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May 17, 2013 - Sealing leaks in the inside of piping systems. - Patent
Methods and systems for cleaning, coating and sealing leaks in existing pipes in a single operation are provided in this invention. A piping system...
May 10, 2013 - Sealing Composition for Punctured Tire Repair - Patent
Disclosed is a sealant composition for the sealing of a punctured tire including a liquid carrier, one or more viscosity and suspending agents, one or...
Apr 06, 2013 - Polysiloxanes for Oil or Chemical Spill Containment - Patent
Reversibly and irreversibly-linking amino-polysiloxanes, methods of making such amino-polysiloxanes, and systems and methods of using such...
Mar 17, 2013 - Sealants for Electrochemical Battery - Patent
An electrochemical battery is described in this invention. The battery includes a housing and a pouch-shaped solid electrolyte disposed in the...
Feb 10, 2013 - Radiation Curable Polyisobutylene PSA and Adhesive Sealants - Patent
The disclosure provides pressure-sensitive adhesives and adhesive sealants prepared from amine-modified, crosslinked isobutylene copolymers, and tape...
Dec 30, 2012 - Sealing Film for a Solar Cell Module - Patent
An objective of the present invention is to provide a solar cell sealing film that has the crosslinking or curing time reduced and has a high...
Oct 22, 2012 - Silicone Foam Sealant for Bridge Expansion Joints - Technical Paper
Bridge expansion-joint sealants are used to deter water and corrosive materials from leaking through the joint and damaging the bridge structure....
Oct 07, 2012 - Review of Research on Liquid Silicone Rubber Materials - Technical Paper
The developments in the research of liquid silicone rubber (LSR) were reviewed. LSR with special properties was the primary focus of this paper. The...
Sep 01, 2012 - An Overview of the Science and Technology of Adhesives - Technical Paper
This chapter presents an overview of the science and technology of adhesives and sealants. The chapter describes the chemistry of pressure-sensitive...
Sep 01, 2012 - Sealing battery casing by thermal fusion. - Patent
Ingress of moisture into the battery casing of the lithium battery causes a decrease in battery performance. Specifically, when moisture exists in the...
Aug 04, 2012 - Design Processes for Formed-in-place Gaskets - Technical Paper
This technical feature discusses the dimensioning and design of formed-in-place gaskets – both anaerobic gaskets and silicone sealants. The...
Jun 30, 2012 - Peelable Thermoplastic Sealant for Packaging Film - Patent
A peelable sealing structure includes a sealing layer and one or more optional additional layers. The peelable sealing structure includes a sealing...
Apr 15, 2012 - Bonding roadways with an asphalt emulsion coating. - Patent
This invention describes a method for bonding together an existing substrate layer and a pavement layer, such that a strong adhesive bond is formed by...
Feb 25, 2012 - All-in-one Spacer and Seal for Insulating Glass Units - Patent
An “all-in-one” spacer and seal useful in insulating glass units is based on silane-functional, organic polymer which preferably has a low...
Feb 10, 2012 - Auto Window Glass Bead for Installation in an Opening - Patent
A window glass, particularly for installation by adhesive bonding in an opening of a vehicle bodywork, comprises a sheet of glass with a profiled bead...
Jan 21, 2012 - Method for Manufacturing and Sealing a Photovoltaic Panel - Patent
Disclosed in this patent are a photovoltaic panel and a method of manufacturing the same. The photovoltaic panel includes a photovoltaic unit having a...
Jan 01, 2012 - Cellulose Ether Compositions for Tile Adhesive - Patent
The present invention relates to a cellulose ether composition for use in the preparation of dry mortar formulations, especially of cementitious bound...
Aug 07, 2011 - Adhesive Strength of Fresh Fiber-reinforced Mortars - Technical Paper
Adhesive properties of fiber-reinforced joint mortars in fresh state are investigated using the probe tack test. This test consists of measuring the...
Jul 23, 2011 - Aqueous Polyurethane – Acrylic Hybrid Adhesives - Patent
A process for the preparation of adhesive compositions is disclosed. The adhesive comprises the polymerization of a mixture of acrylic and...
Jul 09, 2011 - Effect of Filler on Properties of Polysulfide Sealants - Technical Paper
In this work, investigations were made on the mechanical properties, stress–strain behavior during compression, swelling and compression set...
Jul 09, 2011 - Peelable Thermoplastic Sealants in Packaging Films - Patent
A peelable sealing structure includes a sealing layer and one or more optional additional layers. The peelable sealing structure includes a sealing...
May 28, 2011 - The Importance of the Adhesive in Self-healing Polymers - Conference
Since their inception nearly a decade ago, self-healing polymers and composites have become an emerging field in academia and received substantial...
Apr 23, 2011 - Wind uplift performance of adhesive applied roofing systems. - Technical Paper
Understanding how a roof performs under wind action is crucial to improve the roof design. The present study contributes to an ongoing collaborative...
Apr 09, 2011 - Heat Sealing Polyester Film for Photovoltaic Cells - Patent
This disclosure describes a method of producing sealing film for photovoltaic cell modules including a layer composed of at least one substance...
Apr 02, 2011 - Aluminum substrate cleanliness and silicone rubber adhesion. - Technical Paper
The aim of this work was to determine the minimum surface cleanliness of aluminum substrates required for good and reproducible silicone rubber...
Feb 27, 2011 - Hot Melt Materials for Sealing a Solar Battery - Patent
A solar battery is a power generation system which converts light energy into electricity. A solar battery is manufactured by protecting a solar...
Feb 27, 2011 - Service life prediction of ceramic tiling systems. - Technical Paper
Although ceramic tiling on building facades has a history of long durability and service life, a number of service life anomalies in modern building...
Jan 23, 2011 - Low VOC adhesive for attaching polyolefin roofing material. - Patent
Adhesive compositions formulated with blends of styrene-isoprene-styrene block copolymers (SIS) and hydrocarbon resins are provided in this invention....
Dec 21, 2010 - Effects of UV, temperature, and moisture on aging of sealants. - Technical Paper
Photodegradation of polymeric materials leads to significant modification in both chemical properties and mechanical-rheological behaviors over time. ...
Dec 04, 2010 - Method for sealing the inside of piping systems. - Patent
Methods and systems are described for cleaning, coating, and sealing leaks in expositing pipes in a single operation. A piping system can be cleaned...
Nov 29, 2010 - Adhesives useful for repairing damaged gas pipelines. - Technical Paper
The materials and equipment developed to eliminate damage in the pipelines that transmit hydrocarbons are presented in this paper. The properties of...
Nov 05, 2010 - Fluorosiloxane and polysulfide fuel resistant sealant. - Technical Paper
This article presents the results of the latest research in the field of creating fuel-resistant sealants. VGM4 fluorosiloxane sealant, which is...
Oct 30, 2010 - A peelable film sealant for packaging. - Patent
The invention concerns a sealed package formed from a polymer film comprising a block copolymeric substrate and a heat sealable coating and/or skin...
Oct 30, 2010 - Sealing and fixturing a solar cell module. - Patent
In this invention, a solar cell base body is attached to a frame smoothly and without being damaged. At the time of attaching the solar cell base...
May 05, 2013 - System for Coating and Sealing the inside of Piping Systems - Patent
This invention describes methods and systems for cleaning, coating and sealing leaks in existing pipes, in a single operation. A piping system can be...
Feb 25, 2013 - Assembling Fuel Cell Perimeter Gaskets - Patent
A method and apparatus for making fuel cell components via a roll to roll process are described in this invention. Spaced apart apertures are cut in...
Feb 16, 2013 - Method of Preserving Sealants Against Insect Attack - Patent
The present invention is generally directed toward the preservation of insulations and sealants and more particularly to the protection of insulation...
Feb 02, 2013 - Cementitious Tile Adhesive and Method of Application - Patent
The present invention relates to cement tile adhesives (CTAs) comprising inorganic hydraulic cement, cellulose ethers and water-redispersible polymer...
Feb 02, 2013 - Influence of Seam Sealing on Auto Body Sealing - Technical Paper
To improve the sealing performance of a car body the OEMs make the welding line treatment with a seam sealant. However, the distribution, shape, size...
Jan 19, 2013 - Structural Silicone Sealant Modeling for Wood Frames - Technical Paper
This paper provides a quantitative measure of the bonding strength of structural silicone sealant applied to wood–double glazing glass joints for wood...
Jan 12, 2013 - Single Drop Sealant Filling for Mobile LCD Device - Technical Paper
In this paper, the authors developed a new one drop filling (ODF) sealant for mobile thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) products....
Jan 05, 2013 - Moisture Barrier Potting Compound - Patent
The moisture barrier potting composition described in this invention includes an olefinic polymer, a polyethylene wax, a silane, an antioxidant, and a...
Nov 03, 2012 - Peel-off Food Packaging System with Sealing Layer - Patent
This invention describes a sealing product to be sealed on at least one ring-shaped sealing zone which surrounds the opening of a container. The seal...
Oct 29, 2012 - Storage Stable Bituminous Emulsion Binders - Patent
This invention relates to emulsions comprising a (1→3)-β-D-glucan, a cationic emulsifier and a bituminous binder having a low penetration. The...
Oct 22, 2012 - Zoned Resistance Element for Heat Sealing - Patent
Heat seal bands are used to seal and cut packaging, products and other materials using heat. Heat seal bands may be used to seal monolayers or...
Oct 07, 2012 - Influence of Seam Sealant on Auto Body Sealing - Technical Paper
To improve the sealing performance of car body, the OEMs make the welding line treatment with a seam sealant. However, the distribution, shape, size...
Jul 28, 2012 - Review of the Surface Applications for Silicones - Technical Paper
Some key surface-related applications of silicone polymeric materials are reviewed with an emphasis on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), the predominant...
Jul 15, 2012 - Study of Seam Design on Auto Body Sealing - Technical Paper
To improve the sealing performance of car body, the OEMs make the welding line treatment with a seam sealant. However, the distribution, shape, size...
Jul 08, 2012 - Puncture Sealant that can be Applied via Tire Valve - Patent
Valve-through tire puncture sealant compositions including dissolved and undissolved natural bio-materials, anti-freezing agents and other rigid...
Jun 15, 2012 - Jute Fiber Reinforced Concrete Repair System - Patent
Disclosed in this invention is a concrete repair composition including an aggregate, a binder, and a fiber reinforcement, wherein the fiber...
Apr 22, 2012 - UV activated seal for photopolymer plate mounting. - Patent
This invention describes a method of sealing a printing plate, such as a photopolymer printing plate, to a carrier sheet. A UV-curable adhesive resin...
Mar 17, 2012 - Perchlorovinyl resin adhesive for elastomeric substrates. - Technical Paper
A possibility of modifying the adhesive compositions based on perchlorovinyl resin with amino-containing compounds is studied. Aniline and...
Feb 25, 2012 - Solar cell fabrication method with connecting sheet. - Patent
A method of fabricating a solar cell with a connecting sheet includes a temporary fixing step of bonding at least a portion of a peripheral region of...
Feb 18, 2012 - New self-healing technique for cementitious materials. - Technical Paper
Based on detailed consideration of the autonomic healing concept of microencapsulated healing agent, micro-bacteria induced calcite and shape memory...
Jan 21, 2012 - Sealant Tape using Offsetting Particles for Spacing - Patent
A mastic sealing strip is disclosed comprising a continuous sealant composition in which are located deformable offsetting particles for, in use,...
Jan 01, 2012 - Nanoclay Filled Soy Based Polyurethane Foam - Technical Paper
Polyurethane foam was fabricated from polymeric diphenylmethane diisocyanate (pMDI) and soy-based polyol. Nanoclay Cloisite 30B was incorporated into...
Dec 18, 2011 - Foam Sealant for Isolating Zones and Oil and Gas Wells - Patent
Foamable epoxy-based zonal isolation sealing compositions are disclosed and methods for isolating zones in borehole of oil and gas well using the...
Oct 31, 2011 - Sealant for dye-sensitized solar cell. - Patent
This invention describes a sealant, a dye-sensitized solar cell including the same, and a method of manufacturing the dye-sensitized solar cell. The...
Sep 21, 2011 - Polyurethane adhesive for windshield applications. - Patent
A polyurethane adhesive which is useful in bonding porous and non-porous surfaces is described in this invention. The adhesive is especially useful...
Jul 23, 2011 - Hot melt sealing glass compositions. - Patent
This invention describes hot-melt sealing glass compositions that include one or more glass frits dispersed in a polymeric binder system. The...
Jul 09, 2011 - Incongealable Sealants Based on Modified Butyl Rubber - Technical Paper
The possibility of using butyl rubber modified by maleic anhydrate as an adhesive additive for obtaining incongealable composites is shown in this...
May 30, 2011 - Polyamide Hot Melts Combine Open Time and Strength - Patent
Researchers at adhesive giant Henkel have developed hot melt adhesives with both increased open time and mechanical strength – two properties where...
Apr 23, 2011 - Sealing structure using a liquid gasket. - Patent
This invention describes a sealing structure using a liquid gasket. The liquid gasket is interposed in the form of a thin film between the mating...
Jan 08, 2011 - Study on epoxy asphalt binder for paving. - Technical Paper
Epoxy asphalt has fundamentally changed the thermoplastic of asphalt and endowed the asphalt with excellent physical and mechanical properties. This...
Dec 04, 2010 - Method for bonding silicone rubber parts. - Patent
A method of bonding silicone rubber parts is described. The method is characterized by placing an adhesive-agent layer formed from a...
Nov 29, 2010 - Adhesive for blast-resistant window screens. - Patent
The invention provides a system for window blast protection. The system includes an elastomeric or non-elastomeric first material. This is then...
Nov 13, 2010 - Fungus resistant additive for silicone sealants. - Technical Paper
This report describes the results of investigations on the fungus resistance of organosilicone
sealants (specifically Viksint U-4-21 and Viksint...
Nov 13, 2010 - Method of fluid-tight sealing of aircraft components. - Patent
In the manufacture of aircraft it is necessary to provide fluid-tight sealing in many joints between
components (known as interfay joints). This...
Nov 05, 2010 - Silicone rubber sealant for road joints. - Conference
Silicone rubber is acknowledged to show excellent performance properties, such as weather resistance, non-toxicity, tearing strength over a broad...
Oct 25, 2010 - Dow promises improved renewable polyurethanes - Patent
Polymers based on soybean oil could be more widely used in polyurethane adhesives and sealants thanks to scientists at Dow Chemical. Currently,...
Oct 11, 2010 - Crimp-fold adhesive joint for auto body manufacture. - Patent
Two-component systems are described which are suitable for underlining, adhesive bonding of the crimped fold, and sealing of auto body sections. The...
Sep 29, 2010 - Improved sealing of a damaged inflatable article. - Patent
This invention relates to improved composition for use in the sealing or repair of a damaged inflatable article. More specifically the invention...
Sep 05, 2010 - Adhesion of automotive windowpanes. - Patent
In automobile manufacture, single component polyurethane adhesives have been used for a long time for bonding windowpanes to the body by use of...
Sep 05, 2010 - Edge sealing of foam boards. - Patent
A method and machine are described for sealing at least one cut edge of a foam board. The foam board has a top surface, a bottom surface, and at...
Sep 05, 2010 - Water soluble sealing material for consumer packaging. - Patent
This invention provides a water soluble sealing packaging material having excellent halogen resistance. It can be used to seal a medicament to be...
Aug 14, 2010 - Tire repair with a solvent-swollen rubber. - Patent
This invention describes methods and articles utilizing a bonding material that comprises ultra-accelerators and solvent-swollen diene rubber. ...
Jul 29, 2010 - Renewable silicone sealants cut shrinkage - Patent
Biodiesel oils evaporate less than mineral oils when used as extenders in silicone sealants, suggesting that products using them will shrink less,...
Jul 25, 2010 - Method of installing a roofing membrane. - Patent
This invention describes a roofing membrane consisting of two distinct layers. The first layer includes a low surface energy polymer. A method of...
Jun 13, 2010 - Device for curing sealing compounds for gap filling. - Patent
The invention described in this application relates to a device for curing a plastic material, particularly a sealing or filling compound. It is...
May 29, 2010 - Activatable sealing material for downhole well tools. - Patent
A downhole well tool having a component with a metal surface to which a sealing material is adhered is disclosed. The sealing material is bonded to...
Apr 23, 2010 - Polyurea adhesive for bonding elastomers such as in a tire. - Patent
A polyurea adhesive is obtainable by reaction of components that include a polyisocyanate, a polyamine, and a carboxylic acid. The polyisocyanate has...
Mar 27, 2010 - Silicone sealant is resistant to hydrocarbon fluids. - Patent
A silicone composition is provided that when cured is resistant to a hydrocarbon fluid, such as transmission fluid, and other harsh environments. The...
Mar 19, 2010 - Epoxy resin for sealing electronic apparatus. - Patent
The invention provides a liquid resins composition for electronic part sealing. The resin exhibits good fluidity and a narrow gap. It is free from...
Feb 19, 2010 - Method of sealing seams on an asphalt road. - Patent
This invention describes a seam sealer for sealing seams in an asphalt paving operation. The sealer has electric heaters and heats a seam area that...
Feb 12, 2010 - Heat activated ultra-high solids polyurethane dispersion. - Patent
This invention is a heat activated adhesive composition consisting of an ultra-high solid polyurethane dispersion. The dispersion comprises (1) a...
Jan 29, 2010 - Laminated lid stock acts as an oxygen barrier. - Patent
This invention describes a laminated lid stock which includes a substrate film, a supporting web, a pressure sensitive adhesive disposed between the...
Jan 23, 2010 - Development of an inexpensive sol-gel based adhesive. - Technical Paper
The humidity and water tolerance of a sol-gel derived binder prepared using a cheap, multicomponent precursor has been studied. The sol was prepared...
Dec 19, 2009 - Fast setting polyurea sealants. - Conference
Fast setting polyurea sealants are rapidly becoming the product of choice in high productivity caulking applications. However, first generation...
Dec 19, 2009 - Moisture curing silane functional polymers. - Patent
Moisture curing compositions based on silane functional polymers are known and their applications include being used as elastic adhesives, sealants,...
Nov 28, 2009 - Method for producing a heat sealable label. - Patent
This patent describes a method of producing a heat sealable label. The label consists of a textile substrate which is made of synthetic polymeric...
Nov 14, 2009 - Methods of assembly of bag structures. - Patent
A bag structure is described which includes a bag body having inner and outer side walls. The bag body further includes a top end and a bottom end. ...
Nov 09, 2009 - Aqueous adhesion promoter for vehicle glazing. - Patent
An aqueous adhesion promoter composition is described in this invention which consists of an aminosilane and a mercaptosilane. The adhesion promoter...
Oct 26, 2009 - Application of heat activated transfer films. - Patent
A method for applying a heat activated transfer adhesive includes preheating a part for bonding to a second part. The heat activated transfer...
Oct 05, 2009 - Adhesive and sealant for bonding fuel cell assemblies. - Patent
A fuel cell, having improved sealing against leakage, includes a sealant disposed over the peripheral portions a membrane electrode assembly such that...
Oct 05, 2009 - Information on the adhesives industry in China. - Technical Paper
The article offers information on the adhesives industry in China for the year 2007. Sales of various adhesive sand sealants rose by 12.76% over...
Oct 05, 2009 - Polyurethane sealant for repairing concrete structures. - Patent
The present invention provides a process for repairing concrete involving filling one of a void, gap or seam in the concrete with a polyurethane...
Sep 07, 2009 - Bond strength effect from a cathodic environment. - Conference
This paper summarizes the research done to date on modeling the debonding of elastomer to steel adhesive joints under cathodic conditions. Cathodic...
Aug 15, 2009 - Anaerobic adhesives as thread-lockers and sealants. - Technical Paper
Commonly used as thread lockers, thread sealants and retaining or gasketing materials, anaerobic adhesives can help manufacturers and maintenance...
Aug 08, 2009 - Nanocomposite heat sealants for peelable easy-open packaging. - Technical Paper
A novel heat sealing performance is achieved by polyethylene nanocomposites reinforced by ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and montmorillonite (MMT). ...
Aug 01, 2009 - Multifunctional sealant includes desiccant. - Patent
A thin film photovoltaic panel and a method for making it are described in this patent. A photovoltaic substrate having at least one edge has an...
Aug 01, 2009 - The use and application of precured sealants. - Technical Paper
Precured joint sealant (sometimes referred to as a membrane, extrusion, or flexible flashing) is produced by extruding an elastomeric material and...
Jul 19, 2009 - Sealants for dental root canal therapy. - Patent
A dental composition for sealing a portion of a tooth includes a liquid acrylic or acrylate monomer, an acrylic or acrylate polymer that is soluble in...
Jul 11, 2009 - Nanoparticle reinforced waterborne polyurethane adhesive. - Technical Paper
A series of waterborne polyurethane / clay (WBPU/clay) nanocomposite dispersions using two different organically modified clays were prepared. It was...
Jun 27, 2009 - Form-in-place gaskets. - Technical Paper
Formed-in-place (FIP) gaskets offer many advantages that O-rings or preformed seals do not. FIP gaskets are applied like a one-component sealant. ...
Jun 07, 2009 - An adhesive that is released by microwave oven energy. - Patent
A method is described in this patent for a hot melt adhesive that can be released (unbonded) by microwave heating. The adhesive is based on...
May 11, 2009 - A reclosable seal for food packaging. - Patent
A reclosable package for food products is described that has several features. A cold seal is formed between two package portions, in which the...
Apr 13, 2009 - Adhesion at polymer interfaces between polymer melts - Technical Paper
The failure of interfaces between a series of styrene butadiene random linear polymer melts is investigated with a contact mechanics method. The...