Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method for ink-jet printing. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a system and method useful for ink-jet printing onto textiles. Even more specifically, the present invention is directed to ink-jet printing onto textiles using spot color, process color and hybrid color printing modes. The present invention uses normal textile dyes, purifies these dyes, and then formulates the dyes into stock solutions which, when combined with specific additives, are capable of being used in an ink-jet printing process. The purified stock solutions are shipped in specially designed containers to a color kitchen wherein software is used to analyze the pattern of the textile to be printed and determines which stock solutions and combinations of stock solutions and additives will be needed to reproduce the desired pattern.

Abstract: The invention is concerned with the problem that with known plastic casting molds, especially those of polypropylene, the lenses produced with these molds have a slippery surface. The invention solves this problem through the use of polymers which are notable for their very low oxygen permeability.

Abstract: The invention is concerned with the problem that with known plastic casting moulds, especially those of polypropylene, the lenses produced with these moulds have a slippery surface. The invention solves this problem through the use of polymers which are notable for their very low oxygen permeability.

Abstract: A housing for holding a fluidized bed activated by excimer plasma, includes a fluidization chamber for holding particles and gas. The fluidization chamber includes a central interior electrode contained within, having a conductive layer and a dielectric layer. The fluidization chamber further consists of at least one containment wall made from a dielectric material. The containment wall has an inside and an outside surface. An outer electrode is wrapped around the outside of the containment wall. A feed line is in fluid communication with the fluidization chamber for feeding plasma gas into the chamber, via a porous base. A radio frequency high voltage source is in electrical connection with both the inside/interior and outside electrodes.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for efficiently and uniformly treating articles with two or more fluids without transferring the articles from one container to another container.