Abstract: The process relates to the continuous production of a web of a composite material, comprising: providing a web of honeycomb material; providing at least one web of face sheet material having a corrugated medium with a first face covered with a linerboard and an exposed second face, including unrolling the face sheet material from a roll; carrying said web of honeycomb material and said at least one web of face sheet material along a production line; and adhesively applying the exposed second face of the at least one web of face sheet material to one face of said honeycomb material while said honeycomb material is being conveyed through the production line and maintained in an expanded state.

Abstract: An apparatus for a continuous production of a web of a composite material includes at least one honeycomb material carrier for moving a web of honeycomb material along the apparatus; at least one face sheet material carrier for moving at least one web of a face sheet material along the apparatus, the face sheet material having a corrugated medium with a linerboard on at least one face thereof; and at least one laminator for adhesively applying the at least one web of the face sheet material to a face of the web of honeycomb material in an expanded state.

Abstract: The present invention relates to for a continuous production of a web of a composite material. The process comprises the steps of: providing a web of honeycomb material; providing at least one web of face sheet material having a corrugated medium with at least one linerboard on at least one face thereof; carrying the web of honeycomb material and the at least one web of face sheet material along a production line; and adhesively applying the at least one web of face sheet material to one face of the honeycomb material while the honeycomb material is being conveyed through the production line and maintained in an expanded state. The present invention also relates to a packaging material manufactured with a process described hereinabove and an apparatus to manufacture same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to for a continuous production of a web of a composite material. The process comprises the steps of: providing a web of honeycomb material; providing at least one web of face sheet material having a corrugated medium with at least one linerboard on at least one face thereof; carrying the web of honeycomb material and the at least one web of face sheet material along a production line; and adhesively applying the at least one web of face sheet material to one face of the honeycomb material while the honeycomb material is being conveyed through the production line and maintained in an expanded state. The present invention also relates to a packaging material manufactured with a process described hereinabove and an apparatus to manufacture same.

Abstract: An opto-electronic device for detecting a beam of radiation and determining the angle-of-arrival of that beam with a high degree of angular resolution. The device has a linear array of radiation detectors arranged in a plane with a shadow mask located at a predetermined height h above and parallel to that plane wherein the shadow mask has a plurality of transparent apertures separated by opaque areas. Each radiation detector in the array comprises at least one pair of individual detector elements and apertures of the shadow mask, which apertures have the same width as the detector elements, are centred directly above the area between adjacent detector elements. Signals generated by corresponding detector elements in each radiation detector are supplied, in parallel, to one channel providing a number of output channels which correspond to the number of individual detector elements in each radiation detector.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a beam of radiation, such as a collimated laser beam, and determining the angle-of-arrival of that beam with a high angular resolution, the apparatus comprising a linear array of radiation detectors arranged in a plane and a digital Gray code shadow mask, located at a predetermined height above and parallel to the plane. The Gray code shadow mask is provided with parallel rows containing slot(s) with each of those rows being centrally positioned directly above one of the radiation detectors and arranged so that the rows are perpendicular to the linear array. The slot(s) in each row are located at predetermined distances from the center of a row with those distances differing for each row. A well collimated radiation beam, such as from a laser, directed towards the shadow mask will project images of the slots onto the plane with the positions of the images being dependent on both the positions of the slots and the angle-of-arrival of the beam.

Abstract: A Christmas light stand device which at night will simulate a lighted Christmas tree and which during daylight hours is unobtrusive and does not obstruct a view therethrough which comprises a plurality of rigid, telescopic, transparent tubular plastic members forming an upwardly converging conical shape; a cylindrical core member at the apex of said conical shape; said core member having a plurality of hinges disposed about the periphery thereof adapted to engage with the upper ends of said tubular members and adjustable horizontal brace members connecting the lower ends of said tubular member one to another to form a rigid structure. The cylindrical core member at the top of the conical shape preferably has a vertically adjustable ornament holder extending upwardly therefrom, while a plurality of wire clips are slidably mounted on said tubular members to engage and hold the wires of conventional electric Christmas lights spirally wrapped therearound.