Abstract: An anti-fomitic device in the form of a bag or envelope forms a cover for an object for preventing cross-infection by bacteria and other pathogens that may reside on the object. The anti-fomitic device is a flat, flexible bag or envelope with a closure means at one or both ends of the bag or envelope, having a sterile interior that is sealed during manufacture to maintain sterility. Therefore, no outer wrapping for the anti-fomitic device is required. The anti-fomitic device is inverted when used to cover the object and results in an ultimate outer surface that is initially sterile. Materials for the coverings/bags are impervious to the transmission of pathogens. A laundered covering such as a sheet, pillowcase, etc., can then be slipped over the object that is covered with the anti-fomitic device to enhance comfort, yet maintain protection against pathogens on the object being covered.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composite component and to a process for its production. The composite component is composed of a hollow-profile base (1), which has a hollow-profile cross section and is advantageously produced by the HF process, and of at least one plastic element (2) which has been securely connected to the hollow-profile base (1). The plastic element (2) has been molded onto the hollow-profile base (1) and its connection to the hollow-profile base (1) takes place at discrete connection sites (3, 6) by partial or complete jacketing of the hollow-profile base (1) at the connection sites (3, 6, 6a, 6b, 10, 12) by the molded-on plastic for the plastic element (2).

Abstract: A method for forming a honeycomb sandwich composite panel comprising dry fabrics, an unpermeating-resin film, a non-low-viscosity-resin film, a honeycomb core, a non-low-viscosity resin film, an unpermeating-resin film and dry fabrics, stacked in this order in a mold. The cells of the honeycomb core are sealed by the laminated films. The unpermeating-resin film prevents the excessive permeation of the resin which forms the laminated films into the dry fabrics and to enhance the adhesion of this resin to the honeycomb core by forming proper fillets of the resin of the laminated sealing films. Further, drying process for drying the dry fabrics enables the application of the RTM process to the formation of the honeycomb sandwich composite panel.

Abstract: A process for making a fluid-impermeable layer in a hose having one or more resin layers, and/or one or more rubber layers, and/or one or more thermoplastic elastomer layers, in which a metal plating layer as a fluid-impermeable layer is formed by wet plating on at least one of its resin, rubber and thermoplastic elastomer layers. An impermeable hose having a fluid-impermeable layer made by that process. The hose shows a high level of fluid impermeability, and is also excellent in flexibility, since the metal plating layer can be formed with a very small and uniform thickness without having any pinhole.

Abstract: An adhesive tape is proposed, including a peeled-off layer having its first surface formed with a plurality of protruding portions, and an adhesive layer formed on a second surface of the peeled-off layer and dimensioned to be smaller in surface area than the peel-off layer. With the provision of the protruding portions, when the adhesive tape is rolled up in disk-like shape, the adhesive layer in an outer part is only adhered to the protruding portions of the peel-off layer in an inner part, without forming surface-to-surface contact with the first surface of the peel-off layer in the inner part of the rolled adhesive tape. This therefore eliminates the use of a release agent on the peel-off layer, thereby reducing the fabrication cost and improving usage convenience.

Abstract: A note sheet is formed of a transparent material and has first and second sides. The first side is capable of being written on and the second side has a thin layer of a repositionable pressure sensitive adhesive along one edge thereof. The sheets are paper and preferably are formed of a cellulose fiber material and have a thickness in the range of 5 microns and 100 microns. The sheets may be stacked one upon another with the adhesive securing the sheets in the stacked relationship to form a notepad. Subsequent removal of individual sheets from the notepad are suitable for removable mounting on another object.

Abstract: An optical disk of the type rotated by a spindle positioned in a centrally-located hole, and including a disk body including an annular data area, and a centrally-located, integrally-formed annular web positioned radially inward from the annular data area and covering a hole formed in the disk body. The annular web is formed sufficiently thin to be deflected upwardly out of the plane of the disk body by the spindle during placement on the spindle and during rotation. The web may be broken away from the disk, or made sufficiently thin and resilient that it will deform upwardly when placed on the spindle and resume its former position when removed.

Abstract: Provision is made for a method for manufacturing an optical disc with as lessened to the utmost and for the optical disc manufactured by that method.

Abstract: A patio tabletop glass with broken protection includes a tempered glass layer wherein a central hole is formed in the tempered glass layer; a protection layer which has a shape and width size identical to that of the tempered glass layer being integrally attached on a top surface of the tempered glass layer and having a center hole formed therein, wherein the center hole of the protection layer has an identical diameter of the central hole of the tempered glass layer and is coaxially aligned with the central hole of the tempered glass layer; and an adhesive layer which is evenly applied between the top surface of the tempered glass layer and a bottom surface of the protection layer so as to integrally adhere the protection layer with the tempered glass layer to form an one piece body, wherein a tension of a periphery portion of the protection layer is increased to form a protective edge of the center hole, which is made to extend around the central hole of the tempered glass layer and to ensure the periphery

Abstract: The floor or wall covering made from ceramics, wood, plastic, natural or artificial stone, has at least one inlay illuminated with optical waveguides. A tile or panel inlay is illuminated by light from the optical waveguide. At least one recess (12) is provided in the floor or wall covering in which a tile or panel inlay is inserted. The tile or panel inlay is made of transparent material or made of a diffuse reflecting fiber or made of diffused reflecting fiber optic elements and in the optical waiveguide directs light from a remote source to the inlay.

Abstract: A stereolithographically fabricated marking for a semiconductor device component, such as a packaged or unpackaged semiconductor device or another substrate. When formed on a semiconductor device with a stereolithographically formed package structure, the marking may be integral with the package. The marking may be formed as apertures through or recesses in one or more stereolithographically fabricated layers of material, or the marking may include one or more stereolithographically fabricated layers that protrude from a surface of a semiconductor device component. Raised markings may also be formed on the surfaces of packaged or bare semiconductor device components. Alternatively, the marking may be fabricated separately from a semiconductor device component, then secured thereto. Methods for stereolithographically marking semiconductor device components are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to an insulation element (4, 4′), at least one nonwoven layer (5) and/or a foam layer (11) being enclosed by a film layer (1), and, to achieve a solution which is adequately permeable to water vapour but nevertheless flame-retardant, proposes that the film layer (1) consists of a flame-retardant material which is preferably closed to vapour diffusion, that the film layer (1) also has through-openings (2) and that the through-openings (2) are open to vapour diffusion.

Abstract: Thermolaminate a thermally binding overlay onto an inherently non-porous substrate containing vacuum access means using a vacuum assisted process to prepare a thermolaminated inherently non-porous substrate.

Abstract: A liquid crystal layer is formed on an alignment substrate 13 by the use of a photo-curing chiral nematic liquid crystal having cholesteric regularity, or the like, and liquid crystalline molecules in the liquid crystal layer are aligned by the alignment-regulating action of the alignment substrate 13. A predetermined amount of radiation 20 is applied to the liquid crystal layer formed on the alignment substrate 13 to three-dimensionally cross-link and cure the liquid crystal layer, thereby forming a cholesteric layer 12 in the semi-cured state. Thereafter, the semi-cured cholesteric layer 12 formed on the alignment substrate 13 is brought into contact with an organic solvent 21 under the specific conditions. There is thus finally obtained an optical element 10 comprising the cholesteric layer 12 formed on the alignment substrate 13.

Abstract: An article for creating a container with user selected configuration, and a method for assembling a container are herein disclosed and described.

Abstract: An article including at least one first layer with a first major surface and a second major surface, wherein at least one of the first and second major surfaces is a structured surface; and a cap layer in contact with a structured surface of the first layer.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for creating mosaic structures, generally comprises the steps of providing a frame comprising spaces for individual pieces of a mosaic tile. Each of the individual pieces are spaced from each other and positioned in each space and are circumscribed by a peripheral ridge surrounding each piece.

Abstract: A substrate having a barrier comprising a raised rim to prevent an in-mold coating from flowing into a gate pin assembly or substrate injection inlet area wherein a substrate is injected into the mold cavity. The barrier prevents cross contamination between a substrate resin orifice and the in-mold coating. A method for isolating an injection inlet area or gate pin assembly from in-mold coatings is also described.

Abstract: Molded articles or substrates having an in-mold coating thereon are disclosed. The in-mold coated substrates are produced by a method wherein the flow of the in-mold composition onto the substrate can be selectively controlled. The molded articles can be preferentially coated in desired or predetermined areas with in-mold coating compositions by controlling the thickness or depth of various sections of the substrate. The present invention provides a molded article with an area of increased relative thickness at the location of in-mold coating injection to encourage or promote in-mold coating flow.

Abstract: A textile coated with a coating having repellant finish chemical, a cationic material, and a sorbant polymer. A printed image is subsequently placed on the coated textile.

Abstract: A thermal transfer sheet is provided that can yield thermally transferred images, which possess excellent various fastness or resistance properties even under severe service conditions, and comprises a transferable protective layer having good transferability. In a thermal transfer sheet comprising a substrate sheet and a thermally transferable protective layer on the substrate sheet, the thermally transferable protective layer comprises a scratch-resistant layer which is repeatedly provided one by one for each picture plane unit in the thermal transfer sheet. An area of the scratch-resistant layer for each picture plane unit is smaller than an area of an object in its transfer surface. By virtue of this construction, at the time of the transfer of a protective layer onto an object, layer cutting does not occur within the scratch-resistant layer but within other layer (such as peel layer or adhesive layer), and, consequently, the protective layer can be transferred with good transferability.

Abstract: An ink receptive media suitable for use in a passport is disclosed. A media in accordance with the present invention comprises a substrate, and an image receptive layer comprising a plurality of particles. In a preferred embodiment, the image receptive layer comprises a plurality of crosslinked poly(vinylpyrrolidone) particles.

Abstract: A nonwoven laminate material for mechanical closure systems, method for its production, and its use. The multi-layer nonwoven fabric laminate material has at least one layer of a polyolefin endless filament nonwoven fabric having a maximum tensile strength in the machine running direction that is at least as great as crosswise to that direction, and made up essentially of fibers having a titer of less than 4.5 dtex, as well as a second layer of a nonwoven fabric that is bonded to the first layer, which includes a sheet of crimped staple fibers made of polyolefins, and whose crimped fibers are coarser than the fibers of the nonwoven fabric of the first layer. The at least two nonwoven fabric layers are bonded to one another at the common interface by bonding in the form of a pre-determined pattern. With this laminate, it is possible to produce diapers that are also suitable for adult incontinence patients, which have a mechanical closure system, e.g., a Velcro™ closure.

Abstract: Disclosed are both a method and composition for providing a flooring visual by agglomeration of components. The flooring visual is comprised of a jaspe or marble like finish. The agglomerated mix may be formed into welding rods or into decorative sheets. The decorative sheets may be seamed with the welding rods.

Abstract: A synthetic paper, having excellent printability, obtained by oxidizing a film obtained by stretching a resin film comprising as the base material a composition comprising 100 parts by weight of resin components comprising:

Abstract: The invention relates to a panel (1) for a floor covering with a layer (2) consisting of a thermoplastic material, which is applied between the underside of the panel (1) and a further layer (3). The further layer consists in particular of a very thin, strong paper impregnated with acrylate.

Abstract: With the method for manufacturing a thermally sprayed layer (2) on a substrate (1), in particular a ceramic coating is applied to a metallic body. The sprayed layer is applied to a structured surface (3, 10) of the substrate. The surface structure (3) of the substrate is produced by material removal by means of a high pressure liquid jet (4). A removal point (40) is thereby controlledly moved on the substrate while producing a macro-topography, namely by moving the liquid jet and/or the substrate. A groove-like removal track (41) is produced by the material removal which can be in a straight line or curved and which has a micro-topography. A macro-profile (3′) of the macro-topography is manufactured by placing a plurality of removal tracks next to one another and by partial overlapping of these removal tracks.

Abstract: The present invention provides porous media or membranes having a surface coating that includes a cross-linked terpolymer which has a superior combination of properties, including heat stable biomolecule resistant adsorptive properties, resistance to strong alkaline solutions, and low levels of extractable matter. In some preferred embodiments, the porous media is a porous membrane.

Abstract: The present invention is directed, in general, to an improved material and method of planarizing a surface on a semiconductor wafer and, more specifically, to a method of altering the properties of polymers, preferably thermoplastic foam polymers, used in polishing applications. The chemical and mechanical properties thermoplastic foam substrates can be transformed by inorganic, inorganic-organic, and or organic-organic grafting techniques, such that the polymer foam is endowed with new set of properties that more desirable and suitable for polishing.

Abstract: An anti-reflection film comprises a transparent support and a low refractive index coating layer. The low refractive index coating layer has a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the support. The low refractive index coating layer has an essentially uniform thickness, while the layer has a surface roughness in terms of an arithmetic mean (Ra) in the range of 0.05 to 2 &mgr;m.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite material that contains 5 to 97%-vol aerogel particles, at least one binder, and at least one fibre material, the diameter of the aerogel particles being ≧0.5 mm, a process for manufacturing this, and the use thereof.

Abstract: A self-adhesive masking tape for vehicles and vehicle parts, comprising a backing material applied to at least one side of which there is an adhesive coating, wherein said backing material is composed of a material in web form having

Abstract: An adhesive sealing film for a multi-well plate, said sealing film comprising a polymeric film coated on one side with a pattern formed from adhesive, wherein the adhesive pattern does not cover areas of the sealing film that correspond to the wells in said multi-well plate.

Abstract: An image stripping apparatus includes: a stripping roller which strips an image forming material from an image recording medium by contacting the image forming material on the image recording medium; a cleaning roller for removing, from the stripping roller, the image forming material which has been transferred to the stripping roller; and a cleaning blade stripping the image forming material from the cleaning roller. The stripping roller has a surface layer made of a material having affinity and releasability with respect to the image forming material and the image recording medium. Thus, the stripping roller exhibits peelability required for stripping of the image forming material from the image recording medium and releasability required for removal of a transferred image forming material from the stripping roller.

Abstract: A release liner having an excellent releasability, workability, anti-curling properties and cleanness and little outgassing is described, which comprises the following layers A, B and C, wherein the thickness of the layer A:the sum of the thickness of the layers B and C formed on the either side of the layer A is from 9:1 to 6:4, the total thickness of the release liner is from 40 to 150 &mgr;m and the total outgassing developed when the release liner is heated to a temperature of 120° C.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive with a good balance of adhesive and cohesive properties, produced by blending a high Tg polymer emulsion with an aqueous pressure sensitive adhesive polymer emulsion. The high Tg polymer has a Tg of 30° C. to 300° C., and a number average particle size (Dn) of 80 to 1000 nm.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to multicomponent fibers. The fibers may be in a side-by-side, sheath-core, segmented pie, islands-in-the-sea configuration, or any combination of configurations. Each component of the fiber will comprise destructurized starch and/or a thermoplastic polymer. The present invention is also directed to nonwoven webs and disposable articles comprising the multicomponent fibers. The nonwoven webs may also contain other synthetic or natural fibers blended with the multicomponent fibers of the present invention.

Abstract: Morphologically stable BCF yarns, and the methods and systems for making such BCF yarns are provided. More specifically, the BCF yarn is melt-spun, drawn and textured. The yarn texturizing includes a relatively low efficiency fluid jet texturizer, that is a fluid jet texturizer operating at a sufficiently low fluid jet velocity and a sufficiently high fluid jet temperature to obtain a yarn skein shrinkage of less than about 0.50 inch, more preferably about 0.25 inch or less. Most preferably, the BCF yarns are formed of nylon-6 and exhibit an alpha-crystalline content of less than about 45%, and usually between about 45% to about 55%.

Abstract: A method of producing self dispersible organic pigment particles stabilized by the method. The method includes modifying organic pigment particles and then contacting the surface modified particles with an aqueous vapor entrained in a carrier gas to produce the stabilized organic pigment particles. Typically the pigment particles are modified by exposing their surfaces to ozone or a plasma-activated process gas. The surface stabilizing method prevents the violent exothermic reaction, which occurs when surface modified pigment particles are exposed to ambient air. The method is accomplished in a device, which includes a reactor, means for introducing in the reactor aqueous vapor entrained in a carrier gas and an agitator assembly for deagglomerating during surface modification the pigment particles placed in the reactor.

Abstract: What is described is a polymeric hydrogel product of a stable, aqueous polymeric composition which composition forms a clear to translucent film upon application to a substrate, and includes, by weight, 5-75% of (a) a water-soluble polymer having (b) in situ-formed, substantially water-insoluble resinous particles of said polymer substantially uniformly dispersed therein, and (c) 25-95% of water, made by irradiating the composition with high energy electron beam or gamma-radiation.

Abstract: An iron-based powder including a heat-resistant insulate coating and a powder core are suggested. A paint containing silicone resin and pigment is added to a raw material powder primarily containing a ferromagnetic metal, especially, iron, agitation and mixing are performed and, thereafter, a drying treatment is performed so as to form a coating containing silicone resin and pigment on the surface of the iron-based powder. The ratio of the silicone resin content to the pigment content in the coating is preferably 0.01 or more, but less than 4.0 on a mass basis. The pigment is preferably at least one selected from the group consisting of metal oxides, metal nitrides, metal carbides, minerals, and glass. The paint may be sprayed to the iron-based powder in a fluidized state. A coating containing at least one of Si compounds, Ti compounds, Zr compounds, P compounds, and Cr compounds may be formed as a lower layer of the aforementioned coating.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for managing the heat from a heat source like an electronic component. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system effective for dissipating the heat generated by an electronic component using a thermal management system that includes a heat sink formed from a graphite article.

Abstract: A carbonaceous porous material having excellent mechanical strength is obtained by mixing a resin, that can be used as starting material for amorphous carbon, uniformly with carbon powder and an organic substance with a carbon residue rate of 0˜5% and, after molding the mixture in an arbitrary shape, carbonizing the mixture at temperature of 500° C. or higher.

Abstract: Described are articles, laminates, sheets, coatings, retroreflective articles, pigments containing thioxanthone compounds that are fluorescent colorants.

Abstract: A surface coating composition for providing a self-assembling monolayer, in stable form, on a material surface or at a suitable interface, as well as a method of preparing such a composition and a method of using such a composition to coat a surface, such as the surface of an implantable medical device, in order to provide the surface with desirable properties. The method provides the covalent attachment of a SAM to a surface in a manner that substantially retains or improves the characteristics and/or performance of both the SAM and the surface itself. Covalent attachment is accomplished by the use of one or more latent reactive groups, e.g., provided by either the surface and/or by the SAM-forming molecules themselves.

Abstract: A display device substrate which meets requirements for weight reduction, thickness reduction, high reliability, good heat resistance, and good impact resistance all at one once. The display device substrate is composed of a pair of glass sheets facing each other and a layer of plastics material interposed between said paired glass sheets in such a way that said glass sheets have an internal compressive strain ascribed to the plastic sheet. Thus, the very thin glass sheets are hardly liable to breakage. This makes light weight and reduced thickness compatible with reliability.

Abstract: A multi-layer structure includes a layer of a fluoropolymer bonded to a substrate. The structure is prepared by exposing a bonding composition to actinic radiation, such as ultraviolet radiation, to form the bond. The bonding composition includes a light-absorbing electron donor.

Abstract: Processes for the preparation of adherent polyvinylidene fluoride, hexafluoropropylene coatings on objects and for the direct production of open celled foams from a polymer latex without a need for any blowing agent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device comprising a substrate, a buffer layer formed on a surface of the substrate, and a sol-gel based film deposited on the buffer layer, wherein the buffer layer provides an interface between the substrate and film and exhibits two distinct phases, a deformable phase at an elevated temperature sufficient to dry the film, and a stable, relatively non-deformable, phase at a lower temperature, and wherein, when in the deformable phase, the buffer layer accommodates differential movement over its thickness to an extent sufficient to prevent cracking of the film as it dries.

Abstract: The invention relates to an article superior in slipping a waterdrop down a surface of the article. This article includes a substrate; and a functional film formed on a surface of the substrate. This functional film contains (a) a silica matrix; and (b) a component for providing the slipping. This component is dispersed in the silica matrix and contains a special, alkoxy group-terminated, dimethyl silicone.