81 |
Method and apparatus for ultrasonically stomping slider end stops on zipper |
US10820234 |
2004-04-06 |
US20040188000A1 |
2004-09-30 |
Michael
J.
McMahon; Lawrence
Share; Michael
A.
Pollack; Donald
L.
Crevier; Nigel
D.
Knight; Stanley
Piotrowski |
An ultrasonic welding assembly comprising a horn, an anvil and an anvil cover. The horn comprises a generally T-shaped flattening surface and a rail projecting forward of the flattening surface. The rail is shaped to serve as a dam for flowing thermoplastic zipper material during stomping of slider end stops. The horn further comprises a plurality of vertical energy directors designed to direct ultrasonic energy into the mass of zipper material and deflect flowing zipper material toward the dam. The horn further comprises first and second recesses located on opposite sides of a stem of the T-shaped flattening surface. The anvil cover overlies opposing portions of the anvil and comprises a T-shaped cutout. The T-shaped flattening surface of the horn fits in the T-shaped cutout of the anvil cover. The resulting zipper has slider end stops located at opposing ends. Each end stop comprises flattened zipper material having a plurality of spaced indentations, the indentations being formed by the energy directors during stomping. The zipper can be pre-heated prior to ultrasonic stomping. A flange of the zipper can be cooled by fluid during ultrasonic stomping of the zipper parts. |
82 |
Method and apparatus for forming slider end stops on zipper |
US10804412 |
2004-03-19 |
US20040172802A1 |
2004-09-09 |
Donald
L.
Crevier |
A method and a system for forming slider end stops on a zipper tape that comprises first and second interlockable zipper parts. The method comprises the following steps: (a) transmitting sufficient ultrasonic wave energy into first and second areas of the zipper tape to cause the first and second interlocked zipper parts to deform and fuse in the first and second areas, the first and second areas being separated by a gap; and (b) applying sufficient heat and pressure onto a third area of the zipper tape to cause the interlocked zipper parts to deform and fuse in the third area, at least part of the third area being located between the first and second areas in the gap. The first and second areas do not impinge upon the zipper rails. The third area does impinge upon the zipper rails. Thus the zipper rails are deformed in the third area, but not in adjacent areas located below and contiguous with the first and second areas. The zipper tape and packaging film are cut along a midline of the third area to sever each package from the continuous web. |
83 |
Method and apparatus for ultrasonically stomping slider end stops on zipper |
US10113489 |
2002-04-01 |
US06733622B2 |
2004-05-11 |
Michael J. McMahon; Lawrence Share; Michael A. Pollack; Donald L. Crevier; Nigel D. Knight; Stanley Piotrowski |
An ultrasonic welding assembly comprising a horn, an anvil and an anvil cover. The horn comprises a generally T-shaped flattening surface and a rail projecting forward of the flattening surface. The rail is shaped to serve as a dam for flowing thermoplastic zipper material during stomping of slider end stops. The horn further comprises a plurality of vertical energy directors designed to direct ultrasonic energy into the mass of zipper material and deflect flowing zipper material toward the dam. The horn further comprises first and second recesses located on opposite sides of a stem of the T-shaped flattening surface. The anvil cover overlies opposing portions of the anvil and comprises a T-shaped cutout. The T-shaped flattening surface of the horn fits in the T-shaped cutout of the anvil cover. The resulting zipper has slider end stops located at opposing ends. Each end stop comprises flattened zipper material having a plurality of spaced indentations, the indentations being formed by the energy directors during stomping. The zipper can be pre-heated prior to ultrasonic stomping. A flange of the zipper can be cooled by fluid during ultrasonic stomping of the zipper parts. |
84 |
Method and apparatus for ultrasonically stomping slider end stops on zipper |
US10113489 |
2002-04-01 |
US20030183315A1 |
2003-10-02 |
Michael
J.
McMahon; Lawrence
Share; Michael
A.
Pollack; Donald
L.
Crevier; Nigel
D.
Knight; Stanley
Piotrowski |
An ultrasonic welding assembly comprising a horn, an anvil and an anvil cover. The horn comprises a generally T-shaped flattening surface and a rail projecting forward of the flattening surface. The rail is shaped to serve as a dam for flowing thermoplastic zipper material during stomping of slider end stops. The horn further comprises a plurality of vertical energy directors designed to direct ultrasonic energy into the mass of zipper material and deflect flowing zipper material toward the dam. The horn further comprises first and second recesses located on opposite sides of a stem of the T-shaped flattening surface. The anvil cover overlies opposing portions of the anvil and comprises a T-shaped cutout. The T-shaped flattening surface of the horn fits in the T-shaped cutout of the anvil cover. The resulting zipper has slider end stops located at opposing ends. Each end stop comprises flattened zipper material having a plurality of spaced indentations, the indentations being formed by the energy directors during stomping. The zipper can be pre-heated prior to ultrasonic stomping. A flange of the zipper can be cooled by fluid during ultrasonic stomping of the zipper parts. |
85 |
Method for producing a connector |
US09579192 |
2000-05-26 |
US06540868B1 |
2003-04-01 |
Janos Kertesz |
A connector having at least three parts is used to connect a fluid line to an opening of a component that is made of a thermoplastic material. The connector is produced by forming a first part of the connector from an essentially thermoplastic material. A second part and a third part of the connector are produced from an essentially thermoplastic material so that the second part and the third part are fused together. The first part and the second part are connected in a fluid-tight manner outside of a mold. The material of the third part is selected so that it is capable of forming a fusion connection with the thermoplastic material of the component. The connector can also have at least one part. This connector is produced by injection molding a first outer part, an inner layer and an intermediate layer. The materials of the first outer part and the inner layer and the material of the intermediate layer are selected so that they have different properties with respect to their strength, impact resistance, and tendency to creep. At least one of the first outer part, the inner layer and the intermediate layer is formed so as to be impervious to diffusion. |
86 |
Production of hollow plastic articles |
US09938756 |
2001-08-24 |
US20020024171A1 |
2002-02-28 |
Wolfgang
Rohde; Dieter
Boes; Michael
Flosdorff; Jorg
Schnorr; Bernhard
Springholz; Roger
Weinlein; Andreas
Wust |
The present invention relates to a process for producing hollow plastic articles, encompassing the following steps: a) producing a tubular plastic parison on a blow molding plant or coextrusion blow molding plant b) cutting open the extruded or coextruded plastic parison to give at least one semifinished open-surface product c) thermoforming the resultant semifinished open-surface product to give half-shells d) welding the thermoformed half-shells to give a hollow article. |
87 |
Machine for welding hollow articles and process for welding these articles |
US09353635 |
1999-07-15 |
US06328842B1 |
2001-12-11 |
Hubert Coninck; Pierre Gilliard; Joel Op De Beeck; Guy Van Meulebeke; Jules-Joseph Van Schaftingen |
Machine for welding hollow articles and process for welding these articles, for example half-shells of a plastic fuel tank, using the technique of hot-plate welding. A particular process in which the articles to be welded together are preshaped by pressing against a cold plate, which might not be plane, by stretching or compressing the side walls of the articles or by pressing against the walls of a mold. Process applied to the manufacturer of injection-molded/welded fuel tanks. Use of the machine for manufacturing such tanks. |
88 |
Plastic composites and process for their manufacture |
US09793419 |
2001-02-27 |
US20010023016A1 |
2001-09-20 |
Volker
Benz; Manfred
Rimpl |
Flat composites of plastic are manufactured by thermal adhesive bonding of at least two plastic parts which are heated at their surfaces and which comprise a base material coated with a plastic layer, wherein the Vicat softening point of the plastic of layer is 5 to 40null C. lower than that of the base material, wherein the base material has a thickness of 1 to 200 mm and the plastic layer has a thickness of 5 to 400 nullm, and each of the parts is heated on the surfaces coated with the plastic layer and then welded under pressure. |
89 |
Resole resin system for pultrusion composites |
US09157952 |
1998-09-22 |
US06265482B1 |
2001-07-24 |
John G. Taylor |
A pultrusion process employing a resole-resorcinol resin system, having a much improved pot life and much lower formaldehyde odor over similar existing systems where the resole contains up to 3.5%, preferably 3%, most preferably not more than about 1.5% free formaldehyde. |
90 |
Phenolic resin system for pultrusion composites |
US301315 |
1999-04-29 |
US6159405A |
2000-12-12 |
John G. Taylor |
A fire resistant phenolic resole-resorcinol novolac system for a pultrusion process, having a much improved pot life of the two part mixture, lower emissions during processing and a much better surface finish of the pultruded composite when compared to a similar existing system. A method of making a phenolic resole for pultrusion including, but not limited to, the use of modified phenols such as p-phenyl phenol and nonyl phenol. |
91 |
Apparatus for resin impregnation of a fibrous substrate |
US481722 |
1995-06-07 |
US5630874A |
1997-05-20 |
Robert A. Tait; Walter R. Stelling; John J. Hartley; Donald M. Chevako |
Apparatus and process are described for impregnating a fibrous substrate with a thermosettable resin. The process involves the use of resin application means comprising a moving surface on which is positioned a liquid-form thermosettable resin in essentially uncured state, passing a fibrous web in countercurrent contact with the thermosettable resin so as to transfer the thermosettable resin into the fibrous web, and passing the resin-containing fibrous web to a heating zone to partially cure the resin and form a prepreg. The process is particularly suited for application of a solventless resin formulation to a glass web in the preparation of a prepreg for an electrical laminate. The apparatus includes resin application means comprising a movable surface; means for applying a liquid-form thermosettable resin onto the movable surface; means for advancing, in a countercurrent direction with respect to the direction of motion of the movable surface, a fibrous web to the movable surface and in contact with the thermosettable resin thereon and thence to a resin cure zone; and means not in contact with the opposite side of the fibrous web at the point of resin transfer for maintaining tension in the glass web sufficient to promote transfer of the liquid resin film from the movable surface into the interior of the glass web. |
92 |
Drawing of polyoxymethylene using dielectric heating |
US452862 |
1982-12-23 |
US4497759A |
1985-02-05 |
Koichi Nakagawa; Osamu Maeda; Shinzo Yamakawa |
This invention discloses a continuous process for the production of polymer-polyoxymethylene (POM) having small linear expansion coefficients and high tensile modulus, the process for producing an ultrahigh modulus POM comprising the step of drawing a crystalline polymer continuously under dielectric heating while maintaining the ambient temperature at an elevated temperature by external heating, said ambient temperature being controlled to change from a lower temperature to a higher temperature along the drawing direction of said crystalline polymer with a pre-set temperature gradient. |
93 |
Measuring and mixing process for the manufacture of foamed resins and
installation and conglomerates obtained by using them |
US493401 |
1974-07-31 |
US4000096A |
1976-12-28 |
Henri Lievremont; Adolphe Cominassi |
This invention concerns an improved measuring and mixing process and installation, in which the products are circulated by a system operating as a hydropneumatic convertor, and a batcher consisting of a cylinder containing a mobile piston is placed between this circulating system and the mixing tank.It concerns in particular the measuring and mixing of products of widely different viscosities and densities. |
94 |
Method of producing rubber-plastics composites |
US44826674 |
1974-03-05 |
US3899378A |
1975-08-12 |
WRAGG REGINALD TREVOR; YARDLEY JAMES FRANK |
A rubber-plastics composite is made by friction welding a thermoplastic component to a compatible vulcanized rubber component. The method has advantages and uses in applications where rubber-plastics bonds are required, of which the following is a Specification.
|
95 |
Formation of rod stock from thermoplastic materials |
US70927358 |
1958-01-16 |
US2962760A |
1960-12-06 |
GLENN ALSUP RICHARD; ERVIN LINDVIG PHILIP; HAROLD MILLER JOHN |
|
96 |
Fuel tank made of polyketone and method of manufacturing the same |
US15366306 |
2016-12-01 |
US10112328B2 |
2018-10-30 |
Gwan Won Yun |
Provided are a fuel tank made of polyketone and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes injection-molding an upper cover and a lower cover using an injection-molding machine, placing the upper cover and the lower cover at a relatively high position and a relatively low position, respectively, assembling the upper cover and the lower cover with each other, and bonding contact surfaces between the upper cover and the lower cover to each other using a laser beam. Since the upper cover and the lower cover are formed at the same time and are bonded to each other immediately after being assembled by a machine, it is possible to achieve automated production, mass production and remarkable cost reduction. Further, since the fuel tank has sufficient rigidity due to the rigidity of polyketone without an additional reinforcing member, it is possible to manufacture a lightweight fuel tank. |
97 |
Method for forming a sealing element from extruded thermoplastic rods |
US15117355 |
2015-02-06 |
US10081128B2 |
2018-09-25 |
Eric Barrabino |
Method for forming a sealing element from extruded thermoplastic rods includes the steps of machining one or more extruded thermoplastic rods, each having a first and a second end, in a desired shape; bending the one or more machined thermoplastic rods into a circular structure at ambient temperature while keeping the stress in the one or more thermoplastic rods below the yield point; joining the first and second end faces of the thermoplastic rods to form the sealing element. A method for replacing and repairing a sealing element of a swivel is also described. |
98 |
3D printing with PHT/PHA based materials and polymerizable monomers |
US14461844 |
2014-08-18 |
US10023735B2 |
2018-07-17 |
Dylan J. Boday; Jeannette M. Garcia; James L. Hedrick; Alshakim Nelson; Rudy J. Wojtecki |
This application describes methods of forming an object. The methods described include forming a mixture with i) one or more primary diamines, ii) one or more polymerizable monomers, iii) a formaldehyde-type reagent, and iv) a polymerization initiator; forming a gel by heating the mixture to a temperature of at least 50° C.; and curing the one or more polymerizable monomers by activating the polymerization initiator. The one or more primary diamines may include one or more amine functional oligomers and/or primary aromatic diamine small molecules. The one or more polymerizable monomers may include styrenics, acrylates, methacrylates, vinyl esters, unsaturated polyesters, and derivatives thereof. The gel is a polyhemiaminal (PHA), a polyhexahydrotriazine (PHT), and/or a polyoctatriazacane (POTA) polymer, and curing of the gel forms an interpenetrating network of the PHA/PHT/POTA and the polymer formed from the polymerizable monomers. |
99 |
Multilayer film and interlayer film for laminated glass therefrom |
US15031315 |
2013-10-25 |
US10016959B2 |
2018-07-10 |
Takeshi Kusudou; Yoshiaki Asanuma |
There is provided a multilayer film comprising a layer (X) containing a polyvinyl acetal (I) having an acetalization degree of 55 to 80 mol %, a content of a vinyl ester monomer unit of 0.1 to 1.5 mol % and a viscosity-average degree of polymerization of 1,400 to 5,000; and a layer (Y) containing a polyvinyl acetal (II) having an acetalization degree of 70 to 85 mol %, a content of a vinyl ester monomer unit of 5 to 15 mol % and a viscosity-average degree of polymerization of 1,400 to 5,000, wherein the multilayer film satisfies formulas (1) and (2): (A−B)/A<0.80 (1) and 1.00×10−2<(b/y)/(a/x)<2.00×10−1 (2). There is thus provided a film which exhibits sufficient sound-absorbability, resistance to coloration by heating, reduction in foreign materials (undissolved materials) and excellent recyclability. |
100 |
Hollow body, process for manufacturing it and use thereof in a vehicle |
US14367668 |
2012-12-21 |
US09731485B2 |
2017-08-15 |
Bjorn Criel; Pierre De Keyzer; Eric Boucaux |
A process for manufacturing a hollow body including a thermoplastic wall and a fibrous reinforcement welded on at least one portion of the surface of the wall, or its outer surface, the fibrous reinforcement including a thermoplastic similar to or compatible with that of the wall of the hollow body, having a thickness of at least 1 mm and from 30 to 60% in weight of fibers, the method including heating a portion of the outer surface of the hollow body where the reinforcement will be welded; heating the fibrous reinforcement to soften or melt the thermoplastic of the reinforcement; and moving the reinforcement and applying the reinforcement to the portion of the outer surface of the hollow body. The applying the reinforcement includes: applying an initial pressure on at least one portion of the reinforcement; and applying pressure for a final welding using robotized pressure applying mechanism. |