigidity, insulative, barrier or other properties. Finish materials may also be applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: BRANCH TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Platt Boyd, IV, Christopher Weller, Anthony DiSanto, Melody Rees, Bruce Hilbert
  • Patent number: 10086542
    Abstract: A continuous forming apparatus for molding foam material into foam products that includes a first endless belt and a second endless belt that cooperates with the first endless belt to mold the foam material. The continuous forming apparatus may also include a first plurality of cleats and a second plurality of cleats opposed to the first plurality of cleats that support the first endless belt and the second endless belt respectively. The first plurality of cleats may include a three-dimensional abutment surface that provides transverse and lateral support to the first endless belt. Additionally, the continuous forming apparatus may include a first frame disposed to support the first plurality of cleats, a second frame disposed to support the second plurality of cleats, and a drive mechanism for imparting motion to the first endless belt, the second endless belt, the first plurality of cleats, and the second plurality of cleats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: CENTURY-BOARD USA, LLC
    Inventor: Zachary R Taylor
  • Patent number: 9701060
    Abstract: Extrusion-to-sheet production line and method comprise first and second rolls set to a predetermined gap through which a continuously-extruded sheet of molten plastic material passes to calender the sheet to a predetermined thickness. The sheet passes through a nip formed between the second roll and a continuous belt looped around a third roll and a fourth roll. The belt comprises an embossing pattern of optical element shapes that is an inverse pattern of optical element shapes to be embossed at a first major surface of the sheet. The sheet remains in contact with the second roll until the sheet passes through the nip, where the pattern of optical element shapes on the belt is embossed into the first major surfaces of the sheet. Downstream of the third roll is a cooling area through which the belt passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Rambus Delaware LLC
    Inventor: W. Scott Thielman
  • Patent number: 9346066
    Abstract: A method of making a non-woven polymer fiber mat that includes one or more polymer fibers and particles intermingled with the one or more polymer fibers is disclosed. The method, more specifically, includes simultaneously electrospinning the one or more polymer fibers and spraying the particles onto a collection face of a collector substrate. Once formed, the non-woven polymer fiber mat may be incorporated into an electrochemical battery cell of a lithium ion battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Xiaosong Huang
  • Patent number: 9049836
    Abstract: An invention directed to the production of processed or cooked cheese by concurrently and continuously portioning, pulling to stretch, molding and cooling to set said cheese through a series of interconnected tunnels casted within two overlaying rotating belts. The overlaying belts having a series of grooves with negative dimension of a desired cross sectional shape for molding purposes. The two belts overlay each other such that the grooves combine to form a continuing tunnel along the length of the two belt assembly. Cheese is pulled into and through each tunnel wherein a given amount of pressure and cooling affect is applied. Released cheese ribbons of molded shape are ready for immediate packaging and storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Inventor: Daniel R Lindgren
  • Patent number: 8992204
    Abstract: A coating die having a shut-off bar positioned to stop the flow of coating material within the flow channel of the die when the shut-off bar is in the closed position. In the closed position, the shut-off bar extends across the material flow channel, blocking flow of coating material therethrough. The shut-off bar moves essentially orthogonal to the direction of material flow. In some embodiments, the flow channel includes a shoulder against which the shut-off bar physically seals, the seal being essentially transverse or orthogonal to the direction of the material flow channel. Coating dies having a shut-off bar are particularly suited for patch coating applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventor: Robert L. Druschel
  • Patent number: 8974214
    Abstract: Provided is a device for manufacturing an optical film having satisfactorily reduced thickness unevenness, by using a melt-casting film forming method, which device includes a casting die for discharging a molten film-forming material including a thermoplastic resin into a film-like shape; a pair of a first rotation roll and a second rotation roll between which the discharged film-shaped molten article is pinched to be cooled and solidified to make the film-shaped molten article; and two pairs of wind shield plates each of which pairs are arranged between the shaft-direction ends of the first and second rotation rolls and an end part in the width-direction of the film-shaped molten article, wherein the wind shield plates are placed approximately perpendicular to the surface of the film-shaped molten article, and wherein each pair of the wind shield plates are placed approximately in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Advanced Layers, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenichi Kazama
  • Publication number: 20150056316
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing an EVA sheet for a solar cell sealant by uniformly arranging and melting heat adhesive resins, comprising: a powder supplying unit provided in the form of a container containing a heat-adhesive resin powder inside same and comprising a discharge outlet in the lower portion thereof; a powder-arranging roll which has a concave recess pattern on the surface thereof so as to contain the heat-adhesive resin powder and which is arranged so as to seal the discharge outlet; a circulation belt which circulates while passing through a lower portion of the powder-arranging roll; a heater unit which heats and melts the heat-adhesive resin powder applied onto the circulation belt; and a peel-off roll disposed at the rear end of the heater unit so as to separate the heat-adhesive resin powder sheet melted into a film from the circulation belt .
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Chang Il Kim, Chang Hwan Park, Sung Bae Park
  • Publication number: 20150047292
    Abstract: Provided is a forming device for forming an adhesive composition so that tiles can be reliably laid on a laying surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Masato Komura, Ichiro Awashima
  • Publication number: 20150010732
    Abstract: A method for producing a plastics product consisting of a support (30) having protruding stem parts (36) which have at their free end a head part (38) having a wider diameter compared with the respective stem part (36), wherein the stem parts and the head parts are formed in cavities (16) of a moulding screen (12) that are formed, on their sides facing away from the support (30), in a shaping zone of the moulding screen (12), is characterized in that the shaping zone is sealed off from the environment by means of a counter-surface (20) such that a predefinable amount of air enclosed in the shaping zone exerts a counter-pressure on the plastics material introduced into the respective cavity (16) of the shaping zone in order to support the shaping process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventor: Jan Tuma
  • Publication number: 20140363533
    Abstract: A manufacturing device includes a feeder, a first pressing roller, a second pressing roller, a third pressing roller, a transmission assembly, and a driving assembly. The first pressing roller and the second pressing roller cooperatively press a hot melt adhesive from the feeder to obtain a preprocessed light guide plate. A temperature of the second pressing roller is lower than a temperature of the hot melt adhesive. The third pressing roller separates the preprocessed light guide plate from the second pressing roller to obtain a light guide plate. The transmission assembly connects the second pressing roller and the third pressing roller. The driving element is connected to the transmission assembly, and drives the transmission assembly to rotate the third pressing roller around the second pressing roller, and thus adjusting a contact area and a contact time between the light guide plate and the second pressing roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: CHIA-LING HSU
  • Patent number: 8900499
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a device for producing endless strands, particularly plastic strands having structure in the longitudinal axis. According to the invention, form elements (14, 15) bounding a form cavity (4) are brought together and aligned with each other in rows for making a form cavity (4), the form cavity (4) is moved in the longitudinal axis of the rows and casting material is brought into the form cavity (4) at a gate location running against the direction of motion through a side opening (5) of the form cavity (4), and the form cavity is opened continuously at a distance from the gate location while moving the form elements apart, in order to demold an endless strand solidified in the form cavity (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: SaarGummi Technologies S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Frank Berkemeier, Jorg Leiffels
  • Publication number: 20140300011
    Abstract: An exemplary apparatus for manufacturing an optical film includes a feed hopper, a platen, a first pressing roller group, and a second pressing roller group. The feed hopper is configured for providing resin. The platen and the first pressing roller group are arranged adjacent to the feeding hopper and spaced a predetermined distance to define a guiding channel. A second pressing roller group is arranged below the first pressing roller group and spaced the predetermined distance thereby defining a molding channel. The melted resin flows into the guiding channel and is pressed by the platen and the first pressing roller group, and is then rolled into the molding channel with rolling of the first pressing roller group. The first and the second pressing roller group are configured for forming microstructures on opposite surfaces of the optical film, respectively. A method for manufacturing the optical film is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: JIA-MING WANG
  • Publication number: 20140295017
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wide casting belt, and more particularly, a wide casting belt used for manufacturing a film in a gel state by casting dope used during the manufacture of a polarizing plate for a liquid crystal display, and an optical compensation film, etc. A method for manufacturing a wide film using the wide casting belt, and a wide film manufactured with the wide casting belt are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventors: Hyukjun KIM, Kwangjin CHUNG, Cholho LEE, Yooseock HWANG, Juntae CHOI, Kinam CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20140287077
    Abstract: An intraocular shunt can be manufactured using a system that includes a liquid bath and a wire, which is moved through the bath. When moved through the bath, the wire is coated with a material, such as gelatin. For example, the liquid bath can have a top layer, including water, and a bottom layer, including gelatin. The coated wire passes through an aperture formed in a plate component of the system. The gelatin can be dried on the wire in a humidity-controlled space, thereby forming the shunt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventors: Laszlo O. Romoda, Brian Hamstrom, Partha Chandrakant, Christopher Horvath
  • Patent number: 8834145
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gypsum board forming device which provides improved slurry spread. The device includes a forming table with an arcuate or angled profile that promotes a uniform slurry spread. An arcuate or angled hinge plate can also be included to further promote the uniform distribution of slurry prior to an extrusion plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: CertainTeed Gypsum, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael P Fahey
  • Patent number: 8821148
    Abstract: A sheet forming apparatus includes a supply port for supplying a slurry, a discharge port for discharging a green sheet, a first slurry spreading chamber, a second slurry spreading chamber, and a third slurry spreading chamber that are disposed between the supply port and the discharge port, and joining holes through which the first, second, and third slurry spreading chambers are joined to each other. At least two of the joining holes are disposed one on each side of the supply port along a transverse direction of the green sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Koizumi, Toshikazu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140225289
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an optical fiber is provided. The apparatus includes a spindle having a bore for receiving a preform of the optical fiber along a longitudinal axis defined by the spindle. A plurality of work holding devices are positioned apart from each other along the longitudinal axis of the spindle and configured to secure the preform against the spindle at two or more distinct positions when the preform is spinning. The plurality of work holding devices comprises any combination of chucks, collets, cams, set screws, or shims. A position of at least one of the work holding device is adjustable to shift the preform away from the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: OFS FITEL, LLC
    Inventor: Roy M. Ortiz
  • Patent number: 8770956
    Abstract: A system for continuous High Internal Phase Emulsion (HIPE) foam production. A (HIPE) is produced then extruded onto a carrier sheet positioned on a belt surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Thomas Allen Desmarais
  • Publication number: 20140178517
    Abstract: A device for manufacturing a phosphor film, includes a container for receiving and mixing a raw material of the phosphor film which includes phosphor powders and glue; a conveyor belt for transporting the mixed raw material from the container, the conveyor belt comprising two horizontal portions and an arc portion arranged between the two horizontal portions, the arc portion defining a recess downwardly; and a roller located above the arc portion of the conveyor belt and partly received in the recess, a distance being kept between the arc portion and the roller, the raw material being pressed by the roller during transportation by the conveyor belt to form the phosphor film. A curing device radiates ultraviolet to the mixed material on the arc portion of the conveyor belt to cure the glue thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: CHEN-HAN LIN
  • Patent number: 8734700
    Abstract: A process for the production of virtually full density polyolefin suitable for further processing by drawing to form a high tenacity, highly oriented polyolefin sheet comprising: a) feeding a metered amount of polyolefin powder into the nip between two vertically stacked and heated calender rolls through application of the polyolefin powder to the apex of the topmost of the two heated calender rolls; b) rolling the powder through the nip until a coherent sheet of polyolefin sheet is produced: and c) once a coherent polyolefin sheet exits the nip adjusting the temperature in the nip to obtain specific tensile and elongation properties. Apparatus for the performance of such a process is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: E I Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Kenneth C. Harding, Gene C. Weedon
  • Patent number: 8673193
    Abstract: A roller nanoimprint apparatus is disclosed which is capable of preventing a workpiece film with nanostructures having been transferred from the mold roller from being uneven in thickness and allowing easy replacement of the mold roller. At least one embodiment of the present invention is directed to a roller nanoimprint apparatus including a mold roller and continuously transferring nanosized protrusions to a surface of a workpiece film by rotating the mold roller, wherein the mold roller is a cylindrical body having an outer circumference surface with nanosized recesses formed thereon, the roller nanoimprint apparatus further includes a fluid container having an elastic film inflatable by injecting fluid into the container, the fluid container being arranged in a region defined by an inner circumference surface of the mold roller, the mold roller is mounted or demounted when the elastic film is shrunken, and the mold roller is supported from the inside when the elastic film is inflated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nobuaki Yamada, Akiyoshi Fujii, Hidekazu Hayashi, Tokio Taguchi
  • Publication number: 20140057088
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes compositions, devices, systems, and methods for producing films which simplify the application process by eliminating the need to stretch film before it is wrapped around a load. Such films also provide enhanced load containment and increased resistance to punctures and breaks. In particular, the present disclosure relates to the use of selected resins and an angled die to increase the level of orientation in the film as it is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventor: Shaun Eugene Pirtle
  • Patent number: 8586266
    Abstract: First, second and third dopes each of which contains a solid electrolyte and an organic solvent are cast from a casting die provided with a feed block to a moving belt. A three-layer casting membrane is peeled off from the belt as a three-layer membrane containing the organic solvent. After being dried in a tenter device, the membrane still containing the organic solvent is contacted with a liquid which is a poor solvent of the solid electrolyte and having lower boiling point than the organic solvent. Thereafter, the membrane is transported to a drying chamber and dried while being supported by the plural rollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Miyachi, Ryo Takeda
  • Publication number: 20130277875
    Abstract: A carbon fiber centrifugal head includes an interior mechanism that at least partially controls flow of precursor material to exterior holes of the head during spinning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Chong Chen, James Joseph Pavlisin, Brian Paul Askey
  • Publication number: 20130270739
    Abstract: Apparatus for controlled shrinking of molten plastic sheet material comprises a series of parallel cylindrical rollers for moving the plastic sheet material from a first position to a second position. At least one heater is aligned with the rollers for maintaining the plastic sheet material in a molten state while the rollers move the plastic sheet material, and a drive mechanism rotates the rollers so that the tangential speed of the rollers progressively decreases from the first position toward the second position. As a result of the progressive decrease in tangential speed of the rollers, the speed of the plastic sheet material is progressively reduced as the plastic sheet material approaches the second position, so that portions of the plastic sheet material closer to the second position move toward the second position more slowly than portions of the plastic sheet material further from the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Miroslav Planeta, Harinder Tamber
  • Publication number: 20130234360
    Abstract: Fatty acid is dissolved in a second solvent to prepare a fatty acid solution. The fatty acid solution is added to a dope prepared by dissolving cellulose acylate and a plasticizer in a first solvent. Thereby, a casting dope containing the fatty acid is prepared. The mass of the fatty acid to be added to the dope is in the range of 1×10?4 to 3×10?3 relative to the sum of the mass of the cellulose acylate and the mass of the plasticizer. The casting dope is discharged from a casting die to the circumferential surface of a drum to form a casting film. The casting film is peeled from the drum and dried to be a film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Syougo KATANO
  • Patent number: 8524041
    Abstract: Embodiments for methods and apparatuses for forming a nonwoven web are described herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes one or more sources configured to dispense a first fluid flow stream comprising a fiber and a second fluid flow stream also comprising a fiber. The apparatus also includes a mixing partition downstream from the one or more sources, where the mixing partition is positioned between the first and second flow streams from the one or more sources. The mixing partition defines one or more openings that permit fluid communication between the two flow streams. The apparatus also includes a receiving region situated downstream from the one or more sources and designed to receive at least a combined flow stream and form a nonwoven web by collecting fiber from the combined flow stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Hemant Gupta, Brad E. Kahlbaugh
  • Publication number: 20130207299
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention is a method for producing a resin film, including a casting step of casting a resin solution containing a transparent resin from a casting die onto a running support to form a cast membrane, and a releasing step of releasing the cast membrane from the support, wherein, in the casting step, a velocity at which the resin solution is discharged from longitudinally opposite ends of a discharge port of the casting die is 0.95 times to 1.5 times a velocity at which the resin solution is discharged from a longitudinally central portion of the discharge port of the casting die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA , INC.
    Inventor: Keisuke Mizoguchi
  • Publication number: 20130181368
    Abstract: A method and device for continuously supplying molten synthetic resin drops into female moldings which are rotatingly movable for manufacturing moldings, wherein synthetic resin in molten condition extruded from an extrusion opening is cut by a cutter attached to a holding mechanism to form the molten resin into drops in a determined quantity, the drops are held and conveyed by the holding mechanism, and the drops are forcibly inserted and supplied into the concaves of the female moldings. At that time the holding mechanism on the rotary-and movable type drop supply is made to approach the rotating molding die and the rotation path of the holding mechanism is made to overlap with that of the molding die within a determined area to make the movement of the holding mechanisms follow that of the molding die.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventor: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130175737
    Abstract: A method and a device for the dry forming of a fiber web, in which a multiplicity of fibers or fiber mixtures are fed to a forming head by means of an air flow is described. The forming head produces a fiber stream which is introduced into a clearance of a forming zone between the forming head and a laydown belt. To obtain as uniform a construction of the fiber layer as possible during the laying down of the fibers, the fibers of the fiber stream run through the clearance within the forming zone with free sections of different lengths. To this end, the forming head and the laydown belt are held in a non-parallel arrangement, with the result that the clearance is formed by different spacings between the laydown belt and the forming outlet of the forming head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co. KG
  • Publication number: 20130161860
    Abstract: Pre-stretched films may be used to increase the rate at which loads can be wrapped and to minimize the exertion required when using conventional stretch films. However, pre-stretched films must generally be stretched in a separate step and stored for several days in order for cling to fully develop. The present disclosure describes compositions, devices, systems, and methods for producing film that eliminate the stretching and storage steps. In particular, the present disclosure relates to the use of selected resins and an angled die to increase the level of orientation in the film as it is formed, thus eliminating the need to stretch the film in a separate step. The present disclosure also relates to the use of a cling agent which eliminates the storage time traditionally required to develop the film's cling properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: PARAGON FILMS, INC.
    Inventor: PARAGON FILMS, INC.
  • Publication number: 20130126543
    Abstract: A method of forming thermoforming sheets includes providing a molten polymer source. The method further includes providing a first and second roller, the second roller having a first and second section, the first section having a first diameter and the second section having a second diameter. The method further includes feeding molten polymer from the molten polymer source into a nip between the first and second roller. The method further includes forming the thermoforming sheets having a first and second portion, the first portion corresponding to the first and second section of the second roller respectively, the first portion have a first thickness corresponding to the first diameter and the second portion having a second thickness corresponding to the second diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Timothy H. Bohrer, William J. Barenberg
  • Publication number: 20130113139
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device and a method for processing plastic material with at least one receiving container, wherein at least one mixing and/or comminution tool, rotatable about a rotation axis, is arranged, for mixing and warming the plastic material, and with at least one conveyor for discharging the plastic material from the receiving container, with at least one screw rotating in a housing, where the conveyor is connected, at its material inlet side via an opening which is formed in a side wall of the receiving container, with the interior of the receiving container. An imaginary extension of the central longitudinal axis of the conveyor extends, against the conveyance direction of the conveyor, past the rotation axis of the receiving container, without intersecting this axis, where the longitudinal axis of the conveyor is offset by a separation relative to the radial ray of the receiving container on the discharge side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: EREMA Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Georg Weigerstorfer, Klaus Feichtinger, Manfred Hackl
  • Publication number: 20130022699
    Abstract: A sheet forming apparatus includes a supply port for supplying a slurry, a discharge port for discharging a green sheet, a first slurry spreading chamber, a second slurry spreading chamber, and a third slurry spreading chamber that are disposed between the supply port and the discharge port, and joining holes through which the first, second, and third slurry spreading chambers are joined to each other. At least two of the joining holes are disposed one on each side of the supply port along a transverse direction of the green sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Koizumi, Toshikazu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20120329947
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for preparing a polymer nanocomposite. In one embodiment, among others, a method includes providing a first immiscible solution including an aqueous solution including polymer-coated nanoparticles and a first monomer and a second immiscible solution including an organic solution including a second monomer. The first and second immiscible solutions are in contact along an interface. A polymer nanocomposite, including the polymer-coated nanoparticles dispersed within the polymer matrix, is extracted from the interface. In another embodiment, a system includes a vessel and an extraction assembly. The vessel includes a first immiscible solution layer in contact with a second immiscible solution layer along an interface. The first immiscible solution layer includes an aqueous solution including polymer-coated nanoparticles and a first monomer. The second immiscible solution layer includes an organic solution including a second monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventor: Kirk Jeremy Ziegler
  • Patent number: 8316906
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for impregnating filaments, wherein the filaments form a roving. The device comprises a barrel (10) having at least one groove (12) formed in circumferential direction of the barrel, an inner space formed along the center axis of the barrel, and at least one recess (16) which forms a connection between the inner space and the groove. The recess includes a cylindrical section (16a), a conical section (16b) and a pocket section (16c). By means of said device and according to the method, a polymer material can be pressed successively from the inner space through at least the cylindrical section and the conical section into the groove to impregnate the filaments of the roving which is drawn through the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Hermann Prokschi, Siegfried Westmüller
  • Publication number: 20120282364
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a batt of particulate material which may be used in an absorbent article. The apparatus may include a vacuum zone, an air impermeable fence zone adjacent to the vacuum zone, and an air permeable fence zone adjacent to the vacuum zone. The air permeable fence zone may comprise an ambient air entry conduit in communication with an ambient air exit port. The method may include providing a laydown drum and a first web of material, positioning the first web of material substantially adjacent to the laydown drum, generating a vacuum through the laydown drum, depositing particulate matter onto the first web of material, and rotating the laydown drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Darrell Ian Brown, Bradley Edward Walsh, Joseph Allen Eckstein, Horst Blessing, Volker Maier, Siegfried Link
  • Patent number: 8303284
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a porous body that forms an expandable slurry containing at least inorganic powder, a foaming agent, and a binder into a sheet, causes the expandable slurry sheet to be foamed and baked, and thereby produces the porous body, the apparatus includes: a mixer preparing the expandable slurry by containing inorganic powder, a foaming agent, and a binder; a die-coater that has a discharge opening which discharges the expandable slurry provided from the mixer to an external thereof so as to shape the expandable slurry into a sheet; and a carrier sheet arranged so as to face the discharge opening of the die-coater with a gap interposed therebetween, and feeding the expandable slurry discharged from the discharge opening, wherein a flow path of the expandable slurry from inside the mixer to the discharge opening of the die-coater is hermetically sealed from an outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuji Tsujimoto, Takumi Shibuya, Hiroki Ueno, Sakae Akiyama, Masahiro Wada
  • Patent number: 8282378
    Abstract: A device for extruding a strip of rubber comprises a passage for forming the strip, which passage is defined by a rotary roller for forming and driving the strip. The device also comprises a shutter for shutting the forming passage, which shutter is deactivatable under the effect of the pressure of the rubber upstream from the shutter exceeding a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Christophe Ougier, Christian Monge
  • Patent number: 8267681
    Abstract: Embodiments for methods and apparatuses for forming a nonwoven web are described herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes one or more sources configured to dispense a first fluid flow stream comprising a fiber and a second fluid flow stream also comprising a fiber. The apparatus also includes a mixing partition downstream from the one or more sources, where the mixing partition is positioned between the first and second flow streams from the one or more sources. The mixing partition defines one or more openings that permit fluid communication between the two flow streams. The apparatus also includes a receiving region situated downstream from the one or more sources and designed to receive at least a combined flow stream and form a nonwoven web by collecting fiber from the combined flow stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Hemant Gupta, Brad E. Kahlbaugh
  • Publication number: 20120187593
    Abstract: A pleatable nonwoven material is provided, including thicker form-giving fibers and thinner fibers determining the filter effect, wherein the thinner fibers are incorporated largely homogeneously in the thicker fibers running in the direction along the surface of the nonwoven material and a distribution density gradient of the thinner fibers is established perpendicular to the surface of the nonwoven material such that the highest concentration of thinner fibers is in the region of the center or on one of the two outsides, wherein the thicker and thinner fibers are bonded together by solidification from the melted condition and are made from the same material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventors: Anke JUNG, Andreas SEEBERGER
  • Patent number: 8210839
    Abstract: The invention provides a new method and apparatus for making multicolor gelatin ribbons and softgel capsules is provided which uses a modification of the gelatin spreader boxes by incorporating especially designed pipelines that are bifurcated with a tee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Procaps SA
    Inventor: Juan Pablo Manotas Dugand
  • Publication number: 20120135448
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and devices for the fabrication of 3D polymeric fibers having micron, sub-micron, and nanometer dimensions, as well as methods of use of these polymeric fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Kevin Kit Parker, Mohammad Reza Badrossamay, Josue Adrian Goss
  • Patent number: 8177541
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gypsum board forming device which provides improved slurry spread. The device includes a forming table with an arcuate or angled profile that promotes a uniform slurry spread. An arcuate or angled hinge plate can also be included to further promote the uniform distribution of slurry prior to an extrusion plate. As a result of the improved slurry spread, gypsum board with increased strength and durability can be created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Certain Teed Gypsum, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael P. Fahey
  • Publication number: 20120063811
    Abstract: A resin casting mold includes a mold member forming a cavity that includes first and second surfaces facing each other in a first direction. The mold member further includes an insert member which forms a part of a third surface and which is slidable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. At least one cross-sectional shape of the cavity satisfies h<A<H, where “A” is the length of the insert member in the first direction, “h” is a spacing in the first direction between a portion of the first surface closest to the insert member and a portion of the second surface closet to the insert member, and “H” is the length in the first direction on the third surface. The insert member is disposed to include a region having the spacing “h”.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Takamichi Ohhashi, Eiichi Hayashi, Akio Hirano, Go Takahashi, Chieko Hatashita
  • Publication number: 20110305891
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus for manufacturing a silicon substrate for solar cells using continuous casting, and a method for manufacturing a silicon substrate using the same. The apparatus includes a raw silicon feeder, a silicon melting unit melting raw silicon to form molten silicon, a molten silicon storage unit storing the molten silicon supplied from the silicon melting unit and tapping the molten silicon to provide a silicon melt having a constant thickness, a transfer board transferring the tapped silicon melt, and a silicon substrate forming unit cooling the silicon melt transferred by the transfer board to form a silicon substrate. The molten silicon stored in the molten silicon storage unit has a surface temperature of 1300˜1500° C., the transfer board is preheated to 700˜1400° C., and a transfer time of the silicon substrate after tapping the molten silicon from the molten silicon storage unit is 0.5˜3.5 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Bo-Yun JANG, Jin-Seok LEE, Young-Soo AHN