Abstract: Method of using a double sided adhesive tape for sealing and opening cartons or cartonlike packages, at least one of the two films of adhesive being provided with a nontacky covering, which for sticking the adhesive tape between two plies or flaps is removed partially from the adhesive layer, the bonding of the adhesive tape between the two plies or flaps of the carton or of the cartonlike package taking place in such a way that the part of the covering which has not been removed from the film of adhesive is likewise situated between the two plies or flaps.

Abstract: Fibers of annual plants e.g. straw for use in forming composite products are improved by hydrothermal treatment at 40° to 120 ° C. with or followed by high shear treatment. The process enables the use of annual plant fibrous materials not hitherto usable successfully.

Abstract: A method of forming a laminated composite printed wiring structure of a plurality of at least three superimposed subcomposites having organic substrates is provided. Via openings in the subcomposite structures having conductive paste therein are positioned to align with openings in at least one adjacent subcomposite structure also filled with conductive paste that is to be joined thereto. Printed wiring is provided on at least one face of one subcomposite structure. A fixture with pins which extends through index openings in the composites are provided to mount masks for screening paste and stacking of the composites is provided. After screening of paste, and partially curing of the paste, in each composite, a group of composites is placed on the fixture and the pastes are fully cured to form a unitary structure.

Abstract: A laminated wear ring for a chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) apparatus provides improved control of the removal rate of material from the edge of a wafer during a polishing/planarization operation. The laminated wear ring includes a high stiffness stainless steel base and a plastic laminate. The high stiffness stainless steel base avoids flexing of the wear ring during polishing and thus provides control of the flexing of a polish pad against which the wafer surface is pressed. The plastic laminate protects the stainless steel base from attack by the polishing slurry and provides a buffer that protects the stainless steel base from mechanically damaging the wafer and vice versa.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus comprises roll chucks for holding and rotating a substrate, a closable chamber housing the roll chucks therein, and a gas introduction pipe for introducing a gas into the chamber. The substrate processing apparatus further comprises an etching unit for etching and cleaning a peripheral portion of the substrate while the substrate is being rotated by the roll chucks, and a first supply passage for supplying a first liquid to the etching unit.

Abstract: A particle measurement configuration measures the particle concentration in a liquid or gaseous medium by way of a particle measuring instrument. In order to avoid erroneous measurements or damage to the particle measuring instrument, a measuring cell is provided which measures temperature or pressure or pH of the medium. A system controller shuts off a valve if threshold values are exceeded and it prevents the particle measuring instrument from being operated outside a predefined specification.

Abstract: A system and method for processing plural wafers in a plasma processing system using a single upper electrode. By placing plural wafer holders into a single plasma processing chamber, the footprint of a resulting plasma chamber may be made smaller than the total footprint of an equivalent number of individual chambers. Moreover, pumping may be increased by placing plural pumps below the wafer holders, and preferably in positions not obstructed by the wafer holders.

Abstract: A substrate processing system which sprays exposure process gas onto a substrate disposed within a chamber. The substrate processing system is used, for example, for performing an exposure process of an organic film formed on a substrate in a gas atmosphere obtained by vaporizing an organic solvent solution for dissolving and reflowing an organic film. The substrate processing system comprises: the chamber having at least one gas inlet and at least one gas outlets; a gas introducing means which introduces the exposure process gas into the chamber via the gas inlet; and a gas distributing means. The gas distributing means separates an inner space of the chamber into a first space into which the exposure process gas is introduced via the gas inlet and a second space in which the substrate is disposed.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a plasma processing apparatus for processing a processing object by applying two types of high-frequency power with different frequencies to generate plasma. A first high-frequency line is provided with a first filter circuit for attenuating a high-frequency current from a second high-frequency power supply. A second high-frequency line is provided with a second filter circuit for attenuating a high-frequency current from a first high-frequency power supply. The first filter circuit is provided with a variable capacitor for changing a circuit constant. For changing the circuit constant, the variable capacitor is varied so that a resonance point becomes greater than an optimum resonance point most attenuating a high frequency in the second high-frequency power supply. Doing so decreases a sputter rate of the generated plasma affected on a wall surface of the processing chamber.

Abstract: Apparatus for applying labels to surfaces of packages, cartons, or boxes comprises a single rotary arm which is capable of being operated in accordance with two different operational modes so as to apply two separate labels to two different mutually perpendicular surfaces of the package, carton, or box in accordance with a first one of the two different operational modes, and to apply a single label to the two different mutually perpendicular surfaces of the package, carton, or box as a result of being wrapped around a corner region of the package, carton, or box in accordance with a second one of the two different operational modes.

Abstract: In order for a unit for irradiating a workpiece with ultraviolet radiation, with at least one UV radiation source and at least one transporting device, it being possible by means of the transporting device for the workpiece to be fed from a charging location of the unit to an irradiating zone and to be transported from the latter to a removal location of the unit, to be developed in such a way that the unit can be operated more easily, it is proposed according to the invention that the unit has a common charging and removal location and the workpiece can be moved back and forth between the common charging and removal location and the irradiating zone.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacture of a tire, the apparatus including a drum with shoulder having a generally cylindrical main receiving surface to receive the products to be assembled, the main receiving surface being radially retractable. The drum has a shoulder axially to the side edges of said main receiving surface. The drum is mounted on a shaft. At least one associated axially movable side crown is mounted coaxially with the drum. The drum has a lateral protuberance coaxially juxtaposed to at least one of its shoulders. The side crown is axially slidable at least partly under the lateral protuberance, the lateral protuberance forming a quasi-cylindrical support surface whose outside diameter is smaller than the diameter of the main receiving surface. The side crown has a substantially cylindrical outer surface capable of passing axially outside of the lateral protuberance.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacture of a tire, the apparatus including a drum with shoulder having a generally cylindrical main receiving surface to receive the products to be assembled, the main receiving surface being radially retractable. The drum has a shoulder axially to the side edges of said main receiving surface. The drum is mounted on a shaft. At least one associated axially movable side crown is mounted coaxially with the drum. The drum has a lateral protuberance coaxially juxtaposed to at least one of its shoulders. The side crown is axially slidable at least partly under the lateral protuberance, the lateral protuberance forming a quasi-cylindrical support surface whose outside diameter is smaller than the diameter of the main receiving surface. The side crown has a substantially cylindrical outer surface capable of passing axially outside of the lateral protuberance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for transferring a film of adhesive, covering, or colored material from a backing tape onto a substrate, having a housing in which a supply reel and a take-up reel for the backing tape are rotatably mounted, and comprising an application member arranged on the housing around which the backing tape loops. The application member is mounted so as to be moveable between a retracted non-use position and a pushed forward use position in which the application member is biased towards the non-use position by elastic pull-back force. The device has an actuation member which is disposed such that it is accessible from outside and, when moved with manual actuating force, enables the application member to move into its use position in which it is pressed against the substrate to transfer the film.

Abstract: A rolling shutter assembly includes a plurality of interconnecting metal slats each having a front face, a rear face, and opposite end zones. The end zones travel within respective tracks which mount to a wall structure on opposite sides of a window or door of a building structure. Parallel, transversely extending slots cut into the front and rear faces of the slats, at the opposite end zones thereof, are keyed to inwardly directed fins within the respective tracks to allow sliding movement of the end zones along the tracks while preventing jamming or disengagement of the slats from the tracks. Various mounting brackets are provided for mounting the tracks to the building wall structure to accommodate different installation requirements.

Abstract: A slat-positioning drum is rotatably mounted in a positioning base fixedly mounted in a head rail of a venetian blind and includes a hollow upper section and a top plate. Two parallel channels are each longitudinally defined in the upper section of the body and each has a closed end and an open end. The two closed ends of the two channels are opposite to each other. Two parallel grooves are each longitudinally defined in the top plate and respectively communicate with a corresponding one of the two channels. Multiple teeth are formed on each of two edges defining each of the two grooves. A connecting rod is formed in each channel and is located below the corresponding groove. Each connecting rod extends from the closed end of the channel.

Abstract: A cable tensioner for an industrial door helps keep a cable neatly wrapped on its take-up drum. In some embodiments, the tensioner functions in a first mode during normal door operation, and operates in a second mode when the tension in the cable decreases to a predetermined low level. When operating in the second mode, the tensioner is able to take up slack in a cable that supports a door member, such as a door panel or a deadweight that counteracts the door panel's weight. The tensioner may be adapted for use on various doors including, but not limited to, sectional doors, roll-up doors, high-lift doors, horizontally storing doors, vertically storing doors, and various combinations thereof.

Abstract: Insulated overhead doors, which comprise a plurality of slats or panels defined by front, back, and side surfaces with an insulating material disposed therein, can be insulated quite effectively by the use of an aerogel material as the insulant. Aerogel materials that are in fiber-reinforced monolithic form or that are granular aerogel in vacuum insulated panels can be utilized for the present invention.

Abstract: A method for fractionating fibrous biomass comprising cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin components to separate said lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose from one another comprises:

Abstract: A cellulose fiber having extended biostability and the method of its manufacture are described. While prior treatments of cellulose with biotoxic metal compounds have given improved resistance to decay, these treatments have not been entirely satisfactory where the fiber had to be refined before use. Refining energy was very high and fiber length loss was substantial. Treatment of cellulose fiber with didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC) or bromide (DDAB), these materials in combination with low levels of copper, or low levels of copper alone, has given a product with very good biostability without a major increase in refining energy or loss of fiber length. The treated fiber is particularly advantageous as a reinforcing component for cement board products.

Abstract: A method for controlling the quality of pulp. Pulp produced by mechanical defibering of wood is screened to provide at least two fractions, of which the accept that has passed the screening phase is carried forward for use and the reject that has not passed the screening is removed from the screening phase. The consistency of the reject that is to be removed from the screening is measured and the consistency value thus obtained is used for controlling the defibrator to adjust the quality of the accept.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for producing pulp from fibrous lignocellulose material using a treatment step which exposes the material to oxalic acid, or oxalic acid and sodium bisulfite, prior to pulping. The pulping of the resulting product requires less energy input and provides a pulp having enhanced physical properties as compared to untreated materials.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and method of making paperboard and paperboard corrugation that negates the steps of winding rolls of containerboard on machine reels of separate paper machines, subsequent rewinding and slitting of paperboard and unwinding rolls of containerboard on separate corrugators.

Abstract: An acoustical panel has a fiberboard which includes a fibrous filler and a base binder, and a nodulated overlay disposed on the fiberboard, wherein the overlay includes nodulated wool and an overlay binder and has a substantially smooth surface. In one embodiment of the present invention, the fibrous filler is mineral wool and the base binder is granular starch. In an another embodiment of the present invention, the nodulated wool is nodulated mineral wool and the overlay binder is cooked pearl cornstarch.

Abstract: The object of the invention is an additive for paper making by means of which the dusting tendency of paper can be reduced. The agent is based on starch, the molecular size of which has been reduced, and which has been cationized to a charge of less than 1.5 meq/g with a quaternary nitrogen compound. The agent is added to the fiber pulp for paper making prior to web formation.

Abstract: The present invention is a method of applying a chemical treating agent to a cellulose web. The invention is further a means of increasing the bulk, absorbency and pattern definition in an embossed cellulose web without losing softness in the web. Finally, the invention includes products produced by the foregoing processes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for recycling fillers and coating pigments from the preparation of paper, paperboard and cardboard found in the residual water sludges from coating plant waste waters, deinking plants, internal water treatment plants or separators, and to the use of a thus obtained pigment slurry for the preparation of a coating compound for the paper industry or in the paper stock for papermaking.

Abstract: A mathematical model is used to design paper and paperboard having improved runnability. The mathematical model provides an estimate of fracture toughness for an optimized paper product based on specific measurement parameters, e.g., filler percent, softwood content and caliper for optimal fracture toughness. After the optimizing set of measurement parameters has been acquired, these parameters can be used to manufacture grades of paper having improved runnability performance, e.g., in printing presses.

Abstract: An investment casting or molding method comprises encasing a consumable pattern in a no-bake material that hardens without the application of heat. The encased pattern is then transformed to a fluid state and evacuated, thereby forming a mold cavity. Preferably, the pattern is coated with a refractory material prior to encasement, so that the resulting mold cavity is lined with the refractory material. Coating the pattern with one and only one layer of refractory material is preferred, resulting in a refractory coating that is not self-supporting. In another embodiment, a refractory-coated consumable pattern is located in a container, and a granular backing material is packed in the container around the coated pattern. The pattern is then transformed to a fluid state and evacuated to form a refractory-lined mold cavity in the container. The refractory coating again preferably comprises one and only one layer of refractory material, thereby resulting in a coating that is not self-supporting.

Abstract: The present invention provides a die-casting method comprising the steps of evacuating a cavity 30 defined by dies of a die-casting machine to provide therein a vacuum of 100 millibar or less during a first period, injecting a reactive gas from a sleeve of the die-casting machine into the cavity 30 during a second period which has a partial overlap period with the first period and follows the overlap period, so as to increase the inner pressure of the cavity to atmospheric pressure or more, pouring a molten aluminum alloy M into the sleeve 40 while keeping the injection of the reactive gas, and subsequently moving a plunger 42 in the sleeve forward to forcibly inject the molten aluminum alloy from the sleeve into the cavity 30 while re-evacuating the cavity 30. The evacuation, reactive-gas injection and re-evacuation operations can be performed with respective overlap periods therebetween.

Abstract: A recovery method of a compact disc includes the steps of: crushing a compact disc; b) placing the crushed compact disc into a stripping solution, so that the metallic layer is separated from the plastic base plates of the crushed compact disc; c) filtering the plastic base plates from the stripping solution; d) recovering the metal; and e) recovering the plastic base plates. Thus, the waste compact disc may be recovered and reused, thereby preventing incurring an environmental pollution.

Abstract: A casting method and casting mold able to easily produce a casting having an island and connecting portion at a high quality. A casting (1) having a body (11), a opening (12) provided so as to pass through the body, an island (121) arranged separated from the body in the opening, and a connecting portion (22) joining the island and body is cast using a casting mold (2). The casting mold is provided with a body gate (311) connected to a body cavity for forming the body and a opening gate (321) connected to an island/connecting portion cavity (32) for forming the island and the connecting portion. The body gate and opening gate are connected to a runner (33) through body pin gates (312) and opening pin gates (322).

Abstract: A feeding sensor for die caster comprises a storage tank storing molten metal, a positioning member atop the storage tank, a feeding pipe connected to the positioning member and having one end passing through an opening of the storage tank and placed below a surface of the molten metal. A container of fixed volume is connected to another end of the feeding pipe and has a control valve and an air pump. A columnar supporting post has one end connected to the feeding pipe and another end connected to a weight sensor.

Abstract: With a device for a lateral containment of liquid steel between two crystalizing rolls of a casting machine for a stell strip, comprising a refractory skid 4 and a thrust unit 37 for the skid 4, there are provided at least 3 spaced steel plates P1, P1, Pi+1, . . . Pn successively arranged between the skid 4 and a thrust unit 37 and interconnected by means of fixing elements 12 in a staggered arrangement to optimise the contact conditions between the containing plates and the side faces of the corresponding rolls and to ensure excellent uniform pressure distribution on these plates in sliding contact with the rolls allowing the plates to adapt well to the reference surface of the rolls or working conditions. Each fixing element 12 that connects the plate Pi to next plate Pi+1 has associated thereto at least one pair of fixing elements 12 connecting the next plate Pi+1 to the following next plate Pi+2.

Abstract: According to the present invention, between the mold-clamping process S1 in which the mold 1 is closed and the injection-pressure increase (solidifying) process S3, the gate-melting process for heating the hot runner 21 to melt the plug (metallic material) of the gate 27, the mold-lubricant coating process for spraying the lubricant onto the wall surface of the cavity 10, and the material-metering process are simultaneously carried out in parallel to each other. Thus, the molding cycle time can be reduced to a great extent.

Abstract: Segregation of carbon or alloying elements in a solidifying liquid core during casting of a continuous metal strand of high carbon steel or alloy steel, are disbursed by vibrating hammers engaged with a solidified shell enclosing a liquid steel core. The hammers are located before the end of the liquid core. A vibrator operating at a frequency of between 1000 and 5000 cycles per minute is coupled to the hammers by a support structure forming a dead weight mass for maintaining a metal-to-metal contact with the solidified shell while vibrated by the vibrator. The support structure is guided for stabilizing the hammers and for displacement of the hammers between an operative position and inoperative position.

Abstract: This invention relates to a polyurethane-forming no-bake foundry binder comprising a (a) polyol component comprising (1) a polyol selected from the group consisting of polyether polyols, aminopolyols, polyester polyols, and mixtures thereof, and (2) a hydrogenfluoride of aminosilanol, (b) a polyisocyanate component, and optionally (c) a liquid tertiary amine catalyst component. Foundry mixes are prepared by mixing the binder system with a foundry aggregate by a no-bake process. The resulting foundry shapes are used to cast metal parts from ferrous and non-ferrous metals.

Abstract: Molds are fabricated having a substrate of high density, high strength ultrafine grained isotropic graphite, and having a mold cavity coated with pyrolytic graphite. The molds may be made by making the substrate (main body) of high density, high strength ultrafine grained isotropic graphite, by, for example, isostatic or vibrational molding, machining the substrate to form the mold cavity, and coating the mold cavity with pyrolytic graphite via a chemical deposition process. The molds may be used to make various metallic alloys such as nickel, cobalt and iron based superalloys, stainless steel alloys, titanium alloys and titanium aluminide alloys into engineering components by melting the alloys in a vacuum or under a low partial pressure of inert gas and subsequently casting the melt in the graphite molds under vacuum or low partial pressure of inert gas.

Abstract: A regenerative energy and/or mass exchange assembly is provided. The regenerative assembly comprises: an exchange media; a first flow path to pass a fluid stream through the exchange media; at least a second flow path to pass a further fluid stream through the exchange media; and at least one fluid stream diverter to divert the different flow paths to pass the respective fluid streams through different regions of the exchange media. A method for operating the regererative assembly is also provided.

Abstract: A system and method for cooling electronic components. The system includes a surface. One or more electronic components are coupled to the surface, the one or more electronic components including an integrated circuit in contact with a heat sink. A blower is coupled to the surface, the blower having a first port, a second port, and an impeller that rotates around an axis. The blower is oriented such that the axis is perpendicular to the surface and non-intersecting with the heat sink, wherein the blower moves air across the heat sink.

Abstract: A method for using interchangeable cartridges for cooling electronic components. One of a first cartridge and a second cartridge is attached to a surface. The first cartridge includes a heat sink and mounting plate, the mounting plate for thermally contacting an integrated circuit. The second cartridge includes a closed-loop fluidic circuit having a pump, heat exchanger and a cold plate, the cold plate for thermally contacting the integrated circuit. The one of the first cartridge and the second cartridge is removed from the surface. The other of the first cartridge and the second cartridge is attached to the surface.

Abstract: A composite heat dissipation assembly having a net shape injection molded thermally conductive elastomeric heat sink and at least one integral heat pipe is provided in the present invention. The molded conformable heat sink is formed from a base elastomeric material that is loaded with thermally conductive filler. The base material is mixed with the filler and net shape molded to form the outer geometry of the assembly. Within the geometry of the part an integral channel is formed that is capable of receiving a heat pipe. The channel is formed to have an opening that is slightly smaller than the outer cross-sectional dimensions of the heat pipe. When the heat pipe is pressed into the channel a portion of the elastomeric material is compressed and the reactionary force of the compressed material firmly presses the elastomer into thermal communication with the outer surface of the heat pipe.

Abstract: Heat dissipation during the operation of integrated circuit chips is an old problem that continues to get worse. The present invention significantly ameliorates this by placing an embedded heat pipe directly beneath the chip. Using powder injection molding, the lower portion of the package is formed first as an initial green part which includes one or more cavities. The latter are then lined with a feedstock that is designed to produce a porous material after sintering, at which time a working fluid is introduced into the porous cavities and sealed, thereby forming one or more heat pipes located directly below the chip. The latter is then sealed inside an enclosure. During operation, heat generated by the chip is efficiently transferred to points outside the enclosure. A process for manufacturing the structure is also described.

Abstract: A seal-less magnetically drive scraped-surface heat exchanger is provided that is particularly useful for aseptic processing. The heat exchanger comprises an elongated generally cylindrical heat transfer tube having an inlet, an outlet, and a sidewall defining a chamber between the inlet and the outlet. An elongated media tube is provided in surrounding relation to the heat transfer tube. A rotary shaft is mounted axially within the heat transfer tube. The rotary shaft has an outer surface and one or more scraper blades extending from the outer surface of the rotary shaft. A drive end containment shroud is mounted at an axial end of the heat transfer tube. The drive end containment shroud has a closed end, an open end, and a sidewall defining a drive chamber in open communication with the interior chamber of the heat transfer tube through the open end of the containment shroud.

Abstract: A method for storing hydrogen which combines the advantages of at least two known methods for storing hydrogen, selected amongst the methods for storing hydrogen in a gaseous form, in a liquid form and in a solid form.

Abstract: The invention introduces a two part wick for use in the evaporator of a two phase loop (LHP/CPL). The primary wick controls evaporation from the primary heat input area. The secondary or “distribution” wick separates the liquid and vapor volumes of the evaporator and feeds liquid to the primary wick. The secondary wick allows the primary wick to be configured so heat enters from the liquid side of the wick, this constitutes a non-inverted meniscus evaporator which can tolerate high heat fluxes without restricting vapor flow. The secondary wick is removed from the primary heat flow path lends itself to fabrication in small dimensions compatible with direct cooling of electronic devices.

Abstract: In an air conditioner having an electrical equipment mount device containing at least one circuit board on which electrical parts connected to wires are mounted, plural wire abutting portions are formed on a wire fixing face so as to be different in height from said wire fixing face, and a wire is fixedly pinched between a wire press member and one of the wire abutting portions that is selected in accordance with the diameter of the wire. The wire fixing face has a conduit fixing member having a conduit fixing face to which one end portion of a conduit having electrical wires inserted therein is fixed. Plural engaging holes are formed in the wire fixing face, and the conduit fixing member is equipped with plural engaging members which are fixedly engageable with the engaging holes of the electrical equipment mount plate. The engaging members are located at different positions on the conduit fixing member with respect to the conduit fixing face.

Abstract: The device for generating an air stream comprises means (22, 26) for distributing a main air stream (10) and heating means (20) for producing a hot secondary air stream (42). A modular assembly may be attached into the casing (4) of a heating and/or air-conditioning apparatus (2). This modular assembly exists in at least three versions, suited to the production of an air stream at a set temperature to supply one, two or three regions of the cabin of a motor vehicle. The external bulk of the modular assembly is identical regardless of the number of regions in the cabin for which it is intended. The modular assembly may comprise a support frame (70) and a partition plate (72) attached or incorporated into the support frame and dividing the latter into two parts.

Abstract: An air handling system including at least one terminal unit for maintaining a serviced volume at a predetermined temperature below the temperature of the air supplied by the central source of the air handling system is provided through the use of a refrigerant means in the form of a passive thermal energy recovery device which provides heat transfer between the outgoing and inflowing air streams provided by the a central air handling system. The heat transfer between air streams is regulated as a function of air velocity and temperature differentials as measured at various points in system which are related specifically to the serviced volume. Environmental control within the serviced volume is exercised by controlling face and bypass dampers to regulate the air flow through the passive heat exchanger and the air exchange rate is controlled by modulating the operation of the dampers or by regulating the air flow into or out of the serviced volume by way of supply and/or exhaust louvers.

Abstract: The invention relates to an air-conditioning apparatus which regulates at least the temperature of at least one room to a predetermined temperature desired value (TRAUM SOLL) by ventilation with heated or cooled supply air. The air-conditioning apparatus has a supply air motor (15) which feeds the supply air over a supply air channel (10) to the room (1) to be air-conditioned, a cooling and/or heating device (30, 40 33) for the cooling or warming of the supply air, and an exhaust air motor (16) which draws the exhaust air from the room (1) to be air-conditioned over an exhaust air channel (11). According to the invention, the desired value (PAB SOLL) for the regulator of the exhaust air motor (16) forms a room excess pressure established with respect to the outside pressure (PA).