Abstract: A laminating device 10 includes a vacuum grid 19 for holding a glass substrate 12, a curved pad 20, facing the glass substrate 12, for holding a laminated element 16 of a wafer 13 and an adhesive tape 15, and a driving element 22 for moving the curved pad 20 toward the vacuum grid 19. The curved pad 20 has a curved surface region 46 so that the distance to a smooth surface region 39 of the vacuum grid 19 is gradually increased from the center C toward the outside. By the driving element 22, the vacuum grid 19 and the curved pad 20 become close to each other in a substantially vacuum chamber. As a result, the glass substrate 12 and the laminated element 16 are gradually laminated to each other while removing a very small amount of air that may be present therebetween to the outside.

Abstract: Cover pads for use on upright walls, wherein the pad provides an improved internal support which is of simplified construction, for example the center support and the surrounding frame being made of a one-piece monolithic support structure which permits a flexible covering or fabric to be attached to the center support and the exterior side surfaces of the edge frame while the fabric and support structure are in a flat and planar condition, following which the edge frame is folded and secured into position around the center support. The internal support structure for the pad, when in a flat condition, has voids at the corners so that the fabric can be easily tucked into the corners prior to the edge frame being folded into its closing or frame-defining position.

Abstract: Tape, such as masking tape, that is used during the painting of automobiles to mark the boundaries of various areas on the vehicle, is fed from a device that automatically folds the edges of the tape over onto the remaining portion of the tape. The tape thus has areas adjacent to the edges that do not adhere to the substrate and thus permits paint to move under the tape at such defined areas wherein no tape line will be produced during the painting process.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite frame for a side gusset of a bag. The composite frame has a peripheral raised region and a depressed central region. The composite frame is made up of a moldable substrate, e.g. ethyl vinyl acetate foam, an outer layer of wear-resistant material, e.g., high-denier nylon, or poly/nylon combination, and, preferably, an inner adherent layer, e.g., the loop half of a hook-and-loop fabric. During the manufacturing process, a flat sheet of substrate is covered on one side by the wear-resistant material and, preferably, on the other side by the adherent layer. Incisions are cut through a central region of the substrate-adhered materials composite. The composite is then molded to provide the peripheral raised region and the depressed central region, with the raised surface being covered by the wear-resistant material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a plastic-coated metal plate for an automobile exterior plate which is a laminate metal plate coated on both faces or one face of the metal plate with a plastic layer, wherein the plastic layer has a surface tension of at least 30 mN/m, an elongation percentage of at least 30% at a tensile rate of 20 mm/minute/20° C. and a rupture strength of at least 600 kg/cm2 at a tensile rate of 20 mm/minute/20° C., and a part for a major external face side in a car body, wherein the above plastic-coated metal plate is cut, molded and joined to form the part for a major external face side in a car body, and a metal-exposed part thereof is coated by electrodeposition.

Abstract: A vehicle tire is constructed to include a main tire member, the main tire member having two inward lips, and two annular supplementary tire members respectively fastened to the inward lips of the main tire member and adapted to support the main tire member in shape when damaged accidentally.

Abstract: A continuous strip of framing material suitable for use in making filter products that can be provided of indefinite length and which is storable as a flat product capable of being wound into roll form. Moreover, the continuous strip of framing material includes features to create a three-dimensional frame structure for wrapping about filtration media in a manner to provide a strong and effective filter product assembly.

Abstract: A process for forming irrigation drip tape includes, broadly, the steps of a) supplying a longitudinally continuous strip of flexible plastic material in a first direction; b) heating a narrow band of the strip along a longitudinal axis thereof; c) depositing a continuous bead of material on an upper surface of the strip, along the narrow band, while the strip moves in the one direction; d) cooling the strip and the bead; e) folding the strip longitudinally so that the longitudinal edges overlap; and f) sealing said longitudinal edges to form a tubular drip tape with a longitudinal, overlapped seam, with the bead extending parallel to the seam and in opposed, facing relationship thereto.

Abstract: In a wrapping apparatus, particularly for enclosing articles consisting of or containing groups of cigarettes in wrapper material, the articles are received in a pocketed drum in which at least one overlapped region of the wrapper material is heat scaled. Preferably opposed side seams and an end flap of the wrapper are sealed, so as substantially to complete the enclosure of the article while on the drum. Side seal heaters carried by the drum may be mounted on respective annular carriers which are rotatably displaceable to remove the heaters from contact with the articles if the drum is stopped for an extended period. End seal heaters may be pivotally mounted on the drum and operated by a cam arrangement to fold an end flap of the wrapper into an overlapped position.

Abstract: A laminated material relatively large in thickness and having a curved surface of small radius, wherein a laminated material (170) as a raw material is provided in which surface plates (181, 182) are fixed to both surfaces of a core material (183) and the surface plate (181) on the internal side of an arc is not fixed to the core material (183) and, with one end side of the laminated material (170) fixed to frames (30, 40), the other end of the surface plate (181) is moved in the direction apart from the core material (183) so as to bend it in arc-shape, the other end being not fixed to the core material (183).

Abstract: In the resin film forming method for extruding a fused resin from an extruder die to form a resin film, the second resin forming both ends in width direction of the resin film uses a resin greater in extension viscosity than the first resin forming the center in width direction of the resin film. Thereby, even if production conditions such as resin condition and operating conditions change, faults such as neck-in and its resultant thickening at both ends of the resin film can be suppressed. In the production of a laminate by nipping a support and a resin film of a thermoplastic resin by means of a nip roller and a cooling roller while coating the resin film onto the surface of the support, the accompanying air following the rotation of the cooling roller to the nip point is shut off by blowing a gas permeable through the resin film from a gas jet nozzle toward the surface of the cooling roller.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for fabricating a drip irrigation pipe, comprising a pipe (5) wherein a plurality of dripping elements (4) are bound, communicating with the outside through holes formed in the pipe wall. The method according to the invention provides that the pipe (5) is extruded and the individual dripping elements (4) are bound therein by consecutively feeding the dripping elements (4) inside the pipe through the extruding head (1). The speed of the dripping elements (4) is higher than that of the pipe upon extrusion at least in the area of first contact between the pipe and the dripping elements (4). The invention also relates to a plant for implementing said method.

Abstract: A tire assembly includes a safety rim, defining recesses on its inner surface, a tire including left and right edges, which are received in said recesses, and a plurality of inflated balls lying between the tire and the rim.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a golf club head comprises steps of: forming a plurality of through holes and annular recessed flanges thereof on a crown plate, a sole plate and a side plate of a main body blank; preparing a plurality of carbon-fiber plates by carbon-fiber fabrics; inserting a plurality of carbon-fiber reinforcing members and an air-inflating bag into the main body blank; adhering the carbon-fiber plates to the corresponding annular recessed flanges; inserting the main body blank into a die assembly and then injecting air into the air-inflating bag to thereby support the carbon-fiber plates and the reinforcing members; drawing out the flat air-inflating bag and precise processing the finished main body to accomplish an end product.

Abstract: The invention provides a tire having a carcass ply, an inner elastomeric layer for sealing against inflation gases and an intermediate elastomeric layer between the carcass ply and inner layer, in which the intermediate reinforcement layer is formed from a rubber composition comprising: (i) a natural or synthetic polyisoprene having a majority of chains with cis-1,4 bonds and a copolymer prepared in solution of one or more conjugated diene monomers and one or more vinyl aromatic monomers, said copolymer simultaneously satisfying the following relationships: D?60?1.75.VA??(1) D?116?1.64.

Abstract: In the present invention, solid contents 38, which are collected by a solid-liquid separation device 33 in a solid-liquid separation tank 14 and charged into a decomposing treatment tank 11, are decomposed to water and CO2 by the action of aerobic microbes and the air (oxygen) supplied from a lower aeration tank 12 and substantially disappear. The oil contents contained in the water having been decomposed is removed by an oil-water separation tank 13.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire (10) has a tread portion (11), a pair of sidewall portions (13) and a pair of bead portions (14). Each bead portion (14) has a bead core (15), and each bead core (15) has a radially inner surface defining a bead core base (31). Radially inward of, and wider than, each bead core base (31) is a bead seat profile (20). The bead seat profile (20) provides an interference fit between the tire (30) and the ledge (42) of the wheel rim (40) to which the tire (10) is to be mounted. The bead seat profile (20) has at least two portions which are inclined at specific angles with respect to the radially inner surface of the bead core base The radially inner base (31) of the bead core (15) is substantially parallel to the bead seat profile.

Abstract: Process for producing (cigarette) packs from blanks which are drawn off from a continuous material web wound as a reel, regions of glue arranged on both sides of the material web serving for connecting folding tabs. The regions of glue are positioned in different lines of the material web such that, in the would state, regions of glue on one side of the material web do not overlap with regions of glue on the other side.

Abstract: A process for making a composite product in which reinforcement fibers are subjected to a composition based on a thermohardening resin and a photoinitiator appropriate to the irradiation by which the composition is to be treated. The resulting pre-impregnated material is introduced into a prepolymerization device, in which the pre-impregnated material is prepolymerized by appropriate irradiation. Lengths of the precomposite are applied to a support, the shape of which is dictated by the shape of one face of the composite part which is to be made, and are stacked one on another in a suitable number and placed snugly against the shape of the support, and the stack is subjected to final molding at a suitable pressure and temperature in order to polymerize the resin and to join the different lengths of precomposite.

Abstract: This invention relates to the fabrication of veneer faced panels (10), in particular veneer faced panels (10) for mounting in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle. A blank (14) is shaped and trimmed by placing it in a first press (20) having a tool with a flat peripheral pressing surface (30) and then placed in a second press (40) also having a flat peripheral pressing surface (31) following which a layer of veneer (16) is placed over the blank (14) before being pressed against the blank (14), so that a veneered panel (10) is formed with flat and parallel end face (18).