Abstract: A reflective film used as a reflective electrode or a reflector comprises an Ag-base alloy, which contains rare earth metals. The reflective film has high reflectivity and exhibiting high durability.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a wall-structured body having a high aspect ratio which can be produced at low cost. A wall-structured body has molecules having orientation axes, wherein the molecules are formed by polymerizing a compound having a polymerizable functional group, and the orientation axes of the molecules are aligned in one direction. The wall-structured body has molecules having orientation axes, the molecules have an orientation parameter of 0.5 or more to the orientation axes. The wall-structured body has side-surfaces which face each other and cross a horizontal plane, wherein an angle between the horizontal plane and a tangent line at ½A long from the horizontal plane is 85° to 95° in a cross-section where the wall-structured body is cut vertically to the horizontal plane and at a plane crossing the side-surfaces, when “A” expresses a length of at least one of the side-surfaces.

Abstract: An ink jet recording element having a support having thereon a fusible, porous, image-receiving layer having non-porous polymeric particles having a core/shell structure having a polymeric, hydrophobic core covered with a polymeric, hydrophobic shell, the Tg of the polymeric, hydrophobic core being at least about 25° C. higher than the Tg of the polymeric, hydrophobic shell.

Abstract: The present invention provides an amorphous porous inorganic substance having small particle sizes and uniform pores, a process for synthesizing the same, and use of the same. The invention provides an amorphous porous inorganic substance having pores of a uniform pore diameter, which has an average particle size DL of 10 to 400 nm as measured by a dynamic light scattering method and a specific surface area difference, SB−SL, between a conversion specific surface area SL calculated from DL and a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area SB obtained by the BET method, of 250 m2/g or more. A process for synthesizing the same and use of the same are also disclosed.

Abstract: An ink jet recording sheet is provided which on recording produces an image with excellent gloss, and which is capable of producing a vivid full color image with a high print density. The ink jet recording sheet comprises a support, and an ink receiving layer containing &dgr;-alumina provided on top of this support, wherein the ink receiving layer contains at least 20% by weight of &dgr;-alumina. The ink receiving layer may also contain &ggr;-alumina and/or &thgr;-alumina. Furthermore, the ink receiving layer preferably contains from 65 to 97% by weight of the alumina mixture.

Abstract: A heat conductivity from a heating body to a user's skin is improved to provide satisfactorily warm feeling to the skin of the user. A laminated heating body has a heating body and a cover sheet covering the heating body. The cover sheet defines at least one low temperature portion formed from a material having low heat conductivity and at least one high temperature portion formed from a material having high heat conductivity. The at least one low temperature portion and the at least one high temperature portion are formed separately on a surface of the cover sheet contacting with a user's skin.

Abstract: A method for providing a thermally processed commodity in a plastic container. The container is exposed to elevated temperatures to form an -intermediate finish section. A commodity is dispensed within the plastic container. A closure engages the intermediate finish section. The container and the commodity are thermally processed. The finish section being within a predetermined range whereby the finish section and the closure result in retaining a hermetic seal.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing glass parts for connection of glass fibers is provided, which can improve the accuracy of the cross-sectional size of a through hole in the glass part. A mother glass having a similar cross section to a desired cross section of a glass part having a through hole is prepared, and the prepared mother glass is drawn while it is heated. The mother glass is made of a glass having a maximum devitrification speed of 100 &mgr;m or less per minute.

Abstract: The balloon catheter comprises a plastic tubing, a balloon fused to one end portion of said tubing, and the balloon being made of a polymer and one of a carbon nano-tube material, a nano-clay material or a nano-ceramic fiber material.

Abstract: Provided are scratch-resistant blow moldings of crystalline resin having good surface gloss of at least 80% and high surface hardness of at least HB. A crystalline resin melt parison is blown in a blow mold into a blow-molded article, where the temperature of the inner wall of the mold falls between 20° C. lower than the crystallization temperature of the crystalline resin and 5° C. lower than the melting point of the crystalline resin; then, a pressure fluid is introduced into the pinched parison; then the mold is heated to a temperature lower by 10° C. than the melting point of the crystalline resin and a temperature below the melting point of the crystalline resin.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer blend for fabricating a laser-weldable article having a first component of a material not thermally responsive to a laser beam and selected from the group consisting of polyolefins, ethylene and lower alkyl acrylate copolymers, ethylene and lower alkyl substituted alkyl acrylate copolymers, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers, polybutadienes, polyesters, polyamides, and styrene and hydrocarbon copolymers; a second component of a laser responsive material having low solubility in an aqueous medium and present in an amount by weight of from about 20 ppm to about 2000 ppm; and the blend being sufficiently thermally responsive to exposure to a laser beam having a wavelength within a range of wavelengths from about 700 nm to about 1500 nm to at melt upon exposure to the laser beam for a short period of time.

Abstract: A convoluted boot for constant velocity joints and a constant velocity joint lubricant for use in such a convoluted boot. An additive which is added to the constant velocity joint lubricant and/or to the convoluted boot material is provided. The additive comprises amide waxes and also may include hydrocarbon oils. Use is made, in particular, of monoamides and/or diamides of carboxylic acids with 8 to 50 carbon atoms to form, by diffusion, a lubricating film on the surface of a convoluted boot. Furthermore, oleic acid amide and/or ethylenediamine distearate result in a particularly early formation of a lubricating film on the outer boot surface and thus to a long-term prevention of noise.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for producing a barrel marking on the inner side (4) of the barrel (2) of a firearm. Barrel markings on firearms are used for marking projectiles fired from the respective firearm and to thusly allow a largely definitive allocation of a projectile to the weapon from which it was fired.

Abstract: The invention relates to an impregnating agent for a convoluted boot consisting of a thermplastic or elastomer material and used for covering the chamber of a joint, especially a rotating joint subjected to large articulation angles, which joint chamber is filled with a lubricant, said convoluted boot comprising a plurality of folds and two end collars, with the surfaces of the convoluted boot wall contacting one another when the joint is subjected to large articulation angles. It is the object of the invention to reduce the wear and eliminate squeaking symptoms of convoluted boots treated with the inventive impregnating agent. In accordance with the invention, the objective is achieved in that the impregnating agent contains a carrier fluid, an oil dissolved in the carrier fluid and having a molecular weight of>200, and a wetting agent which is soluble in oil and which reduces the surface tension of the oil.

Abstract: In a carbon nanotube for an electron emission source, the carbon nanotube has a cylindrical shape formed from a plurality of graphite layers. The graphite layer is made of a six-membered ring of carbon. The outer diameter of the cylinder is 0.6 to 100 nm. The diameter of a hollow portion formed along the axis of the cylinder is 0.1 to 0.9 times the outer diameter of the cylinder. The hollow portion has an open distal end portion.

Abstract: An improved facestock for forming conformable pressure-sensitive labels for automated dispensing. The facestock is an extruded multilayer film structure, including a core layer formed of propylene and an ethylene-containing polyolefin. The coextruded biaxially oriented structure exhibits the squeezability and softness characteristics required for a conformable label while maintaining sufficient stiffness for automated dispensing.

Abstract: Vehicle floor mats for the front driver's side, the front passenger's side, and the rear driver's or passenger's side, are provided individually or packaged together in a kit containing one each of the front driver's side mat and the front passenger's side mat and two of the rear driver's or passenger's side mats. The mats are formed from a paper board product and have features, such as cut-out regions, cut lines, fold lines, a directional rigidity and a directional flexibility, which provide for a snug, customizable fit without slippage or wrinkling.

Abstract: Carpet tiles having patterns and color schemes that obviate the need to orient the tiles relative to each other. The tiles exhibit orthogonal ambiguity, meaning that they may be laid in any side-by-side orientation with respect to adjacent tiles without looking out of place to the ordinary viewer and thereby still achieving an appearance of continuity like broadloom carpet. Each tile has patterns of shapes having some straight sides and that appear to be randomly positioned but oriented with some straight sides parallel to carpet tile sides. The shapes are formed from a color or combination of colors so that adjacent shapes on each tile have at least one color in common. Furthermore, each tile has at least one color in common with every other tile, so that when the tiles are laid, the colors on adjacent tiles coordinate. All of the colors have similar intensities so that no one color will significantly stand out from the other colors.

Abstract: A bamboo tile for decoratively covering a structure wall in a side-by-side arrangement and presenting a natural aspect of a section of a bamboo stem with at least one circular node, while minimizing the amount of bamboo waste. The bamboo tile has a first layer and a second rigid support layer bonded to each other, both layers defining common peripheral surfaces. The first layer which may vary in thickness is formed by elongated sectors axially split from the bamboo stem and sequentially disposed in generally parallel relationship relative to each other so as to substantially integrally reproduce at least a portion of the outside surface of the bamboo section. The tile also includes a chamfer extending between the external surface of the first layer and at least one of the peripheral surfaces. The present invention also refers to a method for manufacturing the above bamboo tile.

Abstract: A wooden stairtread includes an elongate nose member, an elongate tread body, and a tread end member. The nose member is made of higher quality wood and has a connecting end surface and two opposite lateral end surfaces. The tread body has first and second connecting end surfaces, and includes multiple core layers, and corresponding upper and lower surface layers. Each upper and lower surface layer is made of higher quality wood and has top and bottom sides that are flush with corresponding upper and lower edges of the connecting end surface of the nose member. Each core layer includes two lateral end members made of higher quality wood, and a middle core member made of lower quality wood. The tread end member is made of higher quality wood and is connected to the second connecting end surface of the tread body.

Abstract: A seamed or seamless intermediate transfer member comprising a layer having an oxidized charge transport molecule, a charge transport molecule, or mixtures thereof, wherein in the seamed embodiment, the seam adhesive may also include an oxidized charge transport molecule, a charge transport molecule, or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A seamed flexible belt with interlocking seam members having an outer layer including a polyvinylbutyral and an isocyanate, or a polyurethane from the reaction of polyvinylbutyral and an isocyanate, for use in the xerographic, contact electrostatic, digital and other like machines.

Abstract: An optical information recording medium comprises a substrate and a multilayered film formed on the substrate, the multilayered film comprising a first information layer, a separating layer, and a second information layer in this order from the side of the substrate. Each of the first information layer and the second information layer comprises a recording layer in which an optical change is caused by irradiation of laser light, and in the first and second information layers, signals can be recorded/reproduced on/from the recording layer by irradiating the recording layer with laser light through the substrate. The first information layer comprises a first protective layer, the recording layer, and a second protective layer in this order from the side of the substrate, and at least one of the first protective layer and the second protective layer comprises at least two layers. The at least two layers comprise a first layer and a second layer in this order from the side near the recording layer.

Abstract: An optical recording medium including a recording layer which includes a reversible phase-change recording material, the recording layer being capable of writing information therein, reading written information therefrom, and rewriting written information by utilizing the reversible phase change of the phase-change recording material, wherein when a recording mark formed in the recording layer is repeatedly read 5000 times, using a continuous wave laser beam having such an intensity Pr that satisfies the condition of 1.1≦R≦2.0, in which R is &sgr;repeat/&sgr;1 as defined in the specification, the optical recording medium satisfies a relationship of d1>dow as defined in the specification. The phase-change recording material, a method of producing the optical recording medium, and a method of writing information in the optical recording medium, reading written information therefrom and rewriting written information therein are proposed.

Abstract: A polymeric and fibrous laminate is preferably formed of a polyolefin having fillers, such as ground glass, shredded cloth, polypropylene, scrap urethane, or other materials which are heated, mixed, and made into a high viscosity gelatin mass. The polyolefin is combined with a fibrous material in the form of a veil of some type such as Trevira (or other synthetic material), glass (such as fiberglass or other mineral origin materials), or natural fibers, or combinations thereof. The laminate advantageously enhances retainment of fasteners when inserted into the laminate and superior adhesion properties to bond to other substrates that would normally not bond to recycled or virgin polyolefins.

Abstract: A protective and/or decorative mat, in particular for equipping a motor vehicle, and a method for making such a mat. The mat includes a multilayer structure having an upper surface, in particular, covered with a textile coating, and a lower surface, designed to be placed in contact with the mat laying plane. The invention is characterized in that the lower surface includes a layer of material having a high friction coefficient.

Abstract: The invention relates to a skin cleaning device that consists of textile structure and that is at least partially provided with lipophilic fibers. Due to the provision of lipophilic fibers the inventive skin cleaning device is especially useful for cleaning oily and mixed skin since the fibers impart to the device a higher fat absorption capacity as compared to conventional skin cleaning textiles. The inventive skin cleaning device is further very environmentally friendly as it allows to widely or completely avoid the use of fat-dissolving cleaning agents.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a skid-resistant surface on a thermoformed object such as a bed liner. The method includes forming a blank of extruded plastic material, abrading the surface with a wire brush, reheating the blank and thermoforming the blank to open the abraded surface of the blank. The apparatus includes an extruder delivery mechanism delivering a blank of sheet material to a wire brush which is turned by an electric motor at a speed slightly greater and in the same direction as the travel of the blank under the roller.

Abstract: There are provided a porous honeycomb structure body capable of satisfying a pressure loss and isostatic strength which are mutually contradictory properties simultaneously and a method for manufacturing the same. In a porous honeycomb structure body having partition walls which contain cordierite as a primary crystal phase and have a porosity of 40 to 75% and an average pore diameter of 10 to 50 &mgr;m, porosity and an average pore diameter in a center portion of the structure body are made larger than porosity and an average pore diameter in a peripheral portion of the structure body.

Abstract: A transparent optical film laminate and a method of making such a laminate. The laminate can include a transparent optical sheet comprising a non-metallic multi-layer optical film sandwiched between first and second bonding sheets. The optical sheet and the bonding sheets are also sandwiched between two glazing components. A substantial portion of the peripheral edge of the optical film lies within or beyond the peripheral edge of at least one of the glazing components. The peripheral edge of the optical film may have a portion that lies within and a portion that lies beyond the peripheral edge of at least one of the glazing components.

Abstract: An antibacterial tissue 10 is provided. The tissue 10 includes an upper planar shaped absorbent member 12, and an intermediate planar shaped absorbent member 18. A dry antibacterial member 22, which is activated by moisture, is formed on the intermediate planar shaped absorbent member 18 and coupled between the upper planar shaped absorbent member 12 and the intermediate planar shaped absorbent member. A lower planar shaped absorbent member 24 is coupled to a lower surface of the intermediate planar shaped absorbent member 18. As a result an antibacterial tissue 10 is formed to facilitate bacterial removal while the tissue is being used.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite sheet includes perforating a reinforcement panel. A mold surface onto which the composite sheet may be formed is provided. At least one outer coat of material is applied onto the mold surface. At least one coat of resin and reinforcement material is applied over the outer coat to form a reinforcement layer. The perforated reinforcement panel is applied to the reinforcement layer, and the resin is forced into the perforations formed in the reinforcement panel, thereby bonding the reinforcement layer to the reinforcement panel.

Abstract: A non-skid surface for containers having a generally planar base layer with an upper surface, a lower surface, and a surface area. A plurality of bumps are disposed spaced apart over and projecting upward relative to the upper surface over a substantial portion of the surface area of the base layer. The bumps are shaped and arranged to accept a container placed on the non-skid surface such that a support rim of a bottom of the container registers between bumps and rests solely on the upper surface of the base layer. The bumps are shaped and arranged to accept a container in this manner in a plurality of positions over the surface area. A method of forming the non-skid surface can include selecting at least a size and a shape of a first container bottom rim. A plurality of first container rim locations are plotted in a first repeating location pattern of a desired spacing. Each of the plurality of first container rim locations corresponds to the first container bottom rim size and shape.

Abstract: A process of forming a silicon thin film includes the steps of: irradiating a pulsed rectangular ultraviolet beam on an amorphous or polycrystalline silicon layer formed on a base body, to thereby form a silicon thin film composed of a group of silicon single crystal grains which are each approximately rectangular-shaped and which are arranged in a grid pattern on the base body. In this process, the moved amount of a ultraviolet beam irradiating position in a period from completion of an irradiation of the rectangular ultraviolet beam to starting of the next irradiation of the rectangular-ultraviolet beam is specified at 40 &mgr;m or less, and a ratio of the moved amount to a width of the rectangular ultraviolet beam measured in the movement direction thereof is in a range of 0.1 to 5%. Further, a selected orientation of the silicon single crystal grains to the surface of the base body is approximately the <100> direction.

Abstract: A topsheet for absorbent articles having absorbing performance for smoothly transferring liquid body waste, e.g., menstrual blood or urine, to an underlying absorbent member and surface characteristics such that the surface thereof in contact with wearer's skin is soft enough not to cause skin irritation. The topsheet 1 comprises a first layer 11 disposed on the side of a wearer and a second layer 12 disposed on the side of an absorbent member, the first layer and the second layer being partly joined together, and having protrusions and depressions on the side of a wearer, wherein the first and second layers each comprise a fiber aggregate, the first layer has fusion-bonded fiber intersections, the first layer has an apparent thickness (t1) of 0.1 to 5 mm, the second layer has an apparent thickness (t2) of 0.2 to 3 mm, the apparent thickness ratio of the first layer to the second layer (t1/t2) is 0.5 to 8, the first layer has a fiber density (d1) of 0.001 to 0.

Abstract: A light shielding layer is formed over a substrate such as a glass substrate on which a silicon nitride layer as a blocking layer and a silicon oxide layer as an insulating layer having an interface state density lower than that of the blocking layer are formed on the light shielding layer and the glass substrate. An amorphous semiconductor layer which is an original material to be transformed into a polycrystalline semiconductor layer constituting a driving element is formed on the insulating layer having the lower interface state density and the amorphous semiconductor layer is polycrystallized by annealing, for example, laser-annealing to generate a polycrystalline semiconductor layer. The blocking layer reliably prevents impurities from entering the polycrystalline semiconductor layer from either the substrate side or the light shielding layer side.

Abstract: A structured surface articles such as molds or sheeting are formed on a compound substrate including a machined substrate and a replicated substrate. In one embodiment, the structured surface is a cube corner element on a compound substrate. In another embodiment, the structured surface is a geometric structure that has a plurality of faces, where one face is located on the machined substrate and another face is located on the replicated substrate. In yet another embodiment, at least some of the faces include a compound face with a portion formed on the machined substrate and a portion formed on the replicated substrate.

Abstract: To provide an image-forming material, an image formation method and a method for manufacturing a color proof, where even when laser recording is performed with a higher energy by multi-beam laser light, a light-to-heat conversion substance or a decomposition product thereof is prevented from transferring to the image-forming layer and at the same time, a transfer image having sufficiently high image density, high resolution, and no layer fogging can be formed on an image-receiving sheet.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel laminate used in the production of a food or other consumer package and having a light energy emitting printed or image fields as well as other printed or imaged fields, which emit no light energy. The laminate of the present invention prevents direct contact by such light emitting material with the contents of the particular package with which it is associated as well as the user of the particular package. The laminate may be used integrally as part of the package or may be applied directly to an external surface of a preformed package.

Abstract: A water-vapor-permeable, water-resistant composite material includes a water-resistant, water-vapor-permeable functional layer with a first and a second side, a material attached to the first side of the functional layer, a plurality of discrete polymer spots forming a discontinuous, lining-producing pattern on the surface of the second side of the functional layer, and a water-vapor-permeable cover layer that is joined at least to the polymer spots. Clothing produced from the water-vapor-permeable, water-resistant composite material includes the features listed above.

Abstract: A thermal interface material may be covalently bonded to a bottom surface of a heat dissipating device and/or a backside surface of a heat generating device. The heat dissipating device may be thermally coupled to the heat generating device, the thermal interface material disposed between the bottom surface of the heat dissipating device and the backside surface of the heat generating device. The thermal interface material may comprise a polymer material with thermally conductive filler components dispersed therein. For one embodiment, the thermally conductive filler components may be covalently bonded together. For one embodiment, the thermally conductive filler components may be covalently bonded with the polymer material.

Abstract: Disclosed is both a product and method relating to a decorative metallized laminate. The laminate comprises a substrate and at least two laminated films, wherein one of the films is a metallized film. The method comprises a dual film continuous dual laminating process for producing a metallized laminate.

Abstract: A coated sintered cemented carbide body includes a cemented carbide body, a first layer adjacent the cemented carbide body, the first layer including Ti(C,N) and having a thickness of from about 3 to about 20 &mgr;m, an alumina layer adjacent said first layer, the alumina layer including &agr;-Al2O3 or &kgr;-Al203 and having a thickness of from about 1 to about 15 &mgr;m, and a further layer adjacent the aluminum layer of a carbide, carbonitride or carboxynitride of one or more of Ti, Zr and Hf, the further layer having a thickness of from about 1 to 15 &mgr;m. A friction-reducing layer, including one or more of &ggr;-A12O3, &kgr;-Al203 and nanocrystalline Ti(C,N) and having a thickness of from about 1 to about 5 &mgr;m, can be adjacent to the further layer. A method to cut steel with a sintered cemented carbide body where the alumina is &agr;-Al2O3 and a method to cut cast iron with a sintered cemented carbide body where the alumina is &agr;-Al2O3.

Abstract: A method for producing a plastic composite element, in particular an interior lining element for a motor vehicle, and such a plastic composite element.

Abstract: There is disclosed a kind degradable material and its disposable products, and their manufacturing process. The primary raw material used in the process consists of powdered shell or stalk of crops, urea-formaldehyde resin, and melamine resin. The materials are mixed thoroughly and hot pressed in a single step forming of the products. Oven drying or spray coating is not needed in the process. The products have the following characteristics: simple formula, simple process, low price; and the following properties: with natural color, dense; tough and tensile; and easy for coloring. In addition, they are water, heat and freezing resistant, anti-corrosion, non-poisonous, anti-pollution and biodegradable. They are entirely new environmental protection green products.

Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition produced from a thermoplastic resin and rubber and having a dispersion phase formed of a rubber composition at least part of which is dynamically crosslinked in the continuous phase of the thermoplastic resin, insulating glass using the thermoplastic elastomer composition as a sealing material and spacer, a process for producing the insulating glass using a sealing material made from the thermoplastic elastomer composition, comprising the steps of inserting the leading end of a charging nozzle into a space between the peripheral portions of a plurality of glass sheets, discharging the sealing material from the leading end of the nozzle body at a predetermined rate, and moving the glass sheets or the nozzle body relative to each other to charge the sealing material made from the thermoplastic elastomer composition into the space between the peripheral portions of the glass sheets, and a nozzle used in this process.

Abstract: The present invention provides a carbohydrate foam composition. The foam composition is highly wettable, resilient and has a uniform pore structure suitable for use in products such as absorbent personal products, health care products, and products suitable for fluid distribution and transfer. The foam of the present invention may also be made into sheets suitable for products such as tissue and paper towels. In one embodiment the foam is made from a carbohydrate and zinc chloride. In a further embodiment the carbohydrate is cellulose, and in a further embodiment the carbohydrate is chitin.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a foamed structure having closed cells or both closed cells and open cells can be effectively used as a waterstop sealing material. In particular, a waterstop sealing material having excellent sealing properties can be provided.

Abstract: A nanoporous polymer comprises hollow structures fabricated from crosslinked polymeric strands. The hollow structures are further coupled to other crosslinked polymeric strands by a covalent bond. Particularly contemplated nanoporous polymers have a Tg of no less than 400° C. and a dielectric constant k of no more than 2.5.

Abstract: An optical wavefront correction plate incorporates a unique, three-dimensional spatial retardation distribution utilizing the index of refraction change of resin mixture in its cured state. The optical wave plate comprises a pair of transparent plates, containing a layer of a monomers and polymerization initiators, such as resin mixture. This resin mixture exhibits a variable index of refraction as a function of the extent of its curing. Curing of the resin mixture may be made by exposure to light, such as ultraviolet light, and may be varied across and through the surface of the resin mixture to create a particular and unique three-dimensional wavefront retardation profile. The optical wave plate provides improved performance in large area mirrors, lenses, telescopes, microscopes, and ophthalmic diagnostic systems.