Abstract: A printable cling-type document comprises a planar paper layer having a front side and a rear side, a planar cling layer having a front side and a rear side, and a planar backing layer having a front side and a rear side. The front side of the cling layer is affixed to the rear side of the paper layer. The front side of the backing layer is adhered to and selectively removable from the rear side of the cling layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of adhering a translucent material on top of a central wooden platform of a weight lifting station to make a unitary structure, where the wooden platform or a design positioned between the wooden platform and the translucent material is visible through the translucent material after the translucent material and the wooden platform are adhered together.

Abstract: Generally, a sterile adapter for use in robotic surgery may include a frame configured to be interposed between a tool driver and a surgical tool, a plate assembly coupled to the frame, and at least one rotatable coupler supported by the plate assembly and configured to communicate torque from an output drive of the tool driver to an input drive of the surgical tool.

Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus including a crystal or a screen in which the crystal or the screen is arranged to ensure sealing and an anti-scratch protection of said apparatus which is intended to display an information visible to a user through the crystal or the screen. The apparatus includes a first material layer (1) made of an unbreakable transparent plastic polymer fastened on the apparatus in a tight manner, and a second material layer (2) made of a transparent glass, superimposed on the first layer (1) and constituting the outer portion of the crystal or the screen of the apparatus.

Abstract: Aspects relate to patterned nanostructures having a feature size not including film thickness of below 5 microns. The patterned nanostructures are made up of nanoparticles having an average particle size of less than 100 nm. A nanoparticle composition, which, in some cases, includes a binder, is applied to a substrate. A patterned mold used in concert with electromagnetic radiation function to manipulate the nanoparticle composition in forming the patterned nanostructure. In some embodiments, the patterned mold nanoimprints a pattern onto the nanoparticle composition and the composition is cured through UV or thermal energy, Three-dimensional patterned nanostructures may be formed. A number of patterned nanostructure layers may be prepared and joined together. In some cases, a patterned nanostructure may be formed as a layer that is releasable from the substrate upon which it is initially formed.

Abstract: A plurality of plastic sheets to be fed into a high speed printer for forming printed labels and similar articles and a stack of printed labels formed form the sheets. Each of the sheets or labels includes a core layer and opposed, upper and lower outer skin layers. The upper outer skin layer includes a polyolefin polymer as the predominant component, by weight, thereof and is capable of receiving printed indicia thereon. The core layer includes a polyolefin polymer as the predominant component, by weight, of the core layer; preferably a high crystallinity polypropylene homopolymer. The lower outer skin layer includes a polyolefin polymer as the predominant component by weight therein; the improvement wherein the lower outer skin layer includes a blend of organic and inorganic antiblocking agents or a blend of inorganic antiblocking agents; the blend including less than 10%, by weight, of the lower outer skin layer.

Abstract: A panel for forming a floor covering, where this panel includes a substrate including at least a layer of thermoplastic material, where the panel, above the layer, comprises at least also a printed décor and a translucent or transparent wear layer. The layer also includes at least individual fibers having a length greater than 1 millimeter, where the individual fibers are loose and freely distributed within the layer of thermoplastic material.

Abstract: Aspects relate to patterned nanostructures having a feature size not including film thickness below 5 microns. The patterned nanostructures are made up of nanoparticles having an average particle size less than 100 nm. A nanoparticle composition, which, in some cases, includes a binder material, is applied to a substrate. A patterned mold used in concert with electromagnetic radiation manipulate the nanoparticle composition in forming the patterned nanostructure. In some embodiments, the patterned mold nanoimprints a suitable pattern onto the nanoparticle composition and the composition is cured through UV or thermal energy. Three-dimensional patterned nanostructures may be formed. A number of patterned nanostructure layers may be prepared and joined together. In some cases, a patterned nanostructure may be formed as a layer that is releasable from the substrate upon which it is initially formed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a carrier material for producing a carrier (12) for a decorated wall or floor panel (10), wherein the carrier material (14) comprises a matrix material having a plastic, a solid material and a fiber material, wherein the solid material is formed by an inorganic material in a proportion of at least 50 wt. %, in particular at least 80 wt. %, in particular at least 95 wt. % in relation to the solid material, wherein the matrix material is present in a quantity of ?20 wt. % to ?60 wt. %, in particular ?28 wt. % to ?48 wt. %, in particular ?35 wt. % to ?41 wt. % in relation to the carrier material, and wherein the solid material is present in a quantity of ?25 wt. % to ?65 wt. %, in particular ?33 wt. % to ?53 wt. %, in particular ?40 wt. % to ?46 wt. % in relation to the carrier material, and wherein the fiber material is present in a quantity of >1 wt. % to ?35 wt. %, in particular ?7 wt. % to ?30 wt. %, approximately ?14 wt. % to ?21 wt.

Abstract: A disclosed method for manufacturing a floor covering includes the steps of vulcanising a support layer made of an elastomer and assembling an intermediate layer to the support layer during the step of vulcanising, wherein the intermediate layer is made of a material selected from the group that includes polyester, polyetheretherketone, polyetherimide, polysulfone, polyimide, polyamide, fluoropolymer, polyurethane, and paper. A print layer is printed either the intermediate layer or a transparent protective layer. When the print layer is printed on the intermediate layer, the protective layer is assembled to the print layer of a set that includes the print layer, the intermediate layer, and the support layer. When the print layer is printed on the protective layer, the print layer of a set that includes the print layer and the protective layer is assembled to the intermediate layer of a set that includes the intermediate layer and the support layer.

Abstract: A panel suitable for forming a floor covering by assembling a plurality of said panels adjacent to each other, which is of a substantially planar design, having a planar top side and a planar bottom side, said panel being composed from a layered structure that comprises: a waterproof core layer; a top layer adhered on the top side of said core layer, wherein the top layer comprises at least one ply of cured resin impregnated paper; an adhesive layer between the core layer and the top layer; characterized in that the adhesive layer is a cured mixture which comprises a polymeric adhesive compound, and an additional constituent which is either at least one resin component which is also present in the cured resin impregnated paper, and which is not included in the polymeric adhesive compound, or an epoxy resin.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hollow board 1 with first and second main surface layers 3, 5. A plurality of distance elements connecting the first and second main surface layers and maintain a predetermined distance there between. The main surface layers include at least a layer of high-density fiber, HDF, board, and a plurality of distance elements are distributed in the space between the main surface layers, and at least some comprise at least one elongate HDF board strip 15 which is oriented such that its longitudinal edges interconnect the first and second main surface layers 3, 5. The HDF boards of the surface layers and of the at least some of the distance elements comprise wood particles bonded by a resin including an isocyanate, such as methylene diphenyl di-isocyanate, MDI.

Abstract: A water soluble polymer composition includes a water soluble polymer and a sugar and may be used as a support in additive manufacturing processes.

Abstract: A water soluble polymer composition includes a water soluble polymer and a sugar and may be used as a support in additive manufacturing processes.

Abstract: A pane arrangement includes a first and second pane joined by an intermediate layer, an electro-optical functional element including a first surface electrode, an electro-optical functional layer, and a second surface electrode, wherein the functional element is arranged between the first and second panes, and the first and second surface electrodes face, respectively, the first and second panes, a sensor electrode arranged between the first surface electrode and the first pane and the sensor electrode is capacitively coupled to the first surface electrode, and a capacitive electronic sensor system electrically connected to the sensor electrode. The sensitivity of the electronic sensor system is selected such that when the outer surface of the first pane is touched above the first surface electrode by a human body part or the human body part approaches the outer surface of the first pane above the first surface electrode, a switching signal is emitted.

Abstract: The invention relates to trims for motor vehicle glazing systems, comprising a base layer and a coating and having glass-like optical properties at least in some subsections, composites consisting of such trims for motor vehicle glazing systems, and car body parts, as well as preferred embodiments which comprise suitable combinations of materials. Said trims comprising, at least towards the front side thereof, an edge rounding having a variable radius which allows a more uniform layer thickness for the coating.

Abstract: A method for producing a member for a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes (a) a step of providing an electrostatic chuck, a supporting substrate, and a metal bonding material, the electrostatic chuck being made of a ceramic and having a form of a flat plate, the supporting substrate including a composite material having a difference in linear thermal expansion coefficient at 40 to 570° C. from the ceramic of 0.2×10?6/K or less in absolute value, and (b) a step of interposing the metal bonding material between a concave face of the supporting substrate and a face of the electrostatic chuck opposite to a wafer mounting face, and thermocompression bonding the supporting substrate and the electrostatic chuck at a predetermined temperature to deform the electrostatic chuck to the shape of the concave face.

Abstract: The present invention is related to decorative multi-layer surface coverings comprising a wear layer, wherein said wear layer comprises a polymer blend, said polymer blend comprising polylactic acid and one/or more (meth)acrylate comprising polymer(s).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a plastic-containing support for a decorated wall panel or floor panel, comprising a supporting material including a thermoplastic matrix material, in which a solid material with a particle size less than or equal to 800 ?m is embedded, wherein the support has a length, a width and a thickness, wherein the support has a density gradient along its thickness from a bottom surface to a top surface arranged on the opposite side to the bottom surface in such a manner, that the density of the supporting material averaged over a specified width or a specified length of at least 5 mm, preferably at least 20 mm, from the bottom surface to the top surface initially declines and then increases again.

Abstract: A primer for inkjet printing includes one or more aqueous resin(s) and hydrophobic particles having a particle size of 0.05 ?m to 15 ?m and a melting point of 80° C. to 100° C. The primer improves abrasive resistance properties of an inkjet ink printed on a printed material.