Abstract: A stretchable textile article (20) comprises a plurality of discrete textile members (22,24), each textile member (22,24) extending between a first end (26) and a second end (28), the first ends (26) of the textile members (22,24) being joined together, the second ends (28) of the textile members (22,24) being joined together, wherein the plurality of textile members (22,24) includes at least one first textile member (22) and at least one second textile member (24), the or each first textile member (22) including a textile zone configured to have an increasing stretch property away from the first end (26) towards the second end (28), the or each second textile member (24) including a textile zone configured to have an increasing stretch property away from the second end (28) towards the first end (26), wherein the stretchable textile article (20) further includes a compressible textile member (100) arranged to interconnect the first and second textile members (22,24) so that, in use, stretch of the stretchabl

Abstract: A web of film material wound about a central longitudinal axis to provide a roll, the film material including a conformable base film comprising a first surface and an opposite second surface. The web of film material further includes an adhesive layer including a first surface bonded to the second surface of the base film and an opposite second surface, a release liner releasably attached to the second surface of the adhesive layer, and a protective film layer releasably attached to the first surface of the conformable base film.

Abstract: There is provided a decorative sheet having high ink adhesion without using an oil-based ink having a high environmental load. The decorative sheet includes: a base paper; a thermoplastic resin layer provided on one surface side of the base paper; an ink layer provided on the thermoplastic resin layer of opposite to the base paper side and containing a water-based ink and at least one of a xylene diamine-based curing agent, a polycarbodiimide-based curing agent, and an aziridine-based curing agent as a curing agent; and a surface protective layer provided on the opposite surface side to the thermoplastic resin layer of the ink layer. The addition amount of the curing agent in the ink layer is preferably 1 part by mass or more and 30 parts by mass or less based on 100 parts by mass of the water-based ink.

Abstract: An eco-friendly activator-free water transfer printing film includes a water-based modified acrylic copolymer resin layer set on a superabsorbent film and made of a water-based modified acrylic copolymer resin which is formed by acrylic copolymer emulsion, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) resin and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) resin and provided crosslinking an end surface with the water-based modified acrylic copolymer resin layer after another end surface of the superabsorbent film absorbs water and becomes softened; and an information body set on the water-based modified acrylic copolymer resin layer; so that the present invention is simply set on a water surface to crosslink the superabsorbent film with the water-based modified acrylic copolymer resin layer to produce the adhesiveness of the water-based modified acrylic copolymer resin layer without using any activator.

Abstract: An inkjet ink that shows only a small amount of discoloration over time and is capable of printing with a stable color, not only when printed on a surface of a print object having a relatively low ink permeability, but also when printed on a surface of a print object having a relatively high ink permeability, and provide a printed item including a printed area printed using the inkjet ink. A gray ink according to the present embodiment is an edible inkjet ink which contains at least a first colorant which is a food dye and a second colorant which is a food dye, and the first colorant is at least one of Red No. 3, Red No. 40, Red No. 104, Red No. 105, and Red No. 106.

Abstract: [Problems] Provided is a discoloring body which is discolored by application of water and has high glossiness and is excellent in applicability to various fields such as a toy field, a decoration field, and a design field. [Solution] A discoloring body including a supporting body, a porous layer in which a low refractive index pigment is fixed in a dispersed state by way of a binder resin, and a glossy resin layer, in which an occupancy area ratio of the glossy resin layer is 1% to 95% with respect to a 1 cm square at any position in the porous layer.

Abstract: A composition useful for additive manufacturing is comprised of a thermoplastic elastomer blended with an aliphatic polyketone, wherein the thermoplastic elastomer is a continuous phase having dispersed therein separated domains of polyketone. The composition is useful for additive printing methods employing heating and extrusion of the composition to form extrudates that are printed an article comprised of fused layers of the composition. The composition facilitates the formation of extrusion based elastomeric additive manufactured articles.

Abstract: An endless belt contains: a resin; electrically conductive carbon particles; and a surfactant. When polyester resin particles having a volume average particle diameter of 4.7 ?m are caused to adhere to an outer circumferential surface of the endless belt and then air is blown onto the outer circumferential surface from an upper side of the outer circumferential surface while the blowing pressure of the air is increased, all the polyester resin particles adhering to the outer circumferential surface are separated from the outer circumferential surface before or when the blowing pressure reaches 6 kPa.

Abstract: A decorative, nonwoven laminate and a method of forming, including a first side of a first nonwoven affixed to one or both of a) a first side of a polymeric sheet or b) a second nonwoven, wherein the first nonwoven exhibits a basis weight of 15 g/m2 to 2500 g/m2 and the second nonwoven exhibits a basis weight of 15 g/m2 to 1200 g/m2; and a colorant deposited on a second side of the first nonwoven. A topical coating may or may not be applied to improve durability of the printed surface layer. The decorative nonwoven laminate may also amount to a single layer of the first nonwoven, which then includes a layer of colorant and a topical coating over the colorant and single nonwoven layer.

Abstract: A substrate includes a first surface area; and a second surface area with a second roughness value. In a height profile of the substrate along a cutting line crossing the first surface area and the second surface area, a height of the substrate along a first section of the height profile is larger than the height of the substrate along a second section of the height profile. In the height profile an absolute value of a height difference between a point of maximum height or an averaged height, respectively, of the second section and a point of minimal height or an averaged height, respectively, of the first section defines a depth value. A ratio of the depth value and the second roughness value is between 2 and 35. A marking element extends across the first surface area and the second surface area.

Abstract: A decorative sheet comprises a substrate layer; a pattern layer provided on the first front surface of the substrate layer; and a thermoplastic resin layer provided on the second front surface of the pattern layer. A test piece of 8 mm width from the decorative sheet is taken; the storage modulus is measured with an initial chuck distance of 10.77 mm, a start temperature of 30° C., an end temperature of 150° C., a temperature increase rate of 5° C./min, and a measurement frequency of 1.0 Hz. The ratio of the difference between the second storage modulus and a third storage modulus when the decorative sheet changes from the transition region to a rubbery flat region to the difference between a first storage modulus when the environmental temperature is 30° C. and a second storage modulus when the decorative sheet changes from a glassy region to a transition region is 3.5 or less.

Abstract: A soft magnetic metal powder comprising soft magnetic metal particles including Fe, wherein a surface of the soft magnetic metal particle is covered by a coating part having an insulation property, and the coating part includes a soft magnetic metal fine particle.

Abstract: A method for producing soft magnetic metal powder includes: a raw material powder preparing step of preparing metal raw material powder having metal raw material particles including iron, silicon, and boron; a mixture step of mixing the metal raw material powder and a carbon source substance and obtaining mixed powder; and a heat treatment step of performing heat treatment on the mixed powder in a non-oxidizing atmosphere containing nitrogen at a heat treatment temperature of 1,250° C. or higher and making the metal raw material particles spherical.

Abstract: A molded part having a front side of the molded part designed as a visible side, comprising a decorative layer having a front side and a rear side opposite the front side, a carrier arranged on the rear side of the decorative layer, and a functional layer arranged on the front side of the decorative layer. The functional layer is or comprises an electrical display element, wherein the electrical display element is designed, in a switched-on operating state, for displaying a surface image and/or for realizing a display function, and/or for realizing an illumination function on the visible side of the molded part, and wherein the electrical display element is at least largely transparent and/or translucent when the operating state is switched off, so that the front side of the decorative layer is visible through the functional layer on the visible side of the molded part.

Abstract: A soft magnetic metal powder having soft magnetic metal particles, wherein a surface of the soft magnetic metal particle is covered by a coating part, the coating part has a first coating part, a second coating part, and a third coating part in this order from the surface of the soft magnetic metal particle towards outside, the first coating part includes oxides of Si as a main component, the second coating part includes oxides of Fe as a main component, and the third coating part includes a compound of at least one element selected from the group consisting of P, Si, Bi, and Zn.

Abstract: A soft magnetic metal powder having soft magnetic metal particles including Fe, wherein a surface of the soft magnetic metal particle is covered by a coating part, the coating part has a first coating part and a second coating part in this order from the surface of the soft magnetic metal particle towards outside, the first coating part includes oxides of Fe as a main component, the second coating part includes a compound of at least one element selected from the group consisting of P, Si, Bi, and Zn, and a ratio of trivalent Fe atom among Fe atoms of oxides of Fe included in the first coating part is 50% or more.

Abstract: A kit for labelling an object with a target label comprises an instrument having an end(s) for manipulating labels. Transfer label(s) adhered to the end of the instrument, the transfer label having a facestock having adhesive on at least one of its surfaces, an adhesion force A between a first surface of the facestock of the transfer label and the instrument being greater than an adhesion force B between a second surface of the transfer label and a target label. The instrument and transfer label are used to manually transfer the target label from a target label liner to an object by releasable adherence of the target label to the second surface of the transfer label. A method for labelling an object is also provided.

Abstract: In one aspect, an article includes a first sleeve formed from a first heat-shrinkable polymer sheet, the first heat-shrinkable polymer sheet having opposed first and second edges, wherein the first sleeve is formed with a first seam proximate the first edge. A portion of the first heat-shrinkable polymer sheet extends between the first sleeve and the second edge. A tag is bonded to the portion of the first heat-shrinkable polymer sheet proximate the second edge at a first overlap zone of the tag and the portion of the first heat-shrinkable polymer sheet. In another aspect, an article includes a heat-shrinkable polymer sheet and a tag bonded to the sheet. The heat-shrinkable polymer sheet has a central area and a plurality of slits disposed through the sheet, at least one of the plurality of slits oriented to partially surround the central area.

Abstract: A coil component having high inductance while suppressing core loss is obtained. The coil component includes a coil and a magnetic core. The magnetic core has a laminated body in which soft magnetic layers are laminated. Micro gaps are formed in the soft magnetic layers. The soft magnetic layers are divided into at least two or more small pieces by the micro gaps. A structure made of Fe-based nano-crystals is observed in the soft magnetic layers.

Abstract: A magnetic core includes a metal magnetic powder, which has a large size powder, an intermediate size powder, and a small size powder. A particle size of the large size powder is 10 ?m or more and 60 ?m or less. A particle size of the intermediate size powder is 2.0 ?m or more and less than 10 ?m. A particle size of the small size powder is 0.1 ?m or more and less than 2.0 ?m. The large size powder, the intermediate size powder, and the small size powder have an insulation coating. When A1 represents an average insulation coating thickness of the large size powder, A2 represents an average insulation coating thickness of the intermediate size powder, A3 represents an average insulation coating thickness of the small size powder, A3 is 30 nm or more and 100 nm or less, A3/A1?1.3, and A3/A2?1.0.