Abstract: A windshield repair apparatus includes a fixture for holding an injector wherein the fixture includes plastic legs for slideably engaging a windshield during sliding movement of the fixture. A suction cup mechanism enables selective mounting of the apparatus to the windshield. The suction cup mechanism selectively positions the suction cup so as to not interfere with sliding movement of the windshield repair apparatus across the windshield, and allows for deployment of the suction cup against the windshield at the desired time. The fixture has a engagement surfaces for the user's hand during handling of the windshield repair apparatus.

Abstract: A fluid impervious and non-slip fabric is manufactured by thermally laminating a polyolefin film onto a non-woven fabric backing. The polyolefin film preferably comprises a polyblend of propylene copolymer and polyethylene. A shoe cover manufactured from the above laminated fabric has enhanced non-slip and fluid impervious properties.

Abstract: An inkjet pen is formed by a pen body, flex circuit and silicon substrate. The pen body includes a first arm and a second arm upon which the substrate rests. The flex circuit is attached to the substrate and to regions of the pen body. Contact between the substrate and the arms define fulcrum points for the arms. The first arm and second arm are forced to rotate about their respective fulcrums during thermal expansion and thermal contraction. During cooling, the rotational force counters a contractive force along the pen body region contacting the flex circuit. The countering force reduces the degree of contraction by the pen body. Without such counter-force component the pen body contracts more than the flex circuit imposing a compressive tension of the flex circuit. With such counter-force, the compressive tension is reduced or eliminated. As such compressive force was the source of buckling in prior configurations, circuit, such buckling source is eliminated.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for production of a three-dimensional fabric including laminated fiber layers having a fiber arranged along axial lines and a connection yarn inserted into the fiber layers to connect the fiber layers with each other are described. The fiber layers are formed by arranging the fiber while folding the fiber back along the axial lines. The laminated fiber layers are formed by arranging the fiber along axial lines, by engaging the fiber to a plurality of restriction members located with a predetermined pitch on a frame so as to surround an area where the connection fiber is inserted into the fiber layers, and then folding the fiber back along the axial lines. A plurality of yarn inserting needles arranged in a series together with the connection fiber are simultaneously thrust into the fiber layers until a holding section of each yarn inserting needle projects outside of the fiber layers to make a loop of the connection yarn at each holding section.

Abstract: A fastening component for use with molded articles has a base with fastening elements upstanding therefrom and a relatively thin, protective cover attached thereto. The cover is attached to the base by thermal processes. For instance, the cover and the base can be cut into a shape by a die that substantially simultaneously cuts the shape from a larger web of both and joins the two pieces together by heat induced processes, such as welding. The shaped piece may be rectilinear or curved or any complex shape. The cover may include a pull tab at one or both ends. The pull tab is formed from the cover material itself, a piece of which is folded over on itself and cut and sealed to adjacent layers at the same time that the main shape is being cut and sealed. For some embodiments of the pull-tab, rather than heat sealing the protective cover to the base, an adhesive can be used.

Abstract: For filling the insulating glass panes with a heavy gas, one of the glass plates (40) which are to constitute the insulating glass pane is only partly joined to she other glass plate (42) before the assembling, particularly in that said one glass plate is bent so that a gaplike opening temporarily remains between the glass plate (40) and the spacer (41) and the interior space of the insulating glass pane can be filled with a heavy gas through said gaplike opening.

Abstract: In a process that is particularly suitable for producing pipes or hoses, the reinforcing material and the matrix material are no longer produced separately but together in a woven, knitted, braided or non-woven fabric. The matrix material is selected so that its melting temperature is lower than the melting or decomposition temperature of the reinforcing material. The end product is obtained by pultruding the fabricated material, generally designated as textile fabrics, at a temperature above the melting temperature of the matrix material and below the melting or decomposition temperature of the reinforcing material. The product is then cooled to stabilise its final shape.

Abstract: A method for forming a plurality of fastener components comprises providing a composite web which includes a web of hook material. The hook material includes a hook base layer which has first and second longitudinally extending side sections and has a plurality of hook elements which are integrally formed with the base layer and extend away from a base plane of the hook base layer. The hook elements are configured to operably engage a selected, cooperating loop material to provide an operative fastening, and the web of hook material has an extending section of carrier web material attached to extend laterally outboard from each of the side sections of the web of hook material. Each section of carrier web material has an extending web of panel material attached to extend laterally outboard from each section of carrier web material.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in removing hazardous material I from an elongated pipe P comprises an elongated upper work section 41 from which a plurality of in-line lower debris collection and disposal bags 47 depend. The upper work section and the bags are made of flexible sheet material. The upper work section has a bottom formed with a plurality of in-line chutes 52 that extend between adjacent bags. A plurality of gloves 48 are mounted to the upper work section. Upon wrapping and securing the upper work section about a pipe with the chutes inclined therefrom, insulation may be manually worked from the pipe and channeled by the chutes into the bags for collection and storage. A method of manufacturing the apparatus from two continuous webs of flexible material is also disclosed.

Abstract: A pliable flat disk of laminated construction having a thin top layer of deformable material bonded to a relatively thicker intermediate layer of pliable adhesive sealant material and a removable bottom layer of release paper covering the exposed surface of the sealant material is deformed during installation to cover and seal the head of a fastener protruding from a surface. The disk is installed by a tool having an end adapted to hold the flat disk. The end of the tool has a recess slightly deeper than the height of the head of the fastener and an interior slightly larger than the outer periphery of the head of the fastener. The flat disk is releasably attached on the end of the tool and covers the recess.

Abstract: Process for the production of plastic laminates for printed circuits with the components assembled in packages (11-13) arranged in piles (10) in a cold press (100) heating being done endothermically and obtained by electric heating elements connected in series to a generator (29) of electricity, copper laminae (20-25) being placed at the beginning and end of each package (11-13), or else sheets (30-33) of steel or other material being placed between one package and another and at the beginning and end of the pile (10).

Abstract: A method for inflating a cushioning devices comprised of at least first and second distinct chambers having an interconnecting passage which provides fluid communication between the chambers. The method comprises either: (1) limiting the volume of at least one of the chambers, filling the chambers with a fluid at a single inflation pressure from a single inflation point and sealing the interconnecting passage, or (2) filling the chambers with a fluid at a single inflation pressure from a single inflation point compressing at least one of the distinct chambers, and sealing the interconnecting passage. The method is particularly suited to manufacture of a footwear cushion comprised of a body of elastomeric material having a plurality of sealed non-communicating cells having a single inflation point. At least two cells sharing a single sealed inflation passage are at different pressures.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed using a graphite fiber blanket (20) of high thermal conductivity to repair an aircraft structure (10) made of composite fiber materials. The graphite fiber blanket (20) is placed in thermal contact with a silicone rubber heat blanket (22), with an internal heat source, and the aircraft structure, such as composite laminates (12, 14). Use of the graphite fiber blanket (20) increases the rate at which the temperature of the laminates can be elevated to the proper range for repair and transfers heat from hot spots to cold spots to ensure a uniform temperature throughout the laminates.

Abstract: A process for achieving an adhesive bond in a folded joint between a first component (1) and a second component (2), preferably of sheet metal. The components (1,2) have essentially flat edge areas (3,4), and the second component (2) has a bent-up flange (5) to be bent down about the edge area (3) of the first component (1). The process comprises application of an adhesive string (8) along the surface of the second component (2), which is to lie in contact with the first component (1). The adhesive string (8) is applied a short distance from the edge flange (5), and the amount of adhesive in the adhesive string (8) is adjusted so that the adhesive, when the components (1,2) are pressed together, is forced past the edge of the first component (1) and covers the same. Furthermore, a second adhesive string (10) is applied along the surface of the first component (1), against which the edge flange (5) is bent down.

Abstract: A sealing arrangement for sealing overlapped edge portions of laminates folded onto a support member. The arrangement includes a pressure pad assembly and a drive member. An elastomeric disk is retained compressed between the drive member and the pressure pad assembly. A drive unit serves to extend the drive member to thereby urge the pressure pad via the elastomeric disk into pressure sealing engagement with the overlapped laminates on the support member.

Abstract: A method for the production of an inherently stable self-supporting composite part for engine hoods for acoustic screening of noises. A prefabricated outer membrane blank part is cut and trimmed to form an outside sheet. This outside sheet is bonded to a prefabricated inside packing to form a self-supporting structure independent of the engine hood. The inside packing is provided with fastener elements and a removable protective film attached to an exposed surface of the packing. A primer is applied to the outside sheet of the self-supporting structure. A lacquer is applied to the primer and the protective film is removed.

Abstract: A structural member is reinforced by applying an adhesive material between a reinforcement surface of the structural member and an adhesion surface of a support plate, positioning a vacuum assembly adjacent to an exposed surface of said support plate so as to create an inner space between an exterior surface of said vacuum assembly and said reinforcement surface, and creating a partial vacuum in said inner space so as to force said vacuum assembly and said plate towards said reinforcement surface. A prefabricated vacuum assembly is a vacuum assembly comprising a flexible porous film, a flexible non-porous film, and a flexible sheet of breather material positioned between said porous film and said non-porous film.

Abstract: The liner segments are removed from their respective molds and affixed to their respective interior shells while the interior shells are still mounted on their respective male molds. The resulting left and a right interior shell assemblies have exposed surfaces shaped to substantially match the contours of their respective exterior shells. Each male mold, with the interior shell assembly still attached, is then inserted into its corresponding female mold, which still contains the exterior shell, and the interior and exterior shells are secured to one another to form right and left cabin segments. The cabin segments are removed from their molds, placed in assembly frames, and substantially all interior finishing work, such as installing appliances and cabinet doors, is completed while the cabinet segments are separate. Finally, the cabin segments are brought together and joined along their edges to create a hollow, unitary cabin structure.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing angiographic catheters comprises providing a length of elastomeric tube of a predetermined outer diameter and braiding multiple strands of wire wrapping about its exterior. A bonding agent is applied to the wire wrapping in circumferentially extending bands to bond the strands to each other. Thereafter, the wire wrapping is ground away at predetermined spaced locations along the length of the elastomeric tube to provide a series of wire wrapped sections joined by non-wrapped sections with each of the wire wrapped sections having at least the ends thereof enclosed by at least portions of the circumferentially extending bands of bonding agent. An elastomer layer is located over both the wire wrapped sections and the non-wrapped sections throughout the length thereof.

Abstract: An environmentally sound vegetation growth-enhancing erosion control blanket is formed from an elongated rectangular excelsior/wood wool mat. The mat is held together with adhesive and a surface pattern is embossed therein. When the finished blanket is placed atop the ground, the blanket serves to shield the earth area from wind and water erosion forces, without the presence of the plastic netting often used in the prior art. As the ground vegetation grows, it ultimately replaces the blanket which decomposes and furnishes the ground vegetation with a nutritive mulch.