Abstract: A corrugator unit, particularly for sheets or webs of paper, or similar, of the type comprising at least two rolls (1, 2), having a toothed or corrugated surface (101, 202), and being mutually engaged and pushed against each other by a predetermined pressure or force. The invention provides that the mutual compression between rolls (1, 2) is exerted (4, 5, 106, 21, 22, 25, 26) over the whole axial length of the rolls (1, 2). This may be obtained through mechanical (6) or magnetic (21, 22, 23, 25, 26) means.

Abstract: The present invention involves an applique for applying a fabric pattern to an object. The applique comprises a laminate having an outer periphery to define a first predetermined shape corresponding to the fabric pattern and has etches formed adjacent the periphery to simulate an appearance of stitching. In one embodiment, the laminate comprises a top fabric layer and a bottom fabric layer with a periphery, wherein the bottom fabric layer periphery corresponds to the outer periphery. The top fabric layer is a strip attached to the bottom layer, wherein the top fabric layer is disposed adjacent the outer periphery. The laminate has etches formed on the top fabric layer so that the top fabric layer simulates the appearance of stitching. In another embodiment, the laminate comprises a top fabric layer and a bottom fabric layer, wherein the top fabric layer has a second predetermined shape. The top fabric layer is attached to the bottom fabric layer and disposed inward from the outer periphery.

Abstract: The invention describes a method of curing a polymerizable material containing ethylenically unsaturated bonds at a temperature of 60° C. or less, comprising the steps of (a) providing a curative comprising an effective amount of a light-stable isomer of a 2,4,5-triarylimidazolyl dimer, such as bilophine; (b) activating said curative by application of an activator selected from the group consisting of solvent and friction; and (c) combining the activated curative with the polymerizable material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an imaged article comprising a substrate having a primed surface layer. The primed surface layer is comprised of a base polymer having a solubility parameter, molecular weight (Mw) and glass transition temperature within a specified range. The presence of the primer improves the overall image quality by improving at least one property including ink uptake, dot gain, color density and/or ink adhesion. Preferred primer compositions are soluble at least in part in the ink composition resulting in an increase in ink layer thickness that further improves the durability and/or day/night color balance. A variety of substrates may be primed including various sheeting for traffic control signage and commercial graphic films for advertising and promotional displays.

Abstract: A printed matter which employs commonly used printing paper as a substrate and is capable of economically and efficiently forming beautiful images of fixed information and variable information by using both printing method and ink jet recording method, characterized in that a receiving layer for an ink jet recording ink for printing variable information is formed on the entire or a part of the surface of a printing paper having fixed information printed by using a printing method selected from lithographic printing, relief printing and intaglio printing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coated article having enhanced reversible thermal properties. The coated article comprises a substrate having a surface and a coating covering a portion of the surface and comprising a polymeric material and a temperature regulating material dispersed in the polymeric material. The coating is formed with a plurality of regions of discontinuity that are separated from one another and expose a remaining portion of the surface to provide improved flexibility, softness, air permeability, or water vapor transport properties. The coated article may be used in apparel, footwear, medical products, containers and packagings, building materials, appliances, and other products.

Abstract: A multicolor image-forming material comprises: an image-receiving sheet having an image-receiving layer and a support; and at least four thermal transfer sheets each including a support, a light-to-heat converting layer and an image-forming layer, in which each of the thermal transfer sheets has a different color, wherein a multicolor image is formed by: superposing the image-forming layer in each of the at least four thermal transfer sheets on the image-receiving layer, such that the image-forming layer is opposed to the image-receiving layer; irradiating the image-forming layer with a laser beam; transferring the irradiated area of the image-forming layer onto the image-receiving layer to form an image; and transferring the image on the image-receiving layer onto an actual printing paper, and each of the at least four thermal transfer sheets has a recording area being defined by a product of a length of 515 mm or more and width of 728 mm or more, and each of the at least four thermal transfer sheets is larg

Abstract: A printing form for rotary screen printing is provided and includes a thin-walled hollow cylinder made from fiber-reinforced plastics material, the cylinder wall of which is provided with continuous printing openings which define an image which is to be printed. The cylinder includes at least one layer having fibers with at least one oriented direction of the fibers. Multi-layer laminates made from carbon/epoxy having at least one layer with an oriented direction of the fibers which is parallel to the longitudinal axis of printing form are preferred.

Abstract: A thermal transfer recording medium including at least a substrate; a separation layer located overlying the substrate; and an ink layer located overlying the separation layer, wherein the separation layer includes at least a wax including a polyethylene wax, and wherein the ink layer includes at least a thermoplastic saturated polyester resin having a hydroxyl value of from 20 to 60 mgKOH/g; and an oxidized polyethylene having an acid value not greater than 5 mgKOH/g.

Abstract: There is disclosed a sheet-state ink-jet recording material which comprises a water-resistant support and at least one ink-receptive layer provided on the support, wherein at least one of the ink-receptive layers contains inorganic fine particles having an average primary particle size of 30 nm or less and a hydrophilic binder, and a longitudinal direction of the sheet-state ink-jet recording material is cut at a right angle to a flowing direction of the recording material at a time of coating the ink-receptive layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nonflammable epoxy resin composition for using a thin copper film laminate, which is applied to a printed circuit board (PCB), and using the same.The present invention provides for nonflammable epoxy resin composition for using a thin copper film laminate, comprising bisphenol A-type epoxy resin, multifunctional epoxy resin, an imidazole-based curing catalyst, and a curing retarder, and using the same As described above, since the ring-open of the epoxy group is prompted by an imidazole catalyst, without the use of dicyandiamide, epoxy polymer reaction occurs due to the chain-reaction of epoxy group, and the glass-transition temperature is 170° C. or greater, the nonflammable epoxy resin composition for using a thin copper film of the present invention has a strong heat-resistance, lower dielectric constant, controllable gelation time, and does not require the use of non-harmful catalysts to the human body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sintered aluminum nitride body and a ceramic substrate, which show a volume resistivity of not less than 108 &OHgr;·cm even at an elevated temperature of as high as 500° C.

Abstract: Disclosed is a composite roofing shingle. The preferred roofing shingle includes a mixture of a polymer and a filler. The preferred blend includes between about 35-65% polyethylene and 50-70% crushed limestone filler.

Abstract: A method for sintering a porous coating on an open-structure substrate, i.e., a substrate with pre-made pores or openings. The open-structure substrate is spread with a coating paste that is prepared with such a viscosity so that the paste will not drip through the pores/openings on the open-structure substrate. The coating paste is then sintered to form a porous layer on the surface of the open-structure substrate. Optionally, the porous coating may be further coated with a catalyst for fuel cell applications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to high quality composite materials from fibers such as glass, polyaramid or graphite fibers, where the composite incorporates a polymer matrix embedding individual fibers. The composites are lightweight materials displaying enhanced strength and durability. In one aspect, the polymer matrix is a thermoplastic or other polymer type that cannot easily penetrate gaps between individual fibers by typical methods for thermosets. The invention also relates to methods for forming composite materials, where the fiber is exposed to an emulsion including polymer particles having sufficiently small dimensions to allow impregnation into the fiber gaps. Composite sheets and articles are also described, as well as the formation of new composites for porous articles, e.g., ceramics or wood, where a polymer matrix is embedded within the pores.

Abstract: An object is to provide a component made of CFRP for use in a conveyor, which component has been treated so as to hardly pollute precision apparatus components while making the best use of lightweight properties and high rigidity both inherent in CFRP, and a method of treating the component. A CFRP component for use in a conveyor, whose processed surface is coated with a resin which is resistant to a polar solvent and which cures at a low temperature of 90° C. or less. A method of coating a CFRP component for use in a conveyor, which comprises applying the resin diluted to be in a concentration of 5 to 60% by weight with a solvent onto a processed surface of the CFRP component for a conveyor, and then curing the resin applied at 90° C. or less.

Abstract: Printed circuit boards of a laminate having surface layers of curable resin impregnated woven glass fabric and intermediate layers of curable resin impregnated non-woven glass. The intermediate layers contain 200 percent by weight to 275 percent by weight, based on the resin in the intermediate layers, of a thermally stable aluminum hydroxide of the molecular formula Al2O3.nH2O, wherein n has a value of 2.6<n<2.9. The aluminum hydroxide has a specific surface area, measured by the BET method, of 2 to 10 m2/g and a particle size in the D50% range of 5 to 10 &mgr;m.

Abstract: The invention concerns a compressible plate for flexographic printing, designed to be positioned on a support cylinder of a printing machine. The invention is characterised in that said plate (1) comprises a photopolymer layer (10) and a compressible layer (11) made of a material exhibiting voids forming between 10 and 60% by volume of said compressible layer, the material comprising at least 70% by weight of a polymer or a mixture of polymers chemically compatible with the photopolymer.

Abstract: A method of making a porous, green form for use in producing at least part of an article that can be an oxygen transport membrane. A green powder, a binding agent, and first and second pore forming, particulate materials are mixed together. The first and second pore forming, particulate materials have first and second particle sizes such that the first particle size is greater than the second particle size. The difference in pore forming particle sizes allows for the production of large pores and channels connecting the pores in the finished article or part thereof. Advantageously, the first pore forming material is a sublimable material such as naphthalene. The mixture is formed into a configuration suitable for the use within the article, for instance a tube formed by extrusion. The first pore forming material is removed to form the pores. The oxygen transport membrane can have a dense layer supported by one or more porous support layers formed by a green form of the present invention.

Abstract: A waterproof, moisture permeable composite film from 7 to 300 &mgr;m in thickness and comprising a porous hydrophobic film having a coating layer of a hydrophilic resin produced on one face thereof; wherein said hydrophilic resin coating layer is a thin film having depth such that when an electron microscopic image of the surface of said hydrophilic resin coating layer taken at 10,000× magnification with an electron microscope is viewed with the naked eye, the contours of said porous hydrophobic film matrix are visible through said hydrophilic resin coating layer over at least a portion of said hydrophilic resin coating layer; and wherein pores present on the surface of said porous film on the side thereof having the coating layer are infiltrated by hydrophilic resin continuous with said coating layer, while the surface of said porous film on the side thereof devoid of coating layer is not infiltrated by said hydrophilic resin and retains a porous structure, such that the composite film has water vapor

Abstract: The present invention is a method for fabricating shaped monolithic ceramics and ceramic composites, and the ceramics and composites made thereby. The method of the present invention includes three basic steps: (1) Synthesis or other acquisition of a porous preform with an appropriate composition, pore fraction, and overall shape is prepared or obtained. The pore fraction of the preform is tailored so that the reaction-induced increase in solid volume can compensate partially or completely for such porosity. It will be understood that the porous preform need only be sufficiently dimensionally stable to resist the capillary action of the infiltrated liquid reactant; (2) Infiltration: The porous preform is infiltrated with a liquid reactant; and (3) Reaction: The liquid reactant is allowed to react partially or completely with the solid preform to produce a dense, shaped body containing desired ceramic phase(s).

Abstract: A composition used in making wallboard is provided. The composition requires at least fly ash, water and a first binder. The composition is located between two members that together form the wallboard. In one embodiment, at least the first binder is part of a foamable solution and part of a binder solution. In this embodiment, the fly ash, foamable solution and binder solution are combined in a mixer. The output of the mixer can be regulated based on detection of a magnitude related to viscosity of the composition. During the process for making the wallboard, the composition is sandwiched between the two members and subject to both preheating and subsequent heating stages. During the preheating, a sufficient number of bubbles associated with the binder are maintained in order to achieve a predetermined density based on the closed cells that are formed after the water evaporates.

Abstract: This invention provides improved methods and compositions for achieving material coloration using particle scattering. These coloration effects can be designed to be either highly stable or dependent upon the switching effects of either temperature, integrated thermal exposure, moisture absorption, or exposure to actinic radiation. Articles employing materials with these coloration effects are described. Composition comprise a solid, light-transmitting matrix component having a non-liquid particle scattering colorant dispersed. Articles are produced wherein another solid second matrix component has an electronic transition colorant dispersed therein and the first and second compositions are disposed on one another, and optionally interpenetrate each other. Colored articles are produced in the form of fibers, films and molded articles.

Abstract: An improved coated body having a nanocrystalline CVD coating of Ti(C,N,O) is disclosed. The coating is formed using the MTCVD process and including, as part of the gaseous mixture, CO, CO2 or mixtures thereof. The use of this dopant during the coating results in a much smaller, equiaxed grain size. The method of forming the body is also disclosed.

Abstract: Laminates are disclosed having interlayers containing an infrared absorbing amount of lanthanum hexaboride (LaB6) coated on or dispersed in a thermoplastic polymeric matrix. Preferably, the LaB6 is combined with other materials, such as indium tin oxide, antimony tin oxide, organic dyes or pigments in a polymeric matrix of polyvinyl butyral (PVB). Alternatively, LaB6 is coated on a sheet of polyethylene terephthalate and encapsulated with one or more sheets of PVB. The interlayers having LaB6 dispersed therein or coated thereon are advantageously combined with encapsulation layers, reflective layers, dyed layers and/or pigmented layers.

Abstract: A nonoriented film containing highly crystalline polypropylene, standard polypropylene and nucleating agents. The film has physical properties that are desirable for applications such as food wrappers and tampon overwrap, including good tearability, stiffness and memory. In addition, the nonoriented film is cost effective because the film achieves these physical properties without the step of stretching or orienting the film, as required for conventional polypropylene films used in food wrappers and tampon overwrap.

Abstract: Die attach adhesives and methods for their use, along with the devices that are obtained by the use of the methods. Using semiconductor chips as an example, the adhesives and the method for using them provides an interface between a chip (die) and the chip support. The method includes creating a space between the chip and the chip support of a given sized opening.

Abstract: A self-adhesive protective sheet for painted surfaces of vehicles, especially automobiles, wherein

Abstract: An adhesive sheet strip for a redetachable bond, removable from a joint by pulling in the direction of the bond plane, having a nonadhering grip tab and a subsequent single-sidedly or double-sidedly adhering strip, which comprises of:

Abstract: A stretched resin film comprises a uniaxially stretched film comprising a propylene-base polymer (A) in an amount of 30 to 79 wt %, polybutene-1 (B) in an amount of 3 to 25 wt %, a petroleum resin (C) and/or hydrogenated terpene resin (D) in an amount of 3 to 25 wt %, and an organic and/or inorganic fine powder (E) in an amount of 10 to 65 wt %. The stretched resin film is a white, opaque film having excellent heat shrinking properties, printability and stiffness, and does not contribute to environmental pollution when burned.

Abstract: The present invention provides an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition having an element with a positive stress optical coefficient for a polarizing film and a polarizing film using the same.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing water-insoluble cellulose fibers having high carboxyl content by reacting cellulose fiber in suspension with dicarboxylic acid anhydride or chloride in the presence of a basic catalyst. The fibers produced possess a unique combination of high carboxyl content in the range of 100 to 4000 meq/kg, and high average viscosity, in the range of 0.5 to 12 dl/g. The carboxylated cellulose fibers according the invention can be made with a combination of carboxyl content and average viscosity which are suitable for use in numerous applications, including absorbent products, health care products, specialty papers, adhesives, detergents, biodegradable fibers, precursors for aqueous coatings and ion exchange fibers.

Abstract: The invention provides a profiled polyamide yarn having a yarn weight of from 5 to 300 dtex a filament weight of from 0.5-7 dtex and a non-circular profiled filament cross-section, wherein the polyamide comprises from 0.01 to 3% by weight of a non-white pigment melt dispersed therein. The yarns have a high, metallic luster due to the combined effect of profiling and the non-white pigment. The invention also provides textile fabrics comprising the yarns, and garments comprising the said fabrics. The invention also provides methods of making the inventive yarns by spinning a polyamide melt having the non-white pigment dispersed therein.

Abstract: Biaxially oriented, co-extruded polyester films comprising a base layer consisting of at least 90 wt. % thermoplastic polyester, preferably polyethylene terephthalate (PET), at least one sealable outer layer and a second non-sealable outer layer and, optionally, other intermediate layers, in addition to at least one UV absorber, preferably hydroxy benzotriazole and triazine, and at least one flame-retardant agent, preferably organic phosphorous compounds. The inventive films are characterized by low inflammability, high UV stability, no embrittlement when subjected to thermal stress and a surface which is devoid of troublesome opacity. They are suitable for a multiplicity of uses both indoors and outside. The outer layers contain anti-blocking agents such as silicic acid having an average particle diameter of preferably less than 50 nm and/or more than 2 &mgr;m. Preferably, the sealable outer layer consists of a copolyester which is made of ethylene terephthalate and ethylene isophthalate units.

Abstract: Crosslinked fine particles having a Tg of 100° C. or higher and an amount of remaining double bonds of 0.01 mmol/g or more, which are obtainable by polymerizing a compound (a1) having one or two radical-polymerizable ethylenic unsaturated groups in the molecule and a compound (a2) having three or more (meth)acryloyl groups in the molecule.

Abstract: Amorphous carbon coated tools having excellent wear-resistant and anti-adhesion features and methods of producing the same are provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides polyoxyalkylene ammonium imide or methide salts and their use as antistatic agents. Another embodiment provides articles comprising these salts, and processes for making and using these salts.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sprayable coating and components having the coating thereon. The coating has noise vibration and harshness reduction or absorption properties. The coating further protects the component from environmental hazards. The composition comprises at least one flexible epoxy resins in amounts of 17 to 40 weight percent; at least one rigid epoxy resin in amounts of 25 to 35 weight percent and at least one curing agent for the epoxy resin in an amount from 2 to 6 weight percent. Components for which the coating is particularly useful include automotive drive train components requiring operation at relatively higher temperatures.

Abstract: A metal surface treatment agent comprising the following components (A) to (D), which securely adheres to a metal substrate such as aluminum, exhibits excellent corrosion preventive properties even with a thin film thickness, and has excellent plasticity and adhesion to paints.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coated film comprising a polyester film having a coat on at lest one side thereof, obtained by applying on at least one side of a polyester film a coating solution containing (1) a self-emulsifiable isocyanate having repeating units of ethylene oxide and two or more isocyanate groups, and (2) at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of polyesters, polymers of vinyl monomers and polyurethanes, then drying and stretching the coated film.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate for attachment of biomolecules. The substrate is coated with a multiamino organosilane. If desired, the substrate can be further modified prior to coating with a multiamino organosilane. Optional surface modifications include coating the substrate with SiO2 or leaching with acid to form a SiO2 rich layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multifunctional high-performance automatic chromogenic window coating material in which a vanadium dioxide based thermochromic material is coated by sputtering or the like onto a transparent substrate such as a piece of window glass, and a titanium dioxide based photocatalytic material that also acts as an antireflection film is coated thereon as an outermost layer.

Abstract: An article having a substrate and a photocatalyst coating film formed thereon by the sputtering method, characterized in that the photocatalyst coating film comprises a titanium oxide as a main component and at least one metal having a sputtering rate for Ar which is 0.9 to 2.7 times that of Ti, preferably at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Fe, V, Mo, Nb, Al and Cr in an amount of 0.01 to 10 wt % in terms of the sum of such metals. The coating film is formed on the substrate by a method using a sputtering target of Ti metal or a Ti suboxide containing the at least one metal in an amount of 0.01 to 10 wt % in terms of the sum of such metals, or a method using two sputtering targets to which reversing voltages are applied in a manner such that the two targets become a positive electrode and a negative electrode alternatively.

Abstract: A radiation-absorbing layer for a thermopile radiation detector highly absorbs incident radiation within a predetermined band of wavelengths. The layer comprises a solid construction of a mixture of an oxide of silicon and separate and/or linked particles of at least one material selected for absorbing incident radiation within the predetermined band.

Abstract: A film obtained by heating a coating of a resin composition at a temperature lower than 300° C. but not lower than 40° C. in air or in an inert atmosphere.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved substrate for use in detection of fluorescence. More specifically the improved substrate exhibits a supported surface layer of silicon dioxide on a silicon support material, on another solid support material, or on a silicon layer supported on another solid support material. The inventive substrate allows for a significantly higher sensitivity to be obtained when used in fluorescence analysis. The invention also relates to a method of preparing the inventive substrate, which substrate in one embodiment of the invention takes the form of silicon a slide exhibiting an oxidized surface. The invention also relates to the application of the inventive substrate in microarray analysis.

Abstract: An aluminum-alloy, aircraft structural component having a faying surface prepared by treating with one or more curable organic coatings, one or more of which is optionally in an encapsulated state, and delivering a uniform coating on demand by rupturing and curing the encapsulated coating.

Abstract: A reflective napkin that has a reflective layer such as a Mylar material and a underlying layer of an absorbent material. This product can be used when a mirror is not handy or convenient and a person needs to see their reflection. The mirrored part can be all of one side or a portion of one side. The absorbent part can be all of one side or a portion of one side. Mir wipes can be a disposable type of napkin and be pliable (able to bend or fold) in nature.

Abstract: The invention provides an optical element comprising a substrate having provided thereon a coating of an organic zirconium compound, a coating of a fluorine-free polyimide resin and a coating of a fluorine-containing polyimide resin, in this order. The element has increased adhesive property with the substrate and reliability.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antimicrobial, controlled-release composition, which includes: