Next To Glass Or Quartz Patents (Class 428/417)
  • Patent number: 6136400
    Abstract: On one surface of a normal paper sheet 1, patterns 2 are printed, and tabs 3 for sticking are printed at the outside portions of the outlines of the patterns 2. On the reverse sides of the patterns 2, sticky surfaces 4 are provided at corresponding portions to which the tabs 3 for sticking are to be stuck. On the side having sticky surfaces 4 are provided a release sheet 6 whose size is substantially the same as the paper sheet 1. Lines 7 for clipping are provided along the outlines of the patterns 2 and the tabs 3 for sticking. Lines 8 and 9 for folding are provided in an inside area of the lines for clipping. The patterns 2 and the tabs 3 for sticking are clipped along the lines 7 for clipping. The clipped patterns are fabricated into a three-dimensional toy by folding along the lines for folding. Then the tabs 3 for sticking are fixedly stuck to the sticky surfaces 4 which are on the reverse sides of the patterns 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Shogakukan Inc.
    Inventors: Satoshi Katayose, Ryo Usami
  • Patent number: 6136129
    Abstract: A label useful in delivering packages and articles via many different mailing services. The label is adapted to indicate thereon mailing and address information relating to the mailing, shipping or handling of packages or articles. The label is constructed as a laminate having at least a primary layer and a secondary layer wherein each layer has a surface confronting and adjoined to the other layer. The label has an exposed front side defined on the primary layer and an exposed back side defined on the secondary layer. Pertinent mailing information is included on the exposed front side and may include a plurality of printed instructions and information and also include spaces for receiving additional mailing information thereon. The label has a tear line provided on the primary layer which defines a removable receipt flap on the label. The receipt flap contains a portion of the mailing information and is also adapted to receive thereon additional information as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Inventor: Glenn Petkovsek
  • Patent number: 6136398
    Abstract: A curable composition formed by mixing components comprising 10 to 70 weight percent of a curable epoxy resin; an effective amount of a curative for the epoxy resin; 10 to 85 weight percent of a thermoplastic ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer; and 5 to 60 weight percent of a thermoplastic polyester resin, the parts by weight being based on the total weight of the resin in the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Peggy S. Willett, Christopher M. Meyer, Scott R. Meyer
  • Patent number: 6132851
    Abstract: This invention relates to an adhesive composition, comprising: (A) at least one phenolic resole resin; and (B) the product made by reacting (B-1) at least one difunctional epoxy resin, with (B-2) at least one compound represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein in Formulae (I) and (II): G, T and Q are each independently functional groups selected from the group consisting of COOH, OH, SH, NH.sub.2, NHR.sup.1, (NHC(.dbd.NH)).sub.m NH.sub.2, R.sup.2 COOH, NR.sup.1.sub.2, C(O)NHR.sup.1, R.sup.2 NR.sup.1.sub.2, R.sup.2 OH, R.sup.2 SH, R.sup.2 NH.sub.2 and R.sup.2 NHR.sup.1, wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrocarbon group, R.sup.2 is an alkylene or alkylidene group and m is a number in the range of 1 to about 4; T can also be R.sup.1, OR.sup.1 or SO.sub.2 C.sub.6 H.sub.4 --NH.sub.2 ; and Q can also be H. The invention also relates to copper foils having the foregoing adhesive composition adhered to at least one side thereof to enhance the adhesion between said foils and dielectric substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: GA-TEK Inc.
    Inventor: Charles A. Poutasse
  • Patent number: 6129974
    Abstract: A bulletproof glass window, for preferred use in a motor vehicle, includes at least one glass pane (10) and a metal insert arranged in a marginal stepped area of the glass pane (10). The insert (32) is fixed to the glass pane (10) with polyurethane (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: ISOCLIMA GmbH
    Inventor: Herwig Woll
  • Patent number: 6129963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laminated article and a method for making the article. An imageable film is printed on a first side with an image created in a computer. The image can be black and white or color. The imageable film can be transparent or white. The image containing film is then overlaid with a transparent laminate layer to protect the image from weather, abrasion and wear. A colored substrate may be applied on a second side of the imageable film to create a colored sign. The colored substrate may also be used to introduce special effects to the appearance of the finished laminated article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: HID Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Lesko, Shannon K. Lesko
  • Patent number: 6117510
    Abstract: An adhesive-applied tape prepared by coating a support film with a solution obtained by dissolving in an organic solvent a mixture of an epoxy resin and an amorphous polyimidosiloxane produced from an aromatic tetracarboxylic dianhydride or its derivative and a diamine comprising an aromatic diamine which comprises an aromatic diamine having a functional group which can react with an epoxy group and a diaminopolysiloxane, and then drying it at a temperature at which the epoxy resin is not cured to provide a tack-free adhesive layer with no surface tackiness. The tape is both flexible and heat resistant, and does not require high-temperature, high-pressure contact bonding conditions upon contact bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Ishikawa, Hiroshi Yasuno
  • Patent number: 6106916
    Abstract: A flexible laminated sheet flooring product for covering a subfloor. The flooring product includes a resilient top layer defining a wearing surface of the flooring product. A fiber backing is laminated to the top layer for dimensionally supporting the layer. A pressure sensitive adhesive coating is permanently applied to the fiber backing and releasable from a protective covering without separation of the fiber backing from the top layer. The coating has sufficient tack for releasably adhering the flooring product to the subfloor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Skitech Partners
    Inventor: Robert W. Lukowski, Sr.
  • Patent number: 6103328
    Abstract: A decorative film, such as a film of pigmented paint or a colored thermoplastic layer covered by a film of clear coat, has the outer (clear coat) surface protected by a removably fixed thermoformable first protective film layer. A flexible plastic film forming a second protective layer is removably fixed to the first layer. The underlying decorative film may be laminated to a thin wall or thick wall thermoplastic formable sheet. The second protective layer is removed just prior to forming of the laminated decorative sheet, carrying with the protective film any surface damage marks or irregularities. Subsequent compression forming, as into a body panel or trim part, thus will not cause marking of the decorative film from transfer of damage marks since the underlying first protective layer remains undamaged. The first protective layer may remain in place during assembly of the formed body panel or trim part into a vehicle, and thereafter until delivery of the vehicle by a dealer to a customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Android Industries of Michigan LLC
    Inventor: R. Richard Niazy
  • Patent number: 6103327
    Abstract: An anti-graffiti cover stock for vinyl face stocks which comprises a film selected from the group consisting of polyolefins and polyvinyl fluoride and a polyester based polyurethane adhesive coated on one surface of the film to form a cover stock. The cover stock is characterized in that when it is adhered to a vinyl substrate to form a laminate, the laminate meets the flex characteristics of ASTM D 2907-95.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Worthen Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Bragole, Peter Kashian
  • Patent number: 6103382
    Abstract: A catalyzed mica tape used in insulating electrical conducting devices is made from a mica paper bonded to a backing with a bonding resin. The bonding resin is cross-linkable by an addition reaction. The catalyzed mica tape has distributed therein at least a catalyst at a concentration of greater than 0.01 g/m.sup.2 for every 100 g/m.sup.2 of the bonding resin. The catalyst is an organo-transition metal compound, organo-tin compound, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation
    Inventors: James D. B. Smith, Karl F. Schoch, Jr., Franklin T. Emery
  • Patent number: 6099929
    Abstract: A covering protective device for use in a manually operated mouse for computers has a flexible material sheet with an adhesive strip on the bottom surface thereof to allow the sheet to be removably, adhesively fixed onto an upper surface of the body portion of the mouse, whereby the flexible sheet is retained on the mouse with a free distal portion of the sheet extending over depressible keys of the mouse, the sheet also containing indicia bearing information, advertising or other legends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Inventor: Arturo Oscar Chinen
  • Patent number: 6093466
    Abstract: A masking material for protecting the surface, or finish thereon, of a product, such as an automobile, during assembly, storage, shipment or transport including a bottom layer of plastic film adapted to have the lower surface thereof adhered to the surface to be protected, a cushioning layer disposed in superposed relation to the bottom layer and having lengthwise and widthwise dimensions smaller than the corresponding dimensions of the bottom layer such that the bottom layer protrudes for a predetermined distance beyond the periphery of the cushioning layer, and a top layer disposed in superposed relation to the cushioning layer and the bottom layer and having lengthwise and widthwise dimensions greater than the corresponding dimensions of the cushioning layer, the top layer being adhered to the cushioning layer and the bottom layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Sealed Air Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Philip Steinke, Douglas Ivor Farrington, Charles Paul Kannankeril, Joseph Anthony Lacopo, Michael Mark Metta
  • Patent number: 6086973
    Abstract: Adhesive film strip composite comprisinga) an adhesive film strip (2) which can be released by pulling in the direction of the bond plane (B), and whichb) on one of its adhesive sides is bonded to one side of a touch-and-close fastening (4,7), whilec) the other side of the touch-and-close fastening (4,7) is free and can be fastened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Beiersdorf AG
    Inventor: Hans Hazes
  • Patent number: 6086709
    Abstract: The sealing strip comprises an elongate sealing portion formed of resiliently compressible material such as foam and an elongate attachment portion extending laterally from the sealing portion. The attachment portion is provided with adhesive to affix it to the rear side of a first body panel so that the sealing portion is located in a gap between the panel and an adjacent component so as to seal or mask the gap therebetween. The sealing portion and attachment portion are preferably integrally formed by an extrusion process. The sealing strip has particular application to the sealing of the "B" post gap of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Speedarrive Projects Ltd.
    Inventor: Robin Williams Hills
  • Patent number: 6080458
    Abstract: A self-adhering walkway pad (20) comprises an elastomeric pad having upper and lower surfaces (21, 22) and a 100 percent solids tape (25) pre-applied to the lower surface of the pad, prior to use in the field. A method for applying walkway pads to roofing membranes comprises affixing a 100 percent solids tape to one flat surface of a walkway pad, prior to use in the field, the opposite side of the tape carrying a protective layer of release paper; stripping the release paper from the tape immediately prior to use; subsequently placing the exposed surface of the tape directly onto the upper surface of the roofing membrane and, applying force directly to the walkway pad to enhance the bond between the pad and the membrane, created by the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald R. Russell, Joseph J. Kalwara
  • Patent number: 6068176
    Abstract: A brazing transfer alloy tape which includes a carrier layer that may be easily seen by the operator so that it may be removed before brazing is provided. The brazing tape consists essentially of a brazing alloy layer having two opposing surfaces, a pressure sensitive adhesive disposed on one of the two opposing surfaces of the brazing alloy layer for adhering the brazing tape to the object to be brazed, a backing layer disposed on the pressure sensitive adhesive, and a visually distinctive carrier layer attached to the other of the two opposing surfaces of the brazing alloy layer opposite the pressure sensitive adhesive. The carrier layer is such that it is easily noticeable by an operator before brazing. This is accomplished, for example, by forming the carrier layer from a colored or opaque material, or from a material having a visually distinctive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Vitta Corporation
    Inventor: Paul A. Petrikas
  • Patent number: 6066404
    Abstract: Each of a pair of clean packaging films comprises a base structure consisting of a base layer and a heat-sealing layer, an outer protective film, and inner protective film. The pair of clean packaging films are superposed after the outer and the inner protective films are peeled off, and the superposed pair of packaging clean films are sealed properly to obtain pouches having clean inside and outside surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuki Suzuura, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Miho Ono, Masahisa Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 6066384
    Abstract: A retroreflective article (100, 200, 300) that has a retroreflective layer (120, 220, 320) that includes optical elements (121, 221, 321) and a specularly reflective layer (122, 222, 322), and a binder layer (110, 210, 310), that is the reaction product of an epoxy resin and polymer that has a silicon-containing, crosslinkable, terminal, functional groups. Retroreflective articles of this construction can demonstrate good abrasion resistance and laundering durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Michael D. Crandall
  • Patent number: 6057019
    Abstract: A self-adhesive label comprising a multilaminar label portion, a self-adhesive laminar material extending over and adhered by its self-adhesive surface to the multilaminar label portion and a self-adhesive support piece upon which the multilaminar label portion is disposed and to which the self-adhesive laminar material is adhered by its self-adhesive surface, the multilaminar label portion including a first folded part which is attached to the label and a second folded part which is removably attached to the first folded part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Inprint Systems Inc.
    Inventor: David Robert Barry
  • Patent number: 6054222
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition comprising (a) an epoxy resin, (b) a curing agent, (c) a cure accelerator and (d) silica powder. The silica powder (d) is composed of (d1) a first silica powder having a particle diameter ranging from 5 to 75 .mu.m, (d2) a second silica powder having a particle diameter ranging from 0.2 to 0.9 .mu.m, and (d3) a third silica powder having a particle diameter ranging from 0.01 to 0.08 .mu.m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiromichi Takami, Kazutaka Matsumoto, Satoshi Takayama, Tetsuo Okuyama
  • Patent number: 6053535
    Abstract: A business form includes a carrier sheet having an upper surface and a lower surface, and defining a die cut opening there through, with a patch of liner material mounted on the lower surface of the carrier sheet. The patch extends over the opening. The liner material has an upper surface facing the die cut opening in the carrier sheet, and carries a release coating on the upper surface. A two ply label assembly is mounted on the patch of liner material in the die cut opening. The two ply label assembly includes a transparent ply mounted on the upper surface of the patch of liner material, and a label ply mounted on the transparent ply. The form is manufactured by: a.) die cutting an opening in a piece of carrier material; b.) adhesively affixing a patch of liner material to the piece of carrier material; c.) mounting a transparent ply on the patch of liner material within the die cut opening; and d.) mounting a label ply on the transparent ply. The form is used by: a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: The Standard Register Company
    Inventors: David E. Washburn, Hugh B. Skees, Bryce Waggoner
  • Patent number: 6042913
    Abstract: A composite film and vacuum skin package for packaging a product such as a fresh red meat is disclosed. The composite film is thermoformed and sealed under vacuum to a support member to completely enclose a product which is positioned on the support member. The composite film is a permeable film weakly bonded to an impermeable film, permitting the impermeable film to be peeled from the package while leaving the permeable film intact so that the fresh red meat product can bloom from a purplish color to a desirable red color upon exposure to oxygen. The permeable and impermeable films are fully peelable without the need for a migratable wax to enhance peelability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Cyrovac, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathanael R. Miranda, Robin H. Logan, Gregory M. Wilson
  • Patent number: 6042678
    Abstract: A flexible decorative sheet for use in surfacing an automobile body panel includes a first polyester carrier sheet having a high gloss surface, a clear coat of a weatherable optically-clear polymer containing fluorocarbon resin and an acrylic resin coated on the surface of the first carrier sheet, a tie coat on the clear coat, and a color coat containing a chlorinated polymer with dispersed pigments cast on the tie coat and dried. A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed on a second polyester carrier sheet and then laminated to the exposed face of the color coat to form a pressure-sensitive, adhesive-backed composite paint coat between the outer carrier sheets which form protective removable backing sheets for the resulting laminate. The decorative sheet is applied to a substrate panel by pressure-sensitive adhesive bonding techniques, with the clear coat serving as a glossy, weatherable protective outer layer for the underlying color coat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventors: John Richard Johnson, Keith Lawson Truog, Howard Hjort Enlow, William Joseph Buehne, Frederick Young
  • Patent number: 6042914
    Abstract: The present invention features a method of applying images and text to surfaces that ordinarily cannot fit within an inkjet printing machine, such as license plate blanks. The method of the invention uses a specially designed transfer sheet to receive inkjet ink images and text. The carrier layer of the transfer sheet containing the inkjet image and text is removed or otherwise peeled from the transfer sheet backing and then adhered to the license plate blank. A computer is used to construct the inkjet image and text that are printed onto the carrier surface of the transfer sheet. A final resin/pigment layer is coated upon the upper surface of the carrier layer in order to receive the inkjet ink that has been fashioned into image and text by means of the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Azon Corporation
    Inventor: Michael J. Lubar
  • Patent number: 6040026
    Abstract: There are disclosed a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet which comprises a substrate sheet, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on one side of the substrate sheet and a release layer comprising a cured product from an ionizing radiation-curing type releasable resin formed on the other side of the substrate sheet; and a laminate which comprises a plurality of these pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets that are superimposed on one another so that the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and the release layer directly face each other and the whole surfaces of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layers are covered with the release layers. The above pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets and the laminate formed therefrom can be produced with good workability with a simplified apparatus without the generation of curls, and thus are well suited for use as display labels etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: LINTEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Iwabuchi, Yoichi Sone, Tetsuyuki Utagawa
  • Patent number: 6037028
    Abstract: A prelaminate has a plurality of layers intended for collective insertion in a mutually fixed spatial relation into the pinch between optionally heated, co-acting pressure rollers. The prelaminate includes a carrier layer, a first glue layer arranged thereon and adhered thereto, a cover foil, for instance of transparent material, such as PET, PVC or the like, and a second glue layer arranged thereon and adhered thereto. The two glue layers are directed toward each other. The layer have straight leading edges which are positioned above each other and are held in this registered position by a registering device. A rejecting device is used to prevent mutual adhesion between the two glue layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Sallmetall B.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Antonius Maria Reinders
  • Patent number: 6037029
    Abstract: A self-adhesive label comprising a multilaminar label portion, a self-adhesive laminar material extending over, and adhered by its self-adhesive surface to, the multilaminar label portion thereby to form two self-adhesive edge portions thereof on opposed sides of the multilaminar label portion, a backing of release material to which one of the edge portions is releasably adhered and an unadhesive portion which is located on the rear surface of the said one edge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Inventor: David John Instance
  • Patent number: 6037054
    Abstract: A sheet for protecting paint film comprising a support having formed thereon a rubber adhesive layer comprising an isobutylene polymer having a degree of dispersion of from 1 to 2.3 and a weight average molecular weight of 300,000 to 600,000 (the domain A in the FIGURE) as the base polymer.The paint film protecting sheet has the compatibility of the prevention of the occurrence of a microdeformation and a good peelability. That is, when an article such as automobiles having a paint film applied with the protecting sheet is placed outdoors for a long period of time at high temperature, the paint film is hard to deform and the sheet can be easily peeled even after adhering for a long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignees: Nitto Denko Corporation, Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Shirai, Tomohide Bamba, Keiji Hayashi, Isao Hirose, Kenji Sano, Toshiyuki Umehara, Komaharu Matsui, Takeshi Eda, Hiroshi Ueda
  • Patent number: 6030674
    Abstract: A cleaning sheet comprises a sheet-shaped base and an adhesive layer formed on at least one surface of the sheet-shaped base member. The adhesive layer has an adhesive strength in the range of 0.1-0.5 gf 125 mm according to a 180-degree peel-off method provided by JIS Z-0237. Or the adhesive layer has a tackiness degree in the range of 1-5 according to a J DOW method provided by JIS Z-0237.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Onishi, Akio Owatari, Junichi Iida
  • Patent number: 6013730
    Abstract: A curable composition and a method of making it comprises reacting in the presence of a catalyst epoxy resin(s) having at least 0.05% by weight of epoxy resin oligomer with a solid rubber which is swellable or soluble in the reaction mixture and possessing at least 1% by weight of reactive groups, in a rubber:epoxy resin(s) weight ratio of between 1:1 and 1:20, wherein said epoxy resin(s) comprises (a) at least one epoxy resin having an epoxy functionality of greater than three and (b) at least one second epoxy resin having a functionality of greater than one but not more than three; heating to effect the reaction, cooling to substantially ambient temperature, and adding any remaining portion of epoxy resin and curing agent(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Fiberite, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick T. McGrail, Stephen D. Jenkins, Jeffrey T. Carter, Peter R. Ciriscioli, Scott D. Lucas, Robin K. Maskell
  • Patent number: 6007899
    Abstract: A transparent or opaque sheet is affixed onto the inner surface of a side door window glass of a vehicle for coloration, light blockage, decoration and the like. In the sheet-affixed window glass, the sheet is directly but detachably affixed onto the inner surface of the window glass via a front holder and a back holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Yoshizawa, Yasuo Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6001441
    Abstract: There is disclosed a sanitary strip for drinking vessels which can be attached or affixed to the lip area of a drinking vessel to prevent the transfer of germs, bacteria, viruses, and other contaminants to the user of the drinking vessel. The sanitary strip is contained in a unitary, composite article having two peelably removable plys that overlay and are coextensive with the sanitary strip so that the sanitary strip is sandwiched by and between the peelably removable plys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Inventor: Ross Polizzano
  • Patent number: 5993588
    Abstract: The sheet material of the present invention has a protecting layer which comprises a heat reactant of a heat and active energy ray curable resin composition comprising as an active ingredient a polyfunctional isocyanate and a polymer having a (meth)acryl equivalent weight from 100 to 300 g/eq, a hydroxyl value from 20 to 500 and a weight-average molecular weight from 5000 to 50000. And, this protecting layer applied to the surface of a molded article is cured by active energy ray irradiation. Therefore, a molded article excellent in abrasion resistance and chemical resistance can be obtained, and cracking is not caused in the curved part of the molded article. Further, since the protecting layer is cured in part by heat in sheet material production, a large scale active energy ray irradiation apparatus is not required in active energy ray irradiation to realize low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Nissha Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuzo Nakamura
  • Patent number: 5993926
    Abstract: A suspension system for plastic sheet material comprising:a base sheet; anda suspension element attached to said base sheet, said element including:a first strip affixed to said base sheet and having an exposed adhesive release surface,a second strip hingedly mounted on said base sheet, proximate to said first sheet, and comprising an adhesive surface at least partially overlapping said adhesive release surface to enable said overlapping adhesive surface of said second strip to be easily lifted off said release surface of said first strip,whereby plastic sheet material inserted between said first and second strips, sticks to said adhesive surface of said second strip, thereby becoming hingedly attached to the base sheet and whereby, when said adhesive surface of said second strip is lifted off the plastic sheet material, the plastic sheet material is released from said base sheet and the adhesive surface of the second strip can be reused, since it overlaps the adhesive release surface of the first strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Inventor: Shlomo Menahem
  • Patent number: 5994429
    Abstract: A halogen-free flame retardant epoxy resin composition containing (A) a bisphenol A type epoxy resin, (B) a curing agent, (C) red phosphorus particles each of which is covered with a covering layer, at least the outermost layer of which is formed of a resin, and (D) an inorganic filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Toshiba Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Honda, Tsuyoshi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 5985395
    Abstract: An incise drape suitable for use in surgical procedures. The drape comprises a substantially transparent flexible film that has at least a portion of one major surface coated or covered with a pressure sensitive adhesive, and a two liners removably covering the adhesive. Each liner has a handle spaced from the opposite side edges of the film, and a body portion attached to the handle. The body portion of each liner extends along the adhesive from handle in the direction away from the other liner. The drape is repeatedly folded over from the opposite side edges of the film toward the handles so that the drape may be unfolded and the adhesive exposed by pulling the handles apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kristen L. Comstock, Matthew T. Scholz, Gregg A. Patnode, Robert A. Asmus, Charles L. Newman, Nancy E. Stewart, Thomas L. Agrimson
  • Patent number: 5981009
    Abstract: A decorative film is provided which has a heat-activatable transfer layer for affixation to a substrate to be decorated. The film includes a carrier sheet and a transfer layer in contact with the carrier sheet. The transfer layer includes a decorative layer and a heat-activatable adhesive layer for affixing the film to a substrate, wherein the heat-activatable adhesive layer is a solidified layer of a molten adhesive formulation. In a method of making such a decorative film, a thermoplastic adhesive formulation is heated to a temperature in excess of the softening temperature of the thermoplastic in the formulation to form a molten adhesive formulation, which is then applied to a decorative layer on the carrier sheet thereby forming a transfer layer having a transfer surface. The second surface of the carrier sheet and the transfer surface are chilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Leonard Kurz GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Charles A. Iacono, Robert E. Miller
  • Patent number: 5981010
    Abstract: A polyurethane-modified bitumen coating composition of selected surface tack and fluidity. The composition includes: bitumen; a minor modifying amount of a polyurethane prepared by the reaction of a polyisocyanate and a hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene; a tackifier; and a filler material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Interface, Inc.
    Inventors: C. Edward Terry, Raymond A. Berard, Daniel F. Pinholster, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5972453
    Abstract: The present invention provides a removable window film for motor vehicles comprising a base film (1) and an adhesive layer (2) having removability and low adhesive strength and comprising a low adhesive strength type adhesive, wherein the adhesive layer (2) is formed on one surface of the base film. The removable window film for motor vehicles can be adhered to a glass window of a motor vehicle having a smooth surface, sufficiently held on the glass window after adhering, and easily peeled from the glass window of motor vehicles without damage to the window film or staining the glass window of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Lintec Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Akiwa, Toshiaki Tozuka
  • Patent number: 5970640
    Abstract: An integrated shelf talker, comprising a paper substrate having a front surface and a back surface, each of the front and back surfaces having first and second end edges and a medially disposed portion, the substrate having a vertical perforation along the entire length thereof and located in the medial portion of the front and back surfaces to divide the substrate into first and second sections, the substrate further having a strip of repositionable adhesive applied to the medial portion of one of the front and back surfaces such that when the substrate is separated into the first and second sections along the vertical perforation, each of the first and second end edges is free of adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Moore U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventor: David L. Farrow
  • Patent number: 5972455
    Abstract: A self-adhesive label comprising a self-adhesive base carried on a backing of release material, a multilaminar portion disposed on a first portion of the base, a layer of adhesive on a second portion of the base adjacent to the first portion, and a printed cover sheet having a first edge portion which is adhered to the base by the layer of adhesive, a central portion which extends over the multilaminar label, and a second edge portion opposite to the first edge portion which is arranged to be held against the backing of release material thereby to retain the self-adhesive label in a closed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Inprint Systems Inc.
    Inventor: David Robert Barry
  • Patent number: 5962097
    Abstract: A protective member for a semiconductor wafer wherein a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed on a protective film is temporarily adhered to a separator comprising a reinforcing layer and a cover layer, through the cover layer. The separator of the protective member does not require a surface treatment with a release agent and in processing a semiconductor wafer, such as back-surface grinding, the protective film can be automatically peeled and is adhered to the semiconductor wafer via an automatic adhering apparatus to enable the desired processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Shoji Yamamoto, Kazuhiko Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5958592
    Abstract: The present invention is a cyanate resin monomer having the formula:NCO--CH.sub.2 --(CF.sub.2).sub.n --CH.sub.2 --OCNwhere n is an even integer from 6 to 10, inclusive.Another aspect of the invention is an essentially pure cyanate resin mono having the formula:NCO--CH.sub.2 --(CF.sub.2).sub.n --CH.sub.2 --OCNwhere n=3, 4, 6, 8, or 10. Another aspect of the invention is a prepolymer made by the process of heating a monomer of the invention to a conversion below the gel point. Another aspect of the invention is a method for depositing an interlevel dielectric resin on an integrated circuit, having the steps: (a) coating the integrated circuit with a thin film of a prepolymer made by the process of heating a monomer of the invention to below the gel point, and (b) curing the prepolymer to at least the gel point. Another aspect of the invention is a low dielectric thermoset polymer resin made from these monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Arthur W. Snow, Leonard J. Buckley
  • Patent number: 5954906
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive transferring protective covering material comprising at least (a) first flexible substrate, (b) an adhesive layer, (c) a solid resin layer, and (d) a second flexible substrate which are stacked in the named order, wherein said first flexible substrate (a) has a peel force of 30 g/inch to 120 g/inch against said adhesive layer (b), said adhesive layer (b) contains a hindered amine series light stabilizer and has a cohesion of 500 g/inch to 1500 g/inch, said solid resin layer (c) comprises a transparent resin layer containing a ultraviolet absorber and having a glass transition temperature of 50.degree. C. or above, and said second flexible substrate (d) has a peel force of 120 g/inch to 400 g/inch against said solid resin layer (c).A method for protecting and covering a print formed on an object using said pressure-sensitive transferring protective covering material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsutomu Abe, Eiichi Suzuki, Mamoru Sakaki, Hiromichi Noguchi, Keisuke Matsuo, Mifune Hirose, Kenichi Moriya
  • Patent number: 5948493
    Abstract: In order to form a plastic wrap which exhibits little or no cling until such time as the wrap is applied to an article or the like, the adhesive layer, which is formed on one side of a sheet of olefinic polymer, is exposed to a treatment which superficially oxidizes or cross-links the outer layer of adhesive material to form a film which exhibits greatly attenuated adhesion. This film is disruptable as the wrap is applied and is stretched and or deformed in a manner which uncovers the adhesive material and endows cling properties on at least localized areas of the wrap. Techniques for treating the adhesive layer include UV irradiation, exposure to corona and ozonification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Reynolds Metals Company
    Inventor: Joseph H. Groeger
  • Patent number: 5945188
    Abstract: An adhesive tape for TAB having an organic insulating film, an adhesive layer formed on the organic insulating film and a protection layer formed on the adhesive layer, the adhesive layer being any one of a layer containing a polyamide resin having an amine value of at least 3 and an epoxy resin, a layer containing a polyamide resin and a powdery inorganic filler, a layer containing an epoxy resin having a siloxane structure in its main chain, and a layer containing at least one maleimide compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Tomoegawa Paper Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akinori Sei, Yoshikazu Tsukamoto, Takashi Shiozawa, Tadahiro Ohishi, Hitoshi Narushima
  • Patent number: 5942300
    Abstract: A flexible laminated sheet flooring product for covering a subfloor. The flooring product includes a resilient top layer defining a wearing surface of the flooring product. A fiber backing is laminated to the top layer for dimensionally supporting the layer. A pressure sensitive adhesive coating is permanently applied to the fiber backing and releasible from a protective covering without separation of the fiber backing from the top layer. The coating has sufficient tack for releasibly adhering the flooring product to the subfloor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Skitech Partners
    Inventor: Robert W. Lukowski, Sr.
  • Patent number: 5939175
    Abstract: Diclosed is a plate glass wherein surfaces (3a) of plate glass (3) are formed flat and finished with a maximum surface ruggedness not exceeding 0.05 mm, and boundaries (3c) between end surfaces (3a) and front and back surfaces (3b) of the plate glass (3) are finished with a maximum surface ruggedness not exceeding 0.007 mm. Thus, though the plate glass is treated with heat reinforcement by the method simpler and more convenient than the prior art, the plate glass maintains performance as fire glass. It is now possible to provide quality improvement as plate glass, a reduction in running cost of heat reinforcing treatment equipment, and a reduction in working stress due to the weight of the plate glass itself in time of fitting the plate glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiminari Sugiura
  • Patent number: 5935673
    Abstract: To protect the optical surface of optical disc information recording media such as a compact disc (CD) or a digital versatile disc (DVD), that surface is coated with a removable layer of a material that does not significantly alter the optical properties of the disc. Whenever the coating layer may have become damaged, it is removed and replaced with a new layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: WEA Manufacturing Inc.
    Inventor: William R. Mueller