Abstract: A non-pneumatic resilient tire which derives its capacity to bear a load from laminated elements capable of supporting bending moments. The laminated elements include a stack of resilient sheets superposed and separated by a layer of rubber adhering to the latter, forming a beam capable of undergoing bending stress.

Abstract: There is provided a pneumatic tire having an aspect ratio of not less than 60 and considerably improving run flat durability as compared with the conventional type of the run flat tire, wherein at least one cushion rubber layer having a loss tangent lower than a loss tangent (tan &dgr;) of a coating rubber for cords of a carcass ply is arranged between an end portion of a belt and a reinforcing rubber layer in a shoulder region and between mutually adjacent tire constitutional members. And also, when the carcass is comprised of plural plies, at least one ply is separated off in a zone beneath the belt, whereby the ride comfort against vibrations can be more improved.

Abstract: Method of preparing an adsorbent containing package and package made thereby. The method comprises providing a mounting surface of the package and heat fusing the mounting surface via ultrasonic welding to provide a multiplicity of depressed hard seal portions and relief surfaces on the mounting surface. The ratio of hard sealed portions to total seal area is within 10-60%.

Abstract: A long fiber-foam composite material, in which the long fibers are bonded to form a loose but dimensionally stable structure with good recovery properties. The long fibers are only partially bonded by foam particles in the shape of nodal points. The unfoamed or unfoamed foam particles are inserted into the structure when the latter is being formed. The unfoamed foam particles inserted into the structure are foamed by reacting or reactivating a foaming agent previously applied to a binding agent to be foamed. The expansion can freely take place without limiting the volume so that a minimal possible thickness can be obtained by complete expansion or in a predetermined volume having a predetermined thickness, for instance, by expansion in a double wall press or a mold.

Abstract: The present invention relates to preparation an article of manufacture, such as of a tire, via application of at least one partially pre-cured component. Tires are often prepared with pre-cured, pre-shaped components such as for example, application of pre-cured tread strips to a cured carcass as in the case of re-treaded tires. Thus precured tread and cured carcass are joined together using a cushion gum followed by heating the resulting assembly at an elevated temperature to cure the cushion gum. Such pre-cured component may also be, for example, a sidewall apex. In such cases, the pre-cured component is subjected to more heat than is necessary which may be detrimental for the component. This invention is directed to the use of a partially pre-cured component to prepare a tire assembly prior to the curing of the entire components of the tire assembly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nonwoven fabric, and more specifically, to a durable extensible nonwoven fabric comprising a hydroentangled fibrous blend of non-activated fusible fibers and non-fusible fibers, wherein said nonwoven fabric is subjected to compaction at an elevated temperature thereby activating said fusible fibers to bond with the surrounding fibrous composition and rendering said nonwoven fabric suitable for use in medical applications, such as stockings and wraps.

Abstract: An ultralow expansion brake rubber hose comprising an inner rubber tube, a first reinforcing layer, a second reinforcing layer and an outer rubber layer, wherein a thermosetting resin which penetrates the reinforcing fibers constituting the first reinforcing layer and which is cured at vulcanizing temperatures is cured by vulcanization to turn the first reinforcing layer into a solid cured layer. By turning the first reinforcing layer into the solid cured layer, the mutual slippage between the reinforcing fibers of the first reinforcing layer can be prevented, and a brake rubber hose having low expansion and excellent durability can be obtained.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process comprising the steps of (a) applying less than about 0.1 grams per square meter (gsm) of a release agent to a transfer surface, wherein the release agent is selected such that a test sample of the release agent having a concentration at or above its critical surface tension concentration, has a surface tension of less than about 50 dyne/cm or forms a contact angle with the material of the transfer surface of less than about 120°; (b) applying an adhesive to the transfer surface; and (c) transferring the adhesive from the transfer surface to a material web.

Abstract: A method of making a microporous laminate sheet having a first film layer and a second layer. The first film layer includes a pore initiator and is bonded to the second layer in order to form a laminate sheet. The laminate sheet is then stretched using at least one CD intermeshing stretcher and at least one MDO stretching unit. Methods of making a microporous film is well as a microporous film laminate are also provided, along with an apparatus for stretching a film or laminate.

Abstract: A method for the manufacturing of a tamper proof carrier of information is disclosed comprising a support and an opaque porous ink receiving layer. The carrier comprises at least two sets of information, preferably a first set representing general information or security print, and a second set representing personalized information. The ink receiving layer is rendered transparent by impregnation with a UV curable lacquer whereby the underlying information is revealed. Upon UV curing its mechanical properties are improved. The finished information carrier is preferably cut in a set of multiple identification cards.

Abstract: A microfluidic disc having one or more enclosed microchannel structures, and the microchannel structures are intended to be used for transport of transporting liquids. The device is characterized in that at least a part of the inner walls of each of one or more microchannel structures are treated with a gas plasma having one or more organic precursor compounds.

Abstract: Process and apparatus for joining endless polymer materials by means of the transillumination technique. According to the invention, in order to be joined, the endless materials are guided through two contrarotating rollers that press against each other. The first roller consists of a material that is transparent to laser beams and is tubular. The second roller is formed from a material that can be deformed easily at the surface, so that its surface can adapt to the shape of the first roller. Devices for producing a laser beam at the contact surface between the materials to be joined are arranged in the first roller. In this case, the beam is formed as a linear laser beam longitudinally with respect to the direction of movement of the materials so that during the passage, continuous heating of the material up to the melting point is achieved, without an excessively high laser output having to be provided. By means of the process and the apparatus, continuous joining is possible at high speed.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and composition for providing chemically-resistant roughened copper surfaces suitable for subsequent multilayer lamination. In one embodiment, a smooth copper surface is contacted with an adhesion promoting composition under conditions effective to provide a roughened copper surface, the adhesion promoting composition comprising an oxidizer, a pH adjuster, a topography modifier, and a sulfur-containing coating stabilizer. In another embodiment, a smooth copper surface is contacted with an adhesion promoting composition under conditions effective to provide a roughened copper surface, the adhesion promoting composition comprising an oxidizer, a pH adjuster, and a topography modifier. Then, in a subsequent step, the roughened copper surface is contacted with an acid resistance promoting composition.

Abstract: A bag that is made silent for purposes of using the bag on a studio set in movies, television, and other live and pre-recorded settings, where set props are needed to recreate real life situations for dramatization, but where real life sound that is created by bags interferes with the recording, broadcasting, or amplification of the dramatic performance. The bag is able to maintain real or imaginary brand labels for either product placement or true-to-life dramatization applications.

Abstract: An improved method and device for sealing together the edges of complimentary pairs of blister package elements is disclosed. The sealing device comprises a plurality of support housing for holding the blister package elements, the support housing mounted on a platform which in turn is coupled to an indexing drive. The drive is adapted to move the platform such that each support housing is passed sequentially through a plurality of stations. At least one of the stations is a loading station for loading thermoplastic blister package elements into the support housings. The device has a first platen mounted adjacent the platform at a heat sealing station positioned down stream of the loading station, the first platen is configured to press a heating plate towards the support housing positioned at the heat sealing station. The heating plate is adapted to be held at a temperature above the melting point of the blister package elements.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for repairing the juncture or intersection of a first conduit and a second conduit is disclosed. The apparatus includes a main body for transporting and positioning a repair material impregnated with a heat curable resin system or matrix. An inflation device and caul plates carried by the main body position and compress the repair material against the intersection. This includes a portion of the interior of the second conduit and flange portion in the first conduit. The inflation device and caul plates include conductive fibers that are electrically resistively heated to effect curing of the resin in the repair material. Additionally, a method and liner apparatus for the in-situ repair of conduits having large diameters is disclosed. The liner comprising a plurality of discrete heating zones, where each zone impregnated with a curable resin. Each zone further having a fiber architecture, where the fiber architecture has a plurality of conductive fibers.

Abstract: A reactive polyurethane hot melt adhesive having improved adhesion to wood contains a polymeric isocyanate.

Abstract: The present invention provides apparatus and methods for detecting removal of a material in a chemical mechanical polishing process that uses a solution and operates upon a top layer made of a material that is disposed over another layer on a multi-layer workpiece. When the top layer from the workpiece is removed using chemical mechanical polishing with the solution, a flow of used solution results, with the flow of used solution containing therein the material removed from the top layer. While removing the top layer, a beam of light is transmitted on the flow of used solution to obtain an output beam of light that is altered due to absorption by the material, and a change in a characteristic of the output beam of light from the beam of light indicative of a change in an amount of the material within the flow of used solution is detected.

Abstract: A method for controlling a plasma used for materials processing includes generating a power for forming an electronegative plasma, detecting a signal that is related to a parameter of the plasma, and modulating the power generated in response to the signal. Modulation of the power causes a reduction in an instability of the parameter of the plasma. An apparatus for controlling a materials processing electronegative plasma includes a signal detector for detecting a signal that is related to a parameter of the plasma, and a power modulator for causing a modulation of the power for forming the plasma in response to the signal.

Abstract: The present invention generally provides a cassette-to-cassette vacuum processing system which concurrently processes multiple wafers and combines the advantages of single wafer process chambers and multiple wafer handling for high quality wafer processing, high wafer throughput and reduced footprint. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the system is preferably a staged vacuum system which generally includes a loadlock chamber for introducing wafers into the system and which also provides wafer cooling following processing, a transfer chamber for housing a wafer handler, and one or more processing chambers each having two or more processing regions which are isolatable from each other and preferably share a common gas supply and a common exhaust pump. The processing regions also preferably include separate gas distribution assemblies and RF power sources to provide a uniform plasma density over a wafer surface in each processing region.

Abstract: An atmospheric pressure plasma etching reactor, in one embodiment, has a table holding a wafer to be processed and which moves the wafer to be processed under at least one electrode that is mounted in close proximity to the table and defines an entry of a gas mixture, and in another embodiment, has interleaved radio frequency powered electrodes and grounded electrodes. Electrodes may have grooves having preselected widths to enhance the plasma for treatment of the wafers. With a radio-frequency voltage connected between the electrodes, and a gas mixture between the electrode and the wafer, a plasma is created between the electrode and the wafer to be processed, resulting in surface treatment, film removal or ashing of the wafer.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the design of a plasma CVD chamber which provides more uniform conditions for forming thin CVD films on a substrate. Embodiments of the invention improve temperature control of the upper chamber and improve particle performance by reducing or minimizing the temperature fluctuations on the dome between the deposition and non-deposition cycles. This allows higher source power plasma to be generated and facilitates gapfill for extremely small geometries. The dome design improves the uniformity of the plasma distribution over the substrate to be processed. In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for processing semiconductor substrates comprises a chamber defining a plasma processing region therein. The chamber includes a bottom, a side wall, and a dome disposed on top of the side wall. The dome has a dome top and having a side portion defining a chamber diameter. A top RF coil is disposed above the dome top.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for fitting motor vehicle tires onto rims of disk wheels having a tire fitting tool (17) which can rotate about an axis and is mounted at a distance from the axis, an electric motor (2) as a drive motor for a rotational drive of the tire fitting tool (17) about the axis and a power supply device for the drive motor, the power supply device being connected to a gradient-limiting device which, when a predefined gradient of the torque transmitted from the drive motor (2) to the tire fitting tool (17) is exceeded, causes a braking current for stopping the rotational drive to be supplied to the drive motor (2). With the gradient as switch-off criterion, switching off takes place significantly before the limiting value of the torque or of the motor current is reached, so that the tire is handled more gently and it is ensured that the tire is not damaged by the interrupted fitting procedure.

Abstract: A roller screen housing for a folding window is formed as a single metal extrusion having a track portion (13) of inverted U-shaped section and a roller housing portion (23) of C-shaped section connected at the back thereof to a web of the track section. The track (13) is adapted to suspend window panels (18), and the roller housing houses a screen roller (21).

Abstract: A curtain and Venetian blind arrangement is constructed to include a Venetian blind formed of a headrail, a bottom rail, a set of slats, and a lift cord set adapted for joining the headrail, the bottom rail and the slats and keeping the slats arranged between the headrail and the bottom rail, and a plurality of curtains coupled to the slats, each curtain having at least one peripheral side suspended from one slat; the at least one peripheral side of each curtain being mounted with at least one weight.

Abstract: A universal overhead door system includes a pair of horizontal track members, a pair of vertical track members and a pair of track radius members interconnecting the horizontal and vertical track members. A pair of adjustable short radius members extend from the track radius members to guide uppermost rollers of an overhead sectional door. The overhead door system includes a pair of stationary sheaves positioned outboard of a pair of horizontal support rails which support the horizontal track members. A detent is provided at one end of the adjustable radius members to prevent undesirable travel the garage door. A spacer is provided for use in extension spring configurations when a long horizontal support rail is required. The spacer prevents metal-to-metal contact of moveable sheaves with the horizontal support rails.

Abstract: A covering kit for blinds includes a series of covers that attach over the slats of a blind. The covers are attached over the slats to convey a photograph, text or decorative image when the slats on the blind are closed. The covering kit may feature an image divided into a series of sections, with each section produced onto a template. In one embodiment of the present invention, the templates may be cut to form strips that are clipped over the slats on a Venetian blind. The strips may include one or more tabs configured to fold around a slat to support each strip on the blind. The strips may also include margins so that the image sections form a substantially continuous and uninterrupted image when the slats are closed.

Abstract: A process for making a pulp product that has a low COD is comprised of soaking and washing pulp in alkaline water for a sufficient time so that the COD after soaking and washing is less than or equal to 2.0 kg/1000 kg of dry pulp. The process includes repetitively soaking and washing an unbleached pulp in alkaline water that is never allowed to drop below pH 7.0. In this process, the pulp is soaked and washed for a total of at least 220 minutes at an elevated temperature to produce the pulp product that has a low COD.

Abstract: A pulp product that has a low COD is comprised of an unbleached pulp that is soaked and washed in alkaline water for a sufficient time so that the COD after soaking and washing is less than or equal to 2.0 kg/1000 kg of dry pulp. The pulp is produced by repetitively soaking and washing an unbleached pulp in alkaline water that is never allowed to drop below pH 7.0. The pulp is soaked and washed for a total of at least 220 minutes at an elevated temperature to produce the pulp product that has a low COD.

Abstract: A pulp product that has a low COD is comprised of an unbleached pulp that is soaked and washed in alkaline water for a sufficient time so that the COD after soaking and washing is less than or equal to 3.0 kg/1000 kg of dry pulp. The pulp is produced by repetitively soaking and washing an unbleached pulp in alkaline water that is never allowed to drop below pH 7.0. The pulp is soaked and washed for a total of at least 400 minutes at an elevated temperature to produce the pulp product that has a low COD.

Abstract: Provided is a process for bleaching pulp with ozone. The process involves preparing a slurry of cellulosic pulp having a consistency in fibers of from 1-5 weight %. Such a low consistency slurry is then mixed with ozone under high shear conditions. The ozone is then maintained in contact with the cellulosic fibers to effect bleaching of the fibers. The present process offers the advantages of bleaching using a low consistency slurry, with the added advantages of employing ozone.

Abstract: A pulp product that has a low COD is comprised of an unbleached pulp that is soaked and washed in alkaline water for a sufficient time so that the COD after soaking and washing is less than or equal to 3.0 kg/1000 kg of dry pulp. The pulp is produced by repetitively soaking and washing an unbleached pulp in alkaline water that is never allowed to drop below pH 7.0. The pulp is soaked and washed for a total of at least 400 minutes at an elevated temperature to produce the pulp product that has a low COD.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing environment-friendly packaging material for food is disclosed. Solid-state material such as recycled fibrous husk materials including paddy husk, wheat husk, wood powder, milk powder and clay are employed to mix with water, oil, surface-active agent, pulp slurry so as to form into a fluidized material. After that, aqueous adhesive is employed and stirred with the above mixture via processes of continuing feed supplying, stirring, squeezing, and pressing, drying and coating with glue until a waterproof and hygienic packaging material is obtained.

Abstract: A process for increasing the tactile properties of a base web without adversely affecting the strength of the web is disclosed. In general, the process includes the steps of placing a base web in between a first moving conveyor and a second moving conveyor. The conveyors are then wrapped around a shear inducing roll which creates shear forces that act upon the base web. The shear forces disrupt the web increasing the softness and decreasing the stiffness of the web. The shear inducing roll typically has a relatively small diameter. In some applications, more than one shear inducing roll may be incorporated into the system.

Abstract: A melting method and a melting crucible assembly involve positioning a disposable (non-reusable), self-supporting refractory liner body in a refractory host crucible and melting a metallic charge in the liner residing in the host crucible. The melted metallic charge is poured from the refractory liner body, and the used refractory liner body is removed from the host crucible for discarding and replaced with a clean, new (unused) refractory liner body in the host crucible for melting the next metallic charge therein.

Abstract: A method of making a ceramic shell mold comprises repeatedly coating a fugitive pattern of an article to be cast with a ceramic slurry layer and applying on the ceramic slurry layer a refractory stucco to form a plurality of ceramic slurry layers and stucco layers on the pattern wherein at least one of the stucco layers is formed by applying discontinuous stucco fibers followed by applying a granular stucco particles on the discontinuous stucco fibers.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for providing consistent lubricant and/or gas flow through multiple permeable perimeter walls in a casting mold table. One or more of the properties of the perimeter walls indicative of the lubricant flow or gas flow rates through the perimeter walls are predetermined and the sizing of the surface area of the delivery conduits providing the lubricant or the gas are determined based on a correlation to the properties related to the measured or estimated lubricant flow rate and/or measured or estimated gas flow rates through the perimeter walls.

Abstract: A continuous casting method is demonstrated, in which a slab including a liquid core 11 is bulged and then reduced in its thickness with a reduction roll pair 7, in which case, the uppermost surface of the lower roll 7b in the reduction roll pair 7 is located at a higher level than the lower pass line 9 of the slab. With this method, the slab can be efficiently reduced in its thickness without any loss of reduction force and the generation of segregation can be suppressed at the center area of the slab in the thickness direction.

Abstract: An vehicle air-conditioning system (1) according to the present invention has an evaporator (4) for receiving an air being discharged into a casing (2) of the system by a blower and changing it to a cold air flow, the cold air flow being allowed to flow rearward, and a heater (6) located downstream of the evaporator (4) for selectively receiving at least a portion of the cold air flow and heating it to a warm air flow. The air conditioning system (1) also has partition means (8) disposed downstream of the heater (6) for directing the warm air flow upwardly in such a manner as to permit mixing of the warm air flow through the heater (6) and the remaining cold air flow bypassing the heater (6) thereabove, the partition means (8) including a top end portion (10), and guide means (11) for downwardly directing the cold air, the warm air or the mixture of cold and warm airs which has flowed beyond the top end portion (11) of said partition means (8) for blowing-out.

Abstract: A flexible mesoscopic heat exchanger is provided by the invention. The heat exchanger of the invention includes uniform microchannels for fluid flow. Separate header and channel layers include microchannels for fluid flow and heat exchange. A layered structure with channels aligned in multiple orientations in the layers permits the use of a flexible material without channel sagging and provides uniform flows. In a preferred embodiment, layers are heat sealed, e.g., by a preferred lamination fabrication process.

Abstract: A coil modulator apparatus for use in connection with heat transfer coil assemblies found in commercial heating and air conditioning units is used to limit the number of active tube sections carrying fluid in cooling coil assemblies. The single port modulator apparatus comprises an inner valve with an inner and outer housing. The modulator has valve ports in the sides of the modulator. The inner valve rotates within the outer housing and the openings in the inner housing correspond to those ports in the outer valve. These openings connect with upstream or downstream tube sections in the bank of tubes and allow flow of fluid to be diverted. The actuator arm of the coil assembly rotates the inner valve thus changing the orientation of the outer and inner valve ports and so diverting fluid flow from various numbers of tubes depending upon how far the actuator is moved.

Abstract: A radiator combined in series by at least one dissipation pieces, wherein two opposite edges of the said dissipation pieces bend inwardly, one of the bending edges is formed to provide with bending at two ends and the middle section between which does not provide with bending edge, the surfaces of above-mentioned dissipation pieces provide with at least one hole for combination in series to be convenient for the connection in series of similar objects such as insert or bolt, etc. to form the said radiator.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a pipe having an opening formed therein, and an insert positioned within the pipe. The heat exchanger also includes a cap member for sealing the opening, and a support member for resiliently supporting the insert. Specifically, the support member is positioned between the insert and the cap member.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for increasing a transfer of thermal energy through an inner surface of a hollow cylindrical dryer of a papermaking machine to a peripheral outer surface of the dryer. The apparatus includes a plurality of bars of rectangular cross-sectional configuration, each of the bars extending axially within the dryer. The bars are disposed spaced and parallel relative to each other with each of the bars being urged outwardly against the inner surface of the dryer. Also, each of the bars defines an axially extending enclosure.

Abstract: An improved heat exchange system and methodology, and an improved material treatment system and methodology, based on that heat exchange system, for providing improved pasteurized and sterilized packaged food products is disclosed. Improved pasteurized and sterilized packaged food products produced thereby are also disclosed.

Abstract: The basis taken is a cooling element (1) made of a metal or of a metal alloy having at least one cooling rib (4) which is connected to a metal housing (11) for an operating means. The intention is to provide a cooling element (1) which has an improved cooling capacity. The inventive cooling element (1) is detachably connected to the housing (11) by means of fixing means. The cooling element (1) is provided with a thermally conductive and electrically insulating coating (2), and it has the same electrical potential as the housing (11), but carries no current.

Abstract: Separators are prevented from being moved from a correct position before completion of soldering. After calking portions 31a, 32a, 43 are plastically deformed and the separator 31, 32 are mechanically fixed on a header tank 40 by calking, the separators 31, 32 are coupled to the header tank 40 by soldering. Thereby, as the separators 31, 32 are prevented from being moved from the correct position with respect to the header tank 40 before completion of soldering, it is possible to prevent defects in soldering where gaps are created in coupled portions.

Abstract: The invention concerns a corrugated heat exchanger element (1) that can be produced from a metal strip and has a corrugation height (h) that lies between the crests (2) of the corrugations, in which the crests (2) form a first and second plane, consisting of several crests (2), at least some of the crests (2) of each plane being connected to the heat exchanger walls (3), and in which each crest (2) of the first plane is connected to the following crest (2) of the second plane by means of flanks (4), and a flow channel (20) is formed between adjacent flanks (4); structures (5), whose direction of alignment (15) in one flank (4) intersects the direction of alignment (15) in the following flank (4), are situated in the flanks (4).

Abstract: A radiator combined laterally or stacked vertically by several dissipation pieces including a plurality of dissipation pieces and at least one frame. Wherein two opposite edges of the dissipation pieces bend inwardly, one of the bending edge is formed to provide with bending at two ends and the middle section between which does not provide with bending edge; the frame is of one kind of closed frame structure, or C-shaped structure with one open end, after above-mentioned dissipation pieces are combined, the frame is established around the combined dissipation pieces, thereby the said combined dissipation pieces are fabricated fixedly.

Abstract: In connection with a method and a tool for preparing a well for the production of hydrocarbons, it is aimed at perforating a casing portion (26) and working surrounding sediment (80) in a channel-forming manner. For this purpose the tool comprises a drilling means for drilling transverse holes through the casing wall when the tool (10), which is arranged to be raised/lowered and rotated about its longitudinal axis, shared by the casing (26), is placed in a fixed position within the well, through which transverse hole (40) and into surrounding sediment a jetting hose means (42,42a) is arranged to jet/dig its way in a channel-forming manner. The drilling and jetting hose means also have inactive stand-by positions protectively retracted within the tool housing (10a), from and into which they may successively be pushed forward into active working positions and again be withdrawn, as a channel (44) is completed in the sediment (80).