Abstract: A luminous woven fabric comprises a woven textile support comprising warp yarns and weft yarns selected from binding yarns and optical fibers capable of emitting light sideways. The binding yarns comprise glass yarns representing at least 50% by weight relative to the total weight of the binding yarns forming the woven textile support.

Abstract: A multilayer wall covering includes: (a) a support layer formed by an organic polymer foam having an open porosity of between 0.50 and 0.995, or by a viscose fiber nonwoven having a mass per unit area of between 150 g/m2 and 500 g/m2, (b) a surface layer formed by a glass textile, having a static air flow resistance, measured according to the standard ISO 9053, of between 105 N·s·m?4 and 106 N·s·m?4, (c) at the interface between the support layer (a) and the surface layer (b), a discontinuous adhesive layer having a mass per unit area of between 17 and 60 g/m2. There is also provided a process including the use of such a covering for improving both the acoustic and the thermal comfort of a room, and two processes for manufacturing such a covering.

Abstract: A reinforcing web has multiple fibers joined together with a binder. At least some of the fibers have foldable portions, wherein the foldable portions have substantially less binder thereon to increase flexure to fold the web. A method of making the reinforcing web includes, applying a binder on the web, and removing some or all of the binder from a foldable portion of the web prior to curing the binder that remains on the web.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass strand having a coating including a polymer chosen from vinyl acetate/vinyl chloride copolymers, polyvinyl chloride and polyvinylidene chloride, and a silane of formula (I).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a film-forming composition intended to be applied to an inner surface of a building which includes an agent capable of trapping formaldehyde chosen from compounds comprising active methylene(s), tannins and amides. Another subject matter of the present invention is the use of said film-forming composition in reducing the amount of formaldehyde in the air inside a building.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device delivering filaments of molten material, especially glass, by Joule heating using a power supply, comprising side plates, a bottom plate provided with nozzles for the flow of the molten material and optionally an upper screen, is characterized in that at least one of these parts capable of being in contact with the molten material is formed by: a solid part made of iron-based alloy having a melting point above 1450° C. that forms a substrate, a metal tie layer formed on at least one portion of the surface of the substrate, a ceramic layer covering the metal tie layer, the metal layer and the ceramic layer forming a diffusion barrier to the components of the alloy that forms the substrate, and a protective coating layer made of platinum or platinum alloy, deposited directly on the ceramic layer.

Abstract: A composite tack film includes a) a first polymer layer including a thermally conductive polymer having a melting temperature of less than about 100° C.; b) a second polymer layer adjacent the first polymer layer, the second polymer layer including a visco-elastic, thermally conductive polymer having a melting temperature of less than about 110° C.; and c) a third polymer layer adjacent the second polymer layer, the third polymer layer including a thermally insulative polymer having a melting temperature of less than about 100° C. Further included is a method of reinforcing pavement with the aforementioned composite tack film.

Abstract: A multilayer sound-absorbing covering includes (a) a support layer made of an organic polymer foam having an open porosity between 0.50 and 0.995, (b) a surface layer formed by a glass textile, having a static air flow resistance, measured according to the standard ISO 9053, between 105 N·s·m-4 and 106 N·s·m-4, (c) at the interface between the support layer (a) and the surface layer (b), a discontinuous adhesive layer having a surface density between 17 and 60 g/m2. There is also provided a process for manufacturing such a covering and the use of such a covering for improving the acoustic comfort of a room or of a building.

Abstract: A multilayer sound-absorbing covering includes (a) a support layer made of a nonwoven based on organic fibers having a tranverse multilobal cross section, (b) a surface layer formed by a glass textile, having a static air flow resistance, measured according to the standard ISO 9053, between 105 N·s·m?4 and 106 N·s·m?4, (c) at the interface between the support layer (a) and the surface layer (b), a discontinuous adhesive layer having a surface density between 17 and 60 g/m2. There is also provided a process for manufacturing such a covering and to the use of such a covering for improving the acoustic comfort of a room or of a building.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a film-forming composition intended to be applied to an inner surface of a building which includes an agent capable of trapping formaldehyde chosen from compounds comprising active methylene(s), tannins and amides. Another subject matter of the present invention is the use of said film-forming composition in reducing the amount of formaldehyde in the air inside a building.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing flat glass, comprising: (a) impregnating a glass textile with a molten glass composition, the glass forming the fibers of the glass textile having a softening temperature above that of the glass forming the molten glass composition, said step (a) comprising (a1) impregnating the glass textile with a glass frit composition, and (a2) heating the impregnated glass textile obtained in step (a1) to a temperature above the softening temperature of the glass frit; and (b) cooling the impregnated glass textile obtained in step (a) so as to obtain a glass sheet, and to a glass sheet manufactured using such a process.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing flat glass, comprising, in succession: (a) immersing a glass textile into a molten glass bath so as to obtain a glass textile impregnated with molten glass, the glass forming the fibers of the glass textile having a softening temperature above that of the molten glass bath, (b) removing the impregnated textile from the molten glass bath, and (c) cooling the impregnated glass textile removed from the molten glass bath so as to obtain a glass sheet, and to a glass sheet manufactured using such a process.

Abstract: A woven screen can include at least one first fiber oriented in a main direction of the woven screen and having a polymer coating and a first stiffness value, and at least one second fiber oriented in a direction of the woven screen different from the main direction, configured to intersect with the at least one first fiber, and having a modified polymer coating and a second stiffness value about 20% to about 70% greater than the first stiffness value. The modified polymer coating can include a polymer, a crosslinking agent, a catalyst, and a free radical initiator. The at least one first fiber can include the warp and the at least one second fiber can include the weft, respectively, of the woven screen. The second stiffness value can be about 40% greater than the first stiffness value over a temperature range of about ?40° Celsius to about +40° Celsius.

Abstract: A composite material comprises: an open grid comprising at least two sets of strands. Each set of strands has openings between adjacent strands. The sets are oriented at a substantial angle to one another. A tack film is laminated to the open grid. The tack film has first and second major surfaces, such that a material of the tack film at its first and second major surfaces is a material including about 50% or more of resinous non-asphaltic component and about 50% or less of asphaltic component.

Abstract: The invention relates to a joint tape, in strip form, formed by an open-mesh glass fiber warp knit fabric or woven fabric, said warp knit fabric or woven fabric comprising fibers parallel to the length of the strip and fibers perpendicular to the length of the strip, said tape being characterized in that at least one glass fiber, referred to as reinforcing fiber, parallel to the length of the strip and located in the central zone thereof, has a linear density at least five times higher than the linear density of the other fibers.

Abstract: A radiation-collecting device includes at least one radiation-collecting element and a scattering layer placed, in relation to the element, on that side on which the radiation is incident on the device. The scattering layer has a transparent fibrous structure and a transparent medium for encapsulating the fibers of the fibrous structure, the absolute value of the difference between the refractive index of the fibers of the fibrous structure and the refractive index of the encapsulating medium being equal to or greater than 0.05.

Abstract: A multilayer sound-absorbing covering includes (a) a support layer made of a nonwoven based on organic fibers having a tranverse multilobal cross section, (b) a surface layer formed by a glass textile, having a static air flow resistance, measured according to the standard ISO 9053, between 105 N·s·m?4 and 106 N·s·m?4, (c) at the interface between the support layer (a) and the surface layer (b), a discontinuous adhesive layer having a surface density between 17 and 60 g/m2. There is also provided a process for manufacturing such a covering and to the use of such a covering for improving the acoustic comfort of a room or of a building.

Abstract: The invention relates to a self-adhesive wall covering comprising a glass textile with a closed structure, consisting of glass fibers and of a water-permeable polymer binder, and an adhesive coating comprising both a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) and a water-activable latent adhesive. The definitive attachment to the wall of this repositionable self-adhesive covering takes place, after hanging, by applying one or more coats of water-based paint.

Abstract: Methods and a reinforcement fabric are disclosed for making a reinforced smooth cementitious board having a cement skin adjacent to an outer face, by depositing a reinforcement fabric and a layer of hydraulic cementitious material, one on the other, wherein the reinforcement fabric comprises an open mesh united with a thin, porous nonwoven web.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sizing composition in the form of a physical gel for glass strands which contains 0.1 to 5% by weight of at least one texturing agent chosen from xanthans, guars and succinoglycans, 2 to 8% by weight of at least one film-forming agent, 0.1 to 8% by weight of at least one compound chosen from plasticizing agents, surface-active agents and dispersing agents, 0.1 to 4% by weight of at least one coupling agent, and 0 to 6% by weight of at least one additive. Another subject-matter of the present invention is glass strands coated with the abovementioned sizing composition and the composite materials containing an organic or inorganic material reinforced with the said glass strands.