Fused Or Molten Coating Cooled Patents (Class 427/374.4)
  • Patent number: 10744743
    Abstract: Corrosion on industrial infrastructures can be prevented or arrested using a multi-stage system and method having an optional epoxy primer, a thermoplastic layer, a self-amalgamating water-cure wrap, and a top coat of epoxy. The resulting impervious barrier resists corrosion and withstands abuse from the elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Precision Cams Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Lee Boehm, Simon David Haycox
  • Patent number: 9382444
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a block copolymer comprising a first segment and a second segment that are covalently bonded to each other and that are chemically different from each other; where the first segment has a first surface free energy and where the second segment has a second surface free energy; and an additive copolymer; where the additive copolymer comprises a surface free energy reducing moiety where the surface free energy reducing moiety has a lower surface free energy than that of the first segment and the second segment; the additive copolymer further comprising one or more moieties having an affinity to the block copolymer; where the surface free energy reducing moiety is chemically different from the first segment and from the second segment; where the additive copolymer is not water miscible; and where the additive copolymer is not covalently bonded with the block copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignees: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS LLC
    Inventors: Peter Trefonas, III, Phillip D. Hustad, Deyan Wang, Rahul Sharma, Mingqi Li, Jieqian J. Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150132495
    Abstract: A machine component may include a body made of an iron alloy. The body may include a surface, and a coating fused to the surface. The coating may be an alloy including phosphorous, carbon, and iron. The coating may have solidus temperature of less than or equal to about 1000° C., and a hardness greater than or equal to about 50 HRC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Tianjun Liu, Marvin Grendel McKimpson
  • Patent number: 8952078
    Abstract: This invention relates to a printing ink and in particular to an ink for ink-jet printing which is cured by irradiation. The ink comprises at least one radiation-curable monomer; at least one passive thermoplastic resin; at least one radical photoinitiator; and at least one colouring agent; wherein the ink has a viscosity of less than 100 mPas at 25° C., and wherein the at least one passive resin is present at 2 to 15 wt % based on the total weight of the ink and has a molecular weight of 1,500 to 70,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sericol Limited
    Inventor: Nigel Paul Gould
  • Publication number: 20140377465
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a block copolymer comprising a first segment and a second segment that are covalently bonded to each other and that are chemically different from each other; where the first segment has a first surface free energy and where the second segment has a second surface free energy; and an additive copolymer; where the additive copolymer comprises a surface free energy reducing moiety where the surface free energy reducing moiety has a lower surface free energy than that of the first segment and the second segment; the additive copolymer further comprising one or more moieties having an affinity to the block copolymer; where the surface free energy reducing moiety is chemically different from the first segment and from the second segment; where the additive copolymer is not water miscible; and where the additive copolymer is not covalently bonded with the block copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicants: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC, Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Peter Trefonas, III, Phillip D. Hustad, Deyan Wang, Rahul Sharma, Mingqi Li
  • Publication number: 20140349133
    Abstract: Provided is a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent adhesiveness at ultra-low temperatures as well as fine spangles, and a method of manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent adhesiveness at ultra-low temperatures includes a base steel sheet, a composite layer formed on the base steel sheet and including transition metal, an inhibition layer formed on the composite layer and including a iron-aluminum (Fe—Al) based intermetallic compound, and a zinc (Zn)-plated layer formed on the inhibition layer, in which an average diameter of spangles in the zinc-plated layer is 150 ?m or less, and a method of manufacturing the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Ju-Youn Lee, Myung-Soo Kim, Jong-Sang Kim
  • Publication number: 20140154937
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of a fiber-reinforced composite material with a polyamide matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Philippe Desbois, Silke Biedasek
  • Patent number: 8399049
    Abstract: The application relates to a process for preparing a crosslinked cable, including:—applying one or more layers including a polymer composition on a conductor, wherein at least one layer includes one or more free radical generating agents,—crosslinking by radical reaction said at least one layer comprising said free radical generating agent(s),—cooling the obtained crosslinked cable in pressurized conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Paul Laurenson, Detlef Wald, Erik Perzon, John Jamieson, Siegfried Wegener, Rudi Peters, Annika Smedberg, Lieve Michiels, Jan-Ove Bosstrom
  • Publication number: 20120308722
    Abstract: Methods for improving the strength of glass substrates are described. One such method for strengthening a glass disk substrate for a storage device includes immersing at least a portion of the glass substrate in a solution, the solution including a solvent and a coating material selected from the group consisting of NaOH, KOH, and KNO3, removing the glass substrate from the solution, allowing the solvent to evaporate from the glass substrate, and heating the glass substrate at a preselected temperature for a preselected duration, where the preselected temperature is sufficient to substantially melt the coating material and is less than a transition temperature of the glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: WD MEDIA, INC.
    Inventors: SHOJI SUZUKI, CHRIS BRISKO
  • Publication number: 20120135261
    Abstract: An Al—Zn—Si—Mg alloy coated strip that has Mg2Si phase particles that are?2 ?m and have a globular shape. A method of forming an Al—Zn—Si—Mg alloy coated strip comprises (a) heat treating a solidified coating to facilitate globularisation of Mg2Si phase particles in the coating and/or (b) changing the coating bath chemistry to form intermetallic compound phases that act as nucleation sites for Mg2Si phase particles with the result that small Mg2Si particles form on solidification of the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED
    Inventors: Ross McDowall Smith, Qiyang Liu, Joe Williams
  • Publication number: 20110232002
    Abstract: A TPU composition comprising two or more TPU polymers is disclosed. The TPU composition gives a broad process window for melt coating applications. The blend of TPUs give better processing than either of the individual TPU polymers used in the blend alone. This results in melt coating which gives less matt and glossy streaks and allows faster coating speeds along with lower coating weight. The two or more TPU polymers used in the blend have a different soft segment. The different soft segment is created by using different molecular weight polyol for the TPU polymers or by using chemically different polyols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: LUBRIZOL ADVANCED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventor: Robert J. Wiessner
  • Patent number: 7994233
    Abstract: A thermoplastic composition that includes from about 1% by weight to 25% by weight block copolymer having the formula (A-B)x or A-B-A, where the A block includes polyvinylarene, the B block includes poly(monoalkenyl) and x is an integer of at least one, spherical superabsorbent particles comprising polyacrylate, and plasticizing oil, the composition exhibiting water gel time of no greater than 2 minutes, a viscosity of no greater than 100,000 centipoise and a wet tensile strength of at least 15 g/in2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: H.B. Fuller Company
    Inventors: Fouad D. Mehawej, Eugene R. Simmons
  • Patent number: 7964532
    Abstract: An RE123-based oxide superconductor characterized by comprising a conductive layer containing an REBa2Cu3O7-?-based oxide superconductor formed using a mixed material of at least RE2BaO4 and a Bax—Cuy—Oz-based material and a holding member which holds said conductive layer, where, RE is one type or more of elements selected from La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, and Y.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: International Superconductivity Technology Center, The Juridical Foundation
    Inventors: Shoji Tanaka, Naomichi Sakai, Takato Machi, Muralidhar Miryala
  • Publication number: 20100316805
    Abstract: A coating of an Al—Zn—Si—Mg alloy on a steel strip that is applied by a hot dip process and is subsequently heat treated to improve the ductility of the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: BLUESCOPE STEEL LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Ian Scott, Joe Williams, Ross McDowall Smith
  • Publication number: 20100302739
    Abstract: An electronic assembly includes a heat source having a maximum operating temperature, a heat dissipating device, a thermal interface material sandwiched between the heat source and the heat dissipating device. The thermal interface material includes a base and a plurality of first thermally conductive particles dispersed in the base. The first thermally conductive particles have a size monotonically changing from a first size less than 100 nanometers and a first melting temperature below the maximum operating temperature, to a second size larger than 100 nanometers and a second melting temperature above the maximum operating temperature when the heat source operates at a temperature above the first melting temperature and at or below the maximum operating temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicants: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: You-Sen Wang, Yuan Yao, Feng-Wei Dai, Ji-Cun Wang, Hui-Ling Zhang
  • Publication number: 20100266760
    Abstract: A process for the production of a coated plasticising screw for the injection molding or extrusion of plastic material, wherein at least the wearing surfaces of the plasticising screw are coated with a metal-based alloy, comprising the following steps: coating at least said wearing surfaces with said alloy, heating the coated plasticising screw for fusing said alloy to said plasticising screw, and cooling off said coated plasticising screw, wherein in the fusing operation all the coated wearing surfaces are simultaneously exposed to a temperature which is above the melting temperature of said alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Hans Berger-Steiner, Johann Mittmannsgruber, Gottfried Pockl
  • Publication number: 20100239877
    Abstract: A method for adhering a shaped fusible material (6) to a portion of a metallic container wall (2) comprising applying the shaped material to said wall portion in a contacting relationship, heating said wall portion with an induction heater to melt the contacting surface of the shaped fusible material, and cooling the assembly to re-solidify the melted surface of the fusible material; and products of the foregoing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: TEMPRA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Zbigniew R. Paul, Cullen M. Sabin, Michael Sheppard Bolmer
  • Patent number: 7662224
    Abstract: A curable ink composition for digitally printing onto plastic substrates that can be formed into three-dimensional objects is provided. Generally, the ink composition comprises a pigment, an acrylic polymer or copolymer, a diluent, and a mono-functional monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Inventor: Donald D. Sloan
  • Publication number: 20100003416
    Abstract: Apparatus and a method of preparing fiber preforms disperses fibers and binder on a forming support surface such that the materials are conditioned and then applied to the surface where the composite material solidifies. Reinforcing material, such as fiber, is mixed with binder, such as thermoplastic or thermoset materials, so that the materials adhere. Then, the adhesive mixture is dispersed in a controlled predetermined weight ratio on the support surface where the mixture sticks to the support surface, cools and solidifies. The deposited mixture can be an open mat having interstices between fibers. The deposited mixture can also be shaped further into a final desired shape before complete solidification. This method eliminates the need for solvents and their associated problems. The process does not require a vacuum or plenum system to hold the reinforcing material in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: BRUNSWICK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott A. Lammers, Jonathan W. Schacher, Christian W. Anderson, Steve H. Olson
  • Publication number: 20080305447
    Abstract: The invention relates to zeolite particles which are at least partially coated with a coating that is capable of delaying the release of heat from the zeolite particles upon contact with water over time. The coating effectively at least partially blocks the pore structure of the zeolite particle from contact with water, thereby delaying contact between water and the zeolite, and prolonging the warming effect caused by such contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: MARK R. WHEELER, Milton E. McDonnell, Maria M. Higuera, Michael Jablon, Richard B. Heath, Lee R. Mores
  • Publication number: 20080292825
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a melt-processed organic-inorganic hybrid material including the steps of maintaining a solid organic-inorganic hybrid material at a temperature above the melting point but below the decomposition temperature of the organic-inorganic hybrid material for a period of time sufficient to form a uniform melt and thereafter, cooling the uniform melt to an ambient temperature under conditions sufficient to produce the melt-processed organic-inorganic hybrid material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick W. DeHaven, David R. Medeiros, David B. Mitzi
  • Patent number: 7431759
    Abstract: The present invention includes a curable ink composition for digitally printing onto plastic substrates and three dimensional objects comprising an ink composition comprising a pigment, an oligomeric component, a diluent, additives and a mono-functional monomer having a molecular weight of 10 g/mole to 600 g/mole. The curable ink composition adheres to the plastic substrate to thereby allow elongation of 100% to 900% of the printed ink image during thermal processing of the plastic substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Inventor: Donald D. Sloan
  • Patent number: 7427317
    Abstract: The present invention includes a curable ink composition for digitally printing onto plastic substrates and three dimensional objects comprising an ink composition comprising a pigment, an acrylic polymer or copolymer having an acid number below about 20 component, a diluent, additives and a mono-functional monomer. The mono-functional monomer may be an aromatic monoacrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Inventor: Donald D. Sloan
  • Patent number: 7303783
    Abstract: An inkjet head which is provided with a nozzle plate that is covered with a water repellent film including a Ni-PTFE film, and a plurality of nozzles that are formed through the nozzle plate to eject ink. In this structure, the nozzle plate is subjected to a heat treatment after the Ni-PTFE film is formed on the nozzle plate, and then is subjected to water cooling. The water cooling is performed using cooling water having a temperature ranging from 15° C. through 30° C. after the heat treatment is finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasunori Kobayashi, Atsushi Ito
  • Patent number: 7223447
    Abstract: Method of coating the seam of a welded tube with an adherent metal coating, including applying a nonadherent metal coating to the inside and outside of the welded seam, externally heating the seam area with the seam located in the lower portion of the tube to generally the melting temperature of the coating, then applying a fluid coolant to the external surface to freeze the outer coating while continuing heating to melt the coating on the inner surface and finally quenching. In one preferred embodiment, the tube is heated with an induction heater including a seam coil which first heats the seam area below the melting temperature of the coating and then heated with a full body coil. The coolant may be chilled water or other coolant which is sprayed onto the seam area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: IDOD Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Curtis R. Brown, Theodore H. Krengel
  • Patent number: 7195796
    Abstract: A process is provided for making a composite work article suitable for fabricating rigid sheet metal can components. A steel sheet having first and second surfaces is pre-treated to enhance reception and retention of a multi-layer polymer coating on the pre-treated first surface. The multi-layer polymer coating is melt extruded on the pre-treated first surface and beyond opposite lateral edges of the work article to establish overhang portions, then solidified. The multi-layer polymeric coating has a tie polymeric layer contacting the pre-treated first surface, and a finish-surface polymeric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: ISG Technologies, Inc
    Inventors: John A. Sinsel, Mark V. Loen, Michael S. Bailey
  • Patent number: 7105633
    Abstract: This invention discloses a class of soluble poly(arylene-oxadiazole) polymers and copolymers comprising at least 20 repeat units, which may be the same or different, represented by the formula: wherein Arom can be a fluorene group, an aromatic hydrocarbon ring, an aromatic C2+ heterocyclic ring, or two aromatic rings linked by a single bond, ethenyl bond, or ethynyl bond. A process for preparing the polymers and copolymers by reacting dicarboxylic acids and hydrazine salt is provided. The polymers are useful in electroluminescent devices, photovoltaic cells, and diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Hailiang Wang, Gang Yu, Gordana Srdanov
  • Patent number: 7105202
    Abstract: A process for coating the inner wall surface of a thin tube having an inside diameter of 0.2 to 5 mm with a resin. The tube is first filled with a resin particulate dispersion. The dispersion filling the tube is held therein by its surface tension and does not flow out. A heater is positioned about the upper end of the tube and is moved down toward its lower end to heat the tube and thereby cause minute resin particles to adhere to its inner wall surface. Then, the tube is heated in a furnace and is cooled to have its inner wall surface coated with the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takafumi Okamoto, Eri Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 7098275
    Abstract: A mixture of particulate silicone based material and small hollow elements, such as spheres and/or fibers, is provided. The particulate silicone based material is heated to a temperature between about 200° F. and about 400° F. The particulate silicone based material is cooled until a solid body is formed. The solid body is resistant to melting and thermal decomposition when heated to temperatures of at least 3000° F. The solid body may contain cavities formed by the small hollow elements. The solid body may contain reinforcing fibers. The solid body may contain both small hollow elements and fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Inventor: Charles F. Inglefield
  • Patent number: 6875462
    Abstract: A method for making a field emission cold cathode for use in vacuum tubes. A carbon velvet material is coated with a low work function cesiated salt and bonded to a cathode surface. Alternatively, the carbon velvet material is bonded to the cathode surface before being coated with the cesiated salt. The coating may be applied by spraying the carbon velvet material with a cesiated salt solution, or by dipping the material into a crucible of molten cesiated salt. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract, and is intended to allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventor: Donald A. Shiffler, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6805906
    Abstract: A process of coating a refractory turbine part with a protective coating which is ultimately diffusion bonded to the part. A slurry coating material is prepared from a mixture of a silicon alkyd paint and suspended particles of an aluminum or aluminum alloy powder. Parts may be dipped in the slurry and subsequently be heat treated in selected atmospheres and temperatures to diffuse the coating into the surface of the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Liburdi Engineering Limited
    Inventors: Vladimir Moravek, Paul Lowden, Joseph Liburdi
  • Patent number: 6749772
    Abstract: A fluorescent lubricant that is applied to an associated object in a liquid state and dries to a solid coating is formulated from a solid lubricant present in a concentration of about 60 percent to about 80 percent of the fluorescent lubricant. The solid lubricant is a solid at room temperature. A diluent for and compatible with the solid lubricant is present in a concentration of about 10 percent to about 40 percent of the fluorescent lubricant. An optical brightener is present in a concentration of about 0.1 percent to about 5.0 percent and a fluorescent dye is present in a concentration of about 0.1 percent to about 5.0 percent of the fluorescent lubricant. The fluorescent lubricant is heated to a temperature above about 130 degrees F., is applied to the associated object and cools to form solid, lubricating fluorescent coating on the associated object. A method for coating an object with a lubricating fluorescent coating is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
    Inventor: William Zumdome
  • Patent number: 6703071
    Abstract: An absorbent article containing a composite mixture of absorbent macroporous particles and binder particles. Preferably, the absorbent macroporous particles are those having a macroporous structure which allow for the rapid flow of liquid therein, e.g., aerogels, xerogels, cryogels, or mixtures thereof. The absorbent articles produced thereby are preferably thin and lightweight, but maintain an ample rate of absorption allowing for a more rapid uptake of higher volumes of liquids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Koslow Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Evan E. Koslow
  • Patent number: 6638572
    Abstract: A particulate silicone based material and method for forming a heat resistant composite is provided. The particulate silicone based material is heated to a temperature between about 200° F. and about 400° F. The particulate silicone based material is cooled until a solid composite is formed. The solid composite is resistant to melting and thermal decomposition when heated to temperatures of at least 3000° F. The particulate silicone based material may be formed by mixing liquid silicone resin with a catalyst and powdered silicone molding compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Inventor: Charles F. Inglefield
  • Patent number: 6623797
    Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, the present invention is an apparatus and a method for coating both surfaces of a continuous processing aluminum strip by extruding thin polymeric film onto the aluminum strip. Generally, the aluminum strip is uncoiled, passed through a preheating unit, two extrusion heads, a post-heater, an air quench, a lubricator, and then it is recoiled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
    Inventor: James T. Avalos
  • Patent number: 6589607
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for coating sheet material with thermoset material. In certain embodiments, first and second different induction furnaces are provided, with the coated sheet first proceeding into and through the first furnace, and then into and through the second furnace. The first furnace may be maintained at a temperature less than the second furnace, so that out-gassing of volatile materials is achieved in the first furnace and thereafter heightened cross-linking conversation rates are achieved in the second furnace at higher temperature(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Material Sciences Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas E. Edwards, Mark R. Monterastelli
  • Patent number: 6589597
    Abstract: An ETFE powder having a viscosity factor &phgr; of at most 1×104 Pa·sec, an anelasticity factor &egr; of at most 5×10−4 Pa−1, an average particle diameter of from 5 to 1,000 &mgr;m and an apparent density of at least 0.5 g/cc, is deposited on a substrate surface, followed by heat melting and cooling for solidification to form a film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Mitsufumi Ono, Teruo Takakura
  • Patent number: 6572921
    Abstract: A method of applying decoration onto an article, the method comprising the steps consisting in: placing backing coated in a sublimable ink in contact with a face of the article; and heating the backing with the help of heating means to cause the ink to sublime and be transferred onto the article, while cooling the opposite face of the article with the help of cooling means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Guilhem Rousselet
  • Patent number: 6551662
    Abstract: Solid extrusion coating compositions for metal substrates, a method of extrusion coating a metal substrate, and a metal article are disclosed. The extrusion coating composition is a thermoplastic material and comprises: (a) a polyester having a weight average molecular weight of about 10,000 to about 50,000, and optionally, (b) a modifying resin, such as an epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent weight of about 500 to about 15,000. The extrusion coating composition is applied to a metal substrate in an extrusion process to provide a composition film having a thickness of about 1 to about 40 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: The Valspar Corporation
    Inventors: Christina Schmid, Rolf Jung, Hans Widmer, Martin Lu, Artemia Jimenez, Louis Sharp, Stephen Postle
  • Patent number: 6514370
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a hybrid boron reinforced polymer matrix composite from precursor tape and a linear array of boron fibers. The boron fibers are applied onto the precursor tapes and the precursor tape processed within a processing component having an impregnation bar assembly. After passing through variable-dimension forming nip-rollers, the precursor tape with the boron fibers becomes a hybrid boron reinforced polymer matrix composite. A driving mechanism is used to pulled the precursor tape through the method and a take-up spool is used to collect the formed hybrid boron reinforced polymer matrix composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Harry L Belvin, Roberto J. Cano
  • Patent number: 6503595
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a carpet, a process for manufacturing a carpet and a method for recycling a carpet. The carpet of the present disclosure includes a primary backing having tufts of synthetic carpet fibers protruding from a top surface and, optionally, a secondary backing, with an extruded sheet of a polyolefin polymer composition between and integrally fused to a bottom surface of the primary backing and an upper surface of the secondary backing. The extruded sheet polymer composition comprises at least 10%, preferably, at least 20% by weight of a syndiotactic polypropylene product. The extruded sheet polymer composition may further comprise less than 40% by weight of an impact modifier. The process for manufacturing the recyclable carpet includes contacting the extruded sheet with the primary backing and, optionally, the secondary backing, at a temperature sufficiently high to integrally fuse the extruded sheet to the respective backing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Aristech Chemical Company
    Inventors: Sehyun Kim, Sharon Jones Elliott
  • Patent number: 6458439
    Abstract: Solid extrusion coating compositions for metal substrates, a method of extrusion coating a metal substrate, and a metal article are disclosed. The extrusion coating composition is a thermoplastic material and comprises: (a) a first polyester having a weight average molecular weight of about 10,000 to about 80,000 and a Tg of greater than 45° C. to about 100° C., (b) a second polyester having a weight average molecular weight of about 10,000 to about 70,000 and a Tg of about −10° C. to about 45° C., and optionally, (c) a modifying resin, such as an epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent weight of about 500 to about 15,000, wherein the Tg of the first and second polyesters differ by about 5 C.° to about 60 C.°. The extrusion coating composition is applied to a metal substrate in an extrusion process to provide a composition film having a thickness of about 1 to about 40 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: The Valspar Corporation
    Inventors: Rolf Jung, Claude Chappuis
  • Publication number: 20020119252
    Abstract: A substance and a method for creating a sheath-like protective coating (22). The substance is brought from a solid state into a liquid state, in which it can be sprayed on a surface (20), and after spraying it again returns into the solid state, wherein it forms a coherent body, free of perforations, of a high degree of toughness, whose cohesion is greater than its adhesion to the surface. The sheath-like protective coating (22) can be pulled off the surface (20) as a whole or at least in large sections. The substance is of such a nature that it can be repeatedly liquefied by the application of heat and solidified by the removal of heat. The sheath-like protective coating (22) can be used for the protection of an exterior surface, in particular a pipeline connection (11) at an oil drilling platform. In such a case, it forms a cocoon which encloses the pipeline connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: ENVIROPEEL International Limited
    Inventor: Arthur Haycox
  • Patent number: 6436470
    Abstract: An improved method of applying a particulate material to a substrate, includes the steps of: removing impurities from a surface of the substrate; forming a coating composition having a bonding material and at least one particulate material; applying the coating composition to the substrate surface; and creating a diffusion bond between the substrate, bonding material and particulate material for generating a continuous interface between the substrate surface and particulate material such that the change in mechanical properties between the substrate and particulate material occurs in a direction normal to the plane of the substrate surface, thereby minimizing residual strain and coefficient of thermal expansion mismatch between the substrate and particulate material, the surfaces of individual particles of said particulate material being chemically wetted by the bonding material. The particulate material and the bonding material comprise a layer on the substrate surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ronald G. Iacocca, Karthik Sivaraman, Anand Lal, Randall M. German
  • Patent number: 6416813
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrical cable including coating a conductor wire with a heated fused plastic material, spraying a lubricating material onto the surface of the fused plastic material, and cooling the fused plastic material together with the lubricating material. The method is performed using an apparatus including a reel for providing a wire conductor, an extruding head, a tank containing plastic material, a device for applying the lubricating material, a device to cool the plastic material together with the lubricating material, and a reel for taking up the processed cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Pirelli Cables Y Sistemas, S.A.
    Inventor: Agusti Valls Prats
  • Patent number: 6387458
    Abstract: A reverse painting process includes the preheating of work prior to its powder coating. By the preheating of the work, it becomes possible to form a film having a sufficiently large thickness for maintaining a satisfactorily high level of rustproofness in the boundary area between a film of the powdery paint and a film formed by electrodeposition, thus achieving drastic shortening of the time required for heating it in the fusing oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukihide Yamashita, Masayuki Yamaguchi, Shirou Kamiyama, Kenichirou Mori
  • Patent number: 6358565
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for making a protective coating containing silicon carbide on at least a portion of the surface of a substrate made from a material with a softening temperature that is above the temperature applied to make the protective coating, where silicon is deposited on the portion of the surface of the substrate and where, under vacuum or in an inert atmosphere, the substrate is heated to a temperature above the melting point of silicon, and the silicon is brought to reaction with carbon that is contained in a porous coating. The surface of the object to be coated is initially provided with a porous carbon coating with an open porosity in a range between 40 and 95%, where said porous carbon coating is covered with a uniform coating of silicon, where the ratio in percent of mass (Ma-%) of the applied silicon to that of the carbon in the porous carbon coating is greater than 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft-und Raumfahrt E.V.
    Inventors: Walter Krenkel, Thilo Henke
  • Patent number: 6235685
    Abstract: A rod 1 made of superconducting oxide is soaked in a molten normal conductor 2 to join the rod 1 and the normal conductor 2, whereby a superconducting oxide current lead is prepared. As a result, a contact resistance at the interface between the superconducting oxide and the normal conductor can be reduced. Consequently, Joule's heat at a current lead having a small cross sectional area can be suppressed low, which in turn realizes the reduction of the load on a freezer and the amount of evaporated cooling solvent, with respect to a superconducting coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: International Superconductivity Technology Center
    Inventors: Junya Maeda, Teruo Izumi, Yuichi Imagawa, Satoshi Matsuoka, Yuh Shiohara, Shoji Tanaka, Hiroshi Okamoto