Abstract: In connection with a method for characterization of a layer, a method and a device for determining a characteristic number, as well as a method for selecting a suitable dressing on rollers, or suitable geometries of rollers of a printing press, a characterizing number for characterizing a layer is formed, or employed, which characterizes the roll-off behavior independently of a measuring device or an application in a particular printing group.

Abstract: In a method to produce a printing form for rotogravure, in particular for heliorotogravure, a surface of the formis provided with a wear-resistant layer and the surface is provided with cups. Furthermore, a printing form is provided whereby the surface of the printing form comprises a wear-resistant layer in which the cups, with regard to their depth, are at least partially provided therein. The printing form may be used in a printing device for heliorotogravure.

Abstract: A printing press dryer having an excimer radiant heater adapted for high energy output and compact mounting within the printing press. The heater includes a housing (1) within which a plurality of radiant tubes (2,3) are arranged in parallel relation to each other, and the radiant tubes (2,2) each have a respective adjacent reflector section (4,5) for directing a predetermined radiation distribution on passing printed sheet material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a printing plate, a fabricating method thereof, a regenerating method of a printing plate and a printing press. A printing plate, on which an image is formed by light having a wavelength equal to or shorter than that of visible light and which is able to be made ready for printing without a wet development process and to be regenerated for reuse, includes: a substrate (1); a photosensitive layer (3), formed on a surface of said substrate (1) and including a photocatalyst that responds to light having a wavelength equal to or shorter than that of visible light; and an intermediate layer (2), interposed between said substrate (1) and said photosensitive layer (3) and including a semiconductor or an electric conductor.

Abstract: Disclosed are a printing plate material capable of being folded by heating, a printing process employing the printing plate material and a process of folding the printing plate material, the printing plate material comprising a support and provided thereon, an image formation layer, the support being a polyester sheet with a thickness dispersion of not more then 10%.

Abstract: A wet offset printing form has a top layer containing a photocatalytically and thermally modifiable material. The material can be brought photocatalytically into a hydrophilic state by irradiation with light and into a lipophilic state by heating. The hydrophilic state forms a surface that can be illustrated and the lipophilic state forms an illustrated surface. The top layer of the wet offset printing form may contain absorption centers for irradiation, especially for laser radiation in the NIR range, with which heating of the top layer in the pattern of an image is brought about.

Abstract: A plate inserting apparatus includes a loader, a first regulating member, a second regulating member, and support plates, oscillating rollers, air cylinders, a shaft, and bars. The loader holds a new plate inserted in a lateral direction and feeds the new plate to a plate cylinder. The first regulating member regulates a position of one side edge of the new plate inserted in the loader. The second regulating member regulates a position of the other side edge of the new plate inserted in the loader, thus positioning the new plate in a widthwise direction in cooperation with the first regulating member. The support plates, oscillating rollers, air cylinders, shaft, and bars move the new plate inserted in the loader in a direction substantially perpendicular to a plate surface, thus accommodating the new plate between the first and second regulating members.

Abstract: A device is described for displaying data (13) during process sequences in machines (2) which process printing material. The device is provided for the purpose of graphically superimposing the data (13) to be displayed on the printing material (14).

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the temperature of a recording material, in particular a printing plate, in an exposer for recording printing originals. An exposer has an exposure drum for holding the printing plate, and has a cylinder. An internal pipe and webs connect the cylinder to the internal pipe. Using a rotary lead-through, a temperature-control liquid is led into the internal tube of the exposure drum and, by thermal conduction via the webs and the cylinder, keeps the printing plate at a constant temperature.

Abstract: The invention relates to a suction roll seal strip and a method for manufacturing it from a mixture, which mostly consists of nitrile rubber and graphite. A seal blank is formed from the mixture and hardened at a chosen temperature. The mixture to be hardened includes wax.

Abstract: In order to provide a rail-mounted transport system, in particular an overhead monorail, comprising at least one active track switch, which comprises at least two movable rail portions that are selectively bringable into an operating position, in which the movable rail portion situated in the operating position connects in each case two fixed rail portions of the transport system to one another, and comprising at least one vehicle, which is movable along the rail portions of the transport system and comprises at least one power transmission unit for the contact-free transmission of power from power supply lines of the transport system to the vehicle, wherein the power supply to the vehicles in the region of an active track switch is achievable in a simple manner, it is proposed that the vehicle comprises at least two power transmission units, which are spaced apart from one another in the direction of travel of the vehicle, wherein the distance between the power transmission units is greater than the length o

Abstract: A transportation system is provided that accommodates varying angles of slope along the path of its movement, while maintaining a level transportation platform without the need of mechanical leveling devices or systems. The platform may be connected to the rail by wheels, the closest of which to the platform is above the rail, and the other below the rail. Accordingly, the platform is torqued downward to maintain contact between the wheels and the rail. As the slope of the terrain, and thus the rail, increases, the rail is widened to maintain the platform at level. As the slope decreases, the rail is narrowed to the same effect. The platform also may be tilted for loading or unloading by this rail-widening method, as may be desired.

Abstract: A brake handle for a train or other vehicle has a grip that may be grasped by a human operator, a shaft that is fastened to the grip, a hub that is fastened to the shaft and is rotated by the shaft, a mounting block that is supported by the hub for rotating movement, and a switch. The switch has a switch operator (such as a board provided with metal traces) supported by the hub and a switch contact supported by the mounting block.

Abstract: A color decorating spray composition comprises a color lake dispersion, an oil, a humectant, an alcohol, a color carrier and drying agent, a color suspending agent, an antifoaming agent, an emulsifier and a propellant. An apparatus for dispensing the composition includes a lined aerosol container filled with the composition, and an aerosol valve assembly including a mounting cup crimped to a formed collar on the container. The valve assembly further includes a valve body fixed in a central aperture of the mounting cup, a valve stem concentrically located in the valve body and loaded against a vapor orifice thereof by a coil spring, and an actuator fitted to the top of the stem. The valve stem has a powder-capable orifice provided with a bead which causes powder to be blown away when the actuator is depressed and composition is expelled through a space between the stem and the valve body.

Abstract: This invention pertains to an ink set for inkjet printing, in particular to an ink set wherein all the inks are mutually interactive so as to reduce bleed of one color into another. The invention also pertains to a method of inkjet printing with this mutually interactive ink set.

Abstract: Colorant preparations contain the following ingredients:

Abstract: The disclosure relates to metal oxide powders with a bimodal particle size distribution, to ceramics that can be made from these metal oxide powders, especially milling ceramics for use in dental technology, to a method for the production of the metal oxide powders and of the ceramics, to the use of nanoscale metal oxide powders for the production of the metal oxide powders and of the ceramics as well as to dental ceramic products.

Abstract: The invention concerns a composition for producing a running surface layer or capping layer, in particular for roads or industrial floors. The composition includes a non-modified bitumen emulsion, a hydraulic binder, aggregates and optionally water. The composition has hydraulic binder content C1 between 12 wt. % and 30 wt. % relative to the total weight of the dry constituents of the composition; the ratio R1 of the sum of bitumen volumes and hydraulic binder over the volume of aggregates ranges is between 20% and 150%; and the non-modified bitumen emulsion is at least a non-ionic surfactant. A method for preparing the composition and its use for producing a running surface layer or capping layer is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of making a high softening point coal tar pitch using high efficiency evaporative distillation, as well as the uses and applications of such pitch. According to the method, a feed coal tar pitch having a softening point in the range of 70° C. to 160° C. is fed into a processing vessel wherein the processing vessel is heated to a temperature in the range of 300° C. to 450° C. and wherein a pressure inside the processing vessel is in the range of 5 Torr or less. An output coal tar pitch is withdrawn from the processing vessel. The output coal tar pitch has a softening point in the range of 140° C. to 300° C. and has less than 5% mesophase.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition and method to form a release layer to reduce adhesion between a polymerizable layer and a substrate surface that selectively comes into contact with the polymerizable layer. The composition consists of di-functional perfluoro silane containing molecules, and mono-functional perfluoro silane containing molecules. The method features disposing a coating upon the surface from a composition having a perfluoro silane containing molecule that includes a mixture of the di-functional and mono-functional perfluoro silane containing molecules. The perfluoro silane containing molecules are connected to bonding regions of the surface to form a layer having contact regions. A sub-set of the mono-functional perfluoro silane containing molecules are attached to bonding regions positioned between bonding regions to which the di-functional perfluoro silane containing molecules are attached.

Abstract: The invention relates to a paint and/or a coating composition including anti-corrosive pigment comprises a metal salt comprising a metal cation and an anion and a metal oxide or a metal hydroxide where the molar ratio of the total metal to the anion is in the range of 1:4 to 1:120.

Abstract: A fiber cement composite material that incorporates a blend of bleached and unbleached cellulose fibers as a partial or complete substitute for premium grade cellulose pulp is provided. Bleached standard grade cellulose fibers are used in conjunction with unbleached, standard grade cellulose fibers to provide a fiber cement composite product having substantially equal or even superior flexibility and strength as an equivalent fiber cement composite material reinforced by premium grade, unbleached cellulose fibers. A synergistic combination of bleached and unbleached standard grade cellulose fibers to produce a composite material with the desired properties previously achievable only through the use of premium grade cellulose pulp.

Abstract: A food preparation table of the present invention includes a pan holder for accommodating pans; an insulated wall surrounding the pan holder; even number n of brackets fixed on the insulated wall; n/2 covers, each having a pair of first hinge axles and a pair of second hinge axles on opposite sides thereof, wherein the pair of first hinge axles and the pair of second hinge axles are slidably engaged with the brackets. The pair of first hinge axles and the pair of second hinge axles are inserted to a pair of plates attached to the opposite sides of the cover. Each of the brackets includes a slanted guide surface for guiding corresponding first hinge axle, wherein the pair of the first hinge axles are closer to a front portion of the cover than the second hinge axles.

Abstract: A pallet which is made from elongate steel members of arcuate cross section which are welded together to form a frame, and plastic slats which are engaged with a snap action with the steel members and which form a planar upper surface for the pallet.

Abstract: Articles constructed of a plurality of scuffed sheets have improved sheet-to-sheet bond strength and surfaces with high coefficients of friction. Articles constructed out of three scuffed sheets include exterior intumescent polymeric surfaces resisting the spread of combustion flames and insulating the interior surfaces from the high temperature of fire. Articles include electronic apparatus sending an emergency 911 call to a remote monitoring station. Articles are advantageously reinforced with optional rigidifying structures without article modification. Members are joined with snap together features providing an assembled article. Articles include handles for ergonomic manipulation by workers. Articles include elements amenably receiving unitization accessories. The article improvements are demonstrated in the form of industrial platforms, particularly material handling pallets.

Abstract: A working table includes a housing, a board slidably received in the housing, and a casing secured to the board and moved in concert with the board. A post is slidably engaged through the housing and the casing and has a rack, a spindle is rotatably secured in the housing and slidably engaged through the casing, to guide the casing to move relative to the housing. A gear is rotatably secured in the casing and engaged with the rack of the post, and a worm is slidably engaged on the spindle and engaged with the gear, in order to move the post up and down when the spindle and the worm is rotated relative to the casing and the housing.

Abstract: An underground vault security system. The security system includes a portal covering which is capable of being latched, a fluid-operated latching mechanism, and a wireless communication device. The communication device sends signals to a solenoid valve to allow fluid from a fluid source to be transported to the piston to retract the bolt and allow the portal covering to open. In one embodiment, the communication device also sends signals to the solenoid valve to allow fluid from the piston to return to the fluid source, allowing the bolt to extend into and lock the portal covering. In another embodiment, a cable is attached to the bolt and pulled through a one-way ratchet assembly to lock the portal covering.

Abstract: The invention relates to an industrial and/or household waste treatment method and to an industrial and/or household waste treatment installation (1). According to the invention, the method is characterised in that it consists of, in particular, the loading of the waste into numerous pierced containers (20), thermolysis of the waste in the containers (20) being conveyed into a pyrolysis oven (12); emptying of the containers (20) into a separation tank (18) in order to separate the products formed by the thermolysis; and treatment of the separated products.

Abstract: A personal watercraft having one or more decorated, and preferably painted, multifunction components, such as the grab handle, shroud, splashguard, hood, rub rails, sponsons, and/or mirror portions of a personal watercraft. The components are fabricated from engineering plastics in a manner suitable to provide an optimal combination of both structural characteristics and the ability to be painted, in a manner sufficient to permit these materials to provide one or more multifunction components within a watercraft. A plurality of different multifunctional components can be fabricated, for use in different portions of the watercraft, thereby permitting some or all of those components to be decorated or painted in a matching or complementary manner.

Abstract: A personal watercraft having a multi-hull is disclosed herein. In an embodiment the multi-hull is a catamaran hull, for example two pontoons connected by a cross structure which form an air passage between the hull and the surface of the water upon launching. In alternative embodiments, the multi-hull is a SWATH hull or a trimaran hull. Also, disclosed herein is a personal watercraft having two water outlets from the propulsion system. In an embodiment, the two or more water outlets are disposed between the pontoons. In another embodiment, each pontoon has a water outlet mounted thereto or integral therewith. In another embodiment, each water outlet is positioned within the cross-sectional area of the pontoon. Also, disclosed herein is a method for increasing the speed at which a personal watercraft is propelled comprising using a multi-hull design to decrease the hydrodynamic resistance on the watercraft.

Abstract: A structural flotation device formed of two elongated shear panels embodied as substantially planar sheets of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) that are spaced apart by two or more substantially parallel and spaced apart heavy-gauge HDPE buoyancy tubes. The buoyancy tubes are transversely oriented relative to the elongated shear panels. All of the buoyancy tubes are of a substantially identical length that is foreshortened relative to the elongated shear panels. The openings in both ends of each buoyancy tube are joined to a substantially planar and unbroken surface of each of the elongated shear panels with substantially water-tight structural seams along its entire circumference.

Abstract: An inexpensive method of coating silicon shot with boron atoms comprises (1) immersing silicon shot in an aqueous solution comprising a boric acid and polyvinyl alcohol, and (2) heating the solution so as to evaporate water and form a polymerized polyvinyl alcohol coating containing boron on the shot. A precise amount of this coated shot may then be mixed with a measured quantity of intrinsic silicon pellets and the resulting mixture may then be melted to provide a boron-doped silicon melt for use in growing p-type silicon bodies that can be converted to substrates for photovoltaic solar cells.

Abstract: A process for forming thermodynamically stable, epitaxially grown semiconductor quantum dots with varying degree of atomic long-range order is described. This procedure encompasses heteroepitaxial growth, external lattice mismatch strain and point defect engineering, and the conversion of a thermodynamically metastable semiconductor alloy predecessor structure into a structure of compositionally modulated/structurally transformed semiconductor quantum dots with varying degree of atomic long-range order by specific thermal treatments. These quantum dots are structurally stable at room temperature and reasonable device operation temperatures. The key structural transformation is achieved through thermodynamically driven atomic ordering. The resulting thermodynamically stable quantum dots have extensive applications in opto- and micro-electronic devices where the performance depends on both the structural and chemical homogeneity and long-term structural stability of these so called zero-dimensional entities.

Abstract: An atomic layer deposition method to deposit a oxide thin film is provided. The method employs a nitrate ligand in a first hafnium precursor as an oxidizer for a second hafnium precursor to form the hafnium oxide. Using a hafnium nitrate precursor and a hafnium chloride precursor, the method is well suited for the deposition of a high k hafnium oxide dielectric for gate dielectric or capacitor dielectric applications on a hydrogen-terminated silicon surface.

Abstract: A hard magnetic Bi-substituted rare earth iron garnet material with excellent Faraday rotary moment, temperature property, wavelength property and insertion loss is provided. A Bi-substituted rare earth iron garnet material having a chemical composition of (Bi3-a-b-cGdaTbbYbc) Fe(5-w)MwO12 (where, M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ga, Al, Ge, Sc, In, Si and Ti, 0.5≦a+b+c≦2.5, 0.2≦w≦2.5) can be provided with hard magnetism and have excellent Faraday rotary moment, temperature property, wavelength property and insertion loss.

Abstract: A material applicator assembly 10 which includes a rotor member 12 having a plurality of dispenser apertures 20 and a deformable material application ring 23 around the outer periphery of the rotor member 12. The assembly 10 being rotatably coupled to a centrally mounted tubular member 40. Member 40 having at least one aperture through which an adhesive material 45 is forced into each of the plurality of apertures 20 as the rotor member 12 is rotated about member 40, thereby injecting the adhesive material 45 into the application ring 23 to deposit the adhesive material 45 upon components 60 having varying cross-sectional shapes.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a phosphor ink applying device that can apply phosphor ink in a plurality of lines to an intricately-shaped surface of a back panel of a PDP while preventing phosphor colors mixing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a plasma processing apparatus provided with a plasma chamber in which a plasma is generated by electron cyclotron resonance, and a sample chamber for housing a sample to be processed with the plasma. The plasma chamber is provided with a protection tube for protecting the inner walls of the plasma chamber from deposition of products resulting from the plasma processing. The protection tube is composed of a plurality of sub-tubes formed in relation to the temperature distribution at the time of the plasma processing.

Abstract: A laser processing apparatus comprises a laser oscillator for producing a laser beam to selectively remove part of a substrate to be processed, a scanning system for applying the laser beam to an arbitrary position of the substrate and incident means for applying the laser beam to the substrate substantially at right angle.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus 1 has: sensors 21 and 22 provided in an etching chamber 14 and configured to detect a relative position between the etching chamber 14 and a wafer transfer mechanism 23; a control section 38 configured to correct positional displacement; a motor controller 39; a motor 28; and a motor 30. Since the positional displacement of a wafer W can be corrected, the wafer transfer mechanism 23 is capable of carrying the wafer W into the etching chamber 14 without causing any positional displacement, so that the wafer W can be placed on a susceptor 19 at a proper position.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an organic electroluminescence display having an alignment chamber for aligning a mask having openings corresponding to a predetermined pattern with a substrate on which a first electrode layer is formed and detachably attaching the mask and the substrate. The apparatus further including a number of vacuum processing chambers for sequentially forming a number of organic material layers on the substrate attached with the mask. The apparatus also including a transfer robot for transferring the attached mask and substrate to one of the number of vacuum processing chambers and sequentially transferring it between the number of the vacuum processing chambers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the plasma activated vapor coating of large-surface moved substrates, comprising at least one vacuum recipient, one pump system, one evaporator, one device for holding and transporting the substrates to be coated and at least one arc discharge plasma source, whereby at least one device for generating a magnetic field is included, which device can generate a magnetic field between the evaporator and the substrate, the field lines of which magnetic field are aligned approximately perpendicular to the movement direction and parallel to the transport plane of the substrate, and at least one arc discharge plasma source is arranged such that the axis of the arc discharge plasma source is aligned approximately perpendicular to the field lines of the magnetic field.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of depositing a buffer layer or film onto a surface of a substrate. The method includes providing the substrate in a controlled atmosphere and exposing the substrate to a vapour comprising a film forming species. While the substrate is exposed to the vapour, two or more ion beams are provided incident upon the surface of the substrate to assist formation of the film. The respective axes of incidence of the two or more ion beams are distinct and are selected and controlled in order to maintain the arrival rate ratio, maximise the deposition rate, and maximise the biaxial alignment of the layer so formed.

Abstract: An apparatus for the application of coatings in a vacuum comprising a plasma duct surrounded by a magnetic deflecting system communicating with a first plasma source and a coating chamber in which a substrate holder is arranged off of an optical axis of the plasma source, has at least one deflecting electrode mounted on one or more walls of the plasma duct. In one embodiment an isolated repelling or repelling electrode is positioned in the plasma duct downstream of the deflecting electrode where the tangential component of a deflecting magnetic field is strongest, connected to the positive pole of a current source which allows the isolated electrode current to be varied independently and increased above the level of the anode current. The deflecting electrode may serve as a getter pump to improve pumping efficiency and divert metal ions from the plasma flow.

Abstract: A supply system in a heat-treating apparatus for a semiconductor process has a combustor (12), heating unit (13), and gas distributor (14). The combustor (12) has a combustion chamber (59) disposed outside a process chamber (21). The combustor (12) generates water vapor by reaction of hydrogen gas and oxygen gas in the combustion chamber (59), and supplies it to the process chamber (21). The heating unit (13) has a heating chamber (61) disposed outside the process chamber (21). The heating unit (13) selectively heats a gas not passing through the combustion chamber (59) to a temperature not lower than an activating temperature of the gas, and supplies it to the process chamber (21). The gas distributor (14) selectively supplies the hydrogen gas and oxygen gas to the combustion chamber (59), and selectively supplies a reactive gas and inactive gas to the heating chamber (61).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for the thermal treatment, especially short-term, of flat objects in particular, such as semi-conductor, glass or metal substrates. Heat is, at least in part, supplied to or taken away from both sides of said substrates by means of thermal conduction via a thermal conduction medium. The invention aims to improve the method and device so that they can be used effectively. To this end, a mixture consisting of two gases, differing greatly in their thermal conductivity, is used as a thermal conductive medium. The mixture on both sides of the substrate is individually adjusted so that the respective surface temperature is time-controlled by taking the respective heat exchange due to heat radiation into account.

Abstract: The susceptor (10) of a plasma treating device, or the electrostatic chuck (12) of a substrate table is formed by ceramic thermal spray method. A ceramic spray layer (12A) is pore-sealed by methacrylic resin (12D). Resin raw material mainly containing methyl methacrylate is applied to and impregnated into the ceramic spray layer and then is cured to thereby fill pores between ceramic particles in the ceramic spray layer with methacrylic resin. Methacrylic resin raw material solution, which does not produce pores at curing, can complete perfect pore sealing.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor or liquid crystal, which is provided, within a reaction chamber 9, a ceramic holder 1 within which is embedded a resistive heating element 3, and a cylindrical support member 2 one end 2a of which supports a ceramic holder 1 and the other end 2b of which is fixed to the reaction chamber 9, wherein one end 2a of the cylindrical support member 2 is hermetically bonded to the ceramic holder 1 whereas a partition plate 6 and a sealing material 7 are used for hermetic sealing on the side of the other end 2b. In this semiconductor or liquid crystal manufacturing apparatus, it is preferable that the space within the cylindrical support member 2 partitioned by the ceramic holder 1 and the partition plate 6 be depressurized to vacuum or to a reduced pressure atmosphere of an inert gas.

Abstract: This invention includes a processing vessel capable of being evacuated to make a vacuum therein and a stage placed in the processing vessel capable of supporting an object to be processed thereon. A guide ring is placed on or above the stage so as to surround the outer circumference of the object to be processed mounted on the stage, is adapted to guide the object to be processed onto the stage when mounting the object to be processed onto the stage. A particle generation preventing space is formed between an inner peripheral part of the lower surface of the guide ring and the upper surface of the stage.

Abstract: Method of somatic cell count in milk from animals, and an apparatus therefore enabling individual somatic cell count for milk from each teat, i.e. udder quarter, by connecting a teatcup to a first teat, taking a sample of the total milk for the first teat when the flow of milk from the first teat exceeds a predefined value, connecting a the to at least one further teat, taking a sample of the total milk for said first and at least one further teat when the flow of milk from the first and further teats exceeds a predefined value, and calculating the estimated somatic cell count (SCC2, SCC3, SCC4) for the milk from the further teats.