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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Igor Alexeff, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Assignee:
The University of Tennessee Research Corporation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204165 ; 204168 ; 264446 ; 264448 ; 264484 ; 361225 ; 361233 ; 361234 ; 442301 ; 442414 ;
Abstract
The surface of a web or film is modified to impart the material with improved properties including wettability, printability, adhesion and static reduction. Such surface modification is achieved with an electrode structure which causes a filamentary discharge to pass generally horizontally across a surface of the electrode structure. A substrate to be treated is then positioned adjacent to the surface of the electrode structure so that the filamentary discharge is caused to flow horizontally across the surface of the substrate, in turn modifying the surface of the substrate and achieving the desired improvement in properties.