Abstract: The present invention relates to a gelatinous composite article. The article has a first and a second heat formable and heat reversible gelatinous elastomer material, a first permeable layer, and a control gap. Each of the gelatinous materials is a three-dimensional shape having an upper side, a base side and at least one connecting side. The first connecting side and the second connecting side are adjacent to each other so the first and second materials are essentially side-by-side within the same horizontal plane. The first permeable layer has a top side and a bottom side. The top side attaches to the first and second connecting side. The control gap is interspaced between the bottom side of the first permeable layer. This gap degrades the rigidity between each connecting side and provides an equivalent structural property throughout the article.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a filter preferably for an anabolic chamber or incubator utilizing an activated carbon of the filter which has been vacuumed to remove contaminants. The assembly occurs in a clean room environment. Upon assembling the filter, vacuum sealing the filter in a bag further assures that the sterilization of the filter is maintained. Moreover, the method may subject the vacuum sealed filter to gamma radiation to kill any molds, germs and bacteria that may exist in the filter after the assembly process.

Abstract: A staking apparatus is provided for use in assembling two or more workpieces, wherein one of the workpieces is made from a thermally softenable and pressure deformable material. The staking apparatus includes a first end plate, an intermediate plate aligned with and spaced apart from the first end plate and a first extensible member disposed therebetween. A second end plate is provided that is extensible in relation to the intermediate plate by the first extensible member. A vent tube, which supplies a flow of air unto the workpiece, and a second extensible member are secured for movement with the second end plate. A staking tool is mounted to the second extensible member and is extensible between a working position, wherein a portion of the thermally softenable workpiece is deformed, and a storage position. A method of operating the staking apparatus is also disclosed.

Abstract: A device for welding a plurality of thermoplastic plastic parts (parts to be joined) forming a hollow body with an opening by a laser, comprising a vacuum holder having a vacuum chamber which communicates with a vacuum pump, is open on one side and, together with the hollow body, forms a closed chamber that can be evacuated. When a vacuum is applied, the vacuum holder holds the hollow body stationary, holds the joined parts together and enables testing of the tightness of the weld.

Abstract: A process for forming a molded polymer resin fiber tube clamp, as well as the tube clamp formed by that process. Continuous top and bottom plies provide increased resistance to delamination/cracking as they sandwich a filler material. The tube clamp is free from exposed fiber ends so than no wear is produced on a tube being clamped.

Abstract: A heavy-duty tire, wherein each bead portion (2) is defined by a metal bead bundle (3), about which are turned up a body ply (8), a reinforcing strip (9), and an outer cover layer (10). The outer cover layer is defined by an innerliner (11), an abrasion gum strip (12) which is connected to the innerliner (11) by a splice (14) and is located beneath the innerliner (11), and a sidewall (13). Between the reinforcing strip and the outer cover strip (10), there is inserted a damping strip (21) directly contacting the abrasion gum strip (12) and defined by a mix impermeable to air.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for laminating textile sheet materials onto moldable particle foam or onto foamed moldings, using, as an adhesive, a polymer composition based on copolymers of one or more monomers selected from the group comprising vinyl esters, acrylates, methacrylates, vinylaromatics and vinyl chloride and from 0.01 to 25% by weight, based on the total weight of the copolymer, of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing carboxyl groups.

Abstract: Rubber blends of brominated isobutylene/para-methylstyrene copolymers of 9.5 to 20 weight percent aromatic monomer content and 0.2 to 1.0 mole percent benzylic bromine content. The blends have good cure characteristics, good adhesion and flex crack resistance, as well as ozone resistance. The blends are useful in tire sidewalls, and other applications.

Abstract: An informational item processing apparatus is provided with a conveyor unit that transports a plurality of informational items having printed information thereon from a first location to a second location; an adhesive applicator that applies adhesive to a plurality of the informational items as the informational items pass from the first location to the second location; and a controller operatively coupled to the adhesive applicator, the controller comprising a processor and a programmed circuit.

Abstract: A closure assembly is provided that includes an outer cap with a skirt dimensioned to telescope over the open top end of the tube. An annular shoulder extends inwardly from the top end of the skirt and includes an aperture through which a needle may be directed. A laminated seal is bonded to the bottom surface of the annular shoulder of the outer cap and extends continuously across the aperture in the annular shoulder. A stopper is secured on the bottom surface of the annular seal and is dimensioned for sealing engagement in the open top of the tube. Outer circumferential portions of the bottom surface of the laminated seal between the skirt and the stopper are bonded to the open top end of the tube. The bond between the closure and the laminated seal is stronger than the bond between the tube and the laminated seal. Thus, the closure assembly retains its structural integrity after opening of the tube and can be used to reseal the tube.

Abstract: A carrying mechanism repeatedly obtains pieces of thermoplastic material from a supplying mechanism and provides them to a forming mechanism, where they are welded together to form a cellular block. In the forming mechanism, the piece to be added to the block and the piece most recently previously added to the block are arranged in opposing face-to-face relation, and then they are welded together by contemporaneously forming multiple spaced apart and elongate welds therebetween. The welding is performed by positioning heating elements between the piece to be added to the block and the piece most recently previously added to the block to heat laterally spaced apart strips of these pieces, withdrawing the heating elements, and at the same time rolling welding mechanisms along the strips so that the strips are nipped between the rolling welding mechanisms and other welding mechanisms.

Abstract: A heat tack application involves arranging an adhesive between a strand of conductive material and a strand of insulation material; applying a temperature of about 100-300° C. and a pressure of about 5-100 psi for about 5-120 seconds to tack the adhesive. A stack can thereby be formed, and a plurality of stacks assembled to form a nascent rotor coil that is subsequently arranged in a rotor slot. An applied temperature of about 100-500° C. and a pressure of about 100-1,500 psi can fully cure the adhesive after the coil is arranged within the rotor slot. Depending on the context of use, the conductive material may more generally be a first component, and the insulation material may more generally be a second component.

Abstract: A method for thermoforming a resilient, fluid-filled bladder structure with thermal contact molding is disclosed. The bladder includes two sheets of thermoplastic material that are separated by at least one core formed of two spaced outer layers connected together by a plurality of connecting members. The bladder is formed by bonding the sheets to the core, bonding the sheets to each other around the periphery of the core and forming a sidewall between the sheets in a single mold. A fluid is then inserted into the space bounded by the peripheral bond and the two sheets such that the connecting members are extended.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire comprising a carcass, a belt layer, and a bead apex rubber. The carcass includes an inner carcass ply and an outer carcass ply that passes outside of the inner carcass. The bead portions are provided with a U-shaped first bead reinforcing layer and a second bead reinforcing layer. And the tire is suitable for use as a high performance tire being capable of improving initial response characteristics at the time of steering and of achieving cuts in running times.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of adhesive systems which are radically polymerizable and contain 1-30 wt.-% of a reactive solvent with a pKS value less than or equal to that of acetone and are used for the attachment of materials which are only or also cationically polymerizable to hard tissue containing water. The adhesive systems contain at least one component i) which is capable of starting a radical reaction and one component ii) which contains radically polymerizable monomers which are acid-functional or contain groups which can form acids and optionally customary additives.

Abstract: A tire, designed to carry heavy loads, having a radial carcass reinforcement formed of at least one ply of inelastic reinforcing elements and anchored in each bead to a bead wire so as to form a turn-up whose end is a radial distance HRNC away from the base of the bead, each bead being reinforced by at least two additional reinforcement armatures, at least one first armature being formed of radial reinforcement elements and at least one second armature being formed of elements that make with the circumferential direction an angle &agr; such that 0°≦&agr;≦45°, the first reinforcement armature being formed of radial elements and being wrapped around the bead wire outside the carcass reinforcement while the second armature is not wrapped around the said bead wire.

Abstract: Heating tongs (6) are used to cut a sleeve (4) fixed around an opening (1) of a chamber (2) after the objects to be taken out of the chamber have been introduced. Another pair of tongs (9) is placed on the side of the opening (1) to tighten the sleeve (4) and to keep it flat to avoid pleats, to allow ventilation during the preparation and to avoid tension in the sleeve; the latter would compromise the sealing taking place.

Abstract: Disclosed is a resin dispersion comprising solid particles of a graft modified ethylene/1-olefin random copolymer dispersed in an organic solvent, which has (a) a specific content of an &agr;-olefin component, (b) a specific intrinsic viscosity (&eegr;) and (h) a specific content of a polar monomer component. The resin dispersion of the invention exhibits excellent adhesion properties as an adhesive between polyolefins or metal and polyolefin or as a heat-sealing material, so that the dispersion is effectively used particularly as an adhesive for packaging, an adhesive for lamination, a coating material or a primer.

Abstract: The use of free-radically polymerized, UV-crosslinkable polymers which consist to the extent of at least 50% by weight of C2 to C18alkyl(meth)acrylates as adhesives for the bonding of carriers coated with the polymer on substrates, wherein from 0.1 to 30% by weight of the monomers of which said polymer is composed are monomers A without carboxylic acid or carboxylic anhydride groups and with a water solubility of more than 5 g of monomers per liter of water and said substrates are moist substrates, especially refrigerated substrates.

Abstract: A thin film bonding method for bonding a thin film to an target surface by using an adhesive agent includes the steps of: applying the adhesive agent on the target surface and mounting the thin film on the adhesive agent; applying a a fluid pressure on the target surface and the thin film from a central portion to an circumference according to lapse of time, so as to allow the thin film and the target surface to be bonded partially; and hardening the adhesive agent. The compressive force using the fluid having a magnetic force in the thin film bonding proceeds in a spiral form from the central portion to the circumference of the disk according to lapse of time, so that the air trap existing in the adhesive agent can be effectively removed, and thus, the flatness of the disk can be prevented from degradation due to the air trap.