Abstract: The method for manufacturing a plastic worked article includes the steps of shaping an article for plastic working by a semisolid molding in which molten metal including both a solid phase and a liquid phase is introduced into a die; performing a pre-plastic working heat treatment on the article for plastic working for causing blisters by expanding gas cavities included in the article for plastic working; and forming a plastic worked article by plastic working the article for plastic working after the pre-plastic working heat treatment. The plastic working of the article for plastic working is performed in such a manner that a tensile stress applied direction at a tensile stress applied portion to which tensile stress is principally applied in actual use of the plastic worked article substantially accords with a plastic flow direction at a portion of the article for plastic working corresponding to the tensile stress applied portion.

Abstract: The production of a cold-rolled strip or sheet of steel with good deforming properties, which is subjected to recrystallizing annealing and, if appropriate, a dressing operation after hot rolling, coiling and cold rolling and has a bake-hardening potential after a subsequent deformation and for a subsequent temperature treatment, succeeds because the recrystallizing annealing is carried out in a bell-type furnace while coiled and because the strip or sheet subjected to cooling at a cooling rate of ≧1° C./s after the recrystallizing annealing from a temperature T of 200° C. ≦T≦A1.

Abstract: The present invention presents a high tensile strength cold rolled steel sheet having excellent formability, impact resistance and strain age hardening characteristics, and the production thereof. As a specific means, a slab having a composition which contains, by mass %, 0.15% or less of C, 0.02% or less of Al, and 0.0050 to 0.0250% of N at N/Al of 0.3 or higher, and has N in a solid solution state at 0.0010% or more, is first hot rolled at the finish rolling delivery-side temperature of 800° C. or above, and is subsequently coiled at the coiling temperature of 750° C. or below to prepare a hot rolled plate. Then, after cold rolling, the hot rolled plate is continuously cooled at a temperature from the recrystallization temperature to 900° C. at a holding time of 10 to 120 seconds, and is cooled by primary cooling in which the hot rolled plate is cooled to 500° C. or below at a cooling rate of 10 to 300° C.

Abstract: A gas generating material (140) for use in a vehicle occupant protection apparatus (10) comprises about 5% to about 20% by weight of the gas generating material, of a binder, 0 to about 50%, by weight of the gas generating material, of an energetic fuel, and an amount of oxidizer effective to oxygen balance the gas generating material. More than 50% by weight of the oxidizer is basic copper nitrate. The binder comprises at least about 20% by volume of the gas generating material.

Abstract: An igniter composition such as for a gas generant material used in pressure activated restraint system devices such as micro-gas generator applications such as seat belt pretensioners is provided. The igniter composition includes a fuel component containing at least about 3 composition weight percent and less than 15 composition weight percent of boron and an oxidizer component, wherein the fuel component and the oxidizer component are present in stoichiometrically balanced amounts. Associated methods of gas generation are also provided.

Abstract: A propellant for gas generators, especially for lifesaving systems, contains one or several tetrazole derivative(s) or respectively one or several compounds from the groups of (A) cyanic acid derivatives and their salts, (B) triazine and triazine derivatives, (C) urea, its salts, derivatives, and compounds evolved therefrom and their salts, wherein the aforementioned compounds can also be present as mixtures; and an oxidizing agent from the group of peroxides of zinc, calcium, strontium or magnesium or such peroxides with nitrates of ammonium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium and iron, wherein it is possible to add further gas generating components, coolants, reducing agents, catalysts and/or porosity-producing media.

Abstract: A thermite composition for pyrotechnics having high heat transfer charactistics comprising a strongly reducible metal oxide, a thermally decomposable heat transfer agent consisting of Cu2O, 5 and a strong reducing agent. It is desirable that the stoichiometerics and mechanics of the thermite reaction is such that there is a substantial excess of oxygen. Also, other ingredients may be added to the composition such as gas generating compounds, binders, diluents and supplemental oxidizing agents.

Abstract: This invention relates to dispersant compositions, comprising a Mannich adduct as emulsifier in a water in oil emulsion, from a) a hydroxyaromatic compound with hydrocarbon substituent(s) of formula (I) (R1)nAr(OH)x, where R1=a hydrocarbon, chosen from a straight or branched-chain C6-C400alkyl, C6-C400alkenyl, C6-C400alkenylaryl, or C6-C400alkylaryl group; Ar=a mono- or multi-nuclear, optionally substituted aromatic ring; n=1, 2 or 3; and x=1 to 5; b) formaldehyde, an oligomer or polymer thereof; and c) a nitrogen compound, chosen from an amine and ammonia, comprising at least one primary or secondary amino function.

Abstract: A nitrocellulose-free, gas-generating composition for use in vehicle occupant restraint systems, in particular in a belt tensioner gas generator, substantially consists of at least one nitrogen-containing organic fuel in a proportion of 55 to 70% by weight, an inorganic oxidator in a proportion of 30 to 45% by weight, at least one combustion moderator in a proportion of up to 10% by weight and up to 5% by weight conventional adjuvants and additives, each in relation to the overall weight of the composition. The composition has a pressure exponent of less than 0.35 and a combustion rate at 200 bar of at least 40 mm/s.

Abstract: A bag handle with rubber magnets in the material so that it can help eliminate irritation and frustration. The handle is configured to be similar to the regular ones with the improvements being a rubber magnet inside it. The magnet will be at a predetermined size. The handle will be made of a predetermined material for the comfort of the user.

Abstract: The present invention provides a golf bag security device which is adjustable to different golf bags and which needs only one lock to both lock the hood to the bag and the bag to a fixed object through the use of an adjustment cinch. It does so by providing a hood and a cable having apertures at either end and an intermediate movable loop which allows the hood to be secured to bags of variable sizes and the bag to be secured to a fixed object.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprising a rubber member containing a short fiber (A′) formed by the fibrillation of a short fiber (A) whose cross section takes a sea-island structure essentially composed of at least two polymers.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire comprising a rubber member containing a short fiber (A′) formed by the fibrillation of a short fiber (A) whose cross section takes a sea-island structure essentially composed of at least two polymers.

Abstract: The present invention is a crown-stiffening underlay structure comprised of a flat strip of elastomeric material reinforced with essentially inextensible cords. The cord-reinforced flat strip is wrapped helically around the green tire carcass prior to blowup into the characteristic toroidal shape of a tire carcass. In one embodiment, the underlay structure is disposed between breakers and the radial ply structure. In another embodiment, the underlay is disposed between the radial ply structure and the innerliner. In another embodiment, the afore described underlay structure has an additional and structurally contiguous beam made of elastomeric material.

Abstract: A composite material collation machine and associated method for fiber tape placement and consolidation at a relatively high rate are provided. The composite material collation machine includes a laser diode array for heating at least one fiber tape, a compaction device for pressing the fiber tape against a workpiece, an inspection system for monitoring the fiber tape, and a controller. The inspection system produces an output representative of at least one characteristic of the fiber tape, and the controller is capable of receiving the output and, based on the output, automatically altering at least one system parameter defining an operational characteristic of the composite material collation machine.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for sealing a surface (13) of a body (11), wherein a thin material (21) is applied to the surface (13) and is connected to it by means of melting due to mechanical stimulation.

Abstract: A process produces a fiber-reinforced silicon carbide composite. The resulting composite has a high toughness where bundles of a reinforcing fiber are densely covered with glassy carbon derived from a resin to avoid deterioration of the strength, and it can easily be produced even in complicated shapes. Specifically, a fiber-reinforced silicon carbide composite is produced by preparing a fiber prepreg containing a powdered silicon and a resin and molding the prepreg to yield a green body having a desired shape, or laminating a fiber prepreg containing a resin and a woven fabric prepreg containing a powdered silicon and a resin in alternate order, and molding the laminate to yield a green body having a desired shape; carbonizing the green body at 900° C. to 1350° C. in an inert atmosphere; impregnating the carbonized body with a resin; firing the impregnated body again at 900° C. to 1350° C.

Abstract: A tire comprising at least one reinforcement structure of carcass type anchored on either side of the tire in a bead, the base of which is intended to be mounted on a rim seat, each bead being extended radially outward by a sidewall, the sidewalls extending radially towards outward to join a tread, the reinforcement structure extending circumferentially from the bead towards said sidewall, an anchoring zone for the reinforcement structure, said tire furthermore comprising an anti-vibration means arranged circumferentially in the junction zone of the shoulder and the sidewall.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable bead, the method of constructing the cable bead and a tire constructed by a process incorporating the cable bead wherein the cable bead is formed with a bead core wound from a single filament of bead core wire having a rubber or elastomeric coating, first annular wrap of bead wrapping wire helically wound around the bead core, and a coating of lubricant or fatty acid disposed about the bead core.

Abstract: A toilet training article in the form of a toilet training pad containing an effervescent agent is disclosed. The toilet training pad, which may be an insertable pad or integrated directly into an undergarment, contains an effervescent agent which releases gas upon being contacted by urine. The effervescent agent may be in the form of a compound containing a substantially inert gas, or may be a combination of compounds that, upon being contacted by urine, produce a gas.

Abstract: Laminates of thermoplastic films and nonwoven fibrous webs are made at high speeds on the order of about 700 fpm to about 1200 fpm. Bond strengths of film and nonwoven laminates are effectively controlled to make breathable laminates at high speeds. Air cooling devices cause the air to flow substantially parallel to the extruded plastic web during drawdown and provide a plurality of cooling air vortices to effectively cool the web. Film gauge control is also achieved by the method.

Abstract: A dual die bonder device having two die-bonding sections and a transfer rail is disclosed. As a substrate moves along the transfer rail, each die-bonding section performs separate die-bonding processes, one process utilizing a liquid adhesive and one process utilizing an insulating adhesive tape. In the first die-bonding section, the liquid adhesive is supplied to a die-bonding area of the substrate, and a first semiconductor die is bonded onto the liquid adhesive. In the second die-bonding section, the insulating adhesive tape is supplied to either the first semiconductor die or to another die-bonding area of the substrate, and a second semiconductor die is bonded onto the insulating adhesive tape. A method of dual bonding a first semiconductor die and a second semiconductor die is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for creating adhesion includes plasma treating two substrates and thereafter contacting the substrates. The method can be used on a variety of dry surfaces. The method is used to adhere nonadhesive surfaces such as a cured silicone with a ceramic or semiconductor.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for manufacturing an optical disc having a light-transmitting layer of a uniform thickness over the entire surface of a substrate is provided whereon a recording and/or a reproducing of information signals is carried out by a light input through the light-transmitting layer.

Abstract: Assembling electrochemical cell components using a bonding agent comprising aligning components of the electrochemical cell, applying a bonding agent between the components to bond the components together, placing the components within a container that is essentially a pliable bag, and drawing a vacuum within the bag, wherein the bag conforms to the shape of the components from the pressure outside the bag, thereby holding the components securely in place. The vacuum is passively maintained until the adhesive has cured and the components are securely bonded. The bonding agent used to bond the components of the electrochemical cell may be distributed to the bonding surface from distribution channels in the components. To prevent contamination with bonding agent, some areas may be treated to produce regions of preferred adhesive distribution and protected regions. Treatments may include polishing, etching, coating and providing protective grooves between the bonding surfaces and the protected regions.

Abstract: A bonding machine for fabricating an liquid crystal display (LCD) panel to which a liquid crystal dropping method been performed includes a bonding chamber of a one pieced body for carrying out bonding of substrates, at least two or more than two air extraction tubes in communication with an interior space of the bonding chamber, and at least two vacuum means respectively connected to the air extraction tubes each for generating an air suction power to evacuate the bonding chamber. A method for fabricating an LCD panel by using the bonding machine includes loading a first substrate onto which liquid crystal has been dropped and a second substrate having sealant coated thereon into a bonding chamber, evacuating the bonding chamber, bonding the first and second substrates, applying varying bonding pressure, and unloading the bonded first and second substrates.

Abstract: A method for fabricating an LCD includes the steps of loading a first substrate having liquid crystal dropped thereon and a second substrate having sealant coated thereon on a bonding chamber, aligning the first and second substrates, bonding the first and second substrates with a varied pressure applied thereto, and unloading the bonded first and second substrates.

Abstract: A labeling assembly and method of using same for releasably supporting a label and identifying a feature of an object upon which the labeling assembly is adapted for installation. The labeling assembly includes a protective layer having a release surface for releasably supporting the label and an information storage device located adjacent to a contacting surface of the protective layer such that the information storage device is disposed between the protective layer and the object when the labeling assembly is installed on the object. The information storage device is adapted for transmitting a signal comprising information. The method of the present invention includes using the labeling assembly for releasably supporting a label and identifying a feature of an object upon which the labeling assembly is adapted for installation.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for making garments that can cool or heat the wearer of the garment. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of providing a pattern board having a channel configuration formed thereon that defines at least one channel circuit, disposing a first fusible fabric over the channel configuration of the pattern board, disposing a length of tubing over the channel configuration and depressing the tubing into the channels, disposing a second fabric over the tubing and first fusible fabric to form a first laminate assembly, and applying heat and pressure to the laminate assembly to form a laminate garment structure.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including: placing a substrate on a bonding stage; and bonding a semiconductor chip to the substrate. At least a section of the bonding stage which is in contact with the substrate is formed of a material having a thermal conductivity of 15 to 30 W·m−1·K−1.

Abstract: A electronic component fixing method comprising: (a) applying first conductive bonding agent (3) onto first lands of a circuit board; (b) disposing first electronic component (2) on the first conductive bonding agent, followed by melting and hardening the first conductive bonding agent to bond and fix electrodes of the first electronic component on the first land; (c) fixing the first electronic component on the board by non-conductive adhesive (5); and (d) bonding and fixing electrodes of second electronic component on second lands of the board by second conductive bonding agent. Further, in one preferred embodiment, a melting temperature of the second conductive bonding agent is not less than a melting temperature of the first conductive bonding agent. According to the present invention, no accurate control of a position of application of the non-conductive adhesive is needed, making it very easy to perform the electronic component fixing operation.

Abstract: An adhesive which comprises (1) 100 parts by weight of an epoxy resin and a hardener therefor, (2) 75 to 300 parts by weight of an epoxidized acrylic copolymer having a glycidyl (meth)acrylate unit content of 0.5 to 6 wt. %, a glass transition temperature of −10° C. or higher and a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 or more and (3) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a latent curing accelerator; an adhesive member having a layer of the adhesive; an interconnecting substrate for semiconductor mounting having the adhesive member; and a semiconductor device containing the same.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a holding mechanism of an object to be processed W, which comprises a relay switch to electrically disconnect a detection circuit having the function of detecting the stripped state of a protective film of a lower electrode and removing a residual charge from the direct-current component in a high-frequency power supply line from the power source supply line and which disconnects the detection circuit from the lower electrode in accordance with a process condition to prevent abnormal electric discharge and which electrically connects the detection circuit to the lower electrode to detect the stripped state (life) of the protective film of the lower electrode from the direct-current component in a plasma discharge or to remove a charge into the lower electrode or a residual charge during plasma processing under a process condition not causing abnormal electric discharge or at maintenance time.

Abstract: An apparatus of fabricating a semiconductor device includes: a chamber; a radio frequency (RF) power supply supplying an RF power for the chamber; a matching box including a matching unit adjusting an impedance of the RF power; and a chuck penetrating a surface of the chamber, the chuck including a fixing means to fix the matching box to the chuck.

Abstract: An antenna arrangement for generating an electric field inside a process chamber is provided. Generally, the antenna arrangement comprises a first loop disposed around an antenna axis. The first loop comprises a first turn with a first turn gap; a second turn with a second turn gap, where the second turn is concentric and coplanar with the first turn and spaced apart from the first turn, and where the antenna axis passes through the center of the first turn and second turn; and a first turn-second turn connector electrically connected between a second end of the first turn and a first end of the second turn comprising a spanning section between and coplanar with the first turn and the second turn and which spans the first turn gap and the second turn gap.

Abstract: An adhesive-tape holder with an openable side cover has an openable side cover positioned symmetrically opposite to a stationary side plate. The side cover has the combining tubular rod and a first and a second fitting rods respectively received in the combining tube and the roller support tube and the connecting tube of the side plate to make up three combining positions, capable to stabilize the adhesive-tape roller and prevent it from dropping out of an adhesive-tape roller base.

Abstract: A device for hanging wallpaper comprises a cradle in the form of a framework defining a receptacle for supporting a length of wallpaper folded in a concertina fashion. An applicator roller is mounted on the cradle for receiving therearound a leading edge portion of the supported length of wallpaper which is led out of the receptacle to the application roller through a throat of the cradle. A handle attached to the cradle enables a user to hold the device in a position of use with the applicator roller against a surface to be wallpapered and to move the device along the surface, so that the length of wallpaper is progressively unfolded from the cradle and pressed against the surface by the applicator roller as the device is moved along the surface.

Abstract: A motorized window covering includes an actuator that is controlled by a remote control unit. The remote control unit emits a visible light beam and an invisible encoded light beam superimposed thereon. The visible light beam allows a user to accurately direct the encoded light beam, which carries the control data, toward the actuator. Consequently, the user can control individual actuators within an array of actuators.

Abstract: A motorized window covering includes a motor and a housing that holds the motor and a dc battery. Also, within the housing is a wake-up signal amplifier that is constantly energized and a data signal amplifier that is only energized when a wake-up signal is received. A remote control unit is used to generate and transmit the wake-up signal and a data signal that is use to control the operation of the window covering.

Abstract: A motorized window covering has a motor and a housing that holds the motor and a dc battery. When the motor is energized to move a window covering, a pulse detector counts the electrical pulses of the motor to determine the position of the window covering. A user can save a current pulse count corresponding to a desired position and then return the desired position from a different position by simply pressing a button on a remote control unit.

Abstract: A motorized window covering has a motor and a housing that holds the motor and a dc battery. When the motor is energized to move a window covering, a pulse detector counts the motor current pulses to determine the position of the window covering. A user can save a motor current pulse count corresponding to a desired position and then return the desired position from a different position by simply pressing a button on a remote control unit. Further, inaccuracies caused by motor current pulses that were not counted by the pulse detector, e.g., at start up, at shut down, or during coast down, are minimized by error correction logic.

Abstract: A cord-operated control system for a venetian blind, in which a housing, attached to the head rail, holds a first drive wheel that is operatively connected to a driven bind member that rotates in opposite directions to open and close the blind with rotation of the first drive wheel in opposite directions and a second drive wheel that is operatively connected to the first drive wheel, so that the first drive wheel rotates in opposite directions with rotation of the second drive wheel in opposite directions. An endless loop operating cord is looped over the second drive wheel, so that an axial pulling force on only one of the depending portions of the operating cord on opposite sides of the second drive wheel causes the second drive wheel to rotate in one of the opposite directions. As a safety feature, a release disconnects the drive wheels from each only if there is an axial pulling force on both depending portions of the operating cord simultaneously.

Abstract: An insect screen that includes a rigid frame defining a frame perimeter and a metal screen located within the rigid frame perimeter. The metal screen has a plurality of metal elements with a dark mat surface. The metal elements have a width of about 0.001 inch to about 0.0015 inch. The insect screen has a reduced visibility such that it appears nearly invisible or transparent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for treating bleaching liquors from pulping processes based on organic acids. The process is characterized in that inorganic acid such as nitric acid, phosphoric acid and/or sulphuric acid, is added into a bleaching liquor obtained from the bleaching or a stage closely associated with bleaching, whereby organic acids contained in the bleaching liquor are released into the bleaching liquor. The organic acids are then separated from the bleaching liquor and recycled to the cooking stage to be used as cooking chemicals. The nitrogen-, phosphor- and/or sulphur-containing product thereby produced, from which organic acids have been separated, is recovered to be used as a fertilizer or as raw material for a fertilizer.

Abstract: A system and method for improved filtrate addition in a continuous digester is disclosed. The system comprises a blow dilution header/nozzle assembly located in the blow dilution zone of the digester. The header/nozzle assembly comprises (i) a plurality of nozzles for introducing and distributing filtrate into the blow dilution zone, and (ii) a plurality of measurement and control devices for monitoring and controlling filtrate flow through the plurality of nozzles. The method comprises (a) introducing and distributing filtrate through a plurality of nozzles of a blow dilution header/nozzle assembly in the blow dilution zone of the continuous digester; and (b) measuring and controlling the filtrate flow through each nozzle of the plurality of nozzles.

Abstract: A continuous digester is disclosed for producing chemical cellulose pulp from cellulose chips, comprising: a continuous digester vessel having a lower section filled with the cellulose chips and an upper gas filled section; an inverted separator at least partially in said upper section which introduces chips and liquid into said digester vessel and separates some of the liquid from the chips, wherein said separator includes a drive shaft connected to a conveyor, and a liquid discharge port proximate to the drive shaft and arranged proximate to a chip discharge of the separator.

Abstract: A paper product is provided that contains at least one paper web that is applied with a reactive composition. The reactive composition, for example, can contain one or more softening moieties that are capable of debonding hydrogen bonds within a paper web, thereby softening the web. In addition, the reactive composition contains a moiety that can form both a covalent bond and ionic bond with certain groups present on cellulosic fibers. For example, in one embodiment, the moiety contains a positively charged atom that can form an ionic bond with a carboxyl group present on a first cellulosic fiber. In addition, the moiety can contain a pendant hydroxyl group that can form a covalent bond with a carboxyl group present on a second cellulosic fiber.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a cellulosic paper product is provided. The process comprises forming an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers; depositing the aqueous suspension onto a sheet-forming fabric to form a wet web; dewatering the wet web to form a partially dewatered web; topically applying a glycol compound selected from the group consisting of polyethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, glycerol and mixtures thereof to the partially dewatered web; and drying said wet web. The present invention also provides for cellulosic paper products exhibiting a reduced malodor upon wetting.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for making paper wherein an anionic starch, which is based on a starch comprising at least 95 wt. %, based on dry substance of the starch, of amylopectin, or a derivative of said starch, is used in combination with a fixative as a strengthening agent.

Abstract: A running web is decurled by controlling web tension as well as the angle of wrap on a decurler roll and a cooperating pivot roll, all without affecting web tension in the downstream web converting process. An upstream brake roll and a downstream pull roll control web tension within the decurler apparatus and independent decurler rolls are provided for removing up-curl and down-curl.