Including Layer Of Mechanically Interengaged Strands, Strand-portions Or Strand-like Strips Patents (Class 428/196)
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Patent number: 7524551Abstract: Certain chemical compositions provide superior repellency, durability, and soil (stain) release properties when applied to a textile or fabric. Compositions may contain a fluorochemical-containing soil release component or a crosslinking component, or both, and also may contain an antimicrobial agent. In some applications, the crosslinking component may be hydrophobic, so as to be generally not compatible with aqueous environments. Compositions having less than about 6 weight percent of a fluorochemical-containing soil release component, based upon the weight of the treating composition, may be employed in some applications.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2007Date of Patent: April 28, 2009Assignee: Milliken & CompanyInventors: Xinggao Fang, Sidney S. Locke, Jr., Paul A. Maclure, Jason G. Chay, Michelle Purdy
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Publication number: 20090100564Abstract: Woven or knitted textile printed support covered over all or part of the printed surface with a scratchable ink, characterized in that the scratchable ink is applied directly on all or part of the printed surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2006Publication date: April 23, 2009Inventors: Pierre-Jean Reydellet, Guillaume Abou, Philippe Alzina
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Publication number: 20090104416Abstract: A decorative fabric for automotive use includes a fabric piece that is attached to a predetermined location of an automobile and a plurality of discrete decorative pieces that are attached to predetermined positions, which forms a desired pattern, on the fabric piece. Each of the decorative pieces comprises a hard outer piece that has a predetermined shape, and a heat-curing adhesive layer that fixes the hard outer piece to the fabric piece. The hard outer piece includes a metal stud and an artificial gem stone.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2007Publication date: April 23, 2009Inventor: Jung Soon Chang
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Publication number: 20090074231Abstract: The invention concerns a secure article, notably a security and/or valuable document (1), comprising: at least one substrate, at least one visible authenticating structure (4; 11; 22; 32; 42; 51), at least one inspection zone (5) defined at least partly by the authenticating structure, the authenticating structure delimiting at least partly the outline of the inspection zone and/or serving to locate the inspection zone, in the inspection zone (5), at least one identifying element (3, 50, 61) different from the authenticating structure, the inspection zone enabling an identification information to be supplied with at least one feature, notably spatial or physical, of said at least identifying element.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2006Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: ARJOWIGGINSInventor: Sandrine Rancien
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Publication number: 20090075019Abstract: An internal lining of several layers having anti-microbial effect is described for an item of equipment suitable for at least temporarily covering body parts; in particular, the layers include at least one layer made from a woven fabric and/or knitted and/or non-woven fabric with an anti-microbial effect wherein the fabric contains a metal, which metal is integrated in a filament, a fiber and/or a spunbonded fiber or spunbonded yarn; and at least one other layer of a semi-permeable membrane made from polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), and/or a polymeric laminate. The method of production of the multiple layered internal lining with an antimicrobial effect is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2005Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: ESKA LederhandschunhfabrikInventor: Paul Loos
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Publication number: 20090075038Abstract: The present invention relates to a printing formulation comprising monodisperse particles and particles, wherein the particles have a largest dimension which is at least 6 times larger than the largest dimension of the monodisperse particles, as well as to the use of these formulations for printing and to substances printed with these formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2008Publication date: March 19, 2009Inventors: Michael Francis Butler, John William Davison, Ramin Djalali, Philip Michael Parkins
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Publication number: 20090068419Abstract: Disclosed herein are nonwoven fabric composites comprising layers of spunbond and meltblown nonwoven webs. Such composites are prepared by forming or assembling the layers of the composite such that there are two outer layers of spunbond fibers disposed on opposite sides of eh at least one inner meltblown layer. At least one of the outer layers comprises substantially parallel lanes of spunbond, continuous filament fibers with at least two different lanes having a higher and a lower basis weight. The higher and lower basis weight lanes of fibers within the spunbond layer(s) are also predominately oriented in the machine direction of the nonwoven fabric composite. All layers of the fabric composites herein are bonded together via thermal, adhesive, ultra-sonic or mechanical bonding means. Such composites can be fashioned to vary the ratio of cross direction stretch to machine direction stretch.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A.R.L.Inventor: PETER W. PASCAVAGE
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Publication number: 20090068420Abstract: Disclosed herein are nonwoven fabric composites comprising layers of spunbond and meltblown nonwoven webs. Such composites are prepared by forming or assembling the layers of the composite such that there is at least one outer layer of spunbond fibers disposed on at least one inner meltblown layer. The at least one outer layer comprises substantially parallel stripes of spunbond, continuous filament fibers with at least two different types of stripes being used. The stripes of fibers within the spunbond layer(s) are also predominately oriented in the machine direction of the nonwoven fabric composite. All layers of the fabric composites herein are bonded together via thermal, adhesive, ultra-sonic or mechanical bonding means. Such composites can be fashioned to vary the ratio of cross direction stretch to machine direction stretch.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A R.L.Inventor: Peter W. Pascavage
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Publication number: 20090068412Abstract: Products and methods directed to multilayer upholstery are disclosed. Such upholsteries can be used as a furniture covering or in other covering applications. In many instances, the multilayer upholstery comprises three layers: a clear, cross-linked urethane layer, a textile layer and a polymeric layer between and coupled to the clear and textile layers. Additionally, the multilayer upholstery can contain a solid color or printed pattern. The printed pattern can be derived from a printed textile surface or a print film disposed as one of the layers. Methods for modifying the layers to yield antimicrobial properties, chemical resistance and adhesive bonding between layers are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2008Publication date: March 12, 2009Applicant: SHAWMUT CorporationInventors: A. Michael Nahmias, Richard Pierce, Marilyn Geller
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Publication number: 20090061172Abstract: Provided is a urethane resin composition for a moisture-permeable waterproof sheet which has excellent moisture permeability, waterproofness, chemical-resistance to insecticide, an organic solvent, etc., and superior durability, a moisture-permeable waterproof sheet, and a method of manufacturing the same. The polyurethane resin composition for a moisture-permeable waterproof sheet includes a hydrophilic polyurethane resin (A), organic polyisocyanate (B) having polyisocyanate (B0) with a functional number of 3 or more, and an organic solvent (C). Further, the hydrophilic polyurethane resin (A) includes high-molecular diol (d) having an oxyethylene group, organic diisocyanate (e), and a chain extender (f), and a content of an oxyethylene group is preferably 10 to 80 mass %. Also, the organic polyisocyanate (B) is at least one selected from the group consisting of aliphatic polyisocyanate and alicyclic polyisocyanate which have an average functional number of from 2.3 to 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2006Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicants: KOMATSU SEIREN CO., LTD., SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yutaka Hayashi, Junsho Kanenori, Yukichi Izumi, Yoshio Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Ogawa
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Publication number: 20090061173Abstract: The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of a fabric with colored stereoscopic patterns which comprises providing a fabric having a man-made fiber layer and a natural fiber layer; analyzing the colors of the desired patterns to be printed through color separation, providing a printing board for each color, and printing the desired colored patterns on the natural fiber layer and printing an etching agent on an area outside the colored patterns on the natural fiber layer via the printing boards; and etching the area on the natural fiber layer that is printed with the etching agent, and then removing the etched area of the natural fiber layer without etching the man-made fiber layer, so as to form the colored stereoscopic patterns woven by the natural fibers on the man-made fiber layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: Formosa Taffeta Co., Ltd.Inventors: I-Hung Liao, Young-Chin Chen, Hsin Yuan Chan
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Publication number: 20090044341Abstract: A method of producing a flame resistant ticking includes laminating a flame resistant substrate to a decorative fabric, wherein the substrate is configured to release a chemical vapor that reduces the rate of propagation of a flame along the decorative fabric when the decorative fabric is exposed to flame. The substrate is laminated in direct contact with the inside surface of the decorative fabric. In some embodiments, the laminated ticking is configured to release less than 15 MJ of heat in the first ten minutes when exposed to a flame in accordance with the testing protocol set forth in 16 CFR 1633. Upholstered articles, such as mattresses, mattress foundations, and articles of furniture, may incorporate the flame resistant ticking layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2008Publication date: February 19, 2009Inventors: Alfred Frank Baldwin, JR., John H. Walton, James Douglas Small, JR., Phil Harris, Walter G. Jones, Ladson Lawrence Fraser, JR.
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Publication number: 20090035537Abstract: A forming fabric for a machine for the production of web material, especially paper or cardboard, comprises a first fabric layer on the web material side and a second machine-side fabric layer, whereby the first fabric layer and the second fabric layer are interconnected with each other by binder threads and whereby the second fabric layer is woven in an irregular satin weave.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Inventors: Petra Hack-Ueberall, Johann Boeck
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Patent number: 7476438Abstract: The invention provides a self-adherent wrap containing a camouflage pattern and/or an active agent, as well as methods of making and using such self-adherent wraps.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2004Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Inventor: Geoffrey H. Gorres
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Publication number: 20080292851Abstract: Implementations of the present invention relate to a molded part, in particular a decorative part and/or a trim part for the passenger compartment of a vehicle, comprising a support of plastic, a decorative layer and a ductile insert of ductile material. According to implementations of the present invention, the ductile material for forming the ductile insert is or comprises a nonmetallic mat, in particular a textile mat or a prepreg mat. Implementations of the present invention also relate to an injection molding process and a compression molding process for producing molded parts, in particular decorative parts and/or trim parts for the passenger compartment of a vehicle, the molded parts comprising a support of plastic, a decorative layer and a ductile insert of ductile material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2008Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: NOVEM CAR INTERIOR DESIGN GMBHInventors: Gerhard Egerer, Roland Schwenk, Christian Vogler
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Patent number: 7452835Abstract: A nonwoven blanket embodying the principles of the present invention includes at least two layers, wherein a first layer comprises a spunlace fabric that exhibits one or more raised regions within the fabric. The blanket of the present invention also includes a second durable and protective layer comprising one or more layers of spunmelt fabrics, typically referred to as spunbond and meltblown fabrics. The two layers are mechanically bonded via one or more methods known in the art so as to form at least one or more insulative air pockets within the blanket.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2006Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: PGI Polymer, Inc.Inventor: Cliff Bridges
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Publication number: 20080268212Abstract: A decorative surface covering includes a fabric; and a layer of molded resin disposed on said fabric, where the resin is molded into decorative features of the covering. A method of forming a decorative surface covering includes molding resin disposed on a fabric to produce decorative features, the resin adhering to the fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2008Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: CUBED CO., LTD.Inventor: Nithiphan Darakananda
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Publication number: 20080233364Abstract: Various embodiments of a dimensionally stable laminates and the method of producing the laminates are provided. In one embodiment, a dimensionally stable laminate structure includes a reinforcement layer having a polymer selected from polyester, phenolic, epoxy and mixtures thereof, and from about 20% to about 80% by weight fiber reinforcement. The multi-layered laminate also includes a surface layer having a substrate layer which includes a polymer selected from polyvinyl chloride, polyester, phenolic, epoxy and mixtures thereof, and from about 20% to about 80% by weight fiber reinforcement. The surface layer also includes a decorative layer comprising a polymer selected from the group: polyvinyl chloride, polyurethane, acrylic and mixtures thereof. An adhesive primer layer is adhered to the reinforcement layer and an adhesive layer is disposed between the surface layer and the adhesive primer layer. The adhesive primer layer is a material composition that is different than the adhesive layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2008Publication date: September 25, 2008Inventors: Brent K. Larson, Matt D. Breen, Terry Pugh
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Publication number: 20080206529Abstract: A nonwoven web having printed thereon a colorant and/or a composition providing a skin health benefit. The nonwoven web can be a three-dimensional, fluid pervious, polymeric web. The nonwoven web can comprise apertures. The apertures are defined in a first surface of the nonwoven web in a first plane of the nonwoven web, and extend in sidewall portions to a second surface in a second plane of the nonwoven web. A colorant or lotion composition can be deposited on at least a portion of the second surface of the nonwoven web.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2007Publication date: August 28, 2008Inventors: Atsushi Ueminami, Christopher Oetjen, Paul Thomas Weisman
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Patent number: 7399519Abstract: Certain chemical compositions provide superior repellency, durability, and soil (stain) release properties when applied to a textile or fabric. Compositions may contain a fluorochemical-containing soil release component or a crosslinking component, or both, and also may contain an antimicrobial agent. In some applications, the crosslinking component may be hydrophobic, so as to be generally not compatible with aqueous environments. Compositions having less than about 6 weight percent of a fluorochemical-containing soil release component, based upon the weight of the treating composition, may be employed in some applications.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2003Date of Patent: July 15, 2008Assignee: Milliken & CompanyInventors: Xinggao Fang, Sidney S. Locke, Jr., Paul A. Maclure, Jason G. Chay, Michelle Purdy
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Publication number: 20080131669Abstract: The transponder with an electronic unit comprising an antenna coil (4) connected to a chip module (5) embedded in a multi-layer laminate support (1) comprises at least one flexible thermoplastic layer (2) disposed on both sides of the electronic unit wherein the multi-layer laminate support further comprises a non-woven foil (3) with a grammage of less than 25 g/m2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Applicant: ASSA ABLOY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventor: Manfred Michalk
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Patent number: 7374808Abstract: Color, pattern, design, and/or the like is applied by means of a jet dye process, or any other secondary or post pattern application process, including but not exclusively, silk screen printing, rotary printing, etc., to a bonded carpet, where the yarn in the carpet is all white (no dye applied) or light colored or where the yarn is pre-dyed with a single or multiple colors or where the yarn is treated chemically. The bonded carpet preferably has a low face weight and flat, short, dense, vertical cut pile.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2001Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Milliken & CompanyInventors: N. David Sellman, Jr., Kyle T. Veatch
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Patent number: 7374639Abstract: A papermaking belt having a reinforcing structure and a pattern layer is disclosed. The reinforcing layer has a first layer of interwoven machine direction yarns and cross-machine direction yarns. The machine direction and cross-machine direction yarns of the first layer are interwoven in a weave. The pattern layer extends outwardly from and into the first layer. The pattern layer provides a web contacting surface facing outwardly from the first layer. The pattern layer further has at least one region having an amorphous pattern of elongate two-dimensional geometrical shapes having a longitudinal axis having an angle relative to either of the machine direction or the cross-machine direction. The amorphous pattern of two-dimensional geometrical shapes has a statically controlled degree of randomness.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2005Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Robert Stanley Ampulski, Osman Polat
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Publication number: 20080035272Abstract: This invention relates to a loop fabric laminate bearing a graphic image and methods for printing such images on the back surface of the backing layer of the laminate. The loop fabric laminate is characterized by the presence of recessed and unrecessed areas in the backing layer, and the presence of ink deposited and retained in place in the recessed and unrecessed areas, with void defects of greater than 0.5 mm in largest dimension being present at a frequency of less than one void defect per square centimeter of printed area.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2006Publication date: February 14, 2008Inventors: Michael W. Mills, Shou-Lu G. Wang
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Patent number: 7329323Abstract: Methods and systems for selectively connecting and disconnecting conductors in a fabric are disclosed. First and second conductors are integrated into a fabric such that the conductors intersect at a crossover point. The conductors are bonded to each other at the crossover point to improve AC and DC characteristics. Disconnect areas may be provided near the crossover point to allow selective disconnection of the conductors from the crossover point.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2004Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: North Carolina State UniversityInventors: Anuj Dhawan, Tushar Kanti Ghosh, John Muth, Abdelfattah Seyam
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Patent number: 7306094Abstract: An absorbent mat includes top and bottom layers of thermoplastic material with absorbent media disposed therebetween. The top and bottom layers are bonded directly together, or to the absorbent media disposed therebetween, in spaced-apart bond sites. One or more perforations are formed as a result of bonding in the top and/or bottom layers in a peripheral portion of each bond. Each perforation is in communication with the absorbent media and provides a pathway through which liquid can pass. The top and bottom layers may be monolithic thermoplastic film with an aperture formed therethrough at each respective bond by stretching the multi-layer absorbent mat. One or more perforations are formed in the peripheral portion of each bond site thereof as a result of stretching. Each perforation is in communication with the absorbent media and provides a pathway through which liquid can pass into the absorbent media.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2005Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Precision Fabrics Group, Inc.Inventors: Alfred Frank Baldwin, Jr., Richard James Bliton, Jessica Zingelmann Brown, Kyra Darnella Dorsey
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Patent number: 7306840Abstract: The invention relates to a flat needle-punched non woven of natural and/or synthetic fibers having a weight per unit area within a range of from 200 to 1600 g/m2, characterized in that one tenth to one hundredth of at least one of the two main surfaces has a surface coating in the form of a pattern.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2002Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: HP-Chemie Pelzer Research & Development Ltd.Inventors: Gabrielle Brade-Scholz, Martin Mangold, Dieter Meiser
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Patent number: 7303805Abstract: This invention relates to a low cost loop material for a hook and loop fastener having at least one sheet of flexible nonwoven material intermittently bonded to inelastic oriented film. The invention further relates to methods for producing these loops.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2003Date of Patent: December 4, 2007Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Jayshree Seth, Dennis L. Becker
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Publication number: 20070269627Abstract: Fibrous structures, more particularly fibrous structures comprising a region of auxiliary bonding and methods for making same are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2007Publication date: November 22, 2007Inventors: Kenneth Douglas Vinson, Alan Howard Ullman, Charles Andrew Nolting
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Patent number: 7297234Abstract: A method of manufacturing and a papermaker's or industrial fabric, which includes the application of a polymeric resin material onto preselected discrete locations on a base substrate in a controlled manner in droplets having an average diameter of 10? (10 microns) to point bond yarns, bond spiral wound strips together or to bond layers of a fabric together.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: Albany International Corp.Inventors: Francis L. Davenport, Charles E. Kramer, Joseph G. O'Connor, Maurice Paquin
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Patent number: 7279074Abstract: The invention refers to a paper machine clothing, in particular a forming wire or dryer felt, having a paper side and a machine side, the paper side being constituted by plastic elements (1, 11, 21, 31), for example in the form of a belt layer, yarns, coils or planar element rods, or the like, the plastic elements being equipped, at least on the surfaces constituting the paper side, with an anti-adhesive coating (5, 6, 14, 15, 24, 25, 34, 35) whose adhesion is less than the adhesion of the material of which the plastic elements (1, 11, 21, 31) are substantially made, which is characterized in that the plastic elements (1, 11, 21, 31) have, at least on the paper side, depressions (3, 4, 12, 13, 22, 23, 32, 33) into which anti-adhesive coating (5, 6, 14, 15, 24, 25, 34, 35) is incorporated.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2004Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Heimbach GmbH & Co.Inventors: Walter Best, Walter Schaaf, Frank Zils
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Patent number: 7265067Abstract: A papermaking belt for dewatering and imprinting a paper web. The belt comprises two laminae joined together in a face to face relationship to form a unitary laminate. The first lamina comprises a foraminous imprinting member which may serve as a reinforcing structure for a patterned framework. The second lamina comprises a secondary base and a batting which is joined to the secondary base to form a dewatering felt. The two lamina are juxtaposed and attached such that batting from the second lamina extends through the foraminous imprinting member of the first lamina providing a hydraulic connection therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 1998Date of Patent: September 4, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Dean Van Phan
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Patent number: 7252870Abstract: Nonwoven materials having a pattern incorporated into the materials are disclosed. The nonwoven materials may be, for instance, tissue webs, meltspun webs such as meltblown webs or spunbond webs, bonded carded webs, hydroentangled webs, and the like. The pattern may be incorporated into the webs using various techniques. For instance, the pattern may be formed into the web by topically applying a bonding material. In an alternative embodiment, the pattern may be formed according to a thermal bonding process. The pattern contains individual cells that include two spaced apart expanded regions separated by a constricted region. By incorporating the pattern into the web, a material is produced having a relatively low Poisson ratio.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2003Date of Patent: August 7, 2007Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Ralph L. Anderson, Eugenio G. Varona, Charles J. Garneski, Maurizio Tirimacco, Douglas W. Stage, Mark Burazin, Kenneth J. Zwick
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Patent number: 7186451Abstract: The invention is directed to a composite sheet suitable for use as artificial leather or a precursor to artificial leather, where both surfaces have a napped or brushed appearance. The composite sheet comprises a low-density, lightly bonded non-woven web that is stitch-bonded and bulked such that the stitch-bonding yarns are not visible to the naked eyes without the need of post-processing steps to hide the yarns. The composite sheet may have binder resin(s) dispersed therein and activated.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2003Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: XYMID, LLCInventors: Dimitri Peter Zafiroglu, Stephen H. Tsiarkezos
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Patent number: 7175902Abstract: The subject invention provides non-woven fabrics having yarns of varying characteristics. In a preferred embodiment the subject invention provides nonwoven fabrics that comprise yarns of different deniers or cross sections. The use of these yarns gives the nonwoven fabric a unique appearance and advantageous properties. The subject invention further pertains to the processes used to produce these fabrics.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2002Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: Cerex Advanced Fabrics, Inc.Inventors: Albert E. Ortega, R. Wayne Thomley, Jan Mackey, Charles F. Shafer
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Patent number: 7169265Abstract: A method for manufacturing resin-impregnated endless belt structures and belt structures designed for use on a long nip press on a papermaking machine and for other papermaking and paper processing applications, requires the application of a sacrificial material onto a base substrate in a predetermined pattern in droplets having an average diameter of 10? (10 microns) or more. Polymeric resin material is then deposited on the base substrate to cover all areas except those on which the sacrificial material has been previously applied. The polymeric resin material is then set by means appropriate to its composition, and the sacrificial material removed. Optionally, the polymeric resin material may then be abraded to provide the belt with a uniform thickness, and a smooth, macroscopically monoplanar surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2002Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Albany International Corp.Inventors: Charles E. Kramer, Joseph G. O'Connor, Maurice Paquin
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Patent number: 7166196Abstract: A method for manufacturing resin-impregnated endless belt structure and belt structure, designed for use on a long nip press on a papermaking machine and for other papermaking and paperprocessing applications, requires the application of a polymeric resin material onto a base substrate in a precise predetermined pattern in droplets having an average diameter of 10? (10 microns) or more. The polymeric resin material is then set by means appropriate to its composition, and, optionally, may be abraded to provide the belt with a uniform thickness, and a smooth, macroscopically monoplanar surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2002Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignee: Albany International Corp.Inventors: Charles E. Kramer, Joseph G. O'Connor, Maurice Paquin, John Skelton
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Patent number: 7135424Abstract: The invention relates to a coated article having enhanced reversible thermal properties. The coated article comprises a substrate having a surface and a coating covering a portion of the surface and comprising a polymeric material and a temperature regulating material dispersed in the polymeric material. The coating is formed with a plurality of regions of discontinuity that are separated from one another and expose a remaining portion of the surface to provide improved flexibility, softness, air permeability, or water vapor transport properties. The coated article may be used in apparel, footwear, medical products, containers and packagings, building materials, appliances, and other products.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2003Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Outlast Technologies, Inc.Inventors: James Brice Worley, Mark Henry Hartmann, Alan John Lekan, Monte Christopher Magill, Michael Alan Henshaw, Robert John Pushaw
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Patent number: 7128809Abstract: A web-making fabric for producing a high caliper fibrous web and the fibrous web produced thereby. The web-making fabric comprises a reinforcing structure and a framework joined to the reinforcing structure. The framework defines a plurality of deflection conduits, at least one deflection conduit is a negatively radiused deflection conduit, and at least one deflection conduit is a positively radiused deflection conduit. The positively radiused deflection conduits are sized, shaped, and arranged to maximize fiber deflection along the periphery of the conduits. The web comprises three regions, a first region a second region and a third region. The first region is immediately adjacent to at least one of the second region and the third region. The second region comprises a plurality of negatively radiused domes. The third region comprises a plurality of positively radiused domes.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2002Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Kenneth Douglas Vinson, John Allen Manifold, Jonathan Andrew Ficke, Yanping Zhang
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Patent number: 7115680Abstract: A hydrophilized porous film which can be obtained through hydrophilizing by a simple method without impairing rejection performance and permeation performance and easily retains the properties of a film material, and to provide a process for producing the same. The hydrophilized porous film comprises a hydrophobic polymer and dispersed therein an organized clay which has been organized with a hydrophilic compound, and is obtained by a process including a step of dispersing a clay organized with a hydrophilic compound in a solution of a hydrophobic polymer and a step of subjecting this solution to phase separation to obtain the hydrophilized porous film.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2004Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Hiroki Fujioka, Hirotoshi Ishizuka, Takatoshi Sasaki
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Patent number: 7037569Abstract: A laminate web comprising a first web, a second web joined to the first web at a plurality of discrete bond sites; and a third material disposed between at least a portion of the first and second nonwovens. The third material is apertured in regions adjacent the bond sites, such that the first and second nonwoven webs are joined through the apertures. In one embodiment an apertured laminate web is disclosed, having a first extensible web having a first elongation to break, and a second extensible web joined to the first extensible web at a plurality of bond sites, the second extensible web having elongation to break. A third web material is disposed between the first and second nonwovens, the third web material having a third elongation to break which is less than both of the first or second elongations to break.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2000Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John J. Curro, Douglas H. Benson, John B. Strube
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Patent number: 7022208Abstract: A method of manufacturing and a papermaker's or industrial fabric, which includes the application of a polymeric resin material onto preselected discrete locations on a base substrate in a controlled manner in droplets having an average diameter of 10? (10 microns) to point bond yarns, bond spiral wound strips together or to bond layers of a fabric together.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2002Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: Albany International Corp.Inventors: Francis L. Davenport, Charles E. Kramer, Joseph G. O'Connor, Maurice Paquin
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Patent number: 7008513Abstract: The present invention is a method for making a roll cover and a roll cover, wherein at least one material is applied to the surface of the roll or a base substrate. In a first embodiment, a single material is applied as a flowable phase. A uniform coating of the material is applied to the roll, and upon setting of the material, such as by cooling, curing, or other means, a smooth and permanent roll cover is formed upon the surface of the roll. In another embodiment, at least two materials are applied in flowable phases to the surface of the roll. The first material may be a sacrificial, removable first material, applied to the surface of the roll cover in a preselected pattern. After the sacrificial material has been applied, a second material, such as a functional resin, is applied to the surface of the roll cover with the sacrificial material removed after the second material has set. In another embodiment, the use of sacrificial material is avoided and the material is applied in a predetermined pattern.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2002Date of Patent: March 7, 2006Assignee: Albany International Corp.Inventors: Francis L. Davenport, Maurice Paquin
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Patent number: 7005043Abstract: A method of manufacturing and a papermaker's or industrial fabric, such as a dryer fabric for the dryer section of a paper machine, includes the application of a polymeric resin material onto preselected locations on the backside of a base substrate using a piezojet array which deposits the polymeric resin material in droplets having an average diameter of 10? (10 microns) or more to build up discrete, discontinuous deposits of the polymeric resin material having a height of about 0.5 mm at the preselected locations. The preselected locations may be the knuckles formed by the interweaving of the yarns making up the fabric. The purpose of the deposits is to separate the backside of the dryer fabric from a surface, such as that of a dryer cylinder or turning roll, to enable air trapped between the dryer fabric and the surface to escape in lengthwise and crosswise directions parallel to the surface, instead of being forced through the fabric, possibly causing “drop off”.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2002Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: Albany International Corp.Inventors: Mary M. Toney, Maurice Paquin
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Patent number: 6995100Abstract: A composite sheet that comprises an elastically stretchable layer and an inelastically stretchable layer formed with inelastically stretchable continuous fibers bonded to at least one surface of the elastically stretchable layer intermittently in one direction. The continuous fibers are oriented substantially in one direction thereof so that the composite sheet may present a ratio S1/S2 of 3.0 or higher where S1 represents a tensile strength in this one direction and S2 represents a tensile strength in the direction orthogonal to this one direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2001Date of Patent: February 7, 2006Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Satoru Tange, Hiroyuki Ohata
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Patent number: 6986935Abstract: A fusible interlining includes a textile interlining web coated with a plurality of double-layered adhesive dots on a first side of the textile interlining web. Each of the plurality of double-layered adhesive dots includes a bottom dot facing the interlining web and an upper dot disposed above the bottom dot. Each bottom dot includes a binder paste containing 50 to 95 percent by weight of an acrylate binder dispersion having a glass transition temperature Tg<room temperature and 5 to 50 percent by weight of a substance that is one of an epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent weight of 500 to 4000 mVal/kg and a copolymer of acrylates and monomers with at least one glycidyl side group. Each bottom dot may further include 0 to 20 percent by weight of a hardener. Each upper dot includes at least one of a copolyamide, a copolyester, a thermoplastic polyurethane and a polyolefin. A ratio of a mass of the bottom dot to a mass of the upper dot is from 1:0.5 to 1:5.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2003Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KGInventors: Michael Kalbe, Peter Grynaeus, Steffen Kremser
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Patent number: 6972151Abstract: A device for forming erasable images on a reusable medium, comprising: an erasing portion; and a writing portion; wherein the erasing portion comprises a separator for separating at least two layers of the reusable medium; and wherein the writing portion comprises automatic machine-driven pressure applicators for applying pressure but no ink to the reusable medium, thereby forming an image on the reusable medium.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2003Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Barry Bronson
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Patent number: 6966436Abstract: An absorbent mat includes top and bottom layers of thermoplastic material with absorbent media disposed therebetween. The top and bottom layers are bonded directly together, or to the absorbent media disposed therebetween, in spaced-apart bond sites. One or more perforations are formed as a result of bonding in the top and/or bottom layers in a peripheral portion of each bond. Each perforation is in communication with the absorbent media and provides a pathway through which liquid can pass. The top and bottom layers may be monolithic thermoplastic film with an aperture formed therethrough at each respective bond by stretching the multi-layer absorbent mat. One or more perforations are formed in the peripheral portion of each bond site thereof as a result of stretching. Each perforation is in communication with the absorbent media and provides a pathway through which liquid can pass into the absorbent media.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2003Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignee: Precision Fabrics Group, Inc.Inventors: Alfred Frank Baldwin, Jr., Richard James Bliton, Jessica Zingelmann Brown, Kyra Darnella Dorsey
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Patent number: 6908664Abstract: An improved process for making stitchbonded fabric in which a feed material that has a visible pattern on it is surface is multi-needle stitched with a contractible yarn and then the stitched material is contracted to form an attractive, novel surface pattern that is quite different from the original pattern on the feed material.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2002Date of Patent: June 21, 2005Assignee: Xymid, L.L.C.Inventor: Stephen Horace Tsiarkezos
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Patent number: 6887914Abstract: The present invention relates to a material, method, and application for reinforcement of structural members, especially joints such as a hem flange joint of an automobile. The method and material of the present invention comprises of combining, in parts by weight: less than about twenty percent (<20%) ethylene copolymer, less than about forty percent (<40%) epoxy, less than about thirty percent (<45%) epoxy-based resin, less than about two percent (<2%) blowing agent and from about one percent (1%) to about five percent (5%) curing agent (and optionally add any of the following components: less than about two percent (<2%) curing agent accelerator, from about twenty-five percent (25%) to fifty-five percent (55%) filler, and less than about one percent (<1%) of coloring agent).Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2002Date of Patent: May 3, 2005Assignee: L&L Products, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Czaplicki, David J. Kosal, Jeanne Antrim