Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

Dow Global Technolgoies LLC

3m Innovative Properties Company

Robert P McCollam

David C Koskenmaki

James G Carlson

Randolph D Schueller

Karl J Warren

Daniel Y Chang

Norman E Gehrke

Kevin K Kuck

Alvin M Berg

John C Harvey

Mark D Larson

George D Kostuch

Stephen A Johnson

Kent R Kalar

Thomas W Braid

Thomas M Bohlsen

Donald B Ketcham

Benedict L Bezenek

Means and methods for applying a tape layer from a roll to the outer periphery of a spiral wound module. In preferred embodiments the length of the tape coincides with the length of the module.

Method for applying tape layer to outer periphery of spiral wound module

The present invention is directed toward fluid filter assemblies along with methods for making and using the same. The fluid filter assemblies include a ring-shaped seal disposed about a portion of an outer periphery of a filter module. In several embodiments the seal includes an inner surface having at least two parallel contact surfaces separated by a channel, wherein the contact surfaces are in sealing engagement with the outer periphery of the filter module. Additional embodiments are also described.

Fluid filter assembly including seal

The present invention relates to a method for making an array of metal balls. The method includes the step of generating a first pattern on a metal foil which includes a plurality of foil projections. The method also includes the step of generating a second pattern on a carrier substrate. The second pattern includes a plurality of carrier recesses that are arranged and configured to correspond with the foil projections of the first pattern. The method further includes the steps of placing the metal foil and the carrier substrate together such that the foil projections of the metal foil fit within the carrier recesses of the carrier substrate, and melting the metal foil such that the foil projections form metal balls positioned within the carrier recesses of the carrier substrate. The invention also relates to metal ball arrays constructed via the above method.

Patterned array of metal balls and methods of making

Disclosed is a video tape suitable for use in high speed contact duplication. The magnetic layer comprises a magnetic pigment dispersed in a polymeric binder at amounts of magnetic pigment between 75 and 88 percent by weight of the magnetic layer with a total pigment loading (magnetic+nonmagnetic pigments) of at least 80 percent by weight. The tape is provided with a backside coating comprising at least two nonmagnetic pigments dispersed in a polymeric binder, the first nonmagnetic pigment, being a conductive material and having a relatively small particle size of between about 0.015 and 0.15 .mu.m, and the second nonmagnetic pigment having a relatively large particle size of between about 0.15 and 1.5 .mu.m. The magnetic layer has a lubricant absorption value of at least 4 and a surface roughness of between 5 and 15 nm. The backside coating has a surface roughness of between 10 and 150 nm. The polymeric binder of either or both of the magnetic layer and the backside coating may preferably comprise a hard component resin and a soft component resin, wherein the soft component resin is a polyurethane having a plurality of pendant carboxy groups.

Video recording tapes suitable for high speed contact duplication

A coater incorporates a die, a reservoir, a gravure cylinder, and a doctor blade for applying coating fluid to a moving surface. The flow rate of coating fluid to the gravure cylinder is controlled to equal the rate at which coating fluid is consumed by the coating process. This eliminates the need to recycle surplus coating fluid. The coating fluid can be quickly and conveniently replaced with a solvent in the reservoir when coating is not being performed to reduce the occurrence of coating defects arising from excessive evaporation of solvent and premature solidification of coating fluid.

Non-recirculating, die supplied doctored roll coater with solvent

This method produces a tape having a plurality of recorded segments separated by cue tones and having a reduced tendency to generate false cue tones. The method includes applying a layer of a liquid dispersion to a nonmagnetic substrate. The method also includes the steps of orienting the pigment by applying a magnetic field, solidifying the layer of liquid dispersion on the substrate, and applying a demagnetizing field to the layer to neutralize the remanent magnetization.

Degausser for tape with plural recorded segments

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Roseville, MN, United States of America

Robert P McCollam