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7413812 Polypropylene article and method of preparing polypropylene article  
A thermoformed polypropylene article, or sheet for preparing such articles, is formed from a layer of substantially syndiotactic polypropylene and a thin outer layer of substantially isotactic...
7374714 Method and device for shaping a structured body and body produced according to said method  
A process for shaping a body with elongate structures on its surface, bodies produced using the process, and to apparatuses having these bodies are provided. For this purpose, a preform is...
7307205 Method for manufacturing a percussion instrument  
A method of manufacturing a percussion instrument has the steps of providing a first member into a liquid with the first member having a first diameter. The first member has a first end and a...
7244386 Method of compensating for a volumetric shrinkage of a material disposed upon a substrate to form a substantially planar structure therefrom  
The present invention provides a method of planarizing a substrate with a template spaced-apart from the substrate having a liquid disposed therebetween, the method including: contacting the liquid...
7211214 Laser assisted direct imprint lithography  
In accordance with the invention, features can be directly imprinted into the surface of a solid substrate. Specifically, a substrate is directly imprinted with a desired pattern by the steps of...
7128868 Balloon wing forming apparatus and method  
An apparatus and method for shaping at least a portion of a medical balloon comprise a balloon shaping device capable of applying a radial inward force to at least a portion of the medical balloon...
7001967 Transparent heat-resistant resin optical material and film  
A transparent heat-resistant resin optical materials having excellent heat resistance and dynamic characteristics, having negative birefringence and exhibiting a high refractive index and a high...
6943229 Low crystallizability polypropylene sheet  
A low crystallizability polypropylene sheet which has an average spherulite radius between 0.1 μm and 4 μm, an average number of spherulites of 600/mm 2 or less in a sheet cross section, a solid...
6923932 Composite structure tightly radiused molding method  
A method of molding a composite structure of a polymeric preformed skin with tightly radiused features and a polymeric foam body is provided. The method includes providing a mold cavity having a...
6887923 Processing aids for enhanced machine direction orientation rates and property enhancement of polyolefin films using hydrocarbon waxes  
The present invention disclose a method for the orientation of a high density polyethylene (“HDPE”) film. The process of the invention comprises forming a HDPE-wax mixture by adding to a HDPE...
6881373 Windshield wiping system manufacturing method  
This invention relates to windshield wiper system and method which utilizes a flexible member to account for compression loads in excess of a predetermined load, such as 30 percent, greater than a...
6864034 Transfer material transfer process, shape transfer process and transfer device  
A transfer device in which a material which transmits a laser beam LB is employed as an upper mold, and a photothermal conversion layer is formed thereon. A transfer film, at which a transfer...
6818172 Oriented, cross-linked UHMWPE molding for orthopaedic applications  
A process for forming an oriented orthopaedic implant prosthesis bearing, net-shape bearing, or near net-shape bearing includes the step of placing an irradiated UHMWPE preform or puck of a volume...
6780371 Process for inline producing biaxially oriented releasing film  
There is disclosed a process for inline producing a biaxially oriented releasing film by consecutively orienting a non oriented film (polyethylene terephthalate or polypropylene) in the machine or...
6706235 Method for shaping a rivet from a plastic material in the form of a pin  
An apparatus for heating a pin shaped thermoplastic material is provided including a quartz tube, a heat radiator and a securing mechanism. The quartz tube has tube ends and is helix shaped. The...
6692674 Discrete fastener regions  
A fastener product includes a planar base, multiple discrete plateaus molded integrally with and extending from an upper surface of the base each plateau having an upper surface that is smaller in...
6679695 Pultrusion apparatus for continuous fabrication of fiber-reinforced plastic articles having a non-linear shape, methods of fabricating such articles and compositions used therein  
A pultrusion apparatus for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced plastic article having a non-linear shape includes a mold configured to receive a partially cured fiber-reinforced plastic article and to...
6630094 Flexible plastic hinge having tear resistance  
A tear-resistant flexible hinge structure is placed between a pair of substantially rigid panels so as to permit the panels to be hinged one with respect to the other, where the flexible hinge is...
6610242 Method for treating polymeric fiber mats and for making filters from such treated fiber mats  
A mat of polymeric fibers is treated to alter a filtration surface by the application of heat and pressure. The filtration surface is heated to a temperature sufficient to soften the fibers and...
6605246 Ferroelectric relaxor polymer method  
The invention is embodied in an electrical device which includes at least a layer of a ferroelectric polyvinylidine flouride polymer that has been processed to exhibit an electrostrictive strain of...
6599462 Balloon catheter having non-bonded integral balloon and methods for its manufacture  
A method for manufacturing balloon catheters, and the catheters manufactured thereby. In accordance with the method, a workpiece comprising a tube-within-a-tube is placed within a mold, and a first...
6592800 Apparatus and method for making a mechanical fastener  
A method and apparatus for forming a mechanical fastener. A preferred embodiment of the method includes moving a substrate along a web path, where the substrate includes a first major surface and a...
6592713 Method of producing a nonwoven material  
Method for producing a nonwoven material comprising at least one layer of continuous filaments, such as spunbond- or meltblown fibers. A first web of continuous filaments ( 19 ) are laid on a wire...
6533987 Methods of making materials having shape-memory  
The present invention relates to shape deformable materials, which are capable of (1) being deformed, (2) storing an amount of shape deformation, and (3) recovering at least a portion of the shape...
6508973 Process for manufacturing an ornamented part  
An ink jet printhead has a number of nozzles each ejecting drops of ink toward a surface. Each nozzle has a nozzle chamber at least partially defined by an apertured roof portion operatively...
6464814 Method for molding an end of a long resin molded article  
A method for molding an end of a long resin molded article that is obtained by extrusion molding and has a design surface and an attachment surface extended in a longitudinal direction of the long...
6432349 Process of making an articulating bearing surface  
A method of manufacturing an articulating bearing surface for use in an orthopaedic implant is disclosed. A block of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene is irradiated with sufficient radiation...
6383435 Method and apparatus for expanding and conferring a cup shape to the terminal junction segment of bi-axially oriented pipes made of thermoplastic material  
A method and apparatus for conferring a cup shape to the terminal junction segment of pipes that are bi-axially oriented longitudinally and circumferentially and hence very sensitive to diameter...
6329629 Distance mode control for laser welding  
A laser joining system deforms a workpiece projection based on collapse of the projection to a predetermined displacement. The laser joining system has a laser system for generating a predetermined...
6231803 Method for stretching plastic nets and grids apparatus for performing the method  
A method for stretching plastic nets and grids having the peculiarity that it consists in subjecting the product to be stretched to irradiation with electromagnetic waves with a wavelength above...
6220846 Apparatus for expanding and conferring a cup shape to the terminal junction segment of bi-axially oriented pipes made of thermoplastic material  
An apparatus for conferring a cup shape to the terminal junction segment of pipes that are bi-axially oriented longitudinally and circumferentially and hence very sensitive to diameter and length...
6217687 Processes for treating a surface of a thermoplastic resin film  
A process for treating a surface of a thermoplastic resin film (i) which includes subjecting the surface of the thermoplastic resin film (i) to a first oxidation treatment, coating the oxidized...
6210622 Process of making polymeric fibers  
A for the production of polymeric fibers in the form of a tow includes drawing and heat setting, with and without crimping, in which the tow has a constant denier per inch during the processing....
6159412 Method for manufacture of liquid crystalline polymer films  
A method for making thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer films with improved transverse direction properties comprises two preferably embossed rollers which oscillate oppositely with respect to...
6087635 Method and apparatus for the arc-like shaping of profiled strands or strand sections consisting of a thermoplastic material  
In a method for the arc-like shaping of an extruded profiled strand of plastic material at least a section of the strand is heated in a hot air chamber together with a support ledge disposed in...
6060140 Lightweight bottles and method for making same  
The present invention discloses a process comprising forming a preform with planar stretch ratios greater than about 14 from a polyester having a natural stretch ratio which is substantially...
5989479 Method for manufacturing an air bag cover  
An air bag cover and manufacturing method thereof wherein the air bag cover comprises a core member which can be formed by injection molding, and a decorative sheet disposed on the surface of the...
5855985 Non-planar flexible articles having improved mechanical service, and methods of making  
Non-planar thermoplastic article having a flexible portion suitable for use in an aggressive chemical environment, with the flexible portion is an irradiated thermoplastic consisting of...
5730923 Post-treatment of non-woven webs  
A method for post-treating a precursor nonwoven web including consolidating the web laterally, thereby reducing the maximum pore size measure of the web and improving the filtration efficiency of...
5641449 Method and apparatus for high-speed drying and consolidating of structural fiberboard  
Methods and apparatus for rapidly drying and compacting wet fiber mats are disclosed. Rapid drying is produced by heating the wet fiber mats with a combination of radiowave energy and conductive...
5540876 Gamma radiation treated material  
Materials and items made of thermoplastic polyesters, such as poly (epsilon-caprolactone), synthetic rubber, such as Transpolyisoprene and Neoprene, and natural rubber, such as balata have improved...
5429777 Method and apparatus for manufacturing of a container  
A method and an apparatus to thermocrystallize amorphous thermoplastic material in a bottom portion (11) of a preform (10) while producing a container. By means of at least one heating device (20,...
5409644 Catheters and method of manufacture  
In one of its aspects, the invention provides a catheter of a selected length, and having a main body of a first cross-section and a tip section of smaller cross-section, the tip section being...
5407791 Silver halide photographic material  
A silver halide photographic material comprising a polyester support having formed thereon at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer is disclosed, said polyester support having a...
5407613 Process and apparatus for bending plastic pipe  
A bending process including both preliminary and following steps takes place in one apparatus. A plastic pipe (6) is heated to a temperature in which it can be plastically deformed. The heated pipe...
5397512 Process for sealing catheter tip to insertion needle  
A process is provided wherein a laser is used to shape and/or trim a polymer tubular catheter material while in situ on a metal insertion needle or cannula. The laser process seals the interface...
5397413 Apparatus and method for producing a web of thermoplastic filaments  
A slot draw attenuator apparatus and method are provided for producing webs of spunbonded thermoplastic filaments having improved cover even at low basis weights. The filaments are introduced to a...
5397411 Method for making optical probe  
A method for making an optical fiber bundle which, in one aspect, includes bending each of a plurality of optical fibers to form a bend therein and then suspending the fibers over a suspension...
5360584 Method of forming a wrap-around heat-recoverable article  
A method of forming a heat-recoverable article including the steps of profile extruding polymeric material into a predetermined shape, irradiating the polymeric material and then deforming the...
5354522 Method of bending a laminate having a thermoplastic core layer and metal sheets on each side  
Bending a laminate having a thermo-plastic core layer and metal sheets adjoining the core layer on both sides, is performed by heating the laminate and then bending it. To allow bends of small...
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