Including Using Force To Supply Coating Material To Roller Applicator Patents (Class 427/428.18)
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Publication number: 20140354746Abstract: An intermediate transfer member containing a layer of a siloxyfluorocarbon networked polymer. A method of preparing an intermediate transfer member including mixing a coating solution containing siloxyfluorocarbon precursor materials; applying the coating solution as a sol on a substrate; curing the coating solution on the substrate to form an intermediate transfer member containing a layer of a siloxyfluorocarbon networked polymer. The surface free energy of the intermediate transfer member may be from about 10 mN/m to about 40 mN/m. A method of printing an image to a substrate includes applying an inkjet ink to an intermediate transfer member containing a layer of a siloxyflurocarbon networked polymer; spreading the ink onto the intermediate transfer member; inducing a property change of the ink; and transferring the ink to a substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Brynn Mary DOOLEY, Carolyn P. MOORLAG, Anthony James WIGGLESWORTH, Adrien Pierre COTE, Yu QI, Barkev KEOSHKERIAN
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Patent number: 8657949Abstract: The disclosure is generally related to a coating composition, and more particularly to a decorative effect coating composition capable of producing a multi-colored and/or multi-shaded appearance in a single application.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2005Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: United States Gypsum CompanyInventors: Robert H. Negri, Rafael Bury
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Publication number: 20130344254Abstract: A dual end liquid applicator including a reservoir handle having a first opening defined at a first end, a second opening defined at a second end opposing the first end, a first head member, and a second head member is provided. The reservoir handle defines an internal cavity for storing a dispensing liquid. The first head member is operably connected at the first opening at the first end of the reservoir handle. The second head member is operably connected at the second opening at the second end of the reservoir handle. The first head member and the second head member, when rolled over a contact surface, transfer and dispense the dispensing liquid from the internal cavity of the reservoir handle through the first opening at the first end of the reservoir handle and the second opening at the second end of the reservoir handle respectively, to the contact surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Inventor: Sheherazade Sohrabpour King
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Patent number: 8551574Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of manufacturing a stretch composite, said method comprising: a) providing a first substrate in a machine direction, wherein said substrate has opposing first and second surfaces; b) providing a gravure printing roll having an exterior surface that comprises one or more cells wherein at least a portion of the surface is relatively cool; c) depositing a molten, non-adhesive, elastomeric composition onto the exterior surface of the gravure printing device which comprises a gravure printing roll, wherein said composition is characterized as having a peel force of less than about 3 N/cm; d) causing said composition to be pushed into said cells; and e) contacting said first surface of said substrate with said gravure printing roll and substantially completely transferring said elastomeric composition from said cells of said exterior surface on said gravure printing roll to said first surface; wherein said process is substantially free of tackifier.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2005Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Fred Naval Desai, Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Mark William Hamersky, Steven Daryl Smith
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Patent number: 8304027Abstract: A bar coater includes: a bar for applying a coating liquid to a web; a support member which is arranged on a lower side of the bar so as to rotatably support the bar; a weir arranged at an upstream side of the bar, the weir having a leading end surface at its distal end portion to form a bead of the coating liquid in a space between the leading end surface and the web; a reservoir including the bar, the support member and the weir, the reservoir for accumulating the coating liquid; a pump for supplying the coating liquid to the reservoir; a liquid discharge passage through which the coating liquid excessively supplied to the reservoir is discharged; and a controlling device for controlling the pump so as not to cause distortion of a dynamic contact line which is formed at interface between the coating liquid and the atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Hiroki Yokoyama, Toshiya Mita, Nobuo Hamamoto
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Patent number: 8137757Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying nail tabs to roofing and building cover materials involving the steps of depositing tab material onto the surface of the roofing or building cover material, during or after its manufacture, resulting in a plurality of nail tabs from a lamination roll, and bonding the tabs to the surface of the material by pressure between the lamination roll and said surface. The method also encompasses depositing the tab material or pre-formed tabs by a pressure roll in contact with said surface. The tabs preferably are made substantially of a polymer material and may be hardened or cured by ultra-violet or visible light. The tabs may also be pre-formed and have adhesive backing.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2010Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Fast Felt CorporationInventors: David Allan Collins, George William Jackson, Miguel E Madero O'Brien
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Patent number: 7862864Abstract: The present invention provides a bar coating method comprising the step of: weighing and applying a coating liquid by the bar with bringing the bar into contact with a continuously running web and supplying the coating liquid to an feed side of the web with respect to the bar to form a coating liquid puddle, wherein a plurality of coating liquids are supplied to the feed side of the web with respect to the bar via a plurality of slits formed in a multistage form in an feed direction of the web in order to apply the coating liquid having a high viscosity or low wettability without problems.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2007Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Yasuhito Naruse
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Patent number: 7799382Abstract: A method for producing a topographical pattern on or in a papermachine fabric. The method for creating the pattern on or in an fabric, includes producing a topographical polymer pattern on or in a papermachine fabric using a rotary screen. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2006Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Voith Paper Patent GmbHInventors: Justin Payne, David Ponton, John Jeffery, Arved Westerkamp, Antony Morton
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Publication number: 20100233381Abstract: A bar coater includes: a bar for applying a coating liquid to a web; a support member which is arranged on a lower side of the bar so as to rotatably support the bar; a weir arranged at an upstream side of the bar, the weir having a leading end surface at its distal end portion to form a bead of the coating liquid in a space between the leading end surface and the web; a reservoir including the bar, the support member and the weir, the reservoir for accumulating the coating liquid; a pump for supplying the coating liquid to the reservoir; a liquid discharge passage through which the coating liquid excessively supplied to the reservoir is discharged; and a controlling device for controlling the pump so as not to cause distortion of a dynamic contact line which is formed at interface between the coating liquid and the atmosphere.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Hiroki Yokoyama, Toshiya Mita, Nobuo Hamamoto
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Publication number: 20100196614Abstract: A painting apparatus comprising a paint module, an applicator assembly, and a dip-tube assembly containing a pump, the paint module having a container receiving section which is closeable by a releasably attachable lid, the applicator assembly being fluidly connectable to liquid in the container receiving section via the dip-tube assembly, in which the lid includes an aperture to allow the dip-tube assembly to pass therethrough and submerge the pump in the liquid (FIG. 1).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2008Publication date: August 5, 2010Inventors: Ruth Elizabeth Walcot, Michael Roger Cane, Christopher John Ord, Gary Thomas Wren, Nicholas Field, Ahmad Bittar
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Publication number: 20100126800Abstract: A method of making a sound insulating layered composite structure by roll coating a padding layer with an emulsion which may then be solidified to form a layer disposed over at least a portion of the padding layer. The emulsion may be applied using various devices and applied at thicknesses as to provide the capability to tune the acoustic performance of the composite.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2008Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: International Automotive Components Group North America, IncInventor: Donald C. ALBIN, JR.
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Patent number: 7666498Abstract: A method of making a composite roofing material and the resulting material by depositing nail tabs made of a thermoplastic, thermosetting, adhesive or elastomer material, in a liquid state, onto the base substrate of the composite roofing material or onto the saturated or coated roofing material, or onto a transfer surface to be pressed or laminated onto the roofing material. A preferred embodiment transfers the nail tabs onto an engraved transfer impression roll and uses a pressurized applicator to inject the viscous tab material into engraved patterns depressed in raised areas of the impression roll., then deposits the material onto the roofing material. A preferred embodiment also includes the thermoplastic or thermosetting material in a liquid or viscous state hardened or cured by either its exposure to the air or by the use of ultra-violet or visible light.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2006Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Inventors: David Allan Collins, George William Jackson, Miguel E. Madero O'Brien
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Publication number: 20090246396Abstract: A liquid coating apparatus has: a coating roller which has a coating surface; a liquid holding unit which abuts against the coating surface of the coating roller so as to form a liquid holding space; a medium support member which faces the coating surface in such a manner that the medium support member and the coating roller nip and support the medium; an abutment pressure-varying device which adjusts at least one of a first abutment pressure between the coating surface of the coating roller and the liquid holding unit and a second abutment pressure between the coating surface of the coating roller and the medium; and a control device which controls the abutment pressure-varying device according to a relative position of the medium with respect to the coating roller, wherein the coating roller rotates while the medium is sandwiched by the medium support member and the coating roller in such a manner that the liquid is fed to the coating surface from the liquid holding unit and the liquid is transferred to theType: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Inventors: Yusuke NAKAZAWA, Toshiyuki Makuta
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Patent number: 7459181Abstract: A plate material A composed of a foamed material is compressed by two pairs of compression rolls 1, 1. The plate material A compressed by the compression rolls 1, 1 is passed between a pair of coating rolls 3, 3 while the plate material A is still in its compressed state. An adhesive agent is coated on at least one of upper and lower surfaces of the plate material A by the pair of coating rolls 3, 3.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2004Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: Shigeru Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kan Shoda
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Patent number: 7235112Abstract: The electrodes are formed by surface coating and cold compression on metal strips. They are then assembled, by hot pressing, with an electrolytic membrane. The metal strips are then removed, preferably by mechanical detachment. Current collectors are then formed on each of the electrodes by PVD type techniques that are conventional in microelectronics. The resulting thin micro-battery with high surface capacity can then be integrated in an integrated circuit, in particular by bonding by means of indium connecting balls.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2002Date of Patent: June 26, 2007Assignee: Commissariat A L'Energie AtomiqueInventors: Raphaël Salot, Sébastien Martinet, Jean Brun, Gilles Poupon
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Patent number: 7201946Abstract: A method of making a composite roofing material and the resulting material by depositing nail tabs made of a thermoplastic, thermosetting, adhesive or elastomer material, in a liquid state, onto the base substrate of the composite roofing material or onto the saturated or coated roofing material, or onto a transfer surface to be pressed or laminated onto the roofing material. A preferred embodiment transfers the nail tabs onto an engraved transfer impression roll and uses a pressurized applicator to inject the viscous tab material into engraved patterns depressed in raised areas of the impression roll., then deposits the material onto the roofing material. A preferred embodiment also includes the thermoplastic or thermosetting material in a liquid or viscous state hardened or cured by either its exposure to the air or by the use of ultra-violet or visible light.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2004Date of Patent: April 10, 2007Inventors: David Allan Collins, George William Jackson, Miguel E. Madero O'Brien
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Patent number: 7048969Abstract: A coating device and a coating method are provided. The coating device comprises a coating station for coating a coating liquid on a band-shaped substrate running continuously, and a coat-adjusting station disposed downstream of the coating station for adjusting the coating liquid on the substrate so that the coating liquid layer is coated on the substrate at a predetermined thickness. The coating station and the coat-adjusting station comprise first and second bars for respectively coating and measuring the liquid agent. The coating liquid can be coated on evenly and in a stable manner even if the coating operation is performed with the substrate running at a high speed.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2002Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuki Ichikawa, Nobuyoshi Kaneko, Go Nishino
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Patent number: 6884469Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a continuous yarn, and the product obtained from such process. A multiplicity of continuous filaments are formed by the mechanical drawing of a multiplicity of streams of molten thermoplastic(s) flowing from the orifices of at least one fiberizing device. A mixture, in the liquid state, is deposited on the surface of at least some of the filaments before they are brought together into at least one yarn. An absorbent mat may be continuously impregnated, with at least some of said mixture being continuously taken up by means of a rotating roller in contact with said mat, and using a sizing roller, said mixture may be deposited on the filaments while they are being drawn.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2000Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Saint-Gobain Vetrotex France S.A.Inventors: Patrick Moireau, Bruno Gibello
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Publication number: 20040265487Abstract: A method for applying a seamless coating of a surface-modifying material to a product roller by transfer of the material to the product roller, from an application roller, to produce the seamless coating. Gravure rollers, slot dies, falling curtains or ribbons, jets and sprays may be used to deposit the material on the product roller. Dipping may also be used. Gravure rollers are preferred as the application roller. The coating is applied as a plurality of coatings, which are applied without drying the previous coating before application of a subsequent coating.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2003Publication date: December 30, 2004Inventors: Roger H. Calendine, Rick J. Kosakowski, Gordon W. Redshaw, Dennis R. Fronheiser, Douglas E. Garman