Abstract: A drive mechanism drives a slide in a cycle along a centerline. The slide includes a press center symmetrical with a frame centerline. A frame includes guides aligned with the press center and the slide to eliminate rotative force upon the slide during operation and increase precision. The drive mechanism includes a first and a second link coupling a main gear to a crank shaft to lower a slide speed near a bottom dead center position and increase a slide speed near a top dead center thereby increasing a press force at the bottom dead center position and speeding cycle turn.

Abstract: For the application of a removable printing to a container, such as a plastic crate, a layer of ink, which forms the printing and is provided on one side with a bonding agent for bonding the layer of ink to the container, is transferred to the container from a carrier film to which the layer of ink has been applied to the side not provided with bonding agent. The bonding agent has such properties that in normal conditions of use of the container the layer of ink adheres firmly to the container and in predetermined conditions which differ from the conditions of use the bonding agent and the layer of ink are easy to remove from the container. This produces a container with a high-quality printing, which printing is easy to replace with another printing.

Abstract: A stencil printer includes a printing drum which is rotated bearing a stencil wound around the printing drum, a pair of paper feed rollers which are rotated in contact with each other to supply a printing paper to the printing drum, and a press roller which is rotated in contact with the printing drum to convey the printing paper supplied to the printing drum with the printing paper pressed against the stencil on the printing drum. A paper feed roller driver drives the paper feed rollers, and a paper feed roller controller controls the paper feed roller driver to rotate the paper feed rollers at a peripheral speed higher than that of the printing drum at least from the time the leading end of the printing paper reaches the printing drum to the time the trailing end of the printing paper passes the paper feed rollers.

Abstract: A screen printing plate made to carry out printing along a peripheral portion of a plate substrate, which screen printing plate has a fine pattern at a region corresponding to a desired width ranging from slightly outside of a flat surface end of the plate substrate to a flat surface inside of the flat surface end, wherein an emulsion layer at the fine pattern is formed to have a higher oil repellency against ink on the surface on the plate substrate side than the oil repellency against ink on the surface on the squeegee side.

Abstract: A method of producing a screen-printing stencil having open areas and blocked areas for respectively passage and blocking of a printing medium. The method includes providing a receptor element having an image-receiving layer capable of receiving a first chemical agent in areas corresponding to the blocked areas of the stencil to be produced. A first chemical agent is applied to the image-receiving layer of the receptor element in the corresponding areas. A second, stencil-forming chemical agent is then applied to a screen printing screen and the image-receiving layer fo the receptor element brought into contact with the stencil-forming agent to allow the first and second chemical agents to react to produce on the screen a stencil-forming layer having areas of lower solubility corresponding to the said blocked areas and areas of higher solubility in areas corresponding to the open stencil areas.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device for releasable attachment of a conveyor belt carrier (1) of a printing press (2), the conveyor belt carrier serving for the transport of printing substrates (3) is capable for moving away from the operating elements (4) interacting with it for service purposes.

Abstract: A device for fixing the position of a sheet includes a feeding table for transporting the sheet; at least one front lay disposed in vicinity of the feeding table and, in a working position, protruding upwardly beyond the plane of the feeding table; a swivellable holder to which the front lay and an adjusting device for the front lay are secured; and a adjusting device secured to the holder, the front lay and the adjusting device being disposed separated from one another on the holder, the front lay being in continuous biasing engagement, under tension, with the adjusting device, so that, by changing the position of the holder, the front lay and the adjusting device are movable from the working position into a neutral position and, conversely, from the neutral position into the working position.

Abstract: The side wall (5) for an ink fountain of a printing machine has at least two plates (11, 14) fixed some distance apart and an intermediate plate (13) having a front edge (13a) in the shape of an arc of a circle. This intermediate plate (3) is mounted between the plates in such a way that it can be shifted and tilted. The front edge of this plate is intended to come into contact with the circumference of an ink fountain roller (6) via press means (18, 19) acting on the intermediate plate. The wall has a slideway (10) in which the plates (11, 14, 13) are mounted. The slideway has a reinforced region (12) on one of its sides which is intended to be close to the ink fountain roller (6). The side wall (5) more effectively seals an ink fountain against leakage.

Abstract: A center justified pin registration system uses a plurality of pairs of registration pins having different thickness heads to align an edge of a printing plate when mounting the plate to a drum of an imaging system. The registration pins are optionally adjustable. The registration system avoids the requirement to punch holes or notches in a printing plate and does not require adjusting the thickness of a common registration pin. The registration system allows printing plates having different widths to be mounted without necessitating adjustments of the registration pins. An alternate embodiment employs a plurality of pairs of registration pins having uniform thickness heads.

Abstract: A negative type planographic printing plate in which recording can be performed directly from digital data of a computer or the like using an infrared laser. Sensitivity of the plate is high, ablation by a recording layer during recording is suppressed, a developing property is good, occurrence of a film residue does not occur, and image forming properties such as halftone dot reproducibility are excellent. The negative type planographic printing plate has on a supporting body, in the following order, a first layer that contains a polymer insoluble in water and soluble in an alkaline aqueous solution, and a second layer that contains a cross-linking or polymeric compound, which forms a covalent bond by action of light or heat and lowers solubility of the second layer in an alkaline developing liquid.

Abstract: In the present invention, a blanket cylinder for a printing press is made up of a shaft roller and a cylindrical blanket capable of being attached and detached freely to and from the shaft roller. The cylindrical blanket comprises an elastic layer formed integrally with a cylindrical sleeve by winding and bonding a sheet-form elastic member on and to the outer peripheral surface of the sleeve, the elastic layer having a gap extending in the axial direction formed between both ends in the circumferential direction of the sheet-form elastic member; and a separation preventive member for preventing both ends in the circumferential direction of the sheet-form elastic member from being separated from the sleeve, the separation preventive member being embedded in the gap so as to be thinner than the thickness of the sheet-form elastic member to form a groove in the outer peripheral surface of the elastic layer.

Abstract: A printing system which uses a single-layer printing member coated on to a cylinder is provided. For waterless offset application, the single-layer printing member may comprise an oleophobic imaging layer containing an oleophobic resin, coated on an oleophilic cylinder. The single-layer printing member is composed of a resin having either oleophobic or oleophillic properties, to which an infrared absorbing component or components may be added.

Abstract: A lithographic printing plate support is provided which becomes a support of a PS plate which has excellent ability to withstand repeated printing, and in which defects in appearance, such as dirtying and the like, do not occur. Also provided are a method of manufacturing the lithographic printing plate support and a PS plate which has such merits.

Abstract: The present invention relates to both a textile article and a method of making the textile article. The textile article is a two-sided multicolor Jacquard or Dobby woven textile with a graphic impression on at least one side thereof. In one embodiment, the front side of the textile has a dark color border and a light color area within said border. The light color area is the area receiving the graphic impression. It is sometimes advantageous to reverse the textile. Therefore, in another embodiment the front side has a light color border with a dark central area, and the dark central area will receive the graphic impression. The graphic impression may be applied by screen printing, image dyeing, digital imaging, or heat transfer (heat applied graphics).

Abstract: A printer characterized in that it has a web handling unit comprising a web conditioning means (4) for providing fixed control of the moisture within the web being fed, a skew correction means (10) for adjusting the traveling position of the web which has been passed through the web conditioning means, and a tension assigning means (8) for assigning fixed tension to the web, and an image forming means (12) that forms an image on the web sent from the web handling unit.

Abstract: A stack of planographic printing plates is accommodated in a packaging box for planographic printing plates in a manner such that imaging surfaces of the planographic printing plates are directed toward a bottom face plate. Therefore, when the packaging box for planographic printing plates is opened in a manner such that top face plates are directed upwards, the imaging surfaces of the planographic printing plates are directed downwards.

Abstract: The invention provides an installation for dismantling chemical bombs, which can make a toxic chemical agent in a chemical bomb harmless and can dismantle the chemical bomb with safety. The installation for dismantling chemical bombs comprises a container for accommodating the chemical bomb; a bomb holding apparatus including an airtight closing lid to close the container in an airtight sealed condition and a bomb rotating mechanism for rotating the chemical bomb, placed in the container, rotatably about a longitudinal axis thereof; a boring and cutting apparatus having a cutter to bore a cut hole in a body shell of the chemical bomb; and a neutralizer spraying apparatus having a neutralizer spray nozzle inserted in the cut hole bored by the boring and cutting apparatus. The neutralizer is sprayed into the cut hole through the neutralizer spray nozzle to make the chemical agent harmless.

Abstract: An explosive having cavities (16) is proposed for a pyrotechnic impact fuse (100) for high explosive shells (1). The sensitivity of the explosive lies in the class of secondary explosives, due to the cavities (16). Mechanical safety means can therefore be eliminated.

Abstract: A one-piece, cast traction pin for use with railway cars is disclosed. The traction pin is used to connect the railcar cab with the railcar truck assembly. The traction pin includes a mounting plate cast integral with the pin, thereby eliminating the use of multiple welded plates. The one-piece cast traction pin is also solid to reduce the potential for stress related failure of the traction pin during normal operation of the railway car.

Abstract: A discharge gate assembly for a railroad hopper car is disclosed. The gate assembly includes a frame defining a discharge opening and a gate or first element slidably carried on the frame for controlling the discharge of material from the hopper car through the discharge opening. The gate assembly further includes a second slidable element carried by the frame in vertically spaced relation relative to the first element and extending across the discharge opening. A first drive mechanism including a first operating shaft assembly is mounted on the gate frame for slidably moving the first element relative to the frame. A second drive mechanism including a second operating shaft assembly is also mounted on the gate frame for slidably moving the second element relative to the gate frame. The operating shaft assemblies are mounted for rotation about independent fixed axes and in horizontally adjacent relation relative to each other.

Abstract: An electroless copper plating bath containing a cupric compound, a cupric ion complexing agent, a reducing agent, and a pH adjusting agent is provided, in which a carboxylic acid is added as a reaction accelerator to accelerate the oxidation reaction of the reducing agent. It does not need to use formaldehyde as the reducing agent yet it has a plating reaction velocity which is equivalent to that of a bath in which formaldehyde is contained as the reducing agent.

Abstract: An antifouling coating

Abstract: Magenta ink exhibiting excellent coloration on various recording materials is provided according to the present invention. The magenta ink can realize high image densities and can produce images having superior light resistance. The magenta ink contains first and second coloring materials represented by the following general formulae 1 and 2, respectively, and a water-based medium.

Abstract: A colorant mixture of C.I. Acid Red 289 and C.I. Reactive Red 23 and optionally a shading colorant is used for magenta recording fluids.

Abstract: A water based ink composition for a writing instrument containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether phosphate and salts thereof and further containing a colorant, a perfume and water, which is less liable to cause feathering of the lines and in which a perfume is dispersed and retained in an aqueous medium in a stable state and the fragrance lasts long.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a co-crystallized product and a method of making the product. The product comprises a polyol and a hydrogenated maltodextrin that have been co-crystallized together. The co-crystallization of polyols and hydrogenated maltodextrin according to the invention provides a sweetener product that is sucrose-free, yet has a reduced sensory cooling effect compared to the original polyol(s). The reduced sensory cooling effect is due to an increase of the heat of solution that is observed when polyols are co-crystallized with hydrogenated maltodextrin. Because the product of the invention is a sucrose-free sweetener that does not demonstrate the strong sensory cooling effect typically found with polyol sweeteners, the invention has a wide variety of applications which previously are not available for polyol sweeteners.

Abstract: A coating liquid for forming a transparent coating, comprising fine particles of an inorganic compound, and a hydrolyzate of an organosilicon compound represented by the general formula (I):

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of particular phosphoric esters as emulsifiers and dispersants for pigments and fillers, based on polystyrene-block (b)-polyalkylene oxide copolymers.

Abstract: A low density ash particle separation and collection method and device for separating low density particles, primarily frothy-solid particles with internal and external porosity and thick walled hollow particles, from the overall mixture of higher density particles including raw fly ash as produced by coal fired power plants. Specifically, the invention relates to a device and method for separating and collecting the low density fly ash fraction composed of thick walled hollow fly ash particles and frothy generally solid particles with both internal and external porosity and a relatively small amount of cenospheres from the overall mixture of ash particles composing raw ash as produced by coal fired power plants by de-energizing one or more fields of large electrostatic precipitators during electrostatic precipitation of the ash resulting in the dropping out of the lower density particles in the hoppers located below the de-energized field(s) of the electrostatic precipitator.

Abstract: The present invention relates to modified pigment products comprising a pigment having attached at least one organic group represented by the formula -X-Sp-Alk, wherein X, which is directly attached to the pigment, represents an arylene, heteroarylene, or alkylene group, Sp represents a spacer group, and Alk represents an alkenyl or alkyl group containing 50-200 carbon atoms. The use of these modified pigment products in non-aqueous dispersion compositions and in several applications, including printing plates, electrophoretic displays, liquid crystal displays, and ink, coating, toner, and polymer compositions is also disclosed.

Abstract: A flaky fine powder comprising a flaky substance as the base and silica particles covering the surface of the base, aiming at reducing the glossiness of the base caused by the irregular ref lection of light on its surface and improving the slipperiness In particular the powder comprises a flaky base substance such as natural mica and silica particles deposited on the base surface, wherein the silica particles may be optionally further immobilized by the hydrolysate of alkoxysilane or silica gel. The flaky fine powder is produced either by adding alkoxysilane to a dispersion containing a flaky substance and silica particles and hydrolyzing it, by adding a silicic acid solution to the dispersion and gelling it, or by adding a combination of alkoxysilane and silicic acid solution. This powder can be compounded with various ingredients and is particularly useful with cosmetics.

Abstract: A coating system for in-situ coating of a surface formed by a plurality of plasterboard sections comprises a dry powder composition which is dispersible in an aqueous applicator medium and provides a very high quality surface finish to which gloss or matt paint may be applied directly without joint photographing or show-through of fasteners. The coating composition may be applied by a spray coating technique or a roller technique. The dry powder composition comprises calcium carbonate and, by weight, relative to calcium carbonate, from 4% to 11% of a polymeric binder, from 0.60% to 1.5% of a thickening agent and from 0.10% to 0.35% of a surfactant.

Abstract: A friction anti-slip material which may be coated to the patterned surface of a organic or inorganic material or substrate which permits the visual observation of such pattern. A first and/or second coating of transparent binder adherently bond a multitude of minute transparent post consumer glass particles uniformly dispersed over the upper surface of a substrate or organic or inorganic material that is directly applied or attached to a pressure sensitive adhesive. The glass particles may be glass spheres or fragments obtained by fracturing larger particles of glass.

Abstract: A method of blocking geopathic radiation is provided that includes identifying a location at which the blocking of geopathic radiation is desired. The method further includes positioning a layer of material including mica between a source of the geopathic radiation and the identified location, such that the geopathic radiation is at least partially prevented from being transmitted to the identified location.

Abstract: A curable composition applied to the surface of a tendon for prestressed concrete contains at least an epoxy resin and a moisture-curing type curing agent. In the curable composition, the tensioning-permitting time L at 90° C. is at least 20 hours, and the number of days M required to cure at normal temperature is at most 1095 days. The curable composition for tendons for prestressed concrete according to the present invention permits complete prevention of corrosion without conducting injection of a grout into a sheath and can be used even when the curable composition is heated to a high temperature by heat generated upon hardening of concrete.

Abstract: The invention concerns a silica sol mixture comprising a first silica sol having a broad particle size distribution, the relative standard deviation being at least about 30% by numbers, and a second silica sol having a narrow particle size distribution having a relative standard deviation lower than about 15% by numbers. The invention also concerns a method for preparing a silica sol mixture and use thereof. The invention further concerns a concrete composition comprising a silica sol mixture and a method for preparing such composition.

Abstract: Moisture conditioning building material is compound of diatomite, which contains 5%˜30% by weight in the range of grain size 2 micrometer˜100 micrometer, inorganic material and either or both of organic reinforcing fiber and inorganic fiber, and is obtained by depositing method.

Abstract: A system for defining a plurality of work zones within an otherwise open area. The system includes a framework formed from a plurality of spaced apart poles extending upward from a base surface. The poles are interconnected by a plurality of crossbeams at a height substantially above a standing user. At least some of the poles are adapted to provide a raceway for the delivery of utilities. The framework is capable of being arranged in a plurality of substantially non-linear patterns and includes an at least partially open area between adjacent poles.

Abstract: Preformed modules for making pallets include basic crossbar profiles and additional long and short crossbar profiles, basic and additional board profiles, and connection fittings. Each crossbar profile includes a preformed body having a cross section with a framework of laminar baffles, which define a plurality of cells, a perimetric covering, and longitudinally extending engagement elements. Each of the basic and additional board profiles is laminated and includes a plurality of cells, a perimetric covering, and at least one longitudinal engagement element on the perimetric cover. The crossbar profiles support the board profiles by means of the connection fittings. A pallet includes some or all of the modules described above.

Abstract: A pallet includes a first component which has a first upper surface, and a first lower surface which includes a first plurality of cross-rib members. A second component has a second lower surface, and a second upper surface which includes a second plurality of cross-rib members corresponding and mounted to the first plurality of cross-rib members. A third component is adjacent the second component and has a third upper surface, and a third lower surface which includes a third plurality of cross-rib members. A fourth component has a fourth upper surface which includes a fourth plurality of cross-rib members corresponding and mounted to the third plurality of cross-rib members. A plurality of intermediate column members extend between the second lower surface and third upper surface.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for holding objects at a convenient height on a device such as an equipment stand or a tripod. A tray with an opening is placed over a stand and lowered until the inner sides of the opening engage the sides of the stand. The tray and its opening can have different sizes and shapes, according to the type of stand, the intended use, and the objects to be held.

Abstract: Surfaces of objects and the shapes thereof, which are two-dimensional, closed, curvilinear and three-dimensional, closed, curviplanar in nature, and which have outer boundaries that are defined according to a mathematical expression, such that the shapes have no discontinuities, irregularities, inflection or transition points about their periphery that result in potentially unsafe or dangerous angular, sharp corners or edges in the contours of the shapes, and are otherwise also generally ergonomically beneficial and aesthetically pleasing, are disclosed. The shapes are useful in providing surfaces for objects such as items of furniture, windows, doors, and floor coverings. The shapes are particularly useful for providing surfaces for tabletops that also maximize the number of individuals, who may be seated around the perimeter of a table, for a table of given dimensions, with each individual to be seated thereat being allocated a predetermined amount of linear space around the periphery of the table.

Abstract: A new disposition is introduced into the shank of a sewing machine needle defining a shank (1), a shoulder (2), a blade (3), a clearance above eye (4), an eye (5) and a point (6). The shank (1) presents two transverse sections forming a T-shaped profile according to the sections BB and CC, and the T-shaped profile defines a unique height (G2) along an extent (S5) of the shank (1), and a unique width (S4) on a line (C1) extending along an area of a section (T1) of the extent (S5) that is equal to a width (S4) on a line (C2) of another section of the extent (S5).

Abstract: A hull configuration for a vessel that utilizes multiple effects to reduce friction between the vessel and the water's surface is provided by the present invention. In various embodiments, a surface effect is employed such that a supporting cushion of air is provided underneath the hull to substantially isolate portions of the hull from coming into contact with the water's surface. A blower is used to provide pressurized air to the air cushions. The inlet of the blower is positioned in the direction of the vessel's movement such that a ram air effect decreases the power required by the blower. An amount of thrust is also generated by the forward placement of the blower inlet. The vessel has a superstructure that is shaped to create a low pressure zone above the vessel. This low pressure zone creates a lifting body effect such that the friction between the hull and the water's surface is reduced.

Abstract: A switch system for automatically activating a mechanism such as a gas or fluid supply, an electrical switch, or chemical process is provided. The switch system comprises a float housing and a float slidable within the float housing with the float slidable from a first position to a second position. An activation trigger extends through the float housing with the activation trigger having a first trigger end and a second trigger end, the first trigger end contacting the float. A valve activates the mechanism with the valve connected to the second trigger end wherein upon movement of the float from the first position to the second position, the second trigger end activating the mechanism.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for creating a supply of group V vapor required for various material processing applications such as crystal growth or the mass transport process, when applied to III-V materials (e.g., GaP) comprises a stable source of group V material (e.g., a GaP wafer), a process tube, and inner tube, a three-zone furnace incorporating a cold trap zone for the group III material, and a “loose” plug for the process tube. The phosphorus vapor is generated by using a source GaP wafer placed at a higher temperature than that of the main process wafer in the mass transport process. When high phosphorous vapor concentration is desired, other solid sources such as InP or red P can be used. To minimize vapor loss to the ambient, both wafers are enclosed in a quartz tube equipped with a quartz plug. However, the source wafer generates not only phosphorus but also gallium vapor. The latter interferes with mass transport and needs to be filtered out.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing crystals that minimizes birefringence even at large crystal sizes, and is suitable for production of CaF2 crystals. The method of the present invention comprises annealing a crystal by maintaining a minimal temperature gradient in the crystal while slowly reducing the bulk temperature of the crystal. An apparatus according to the present invention includes a thermal control system added to a crystal growth and annealing apparatus, wherein the thermal control system allows a temperature gradient during crystal growth but minimizes the temperature gradient during crystal annealing. An embodiment of the present invention comprises a secondary heater incorporated into a conventional crystal growth and annealing apparatus. The secondary heater supplies heat to minimize the temperature gradients in the crystal during the annealing process. The secondary heater can mount near the bottom of the crucible to effectively maintain appropriate temperature gradients.

Abstract: High throughput and low capital equipment costs can be achieved by increasing process rates was well as increasing the number of deposition clusters in a current cluster system. Increases in throughput can be achieved by multi-wafer entry mode wherein a stack of multiple wafers is introduced to a processing chamber via a transfer chamber. Thus, no gate valves are required for each deposition stage and a conveyor transports the individual wafer from deposition stage to deposition stage thereby increasing throughput. The elimination of gate valves, pumps, control electronics and other miscellaneous parts will also reduce the cost of the equipment.

Abstract: A modular lift-pin assembly comprises a lift-pin having a distal end and a connector having a lift-pin end and an actuator end. The lift-pin end of the connector is coupled to the distal end of the lift-pin and an actuator pin is then coupled to the actuator end of the connector to actuate the lift-pin through the connector.

Abstract: A cleaning method of removing a vapor-deposition material adhering to equipments without exposure to the atmosphere is provided. A vapor-deposition material adhering to equipments (components of a film-forming apparatus) such as a substrate holder, a vapor-deposition mask, a mask holder, or an adhesion preventing shield provided in a film-forming chamber are subjected to heat treatment. Because of this, the adhering vapor-deposition material is re-sublimated, and removed by exhaust through a vacuum pump. By including such a cleaning method in the steps of manufacturing an electro-optical device, the manufacturing steps are shortened, and an electro-optical device with high reliability can be realized.