Abstract: A vaporizer includes: a base; an electrode column inserted in the base in a longitudinal direction; and an insulating sleeve disposed between the electrode column and the base so as to electrically insulate the electrode column from the base. A side opening is provided in a side wall of the insulating sleeve, the side opening running through an inner side and an outer side of the side wall and through both ends of the insulating sleeve.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device includes a housing, the housing defining an internal space, the device including at least a heat source within the internal space; the housing including at least an insulation wall including an inner surface facing the internal space and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface; the device further including a thermal insulation layer arranged on at least a thermo-protected portion of the outer surface of the insulation wall, the thermal insulation layer including a mesh sublayer, the mesh sublayer including an interlaced structure.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described for use with a smoking device that includes at least first and second electrodes. A capsule includes an absorbent material having a liquid material containing one or more active agents absorbed therein. A housing is disposed around the absorbent material, the housing being an electrical insulator, and the housing defining one or more lateral windows. Metallic foil surrounds the housing, the metallic foil being configured to be heated via resistive heating by the first electrode driving a current to the second electrode through the metallic foil, such as to vaporize liquid material within the absorbent material that is disposed at the one or more lateral windows. Other applications are also described.

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a conveyance passage, a sheet separation device, and a conveyance roller pair. The conveyance passage conveys a two-ply sheet having two sheets overlapped and bonded together in a conveyance direction and includes a first branched conveyance passage branched in a first direction, and a second branched conveyance passage branched in a second direction different from the first direction. The sheet separation device separates a non-bonding portion of the two-ply sheet, conveys a first sheet of the two sheets separated from each other to the first branched conveyance passage, and conveys convey a second sheet of the two sheets separated from each other to the second branched conveyance passage. The conveyance roller pair has two rollers that are separable from and contactable with each other, and are disposed on at least one of the first branched conveyance passage or the second branched conveyance passage.

Abstract: A broad-spectrum antiviral and anti-inflammatory cigarette additive, a preparation method and an application thereof are provided. The cigarette additive includes: soy protein powder, chlorophyll, propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, eucommia ulmoides, structured water, multivitamin iron oral solution, chitosan, zinc oxide nanoparticles, titanium dioxide nanoparticles, bovine bone collagen peptide powder, fish skin collagen peptide powder, shark chondroitin, mucor powder, and yeast powder. The cigarette additive is added into cut tobacco of a cigarette, a cigarette filter, or a fog-absorbing rod of an electronic cigarette, thereby realizing filer and conversion of various harmful compounds and gases. In addition, various inflammations such as stomatitis, pharyngolaryngitis, and pneumonia, and cancers can be prevented and treated by smoking the cigarette with the additive.

Abstract: A bonding device includes an irradiator that irradiates a surface of a first component with ultraviolet rays, and a conveyor that conveys the first component, wherein the irradiator irradiates the first component held by the conveyor with the ultraviolet ray, and the conveyor conveys the first component irradiated with the ultraviolet rays to a surface of a second component, and brings the surface of the first component and the surface of the second component into contact with each other to bond the first component and the second component.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device comprises a magnetic field generator and a heater for heating a smokable material; the heater comprises a susceptor portion and an infrared emission portion, the susceptor portion is penetrated by a magnetic field to generate heat and heat the smokable material by heat conduction, and the infrared emission portion receives the heat of the susceptor portion, and is excited by heating to radiate infrared rays to heat the smokable material. During the use of the above aerosol generating device, on the one hand, the susceptor portion generates heat by inductive heating so that the smokable material is directly heated by heat conduction; and on the other hand, the infrared emission portion is excited by the heat of the susceptor portion to radiate infrared rays, thereby assisting in the heating of the smokable material, and improving the utilization efficiency of heat.

Abstract: The present invention is a beverage and vapor dispenser comprising a base unit as the lower portion of the invention whereupon a beverage container is mounted. The base unit incorporates a vaporizer that may function as a convection heater to produce vapor from a herb, oil, liquid or other substance. A conduit section extending along an interior or exterior side of the beverage container may engage with an outlet of the base unit, whereby vapor from the base unit may flow along the conduit section and be dispersed through the upper end of the conduit section. The conduit section may function in a similar manner to a straw or other conduit for the vapor. The beverage container may be filled with fluid and a person may drink the fluid from the beverage container simultaneously while the base unit is functioning to dispel vapor.

Abstract: First, small-diameter portions of a plurality of optical fibers are inserted into a small-diameter capillary. Then, in a state in which the optical fibers are inserted into the small-diameter capillary until end faces of the optical fibers protrude slightly from an end face of the small-diameter capillary, the optical fibers and the small-diameter capillary are fixed together by using an adhesive. Next, a large-diameter capillary is fixed on an outer periphery of the small-diameter capillary. Then, end faces of the large-diameter capillary, the small-diameter capillary, and the optical fibers (the small-diameter portions) are polished collectively to mirror-finish the end faces of the optical fibers. Next, the large-diameter capillary is removed from the small-diameter capillary. In this way, an optical fiber bundle structure can be obtained.

Abstract: A ceramic includes: a ceramic base; and a modification layer arranged on a surface of the ceramic base. The modification layer includes a bismuth-based oxide and other components. In an embodiment, the ceramic base includes a porous ceramic. In an embodiment, the bismuth-based oxide includes bismuth trioxide. In an embodiment, a mass percentage of bismuth in the modification layer is 50% to 80%.

Abstract: A smoking substitute device is described. The device includes an electrically conductive porous wick heater. At least one electrical contact region of the wick heater is exposed from the smoking substitute device for direct engagement with a respective at least one electrical contact of a main device. The main device includes a power supply for supplying electrical energy to the at least electrical contact region via the at least one electrical contact.

Abstract: A method of making a mouse pad contains: bonding and hot-press molding a body and a cloth by using a first mold and a second mold. The body is made of polyurethane (PU), the second mold includes a cavity, and a size of the cavity of the second mold is equal to a predetermined size of the body, and a guide rib surrounds the cavity. The method comprising steps of: 1) flattening the body; 2) bonding the cloth on the body; 3) cutting the body in a predetermined; 4) hot-press molding the body and the cloth; 5) sublimation printing; and 6) hot-press molding to trim the mouse pad by using the first mold and of the guide rib the second mold.

Abstract: A bonding machine with horizontal correction function includes a first chamber, a second chamber, a pressing unit, a carrier, a plurality of level adjustment units, and a plurality of distance measuring units. The first chamber is configured to be connected to the second chamber to define an enclosed space therebetween. The pressing unit is disposed within the first chamber, and the carrier is disposed within the second chamber. The pressing unit faces the carrier and is configured to press the substrates placed on the carrier. The leveling units are disposed on the first chamber, and the distance measuring units are disposed on the second chamber. Each distance measuring unit is configured to project a detecting beam onto the pressing unit, to measure the level of the pressing unit so as to adjust the level of the pressing unit through the level adjustment unit.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical fiber splicing component includes preparing a plurality of optical fibers each including a glass fiber including a core and a cladding covering the core, and a resin coating covering the glass fiber, an end portion of the glass fiber being exposed from the resin coating, mounting the plurality of glass fibers on an optical fiber holding member so that the plurality of glass fibers exposed from the resin coating are arranged in a first direction and protrude outward from the optical fiber holding member, adjusting and fixing postures of the plurality of glass fibers around respective central axes, and collectively bonding two or more glass fibers among the plurality of glass fibers and the optical fiber holding member with an adhesive.

Abstract: A vaporization core includes: a porous substrate having a vaporization surface; a heating layer arranged on the vaporization surface of the porous substrate; and an oxide layer arranged on a surface of the heating layer away from the porous substrate. In an embodiment, the oxide layer comprises aluminum oxide and/or silicon oxide.

Abstract: A method of bonding semiconductor chips is described. The method includes the following steps. A semiconductor wafer is provided on a chuck table of a bonding apparatus. A bond head of the bonding apparatus is driven for picking up a first semiconductor chip from a support, wherein the first semiconductor chip has a first warpage amount. The bond head is driven for moving the first semiconductor chip to a position located over a first bonding region of the semiconductor wafer. A deforming process is performed using a deforming mechanism to deform the chuck table and the first bonding region of the semiconductor wafer by a first deform amount, wherein the first deform amount corresponds to the first warpage amount. The first semiconductor chip is bonded to the first bonding region of the semiconductor wafer while maintaining the first deform amount. The deforming mechanism is released from deforming the chuck table.

Abstract: A bonding apparatus configured to bond a first substrate and a second substrate includes a first holder configured to hold the first substrate; a second holder disposed to face the first holder, and configured to hold the second substrate; two imaging units each including a first imaging device configured to image a first alignment mark formed on a bonding surface of the first substrate and a second imaging device configured to image a second alignment mark formed on a bonding surface of the second substrate; a first moving mechanism configured to move the two imaging units along a first direction in a planar region between the first holder and the second holder; a second moving mechanism configured to move the first imaging unit along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and a third moving mechanism configured to move the second imaging unit along the second direction.

Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to systems, methods, and articles for producing a patterned film and using the patterned film to form a pattern of discrete overlay film structures on a substrate material. A uniform thickness of a film material is deposited on to a first surface of a run of carrier sheets, where each carrier sheet includes one or more holes extending there through. A first carrier sheet is extracted from the run of carrier sheets, and a second surface of the carrier sheet is positioned on a substrate material. Heat and/or pressure is applied to the film material to cause the film material to transfer to the substrate material through the one or more holes in the carrier sheet forming a pattern of discrete overlay film structures on the substrate material. The carrier sheet along with remaining portions of the film material is removed from the substrate material.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a floor covering product comprises at least a first step of forming a single- or multi-layered substrate by consolidating synthetic material-based starting material. The method comprises a second step after the first step, which is performed in line with the first step. The at least one continuous film is laminated onto the substrate, and the laminating is performed by means of a belt press.

Abstract: A heating element for an aerosol-generating system is provided, the heating element including: a plurality of first filaments; and a plurality of second filaments, in which the plurality of first filaments are configured to heat a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the plurality of second filaments are configured to convey the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to wet at least a portion of the heating element with the liquid aerosol-forming substrate, and the heating element is arranged to form a mesh, the plurality of first filaments being arranged in a first direction and the plurality of second filaments being arranged in a second direction, and the second direction being transverse to the first direction. A heater assembly, a cartridge, and a method of manufacturing a heating element, are also provided.