Fibers Patents (Class 428/113)
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Patent number: 6995099Abstract: The present invention is aimed at providing FRP formed by integrating a fiber reinforcing material and a non-woven fabric, and having excellent shaping ability, impact resistance after molding, and excellent reliability and low cost. The aim of the present invention is achieved by a complex fiber reinforcing material including a sheet-shaped fiber reinforcing material composed of reinforcing fibers, and a non-woven fabric laminated on at least one side of the fiber reinforcing material, wherein the fibers constituting the non-woven fabric pass through the fiber reinforcing material to integrate the non-woven fabric with the fiber reinforcing material.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2000Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Akira Nishimura, Kiyoshi Homma, Ikuo Horibe, Takehiko Hirabara
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Patent number: 6986921Abstract: The present invention is directed to thermoplastic elastomer films and bags made from thermoplastic elastomer films and also to methods for making thermoplastic elastomer films and bags. The thermoplastic elastomer films of the present invention are composed of thermoplastic elastomers and non-elastic polyesters. The bags of the present invention are fabricated using blended monolayer thermoplastic films that include a blend of thermoplastic elastomer and a non-elastic polyester, or co-extruded multi-layer films that include at least one layer of thermoplastic elastomer and at least one layer of non-elastic polyester. The blended monolayer thermoplastic films of the present invention are useful in the food handling industry and particularly in the meat packaging industry and for use in cooking bag applications. The co-extruded films of the present invention are also useful in the food handling industry and particularly the meat packaging industry and for use in meat casing applications.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2003Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Inventors: Michael D. Schmal, Ernest E. Bachert, John A. Menges, Robert R. Witt
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Patent number: 6974783Abstract: A flexible, intermediate, bulk, container includes coated or uncoated woven fabric or plastics film having antistatic properties and is provided with elements which are enabled for corona discharge of static electricity accumulating in the flexible, intermediate, bulk, container, the surface of the woven fabric or plastics film at least partially comprising fibers protruding less than 10 mm from the surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2002Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: Unsa Ambalaj Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.Inventors: I. Selim Akdogan, Nurettin Guengoer, Peter Trepte
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Patent number: 6964802Abstract: The compression molded article includes an outer plastic film layer, a first plastic layer adhered to the outer plastic film layer and a second plastic layer adhered to the first plastic layer. Long fibers having a length of from 8 to 100 mm are admixed with the second plastic layer. The article is formed by compression molding.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2004Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: The University of MassachusettsInventors: Arthur K. Delusky, Stephen McCarthy, Robert V. Lucke, Thomas M. Ellison, Qing Guan
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Patent number: 6960394Abstract: A cement panel that is reinforced with a fabric made of nucleated polypropylene fibers. The cement panel includes a core layer that is made of a lightweight cement composition. This core layer is covered with a layer of reinforcing nucleated polypropylene fabric on the top and on the bottom, each bonded to the core with a coating of cementitious material on the top and on the bottom of the core layer. On the edges of the cement panels, the fabric layers may be overlapped so as to augment the strength of these edges.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2004Date of Patent: November 1, 2005Assignee: Milliken & CompanyInventors: Samuel E. Graham, Joseph R. Royer
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Patent number: 6960386Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a holding and sealing mat material of a catalytic converter for purifying an exhaust gas which can prevent inorganic fibers from flying in all directions from a surface of the holding and sealing mat material, and can keep a working environment at a time of assembling good. In the holding and sealing mat material of a catalytic converter for purifying an exhaust gas, which is arranged between a catalyst carrier and a shell covering the catalyst carrier from the outside thereof, the holding and sealing mat material includes a mat-like material consisting of inorganic fibers and being formed in a mat shape and a binder of 0.5 to 20 weight % of an organic binder or an inorganic binder, which is attached to the mat-like material, wherein a filling bulk density of the holding and sealing mat material after being assembled is within a range between 0.1 and 0.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2001Date of Patent: November 1, 2005Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masanao Agata
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Patent number: 6949280Abstract: A sheet of unidirectionally-oriented fiber strands includes unidirectional fibers, bonding fibers interwoven with the unidirectional fibers to form a fiber panel, and thermoplastic film laminating the fiber panel there between. In one embodiment, a second sheet of laminated unidirectional fibers is joined to the first sheet of laminated unidirectional fibers with the unidirectional fibers running in a second direction as compared to the first fibers. In yet another embodiment, individual laminated sheets of unidirectional fibers are stitched together to form packets of sheets which may be used singularly or multiple packets may be bundled together.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2003Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: Survival, IncorporatedInventors: Lee Walker Brillhart, III, Ricky William Stewart, Ronald G. Krueger
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Patent number: 6948684Abstract: Composite beam with integrated rupture initiator and aircraft fuselage including such beams. A composite beam (18) comprises a web (20) with a sinusoidal-shaped section and a bottom flange (22). The web (20) comprises a stack of at least one central layer of single-directional carbon fibers oriented along the depth of the beam, and aramide fiber and carbon fiber fabrics. The lower part of the beam (18) is designed so that rupture is initiated in it if the aircraft in which the beam is installed crashes.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2001Date of Patent: September 27, 2005Assignee: Airbus FranceInventors: Bruno Beral, Jean-Marc Souquet
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Patent number: 6935594Abstract: Methods and compositions for fabricating composite parts including at least one structural material and at least one protective material that are integrally bonded without the use of secondary bonding operations. One or more of the materials forming the layers of the composite parts may be a ceramic composition with or without porosity and one or more of the materials may be a polymer composition. Methods including co-injection processes also are provided for fabricating multi-layered structures in which each layer serves a desired function while still being integrated into the overall structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2002Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: Advanced Ceramics Research, Inc.Inventors: K. Ranji Vaidyanathan, Catherine Green, John W. Gillespie, Shridhar Yarlagadda, Gregory J. Artz
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Patent number: 6929841Abstract: The invention relates to a plastic-based composite product which consists at least partially of a plastic in which a material consisting substantially of particles is homogeneously embedded, which particles have tensile strength in at least one principal direction. The invention provides a product of the stated type which has the special feature that the particles comprise: small particles, in particular plates or fibres, with a random orientation and a length of 0.2-2 mm; and large particles with a dominant orientation, for instance 80-95%, of the said principal direction of the particles in a chosen product principal direction and a length in the particle principal direction of about 2-6 mm.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 1995Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: Tech-Wood International Ltd.Inventors: Dirk Van Dijk, Franciscus B. A. De Vries
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Patent number: 6919117Abstract: A composite nonwoven fabric comprising multiple layers of a web formed from a blended mixture of metal fibers and nonmetal fibers is provided. The metal fibers preferably have a rough outer surface with irregular shaped cross-sections that vary along their length. The fibers of adjacent layers of the web material are interengaged in a needlepunching step. The composite nonwoven fabrics of the invention, which have very good isotropic strength. In a preferred embodiment, the composite nonwoven fabric is employed as a floor buffing pad for use with an electric floor buffing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2002Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: Global Material Technologies, IncorporatedInventors: Terrence P. Kane, Kurt H. Schild, III
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Patent number: 6913810Abstract: A faster tape is provided including (a) a molded resin base sheet with an array of integrally molded fastener elements extending from a first side of the base sheet; and (b) a substrate permanently secured to a second side of the base sheet, the substrate comprising first ad second yarns or fibers, the first yarn or fiber comprising a first polymeric material and the second yarn of fiber comprising a second, different polymeric materials, one of the polymeric materials being capable of adhesion to the resin of the base sheet.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2002Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Assignee: Velcro Industries B.V.Inventors: Dershi Wang, Howard A. Kingsford
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Patent number: 6914021Abstract: This invention relates to airships, with a volume of 15 to 60 million cubic feet of Helium. More particularly, it relates to improved structural envelope/gas bags or outer covers for lighter-than-air and neutral buoyancy airships. In detail, the material is a multi-layer cloth assembly including at least two plies of fiber cloth, said cloth comprising 56 by 56 yarns/inch with a total weight of 150 to 450 g/m2, with the fiber of the individual cloth layers having a denier generally between 180 and 280 and with the fill of the individual plies at 90 degrees to each other. Preferably, the filaments should be between 200 and 215 denier. The fibers of each layer of cloth are selected from the group consisting of extended chain polyethylene polymer or a thermotropic liquid (melt spun) crystalline polymer. The extended chain polyethylene fiber is a woven modified rip stop weave architecture, while the thermotropic liquid (melt spun) crystalline polymer fiber is a 2×2 basket weave architecture.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2001Date of Patent: July 5, 2005Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventor: Donald R. Sidwell
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Patent number: 6908532Abstract: A press belt for the formation of a nip between the belt and an opposing surface during processing of a fibrous pulp web, that includes a matrix of an elastomer material, a first layer of reinforcing fibers having a thickness and spacings therebetween, and extending in a direction transverse to a belt run direction, and a second layer of reinforcing fibers having a thickness and spacings therebetween, and extending in the belt run direction, where the thicknesses of the reinforcing fibers of the first layer and the second layer is about 0.5 mm, where the spacings between the reinforcing fibers of the first layer are less than or equal to about 3.0 mm, where the spacings between the reinforcing fibers of the second layer being less than or equal to 2.5 mm, and where the reinforcing fibers of the first layer are separated in a belt thickness direction from the reinforcing fibers of the second layer one layer by a distance of up to about 4 mm.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2004Date of Patent: June 21, 2005Assignee: Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen GmbHInventors: Karl Steiner, Uwe Matuschczyk, Josef Muellner, Andreas Endters
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Patent number: 6887541Abstract: An insulated packaging material includes a thermal insulating layer, which may a fiberfill batt. The batt is laminated to at least one facing layer of film, paper or fabric. The packaging material can be used as a container, such as a pouch. A food-contacting polymer material is applied to the facing layer to form the inner surface of the pouch. The packaging material may be coated on the outer facing layer with a coating material so that it is printable, thus imparting both insulating properties and print capability to the pouch.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2002Date of Patent: May 3, 2005Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Thomas E. Benim, Susan G. Chamberlin, Jeffrey A. Chambers, Steven R. Cosentino, Peter R. Hunderup, Ross A. Lee, Susan D. Procaccini, Donna L. Visiolo
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Patent number: 6872442Abstract: There is provided a method for recycling synthetic wood materials, transformed into materials through a relatively simple method without performing elimination of encrusted concrete from a previously used sheathing board for use in a concrete form having synthetic wood materials as raw materials.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2001Date of Patent: March 29, 2005Assignees: EIN Co., Ltd. Technical Center, Director General, Chubu Regional Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and TransportInventors: Masami Yajima, Hitoshi Takahashi, Sadao Nishibori, Takeyasu Kikuchi
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Patent number: 6869669Abstract: The present invention may be embodied in a sandwich panel having first and second face panels each having a first predetermined thickness and being formed of a fiber-reinforced cementitious material. The sandwich panel further includes support frame for supporting the first and second face panels in a spaced apart configuration. The support frame is formed of a fiber-reinforced cementitious material that is continuous with the cementitious material of the first and second face panels. Blocks of rigid insulation are embedded in the sandwich panel for defining a structure of the support frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2001Date of Patent: March 22, 2005Assignee: Advanced Wall Systems LLCInventors: Michael S. Jensen, Kurt S. Martin
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Patent number: 6861119Abstract: A substantially laterally pressure-loaded panel has a side aspect ratio of at least 1.5, is formed of at least two reinforcement layers of substantially unidirectional fibers. The predominant orientation of the fibers form an angle of between about ±55°-±75° (preferably about 60°) with the longer side of the panel, with about one-half of the layers having a positive (+) angle and about one-half a negative (?) angle, within the range. The panel preferably has about 60-100% of its thickness formed by the reinforcement layers. The panels can be used can be used in boat and/or shipbuilding structural panels, pressure-loaded tanks, pressure-vessels and other corresponding structures that are subjected to a lateral pressure load.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2003Date of Patent: March 1, 2005Assignee: Ahlstrom Glassfibre OyInventors: Rainer Bergström, Jari Viljakainen
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Patent number: 6855388Abstract: The present invention relates to plastic containers or moldings which have been produced by blow molding and have improved antistatic properties. The containers or moldings have an outer wall and an inner wall and contain webs of electrically conducting material running along the inner wall. The invention also relates to a process for the production of the containers or moldings and to their use.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2001Date of Patent: February 15, 2005Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Bernhard Springlholz, Wolfgang Rohde, Andreas Haufe
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Patent number: 6849322Abstract: A method of preparing a cellulosic article includes a step of combining cellulosic material and binder resin to form treated cellulosic material. A mat is formed of a plurality of layers of the treated cellulosic material. The method also includes the steps of interfering with bonding of resin between two adjacent layers of the mat, and applying heat and pressure to the mat to form a cellulosic composite article having an internal blistered pattern. A consolidated cellulosic article includes a consolidated cellulosic mat and a layer of blisters disposed in the consolidated cellulosic mat.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2003Date of Patent: February 1, 2005Assignee: Masonite CorporationInventor: Dennis H. Vaders
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Patent number: 6839639Abstract: Shaped composite structures which are strong, stiff and hard and, at the same time, having high toughness, comprise a matrix, for example a cement or ceramics based matrix and embedded therein a plurality of plate shaped or at lest 60 mm thick elongated reinforcement components, the reinforcing component having at least 1.5 times higher tensile strength that the matrix, the minimum volume per cent concentration of the reinforcement components being related in the manner described in the specification to their tensile strength and (in case of elongated reinforcement components) also their thickness and to the compressive strength and modulus of elasticity and modulus of elasticity of the matrix. Methods for modeling and designing such structures are also disclosed, as are methods for establishing the structure for smaller matrix building blocks which may be pre-fabricated and which are arranged around pre-arranged reinforcement bodies and then fixed to each other and to the reinforcement.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2003Date of Patent: January 4, 2005Assignee: Giantcode A/SInventor: Hans Henrik Bache
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Publication number: 20040253410Abstract: A surface covering element adapted for disposition in covering relation to a support surface. The surface covering element includes a show surface adapted to project away from the support surface when the surface covering element is disposed across the support surface and an underside adapted to project towards the support surface when the surface covering element is disposed across the support surface. A friction enhancing coating composition is disposed in coated relation across the underside at an effective level to enhance sliding friction of the surface covering element such that the surface covering element exhibits a degree of lateral grip cross across the support surface. The friction enhancing coating composition does not permanently stick to the support surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2004Publication date: December 16, 2004Inventors: Kenneth B. Higgins, William Tippett, N. David Sellman, Heather J. Hayes, Shulong Li, Thomas E. Godfrey, Robert S. Brown
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Publication number: 20040241386Abstract: A system and method for forming an article from thermoplastic material and fiber. The method includes heating thermoplastic material to form a molten thermoplastic material for blending with the fiber. The molten thermoplastic material is blended with the fibers to form a molten composite material having a concentration of fiber by weight. The molten composite material may then be extruded through dynamic dies to deliver discrete controlled material that is gravitated onto a lower portion of a mold. The lower portion of the mold may be moved in space and time while receiving the flow of composite material to deposit a predetermined quantity of molten composite material thereon conforming to mold cavities of the lower and an upper portion of the mold. The upper portion of the mold may be pressed against the predetermined quantity of molten composite material and closing on the lower portion of the mold to form the article.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2004Publication date: December 2, 2004Inventors: Dale E. Polk, Dale E. Polk
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Patent number: 6821601Abstract: An improved stitchbonded fabric has a pattern of stitches formed by a multi-needle stitched set of contractible stitching threads in a planar material that comprises a non-fibrous layer of polymer or metal, such as a metallic foil, a polymeric film, or a leather. Contraction of the stitchbonded fabric provides the fabric with unusual tactile, visual and functional effects.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2001Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: Xymid, L.L.C.Inventors: Stephen Horace Tsiarkezos, Nicholas James Brownless
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Patent number: 6818287Abstract: A light shielding blade material for use in an optical apparatus is constructed by a substrate composed of a plastic film having a pair of surfaces opposed to each other. A shield coating capable of blocking an incident light is formed on each surface of the substrate. A reinforcement member is disposed on each shield coating. The reinforcement member is composed of a thermosetting resin prepreg sheet reinforced with fibers arranged in an alignment direction, and hardened to laminate with the substrate through the shield coating. A lubricant coating having a black appearance and a lubricity sufficient to suppress a surface friction is formed on each reinforcement member such that an upper layer of the lubricant coating and a lower layer of the shield coating are separated from each other by an intermediate layer of the reinforcement member.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1999Date of Patent: November 16, 2004Assignee: Nidec Copal CorporationInventors: Takao Ogawa, Ryo Sakurai, Noribumi Tachihara
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Patent number: 6815085Abstract: A capacitive element for a circuit board or chip carrier is formed from a pair of conductive sheets having a dielectric component laminated therebetween. The dielectric component is formed of two or more dielectric sheets, at least one of which can be partially cured followed by being fully cured. The partially cured sheet is laminated to at least one other sheet of dielectric material and one of the sheets of conductive material. The total thickness of the two sheets of the dielectric component does not exceed about 4 mils and preferably does not exceed about 3 mils. The use of two or more sheets of dielectric material makes it very unlikely that two or more defects in the sheets of dielectric material will align, thus greatly reducing the probability of a defect causing a failure in test or field use.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2003Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Bernd K. Appelt, John M. Lauffer
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Patent number: 6815037Abstract: This invention provides a carrier member made of a UV resistant fiber-reinforced composite material where a UV resistant coating material is applied on the surface of the fiber-reinforced composite material and a process for producing thereof. A preferable fiber-reinforced composite material is a fiber-reinforced plastic or carbon fiber-reinforced carbon composite material. A UV resistant coating material is one or more selected from the group consisting of ceramics, cermets, metals and alloys. The carrier member is produced by coating the surface of the fiber-reinforced composite material with a UV resistant coating material by spraying. This carrier member is advantageous in that it can exhibit properties inherent to a fiber-reinforced composite material such as a light weight, higher rigidity and higher heat resistance and that it little contaminates a precision instrument material when being used in cleansing with UV.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2001Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: Nippon Mitsubishi Oil CorporationInventors: Akio Ooshima, Takashi Kobayashi, Kenichi Aoyagi, Daisuke Uchida
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Patent number: 6811861Abstract: A composite structural reinforcing strip is affixed to a structure to be reinforced (such as a bridge span, foundation pillar, or similar structure) by the use of several fasteners which extend through the strip and into the structure. The reinforcing strip preferably includes elongated continuous parallel fibers which have lengths extending along the length of the strip, and nondirectional fibers distributed transversely across the strip, with a polymer matrix affixing the parallel and nondirectional fibers. The strip may be placed on the structure to be reinforced, and may be attached thereon by actuating a common powder-actuated fastener gun to send fasteners through the strip and into the structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2001Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research FoundationInventors: Lawrence C. Bank, Anthony J. Lamanna
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Publication number: 20040211354Abstract: A one-piece bowl of thermostructural composite material comprising fiber reinforcement densified by a matrix. The bowl is made by supplying deformable fiber in plies that are whole, being free from slots or cutouts, superposing said plies on a former of shape corresponding to the bowl to be made, deforming the plies, and bonding the superposed plies to one another by means of fibers extending transversely relative to the plies, e.g. by needling so as to obtain a bowl preform which is then densified. The bowl can be used as a support for a crucible in an installation for producing monocrystalline silicon.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2004Publication date: October 28, 2004Inventors: Jean-Michel Guirman, Dominique Coupe, Jean-Michel Georges
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Publication number: 20040213952Abstract: This invention relates to an FRP structural member comprising reinforcing fibers, which comprises carbon fibers (a) having tensile modulus of 400 to 850 GPa, in which the carbon fibers (a) are placed so that the orientation direction of the carbon fibers (a) becomes parallel to the longitudinal direction of the structural member. The FRP structural member has high vibration-damping property and much lower production cost as well as light weight, high rigidity and superior corrosion property.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2003Publication date: October 28, 2004Applicant: NIPPON OIL CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Takemura, Hideyuki Komaki, Akio Sakamoto, Yutaka Sanokawa
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Patent number: 6808796Abstract: A continuous reinforcing fiber sheet in which reinforcing fibers are arranged at an arbitrary angle to the main axis. The continuous reinforcing fiber sheet is well applicable to pultrusion forming without the risk of the reinforcing fibers being dispersed. This permits use of the continuous reinforcing fiber sheet in a long fiber-reinforced plastic structural member having remarkably improved torsional rigidity. The continuous reinforcing fiber sheet 1 has a continuous resin-penetrable support sheet 2 and a reinforcing fiber layer 3 held by the resin-penetrable support sheet 2. Long reinforcing fibers 4 in the reinforcing fiber layer 3 have substantially a certain length (F) and are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the resin-penetrable support sheet 2 at a prescribed angle (&agr;) to the longitudinal direction of the resin-penetrable support sheet 2.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2000Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Assignees: Nippon Steel Composite Co., Ltd., Nippon Steel CorporationInventors: Makiji Miyao, Toshikazu Takeda, Shinkichi Murakami
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Patent number: 6808788Abstract: The strength of wood composites, including hybrid composites comprising wood members bonded to reinforced polyester members, is improved by modifying the polyester components with a polyisocyanate. Wood composites adhesively bonded with polyester resins modified according to this invention are particularly desirable for use in applications where exterior exposure is contemplated.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2002Date of Patent: October 26, 2004Assignee: The University of MaineInventor: Ben R. Bogner
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Patent number: 6805938Abstract: A building construction panel made of cellulosic fiberboard, comprising cementitious bands of a reinforcing material, which are applied via spraying, as the panel is being conveyed, so as to cover a minor portion of the overall area of a given one of the expansive surfaces, wherein the panel is devoid of the reinforcing material except at the bands. The bands include two diagonal bands, each of which extends between diagonally opposite corners of the given one of the expansive surfaces, two longitudinal bands, each of which extends along a respective one of the longitudinal edges of the given one of the expansive surfaces, and two transverse bands, each of which extends along a respective one of the transverse edges of the given one of the expansive surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2003Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: Knight-Celotex, L.L.C.Inventor: William Griesbach
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Patent number: 6805939Abstract: The areally extended composite material (1) contains fibers (20, 30) which are impregnated with plastic (21). The composite material comprises at least two arrays of parallel fiber cords (2, 3) which extend in different directions and which form a web, mesh or grid. The fiber cords can be bundle-like or band-like. The fibers (20) of a first array (2) are impregnated with substantially more plastic (21) than the fibers (30) of a second and possibly of a further array (3). The composite material (1) is stiff in the direction of the fibers of the first array and is flexible transversely to this direction. Openings advantageously exist between the fiber cords.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2000Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: Arova Schaffhausen AGInventors: Albert Maria Vodermayer, Wolfram Fritz. W. Auersch
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Patent number: 6797370Abstract: The invention relates to a thin-walled component with a fine cement paste matrix and at least one steel wool mat that is pressed together and embedded in the fine cement paste matrix. The invention also relates to a method for producing a thin-walled component, whereby at least one steel wool mat is pressed together in a perpendicular position with respect to the main extension thereof, injected with a fine cement suspension, surrounded and the suspension is hardened.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2001Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: Dyckerhoff AGInventors: Christian Bechtoldt, Rolf-Rainer Schulz
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Patent number: 6787116Abstract: An overmolding insert includes a base having at least one opening in a first surface, the opening communicating with a second surface opposite the first surface, at least one hollow projection extending from the first surface, the hollow projection having a first opening communicating with the opening of the first surface and a second opening located at a terminal portion of the hollow projection, the insert further having two opposed side walls, each side wall being joined to the first surface, two opposed end walls being joined to an opposite end of the first surface and extending from one side wall to the other side wall. The side walls, the end walls, and the first surface define a partially closed space, with the terminal portion of the hollow projection extending beyond the partially closed space.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2002Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignee: Aquatherm Industries, Inc.Inventors: Charles G Williams, John F. Messerschmidt, J. David Sizelove
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Patent number: 6784125Abstract: The invention provides a thermoplastic elastomer nonwoven fabric roll that exhibits minimal longitudinal wrinkles and minimal delayed restoration when unrolled, and method and apparatus for producing the same. Thermoplastic elastomer filaments that have been melt-spun are piled on a belt conveyor thereby forming a sheet of nonwoven fabric, that is guided to a rotating roller disposed above the transportation zone of the belt conveyor and peeled off therefrom. Since minimal tension is applied to the nonwoven fabric during processing, the nonwoven fabric can be unrolled with little stretching by applying relatively little tension to the nonwoven fabric. By the method of this invention, a nonwoven fabric roll with unrolling tension of 0.25 g/cm/basis-weight or less can be formed.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2000Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignees: Kanebo, Ltd., Kanebo Gohsen, Ltd.Inventors: Yukio Yamakawa, Tadashi Furuya, Tsutomu Teshima, Yutaka Tanaka
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Patent number: 6761957Abstract: The ability to transport body liquids in consumer products such as diapers, incontinents and feminine napkins is a key factor in their performance. This invention is designed to provide specific high fluxes (volume of liquid/(time*mass of polymer) of aqueous liquids in designated directions using bundles of new specially designed fibers. The key factors for the bundles are a high specific adhesion for the liquid of interest, a high specific volume of the bundle itself, and alignment of the fibers within the bundle. The invention includes novel liquid acquisition/distribution systems and absorbent products that include a liquid acquisition/distribution system which may incorporate the novel bundles of fibers.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 1999Date of Patent: July 13, 2004Assignee: Clemson University Research FoundationInventors: Bobby Mal Phillips, Jackson Lee Nelson, Shriram Bagrodia
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Patent number: 6761967Abstract: The invention relates to an external reinforcement for beams, columns, plates and the like, substantially consisting in the combination of fibers and a resin and whereby the majority of the fibers is situated in the longitudinal direction of the reinforcement, characterized in that at least well-defined portions of the external reinforcement are provided with an additional reinforcement formed by fibers which are arranged according to at least one direction differing from the longitudinal direction of the reinforcement.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2002Date of Patent: July 13, 2004Assignee: Immo Emergo, Naamloze VennootschapInventor: Dirk Christiaan Jozef Isidoor De Neef
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Patent number: 6762139Abstract: The invention comprises a flexible adsorbent-loaded filter formed from a flexible support web and attached adsorbent particles. The adsorbent-loaded filter has open filter cells which are defined by the support web and the attached adsorbent particles and are random in size and orientation through the length and depth of the filter. The support web is formed of substantially nonlinear filaments that randomly intersect. The adsorbent particles largest average cross sectional dimension is smaller than the average diameter of the pores of the support web. When the flexible adsorbent loaded filter is flexed about a radius of curvature 20 mm, the percent increase in pressure drop is less than 100 percent when measured at a face velocity of 0.25 m/s.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2001Date of Patent: July 13, 2004Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventor: Michael R. Strommen
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Patent number: 6759352Abstract: A composite carbon fiber material is formed of one or more layers of carbon fiber material in which the carbon fibers are aligned all in the same direction and a mat of nonwoven, woven, or off-axis unidirectional carbon fibers are laminated together. Layers may be used individually or as a hybrid. The layers can be preimpregnated or impregnated during processing using thermoplastic or thermosetting resins. A layer of thermoplastic resin is applied either over the surface or within the composite structure, and the resin permeates the material so as to provide a more stable mechanical structure once the resin is processed. The material combines good mechanical strength with improved electrical current carrying properties when compared with the aligned carbon fiber layer alone. The layering sequence, layer type, and resin type can be specified to tailor electrical properties, mechanical properties, durability, and wear resistance.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2001Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Curt Delanoy, John Gillespie
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Patent number: 6749920Abstract: Using a combination of relatively coarse filler and latex binder, a high solids coating which has a minimum solids content of about 60% by volume, can be produced with a relatively low working viscosity. These very high solids coatings can be applied in thick single layers and oven cured without cracking. They maintain more than 80% of their original wet thickness. The resulting coating provides an extremely hard and durable surface, even on relatively soft mineral fiber board ceiling tiles or wall panels.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 1998Date of Patent: June 15, 2004Assignee: AWI Licensing CompanyInventors: Kenneth G. Caldwell, James L. Work
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Publication number: 20040109991Abstract: The invention concerns a web comprising an intimate mixture of mixed slivers of long reinforcing staple fibres (14) obtained by stretch-breaking and long thermoplastic matrix fibres (15), those different fibres being parallel in the mixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2003Publication date: June 10, 2004Inventors: Jean Guevel, Guy Bontemps
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Patent number: 6746747Abstract: A method for forming a pultruded part includes collating reinforcing fibers by providing a first layer of reinforcing rovings extending in the longitudinal pultrusion direction, applying onto the first layer an intermediate layer of reinforcing fibers at least some of which include at least portions thereof which extend in the transverse direction and covering the intermediate layer with a second layer of rovings extending in the longitudinal direction. To the collated fibers is applied a resin so as to permeate through the layers and the materials are passed through a die to set the resin. The first and second layers are arranged to form first and second opposed surfaces of the part with the intermediate layer therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2002Date of Patent: June 8, 2004Assignee: Omniglass Ltd.Inventors: Laurence W. Davies, Mark Robert Bamford, Rodfney Herbert Isfeld
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Publication number: 20040102115Abstract: A laminar reinforcing structure is provided for impact resisting face on an article, such as toe-puffs of safety shoes, striking faces on baseball bat and ice hockey stick, outsoles for boots of ice skates, and heads or faces of golf clubs, to increase an impact-resistant strength at such faces. The reinforcing structure includes a basic layer and at least one reinforcing layer. The basic layer is made of one or more plies of a fiber-reinforced thermosetting resin material and molded into a profile matching with that of the impact-resisting face of the article. The reinforcing layer is made of a thermoplastic resin-fiber woven fabric dip-coated with thermosetting resin to cover at least part of surfaces of the basic layer or be sandwiched between any two adjacent plies of the basic layer. The laminar reinforcing structure provides excellent mechanical strength and has low weight without substantially increasing the article weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2002Publication date: May 27, 2004Inventor: Juan-Cheng Chou
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Publication number: 20040076791Abstract: A flexible, intermediate, bulk, container includes coated or uncoated woven fabric or plastics film having antistatic properties and is provided with elements which are enabled for corona discharge of static electricity accumulating in the flexible, intermediate, bulk, container, the surface of the woven fabric or plastics film at least partially comprising fibers protruding less than 10 mm from the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2002Publication date: April 22, 2004Inventors: I. Selim Akdogan, Nurettin Guengoer, Peter Trepte
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Publication number: 20040074593Abstract: Methods for making a single step sterilization wrapping material suitable for use, as an example, in wrapping surgical instruments and supplies for sterilization, transportation and storage, are provided. The material includes separate first and second wraps that provide improved strength attributes to the system. Separate wraps are provided that may be specially engineered to deliver selected properties for each sheet and then joined to one another to permit wrapping and opening in a neat single step process which increases efficiency and saves time and money. The sheets may be joined in a manner that increases the strength and/or tear resistance of the sterilization wrapping material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2002Publication date: April 22, 2004Inventors: Lisa A. Schild, Jeffrey L. McManus
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Publication number: 20040072490Abstract: This invention relates to a composite laminate, a layup and preform for such a composite laminate and to a method of manufacturing the composite laminate. The layup (28), preform and composite laminate (22) include at least one ply (20) which includes hairy yarn (10). The action of the hairy yarn (10) is to provide cross ply linking owing to the extension of fibres from the hairy yarn into spaces both within the ply and between the plies. The addition of resin matrix material (26) to layup provides a firm cross ply linkage to the composite laminate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2003Publication date: April 15, 2004Inventor: Michael Healy
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Patent number: 6715249Abstract: A structurally enhanced, insulating sheathing (10) and method of sheathing a frame of the type used in constructing a building are disclosed. In one embodiment, the sheathing includes an insulating layer of material (14) attached to a structural layer of material (12) formed of a plurality of fibers (12al-12an), preferably biased in first and second directions (D1, D2) relative to a common axis, such as the longest centerline of the sheathing. The fibers form a grid (12c) having a plurality of openings (12d) that are capable of receiving an adhesive (A3) for attaching the sheathing to a stable mounting structure, such as a frame. Preferably, the adhesive is capable of penetrating at least partially into the openings to ensure that a secure, lasting bond is formed. In a second embodiment the sheathing includes a multilayer polymer film with a low melting point adhesive thereon.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2002Date of Patent: April 6, 2004Assignee: Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc.Inventors: Stanley J. Rusek, Ravi K. Devalapura
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Publication number: 20040062907Abstract: The present invention is a tissue web comprising cellulosic fibers and a semi-synthetic cationic polymer having a molecular weight less than about 5 million. The semi-synthetic cationic polymer can be heterogeneously distributed in the tissue web. The semi-synthetic cationic polymer has a degree of cationic substitution of at least 0.2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2002Publication date: April 1, 2004Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Thomas Gerard Shannon