Cellulosic (e.g., Wood, Paper, Cork, Rayon, Etc.) Patents (Class 428/326)
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Patent number: 8557881Abstract: The invention relates to a wood composite material and to a method for making it. In accordance with the invention, the wood composite material is formed of adhesive laminate waste comprising adhesive material, glue and release material and having been arranged into chaff, the chaff being arranged into the wood composite material.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2007Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: UPM-Kymmene OyjInventors: Liisa Lehtinen, Markku Koivisto, Jari Nisula
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Patent number: 8545976Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a Geometric Mean Modulus (GM Modulus) of less than 1402.4 g/cm at 15 g/cm as measured according to the Modulus Test Method described herein and a Geometric Mean Elongation (GM Elongation or GM Elong) of less than 10.2% measured according to the Elongation Test Method described herein are provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2012Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Allen Manifold, Joshua Thomas Fung, Jeremy Howard Nugent, Ashley Lynn Kuntz, Katie Kristine Fleming Glass, Kathryn Christian Kien, Kevin Mitchell
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Patent number: 8507083Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a Geometric Mean Elongation of greater than 15.8% as measured according to the Elongation Test Method are provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2011Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Allen Manifold, Charles Chidozie Ekenga, Douglas Jay Barkey, Kathleen Diane Sands, Thorsten Knobloch
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Patent number: 8491995Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a cross machine direction total energy absorption (CDTEA) of greater than 8 cm-g/cm2 as measured according to the TEA Test Method.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2011Date of Patent: July 23, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Allen Manifold, Charles Chidozie Ekenga, Douglas Jay Barkey, Kathleen Diane Sands, Thorsten Knobloch
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Patent number: 8474208Abstract: A vinyl floor panel for a flooring system prepared from a blend of a polymer and cork granules. The floor panel includes top and bottom surfaces with a first layer between both surfaces. A printed pattern is located on the top surface. The first layer is prepared from a blend of a polymer polyvinyl chloride and cork granules, where the cork granules are evenly distributed with the polyvinyl chloride throughout the length, width, and thickness of the first layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2010Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Novalis Holdings LimitedInventor: Carl Ruland
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Patent number: 8460786Abstract: Embossed fibrous structures that exhibit a Dry Burst of greater than 270 g as measured according to the Dry Burst Test Method and more particularly to embossed fibrous structures that exhibit a Dry Burst of greater than 270 g as measured according to the Dry Burst Test Method and a Total Dry Tensile of less than 2375 g/76.2 mm and/or a Geometric Mean Total Dry Tensile of less than 1130 g/76.2 mm as measured according to the Tensile Strength Test Method are provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2010Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Allen Manifold, Charles Chidozie Ekenga, Douglas Jay Barkey, Kathleen Diane Sands, Thorsten Knobloch
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Patent number: 8449976Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a Geometric Mean Flexural Rigidity (GM Flexural Rigidity or GMFlex) as measured according to the Flexural Rigidity Test Method described herein to Dry Burst (DB) as measured according to the Dry Burst Test Method described herein ratio (GMFlex/DB ratio) of less than 0.26 and a Density of less than 0.10 g/cm3 as measured according to the Test Methods described herein are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Allen Manifold, Joshua Thomas Fung, Jeremy Howard Nugent, Ashley Lynn Kuntz, Katie Kristine Glass, Kathryn Christian Kien, Kevin Mitchell Wiwi
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Publication number: 20130071648Abstract: A three layer tag material constructed of a top layer of polymer bonded to the emulsion side of a micro-encapsulated carbonless paper which in turn is bonded to the uncoated side of a coated one side paper to form a composite construction the individual layers of which are not thereafter generally separable from one another. The resulting composite construction is a laminated two-sided printable tag material with both sides being printable by traditional printing methods, or which can be subjected to either metal stamping or embossing applied to either surface of the tag to furnish print material upon said tag. The total tag caliper is reliant on the sum of the calipers of the three different layers that can be customized for specific applications by varying the calipers of one or more of the different components. An additional layer of clear laminate may be adhered to the coated side of the coated one side paper, on the bottom, for additional print protection.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2012Publication date: March 21, 2013Inventor: Robert E. Williams, JR.
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Patent number: 8383235Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a Dry Burst of greater than 100 g and a Cross-Machine Direction Flexural Rigidity (CD Flexural Rigidity) of greater than 56 mg*cm2/cm as measured according to the Flexural Rigidity Test Method and/or a Total Dry Tensile (TT or TDT) of less than 3000 g/76.2 mm as measured according to the Tensile Strength Test Method and/or a Geometric Mean Tensile (GM Tensile or GMT) of less than 750 g/76.2 mm as measured according to the Tensile Strength Test Method and/or a Machine Direction Modulus (MD Modulus) of less than 900 g/cm as measured according to the Modulus Test Method are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Allen Manifold, Joshua Thomas Fung, Jeremy Howard Nugent, Ashley Lynn Kuntz, Katie Kristine Glass, Kathryn Christian Kien, Kevin Mitchell Wiwi
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Patent number: 8367195Abstract: A method of making a structural component (and such a structural component) comprising mixing together wood pulp, water, bentonite clay, and calcium chloride and forming the mixture into the structural component.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2009Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Inventor: Frank Santoro
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Patent number: 8361596Abstract: The present invention relates to a sheet having a rough surface feel on at least one of its sides, said sheet being coated on one or both sides with a layer comprising incompressible particles that are not flat and not very angular. It also relates to the process for manufacturing said sheet and to its use as a paper or plastic printing medium, a paper or plastic package, a cover intended for bookbinding, or a board or plastic box.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2002Date of Patent: January 29, 2013Assignee: Arjo Wiggins RivesInventor: Thierry Mayade
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Patent number: 8334050Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a Geometric Mean Modulus (GM Modulus) of less than 1070 g/cm as measured according to the Modulus Test Method described herein and a Geometric Mean Elongation (GM Elongation or GM Elong) of less than 15% measured according to the Elongation Test Method described herein are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Allen Manifold, Joshua Thomas Fung, Jeremy Howard Nugent, Ashley Lynn Kuntz, Katie Kristine Glass, Kathryn Christian Kien, Kevin Mitchell Wiwi
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Patent number: 8334049Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a Tensile Ratio of greater than 0.5 as measured according to the Tensile Strength Test Method described herein and a Geometric Mean Flexural Rigidity (GM Flexural Rigidity or GM Flex) of less than 195 mg*cm2/cm as measured according to the Flexural Rigidity Test Method described herein and/or a Geometric Mean Modulus (GM Modulus) of less than 935 g/cm and/or a Machine Direction Modulus (MD Modulus) of less than 845 g/cm, are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Allen Manifold, Joshua Thomas Fung, Jeremy Howard Nugent, Ashley Lynn Kuntz, Katie Kristine Glass, Kathryn Christian Kien, Kevin Mitchell Wiwi
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Patent number: 8334038Abstract: A release liner is provided according to the present invention. The release liner includes a clay coated paper substrate having a first surface and a second surface, a silicone coating provided on one of the first surface or the second surface of the clay coated paper substrate, and a friction coating provided on the other of the first surface of the second surface of the clay coated paper substrate. The clay coated paper substrate includes a paper base sheet having a first side, a second side, and a basis weight of about 50 lb/3,000 ft2 to about 100 lb/3,000 ft2, and a clay coating on each of the paper base sheet first side and second side at a weight of about 0.75 lb/3,000 ft2 to about 10 lb/3,000 ft2 per side. Laminates including a release liner and an adhesive backed article are described, and additionally described are methods for manufacturing and using.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2008Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Wausau Paper Mills, LLCInventors: John C. Wozniak, Dana R. Morton, John Engel
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Patent number: 8304069Abstract: The present invention relates to light wood-base materials comprising from 30 to 92.5% by weight, based on the wood-base material, of wood particles, the wood particles having a mean density of from 0.4 to 0.85 g/cm3, from 2.5 to 20% by weight, based on the wood-base material, of polystyrene and/or of styrene copolymer as a filler, the filler having a bulk density of from 10 to 100 kg/m3, and from 5 to 50% by weight, based on the wood-base material, of a binder, the mean density of the light wood-base material being less than or equal to 600 kg/m3.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2007Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Lionel Gehringer, Stephan Weinkötz, Günter Scherr, Frank Braun, Maxim Peretolchin
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Patent number: 8298646Abstract: A composite article includes a matrix having first and second opposing surfaces defining a transverse dimension and a filler material embedded in the matrix. The filler material presents a density gradient in the transverse dimension wherein a minimum filler density is at the first surface. In one embodiment, the composite article is a non-laminated article defining first and second regions wherein the first region encompasses the first surface. The first region has a filler-to-matrix ratio that varies along the transverse dimension, the filler-to-matrix ratio being at a minimum at the first surface. The first region can include one or more additives. A method for forming a composite article includes injecting first and second compositions into a die head at different points so as to produce a partially mixed composition that is discharged from the die head. The second composition contains less filler material than the first composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2005Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Integrity Composites LLCInventor: Martin Grohman
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Publication number: 20120251817Abstract: Fire-resistant OSB (oriented strand board) material consisting of a middle layer and two outer layers, wherein the layers primarily consist of bonded wood flakes. There are one or more fire-retardant agents in the middle layer and one or both outer layers, and the nature and/or the concentrations of them in the middle layer are different from the nature and/or the concentrations of them in one or both outer layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2012Publication date: October 4, 2012Inventors: Helmut WIEHN, Pieter DAESELEIRE, Herman MEYNAERTS
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Publication number: 20120251818Abstract: The present invention relates to a paper or paperboard substrate having barrier properties which substrate comprises a first fiber based layer, a second layer comprising microfibrillated cellulose and a third layer comprising a polymer. The invention further relates to a process for the production of said substrate and a package formed of said substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2010Publication date: October 4, 2012Applicant: STORA ENSO OYJInventors: Lars Axrup, Isto Heiskanen, Kaj Backfolk
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Publication number: 20120231256Abstract: Disclosed is a chip through flooring material using a PLA resin, which is environmentally friendly by using the PLA resin and can realize the texture of natural wood and the unique fragrance of trees. According to the present invention, the chip through flooring material using the PLA resin includes: a chip through layer; and a surface treatment layer which is formed on a surface of the chip through layer, wherein the chip through layer includes the PLA resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2011Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: LG HAUSYS, LTD.Inventors: Cheng-Zhe Huang, Ji-Young Kim, Ki-Bong Park, Chang-Won Kang, Jun-Hyuk Kwon, Hyun-Jong Kwon, Sang-Sun Park, Jang-Ki Kim, Gyeong-Min Lee
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Patent number: 8252427Abstract: The invention comprises an aqueous phenol-formaldehyde resole resin liquid fortified with powdered (e.g., spray dried) phenol-formaldehyde resole resin, preparing wood composites, particularly oriented strand board (OSB), waferboard, particleboard, medium density fiber board, and hardboard, using the solids-fortified liquid resin, and related wood composites bonded with the solids-fortified resin.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2011Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: Robert A. Breyer, James H. Knight, Daniel C. Yeager, Herbert J. Kennedy, Harmon E. Brehmer, Jr.
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Patent number: 8231763Abstract: The invention relates to a wood composition containing olefin and raw wood materials, the use of said olefins for rendering raw wood materials water repellent, and a method for producing wood materials therefrom. The raw wood materials contain or are made of lignocellulose and are provided in the form of fibers, strands, or chips.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2009Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Inventors: Thomas Buchholz, Gernot Meyer, Marc Prüsmann
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Patent number: 8221874Abstract: A durable composite sheet is provided, with a method of manufacturing the composite sheet. The method includes using a crack-resistant reinforcement panel between a gel coat and a reinforcement panel, which may be of lauan or of other materials. At least one outer coat of material is applied onto a mold surface. A barrier layer may be formed on the outer coat, preferably by spraying. At least one coat of a resin material, containing a curable resin and optionally a filler, and a fibrous reinforcement material are applied over the outer coat (over the barrier layer if present) to form a reinforcement layer. The reinforcement panel is applied to the crack-resistant reinforcement layer, and is bonded thereto.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2009Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Crane Composites Inc.Inventors: Wenping Zhao, Robert Barney, Todd B. Irick
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Patent number: 8198209Abstract: A water absorbing agent of the present invention has an internal crosslinking structure obtained by polymerization of a water-soluble unsaturated monomer. The agent satisfies conditions (a) to (d): (a) the agent contains water-insoluble inorganic particles at an amount of from 10 ppm to 1,900 ppm inclusive; (b) the agent contains 5 mass % or less particles which have such a size that they can pass through a sieve having a mesh opening size of 150 ?m; (c) the agent has an absorbency against a pressure of 4.83 kPa (AAP) of 18 g/g or more; and (d) the water-insoluble inorganic particles reside on a surface of the water absorbing resin or near the surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2007Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazushi Torii, Hirofumi Shibata, Kazuki Kimura, Yasuhisa Nakashima, Motohiro Imura, Hiroko Ueda, Katsuyuki Wada
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Patent number: 8192836Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a Dry Burst of greater than 360 g as measured according to the Dry Burst Test Method and optionally, a Total Dry Tensile of less than 2450 g/76.2 mm and/or a Machine Direction (MD) Dry Tensile of less than 1520 g/76.2 mm and/or a Geometric Mean (GM) Total Dry Tensile of less than 1180 g/76.2 mm as measured according to the Tensile Strength Test Method are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Allen Manifold, Charles Chidozie Ekenga, Douglas Jay Barkey, Kathleen Diane Sands, Thorsten Knobloch
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Patent number: 8187709Abstract: A light wood-containing material having an average density in the range from 200 to 600 kg/m3, comprising, based in each case on the wood-containing material: A) from 30 to 95% by weight of wood particles; B) from 1 to 15% by weight of a filler having a bulk density in the range from 10 to 100 kg/m3, selected from the group consisting of foamable plastic particles and already foamed plastic particles; C) from 3 to 50% by weight of a binder comprising an aminoplast resin and an organic isocyanate having at least two isocyanate groups and, if appropriate, D) additives.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Stephan Weinkötz, Michael Finkenauer, Michael Schmidt, Maxim Peretolchin
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Patent number: 8178196Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a Geometric Mean Elongation of greater than 15.8% as measured according to the Elongation Test Method are provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2011Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Allen Manifold, Charles Chidozie Ekenga, Douglas Jay Barkey, Kathleen Diane Sands, Thorsten Knobloch, Robert Lenord Powers, Christopher Gerald Donner
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Patent number: 8147947Abstract: A man-made, molded article is provided. The article includes a profile including a planar wall, and an adjacent integral molded depression having a contoured wall extending downwardly from the planar wall. The contoured wall includes a bead portion, a cove portion, and a ledge between the bead and cove portions. The articles are stackable, one above another for transport, in a nestable relationship in which multiple contact zones are present between the contoured walls of an adjacently stacked pair of the molded articles. The contact zones include an arcuately extending contact interface zone between the bead exterior and interior surfaces. The depression has a substantially uniform thickness varying by no more than about +1 percent to about ?11 percent in relation to a thickness of the planar wall. Related methods and assemblies are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2011Date of Patent: April 3, 2012Assignee: Masonite CorporationInventor: Steven K Lynch
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Publication number: 20110305897Abstract: A wood chip drying system for drying wood chip includes a furnace, a drier for the wood chip and a recirculation apparatus for the recirculation of exhaust vapors into their drier. The recirculation apparatus has an exhaust vapor heater, and the wood chip drying system is designated to reduce organic compounds present in the exhaust vapor prior to the recirculation into the drier. The exhaust vapor heater includes a regenerative and/or catalytic heat exchanger which is arranged downstream after the drier and which is designated so as to heat up the exhaust vapor to a temperature which is high enough to oxidize at least a majority of particles present in the exhaust vapor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2010Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: KRONOTEC AGInventors: Joachim Hasch, Matthias Iredi
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Patent number: 8075990Abstract: The present invention relates to a building material consisting of a moulded product of a base material, which moulded product is provided with at least one cavity, which cavity is filled with a filler in the form of loose particles, which loose particles have been bonded together by means of a binding agent, wherein the binding agent is present on the loose filler particles in the form of droplets. The present invention furthermore relates to a method for manufacturing such a building material In addition to that the present invention relates to a use of the present building material.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2007Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Modina B.V.Inventor: Raoul Guilielmus Boudewijn Marie Prick
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Patent number: 8071209Abstract: Wax is a key ingredient in engineered wood composites, such as oriented strand board (OSB) and oriented strand lumber (OSL), to prevent and reduce swelling caused by water uptake. Wax, normally a byproduct of oil refining and lube production, is now considered a precious feedstock for producing higher margin product such as fuel or diesel. Disclosed herein are suitable alternative waxes to petroleum wax for use as sizing agents in producing engineered wood composites.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2010Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Huber Engineered Woods LLCInventors: Jean-Pascal Theberge, Winford Terry Liles
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Patent number: 8057891Abstract: A thermo-reversible dry adhesive, having shape memory polymer characteristics, introduces one or more particles of micro- or nano-particles to at least one layer of the at least one layer of shape memory polymer. These particles may be remotely activated to induct heat sufficient to transform the dry adhesive material from its temporary shape to its permanent shape in the absence of load, which allows the dry adhesive to be reversibly coupled to one or more substrates, wherein the degree of adhesion is greater when the dry adhesive is in the temporary shape than in the permanent shape.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2009Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Yang T. Cheng, Tao Xie, Xingcheng Xiao, John C. Ulicny, Hamid G. Kia
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Patent number: 8058193Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention is a thin-layer lignocellulose composite having increased resistance to moisture. The thin-layer lignocellulosic composite includes a mixture of no more than about 95% by weight of a lignocellulosic fiber and at least about 5% by weight of an organic isocyanate resin. The mixture further includes short fibers and a release agent that does not interfere with subsequent processing of the thin-layer lignocellulosic composite. The mixture is pressed between two dies at an elevated temperature and pressure and for a sufficient time to form a thin-layer composite of predetermined thickness, and to allow the isocyanate resin to interact with the lignocellulosic fiber and short fibers such that the resultant thin-layer composite has a predetermined resistance to moisture.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2008Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: JELD-WEN, inc.Inventors: Randy Jon Clark, Kenneth Dale Kiest
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Patent number: 8048517Abstract: Compositions, methods, apparatuses, kits, and combinations are described for permanently or temporarily re-designing, decorating, and/or re-coloring a surface. The compositions useful in the present disclosure include a décor product that is formulated to be applied and affixed to a surface. If desired, the décor product may be substantially removed from the surface before being affixed thereto. If a user desires to remove the décor product, the décor product is formulated to be removed by a number of methods including, for example, vacuuming, wet extraction, chemical application, and the like. If the user desires to affix the décor product to the surface in a permanent or semi-permanent manner, the décor product may be affixed to the surface by applying energy thereto in the form of, for example, heat, pressure, emitted waves, an emitted electrical field, a magnetic field, and/or a chemical.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2010Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: James F. Kimball, Ketan N. Shah, Eric J. Minor, Marcia L. Santaga
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Patent number: 8048533Abstract: A paper seal comprising a stretched thermoplastic resin film that comprises (a) a surface layer, (b) a substrate layer, and (c) a water-based adhesive-receiving layer having a water absorption level of from 2 to 25 ml/m2, wherein the stretched thermoplastic resin film has a porosity of from 20 to 50% and a 120°-opening time by bending repulsion of from 20 to 70 seconds. The paper seal can be stuck in a flat state without being curled by the environmental influence during labeling or by the influence of seasonal variation, and can be peeled off completely.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2007Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Yupo CorporationInventors: Kazuyuki Kimura, Hiromitsu Tamauchi, Ryouichi Uchino
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Patent number: 8039110Abstract: A composite material, useful in producing wood-based materials, comprises (a) at least one cellulose- or lignocellulose-containing material and (b) at least one aminoalkylsilane, or at least one cocondensate of the at least one aminoalkylsilane and at least one further functional silane, or an aqueous solution which contains the at least one aminoalkylsilane or the at least one cocondensate of the at least one aminoalkylsilane and the at least one further functional silane.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2006Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Peter Jenkner, Burkhard Standke, Jaroslaw Monkiewicz, Roland Edelmann, Alireza Kharazipour, Lars Kloeser
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Patent number: 8034446Abstract: A composite solid surface article includes a surface layer with at least one first polymeric resin and a filler, and a backing layer on the surface layer with at least one second polymeric resin and wood particles.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2007Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Cheil Industries, Inc.Inventors: Jae Wook Juen, Eung Seo Park, Do Choon Rha
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Patent number: 8025966Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a Geometric Mean Elongation of greater than 15.8% as measured according to the Elongation Test Method are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2008Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Allen Manifold, Charles Chidozie Ekenga, Douglas Jay Barkey, Kathleen Diane Sands, Thorsten Knobloch, Robert Lenord Powers, Christopher Gerald Donner
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Publication number: 20110210164Abstract: A packaging material including a paper-based substrate having a first surface and a second surface and a thermal-insulating composition on the first surface of the substrate, wherein the thermal-insulating composition includes, based on the total weight of the composition, filler in an amount of 20% to 70% by weight, organic binder in an amount of 15% to 70% by weight, and plasticizer in an amount of 0.5% to 10% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2011Publication date: September 1, 2011Inventors: Vladislav Babinsky, Sven Samuel Arenander, Dobridge Celeste Newman, Bruce W. Babcock, David H. Hawes
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Publication number: 20110212293Abstract: Disclosed is an eco-friendly incombustible biocomposite including: a) a polymer matrix comprising a natural fiber; and b) a ceramic sheet laminated integrally with the polymer matrix. The biocomposite is eco-friendly since the natural fiber is used as a reinforcement material and is incombustible since it is laminated integrally with the ceramic sheet. Further, it has superior storage modulus, dimensional stability and flexural properties and lightweightness, and is processable into various structures. Thus, it is very useful for automotive or building indoor/outdoor materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2010Publication date: September 1, 2011Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCHInventors: Seong Ok HAN, Youn Jong YOU, Nam Jo JEONG, Hee Yeon KIM
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Patent number: 8003202Abstract: A semiaromatic polyamide composite article comprising a first component comprising a fiber-reinforced material comprising a polyamide composition and reinforcing fibers and having a tensile modulus of at least about 16 GPa as measured by ISO method 527-2:1993 at a rate of 5 mm/min on test specimens having a thickness of 4 mm, a second component comprising a polyamide composition, and an optional tie layer therebetween. The polyamide composition of first component and/or the second component is a semiaromatic polyamide compositions. The second component is prepared by injection molding and/or injection-compression molding the semiaromatic polyamide composition onto the first component.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2007Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Andri E. Elia, Andreas Renken, David V. Mesaros
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Patent number: 7993741Abstract: Methods and apparatus for useful for protecting a substrate bearing a coating are provided. A separator in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises a film carrying a plurality of particles Each particle preferably has a covered area adhered to the film and an exposed area that is larger than the covered area.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2002Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Cardinal CG CompanyInventors: Klaus Hartig, Leah M. Miller, Gary L. Pfaff
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Publication number: 20110189473Abstract: A lignocellulosic product comprises a plurality of lignocellulosic pieces, and an isocyanate component and a processing aid disposed on the pieces. The processing aid is reactive with the isocyanate component, comprises a graft polyol having a continuous and discontinuous phase, and can be used to form a lignocellulosic composite article. The processing aid is useful for imparting the composite article with moisture resistance, swelling resistance, and toughness, as well as providing cold-tack during manufacture of the composite article from the product. The continuous phase comprises an isocyanate-reactive component. The discontinuous phase comprises polymeric particles. The isocyanate component and the processing aid are present in the product a combined amount of from about (1) to about (25) parts by weight based on (100) parts by weight of the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2009Publication date: August 4, 2011Inventor: Donald Charles Mente
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Patent number: 7989058Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a Dry Burst of greater than 360 g as measured according to the Dry Burst Test Method and optionally, a Total Dry Tensile of less than 2450 g/76.2 mm and/or a Machine Direction (MD) Dry Tensile of less than 1520 g/76.2 mm and/or a Geometric Mean (GM) Total Dry Tensile of less than 1180 g/76.2 mm as measured according to the Tensile Strength Test Method are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2010Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Allen Manifold, Charles Chidozie Ekenga, Douglas Jay Barkey, Kathleen Diane Sands, Thorsten Knobloch
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Publication number: 20110165411Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a panel comprising ligno-cellulose particles such as a strand-like particles, comprising the steps of treating ligno-cellulose particles at least partially covered with epicuticular wax (2) with ozone (7) at a temperature of at least 30 degrees Celsius, mixing the resulting product with an water-based adhesive resin composition to obtain a resinated particle composition, and pressing and at least partially curing the resinated particle composition to obtain a panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2009Publication date: July 7, 2011Inventors: Johannes Gerardus Hubertus Marie Housmans, Hubertus Marie Christine Stijnen
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Patent number: 7960020Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a Geometric Mean Elongation of greater than 14.95% as measured according to the Elongation Test Method are provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2008Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Allen Manifold, Charles Chidozie Ekenga, Douglas Jay Barkey, Kathleen Diane Sands, Thorsten Knobloch
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Publication number: 20110135907Abstract: Composite materials that have at least one substrate layer, and at least one fibrous mat are described. The fibrous mat may include fibers in a cured binder made from a binder composition that includes a carbohydrate and an amino-amide. The amino-amide may be formed from a reaction of an amine and an acid anhydride. In addition, methods of making a composite material are described. The methods may include the steps of providing a first substrate layer and contacting the first substrate layer with a fibrous mat comprising fibers in a partially cured, “B”-stage binder made from a binder composition that includes a carbohydrate and an amino-amide. The amino-amide may be formed from a reaction of an amine and an acid anhydride. The fibrous mat in contact with the first substrate layer may be cured to make a fully-cured binder composite.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2009Publication date: June 9, 2011Inventors: Kiarash Alavi Shooshtari, Philip Francis Miele, Jawed Asrar
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Patent number: 7939168Abstract: Fibrous structures that exhibit a cross machine direction total energy absorption (CDTEA) of greater than 8 cm-g/cm2 as measured according to the TEA Test Method.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2010Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Allen Manifold, Charles Chidozie Ekenga, Douglas Jay Barkey, Kathleen Diane Sands, Thorsten Knobloch
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Patent number: 7939177Abstract: The invention relates to a lignocellulose material comprising a crosslinkable nitrogen compound, technically a formaldehyde condensate, in crosslinked form in a constituent amount (N) of at least 1% by weight, calculated as nitrogen and based on the total weight of the lignocellulose material, in which the ratio (FA/N) of formaldehyde emission (FA), determined by means of the bottle method according to EN 717, part 3, to constituent amount of the nitrogen compound (N) exhibits a value of at most 5.0×10?3, and to a process for the preparation thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2006Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Arend Jouke Kingma, Franz Weingart, Stefan Schaffert, Holger Militz, Andreas Krause, Falko Wepner
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Patent number: 7897246Abstract: A man-made, molded article is provided. The article includes a profile including a planar wall, and an adjacent integral molded depression having a contoured wall extending downwardly from the planar wall. The contoured wall includes a bead portion, a cove portion, and a ledge between the bead and cove portions. The articles are stackable, one above another for transport, in a nestable relationship in which multiple contact zones are present between the contoured walls of an adjacently stacked pair of the molded articles. The contact zones include an arcuately extending contact interface zone between the bead exterior and interior surfaces. The depression has a substantially uniform thickness varying by no more than about +1 percent to about ?11 percent in relation to a thickness of the planar wall. Related methods and assemblies are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2008Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Masonite CorporationInventor: Steven K Lynch
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Patent number: 7892987Abstract: An absorbent mixture consisting of an absorbent such as sodium or potassium polyacrylate, a fluent wax and a channeling agent. A product consisting of a porous member containing a mixture including an absorbent such as sodium or potassium polyacrylate, a fluent wax and a channeling agent.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2010Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Multisorb Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Louis Patrone, Paul A. Riemenschneider