Comprising Discontinuous Or Differential Impregnation Or Bond Patents (Class 428/194)
  • Patent number: 7604854
    Abstract: A business form with a moisture transport accelerating and stabilizing coating for improving the transport of moisture through paper stock during printing in a laser printing. The coating improves the resistance of the paper to curling when heated in a laser printer and reduces the likelihood of paper jams, especially during duplex printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Bertek Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Jarvis, Ken Whitcomb, Eric Severy
  • Publication number: 20090239019
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of manufacturing a plurality of spacers comprising: (a) providing a carrier medium; (b) applying one or more stripes of a first material on a first face of the carrier medium; and (c) applying a layer of a second material over the first face of the carrier medium; so as to form a substrate on the carrier medium comprising first material and second material; wherein one of the first and second materials is a material that, in the end spacer product at room temperature, is a tacky material that will readily hold the spacer in place during its intended use, and the other of the first and second materials is a material that, in the end spacer product at room temperature, is a non-tacky material that will substantially not stick to the glass or other material to be separated; and wherein the stripes of the first material are spaced apart such that when the substrate formed by the first and second materials is cut into strips of a width corresponding to the width of the spacers bein
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventor: Adrian Merritt
  • Publication number: 20090151285
    Abstract: The invention relates to a floor, wall or ceiling panel (2) or strip, which is designed for placing on and/or fastening to a floor, a wall or a ceiling of a room. According to the invention, the panel or the strip has at least one active component with an air pollutant- and/or odorous substance-reducing action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: HULSTA-WERKE HULS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Udo Tünte, Matthias Wolf
  • Patent number: 7537816
    Abstract: An adhesive sheet 301A having a predetermined form is laminated onto a long release sheet 2A, and a protective member 5A which is thicker than the adhesive sheet 301A is provided in a position so as not to overlap the adhesive sheet 301A when a laminate sheet 1A is wound into a roll. According to this laminate sheet 1A, defects can be prevented from forming on the adhesive sheet 301A when the laminate sheet 1A is wound into a roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: LINTEC Corporation
    Inventors: Kazaya Katoh, Jun Alezwa, Takohito Nakayama
  • Publication number: 20090075032
    Abstract: The present invention provides a roll of film material having: (1) a first web of film having a first planar surface and a first set of opposed lateral edges; (2) a second web of film having a second planar surface and a second set of opposed lateral edges, a portion of the second planar surface being in contact with the first planar surface but not being attached thereto, the second set of opposed lateral edges being in registration with the first set of opposed lateral edges; and (3) the first web of film and the second web of film being wound about an axis transversely disposed to the first set of opposed lateral edges to define a roll of film material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventor: Christopher C. Rutter
  • Publication number: 20090061166
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes: a display panel module having electronic parts provided therein; and an insulating tape that is adhered to the display panel module so as to cover the electronic parts. The insulating tape includes an adhesive portion and a non-adhesive portion. The non-adhesive portion is disposed at a position that covers a region in which the electronic parts are provided, and the adhesive portion is adhered to the display panel module in regions other than the region in which the electronic parts are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: Epson Imaging Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Ayukawa
  • Patent number: 7485358
    Abstract: The invention concerns a subfloor which is provided between a hard base (11) and a floor such as a laminate or parquet floor resting on the latter, whereby this subfloor is composed of laterally connecting mats (9, 10) having a core (1) made of a synthetic foam provided with an underlay (2) and a top layer (3) made of a synthetic foil, whereby this underlay (2) and top layer (3) represent a flap (4, 5) which extends over the side edge of said core (1), so that this flap (4, 5) overlaps with the mat (9, 10) connecting onto this side edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Pregis Innovative Packaging Inc.
    Inventor: Johan Benaets
  • Publication number: 20090022960
    Abstract: Fibrous structures and more particularly convolutedly wound rolls of fibrous structures having end edges including bond regions and methods for making such convolutedly wound rolls of fibrous structures are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Donald Suer, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Patent number: 7476429
    Abstract: A bridge label including two adhesive portions, the adhesive portions defining a first face of the bridge label; and a non-adhesive portion extending between the two adhesive portions, the non-adhesive portion also defining the first face of the bridge label. A splicing system including the bridge label in combination with a top sheet of a new roll, and a splicing tape provided across the top sheet of the roll. A second face of the bridge label, which opposes the first face, is affixed to an exposed adhesive portion of the splicing tape. The adhesive portions of the bridge label affix the first face of the bridge label to an expiring web. A splicing method including affixing the bridge label to a splicing tape that is adhered to the roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignees: Permacel, Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Jason A. Bean, Koichi Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20090011198
    Abstract: In a vitrified bonded grinding wheel having superabrasive grains 11 such as CBN, diamond or the like bonded with a vitrified bond 12, pores 16 of the vitrified bonded grinding wheel has impregnated thereinto a resin 17 consisting of any resin selected from, e.g., unsaturated polyester, vinyl ester and allyl ester which are in a liquid state at the normal temperature and which have a thermosetting property, and being capable of radical polymerization. Thus, any separation gas or the like is not generated when the impregnated resin is hardened, whereby the strength of the grinding wheel can be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicants: TOYODA VAN MOPPES LTD., JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Sekiya, Tomohiro Inagaki, Hiroshi Takehara, Toshiaki Sakurai, Hiroshi Imaike, Shinji Soma
  • Publication number: 20080311354
    Abstract: A method for producing a resin plated product includes: a molding step of forming a resin molded product as a resin molded product to be plated that includes integrally a main body part with a form of a molding and a sacrifice part arranged in the vicinity of an edge part not to come into contact with the edge part; an electro-less plating step of applying an electro-less plating process to the resin molded product, an electroplating step of immersing the resin molded product in an electroplating bath provided with an anode electrode, applying an anode voltage to the anode electrode and applying a cathode voltage to the resin molded product to carry out an electroplating process; and a removing step of removing the sacrifice part from the resin molded product. The sacrifice part is preferably extended from a non-designed surface of the main body part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ohara, Tomohiro Morita, Ryoji Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 7438964
    Abstract: An adhesive cord cover for enveloping a cord, such as an electrical cord or chandelier chain. The adhesive cord cover is formed from a lengthwise strip of fabric. A pressure sensitive adhesive is attached to the fabric strip, preferably along a first lengthwise edge. The pressure sensitive adhesive is positioned and configured to allow a fastening side of the pressure sensitive adhesive to be selectively adhered to the lengthwise strip of fabric to thereby form a tubular configuration for enveloping a cord. The pressure sensitive adhesive is preferably an adhesive transfer tape. The transfer tape preferably has a removable liner on the fastening side. The removable liner assists in preserving the adhesive properties of the pressure sensitive adhesive prior to use. The pressure sensitive adhesive transfer tape is preferably a continuous strip that extends substantially along the entire length of the piece of fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Inventor: Kim Marie Clark
  • Publication number: 20080166527
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coated cutting insert with excellent toughness properties particularly useful for toughness demanding short hole drilling in general steel materials and a method of making the same. The inserts comprise a substrate and a coating. The substrate comprises WC, from about 8 to about 11 wt-% Co and from about 0.2 to about 0.5 wt-% Cr with an average WC-grain size of from about 0.5 to about 1.5 ?m and a CW-ratio of from about 0.80 to about 0.90. The coating comprises a first (innermost) layer of TiCxNyOz with a thickness less than about 1.5 ?m, a layer of TiCxNyOz with a thickness of from about 1 to about 8 ?m with columnar grains, a layer of fine-grained grain ?-Al2O3 with a thickness of from about 0.5 to about 5 ?m and a further layer less than about 1 ?m thick of TiCxNyOz whereby at the rake face the outermost TiCxNyOz-layer and Al2O3-layer are fully or partly missing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Anders Lenander, Jan Kjellgren, Torbjorn Agren, Stefan Reinebrandt, Joakim Andersson, Robert Granstrom
  • Patent number: 7316832
    Abstract: Articles for applying color on a surface that includes a sheet of dry color component having a margin, a front sheet surface, and a rear sheet surface opposite the front sheet surface, and an adhesive on the rear sheet surface for bonding the sheet to the surface. Either the margin of the sheet or the entire sheet is adapted for reducing or eliminating the visual perceptibility of the seam created when the margin is positioned in an overlapping, abutting, or spaced apart relationship with a margin of a juxtaposed second article. The reduction or elimination of the visual perceptibility of the seam may be promoted by a physical mechanism, a chemical mechanism, an optical mechanism, or a combination of these mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark John Steinhardt, Shawn Christopher Pallotta, Robert Lawrence Prosise, John William Toussant, Andrew Julian Wnuk, Von Adoniram Kinsey
  • Publication number: 20070212507
    Abstract: An improved document flag and series of flags is useful in highlighting information within documents. Indicia on the flags can be used to indicate and quickly access different topics and sub topics within a document. In certain embodiments the flags include a perforation that facilitates easy removal and a copier invisible correlating indicator that facilitates replacement of the flag in its original location after a copy of the document is made. In another embodiment an electronic flagging system facilitates electronic document review and organization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Kevin M. Arst, Peter G. Mikhail
  • Patent number: 7261931
    Abstract: An antireflection film laminate comprising a low refractive index film on the surface side and a high refractive index film which is disposed under the low refractive index film in contact therewith, wherein the high refractive index film is formed as a discontinuous layer in the planar direction. If the high refractive index film is formed as a discontinuous layer, the high refractive index film can enter into the low refractive index film to restrain movement of the low refractive index film, and therefore an antireflection film laminate exhibiting superior antiscratching property and transparency can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Nishikawa, Naoki Sugiyama, Hiroomi Shimomura
  • Patent number: 7255766
    Abstract: A disposable wipe-out sheet that includes a plurality of long fibers bonded to a heat-sealable base sheet by sealing lines. The long fibers include groups continuously extending between each pair of the adjacent sealing lines to form bridge-like portions and groups severed in two sections between each pair of the adjacent sealing lines so as to fluff upward on the base sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Kenmochi, Yoshinori Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7252867
    Abstract: A frictional holding pad for removably attaching items, such as a cell phone, to a surface, such as a dash, to allow storage of items on the pad to prevent the items from shifting or sliding due to the movement of the support surface. A bottom surface of the pad is tacky to cling to the surface and a top surface is tacky to cling to the item. A lowermost contact surface of the pad can have a greater surface area than an uppermost contact surface. Indicia can be formed on the pad. The pad can be translucent or transparent. The pad can include an expanded vinyl material or a polyurethane material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan J. Wheatley
  • Patent number: 7243951
    Abstract: Durable security devices that are resistant to chemical attack and mechanical degradation and security articles employing such devices, are provided. By way of the durable security device of the present invention, opposing longitudinal borders adjacent an information-bearing layer are sealed, thereby preventing corrosive and/or degrading materials from reaching this layer through these sealed borders. In a preferred embodiment, at least a portion of the information-bearing layer is fully encapsulated, thereby rendering this portion or layer and the information conveyed thereby, impervious to chemical attack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Technical Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul F. Cote, Stephen B. Curdo, Gerald J. Gartner, Daniel G. Leeds, Brian C. Page, Gary R. Wolpert, Timothy T. Crane
  • Patent number: 7189443
    Abstract: A self-levelling under-packing for printing presses, in particular offset presses, includes at least one polyester-based layer and at least one polyurethane elastomer layer joined inseparably together. The polyester-based layer may be between 50 ?m and 350 ?m and the polyurethane elastomer layer may be between 20 ?m and 1000 ?m. The polyester-based layer may be adhesive-coated on one side, in which case the thickness, including the adhesive, may be between 40 and 100 ?m, with the adhesive thickness not exceeding about 5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: Printgraph Waterless S.R.L.
    Inventor: Roberto Levi Acobas
  • Patent number: 7175898
    Abstract: A single-sidedly or double-sidedly pressure-sensitively adhesive, elastic adhesive sheet comprising at least one layer of a pressure-sensitive adhesive, and having a maximum stretchability of more than 200% and a recovery of more than 60% after stretching to ? of its maximum elongation, said pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) being based on a chemically crosslinked polyurethane, wherein the starting materials for the chemically crosslinked polyurethane include at least one isocyanate-reactive substance having a functionality of more than 2.0, in an amount of at least 5% by weight, based on the weight of the polyurethane composition, where the molecular weight of at least one of the starting materials used to form the polyurethane is being greater than or equal to 1000, at least one difunctional polyisocyanates are being used to form the polyurethane, and the ratio of maximum tensile stress to stripping stress is of said elastic adhesive sheet being more than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: tesa Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Lühmann, Philippe Hesse, Sianty Sunarto, Uwe Schümann, Kirstin Weiland, Andreas Junghans
  • Patent number: 7172982
    Abstract: An industrial fabric having improved sheet restraint and wear resistance along with acceptable permeability. The improvement is effected by coating only the high spots of the fabric with silicone material. The coating methods used in this invention may include kiss roll coating, gravure roll coating, rotogravure printing, rotary screen coating, screen-printing and/or flexography. The improvement is also applicable to corrugator fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Albany International Corp.
    Inventors: Adam J. Jaglowski, Alan L. Billings
  • Patent number: 7166344
    Abstract: The invention provides for a sealing device for a valve bag. The sealing device has two sections separated by a perforated seam. Each section is secured to one side of the valve channel and has an adhesive surface covered by a protective sheet. The two sections are perforated by the filling tube when the valve bag is filled, once the valve bag is filled the protective sheet is cleaned and removed and the two sections of the sealing device are pressed together and secured by the interaction of their adhesive surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Inventor: James Dean
  • Patent number: 7157127
    Abstract: A label for adhesive attachment to a stack of articles combined by an exterior substrate. The label includes a label material having a pair of outer label regions, a central label region, a signal surface having indications and an adhesive surface, the adhesive surface being provided with an adhesive. The label also includes a protective release cover, wherein the release cover is releasably attached to the adhesive surface of the label. The release cover also includes at least two separating lines, wherein the separating lines divide the release cover into two outer regions separated by a center region such that the regions of the release cover can be removed from the label material independently from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Winfried Schmelzer
  • Patent number: 7147756
    Abstract: An industrial process fabric and a method for manufacturing such a fabric. The fabric is made of material and is endless, or made endless with a seam, in the machine direction of a machine on which it is used. The fabric comprises at least one layer composed of a spirally-wound strip made of material and having a width which is smaller than the width of the final fabric. The longitudinal axis of the spirally-wound strip of material makes an angle with the machine direction of the fabric. The fabric strip of material may advantageously be a flat-woven fabric of MD and CD yarns in any weave pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Albany International Corp.
    Inventor: Francis L. Davenport
  • Patent number: 7125602
    Abstract: A frictional holding pad for removably attaching items, such as a cell phone, to a surface, such as a dash, to allow storage of items on the pad to prevent the items from shifting or sliding due to the movement of the support surface. A bottom surface of the pad is tacky to cling to the surface and a top surface is tacky to cling to the item. A lowermost contact surface of the pad can have a greater surface area than an uppermost contact surface. Indicia can be formed on the pad. The pad can be translucent or transparent. The pad can include an expanded vinyl material or a polyurethane material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: American Covers, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan J. Wheatley
  • Patent number: 7121515
    Abstract: A redetachable self-adhesive device a) whose reverse face is bonded with a strip of a double-sidedly adhering adhesive sheet in such a way that one end of the adhesive sheet projects beyond the device as a grip tab, b) the adhesive sheet is such that the bond made with it is redetachable by stretching pulling on the grip tab of the strip in the direction of the bond plane, wherein c) on its reverse face (2) the device (1), in the region (3A, 3B) situated against the grip tab (6) of the adhesive sheet strip (5) or and also partly against the free adhesive composition, has an average roughness Ra of 0.4–25 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Achim Franck, Andreas Junghans, Bernd Lühmann, Thorsten Krawinkel
  • Patent number: 7118791
    Abstract: A device for concealing a caulking joint formed between adjacent first and second surfaces comprising an elongated central strip having first and second edges and the strip having first and second sides; a first flap longitudinally connected to the elongated central strip along the first edge, the first flap having a first side adapted to be adhered to a first of the adjacent surfaces such that the first flap conforms to the first of the adjacent surfaces in a watertight manner; a second flap longitudinally connected to the elongated central strip along the second edge, the second flap having a first side adapted to be adhered to a second of the adjacent surfaces such that the second flap conforms to the second of the adjacent surfaces in a watertight manner; and the central strip being adapted to cover the caulking joint with the first side of the central strip facing the caulking joint when the first flap is adhered to the first surface and the second flap is adhered to the second surface, whereby the caulk
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: RCR International Inc.
    Inventor: Gaetan Martel
  • Patent number: 7112358
    Abstract: A self-adhesive purge dam for retaining purge gas around a weld zone includes a base configured to substantially obstruct an air passage leading to the weld zone and an adhesive skirt extending from the base and configured to engage portions of the air passage. An adhesive on the adhesive skirt allows the skirt to be adhered to the air passage. An optional removable backing covers the adhesive prior to installation. The purge dam is installed by peeling the removable backing (if present) and exposing the adhesive for adhesion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Inventor: Michael Hacikyan
  • Patent number: 7112417
    Abstract: The present patent describes a biocompatible composite made of a first fibrous layer attached to a three-dimensional inter-connected open cell porous foams that have a gradient in composition and/or microstructure through one or more directions. These composites can be made from blends of absorbable and biocompatible polymers. These biocompatible composites are particularly well suited to tissue engineering applications and can be designed to mimic tissue transition or interface zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Murty N. Vyakarnam, Mark C. Zimmerman, Angelo George Scopelianos, Iksoo Chun, Mora C. Melican, Clairene A. Bazilio, Mark B. Roller, David V. Gorky
  • Patent number: 7101601
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purifying filter having a high strength and an excellent efficiency of exhaust gas purification and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. An exhaust gas purifying filter 1 comprises a ceramic honeycomb structure 2 having a surrounding wall 21, partition walls 22 provided in a honeycomb pattern within the surrounding wall 21, and a plurality of cells 23 partitioned by the partition walls 22 and penetrating through end faces 241, 242. If a virtual line 3 is drawn on the end faces 241, 242 of the structure 2 by continuously connecting points at a distance of 1.0 to 3.0 times the cell pitch in the direction toward the center from an inner surface 211 of the surrounding wall 21, not less than 90% of a peripheral area 25 outside the virtual line 3 is blocked with plug material 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Mikio Ishihara, Mamoru Nishimura
  • Patent number: 7097891
    Abstract: A partitioning device for sealingly closing an opening in a working surface is provided. The partitioning device generally includes a panel having a sealing side including a perimeter portion. An adhesive trim is disposed about the perimeter portion on the sealing side. A package trim is removably attached to the adhesive trim, such that when the package trim is removed to expose the adhesive trim the partitioning device can be sealingly adhered to a wall surface surrounding a wall opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Inventor: Mark S Fenelon
  • Patent number: 7094454
    Abstract: A multi-color multi-ply note pad includes a plurality of note sheets, each of which has a perforated tear line that divides the note sheet into a stub portion and an inscribing portion, a binding member that binds the stub portions of the note sheets in a stack, and a repositionable adhesive layer provided on each of the note sheets at the inscribing portion of each of the note sheets and disposed adjacent to the tear line. The stub portions of the note sheets remain intact in the stack through the binding member when the inscribing portions of middle ones of the note sheets are removed from the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Taiwan Hopax Chems. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsung-Tien Kuo, Jen-Rong Liu, Chin-Chung Tsai, Hsieh-Chang Hsieh
  • Patent number: 7087291
    Abstract: This invention relates to the partial printing of a substrate with a plurality of layers to form a partially printed panel. Within each printed portion, at least one layer is applied to the substrate with inexact registration in relation to a second layer. A “control layer” comprising “edge sealing strips” is printed so that, within each printed portion, each edge of the at least two layers with inexact registration is located within the edges of an overlapping edge sealing strip. The edge sealing strips may provide a visual seal or mask at the edges of printed portions, for example to enable the each printed portion to have the desired color rendering within a one-way vision control panel. The invention can comprise the physical sealing of printed portions containing gaseous or liquid fluids or particles in suspension, such as fragrances, medication, environmentally reactive materials or security printing features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Contra Vision Ltd.
    Inventor: Roland G Hill
  • Patent number: 7078082
    Abstract: A tail end of a web is attached to a winding core via a two-component mechanism having a core component attached to the core and a web component attached to the web, the two components being attached to each other in releasable fashion. The mechanism assists startup of winding. Upon completion of unwinding, the web component detaches from the core component to expose a region of adhesive on a part of the web component that extends from the tail end of the web. The tail end thus can be spliced to a leading end of another web by attaching the leading end to the exposed adhesive on the web component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Angela Hurst Adams
  • Patent number: 7060337
    Abstract: An adhesive roller for detritus removal having a tubular cylindrical adhesive roll formed by a plurality of overlapping spiral wound layers. Each layer has a backing substrate and an adhesive coating on an outwardly facing side of the sheet. A cover is removably disposed around and has an inner side in contact with the outermost layer of the adhesive roll. The cover has an adhesive release coating on its inner side to reduce adhesion between the cover and the outermost layer of the adhesive roll and two longitudinally extending edges positioned closely adjacent each other when the cover is disposed around the roll. The cover is formed by overlapping spiral wound strips. Additionally, a longitudinally extending adhesive retainer strip overlies the edges of the cover to detachably secure the covers together. A pull-tab is adhesively attached to one side of the retainer strip which enables the cover to be repeatedly removed from and reattached to the adhesive roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: The Evercare Company
    Inventor: Peter John Williamson
  • Patent number: 7048980
    Abstract: A label is bonded to the inner ply of a two ply barrier film in which an outer ply of the barrier film is removable, leaving the label in place against the inner ply of the barrier film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: WS Packaging Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel R. Fulwiler
  • Patent number: 7029737
    Abstract: A paint mask particularly adapted for masking corner areas of a demarcation zone to facilitate painting of an area of a workpiece disposed on the other side of the demarcation zone is formed of a thin, flexible sheet having opposite faces. The paint mask includes a first leg and a second leg that are generally rectangular in shape, and the legs intersect to form a right angle adapted for masking a corner and adjacent area. The bottom side of the paint mask which contacts the surface to be masked includes an adhesive for adhering the mask to the workpiece. The top side has release means for releasing stacked paint masks from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Henkel Consumer Adhesives, Inc.
    Inventor: John E. Schnoebelen, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7014900
    Abstract: The present invention provides a filament-bearing tape comprising an adhesive substrate that is releasably adhered to a surface to be coated and a filament releasably adhered to an edge of the substrate that is used to trim the applied coating. The invention further provides a method of trimming the coating comprising applying a masking material to the surface to be coated and a filament of material of sufficient tensile strength to cut the coating material, allowing the coating material to dry or cure until it obtains sufficient strength to hold a cut edge and drawing the filament through to form the cut edge. Finally, the present invention provides an apparatus for making a filament bearing tape comprising means for folding an adhesive substrate along a predefined line, applying a filament to the interior of the fold and closing said fold to retain said filament at the edge of the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Inventor: Gary D. Langeman
  • Patent number: 6994254
    Abstract: A print medium is encoded with information bearing indicia. A transparent layer or substrate which receives the printed information during printing has a first surface, a second surface and a leading edge. A strip of tape is applied to the first surface. A machine readable information bearing indicia is applied to at least one surface of the tape strip. The indicia is formed by a pattern of fluorescent material which upon excitation by radiation of a given spectral excitation range emits radiation in a fluorescent spectral range. The tape reflects radiation in the given excitation spectral range and in the fluorescent spectral range. One type of indicia is a bar code pattern, although other types can also be employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Craig S. Huston, Said Zamani-Kord, Bruce E. Mortland, Kenneth J. Knight, Dale R. Davis, Todd Medin, William D. Meyer, Peter C. Morris
  • Patent number: 6991259
    Abstract: The present invention is a business form with an integrated card. The form comprises a base paper layer having top and bottom surfaces and a periphery, a primary film layer having top and bottom surfaces and a periphery, a breakaway layer coated on the top surface within the periphery of the primary film layer, and an adhesive layer wherein the breakaway layer is adhesively secured to the bottom of the secondary film layer, at least one die cut through the top and bottom surfaces within the periphery of the form layer, through the adhesive layer, and through the breakaway layer. The die cut base paper layer, adhesive layer and breakaway layer comprise an information card wherein the breakaway layer has a greater affinity for the adhesive layer than the top surface of the primary film layer such that when the information card is removed from the form, the breakaway layer stays adhered to the bottom surface of the base paper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Strata-Tac, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Schwarzbauer, Charles L. Casgrande
  • Patent number: 6991838
    Abstract: The use of a double sided adhesive tape for sealing and opening cartons or cartonlike packages, at least one of the two films of adhesive of the double sided adhesive tape being present applied in the lengthwise direction of the carrier material in the form of a strip which is present at least partially and which is narrower than the carrier material of the adhesive tape, the bonding of the adhesive tape between the two plies or flaps of the carton or of the cartonlike packages taking place in such a way that the part of the carrier material not covered by the film of adhesive is likewise situated between the two plies or flaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: tesa AG
    Inventors: Michael Schwertfeger, Olaf Görbig
  • Patent number: 6986928
    Abstract: Improved tablecloth and device for fixing the skin of the tablecloth, the tablecloth comprising an independent skirt which can be detachably held to the board of the table by means which enable a variable distribution of the fixing points, and a cover which is placed on the surface of the table board and hanging sideways and hiding the edge of the board as well as the fixing points of the skirt. The device for fixing the skirt comprises a frame which is fixed to the lower part of the table board, and at a predetermined distance from the edge of the board, remaining slightly separated therefrom by discontinuous portions which can be integral with the frame or not. A variable number of C-shaped parts are placed on the frame which embrace it and are held by means of a narrowing section configured by its own branches, thereby enabling the lateral displacement along the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Inventor: Maria José Almansa Perea
  • Patent number: 6974616
    Abstract: A thermoglue binding tape to protect and decorate carpet's edges and borders with a fuse system. An adhesive is disposed at strategic locations on a tape. In one embodiment, the adhesive completely covers one surface of the tape and the tape is bent into a channel shape that adhesively captures the unfinished edge of the carpet. In another embodiment, one strip of adhesive extends along one surface of the tape adjacent one edge thereof, another strip of adhesive extends along the other surface of the tape adjacent the other edge thereof, and the tape is bent into a channel shape that adhesively captures the unfinished edge of the carpet, with a terminating portion of the tape bent under itself. In still another embodiment, one strip of adhesive completely covers one surface of the tape and another strip of adhesive extends along the other surface thereof adjacent one edge thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Inventor: Benigno G. Perez
  • Patent number: 6969691
    Abstract: A doctor blade for removing water from a mating member, such as a grooved elastic belt in the press part of a papermaking machine, comprises a resin-impregnated fibrous laminate, in which at least a part of the warp of a base material in the laminate, which comes into contact with the mating member, is brush-shaped, so that the warp enters the insides of the grooves to remove water therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Ichikawa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Takeuchi, Hirofumi Ishii
  • Patent number: 6967046
    Abstract: An adhesive-based sticker for adhering to a surface and incorporating a pocket between the surface and the sticker for insertion of objects into the pocket and removal therefrom. A sticker substrate is provided with a first section and a flap section with a fold line therebetween. An adhesive is provided on at least a portion of the back surface, and upon folding the flap section at the fold line, the back surface of the flap section is adhered to a portion of the back surface of the first section. When the sticker substrate is applied to a mounting surface, a pocket is formed between the sticker substrate and the mounting surface in registry with at least the portion of the flap section adhered to the first section. The pocket so formed may be bound around the entire perimeter excluding the fold line or may be a through-pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Inventors: Marilyn Bollinger, Howard Bollinger
  • Patent number: 6964805
    Abstract: A tack label difficult to peel from a container in a processing environment with normal temperature water and easy to peel from the container in a processing environment with hot water and a plastic container. The tack label according to this invention includes a label base material, a printing layer formed on one surface of this label base material, and an adhesive layer formed on the surface of the other of a label base material. The adhesive layer comprises an adhesive that is difficult to dissolve under an environment with normal temperature water and easy to dissolve under a processing environment with hot water. The result is a tack label that is difficult to peel from the container in a washing process, but easy to peel in a regenerating process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kuriyama, Shuichi Koshio, Takashi Miya, Masashi Sasaki, Kiyokazu Ikai
  • Patent number: 6962748
    Abstract: A masking tape comprising: a) a heat resistant adhesive tape comprising a flexible sheet backing and a pressure sensitive adhesive composition, b) a masking material, which is laminated in an edge region of the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, said masking material being capable of adhering to paint and absorbing paint, c) a masking sheet, which is laminated onto the very same edge region of the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, d) the masking sheet covering the masking material on a side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Tesa AG
    Inventor: Oliver Nickel
  • Patent number: 6962741
    Abstract: Press-on tool for pressing on a film to adhere to a substrate. The press-on tool comprises a relatively hard and rigid carrier part with a press-on surface with which, during use, the film can be pressed against the substrate. The intermediate layer comprises a relatively soft, resilient cushion layer. Preferably, the cushion layer is non-slidably connected with the press-on surface and/or the carrier part. The invention also relates to a method for pressing on a film to adhere to a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Vinytouch Vinylapplikaties B.V.
    Inventor: Frans Wirtje Bogman
  • Patent number: RE40024
    Abstract: This invention relates to the partial printing of a substrate with a plurality of layers to form a partially printed panel. Within each printed portion, at least one layer is applied to the substrate with inexact registration in relation to a second layer. A “control layer” comprising “edge sealing strips” is printed so that, within each printed portion, each edge of the at least two layers with inexact registration is located within the edges of an overlapping edge sealing strip. The edge sealing strips may provide a visual seal or mask at the edges of printed portions, for example to enable the each printed portion to have the desired color rendering within a one-way vision control panel. The invention can comprise the physical sealing of printed portions containing gaseous or liquid fluids or particles in suspension, such as fragrances, medication, environmentally reactive materials or security printing features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Contra Vision Ltd.
    Inventor: G. Roland Hill