Blend Of Synthetic Polymeric And Inorganic Microfibers Patents (Class 442/342)
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Patent number: 9040133Abstract: An article composed of a polymeric material, especially a material having elastic properties, which has been provided with an embedded reinforcement made wholly or partly of a textile material. In a first reinforcement variant, the textile material is polyoxadiazole (POD), a POD derivative or a POD copolymer, or, in a second reinforcement variant, the textile material is a combination of POD, a POD derivative or a POD copolymer, and at least one further textile material, or, in a third reinforcement variant, the textile material comprises a material combination of POD, a POD derivative or a POD copolymer and at least one further material which is not part of any textile group. The article is particularly a hose and more particularly a charge-air hose having an inner layer and an outer layer of a polymeric material and an embedded reinforcement, for example in the form of a POD knit.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2012Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: ContiTech Schlauch GmbHInventors: Horst Schubert, Ulrich Brettschneider
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Publication number: 20140272319Abstract: A thermal shield material comprises a laminate of a homogeneously blended fiber mat of fiberglass, polyester and bi-component polyester, a plurality of tufts disposed on only one side of the laminate mat, the tufts formed by needling the laminate mat from a single side, first and second pressure sensitive adhesive layers disposed on first and second sides of the blended fiber mat, a foil layer on at least one of the first and second pressure sensitive adhesive layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: CTA Acoustic, Inc.Inventor: CTA Acoustic, Inc.
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Publication number: 20130244525Abstract: An insulation blanket includes a blend of a first component and a second component. The first component is a first fiber material selected from a group consisting of glass fibers, mineral fibers, basalt fibers, natural fibers and mixtures thereof. The second component is made of a second material selected from a group consisting of thermoplastic copolymer bi-component fibers, monofilament fibers, a thermal setting resin and mixtures thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLCInventors: Jacob T. Chacko, Jeffrey A. Tilton
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Patent number: 8283266Abstract: Methods of making nonwoven mats having good strength after being scored and folded and particularly useful in making lightweight, compressible ceiling panels are disclosed. The mats also have excellent flame resistance. The mats include a blend comprising a major portion of glass fibers and a minor portion of man-made polymer fibers, the fibers being bound together with a cured binder containing a homopolymer or copolymer of polyacrylic acid and a polyol. The binder bonding the mat together can be cured to only a “B” stage to produce thermoformable mats or more fully cured to produce mats having the properties described above.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2003Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Inventors: Alan Michael Jaffee, Richard Emil Kajander
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Patent number: 8057567Abstract: Thermoplastic bicomponent binder fiber can be combined with other media, fibers and other filtration components to form a thermally bonded filtration media. The filtration media can be used in filter units, such as breather caps. Such filter units can be placed in the stream of a mobile fluid and can remove a particulate and/or fluid mist load from the mobile stream. The unique combination of media fiber, bicomponent binder fiber and other filtration additives and components provide a filtration media having unique properties in filtration applications.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2006Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.Inventors: David M. Webb, David E. Carlson, Robert M Rogers, Keh B. Dema
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Publication number: 20080160857Abstract: An insulation blanket includes a blend of a first component and a second component. The first component is a first fiber material selected from a group consisting of glass fibers, mineral fibers, basalt fibers, natural fibers and mixtures thereof. The second component is made of a second material selected from a group consisting of thermoplastic copolymer bi-component fibers, monofilament fibers, a thermal setting resin and mixtures thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2007Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventors: Jacob T. Chacko, Jeffrey A. Tilton
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Publication number: 20070155273Abstract: Electrospun biodegradable poly(ester-amide) fabric is especially suitable as a scaffold for tissue engineering and to incorporate drug for burn or wound healing treatment to accelerate healing, or to prevent tissue adhesion after surgery.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2006Publication date: July 5, 2007Applicant: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Chih-Chang Chu, Patti Jo Lewis
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Patent number: 7094462Abstract: A base material for a wiping sheet on which powder is to be supported, wherein the ratio of the average pore diameter (D) of the surface of the base material while dry as measured by the mercury penetration method to the average particle diameter (d) of the powder, D/d, ranges from 0.03 to 30, and the base material while dry has a bulk softness of from 0.1 to 5 N/30 mm and a thickness of from 0.3 to 5 mm.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2000Date of Patent: August 22, 2006Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Machiko Yokoyama, Manabu Kaneda, Takashi Kawai, Yasuhiro Komori, Shoichi Taneichi, Katsuhiko Takeuchi
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Publication number: 20040266304Abstract: A gypsum board comprises a set gypsum layer having a first face and a second face. A fibrous mat is affixed to at least one of the faces. The mat comprises a non-woven web bonded together with a resinous binder. The web comprises a blend of a major portion composed of chopped continuous glass fibers having an average fiber diameter ranging from about 8 to 17 &mgr;m and a minor portion composed of fine staple fibers having an average fiber diameter of less than about 5.5 &mgr;m, the minor portion comprising about 1-30 percent of the dry weight of the web. The board is exceedingly durable. It has a smooth surface that is readily finished in an aesthetically pleasing way, using paint or other wall covering systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2003Publication date: December 30, 2004Inventor: Alan Michael Jaffee
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Publication number: 20040192141Abstract: A laminate flooring sub-layer material is fabricated from mineral or inorganic fibers, preferably virgin rotary fibers, and plastic-containing bonding fibers. The laminate flooring sub-layer material has a substantially uniform density throughout its volume and may be bonded to a vapor barrier layer to form a laminated sub-layer mat that is optimal for use as a laminate flooring sub-layer over a concrete subflooring.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2004Publication date: September 30, 2004Inventors: Alain Yang, Mark Trabbold
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Patent number: 6677073Abstract: A novel non-woven fiber web comprising a plurality of first fibers orientated in the x-, y-, and optionally z-directions, said first fibers being bonded with a polymeric substance, characterised in that one or more continuous strands are embedded within the sub-surface layer of the non-woven fiber web, each continuous strand comprising a plurality of second carbon fibers, is disclosed. A gas diffusion substrate, electrode and membrane electrode assembly comprising said web is also disclosed, all of which may have application in electrochemical devices, for example in a fuel cell.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2000Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited CompanyInventors: Karen Leanne Brown, Susan Joy Cooper, John Malcolm Gascoyne, Thomas Robertson Ralph
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Publication number: 20030109190Abstract: A wet-laid nonwoven reinforcing mat includes a base web having about 10 to about 80 percent by weight glass fibers, about 20 to about 90 percent by weight polyethylene terephthalate fibers and polyvinyl alcohol in an amount of about 5 to about 35 percent of the combined weight of the glass fibers and the polyethylene terephthalate fibers. The reinforcing mat also includes a secondary binder in an amount of about 10 to about 30 percent of the total weight of the base web.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2001Publication date: June 12, 2003Inventor: Paul A. Geel
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Patent number: 6245696Abstract: This invention concerns lasable bond-ply materials comprising a nonwoven reinforcing material and at least one resin material. The present invention also includes methods for using the bond-ply of this invention to manufacture high density multilayer printed wiring boards.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 1999Date of Patent: June 12, 2001Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: David R. Haas, Chengzeng Xu, Mavyn McAuliffe, Scott Zimmerman, Laura Miller, Meifang Qin, Baopei Xu, Richard J. Pommer
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Patent number: 5952251Abstract: A water-dispersible coformed fibrous nonwoven fabric structure comprising a primary reinforcing polymer material, preferably capable of being meltspun; a secondary reinforcing polymer material having an average fiber length less than or equal to about 15 mm and preferably having a softening point at least about 30.degree. C. lower than the softening point of the primary reinforcing polymer; and, an absorbent material, such as pulp or a superabsorbent. The fabric structure maintains desired tensile strength and softness while being water-dispersible and flushable. The fabric produced can be incorporated into an article and can be flushed down a commode. The fabric is flushable when placed in water, with agitation, if necessary, and will disperse into unrecognizable pieces without clogging conventional plumbing or piping.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 1996Date of Patent: September 14, 1999Assignee: Kimberly-Clark CorporationInventors: David Martin Jackson, Pavneet Singh Mumick, Audrie Tomoko Ono, William Seal Pomplun, Kenneth Yin Wang
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Patent number: 5948710Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fibrous nonwoven composite structure more commonly referred to as a coform structure. Unlike current coform structures, the material of the present invention is more water-dispersible due to the use of a water-degradable reinforcing fiber matrix.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 1997Date of Patent: September 7, 1999Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: William Seal Pomplun, David Martin Jackson, Pavneet Singh Mumick
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Patent number: 5753570Abstract: A ceramic composite is provided comprising ceramic fibers, glass microballoons and/or diatoms, bound together with a ceramic reinforcing cloth with a sol-gel ceramic binder. The composite is particularly useful as a high strength, high temperature insulation material.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: May 19, 1998Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Darryl F. Garrigus