Abstract: A plurality of thin welded sheets (102) of an apparatus (100) in an example comprises a plurality of weld lines (304) that defines a plurality of fluid boundaries of a fluid pathway (305) of the plurality of thin welded sheets (102). In a further example, a plurality of thin sheets (102) is welded to form a plurality of weld lines (304) that defines a plurality of fluid boundaries of a fluid pathway (305) of the plurality of thin sheets (102).

Abstract: A sandwich panel includes a honeycomb core of a plurality of cells. A first skin is adhered to a first surface of the honeycomb core with an adhesive. A second skin is adhered to a second surface of the honeycomb core with the adhesive. The plurality of cells extend longitudinally between the first and second skins. The first and second skins adhere to the honeycomb core to form a sandwich panel having a surface area of at least 2.25 square feet. A foam fill is disposed within the cells of the honeycomb core. The foam fill and the honeycomb core define a first gap region proximate to the first skin and a second gap region proximate to the second skin.

Abstract: A sandwich panel includes a honeycomb core of a plurality of cells. A first skin is adhered to a first surface of the honeycomb core with an adhesive. A second skin is adhered to a second surface of the honeycomb core with the adhesive. The plurality of cells extend longitudinally between the first and second skins. The first and second skins adhere to the honeycomb core to form a sandwich panel having a surface area of at least 2.25 square feet. A foam fill is disposed within the cells of the honeycomb core. The foam fill and the honeycomb core define a first gap region proximate to the first skin and a second gap region proximate to the second skin.

Abstract: A microfluidic structure comprising a thermoplastic portion defining a microfluidic recess, a bonding layer on the thermoplastic portion and a siloxane elastomer portion covalently bonded to the bonding layer to seal the microfluidic recess. The microfluidic recess can therefore be formed simply, quickly and cheaply using known injection molding techniques, which are not hampered by the need for a curing step. However, the positive qualities associated with elastomers can be brought to the structure by using this to seal the microchannels. The bonding layer can be formed by silica deposited on the thermoplastic portion using techniques known in the field of optics.

Abstract: A child-resistant and senior-friendly carded package for storing and dispensing tablets and like items is provided. The carded package assembly has a integral pair of opposed flaps. One flap carries the tablets or like items, and the other provides a booklet-style cover foldable between a position covering the tablets or like items and a position exposing the tablets or like items. The carded package is made from a first card bonded to a separate second card with a blister card captured therebetween. The first card has a flap including at least three panels folded together with each of the at least three panels including cut out openings or perforations defining punch outs. The second card has a flap having cut out openings. The blister card is sandwiched between the at least three panel flap of the first card and the flap of the second card having openings. A method of assembling the package is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a layered container label that can be marked by the consumer without the aid of a writing device, as well as the method and manufacturing such label. The markable label is formed in layers with: an upper translucent film; a base layer having visually contrasting regions; and an intermediate deformable covering material such as wax laminated between the upper translucent film and the contrasting base layer. Upon application of pressure to the exposed surface of the upper layer, the intermediate deformable covering material is disrupted to visually expose the contrasting region of the base film layer at the point of applied pressure. This allows a user to mark the label without any writing implements.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for substantially continuously forming thin-walled sleeves that may be incorporated into tubular devices sized for introduction into a patient. In one embodiment, a pair of sheets including coated surfaces oriented towards one another are directed through a cutting apparatus to cut the sheets into multiple pairs of strips. The pairs of strips are bonded together to create a plurality of sleeves having lumens defined by the coated surfaces. In another embodiment, a sheet having a coated surface is fed through a cutting tool to separate the sheet into a plurality of strips, and the strips are formed into sleeves, e.g., by feeding the strips through a die or mandrel using a substantially continuous process. Optionally, the sleeves may be subsequently cut into individual tubular devices and/or further processed, e.g., by providing one or more layers around the sleeves to create catheters, sheaths, or other apparatus.

Abstract: Insulating materials and methods for making the same are shown and described. The insulating material may include a first layer, a second layer, and a plurality of baffles between and coupled to the first and second layers. The baffles can be evenly or unevenly spaced from one another such that a substantial portion of the first layer is spaced apart from the second layer when the multilayer material forms clothing worn by a user.

Abstract: This invention comprises deposition of thin film photovoltaic junctions on metal substrates which can be heat treated following deposition in a continuous fashion without deterioration of the metal support structure. In a separate operation an interconnection substrate structure is produced in a continuous roll-to-roll fashion. In this way the interconnection substrate structure can be uniquely formulated from polymer-based materials since it does not have to endure high temperature exposure. Cells comprising the metal foil supported photovoltaic junctions are then laminated to the interconnection substrate structure. Conductive interconnections are deposited to complete the array. The conductive interconnections can be accomplished with a separately prepared interconnection component.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device is produced by a method using a transfer material comprising a pressing member having a projection and an organic layer formed on the projection, which comprises the steps of superposing the transfer material on a first substrate having an electrode formed at least partially thereon such that the organic layer faces the electrode; applying pressure thereto to form a laminate; and peeling the pressing member from the laminate so that the organic layer is transferred onto the first substrate via the electrode.

Abstract: An optical device includes a substrate having a through hole formed therein, and an optical element mounted on the substrate with its optical section being placed to face the through hole, and a light transmissive member disposed at the through hole. Light transmissive under-fill material is provided between the substrate and the optical element and between the light transmissive member and the optical element.

Abstract: A method of transferring nanoparticles to a surface is provided. The method includes rotating a perimeter surface through a colloidal solution such that nanoparticles are captured by binding sites, removing liquid from the captured nanoparticles and rotating a take-up roll such that the captured nanoparticles contact a carrier surface. Moreover, the method includes removing the captured nanoparticles from the perimeter surface and transferring the nanoparticles to the carrier surface with a carrier adhesive material, rotating the carrier surface such that the transferred nanoparticles contact a target substrate, and removing the transferred nanoparticles from the carrier surface and transferring the transferred nanoparticles to the target substrate with a target substrate material.

Abstract: Using a ¼ inch end mill a grid pattern of one inch squares or lands separated by concave troughs or grooves 0.025 inches deep is milled on to the surface of a one quarter inch thick magnesium plate. A conductive barrier such as a titanium foil is then laid over the magnesium plate, and is then pressed into the pattern with a one inch thick 80 durometer rubber sheet. Pressure of 250 pounds per square inch is then applied to the rubber to create indentations in the foil creating the same pattern as the one on the magnesium plate. The foil is then removed. An electrically conductive adhesive is then screen printed on the magnesium lands only, avoiding the grooves. The titanium foil is oriented to the pattern on the magnesium plate and mated to the magnesium plate by applying 200 pounds per square inch of pressure.

Abstract: A method of bonding a first and a second web material (2, 3) to each other, wherein the two web materials are brought together in the area to be bonded and thermal energy or ultrasonic energy is applied to at least one of the web materials in the area to be bonded. In order to improve the bonding strength an additional material (28) that is non-tacky at a temperature of 20° C. is applied to at least one of the web materials in at least a part of the area to be bonded prior to bringing the two web material (2, 3) together. In one aspect the web materials are components of a personal care absorbent article.

Abstract: Heat-sealed articles formed from polymer film portions heated-sealed together in selected areas forming a heat seal pattern, by passing the film portions together in a partial wrap about a heated sealing roller having a cylindrical outer surface that supports the film portions in a smooth cylindrical configuration about the roll. The cylindrical outer surface of the roller comprises a first surface portion defining a configuration corresponding to the heat seal pattern and formed of a first material having a first thermal conductivity, and a second surface portion formed of a second material having a second thermal conductivity lower than the first thermal conductivity such that only areas of the film portions in contact with the first surface portion are heat sealed together, the first and second surface portions being substantially flush with each other at the outer surface.

Abstract: One side of a metal sheet is joined to a polymer layer by applying heat to a joining area on the opposite side of the metal. The heat flows through the thin metal to activate a thermoplastic material or heat setting polymer into a bond with the metal. The method can be used to bond the metal sheet to a plastic body or another metal member. It is preferred to use a friction or friction stir tool to heat the metal surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a composite component reinforced by stiffening elements. Composite component is produced by the inside gluing of a monolithic component to a multiplicity of stiffening elements by means of an adhesive suitable for this particular application. Stiffening elements are formed with a fibre reinforced, amorphous thermoplastic material. Monolithic component of composite component consists of a fibre reinforced duroplastic material—for example a composite epoxy matrix—in which are embedded, for reinforcement, carbon fibres, basalt fibres, natural fibres, ceramic fibres, aramide® fibres, kevlar® fibres or any combination thereof. Monolithic component is glued to thermoplastic stiffening elements by an adhesive under the influence of pressure and temperature. Here a tolerance compensation is carried out essentially by stiffening elements, if necessary being plastically deformed, so that high dimensional stability is achieved.

Abstract: A high strength film/board lamination is formed from a cross-oriented laminated film and a corrugated layer. The cross-laminated film is formed from a first oriented plastic layer and a second oriented plastic layer in which the orientations of the plastic layers cross at an angle between but not equal to zero degrees and 180 degrees relative to one another. The cross-oriented laminated film is adhered to the corrugated layer in a noncontinuous manner. A method of forming a high strength lamination and a method of improving tear resistance in corrugated paper or paperboard based materials are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of forming a multi-colored multi-layered non-woven composite includes the application of ultrasonic energy to the top layer to displace a portion of that layer in a predetermined pattern such that openings are formed through which any underlying layer may be visible. In related embodiments, the use of pinsonic or ultrasonic embossing of a non-woven layer provides a three-dimensional colored pattern due to melting and densification of the fibers and/or the activation of heat activatable pigments or dyes used to color the non-woven.

Abstract: A composite sheet comprising an upper layer 2 and a lower layer 3 both made of a substantially inextensible sheet which are partially bonded to each other at a large number of joints 4. The upper layer 2 forms a large number of outward hollow projections 5 in the area other than the joints 4. The projections 5 and the joints 4 are arranged such that the projections and the joints alternate in one direction to make lines and that the projections in each of the lines are out of alignment with the projections in the adjacent lines.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for sticking, a container, a pocket tape, a method for the production of a pocket tape, a device for the production of a pocket tape, a method for the production of an adhesive tape, an adhesive tape and a device for the production of an adhesive tape. The invention is characterised in that adhesive zones are spaced from one another by non-adhesive zones.

Abstract: A continuous, fully automated and highly productive system for the production of open core elements utilizes various formations of fluted input webs which are cut into strips, glued, cross-transferred, and serially upended for placement against preceding strips to build up an open core element. The open core elements are useful in the manufacture of structural members such as doors, floor panels and all panels.

Abstract: A method for producing data carriers equipped with integrated transponders is disclosed in which the transponders are supplied in a transponder web and are covered on one side with a label, wherein the transponders are separated and aligned before being assembled with an associated label. The disclosure further includes an apparatus for producing data carriers equipped with an integrated transponder that includes a device for supplying a first web of labels and a device for supplying a web of transponders adjoining one another and includes a joining station for cutting and separating the transponders from the transponder web which divides the transponders from the web, separates them and transfers them individually to the label web.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a microsystem and further to such microsystem. With the method a microsystem can be manufactured by stacking pre-processed foils (10) having a conductive layer (11a, 11b) on at least one side. After stacking, the foils (10) are sealed, using pressure and heat. Finally the microsystems are separated from the stack (S). The pre-processing of the foils (preferably done by means of a laser beam) comprises a selection of the following steps: (A) leaving the foil intact, (B) locally removing the conductive layer, (C) removing the conductive layer and partially evaporating the foil (10), and (D) removing both the conductive layer as well as foil (10), thus making holes in the foil (10). In combination with said stacking, it is possible to create cavities, freely suspended cantilevers and membranes. This opens up the possibility of manufacturing various microsystems, like MEMS devices and microfluidic systems.

Abstract: A high performance automotive air filter is produced by injection molding a base piece and a cap piece, applying a layer of adhesive to the base and cap pieces, placing the base and cap pieces on the bottom and top edges of the air filter medium, and curing the adhesive layers to adhere the base and cap to the filter media.

Abstract: The invention discloses a liquid crystal panel used for liquid crystal display device and a method for manufacturing the same. The object of the invention is to provide a liquid crystal panel having the following structure in order to utilize effectively the peripheral portion of the liquid crystal panel: in a liquid crystal panel which is formed by sandwiching the liquid crystal between a TFT substrate configured with the pixels in a matrix shape and a CF substrate configured with the color filter and sealing the peripheral area with a seal material, the seal material is completely overlappingly disposed on the BM of the CF substrate, and in order to electrically connect said TFT substrate and said CF substrate, a conductive material is adjoined at the outer side of said seal material and is configured to overlap the BM completely, and a structure in which said BM only projects outwardly at the portion, where said conductive material is disposed, is formed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a seaming apparatus (10) for joining, along a seam without thread, two or more flexible sheets (12, 14). The apparatus comprises bonding means (16, 18) for bonding together at least two flexible sheet materials. The bonding means has a nip portion (36) for releasably engaging together sheet material, and drive means (20, 22) formed and arranged for engaging sheet material, and moving it incrementally through the bonding means. The drive means is formed and arranged to co-operate with the nip portion so as to sequentially nip then drive material through the apparatus wherein only one of the nip portion or the drive means is in contact with sheet material at any given moment. A method for joining flexible sheets by use of the apparatus of the invention is also described.

Abstract: A method of forming a lap seam for a disposable undergarment is disclosed. The method involves the steps of providing a continuous web of material, folding the material, cutting the material into individual undergarment blanks, folding the edges of the individual blanks, and sealing the edges. The method preferably employs undergarment blanks that are asymmetrical in shape.

Abstract: Microfluidic systems and components. A microfluidic system includes one or more functional units or microfluidic chips, configured to perform constituent steps in a process and interconnected to form the system. A multi-layer microfluidic system includes a separate dedicated fluid layer and dedicated electromechanical layer connected via through-holes. Electromechanical components are formed on the electromechanical layer.

Abstract: A method for producing an article of the present invention includes: a supply step of supplying a first web; a first bonding step of bonding the first web and an elastic together; a placement step of placing a second web so as to sandwich the elastic between the first web and the second web; and a second bonding step of bonding the first web, the elastic and the second web together at a plurality of locations.

Abstract: A reclosable bag that can be hermetically sealed. The bag comprises a pair of zipper strips that are joined in respective zones without substantial deformation of the longitudinal profiled closure elements. These zones of zipper strip joinder assist in providing a leakproof transition from the openable section of the zipper to the corner seals, where the longitudinal profiled closure elements are either substantially deformed (e.g., crushed) or absent. The method of manufacture involves the steps of ultrasonically welding a wide area and then thermally crushing a narrower area overlapping the wide welded area to form leakproof zipper joints. This method can be applied to string (flangeless) zippers as well as flanged zippers.

Abstract: This invention relates to an adhesive article which provides air egress. Air egress is provided by supplying a route, such as areas of no initial adhesion for the air to flow out from under the construction. The invention relates to an adhesive article comprising a facestock having a front surface and a back surface, a continuous layer of adhesive having an upper surface and a lower surface wherein the upper surface of the adhesive layer is adhered to the back surface of the facestock, and a plurality of spaced-apart non-adhesive material which is in contact with the lower surface of the adhesive layer wherein the lower surface of the adhesive layer has a Sheffield roughness of at least about 10 and the adhesive article provides air egress. The invention also relates to methods of preparing the adhesive articles. These articles have usefulness as industrial graphics images, as well as decorative coverings, etc. The articles provide air egress and optionally repositionability and slideability.

Abstract: This invention relates to a dry erase writing board. The dry erase writing board comprises a chalk or erase board having a face side, and a multilayer film which is adhered to the face side of the chalk or dry erase board. The outer or exposed surface of the multilayer film which is adhered to the chalk board or erase board is a clear dry erasable layer comprising at least one fluorocarbon polymer. The invention also relates to a method of preparing the dry erase writing boards of the invention which utilizes a multilayer film having an adhesive layer for adhering the multilayer film to the chalk or erase board and a pattern of non-adhesive material forms embedded into the upper or lower surface of the adhesive layer, or adhered to the lower surface of the adhesive layer. The dry erasable multilayer films described herein are easily applied to substrates such as a chalk or erase board with little or no formation of visible bubbles or wrinkles in the film.

Abstract: The invention relates to a perforated adhesive film (16) that will be used to glue a wall on one face of a cellular structure (10) to form a sandwich panel. The adhesive film (16) comprises at least one hole and not more than three holes (18) facing each of the cells (12) of the cellular structure (10). Preferably, the holes (18) are formed by punching an unperforated adhesive film. The holes (18) enable the formation of regular glue dabs on the ends of the partitions (14) separating cells (12) in the cellular structure (10), when the adhesive film (16) is heated before the wall is glued.

Abstract: The present invention encompasses a leaf packet useful in forming a spiral filtration module, wherein the fold area of the leaf packet is reinforced with a UV cured adhesive. The invention further encompasses a spiral filtration module wherein the fold line, side seams and/or axial seams of the membranes utilized in the module are reinforced with a UV curable adhesive. The present invention further encompasses the method for making such leaf packet and such spiral filtration modules.

Abstract: This invention relates to an adhesive article which provides air egress. Air egress is provided by supplying a route, such as areas of no initial adhesion for the air to flow out from under the construction. The invention relates to an adhesive article comprising a facestock having a front surface and a back surface, a continuous layer of adhesive having an upper surface and a lower surface wherein the upper surface of the adhesive layer is adhered to the back surface of the facestock, and a plurality of spaced-apart non-adhesive material which is in contact with the lower surface of the adhesive layer wherein the lower surface of the adhesive layer has a Sheffield roughness of at least about 10 and the adhesive article provides air egress. The invention also relates to methods of preparing the adhesive articles. These articles have usefulness as industrial graphics images, as well as decorative coverings, etc. The articles provide air egress and optionally repositionability and slideability.

Abstract: A lithographic apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes an illumination system arranged to condition a radiation beam, and an article support configured to support an article to be placed in a beam path of the radiation beam. The article support includes a plurality of bonded layers. At least one of the bonded layers includes a plurality of recesses facing another of the bonded layers, so as to reduce a bonding surface between the bonded layers.

Abstract: A method for preventing osmotic blistering in spirally-wound elements of semipermeable membrane sheet material (14) by applying an effective coating of a sealant (41, 43, 45) to the upstream surface of such membrane material in regions where such potential for blistering exists and thereby preventing the permeation of liquid into the surface of the semipermeable membrane in these regions.

Abstract: A method and device allows dynamic mask welding with online position adjustment in the high-speed welding of structured and endless plastic films. By a transparent driven mask roller provided with masks being arranged in a passive pressure roller surrounding the mask roller, detection can take place optically, and the mask roller and consequently the mask are synchronized with the film speed. Adjustment is detached from a film transport mechanism and does not influence the welding process and in this case, above all, the speed. High film transport speeds in the range of up to 1000 mm per second can be employed.

Abstract: This invention relates to nonwoven fabrics in which the fibers of the fabric are laid down such that a majority of the fibers have a fiber direction making an angle substantially parallel to or within an angle in a range of +/?45° of the machine direction. The invention also relates to a nonwoven fabric bonded web having bonding points in a pattern arranged along an axis perpendicular to the machine direction spaced and more widely apart than the bonding points arranged along an axis parallel to the machine direction. The resulting nonwoven having a very low elongation in the machine direction can be elongated with relatively little force in the cross machine direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a measurement apparatus for obtaining a suitable position on a suspension where a more miniature magnetic head slider is to be mounted to the suspension, the apparatus including a front camera having a photographing optical axis within a plane parallel to a plane of extension of a suspension and directed to the suspension, and a side camera having a photographing optical axis within the parallel plane and which is different from that of the front camera. Coordinates of a top portion of a convex surface of a dimple formed in the suspension are obtained with these cameras. The resultant coordinates and coordinates of the deepest portion of a recess surface of the dimple are correlated with each other, whereby in actual mounting of the magnetic head slider, the deepest portion of the recess surface of the dimple which is readily recognized is measured.

Abstract: An elastic laminate comprising an elastic substrate bonded by point bonding to at least one extensible nonwoven web comprising thermoplastic fibers or filaments bonded by point bonding. The bonding points of the extensible nonwoven web are disposed in concentrated areas that are combined with areas having a substantially lower density of bonding points. Also disclosed is a method of making an elastic laminate comprising the steps of forming the nonwoven web, providing an elastic substrate adjacent the nonwoven web, and point bonding the elastic substrate and the nonwoven web to provide the elastic laminate.

Abstract: A method for making a part, the method comprising: (a) providing an uncured upper layer on a part, a substrate, a workpiece, a support platform, or a base layer, wherein the uncured upper layer comprises resin and also comprises fibers, particles, powder, and/or electronic devices; (b) optionally providing a new uncured upper layer on the uncured upper layer provided in step (a), whereby the uncured upper layer provided in step (a) becomes an uncured lower layer, and wherein the new uncured upper layer comprises resin and also comprises fibers, particles, powder, and/or electronic devices; (c) curing the uncured upper layer and/or the uncured lower layer after step (b) using an electron beam; (d) after step (c), providing a new uncured upper layer on the cured or uncured upper layer, whereby the cured or uncured upper layer becomes a cured or uncured lower layer, and wherein the new uncured upper layer comprises resin and also comprises fibers, particles, powder, and/or electronic devices; (e) optionally curi

Abstract: Provided is a mounting structure of an open/close valve in a sealed body, wherein the open/close valve 2 mounted in the sealed body comprising soft resin sheets and allowing air to be filled therein is stuck on one sheet constituting the expansion part 12 of the sealed body and is not stuck on the other sheet. Even when the expansion part 12 is filled with air, the open/close valve 2 is always fitted closely to the sheet constituting the expansion part 12, whereby the open/close valve 2 may not wrinkle and air may not leak through an air passage of the open/close valve 2.

Abstract: A non-invasive tear mechanism for a flexible packaging, the non-invasive tear mechanism comprises a plurality of junctions formed in the flexible packaging that form a line of weakness in the packaging. The junctions are non-invasive in that the flexible packaging is not cut or scored when the non-invasive tear mechanism is formed. An apparatus for producing a non-invasive tear mechanism in a flexible packaging comprising a carriage, a horn mounted on the carriage, and an anvil having an anvil work surface with a plurality of protuberances extending from it mounted on the carriage. An actuating rod is mounted on the carriage and used for moving the horn and anvil. The protuberances form the non-invasive tear mechanism in the flexible packaging when the horn is activated and the flexible packaging is fused at junctions that correspond with the protuberances.

Abstract: A polymeric material may be bonded to a polymeric catheter tube by generating at least one annular beam of electromagnetic energy at a wavelength that is at least partially absorbed by at least one of the polymeric material and the polymeric catheter tube, controllably directing the annular beam of energy onto the polymeric material to concentrate the energy in a bond site circumscribing the catheter tube to at least partially melt at least one material selected from the group consisting of the polymeric material and the polymeric catheter tube along the bond site and the immediate region thereof and allowing the at least one partially melted polymeric material to cool and solidify to form a fusion bond between the tube and the polymeric material.

Abstract: A method of forming a multiwell filtration plate comprising of first gluing a filter to a major surface of a multiwell plate so as to close off one entrance to the wells of the plate. The filter is then heat sealed so as to collapse the pores of the filter in the area between the wells so as to prevent lateral migration of fluid from one well to another.

Abstract: A glue film (11) on a cellular structure (10) in order to form a regular glue strip on the edges of the partitions of the cells of the cellular structure (10), and the glue film (11) is exposed to a source (24) that emits radiation adapted to reactivity of the glue to only heat the glue selectively. The glue thus creeps without significantly triggering polymerisation. The glue strip is formed on the ends of the partitions without supplying an air flow through the openings of the cellular structure. The portion of the part located below the source is preferably kept approximately horizontal so that the glue strip is formed under the best possible conditions.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for mechanically bonding and cutting an article during assembly thereof at least a portion of the article is transported through a nip defined by first and second members. A bonding segment is disposed on one of the first and second members and a cutting segment separate from the bonding segment is also disposed on one of the first and second members. The apparatus is operable so that a portion of the article is mechanically bonded as the article passes through the nip and a portion of the article separate from the bonded portion is cut as the article passes through the nip.

Abstract: The invention generally relates to double-sided labels and methods of manufacture and use. More specifically, the invention relates to labels that include printed information on their front and back sides. The labels also include a detachable portion, which includes printed traces on its back side and is located between two portions of the label that contain adhesive on their back sides that permanently attach those portions to a product.