Abstract: A breathable and waterproof composite fabric includes a fabric sheet and a waterproof plastic film. The fabric sheet has a first surface, a second surface and a plurality of micropores extending through the first and second surfaces. The waterproof plastic film is made of a non-porous material and has an outer surface, an inner surface bonded to the first surface, and a plurality of hollow protrusions protruding from the outer surface. Each of the hollow protrusions defines a channel having an inner open end at the inner surface and an outer open end distal from the inner and outer surfaces. A method of making the breathable and waterproof composite fabric is also provided.

Abstract: A composite cloth includes a fabric sheet and a film unit. The fabric sheet has bottom and top surfaces and a plurality of micropores extending through the bottom and top surfaces. The film unit includes bottom and top cover films respectively disposed on the bottom and top surfaces of the fabric sheet. Each of the first and second cover films includes opposite film bottom and top surfaces, and a plurality of film sections connected to each other. Each of the film section includes a pair of longitudinal trough portions, a pair of transverse trough portions connected between the longitudinal trough portions, and a crest portion surrounded by and protruding from the longitudinal and transverse trough portions.

Abstract: A projector and a projecting method using the same are provided. The projector includes a first light source, a color wheel and a second light source. The first light source is configured to emit a first color light. The second light source is configured to emit a second color light. The first color light passing through a transparent region of the color wheel becomes a third color light. The second color light and the third color light are mixed as a first projecting light. The first color light reflected by a phosphor reflection region of the color wheel becomes a fourth color light. The fourth color light is guided toward a projecting direction to become a second projecting light. The first projecting light and the second projecting light do not overlap in timing.

Abstract: A composite cloth includes a fabric sheet and at least one functional film. The fabric sheet has opposite first and second surfaces and defines a plurality of micropores extending through the first and second surfaces. The at least one functional film is bonded to the first surface of the fabric sheet, conforms the first surface of the fabric sheet and is formed with a plurality of vacuum-molded protrusions extending into corresponding ones of the micropores. The at least one functional film has at least one functional component.

Abstract: A light source module is provided. The light source module includes a filter wheel, a composite light source, and a third light source. The filter is rotatable with respect to a pivot and includes a first color filter area, a second color filter area, and a light transmitting area. The composite light source emits a composite light consisting of a first color light and a second color light. When the filter wheel rotates to that the first color filter area corresponds to a filtered light path, the composite light is emitted to the first color filter area for filtering to obtain a first color light. When the filter wheel rotates to that the second color filter area corresponds to the filtered light path, the composite light is emitted to the second color filter area for filtering to obtain a second color light.

Abstract: A breathable and waterproof composite cloth includes a fabric and a waterproof plastic film bonded to the fabric. The fabric has opposite first and second surfaces, and a plurality of micropores and raised portions. The waterproof plastic film has opposite inner and outer surfaces, and a plurality of spaced-apart first and second hollow protrusions. Each of the first hollow protrusions extends through a corresponding one of the micropores. A portion of the second hollow protrusions are respectively interposed between two adjacent ones of the raised portions. The first and second hollow protrusions respectively define first and second ventilating passages extending through the inner and outer surfaces.

Abstract: A breathable and electrically conductive cloth includes a first plastic film having opposite inner and outer surfaces, an electrical circuit pattern layer formed on the inner surface, and a yarn-based fabric having opposite first and second surfaces and defining multiple micropores extending through the first and second surfaces. The first plastic film has multiple first hollow protrusions respectively extending into the micropores and forming ventilating passages extending through the outer surface and the second surface. The electrical circuit pattern layer has multiple second hollow protrusions correspondingly extending into the micropores.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for making a non-woven fabric article are provided. The method includes providing a screen mold, disposing a formable material thereover, and evacuating air from the screen mold. The screen mold is made of a non-pliable material, and has an annular surrounding wall that defines an internal space, and multiple screen holes that extend through the annular surrounding wall and communicate with the internal space. The formable material is disposed over the annular surrounding wall and the screen holes of the screen mold, and then air is evacuated from the internal space via a suction device to form the fabric article.

Abstract: A breathable structural web includes a layered structure having at least a layer of a non-woven material. The layered structure includes a base layer portion that has opposite first and second sides, a plurality of hollow protrusions that are disposed at the first side and that protrude and that are tapered from the base layer portion in a first direction, and a plurality of indented portions that are disposed at the second side, that extend from the base layer portion in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and that respectively define a plurality of recesses which open in the first direction. The hollow protrusions are scattered among the indented portions.

Abstract: A breathable structural web includes a layered structure having at least a layer of a non-woven material. The layered structure includes a base layer portion that has opposite first and second sides, a plurality of hollow protrusions that are disposed at the first side and that protrude and that are tapered from the base layer portion in a first direction, and a plurality of indented portions that are disposed at the second side, that extend from the base layer portion in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and that respectively define a plurality of recesses which open in the first direction. The hollow protrusions are scattered among the indented portions.

Abstract: A projector and a projecting method using the same are provided. The projector includes a first light source, a color wheel and a second light source. The first light source is configured to emit a first color light. The second light source is configured to emit a second color light. The first color light passing through a transparent region of the color wheel becomes a third color light. The second color light and the third color light are mixed as a first projecting light. The first color light reflected by a phosphor reflection region of the color wheel becomes a fourth color light. The fourth color light is guided toward a projecting direction to become a second projecting light. The first projecting light and the second projecting light do not overlap in timing.

Abstract: A breathable and waterproof composite fabric includes: a fabric sheet having opposite first and second surfaces and defining a plurality of micropores extending through the first and second surfaces; and a waterproof plastic film of a non-porous material that is bonded to the first surface of the fabric sheet, that conforms to the first surface of the fabric sheet, and that is perforated to form a plurality of hollow protrusions extending into the micropores, respectively. The plastic film has inner and outer surfaces. The inner surface is in contact with the first surface of the fabric sheet. Each of the hollow protrusions defines a channel that extends through the inner and outer surfaces for imparting breathability to the plastic film.

Abstract: A breathable and electrically conductive cloth includes a first plastic film having opposite inner and outer surfaces, an electrical circuit pattern layer formed on the inner surface, and a yarn-based fabric having opposite first and second surfaces and defining multiple micropores extending through the first and second surfaces. The first plastic film has multiple first hollow protrusions respectively extending into the micropores and forming ventilating passages extending through the outer surface and the second surface. The electrical circuit pattern layer has multiple second hollow protrusions correspondingly extending into the micropores.

Abstract: A breathable and waterproof composite fabric includes a fabric sheet and a waterproof plastic film. The fabric sheet has a first surface, a second surface and a plurality of micropores extending through the first and second surfaces. The waterproof plastic film is made of a non-porous material and has an outer surface, an inner surface bonded to the first surface, and a plurality of hollow protrusions protruding from the outer surface. Each of the hollow protrusions defines a channel having an inner open end at the inner surface and an outer open end distal from the inner and outer surfaces. A method of making the breathable and waterproof composite fabric is also provided.

Abstract: A plant growing device includes an envelope made of a vacuum formed film and having substantially planar first and second walls interconnected by a surrounding wall. A plant growing medium is enclosed by the envelope. The first and second walls each has a plurality of micro-holes, and a network of interconnected ribs that are indented from an outer surface of the first or second wall to define a plurality of flow guide channels. The second wall further has openings to receive plants. The first wall further has drain holes. The envelope has high air permeability due to the micro-holes while still possessing a relative high strength due to the network of ribs.

Abstract: A patterned fabric with an image pattern includes: a fabric sheet having opposite first and second surfaces and a plurality of pores extending through the first and second surfaces, each of the pores being defined by a pore-defining wall; and a plastic film bonded to the first surface of the fabric sheet and having opposite first and second faces and an image pattern formed on the first face. The plastic film is perforated to form a plurality of through-holes extending through the first and second faces. Each of the through-holes is defined by a hole-defining wall. The hole-defining wall of each of the through-holes extends into a respective one of the pores and wraps around and is bonded to at least a portion of the pore-defining wall of the respective one of the pores.

Abstract: A portable cup holder includes: a cup-holding unit including a first cup-embracing wall that is formed with two first wall holes and a second cup-embracing wall that is formed with two second wall holes aligned with the first wall holes; and a handle string unit including first and second string parts, each of which extends from outside of the cup-holding space through one of the first wall holes into the cup-holding space and then through one of the second wall holes to the outside of the cup-holding space and then extends therefrom through the other of the second wall holes into the cup-holding space and then through the other of the first wall holes to the outside of the cup-holding space. Each of the first and second string parts is shiftable along a transverse direction.

Abstract: A method of making a double-sided embossed non-woven fabric includes: forming a stack of semi-molten fibers on a screen assembly, the screen assembly including a first layer structure that has a plurality of suction holes arranged into a first pattern, and a second layer structure that is disposed on the first layer structure and that has a plurality of elements arranged into a second pattern; and embossing the stack of the semi-molten fibers on the screen assembly by suctioning the stack of the semi-molten fibers using a suctioning device such that the stack of the semi-molten fibers is drawn into the holes to wrap the elements.

Abstract: A breathable structural web includes a layered structure having at least a layer of a non-woven material. The layered structure includes a base layer portion that has opposite first and second sides, a plurality of hollow protrusions that are disposed at the first side and that protrude and that are tapered from the base layer portion in a first direction, and a plurality of indented portions that are disposed at the second side, that extend from the base layer portion in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and that respectively define a plurality of recesses which open in the first direction. The hollow protrusions are scattered among the indented portions.

Abstract: A film patterning system includes: a first rotary member having a first shaft that defines a first axis, and a cylindrical first screen mold that is rotatable about the first axis; a second rotary member spaced apart from the first rotary member, having a second shaft that defines a second axis parallel to the first axis, and rotatable about the second axis; a second screen mold trained on the first and second rotary members and circumferentially stacked on the first screen mold; and a suctioning box mounted in the first rotary member for suctioning the film that is guided onto the second screen mold.