Abstract: The invention concerns a method for the manufacture of individual pipe sections of a pipe formed by a product pipe having at least one channel running along the product pipe. Surrounding the product pipe and the channel is a pipe jacket filled with an insulating mass which exhibits a flowability only in the processing condition. The channel running along the product pipe is formed by the outline of a core of material in place during addition of the insulation.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a production apparatus of expansion-molded articles, comprising a mold equipped with a foamed particle feeder having a foamed-particle feed opening and a compressed-air ejection nozzle opening toward the mold, by which foamed particles contained in a hopper is filled into the mold through the foamed-particle feed opening by ejecting compressed air from the compressed-air ejection nozzle and then heated to expand them, and the foamed particles thus expanded are then cooled, thereby producing an expansion-molded article, wherein the apparatus is equipped with a compressed-air discharge orifice opening toward the foamed particle filling side of the apparatus in the course of a foamed-particle supply line connecting the hopper to the foamed-particle feed opening. An auxiliary member for transfer of foamed particles used in the production apparatus, and a production method of expansion-molded articles using this apparatus are also disclosed.

Abstract: A foamed polyethylene product has an outer sheath of non-foamed polyethylene fused to an underlying foamed body portion. Preferably, the product is produced in an in-line method when the foam body is extruded and subsequently the skin is extruded directly on the body portion. This process only causes limited thermal degradation of an outer layer of the body portion which improves adhesion of the skin to the body portion.

Abstract: A panel structure mountable in a vehicle to form a part of the interior thereof, and a process for making the same. According to this process, an outer layer defining at least a portion of the exposed exterior surface of the structure is prepared by applying a water-dispersed thermoplastic polyurethane composition and a light-stable, blocked, heat-activated diisocyanate onto a mold surface and thereafter drying the composition. Next, a rapidly reacting composition is sprayed onto an inner surface of the outer layer while the outer layer is retained on the mold surface to form a polyurethane elastomer inner layer that is interfacially chemical bonded to the outer layer. The inner layer with the outer layer interfacially chemically bonded thereto is then united with the reinforcing substrate so that the reinforcing substrate serves to reinforce the outer layer.

Abstract: A process for producing a cushioning article, which comprises: providing an injection molding apparatus having plural injection orifices, said orifices each having a discharge angle from 5° to 45° inclining from the vertical direction; injecting a thermoplastic polymer material in the form of strand from said plural orifices into a mold; and cooling said mold followed by demolding. The discharge angles of said orifices as projected into a horizontal plane each preferably has a phase difference of from 5° to 120° relative to those of adjacent orifices. Also disclosed is a cushioning article molded by the production process.

Abstract: Apparatus for extruding an elongated article comprising a die having an opening therethrough; an extruder for discharging extrudable material through said die opening; structure for rotational movement between said die and said extruder so as to provide said elongated article having a rotational profile.

Abstract: Custom molded orthopedic impression shirt (27, 47) having a configuration substantially covering the torso of a patient. The impression shirt is formed from a thin, resin-impregnated elastic fabric shirt layer (27) mounted over a thin, flexible, resin-impervious release shirt layer (25), and preferably over a thin, elastic, thermally insulating fabric shirt layer (23). In the present method, the impression shirt is hardened on the patient's torso, cut off the patient's torso and then used to form a custom thoracic lumbar sacral orthosis in a fabrication laboratory.

Abstract: In the extrusion of feed-stuff pellets and relevant consumer products, the extruded products are subject to expansion as a result of the boiling of their water content when the products, after being exposed to high extrusion pressure and a correspondingly high temperature, are discharged to the atmosphere through the extrusion nozzles. Such an expansion is directly aimed at, but it is desirable to be able to control it, which is difficult by adjustment of the ordinary process parameters. With the invention it has been found that the expansion which arises can be controlled in a highly constant manner, i.e. by carrying out the extrusion into a closed chamber in which an over-pressure of a few bar is established in relation to the atmospheric pressure, and which can be regulated. The extrusion products can be continuously discharged from this chamber, or they can be discharged intermittently in portions.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing a non-woven web of fibrous or particulate material comprising: formation of a foam slurry; deposition of that slurry onto a foraminous element having a three-dimensional mold; and formation of a web having a three-dimensional shape that is not substantially planar by removal of foam from the slurry through the foraminous element and drying the web. An apparatus therefor is also disclosed. The method may be used in production a variety of products, including automotive pleated fluid and air filters, pleated heating and/or air conditioning (HVAC) filters, shaped breathing mask filters and bacterial filters, laminated cleaning products with super-absorbent middle layers, such as a mop wipe shape to fit a cleaning mop head, and other products.

Abstract: A rubber glove is produced by sequentially performing the step of immersing a glove mold in a coagulating synthetic rubber latex containing synthetic rubber in latex form, thermally expansible microcapsules, and a rubber coagulant to form a coagulant-containing synthetic rubber film on the surface of the glove mold; the step of immersing the glove mold in rubber-incorporating latex to form a gelled rubber layer; the step of heating a rubber laminate composed of the synthetic rubber film and the gelled rubber layer to vulcanize the rubber laminate; and the step of turning the vulcanized rubber laminate inside out, and removing it from the glove mold. This method produces a rubber glove, which is excellent in anti-blocking properties and grip under dry or wet conditions, by a simple procedure and for a low cost.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a molded foam article of a crystalline aromatic polyester resin. The process is characterized by heating the surface temperature of a mold for cavity-molding to the temperature within a range of from (td+35) to (Tg+57)°C. (Tg is a glass transition temperature of the crystalline aromatic polyester resin prepuffs), thereby to mold prepuffs, and cooling the surface of the mold to a temperature not lowered than Tg for at least 20 seconds.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a foamed article includes embossing or otherwise impressing a three dimensional pattern into a surface of an article formed from a polymer composition with a blowing agent. The three dimensional pattern is formed prior to activation of the blowing agent and curing of the article. The article is then heated to activate the blowing agent and cure the material. The final article retains the three dimensional pattern in its expanded form.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing products with a blown foamy structure, starting from a mass comprising at least natural polymers such as starch and fibers, in particular natural fibers, wherein the mass (M, S) is passed under pressure into or through a mould (23, 63) and the mass (M, S) is heated in the mould (23, 63) in a manner such as to give rise to gelatinization and cross-linking of the natural polymers, with the fibers extending through the product, while the mass prior to the introduction into the mould has temperature which is below the gelatinization temperature and in the mould is brought at least to the baking temperature.

Abstract: A light-weight and impact-resistant composite material formed from a three-dimensional textile structure preform comprising at least three systems of yarns that define a plurality of interstices within the textile structure. A cellular matrix material impregnates the textile structure so as to fill the interstices of the three-dimensional textile structure and to coat at least a portion of the surface area thereof.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for molding the hulls of vessels comprises a plurality of individual starboard base panels, starboard side panels, port base panels and port side panels, interconnected in a number of respective first panel groups and second panel groups, which groups are then connected side-by-side along the length of the vessel hull to be formed. The first panel groups are longitudinally spaced from one another and carried by adjustable vertical supports, whereas the second panel groups are removably mounted in between adjacent first panel groups to form a continuous negative mold surface against which the vessel hull can be constructed.

Abstract: A method is disclosed that makes a open cell cellular body of polyethylene resin material in non-crosslinked structure, which has a maximum degree of cell interconnection, is good in recyclability and excellent in heat resistance or resistance to heat distortion. The method includes the steps of adding 4,4′-oxy bis (benzene sulfonyl hydrazide) to a polyethylene resin material to form a foamable composition and shaping the foamable composition of polyethylene resin material, heating the shaped foamable composition of polyethylene resin material to be foamed under an atmospheric pressure to form a cellular body thereof with cells therein, and mechanically deforming the cellular body of polyethylene resin material to cause the cells therein to be interconnected, thereby producing the open cell cellular body desired. The produced continuous cellular body is rendered heat resistant by irradiating the same or the formed cellular body with a beam of electrons.

Abstract: A method for injection-molding a plastics propeller fan by using a fixed-side mold section and movable-side mold section, comprises the steps of providing a movable core at an area corresponding to a thicker portion of a blade section of the propeller fan; after a predetermined amount of plastics material has been injected into a blade space of a mold cavity defined by the fixed-side mold section, movable-side metal section and movable core and conforming to the propeller fan, pushing out the movable core into the mold cavity and, after this step, bringing the movable core back to a normal position conforming to a mold shape defining the blade space and forming a proper fan.

Abstract: An ink jet printhead has a number of nozzles each ejecting drops of ink toward a surface. Each nozzle has a nozzle chamber at least partially defined by an apertured roof portion operatively connected to an actuator such that the actuator moves the roof portion away from the surface to be printed to eject the ink. The ink jet printhead also has a projection within each nozzle for effectively dislodging any dried ink clogging the nozzle rim, hence preventing blocking of the nozzle.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a cushion made of polyurethane foam covered with a cover comprises the initial step of placing the cover in a mould having the shape of the cushion to be obtained, the cover having a front face forming the exterior decoration layer which is placed against the inside wall of the mould and a rough back face facing towards the inside of the mould. Then a film of thermoplastic material is placed on the rough back face of the cover, the film containing agents reacting with polyurethane isocyanate, the film being initially permeable to water vapor. Then polyurethane is injected into the mould to form said foam by expanding. The film has a plastification capability under the effect of chemical reactions occurring between the material of the film and the isocyanate contained in the polyurethane.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for fabrication of foam laminates suitable for use in the construction of furniture and case goods are provided. The panel has an upper surface formed from a thermoplastic sheet of material such as PVC. A cavity formed by the interior surfaces of the sheet have suspended therein attachment or mounting hardware which is subsequently encapsulated by an in situ structural foaming step. The resulting laminated panel is useful as a table top, shelving, and as a structural component in a variety of case goods and furniture.