Abstract: The present invention provides a method of adhering two or more components together by exposing a first component that includes cellulose ester fibers and/or a second component that includes a cellulose ester to a plasticizing solvent. The two components are then contacted together form a compound structure which is subsequently allowed to cure so that the two components are bonded together. The present invention is advantageously utilized to form a filter and in particular a cigarette filter and to form a multilayer automobile headliner. The present invention also provides a method of adhering a cellulose ester-containing automobile headliner to a vehicle passenger compartment ceiling. In this embodiment, a cellulose ester-containing composition is applied to the vehicle compartment ceiling prior to attachment of the headliner. The headliner and/or the vehicle passenger compartment ceiling are then exposed to a plasticizing solvent, contacted together, and then cured thereby adhering the headliner.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of adhering two or more components together by exposing a first component that includes cellulose ester fibers and/or a second component that includes a cellulose ester to a plasticizing solvent. The two components are then contacted together form a compound structure which is subsequently allowed to cure so that the two components are bonded together. The present invention is advantageously utilized to form a filter and in particular a cigarette filter and to form a multilayer automobile headliner. The present invention also provides a method of adhering a cellulose ester-containing automobile headliner to a vehicle passenger compartment ceiling. In this embodiment, a cellulose ester-containing composition is applied to the vehicle compartment ceiling prior to attachment of the headliner. The headliner and/or the vehicle passenger compartment ceiling are then exposed to a plasticizing solvent, contacted together, and then cured thereby adhering the headliner.

Abstract: A method and device are provided to accomplish laser driven pyrolytic, photolytic and photoactivativation process requiring controlled atmosphere without the use of gas tight cells.A method and device are provided to correct clear faults on a photo-lithographic mask by metallic deposition on the mask at standard temperature and pressure. The deposition is formed by the pyrolytic decomposition of an organometallic gas mixture which may include chromium and molybdenum hexacarbonyls, and a buffer gas. The decomposition is done utilizing a laser beam. The device may be incorporated into a system which has other members used to correct opaque faults in the same mask.