Abstract: A method for manufacturing laminated printed matter includes the steps of ejecting, by an ink jet process, a colorant-containing active-radiation-curable ink composition onto a recording medium; ejecting, by an ink jet process, a colorant-free or white-pigment-containing active-radiation-curable ink composition into a non-image area adjoining an image area formed by the colorant-containing ink composition; curing the ejected colorant-containing ink composition and the ejected colorant-free or white-pigment-containing ink composition by irradiation with active radiation to form an image layer; and laminating a lamination film on a surface on which the image layer has been formed. Laminated printed matter has, in sequence, an image layer and a lamination film. The image layer is composed of an image area and a non-image area. The non-image area is formed of a cured product selected from the group consisting of transparent cured products and white cured products.

Abstract: A system for applying labels to cable or conduit including at least one label and a label applicator. The label applicator including at least one guide roller, at least one tamping device comprising at least one tamping pad for applying at least one label onto the moving cable or conduit, and a guide shoe assembly. The guide shoe assembly comprises a guide shoe, the guide shoe comprises a rounding member, a plurality of springs for providing flexibility to the rounding member when the moving cable or conduit passes the at least one guide shoe, a support mount for supporting the at least one guide shoe, a plurality of pivots disposed between the rounding member and the rounding member support for adjusting the set of springs, and a fitted member for providing an anchor for the at least one guide shoe to connect with the support mount.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of bonding substrates and a substrate for displays manufactured by the same. In an embodiment, the method comprises (a) printing a first photocurable adhesive ink on the lower substrate to form a pattern; (b) photocuring the pattern to form a spacer on the lower substrate; (c) printing a second photocurable adhesive ink on the lower substrate, which includes the spacer, to form an adhesive layer; (d) irradiating the adhesive layer with light; and (e) laminating the upper substrate to the lower substrate via the adhesive layer, wherein the upper and lower substrates are transparent or opaque, and wherein the upper and lower substrates comprise the same or different materials.

Abstract: The method for producing a multilayer covering film includes having a pressure sensitive adhesive layer protected by a liner with a system for controlling adhesion. The method includes a step of forming the adhesion-controlling system, which includes an operation for selectively positioning a polymeric, non-adhesive material composition in microcavities provided on one face of the liner. The invention also relates to a multilayer film produced using this production method and a method for applying this multilayer film.

Abstract: A tape closure system is shown and described herein. The tape closure system includes a first tape component having a pressure sensitive adhesive and a second tape component having a pressure sensitive adhesive, where at least one of the pressure sensitive adhesives has a modified surface to reduce the tack of the surface such that when the first and second pressure adhesives are brought into contact with one another they may sufficiently adhere to one another to form a seal but are still separable from one another and able to be repeatedly opened and sealed. Such a tape may be manufactured through high speed manufacturing processes and wound into large master rolls. In the roll configuration, the modified surface contacts the backside of the liner and experiences compressive forces in the roll. Due to the compressive forces, a part of the modified surface may get pushed into the PSA, thereby affecting the properties of the modified adhesive.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a flexible display panel includes providing a display substrate which includes a substrate bending region, attaching a back film onto a back surface of the display substrate. A region of the back film corresponding to the substrate bending region is a back film bending region. The manufacturing method includes removing at least the back film bending region to form a perforated region, and bending the display substrate toward the back surface thereof along the substrate bending region to form a flexible display panel.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a label with a suspension handle includes i) providing a first layered material including a support layer and a first front layer joined in a releasable manner; ii) covering a front surface of the first front layer with a detachment promoter layer, leaving a free zone where the promoter layer is absent; iii) providing a second layered material including a second front layer transparent to light and an adhesive layer iv) joining the products of steps ii) and iii) in a coupled material and v) separating a suspension handle in the handle area, at least one secondary label of the label in a different area, and forming a label surround in the first front layer. At the secondary label, the label includes an opaque contrast layer superposed on the second front layer eliminate transparency, a second graphic layer superposed on the contrast layer, and a protective layer.

Abstract: A composite component includes a plastic substrate and a transfer foil adhered thereto. The plastic substrate and the foil are proud and define a peripheral edge with a tight outer radius. A thin first coating layer, such as a base coat or primer layer, is applied over the plastic substrate and foil and adheres the both the plastic substrate and foil. A thicker second coating layer, such as a clear coat, is applied over the first coating layer and adheres to the first coating layer. The first coating layer has a lower viscosity than the second coating layer. The second coating layer is more ductile than the first coating layer. The first coating layer acts a primer layer for applying the second coating layer. The second coating layer therefore protects the substrate and transfer foil and can withstand thermal shock and water immersion.

Abstract: A spacer-locator with integrated locator pins and spacer tabs for use in joining applications. The spacer-locator provides consistent and accurate spacing between mating surfaces and the locator pins provide enhanced location control of the joining components while providing a mechanical advantage to the shear strength at the joint. Also, a spacer-locator for joining at least two objects along mating surfaces, the spacer-locator constraining at least two degrees of freedom for the objects to be joined.

Abstract: A display panel manufacturing method for solving the phenomenon of Newton's rings on a display screen is provided, including: conducting a roughening treatment to a bonding surface of a frame of a backlight module in order to improve a securing force of the frame to an adhesive layer and a film thereon; reducing a release force of a protective film from the film above the backlight module in order to reduce a pulling force to the film below the protective film and the adhesive layer below the film when peeling off the protective film from the film; and bonding the film to the frame of the backlight module with an extended bonding time in a bonding process in order to increase adhering strength between the film and the bonding surface of the frame of the backlight module.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a method for creating a chemically structured surface with structural elements as small as 1 nm, on a material that does not itself display a high degree of ordering, using thin molecular layers that minimize the material added through the coating. In particular, the present invention discloses a method for assembling a chemical pattern on a surface, comprising pattern elements with scales that can be as small as 1 nm, and then transferring that pattern to another substrate, on which the pattern would not form natively. In the described method, the patterned monolayer is comprised of polymerizable amphiphiles such as diyne phospholipids or diynoic acids, which are transferred from the ordering substrate using a transferring material such as poly(dimethylsiloxane).

Abstract: A heat transfer sheet assembly and method is disclosed for improving the process of removing the carrier layer from a facestock layer. The heat transfer sheet assembly may include a heat transfer facestock layer and a carrier layer. The facestock layer may be attached to the carrier layer and include an indicia receptive surface along a side opposite the carrier layer. The carrier layer may include at least one peel line that extends from opposite edges of the assembly wherein the peel line assist to remove the carrier layer from the heat transfer facestock layer once indicia is printed on the facestock layer.

Abstract: The invention discloses a decoration apparatus for decorating a web of labeling material. The decoration apparatus comprises conveyor for advancing the web of labeling material between a first station and a second station, an activation unit adapted to apply an activation energy at a activation station for selectively activating activatable pigments comprised in the web of labeling material or to locally ablate the web of labeling material and a temperature-conditioning unit which is adapted to actively cool and/or heat the web of labeling material, in particular, in use, prior, during and/or after selectively activating the activatable pigments or ablating the web of labeling material.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for applying a transfer material onto the surface of an article are disclosed, including apparatuses and methods of transfer printing on and/or decorating three-dimensional articles, as well as the articles printed and/or decorated thereby. In some cases, the apparatuses and methods involve providing a deposition device, such as a printing device; providing a transfer component; depositing a material onto a portion of the transfer component with the deposition device; modifying the portion of the transfer component with the transfer material thereon to conform the transfer component to at least a portion of the surface of the three-dimensional article; and transferring the transfer material onto the surface of the article.

Abstract: A bonding device and a bonding method for attaching a curved cover plate with an irregular shape to a flexible screen are disclosed. The bonding device includes a first bonding body, a second bonding body, and a pressing body for pressing a center portion of the flat area of the curved cover plate with the irregular shape, and a driving mechanism for driving the first bonding body and the second bonding body to move. The first bonding body includes a first pressing wall on a periphery thereof, the first pressing wall includes a first pressing flat wall and a first pressing curved wall. The second bonding body includes a second pressing wall on a periphery thereof. The second pressing wall includes a second pressing flat wall and a second pressing curved wall. The pressing body has a third pressing flat wall formed on a periphery thereof.

Abstract: A system and method for aligning a screen protector to a cell phone comprises a screen protector with an alignment liner disposed over the screen protector; alignment indicia disposed on the alignment liner; and a display source configured to enable display of alignment indicia on the display screen of the cell phone. The alignment indicia of the display screen correspond to the alignment indicia of the alignment liner so that the alignment indicia of the alignment liner is capable of being aligned over the alignment indicia on the display screen to properly align the screen protector with the display screen when the screen protector is positioned above the display screen.

Abstract: An attachment apparatus and an attachment method for a curved display panel are provided. The attachment apparatus includes: a holding component for holding a cover glass in a curved state; a supporting component disposed under the holding component, and the supporting component including: a first mobile part and a second mobile part disposed opposite to each other, and a supporting part.

Abstract: A method for producing a multilayer film, with the steps: a) providing a base body with a carrier ply and a transfer ply, which comprises at least one layer; b) applying an in particular UV-curable adhesive to at least one partial area of the transfer ply of the base body; c) applying a stamping foil which comprises a carrier ply and a transfer ply, with the result that the transfer ply of the stamping foil comes into contact with the transfer ply of the base body coated with adhesive; d) curing the adhesive by UV irradiation; e) removing the carrier ply of the stamping foil.

Abstract: A transparent or translucent carrier sheet is provided with an alignment grid for positioning a decorative transfer.

Abstract: A method of producing a graphene film (22) includes forming a catalyst film (20) on a support (18); forming a graphene film (22) on the catalyst film (20); and electrolytically removing the catalyst film (20) from the support (18). The method may include transferring the graphene film (22) to a substrate (29). A supported graphene film includes a conductive support (18); a catalyst film (20) formed on the conductive support (18) having a thickness in a range of 1 nm to 10 ?m, and a graphene film (22) formed on the catalyst film (20).