Abstract: The invention recites a filter comprising a block including an outer wall defining an inner chamber and a block exterior, and a conduit having a conduit wall, a first conduit end, a second conduit end, and an inner flow path providing fluid communication between the first and second conduit ends. The conduit wall includes an orifice therethrough. The conduit is coupled to the block such that the first conduit end is in fluid communication with the inner chamber of the block and the second conduit end and the orifice are in fluid communication with the block exterior.

Abstract: Rollers, substrates, products and the like are not smeared with a sticky volatile component when a gas is blown from a blower provided near an extruding die to produce laminates. The blower is heated by a heater at a temperature not below the volatilization temperature of the volatile component volatilized from a resin film of thermoplastic resin extruded in molten conditions from the extruding die, and therefore the volatile component cannot stick on the blower and is immediately volatilized on the blower.

Abstract: A high quality optical disc with extremely tiny bubbles or bubble less present in both disc-shaped substrates when they are laminated by means of an adhesive sheet in a operation process. The method includes bonding the adhesive agent to the surface of the lower disc-shaped substrate placing the upper disc-shaped substrate on the adhesive applied to lower disc-shaped substrate, pressurizing the upper disc-shaped substrate against the lower disc-shaped substrate by means of the pressing body, and exposing both the disk-shaped substrates to a high-pressure atmosphere. In a next operation process in which both the disc-shaped substrates are left to the inside of a high pressure atmosphere, firstly pressing body is permitted to press against the disc-shaped substrates to so enlarge or magnify the contact portion from the center side to the outside to render high-pressure atmospheric.

Abstract: Seal devices of this invention are prepared by the process of depositing a polymer material onto a metallic substrate to form a composite construction, and shape forming the composite construction into the shape of a seal device. The so-formed seal device comprises a casing member that is formed from the metallic substrate, and a sealing element disposed along a surface of the casing member that is formed from the polymer material for placement against a sealing surface. Seal devices of this invention can be shaped formed into a variety of different types of seals, e.g., lips seals, L-shaped seals, and U-cup seals, which may or may not be energized. Seal devices prepared according to this invention using such preformed composite construction enable seal formation by a single step of shape forming, without having to both make and form individual seal members, and subsequently combine or join the separately formed seal members together.

Abstract: There is disclosed a process for producing a multilayer structure, the film of which has particular utility as a masking film for the substrate layer. The process comprises the cast film process producing a monolayer film from a specified blend of ethylene-alpha-olefin and ethylene-alkyl acrylate interpolymers, or a multilayer film, at least one of the layers formed from the blend of interpolymers, and pressing the cast film process produced monolayer or multilayer film onto a polymeric or glass substrate layer that is maintained at a temperature of about 38 to about 80° C. during the pressing of the layers.

Abstract: A method for producing an electrically conductive filler by placing a web of core material onto an interior surface of a web of conductive layer material. The webs of core material and conductive layer material are directed through a forming station for folding the conductive layer around the core. The filler having a substantially non-conductive core and a conductive layer. The conductive layer is wrapped around the core to form a closed loop thereby establishing conductivity from a bottom of the filler to a top of the filler by paths on each of two sides of the filler.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire (300) having a tread (312), and a carcass (316) with a ply (320), oppositely disposed sidewalls (318) extending radially-inwardly from opposite sides of tread (312) and including an inner radial-end bead portion (322) with an annulus made of bead wire (344a) and with the ply (320) extending between and looped about each of the beads (324). Each of the beads (324) includes a rubber filler annulus (347) forming a bead member (348) with the bead wire annulus (344) associated therewith. The bead member (348) has a substantially circular transverse cross-section. Each of the beads (324) includes a thermoplastic cover (349) disposed in surrounding relationship the bead member (348) thereof.

Abstract: A plasma discharge electrode having a front surface with a central portion thereof including gas outlets discharging a process gas which forms a plasma and a peripheral portion substantially surrounding the gas outlets. The peripheral portion has at least one step for controlling a density of the plasma formed by the electrode. The electrode can be used as the grounded upper electrode in a parallel plate plasma processing apparatus such as a plasma etching apparatus. The geometric features of the step and of a corresponding edge ring on the lower electrode can be varied to achieve the desired etch rate profile across a wafer surface.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a flexible curtain as disclosed and claimed. Edges of a polymeric material are folded back on themselves. A portion of the edges are secured and a portion is left unsecured or free. The flexible curtain is used in a windlocking apparatus to prevent the unwanted intrusion of wind, water and debris into a building opening. The free, or unsecured flap of the folded edge absorbs shock associated with storm disturbances. Edge rollers are used to laminate the edges of the curtains selectively such that only a portion of the edge is secured leaving the flap unsecured. Stitching, ultrasonic welding and gluing are alternative ways and/or additional ways of providing for the securement of a portion of the edge to itself. Perforations are made in the secured portion of the folded edge.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a laminated packaging material (10) including a core layer (16) of paper or paperboard and a barrier layer (14) applied on one side of the core layer. The invention also relates to a laminated packaging material (10) produced according to the method, as well as a packaging container (50) which is produced from the laminated packaging material (10).

Abstract: A device for affixing objects to products moving in a row, which device includes a holder for a stock of the objects and with an affixing device that includes a carrier for removing an object from the holder and moving the object. The affixing device is capable of rotary movement about an axis of rotation. The object is affixed to the moving product during the rotary movement of the affixing device. The affixing device can be driven intermittently between rotation and standstill. During the standstill of the affixing device, the carrier can remove the object from the holder. Preferably, more than one carrier is provided, with the carriers each provided with a suction nozzle.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprises a pair of bead portions each provided therein with a bead core made of windings of at least one wire, a carcass ply of cords extending between the bead portions and turned up around the bead core from the axially inside to the outside of the tire to form a pair of turnup portions and a main portion therebetween, a rubber bead apex disposed radially outside the bead core and between each said turnup portion and the main portion, and a fiber reinforced rubber spacer interposed between the bead core and the carcass ply to provide a positive distance between the carcass ply cords and bead core wire. The fiber reinforced rubber spacer has a securing portion which extends radially outwardly and axially outwardly from the axially inside of the bead core while separating from the bead core but contacting with the rubber bead apex. A distance (L1, L2) between an outermost point of the securing portion and the bead core is in a range of from 0.05 to 1.0 times a height of the bead core.

Abstract: The mounting of semiconductor chips onto a flexible substrate takes place in three steps: Firstly, at a dispensing station, adhesive is applied to predetermined substrate sites on the substrate. Then, at a bonding station, semiconductor chips are placed onto the substrate sites. Finally, curing of the adhesive takes place. In accordance with the invention, the substrate is fixed onto a level support surface by means of vacuum during the hardening of the adhesive.

Abstract: A method and a device for air filtration, whereby air is drawn from the surroundings of a house through air filters including at least a portion of the wall of the house and is blown out to the surroundings in cleaned condition. Air is drawn through at least two different parallel coupled filter units, which clean the air in a corresponding number of ways. Predetermined fractions of total drawn-in air passes through the respective different filter units and thus are subjected to corresponding cleaning by the different filter units being adjusted to each other with respect to pressure drop. The differently cleaned fractions are mixed before exhaust.

Abstract: A method is designed to apply a rigid and self-adhesive printed matter to a curved surface of the object. The method includes a first step in which the printed matter is provided with a coating of epoxy resin before the printed matter is baked. After the baking process, the printed matter is contoured to fit the curved surface of the object and is then cooled to take form. The printed matter is attached to the curved surface of the object by the self-adhesive side thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for making a puncture resistant laminated fabric comprising laminating a layer of polyethylene film to a layer of fabric comprised of an ultra high molecular weight polyethylene. The laminating step is conducted at a temperature between about 230° F. and about 290° F. with a contact time of between about 5 minutes and about 15 minutes with the application of a laminating pressure of between about 50 psi and about 500 psi.

Abstract: Fabric treatment layers (130a, 130b, 132a, 132b) are deployed in the sidewall regions of a runflat tire (100) having a metal-reinforced first ply (120). In one embodiment, parallel cord, reinforced fabric treatment layers (130a, 130b, 132a 132b) sandwich the metal forced first ply (120) and inhibit buckling of the reinforcing cords (70) of the first ply during runflat operation when the ply cords or wires are bearing compression loads. In another embodiment, a single woven fabric treatment layer (170a, 170b) is disposed in each sidewall region (152,154) at a location immediately axially inward of the metal-reinforced first ply (160).

Abstract: A tire having a carcass reinforcement, a crown reinforcement and a tread joined to two beads by means of two sidewalls, the axially outer edges of the single mix of the tread being folded over on to the radially outer edges of the rubber mixes of the sidewalls, and the circular junction J between the sole rubber mix of the tread and the rubber mix of the sidewall being positioned such that its radius RC on the axially outer wall of the tire lies firstly between 0.9 RS+0.1 RB and 0.8 RS+0.2 RB and secondly between RSS and 0.9 RSS+0.1 RB, RS being the equatorial crown radius of the tread, RSS the equatorial radius of the center line of the carcass reinforcement and RB the radius of the bead seat.

Abstract: Methods of bonding glass and silicon-containing articles are disclosed. Bonding is achieved without use of adhesives or high temperature fusion. A wide variety of glass and silicon-containing articles may be bonded by the methods of the invention.

Abstract: A method of producing a lightweight heat resistant and insulative composite sheet, and containing glass fibers, consisting essentially of homogenized glass fiber and binder materials forming a first layer, binder material extending in a second layer on a surface of the first layer and bonded thereto, woven glass fiber facing cloth extending in a third layer on a surface of the second layer and bonded thereto so that the second layer is sandwiched between the first and third layers, binder material in all layers being cured, to integrate the layers.