Abstract: The invention pertains to a method to removably connect a carpet product having a pile side and a fibrous back side to a surface, wherein the method comprises the step of adhering a double face tape with a first side of the tape to the fibrous back side of the carpet product and connecting the carpet product to the surface by adhering the second side of the double face tape to the surface, the first side of said double face tape is provided with multiple hooks extending from this side and having a length of 0.1-10 mm, and the second side of said double face tape is provided with multiple adhesive nano fibres extending from the second side, each fibre having a distal tip that has a surface extending perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the fibre, the surface having a diameter of 1-900 nm. The invention also pertains to a carpet product and double face tape for use in the above described method.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method to produce a laminated textile product, the product comprising a primary carrier sheet with yarns that form a pile on the front surface thereof, and a secondary carrier sheet adhered to the back surface of the primary carrier sheet, the method comprising providing a lick roller having a mass of molten polymer adhesive at its outer circumference, transporting the primary carrier sheet along the lick roller while its back surface is in contact with the outer circumference of the roller at a contact site, thereby transferring a layer of adhesive to the back surface of the primary carrier sheet, and bringing the secondary sheet in contact with the layer of adhesive to adhere the secondary sheet to the back surface of the primary carrier sheet to produce the laminated textile product, wherein downstream of the contact site between the primary carrier sheet and the lick roller, before the secondary sheet is contacted with the layer of adhesive, cobwebbing of the adhesive b

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for manufacturing a laminated textile product comprising providing a first intermediate product comprising a primary backing having a front surface and a back surface, and yarns stitched into the primary backing, the yarns extending from the front surface of the backing material, feeding the intermediate product along a body having a heated surface, the back surface being pressed against the said heated surface, to at least partly melt the yarns present in the intermediate product to bond the yarns to the backing, wherein the part of the back surface that is pressed against the heated surface has a relative speed with respect to the heated surface, so as to provide a second intermediate product having a calendered back surface, providing a dimensionally stable carrier sheet or secondary backing, and connecting the second intermediate product to the carrier sheet by providing a hot melt adhesive between the calendered surface and the sheet, and pressing the sheet to t

Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for manufacturing a textile product comprising providing a first sheet having a front surface and a back surface, covering the back surface of the sheet with a porous layer having a porosity of 50% to 99%, the layer comprising a thermoplastic material, forming a pile on the front surface of first sheet by stitching one or more yarns through the first sheet, the one or more yarns having a free end that forms the said pile and a locked end that extends into the porous layer, thereby forming an intermediate product, processing the intermediate product by feeding this product along a body having a heated surface, the porous layer being pressed against the said heated surface, to melt at least a fraction of the thermoplastic material, cooling the molten fraction of the thermoplastic, thereby connecting the locked end of the one or more yarns to the first sheet, and optionally connecting a second sheet to the processed intermediate product, using an adhesive applied between the pr

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method to manufacture a textile product comprising a first sheet having a width and a length, and polymer yarns fastened to this sheet to form a pile thereon, the method comprising providing the sheet, stitching the polymer yarns through the sheet to form the pile on a first surface of the sheet and loops of the yarns at a second surface of the sheet, transporting the sheet in a direction parallel to its length along a heating element, the heating element being directed to the second surface of the sheet, heating the second surface with the heating element to at least partly melt the loops of the yarns to fasten the yarns to the sheet, wherein the method comprises transporting the sheet in contact with the heating element, wherein the heating element is a stationary rigid plate-like element having a width corresponding to the width of the sheet, and a length that extends parallel to the length of the sheet, the plate being curved in its length direction, wherein the outer c

Abstract: The invention pertains to a method to manufacture a textile product comprising a first sheet having polymer yarns fastened to this sheet to form a pile thereon, the method comprising providing the sheet, stitching the polymer yarns through the sheet to form the pile on a first surface of the sheet and loops of the yarns at a second surface of the sheet, heating the second surface of the sheet to at least partly melt the loops of the yarns to fasten the yarns to the sheet, wherein the method comprises measuring a roughness of the second surface with the at least partly molten loops of the yarns thereon, after the at least partly molten loops have solidified and, if the roughness differs from a predetermined surface roughness, adapting the method to manufacture the textile product, in order to obtain a second surface roughness that differs from the measured surface roughness. The invention also pertains to a device for applying this method.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a method for manufacturing a laminated textile product comprising providing a first intermediate product comprising a primary backing having a front surface and a back surface, and yarns stitched into the primary backing, the yarns extending from the front surface of the backing material, feeding the intermediate product along a body having a heated surface, the back surface being pressed against the said heated surface, to at least partly melt the yarns present in the intermediate product to bond the yarns to the backing, wherein the part of the back surface that is pressed against the heated surface has a relative speed with respect to the heated surface, so as to provide a second intermediate product having a calendered back surface, providing a dimensionally stable carrier sheet or secondary backing, and connecting the second intermediate product to the carrier sheet by providing a hot melt adhesive between the calendered surface and the sheet, and pressing the sheet to t

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for the treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of diseases, such as neoplastic diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune diseases, and inflammatory diseases. The methods include the administration of pharmaceutical complexes comprising annexins coupled to pharmaceutical compounds or carriers to subjects. The present invention also provides methods and compositions for delivering therapeutic compounds into the diseased cells of a subject either to kill them, such as tumor cells, or to rescue them, such as cardiomyocytes and neurons. The compositions include annexins, annexin variants, derivatives thereof, and complexes thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for the treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of diseases, such as neoplastic diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, autoimmune diseases, and inflammatory diseases. The methods include the administration of pharmaceutical complexes comprising annexins coupled to pharmaceutical compounds or carriers to subjects. The present invention also provides methods and compositions for delivering therapeutic compounds into the diseased cells of a subject either to kill them, such as tumor cells, or to rescue them, such as cardiomyocytes and neurons. The compositions include annexins, annexin variants, derivatives thereof, and complexes thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining rapidly the biological activity of lipid-binding compounds, such as Annexins. The compounds may be are labeled. The labeled compounds are mixed with divalent cations and with a, particulate or other, carrier containing negatively charged phospholipids. The mixture is incubated and, subsequently, submitted to a procedure to separate the carrier from the solution. This separation procedure can involve for example a magnet, if (para)magnetic particles are used, a centrifugation step or a filtration through a filter, the pores of which are smaller than the particles. The distribution of label over the solution and the carrier reflects the portion of biologically active labeled compound. The presence of neutralizing factors in a sample can be measured by contacting the sample with a known amount of phospholipids on the career.